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100 1 $aPatten, Chris,$d1944-
245 14$aThe Hong Kong diaries /$cChris Patten.
260 $a[London] UK :$bAllen Lane,$c2022.
300 $axxix, 522 p., [16] p. of plates :$bcol. ill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aWhat, when, who, how? -- Democracy and the Dragon: April 1992-April 1993 -- Round and round the mulberry bush: April 1993-April 1994 -- Winning the big vote: April 1994-April 1995 -- Starting the countdown: May 1995-May 1996 -- The Empire goes home: May 1996-June 1997 -- Postscript -- The Destruction of Hong Kong: What happened after 1997? -- Who was who and where are they now?
520 $a"In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Over the next five years he kept this diary, which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as a British colony and what happened as the handover approached. The book gives unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were (belatedly) strengthened and how Patten sought to ensure that a strong degree of self-government would continue after 1997. Unexpectedly, his opponents included not only the Chinese themselves, but some British businessmen and civil service mandarins upset by Patten's efforts, for whom political freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong seemed less important than keeping on the right side of Beijing."--Publisher's description.
600 10$aPatten, Chris,$d1944-$vDiaries.
650 0$aGovernors$zChina$zHong Kong$vDiaries.
651 0$aHong Kong (China)$xPolitics and government$y20th century$vSources.
651 0$aHong Kong (China)$xHistory$yTransfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997$vSources.