Patten not in the position to talk about HK affairs

Once again, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, has exhibited his signature hypocrisy concerning Hong Kong.

In an anti-China article published in Financial Times, Patten emphasized Britain's "obligations to Hong Kong" according to the Sino-British Joint Declaration, whereas, in fact, any British obligations ended with the resumption of China's sovereignty in 1997.

What Patten was trying to do was to justify and glorify the violence of some of the recent protests against the extradition law amendment, to project the illusion that Britain is the protector of the "freedom" and "well-being" of residents in the special administrative region. Nothing could be further from the truth.