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Bookmark or Share- Hong Kong’s last UK governor says crackdowns ‘heartbreaking’Published 10:08 AM PDT, June 20, 2022. LONDON (AP) — Beijing’s crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong has been “a lot worse” than expected, the last British governor of the city said Monday as he launched a new book to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule.
- Chris Patten - WikipediaChristopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, KG, CH, PC (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992.
- Hong Kong’s legacy — from Chris Patten’s Diaries to City on the EdgeOne day in the 1990s when Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, visited a psychiatric hospital as part of his civic duties, he was accosted by a patient demanding to know “why...
- Chris Patten steps down as Oxford University chancellor ‘with heavy ...Chris Patten steps down as Oxford University chancellor ‘with heavy heart’ after illustrious career. Patten has served as a former Conservative cabinet minister, Conservative Party chairman,...
- The diaries of the last British governor of Hong Kong - The EconomistChris Patten, the governor, notes in his diary a “fascinating” find: decade-old telegrams that showed what he and many others had always suspected.
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