Hong Kong Governor Patten pressed China to accept his proposals for the Colony's political development or make alternatives. The Chinese government has rejected all of Patten's proposals. The impasse is over the financing of a new airport project, stalled in the Airport Committee of the Anglo-Chinese Joint Liaison Group. China's Prime Minister, Li Peng has refused to meet with Patten, who has in the past suggested that he would be prepared to propose a faster pace of democratic development in Hong Kong without China's approval.
Hong Kong Governor Patten pressed China to accept his proposals for the Colony's political development or make alternatives. No meeting of the minds emerged after long discussions between Patten and Lu Ping, director of China's office of Hong Kong and Macao affairs. The impasse is over the financing of a new airport project, stalled in the Airport Committee of the Anglo-Chinese Joint Liaison Group. China's Prime Minister, Li Peng has refused to meet with Patten, who has in the past suggested that he would be prepared to propose a faster pace of democratic development in Hong Kong without China's approval.