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“There's nothing wrong with officials taking the subway. Why is…” quote by Ko Wen-je — Download Open image

“There's nothing wrong with officials taking the subway. Why is this unusual? So people talked about 'one country, two systems,' but maybe we should talk about 'two countries, one system' instead. We should try to narrow the gap.”

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