Twenty years ago, just after midnight on July 1, 1997, Chris Patten and his family boarded the Royal Yacht Britannia in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and sailed off into the night. Not long before, the ...

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Chris Patten’s “sadness” has been replaced by anger at President Xi Jinping, whom he accuses of “vengefully” targeting the city’s freedoms. Britain's last governor of Hong Kong is angry at Beijing's ...

Hong Kong's last British colonial governor Chris Patten attacked the city's pro-independence movement Friday as the push for a split with China grows over fears of Beijing's tightening grip. Patten ...

Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong speaks ahead of the publication of his book "The Hong Kong Diaries", during a press conference hosted by the Foreign Press Association at the Royal ...

It is april 1st 1997, just three months before Britain is due to hand Hong Kong back to China. As they prepare to leave, the territory’s colonial rulers go through their files to determine which ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A growing independence campaign in Hong Kong is a terrible mistake that undermines the Chinese-ruled city's push for democracy and serves merely to provoke Beijing, Chris Patten, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten called on Wednesday for a new period of genuine consultation over demands for greater democracy in the former British colony which is ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Chris Patten, the last governor of former British colony Hong Kong, has criticised the jailing of three leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's pro-democracy movement saying the men ...

A “sinner for a thousand years.” A “prostitute.” A “triple violator.” These Chinese Communist Party curses testify to Chris Patten’s performance as the last British governor of Hong Kong and Cassandra ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A growing independence campaign in Hong Kong is a terrible mistake that undermines the Chinese-ruled city's push for democracy and serves merely to provoke Beijing, Chris Patten, ...