The US's 10,000-strong handover has now swollen the numbers of security detainees held without trial to a staggering 30,000.
The handover type is hard handover.
"I look forward to working over the next couple of months to ensure there are strong foundations and a thorough handover".
So, too, does the good shape it was in at the time of the handover, and particularly its extraordinarily strong fiscal position.
Yet despite jitters of Mexicans like Mr. Gonzalez, economists are surprisingly united that for once the economy is strong enough to keep any disturbance caused by the handover of power from becoming disaster.
Franz B. Humer, chairman of Diageo, said, "The handover is being made at a time when the business is strong and Ivan takes on the role of chief executive officer at an exciting stage of the company's global development".
Tesla appears to still be getting a lot of interest in the Model S, and in the company's earnings report today it said there was a further increase in net Model S orders since the Model 3 handover event, though it said it was "too early to draw strong conclusions".
10 Shoring Up Mexican Economy Mexican economists are surprisingly united in feeling that the economy is strong enough during this presidential campaign season to keep any disturbance caused by the handover of power from becoming disaster.
In fact, the rapid sinicization of Hong Kong in recent years is sparking strong opposition of many Hong Kongers, whose city celebrates the 20th anniversary of its handover from Britain to China on July 1.
Mr Li was heckled in Hong Kong (see photo above), and there were scuffles as police used pepper spray to disperse protesters.In a practice mini-occupation, following on from a 500,000-strong annual pro-democracy march on the July 1st anniversary of Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, over 500 people were arrested.
As The Economist went to press the party's 370-strong central committee began a meeting in Beijing to make final preparations for the handover extravaganza that will begin on November 8th.
