51.   Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang accused the Philippines of encroaching on Chinese sovereignty.

52.   CHIEF Secretary for Administration Anson Chan Fang On-sang said the first legislative elections under Chinese sovereignty had produced a balanced legislature, contrary to pre-election criticisms.

53.   China called the landing a serious infringement of Chinese sovereignty and said that expressing regret was not enough.

54.   China also continues to demand that Taiwan accept Chinese sovereignty in principle and agree to discuss political issues before talks may be restored.

55.   China is determined to reunite Taiwan with the mainland, and it sees U.S. arms sales as an affront to Chinese sovereignty.

56.   Commissioner Michael Leung Man-kin told reporters that he sees a potential for corruption involving China because of the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty next July.

57.   Earlier this month, China said it would send an elite detachment of soldiers to the territory to keep social order after it returns to Chinese sovereignty.

58.   Edmund Ho is drawing from the public and private sectors of the Portuguese enclave that he will run after it returns to Chinese sovereignty in December.

59.   He said Chinese sovereignty over the islands is indisputable.

60.   Hong Kong, a British colony, returns to Chinese sovereignty next July.