The growth triangle is a cooperative arrangement which countries can walk away from any time they choose, says Myo Thant, an Asian Development Bank authority on the topic. Its the difference between marriage and a live-in girlfriend. There are no ties that bind except those of self-interest.
Eager to take advantage of low mainland wages, Hong Kong manufacturers moved labor-intensive industries like garments and electronics across the border, generating employment for an estimated 3 million men and women in he Peoples Republic, then shifted into the manufacture of higher value-added products in fields like biotechnology. During the 80s, despite continuing anxiety in the Crown Colony about its future after the reassertion of Chinese sovereignty in 1997, Hong Kong surpassed the U.S. as the biggest outside investor on the mainland; in 1992 it injected a record $39.6 billion into the Chinese economy.
commute vi.乘公交车上下班,经常乘车 vt. 1.减刑 2.折合,折偿 n.上下班交通
ferry n.渡船 vt.渡运
dock n.码头,船埠 vt.进港,靠码头
traverse vt.横渡,横越
strand n.1.股,缕 2.一个组成部分 vt.使搁浅
shipment n.1.装运,装船 2.装载的货物
denizen n.1.居民 2.外籍居民
overlap v.1.部分重叠 2.部分相同 n.重叠,重叠的部分
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