U.S. House of Representative Speaker Newt Gingrich (L) listens as Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten speaks to him while gesturing after their meeting at the Government House in Hong Kong March 27. Gingrich, who is on a two-day visit en route to China, said earlier that the eyes of the world would monitor how China handles the takeover of Hong Kong at midnight of June 30 after more than 150 years of British colonial rule.

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