OPINION

Hong Kong handover: 20 years on

News, Chris Patten, Published on 30/06/2017

» While I was governor of Hong Kong, from 1992 until the handover of the city to China in 1997, I kept a diary. Consulting that diary over the last few months, as I write a book partly about my experience there, I have discovered several passages describing China's "struggle" school of diplomacy -- one that endures even today, as we approach the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty.