Cartoons for SPIKE Magazine		by Larry Feign
18 JUNE 2004 Beijing officials express offense at "provocative&quot slogans planned for Hong Kong's July 1 mass protest Other Beijing officials "suggest" that marchers should celebrate the handover on July 1, not protest
2 JULY 2004 Mainlanders from 3 more provinces allowed to enter Hong Kong on individual visas A group of mainlanders claiming to be mainland security bureau members is detained in Hong Kong
9 JULY 2004 Thaw in the political freeze: mainland officials promise to meet HK democrats
16 JULY 2004 Health minister resigns over SARS scandal, after enormous public pressure, while taking no responsibility Tung Chee-hwa lavishes praise on health minister and regrets at his resignation, thus showing his insincerity about ministers bein held "accountable" for their actions
30 JULY 2004 ICAC clumsily and forcefully raids newspaper offices all over HK to search for journalist sources
	6 AUGUST 2004 Secretive "Lantau Development Task Force" is open only to government ministers, consults neither the public nor other groups interested in Lantau affairs