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1 online resource (602 pages) |
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text file |
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Cover; About the Author; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 'A Terrible Feeling of Falling': The New Governor Arrives in Hong Kong; 2 'Reckless and Unscrupulous Adventures': Britain Acquires a Colony; 3 'We Had No Option': Deciding Hong Kong's Fate; 4 'No One is Safe': Alarm Bells Across the Border; 5 'No More Games': The Governor Assesses his Options; 6 'A Democratic Time Bomb': Patten Draws Up a Blueprint; 7 'You Deserve Better': An Agenda for Hong Kong; 8 'Restraint in Difficult Circumstances': Britain and China at Odds. |
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9 'The Criminal of All Time': Beijing Campaigns Against the Governor10 'Pebbles in a Black Hole': Talks About Talks; 11 'The Mad Governor Factor': Negotiating in Earnest but in Vain; Plate section; 12 'Without Fear or Favour': Defending Free Speech; 13 'A Bracing and Bruising Experience': Charges and Counter-Charges; 14 'Inside I'm Crowing Like Mad': LegCo Votes on Patten's Reforms; 15 'A Matter of Decency': A Row Over the Court of Final Appeal; 16 'A Good Moment': The First Fully Elected LegCo; 17 'Not Remotely Acrimonious': Tackling the Home Secretary. |
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18 'Thank You For the Visas, Prime Minister': John Major Brings Good News19 'The Headbanger in Hong Kong': China Maintains the Pressure; 20 'We Are Not Simply Limp Victims': The Governor's Authority Begins to Crumble; 21 'We All Know the End of the Plot': Wrangling About the Handover; 22 'Hong Kong Can't Be Lobotomised': Patten Runs Out of Time; Epilogue; Sources and Further Reading; Index; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Patten, Chris, 1944-
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Patten, Chris, 1944- |
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Transfer of Hong Kong Sovereignty from Great Britain (Hong Kong, China : 1997) |
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Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.
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Great Britain. |
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International relations. |
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China. |
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China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1979-1997.
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| Chronological Term |
1979-1997 |
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China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-
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1976- |
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Since 1976 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Chris Patten & the handover of Hong Kong |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dimbleby, Jonathan. Last Governor : Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong. Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, ©2017 9781526700636 |
| ISBN |
9781526700667 (electronic book) |
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1526700662 (electronic book) |
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9781526700643 (electronic book) |
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1526700646 (electronic book) |
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9781526700636 |
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