The last British governor of Hong Kong, revisiting a propulsive novel of World War II, a trio of cold-weather mysteries and more. Mr. Patten knew that China might well break its promise.

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LONDON — 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 ...

Chris Patten was the U.K.'s last Hong Kong governor before the territory was handed over to China in 1997. He was disliked by the Chinese, who described him as a "two-headed snake" and a "sinner ...

Any erosion of Hong Kong's economic independence could not only threaten its desirability as an international financial center but hurt China as well, the last governor of the former British ...

The last British governor of Hong Kong said China has betrayed the semi-autonomous territory by tightening control over the city it had promised could keep freedoms not found on the mainland.

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain named the son of a former governor of Hong Kong as its new ambassador to China on Friday, weeks before London is due to release an audit of its relations with Beijing.

The Hong Kong Diaries. By Chris Patten. Allen Lane; 560 pages; £30. I t is april 1st 1997, just three months before Britain is due to hand Hong Kong back to China. As they prepare to leave, the ...

VATICAN CITY — Lord Christopher Patten, the last governor of the former British colony Hong Kong, has joined others in criticizing the Vatican for its dealings with the People’s Republic of ...

His father David Wilson was governor of Hong Kong, then a British colony, from 1987-1992. “For my country, China has always been as much an opportunity as a threat, and I think that remains true ...