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Learn about the life and career of Chris Patten, a Conservative Party leader, European Commissioner, and the last governor of Hong Kong before its handover to China in 1997. Find out his achievements, controversies, awards, and personal details on this comprehensive biography page.
Feb 6, 2024 · Oxford University chancellor Chris Patten has announced “with a heavy heart” that he will retire after more than 20 years in the role. He said he will retire at the end of the 2023/24 academic...
Hong Kong authorities have condemned the city’s last colonial governor, Chris Patten, for his “wanton personal vilification” of a British judge who joined colleagues on the top court in ...
Sep 21, 2017 · HONG KONG (AFP) - In a suite at the harbourside Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong, Mr Chris Patten is whipping through rounds of interviews before an important visit from his tailor.
Jun 27, 2022 · “You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten’s lessons from negotiating with China Hong Kong's last British governor on hopes betrayed, the risk of repeating mistakes and his view of Boris Johnson.
Jun 20, 2022 · Chris Patten, who led Britain’s last government in Hong Kong before the Asian financial hub was returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, said it was “heartbreaking” to see its transformation. “I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I’m sorry that it hasn’t,” he said in London. “I just find it intensely difficult.
Jul 13, 2022 · Chris Patten flies back to Hong Kong in 1992, the year he was appointed governor © Corbis via Getty Images. But he reserves particular venom for the British and Hong Kong business leaders —...
Chris Patten, Hong Kong’s last governor, handed the former colony back to China on 1 July 1997 to be ruled with a degree of autonomy under a system called “o...
Jul 7, 2022 · Chris Patten, the governor, notes in his diary a “fascinating” find: decade-old telegrams that showed what he and many others had always suspected.
Jun 27, 2017 · Chris Patten did his best to bulwark Hong Kong's freedoms, but two decades later the last colonial governor worries he didn’t do enough.
