The Last Governor. Chris Patten And The Handover Of Hong Kong

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Little Brown And Co
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint

Description: 461 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Jacket is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In July 1997, Hong Kong will ceased to be a British colony and reverted to the Peoples Republic of China. Five million people lost their status as British subjects and became citizens of a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. It was always clear that the last five years of British rule would be fraught with uncertainty. For this reason, the appointment of the former Chairman of the Conservative Party, Chris Patten, in June 1992 as the last governor of Hong Kong, was greeted with widespread approval. With rare and priveleged access to the governor and his team, the author provides an insight into events leading up to the handover, including reasons why relations between China and Britain were at their lowest ebb for a generation. The situation is placed in its human and historical context.

ISBN: 9780316640183