Thomas Crampton » Chris Patten http://www.thomascrampton.com Social Media in China and across Asia Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:02:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Chris Patten http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/chris-patten/ http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/chris-patten/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:27:34 +0000 thomascrampton http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/chris-patten/ read more >>

]]> China’s nicknames for Chris Patten included “whore” and they declared him “guilty for a thousand generations”. His current title is The Lord Patten of Barnes.

He was also called the last British Governor of Hong Kong, when he handed the former Crown Colony over to China on July 1, 1997.

In a throwback to the Empire, he sent the following telegram at midnight:
At 00:00 HKT/16:00 GMT, 1 July 1997
I HAVE RELINQUISHED THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS GOVERNMENT. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. PATTEN.

]]> http://www.thomascrampton.com/people/chris-patten/feed/ 0 Chris Patten: Obama’s Worrying Trade Stance http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/chris-patten-obamas-worrying-trade-stance/ http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/chris-patten-obamas-worrying-trade-stance/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:13:38 +0000 thomascrampton http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/chris-patten-obamas-worrying-trade-policies/ read more >>

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In 90-seconds, Chris Patten, Hong Kong’s last British governor, praises Obama’s election, but expresses deep concerns about the trade policies Obama stated on the campaign trail.

Patten, who has been traveling through the region to promote his new book What’s Next, went further in his remarks at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, urging Obama to ignore “snake oil salesmen on Capitol Hill” who argue that the US loses when China gets wealthier.

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