The Hong Kong Diaries ~ UK SIGNED TRUE FIRST/FIRST
by Patten, Chris
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0241560497
- ISBN 13
- 9780241560495
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First edition. Hard cover. Allen Lane, London (2022) SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. Book is brand new and unread. Personally signed by the author directly to the full title page. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. UK First edition, first printing. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request. The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover 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. The book concludes with an account of what has happened in Hong Kong since the handover, a powerful assessment of recent events and Patten's reflections on how to deal with China - then and now.
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- Title
- The Hong Kong Diaries ~ UK SIGNED TRUE FIRST/FIRST
- Author
- Patten, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hardcover Signed
- ISBN 10
- 0241560497
- ISBN 13
- 9780241560495
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- ASIA; ASIAN HISTORY; AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY; BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHINA; CHRIS PATTEN; DIPLOMACY; HONG KONG; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PERSONAL MEMOIRS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CULTURAL SOUR
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