“I think we could have done more in the 1980s than we did.” Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, reflects on the years leading up to the handover, on “The Economist Asks”
That pledge now lies in tatters. Host Anne McElvoy asks Chris Patten, the last colonial governor, why Hong Kong’s nascent democracy was thwarted. Sue-Lin Wong, The Economist’s China correspondent, tells Anne how China tightened its grip on Hong Kong.
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