21.   And next to the field there were colonial government buildings.

22.   Before that, the colonial government censored newspapers and jailed editors who ran afoul of press controls.

23.   Beijing maintains present laws governing Hong Kong were enacted by the colonial government without its consent and are therefore invalid.

24.   Before the handover, critics of the colonial government often accused officials of ignoring civic education and denigrating China in government-prescribed textbooks.

25.   Benzine is no stranger to danger -- he hid from the French colonial government and later the independence government.

26.   But the Chunghua Travel Service, which issues visas, still operates under quasi-diplomatic status extended by the British colonial government, he said.

27.   By appointing Chinese officials now, the colonial government apparently hopes they will be able to stay on after the handover.

28.   China is looking for ways to talk to the people of Hong Kong, but its choice of channel is fomenting yet another dispute with the colonial government.

29.   China says it is simply restoring a system that was changed by the outgoing British colonial government without its consent.

30.   China freed two suspected smugglers Saturday whose seizure at gunpoint from Hong Kong waters sparked a diplomatic tussle with Britain, the colonial government announced.