Last British Governor Says Hong Kong ‘Betrayed’ by China

Last British Governor Says Hong Kong ‘Betrayed’ by China
Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last British governor speaks at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club to promote his new book in Hong Kong, on Sept. 19, 2017. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
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The last British governor of Hong Kong said China has betrayed the territory by tightening control over the city it had promised could keep freedoms not found on the mainland.

“What we are seeing is a new Chinese dictatorship,” Chris Patten told an interview with The Times of London. “I think the Hong Kong people have been betrayed by China, which has proved once again that you can’t trust it further than you can throw it.”