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Author: Patten, Chris, Binding: Paperback, Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd, Series: N/A, Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, Published: 29/02/2024, Pagination: 560 pages, Classification: Hong Kong, Country of Publication: United Kingdom Format: Paperback / softbackLength: 560 pagesPublication date: 29 February 2024Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Store HoursEveryday : 10 a. 71 Balham High Road, Balham, SW12 9AP Xintian Culture adheres to the purpose of "born for culture, serving culture", providing professional publishing and POD (Print on Demand, printing on demand) services; launching various cultural and creative products; and establishing the online media of "This Daily". Mon: closedTue: 10am-6pmWed: 10am-6pmThu: 10am-9pmFri: 10am-9pmSat: 10am-6pm The book gives unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were (belatedly) strengthened and how Patten sought to ensure that a strong degree of self-government would continue after 1997. In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously.
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Carrie
Actually, I am happy to get the book. A bit disappointed. The book is excellent quality. The honest opinion of his observations over the Hong Kong populace is carefully crafted and one could be easily moved by his love towards the Pearl of the Orient after reading.
K Y
Highly recommended as Hong Kong’s freedoms are being encroached at this very moment. After this valuable book a lot of my childhood memories come out.
CharlesLF2019
With hindsight, ex-governor Lord Chris Patten revisits his custodianship of Hong Kong in this genuine recollection of his encounters with the Communist regime. Happy to get it.
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