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  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Scientific research
    UK funding cuts are a slap in the face for science

    Speedy vaccine rollout saved lives and enhanced British prestige, yet the government is withdrawing support

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Person in the News
    Tim Davie, the new no-nonsense BBC boss

    Director-general with a reputation for backbone wades into flap over patriotic songs

  • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    The G7 must stand up for Hong Kong’s freedom

    Britain should lead the way as the territory protests over the national security law

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Senior Tories launch ERG-style group to shape policy on China

    Coronavirus outbreak exacerbates concerns about Sino-UK relations 

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Peers demand post-crisis public inquiry

    Any probe likely to revive criticism of government’s delayed actions in tackling Covid-19

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    Chris Patten on David Cameron’s ‘For the Record’

    The former Tory chairman reviews a memoir charting a well-meaning but mistake-ridden path to the EU referendum

  • Friday, 5 July, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Britain must honour its obligations to Hong Kong

    China has shown that it is prepared to break a treaty and go back on its word

  • Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
    Prime property
    Expat identities: all China’s roads lead to Hong Kong

    Influxes of mainlanders put pressure on an already crowded city

  • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
    Mikako Hayashi
    ‘Brutal’ visa decisions harm Britain’s reputation

    Why was my high-flying medical researcher twice rejected by the UK with no appeal?

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
    Brexit
    Government suffers two Brexit defeats in Lords

    Peers vote heavily for negotiating new customs union and limiting ministerial powers

  • Friday, 12 January, 2018
    Life & Arts
    Chris Patten: my travels with the Barmy Army in the ‘Lucky Country’

    The Oxford university chancellor finds Australia ‘a blissful heaven indeed, although it can be as hot as Hades’

  • Sunday, 2 July, 2017
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    Xi visit exposes gulf between Beijing and Hong Kong

    China has stepped up intervention as president has toughened stance at home and abroad

  • Friday, 30 June, 2017
    David Tang
    Hong Kong’s tale of territorial intrigue

    China regards the handover from Britain two decades ago as an unalloyed success

  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2017
    The Big ReadBen Bland
    China tensions give Hong Kong an identity crisis

    Twenty years after the handover, many younger residents no longer feel Chinese as divisions deepen with the mainland

  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2017
    FT Books Essay
    Chris Patten’s moderate manifesto

    Twenty years after the Hong Kong handover, the politician issues a defence of liberal conservatism

  • Monday, 9 January, 2017
    UK universities
    Lords send signal on opposition to university bill

    Vote reflects cross-party hostility to moves on increasing competition in sector

  • Friday, 25 November, 2016
    Hong Kong politics
    Chris Patten blasts disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers

    Former governor says focus should be on democracy, not independence

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Bill Emmott
    BBC licence payers deserve a strong regulator

    Ofcom looks unfit to protect editorial standards

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2016
    UK business & economy
    New BBC chief to take £10,000 pay cut

    Ministers send signal on cost-cutting with smaller salary for more powerful role

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Cameron cites murdered MP in Brexit race

    Prime minister tweets link to article written by Jo Cox, as FT poll of polls puts both sides on 44%

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2016
    UK business & economy
    Our democracy needs to be protected

    Brexiters Gove and Johnson may want to reflect on some of the company they keep, writes Chris Patten

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Patten says BBC must remain independent

    Broadcaster’s former chairman attacks plan for government appointees

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Regulate, rather than intimidate, the BBC

    Every time politicians chip away at its funding, they erode its confidence, writes Chris Patten

  • Friday, 29 January, 2016
    Media
    Search on for next BBC chairman

    Appointee will have to guide the corporation through budgetary cuts and increased competition

  • Monday, 4 May, 2015
    ObituaryEmerging markets
    Hong Kong handover diplomat Lu Ping dies

    Chinese official said last British governor Lord Patten would be ‘condemned through the ages’

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