Last Hong Kong colonial governor receives Japanese decoration

Christopher Patten (L), Hong Kong's last British colonial governor who oversaw its handover to Chinese rule in 1997, receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japanese Ambassador to Britain Hiroshi Suzuki at the ambassador's official residence in London on Jan. 30, 2025.

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