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Books

Not Quite the Diplomat
  • Not Quite the Diplomat
  • (June 1, 2006)
  • Penguin
Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century
  • Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century
  • (December 26, 2006)
  • Holt Paperbacks
  • Summary:

    Starred Review. On one of his excursions for the European Commission, as colleagues slumbered in a Beijing guesthouse, Patten realized he had been left alone with president Jiang Zemin and used the moment to discuss Shakespeare. Jiang, we are to
What Next?: Surviving the Twenty-First Century
  • What Next?: Surviving the Twenty-First Century
  • (January 2008)
  • Allen Lane
  • Summary:

    Globalisation, energy, international crime, Weapons of Mass Destruction, nuclear proliferation, small arms proliferation, international drugs trafficking, climate change, water shortage, migration, epidemic disease, the fraying of the nation state: the

Chris Patten

European Commissioner and Former Governor of Hong Kong

Since September 1999, The Rt Hon Christopher Patten has been a member of the European Commission and External Relations. He is probably best known as the last Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong.

Using the lessons learned in Hong Kong, Chris Patten draws upon his experiences to inspire audiences and to explain the skills of strong  leadership.

He made the headlines in 1992 with his first official speech as Governor,  paving the road for the future of the people of Hong Kong.  The last five years of British rule in Hong Kong were the most difficult task of any Hong Kong Governor.  He had to deal with dogmatic and rigid government officials of China on the one hand and the call for freedom from the people of Hong Kong on the other.  The challenge was to preserve the prosperity of Hong Kong and the liberties of its people.

Chris Patten received great media attention on 30th June 1997, when he officially handed Hong Kong back to China. The aim was the survival of Hong Kong as a free trade flagship for China. The considerably smooth transition with China has been one of his greatest personal triumphs.

After his return Chris Patten became Chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland following the Good Friday Peace Agreement (1998-1999).  Since 1999 he has been the Chancellor of Newcastle University and since March 2003 he has also been the Chancellor of Oxford University. He is an Hon. Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.

He is a highly valued member of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom.  An excellent communicator he was generally credited with the re-election of John Major as Prime Minister in 1992, when he was the Conservative Party Chairman.

A skilled diplomat and tough negotiator, Chris Patten is at the same time a warm personality and a very charismatic speaker.

 

TOPICS

• World Affairs

• Asia

• East & West

• The Lessons of Hong Kong

• Political Leadership

 

 
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