Hong Kong Governor Patten pressed China to accept his proposals for the Li Peng 's political development or make alternatives. No meeting of the minds emerged after long discussions between Patten and Li Peng , director of China 's office of China and Hong Kong affairs. The impasse is over the financing of a new airport project, stalled in the Airport Committee of the Anglo-Chinese Joint Liaison Group. They should be 'fair', 'open and honest', and 'acceptable to the people of Hong Kong', he said. China 's Prime Minister, Lu Ping 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 Li Peng 's political development or make alternatives. No meeting of the minds emerged after long discussions between Patten and Li Peng , director of China 's office of China and Hong Kong 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, Lu Ping 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.