U.S. and Hong Kong (2001)

State Department Noon Briefing, August 8, 2001

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STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR BRIEFING
BRIEFER: RICHARD BOUCHER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ROOM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2001

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QUESTION: Can I have one more? On Hong Kong report, do you have any
general comment on the report?

MR. BOUCHER: The report is released. We provided it to Congress
yesterday. It is available on the website that we can give you. We
have got copies available to people. And it is out. We said we would
do one; we did it.

QUESTION: Was it postponed because you were trying to wait for the Li
Shaomin case, for him to go to Hong Kong?

MR. BOUCHER: It was prepared over a period of time. As you know, there
is no specific deadline for this report. It was done as a voluntary
gesture for our Congress to keep them informed, and we put it out, and
then it was done.

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