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is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehensively...

So forcefully about china, is that world, where you have countries pulling apart, is it a safer world? it's a safer world if it stops, if it constrains bad behaviour by totalitarian states. look... but do you think it will? it's a feeble... do you think it will? erm, i'm not sure, but i tell you what, i'll tell you what is true. it's no argument for... 0f statecraft. it's no argument for putting the national interest first to close your eyes when wicked things are happening. ok, but when you look at where we are, because you... in this situation, i wonder what it means for taiwan, because taiw...