But he was a senior civil servant, and seemed to be the only technocrat who could credibly hold together Hong Kong’s disaffected civil service, which China knew was indispensable to governing the territory, regardless of its British heritage.
Pero era un funcionario público de larga trayectoria y parecía ser el único tecnócrata capaz de mantener unida de manera verosímil a la descontenta burocracia de Hong Kong, algo que para China era indispensable para gobernar el territorio, sin importar su herencia británica.