Category: Chris Patten

Perished by Totalitarianism, Hongkongers From Around the World Continue to Hold Rallies to Say No to CCP

July 6, 2022
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July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Before the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) came into effect in 2020, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp had been holding an annual July 1 protest, to symbolize Hong Kong’s continued rights to freedom of expression and demonstration. However, that changed in…

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Hong Kong Was Once My Home—Today It’s a Police State

July 1, 2022
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Commentary Twenty-five years ago today, Hong Kong was handed over to China and the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, sailed out on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Two months later, as a young fresh graduate, I flew in to begin my first job and career as a journalist and activist. I had the privilege…

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New Book Reveals 5-Year Diary Record of Hong Kong’s Last Governor

June 24, 2022
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Lord Christopher Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, responded to the controversy over whether Hong Kong was once a colony at the launch of his new book on June 20. He said, “As the last Governor of Hong Kong, I do exist, and I am not a person made out of imagination.” This question…

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UK Condemns China After Hong Kong Police Threaten to Jail UK Rights Activist

March 14, 2022
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The UK has criticised the Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for issuing threats to a UK-based human rights group, calling such behaviour “unjustifiable.” Hong Kong Watch, an NGO which monitors the human rights situation in the former British colony, said in a statement on March 14 that it had “received a formal warning from the…

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Chinese Spies Trying to Enter UK on Hong Kong BN(O) Visas: Report

August 9, 2021
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The Chinese regime is trying to send spies to the UK by abusing a special visa scheme designed to help Hongkongers flee the increasingly harsh crackdown on freedoms in the former British colony, a British newspaper reported on Monday. The UK government is aware of “sleeper agents” working for the Chinese regime applying for UK…

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UK Politicians Condemn Jailing of Hong Kong Activists, Urge Sanctions

April 16, 2021
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British politicians have condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing,…

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UK Condemns Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists

April 16, 2021
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Britain has condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing, pro-democracy…

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Hong Kong Activists Urge EU Not to Sign China Investment Deal

March 11, 2021
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Twenty-four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have written to European Union leaders and lawmakers urging them to block the EU-China investment deal unless the Chinese regime repeals its National Security Law for the former British colony. Thirteen of the co-signatories of the letter are now living in exile as a result of Beijing’s increasingly brutal crackdown…

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Beijing Adopts Plan to Control Hong Kong Elections

March 11, 2021
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China’s rubberstamp legislature on Thursday approved a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, making it virtually impossible for the opposition to affect outcomes of elections. On the last day of the annual plenum of the National People’s Congress (NPC), a total of 2,895 delegates voted in favor of the electoral overhaul with zero…

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EU Parliament Says China Deal Threatens EU Credibility on Human Rights

January 22, 2021
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The European Parliament has criticized the EU executive for rushing to reach an investment agreement with the Chinese regime despite ongoing repression in Hong Kong and other parts of China. The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, said on Dec. 30 that it had agreed with Beijing “in principle” on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement…

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