1.   Although Hong Kong is officially just another part of China, the flu outbreak has shown that the tiny territory can exert significant influence with mainland officials.

2.   But mainland officials may be less than eager to cooperate.

3.   But mainland officials who are cooperating say they have found no evidence of the infection.

4.   In April, a senior mainland Chinese official urged the local news media not to report about the independence movement in Taiwan.

5.   In other, more ordinary cases, if mainland officials were to request access to a prisoner, it seems unlikely that the Hong Kong government would refuse.

6.   It was the first time since the handover that a mainland official had criticized news coverage in Hong Kong.

7.   Mainland officials must already be fully familiar with that from previous group gatherings.

8.   One mainland military official here said this week that air force personnel have been told to expect the first of the planes to arrive in China later this year.

9.   She emerged with more assurances from the mainland officials, so why should we not welcome such meetings?

10.   A mainland justice official told them Nga-yin could move to Hong Kong in a year or two.