China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2018
- The border has an expiration date.
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When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Chinese leaders agreed that Hong Kong would be able to keep its economic and political systems, including some of the civil freedoms denied to China’s citizens on the mainland, for the next 50 years.
Although Hong Kong still has nearly 30 years of semi-autonomy left, China has started tightening its grip, and many believe it is chipping away at Hong Kong’s freedoms. In this episode, I explore how Hong Kong is dealing with the looming deadline and China’s premature moves.
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To Johnny @Vox: Incredibly well done, informative video.
Vox could report that the sky is blue and I wouldn’t believe them.
djpaulhannon I agree. VOX is evil, but I think this guy does really good work.
Is there a video on rss and bjp in India?
Imagine having an expiration date on freedom
Man... I just wished there was another place like Hong Kong I would give everything just to live there
Billy Joel ...Singapore.
Yeah, who would ratify a treaty like that? Expiration date?
@@lauraqueentint tf u mean we dont speak the same language? Hong Kong uses Cantonese which came from Guangdong. get ur fax str8
@@lauraqueentint watever u say. HongKong is part of China regardless
"Single party rule" is a fancy way of saying dictatorship
single party isnt necessarily dictatorship. if that was the case countries with 2 parties would be a step away from either being anarchists or dictatorships
If a dictator can make people live their life safe,get jobs,do business,make people rich and happy,yeah sure dictatorship why not
2 parties lying to get positions every 4 years suddenly become the opposite of dictatorship.
I’m sorry but it isn’t, George Washington himself wanted people to vote for individual people rather than parties as he understood that his nation would be split.
Maybe, but the sole difference between them and countries like the U.S. is that they don't care about giving you an illusion of choice
Calling the US a "multi-party system" is quite a stretch.
yeah, cuz it's bipartisan, which is the worst out of the bunch. Only polarizing people to solely 2 opposites, alienating those whose views are moderate and centrist.
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@@doktorhypebeast, the Republican and Democratic Parties are not polar opposites, they are barely opposites. Both parties are economically to the right of nearly every European party, and the Republican's nationalism is only matched by a few relevant European parties.
@@briannk3720, God is dead, go forth and think freely.
Give me an approval voting system
"multi-party-system like the United States..." Europe is breaking in laughter.
Why? the Green Party and Libertarian Party are legit but just don't get very many votes.
@@dexterwestin3747 Are minor parties even represented in the Senate? I dont think so. In Germany its 5% of the votes and you are represented in the parlament. In many countries you have coalitions of parties to form a governtment. The is US basically a two party system corrupted by many many many lobbies to all politicians. The US is more like a huge corporation. But dont get me wrong, the EU has a problem with lobbys as well.
@@dexterwestin3747 Us has a less of a multiparty system than UK, and UK already has more or less two party system. Most people never even heard about those parties.
At the same, @Duffy63, the us parties don't form coalitions because they do not need to.... because us basically doesn't have any other party to challenge them so they keep meddling between each other, probably why it seems to be around 50s/50s for them.
When it comes to most of Europe, the multiparty system is a true multiparty system where there isn't one or two major parties but 4/5, and they end up at the same levels, so they form alliances and are forced to cooperate.
Ok
India has more than 700 parties 😂😂😂
Oh look, turns out that China broke its promise. Didn't see that one coming...
@Xin Yue What do you mean? Or are you just another Chinese bot?
@@atomic4650 XD what do you think ;p
@@atomic4650 Hong Kong protester are very violent even the people there scared that they may died,so China have to take action
@Xin Yue Like when all the protests started directly because of a Chinese extradition law that effectively dissolved Hong Kong special status? So actually it is 100% China's fault... Your 50 cent army badge is showing though.
Xin Yue “Hong Kong is a threat to their security and sovereignty” they want freedom from the tyrannical Chinese government , how does that impact Chinese sovereignty
Hong Kong: *slowly identifies itself as Chinese*
China: *begins trying to speed up the rate they become Chinese*
Hong Kong:*identifies itself as Hong Kong*
China: *Surprise Pikachu Face*
@Maggie Taiwan is chinese too but they dont want the china government what's your point?
Mr Xi : Angry winnie the pooh face
This video is purely one-sided, why never talk about how the British broke there treaty with the Chinese!!!
@@jakelaw9768 because this video doesn't deal with the UK at all, only with Hong Kong. Unless you're implying HK is still a British colony ;-)
@@jakelaw9768 explain
Fun fact: Since Hong Kong still drives on the left there's a clever lane switcher on the bridge from Hong Kong to Mainland China.
another fun fact for you : barely no one drives on that bridge comparing with the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.
Another Fun Fact: Opium was the reason why that bridge even exists.
Fun fact: the bridge wasted millions of taxpayers money
@@bagel4944today more and more HKers are driving their cars to the mainland through this bridge😅
@@RetardskillMe Wasn’t it a certain country that invaded in order to maintain their opium profits ? 😂😅 I think they also took some pieces of art for their museums.
fun fact from Hong Konger: almost all coins you will find nowadays are from 1998 because they had to mass produce new coins which didn't have the queen of England on them
That bridge is an engineering marvel. The geopolitics of it is not.
Every governor in Hong Kong is directly elected by the British, and there is no election. It is ridiculous for Westerners to mention elections. Isn’t there a lot of fraud in the West?
I feel like if there was ever a way between the two, the bridge would be the easiest target in the world for HK. Kind of an odd way to try and ease into another country.
Don’t even praise them. They love any and all good feedback
@@trumpetperson11 poking kino
@Abhinav Banerjee since when is anything built by businessmen and officials? do tell? ppl work because they usually need money, so hard working Chinese ppl and all over the world, people work for big business. U HAVE IT BACKWARDS MY FRIEND!! THE OPERATIVE WORD BEING LABOURERS, NOT BUSINESS MAN!! GOOD GRIEF!!
And as with all border disputes, it started with a British guy drawing a line on a map
Is this a joke from Indian border disputes ?
Yup the biggest mess of the british...
The Indian Subcontinent
Thank you British Empire. Very cool.
@@yilonmusk1189 well africa as as much of a colonial power mess
@@SublimeHurdle Also Israel
Interesting thing to note: Claudia Mo, the legislator in this video is currently in a jail cell since for about a year after denied bail for violating the China national security law. Horrific what’s going on
yes and scmp doesn't accept her husband's column pieces anymore
god we loved claudia mo, the young ones called her "auntie mo", she showed so much bravery, dignity, class and self restraint
I was thinking exactly that “how many people in this video have been arrested?”
Probably everyone who didn’t stay anonymous
Poor lady
As a Kid with both Chinese parents and born in Hong Kong, i feel like i'm not going to be here in the internet for a while.
o7
@@CRT_YT是不是又回来了？😂
How come when my history teacher tries to tell me about this in school I almost fall asleep but when I search for it on RUclips I find myself thoroughly interested 😂
the power of youtube I guess
Bad teacher
Probably because you like the pretty lights and sounds
@@WarpedBlinds Yes. The quality is like infinity / 100
Teachers are boaring lol 😁
It looks like Britain has created complexities amongst many nations.
Britain Used to be the Ruler of Many Nations for some reason ( Diplomacy at its peak).
@@wissemaljazairi Yeah Clever Diplomacy lol
Blu€D@c0l0r would have not would of
Guys If you would just look up the opium wars you won't use the word diplomacy
Classic divide and conquer
Johnny in this video may intentionally make it a little bit confused when he used too many words 'China' when he tried to differentiate Hong Kong and the rest of China. In reality, it would be much easier and more popular when people usually use the word 'Mainland [China]' to distinguish with Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. Just call 'Mainland' and confusion will be solved.
Taiwan is independent.
@@PatheticTV Taiwan is a separate country from China
Hainan would be irritated.
Oh that is what CCP would love "we are all china, 1 country many systems"
you a 5 dollar army man?
@@Heib123 taiwan is separate from the prc but they still claim to be THE china. Their official name is republic of china
"Chinese influence flooded into Hong Kong" isn't people in Hong Kong Chinese? And people still speak cantonese, too. But not only in Hong Kong only, also many cities in the province of Guangzhou
we are chinese but like a bit different from mainland ig? id put it like that im no expert tho
To be fair, the US is not really a multi-party system. It's a two-party system.
It’s better than nothing and they keep the other in check. We do have other parties but most of them aren’t realistic and the ones that are don’t get enough traction. They exist but nobody really listens to them. Blame the media for that one
im not from us .... but even in 2016 u could vote for 3 candidates for presidency wich means there are not only 2 parties ... Americans are just like that one team winning another losing simple is that
@@titanforce1808 "It's better than nothing" shouldn't be what the supposed best republic on the planet should aspire to.
@Elvis Ameb There are actually 9 parties in China plus Hong Kong and Macao have multi-party systems.
@@davemcg2344 shut up
Not just Hong Kong, the whole world is feeling a new level of influence from China in some way or the other
Edit 2020 April 3rd : Holy f**k . Wasn't expecting this kind of influence from China :(
the influence is grabbing, abuses and robbing daily.
China has risen and it's scary
Bermsy Fructa hopefully not, China will take over the world, taking away all our rights, I hope the US never falls, because they are the only country who can stop China.
@@naynay1139 wouldn't go counting us out of the race there bub...that's what we Americans do best...we COMEBACK, and when we do...oh boy..it's a doozie..🤙😎🇺🇸🦇
@@naynay1139 yeah because it's awesome in China right? I mean don't get me wrong I know we have our problems over here in the United States but not even comparable
As a ukranian the "dialect" part hit hard
Wish you all the best friend. All the best.
粤语确实是中国南方省份广东省的地方方言，事实上，最正宗的粤语在广东市，而不是香港，虽然香港人也讲粤语😂😂，来自2023年
顺便说一下，西方人在中国搞了两次颜色革命，一次是1989年天安门事件，一次是这次2019年的香港事件，都失败了，在乌克兰搞了2014年的颜色革命，成功了！！！但目前中国的经济规模是世界第二，而乌克兰正被自己的东斯拉夫打仗，数千万乌克兰人流离失所，那么乌克兰2014年在西方的指导下真的成功了吗？？？
Yeah it's truth that both are basically dialects
@@christianharriviktorreibol5521 get better bait
Vox: Take a look at this bridge.
RUclips: Nah. I'd rather show a commercial.
XD same thing happened to me
Ikr
@@nathanielholmes79 i do but yt finds loopholes and makes the ad a part of the video lol
Two words: *uBlock Origin*
Oh yeah lol
This week the US declared that Hong Kong is no longer an autonomous region and shall be treated the same as the rest of China, The UK will be accepting refugees from Hong Kong
English please.
Wanna see if the EDL complain. Or is just problem when Muslims enter.
Kenny McCormick Do you think they can even tell the difference?
does it really matter what the land of biggots say :?
Will Hong Kong people be second class citizens in UK just like they were during British rule and colonialism ?
People should note that, the UK never gave the right of universal suffrage to the people of Hongkong, and neither does China. 2047 is not an expiration of democracy since the people of Hongkong never ever acquired that.
good observation
I just came home from Hong Kong after visiting family out there!
The sea bridge is astonishing, and the Macau crossing was almost exactly like that to mainland China, an odd border crossing to enter the same country.
Although Macau has a different passport and currency.
theres a saying in turks
whenever fishes of same pond fight with eachother means british were here
Was that a Turkish saying wow didnt know
@Harry Harry colony
hannan honey The British colony made it great
Exactly -from India.
Oh my gosh 😂
Who here watched because of the 2019 protests?
im here because of the 2019 protests and south park and blizzard
I bet the views went up a lot.
I have predicted the 2019 protest because of this clip
After the blizzard saga I had to really see what this was about
It still going on.
9:35 Since when does do the US have a multi party system? Having to choose between two is barely democracy.
Add to that the fact that you can be elected by majority of population and still lose the elections 😂
Since it's technically possible to create multi parties in the US and it still is. Now... which parties the people prefer is a different story. There are interesting theories about how multi parties will eventually become 2 parties if the country practices democracy long enough.
bro then how to prevent it? Sure you can create more parties but at the end of the day you're not going to change the people's choice
Litterally rockstar connecting 2 islands 500km away IRL in one of their games.
Today, over a million people in HongKong poured into streets and protested. 2019.6.9
Howard Shi bro after 2047 are Hong Kong going to be in China control or independence
Around 183K people, not a million. Don't ask me why I know this.
继续闹吧，内地都进入5G时代了，你们还在住70尺不到的塘房，搞文革，等真正变成臭港了，你们去英国住，土地留下
@mtopper66 I was there, and it took me 7 hours to get from point A to B. The governments police force was doing everything to choke off the protest by blocking street access and shutting down some subway access points because of so many people. I’ve seen large crowds, it was definitely a million protestors. The police are the worst at giving factual account of large crowds, they lowball it to control the narrative.
@@ldslee3175 sorry, the China office in Hong Kong just admit today that the there were over one million people...
Vox, get this man Johnny a salary hike!
bts in your area you look like a girl, baby
Britain is just a small country and it is really small.
thats a member from a kpop band, not actually them lmfao
What for? Taking bad ass trips around the world ontop of his regular pay should be more then enough
bts is Indian guy from Malaysia
gen z's will be the last generation to witness hong kong with the freedoms it had and the current generation of kids (gen alpha) wont be able to experience that with the new laws that were set last year. many parents are sending their children abroad for studies just so they could get another country's passport before its too late.
I did for the last time
"Britain and China fought a couple of wars."
Understatement of the year.
Another way to describe an invasion.
A war that occupied land and paid a lot of reparations has been forgotten, not to mention the drug trafficking that the British engaged in here. More and more people will recognize these people's faces.
因为他们掌握了话语权，他能把自己在香港的殖民美化为发展经济。
And Americans and several other nations wanted in on it too.
一群强盗占了你的地，试图给你讲道理。好有道理啊😅
“Im in china, but i was in china”
Confused china
Now all of china knows that you are here.
I used to be chinese but now i'm chinese
Wonder which country did that in the first place?
the real china was the china we made along the way
China here? China there? I am confusion
“Is Hong Kong part of China?”
“Well yes but actually no”
That is exactly what I say when people ask me that question lol
So Yesn’t? lol
@@PatheticTV I think people of Macau will answer with a certain yes.
thank you [again] for shining a light on this
1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a reality.
Right, I felt the same too.
Sadly, it comes. Please protect your democracy from China's erosion.
Those freedom you have like the air, people might not notice it, but it's critical to live a life.
God bless you.
1984 really came bro lol you cant pray for jesus in China
Oof
can you explain your comment to me
"The Bookstore Employee" story seems straight out of the book 1984.
just what i was thinking lol
He definitely saw his fellow employees being mutilated and tortured
Ironically, I suspect 1984 is a banned book in mainland China...
He really looked traumatized like he was forced to say all this (which maybe is true)
@@cyer_ Vox failed to mention that those employees left their passports at home 👀 how did they get across the border pray tell?
It hurts to see this & I don’t even what to say anymore it’s just sad to see what’s happening right now
"Britain and China fought a couple of wars over trade". Are you serious? That's how you're going to refer to that period? Call them what they were, The Opium Wars. Who smuggled that Opium into Hong-Kong? I can't believe you didn't tell your viewers
The premise is that you should know that it is your UK that invaded China and robbed Hong Kong, so is it wrong for China to take back what belongs to itself and consolidate its rule?
To anyone wondering who Hong Kong truly belongs to, the answer is simple.
Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong. It belongs to its people.
The treaty by Britain says otherwise, laws say otherwise, History says otherwise
Lightning Runner TRUE!!!!
belongs to China of course. HK is not a country. be awake and stop dreaming.
I am neither from HK nor from China but looking at this comment and it's replies I am more clear what's happening than the entire video above itself and thats making me sad 🙄
exenderlloyd documents also said the 13 colonies were part of Britain but look what happened.....
I'm 100% sure the forced him to "confess"
Why is this channel not mentioning how China lost Hongkong to british? CAN YOU DISCUSS ABOUT THE OPIUM WAR????
@@OphirianHeritageConservatory Because this video is about Hong Kong's democracy, and not China's so-called "100 years of humiliation"? Also, the most humiliating years of China was during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
sure like,as if you know. but the western view is if its China its evil and bad. Wake up and smell the coffee. If you want to know China, go to China and have a look for yourself. Stop being an armchair speculator?
Zerq no, not really
@Leo L china isn’t evil or bad, but some things the country does aren’t exactly ethical or “good” and im not an armchair speculator or whatever. Just because people believe china is constantly being misjudged and isn’t that bad, doesn’t mean it’s not actually not bad and a nice country. But uh you have your own perspective to what is defined as bad so I’m just disagreeing with some parts of your comment because i have different views. (i am sorry if this bothered you)
"British wanted the Hong Kongers to rule themselves for 50 years" if i was there i would rather refuse it and bring back Hongkong by force...
Well at that time Britain was not in the position to fight China and China was eager to maintain good international image.
I love how they had to make Deng Xiaoping taller in the wax sculpture 04:43
Correction. Has erased the border with Hong Kong.
Its funny that people say thing the North Korean government is horrible when China literally do the same and we still trade with them, i mean they both have gulags/ "working camps", they both have no freedom of speech.
@@bcafcconnor7518 I was naive enough to believe that trading would open the door to democracy.
@@bcafcconnor7518 ikr! We still have time to take matters into our hands before it becomes a superpower and we become dependent on it for everything
@@bushwhakked hindsight is 20/20 but in the future if we are to think this way we better try to think out the path of how a country heads towards a democracy via free trade.
@@bcafcconnor7518 I mean to be fair North Korea is another level of it. No countries could reach their level.
I admire their passion for their democracy even if we all know, how little they can do.
Chinese paid bot, Samantha... Keep your ideology to yourself, pls and thanks. No one, absolutely no one has asked for it
@@pattheegreat I mean... I agree with you! But I think using the term "Ideology" is complicated, because at the end everything, including democracy, is an ideology too.
Imo it makes more sense to argue with arguments instead of saying, someone should shut up. Because that's what China does. If you say something against the government you're life won't be that nice anymore.
So maybe try actually arguing why China's form of government is bad instead of just saying it's bad and everyone else should shut up
@@pattheegreat Why is someone sharing their thoughts, paid bot?
@@rrune true...
The fist east german who arrived the Berlin wall before the fall it doesn't know what they can accomplish too.
Dude, this documentary series is SO GOOD. amazing
Thank you Anand for this video. Always looking forward to your next videos. May peace be on our planet. Namaste 🙏
This video was ...... made in Hong Kong
CoinOpTV actually!!!! technically made in china ! lol
Seeing that on something is better than seeing it as “made in China”
pelos 26 no. Made in Hong Kong.
CoinOpTV 在香港制造
CoinOpTV XD
I don't like it when freedom is taken from people. That is criminal
in 1776 my family;s freedom was taken from the 13 colonies.
Gain freedom as an individual, lost freedom as a civilization.
Freedom never existed. So freedom can't be taken because we never had it.
Colonies said Freedom. Shame on you. Yankee colonies
sky 5 and yet look at how they treated the native americans.
Hong Kong will always be Hong Kong!
I don't understand why mainland chinese don't protest like these hongonkers against ccp.
they did once but....
We used to protest , but now we can’t
Tianenmen Square likely has deterred people, especially as China’s been able to keep a closer eye on its people.
When I studied abroad in Hong Kong last summer I had no idea I would be witnessing such a unique city in its last few months :(
Heart breaking
Hong Kong government is putting brain wash national education in text books
23條反對 so does China. Kids nowadays in China mainland still hates Japan and they think foreigners are sorts of monsters. Chinese version TikTok (douyin) tries to brainwash the Chinese citizens by filming short movies about the bad manner of people after traveling abroad.
This is so true, I travelled to Hong Kong on my way back from Australia to the UK in Easter. If I had known then what was going to happen
Opal Clear also people dance on the Chinese tiktok. They aren’t brainwashing. Stop spreading lies
China: We will give them 50 years of independence.
Also China: GAS GAS GAS
@Alan Xue True that Macao is rather rich for the casinos that were built and operated for decades. Yet the importance of HK is not to be diminished. For a city that holds the title for being a recognized financial center that possesses a relatively prestigious education system, trading centre but most importantly the only source to convert currency from RMB to USD for trading purposes, it's clear and goes without saying that HK and Macao are 2 cities that are incomparable. Still Importance of hk would remain to be prior to that of macao.
@Alan Xue macao is a rich and peaceful place you say? you might want to reconsider the chosen words of yours. For a place that stays afloat with their reliance being based on the entertainment sectors like the aforementioned casinos. The city itself still struggles to construct a well connected railway of its own till this very day. And if I remembered correctly, most of the projects that includes the participation of both cities would often have their bills paid by HK
1997-2020 (Xi : 50 years is over)
Alan Xue lol now we have conspiracy, come on give me another one
Funny. The other day, it was the American police that was throwing tear gas.
Hongkong has the key of democracy in China. The struggle of these people will strengthen the path of democracy in China.
Whatever is happening in Hong Kong is happening for the Greater Good.
Umbrella movement is HOPE.
Hong Kong, it has been, it's now and will be forever China.
"Multi-party system like the US"... I lol'd. Having two parties is hardly worth calling "multi-party". Try any other democratic country.
Yeah they could have mentioned another country like Germany, Italy, or even Taiwan.
You have a lot of parties, but only two are relevant nowadays. In the early 20th century, the progressive party performed pretty well too, but since WW2, only the Republican and the Democratic party ever gained enough support to win a state in an election. You have the choice to vote differently though.
How much do you wanna bet that the US is gonna step in and start some stupid war though?
Drummer Dog let’s hope
Multi party systems like the US (the country with the strongest economy, military, and most free rights) simply don’t work
I just find it bizarre that all of this things happens cause of Tea
It's not bizarre at all when the center of the Earth (China) happens to be obviously way more richer than the British Empire at that time. It'd even gotten to the point that the British got jealous and end up looking like a complete loser. That's why they thrown a tantrum like a toddler and decided to deliberately destroyed China's territories
Jealousy is burning now.
Tea is addictive that's why. They're feeding addiction, same as coffee.
The Brits didn't have enough money for tea, or were starting to feel the pressure of low resources available since they had pretty much nothing to trade in exchange of tea, so they chose mass murder of civilians
Profile picture sauce pls @Concon Martin
December 2021: In the middle of the night the Chinese government removes the statue memorializing the Tiananmen Square Massacre from Hong Kong.
Slowly chipping away more and more.
4 years later, watching this video again and those flashbacks are so haunting… what a great video tho but i miss so much the early 21 century when things were more pacific
在总督大人的靴子下和平自由民主对吧
"Britain and China fought a couple of wars over trade in the 1800s"
what an understatement
Uh, it's called a synopsis.
Thats what im talking about ahah you got it bro
Britain invaded China and occupied HK as one of its colonies just as what they did on the continent of Africa.
And it was good for the Qing regime that they did. As the Taiping rebellion split the empire in half, the British were put into the position of administering the customs and import duties on their behalf throughout the civil war.
Wasn't china ransacked by pretty much every major country at that time?
And then there is Taiwan.....another complicated matter.
Not really its a whole other country.
@@jadogs6292 Well, here is the thing, republic of china/Taiwan has NEVER declared independence. People's republic of China (mainland China) and Republic of China(Taiwan) are technically sharing the same border. However, it currently has two governments. Also, even though there is cease fire agreement, but a peace treaty has never been signed. They are still in the state of war.
To make things even more complicated, PRoC has declared it itself being a country 70 years ago (1949). So in a sense, yeah, you could say they are separate, but they are still together because they both claim they own both "China"
@Hyun Kim Which China or should I say...which part of China?
Anyways, I was born in Taiwan and currently live in New Zealand.
You can use VPN in mainland China and that works fine. That's how I access FB and youtube while I was there. Each VPN may work for a few days or a couple of years then it'll be blocked.
你可以猜猜呀。
@@duxiao5121 Guess what?
The CCP broke their promise, the ppl in HK should be adopted by the UK no matter they have BNO or not!
The content is excellent and the Background music is highlight in this video
Love you Johnny and Vox
respect to all freedom fighters in Hong Kong
This is a breathtaking video. Thanks vox for speaking out for Hongkong people
It’s actually not vox, it just feels like vox because he helps produce their videos I think
Thank Johnny Harris. He’s way better than Vox and has stories like these until today.
@@Rishi6901 no hongkong is a sovereign country
@Tees Man no it's a sovereign state
No Hong Kong is my property
China has done same with, Taiwan & Tibet
It never stops
And please don't forget the uyghurs suffering under 1984 like circumstances, exploited and brutalized by the chinese regime ...
And they all are suffering now
Now it's aiming for Nepal
Also with j&k
Is VOX where I'll find all of the Borders videos? I've been looking for them.
i mean look.. I do like hong kong having instagram, facebooks and other social media’s and not in china but we all have to accept the fact that Hong kong is China and that would never change. I don’t care your “opinion” and the fact never changes .
Britain and China fought a couple of wars over "trade"
Opium: Am I a joke to you?
this is a 2 part video, he went through the history of the opium war in part 1, this is part 2
@@perthrockskinda2946 Why hide Opium?
@@perthrockskinda2946 yeah but still, they really should've somehow managed to squeeze the word OPIUM into that sentence
"People willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both." -- Thomas Jefferson. Fight to stay free Hong Kong!
In all the time Britain ruled Hong Kong where were the protests for independence? That tells you what the Han are like.
They are
@@asmith2406
Search "1967 riot in Hong Kong", that's what gave dawn to this marvelous city.
Free people create their own security.
Analog Engineering Associates, Inc.
Love this quote
Thank you Johnny Harris.. Somtimes I wonder where would I learn the geopolitical stuff if he's not here!
Very objective viewpoint towards the HK-China relations. Thank you for your insightful investigation and analysis! -- comment from a mainland resident
when you live in hong kong and you are highkey worried about 2047
Dtf?
get ready to move to usa the whole city should just leave everyone pack up and go
How about not school shooter land?
wtf
Soulsreaper Hong Kongers would probably be closer to the British because of the long British occupation
I suspect this is all going to end very badly.
why so optimistic
Agreed. This ain’t going to be good
Worse than TIANANMEN ... matter of time
If Hong Kong is 3 percent. Why just leave them the f alone?
@@leeshaayo285 because they're a symbol. If they gain their autonomy, the mainland Chinese will start thinking that maybe they can too. That's how communism fell in eastern Europe. It was a domino effect. The stories we tell ourselves are more important than any weapon, and Chinese officials know that.
I've caught the bus over that bridge to Macau .
It's the most surreal experience. You know you're on a bridge but there's nothing but open water on each side and the light from the lamps don't extend all that far. So you feel like you're on this unending road to nowhere.
“Lease”-a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.
9:36 "a MULTI-party system, like the United States has"
*I'm gonna laugh in European.*
Yup, I too laughed. If you don't have an opposition party, the ruling party can become dictatorial. I'm glad we have democracy.
I kind of admire the factioning of political parties in parts of Europe. I'm more familiar with the UK, my grandfather being English, and although Conservative and Labour dominate, clearly there is more influence from other factions (UKIP, Lib Dems, Scotts, Green, etc.) than in the US. Our founding fathers, in the US, (although many were not fans of political parties) felt that having many factions (i.e. Federalism) was important for the balance of power, as each faction is a check on the others from attaining overarching authority.
I'm not much of partisan myself, but it is clear that, for the betterment of the country and the people, it is a necessity to always have an opposition to those in leadership, a check on their power and actions, as legislation is not meant to be easy or passed hastily. China fundamentally lacks that check on power with a one-party rule.
Yassine Saïdi Well we do have a multi party system, it’s just that very few people vote for the other parties.
@@peacefulamerican8803 of course, I know about those "third parties" (like the Socialist Party of America). But apart from the two times Ross Perot actually mattered or the barely noticeable Libertarians, US politics are basically a two party system, the others are below 1%.
While in Europe, there's some countries in which 5 or more parties are close together around 15% in an election !
Yassine Saïdi cries in American
People in hongkong should be wary about their future after 2047
We are
definitely see some sort of civil war in the future. Hong Kong will want to become its own country and break off of China. While I agree that China his a horrible country and communism is a terrible idea, China has every right to keep them from seceding. They also have Russia as their ally which will cause a lot of tension between the other world powers. All in All the day this comes will be felt around the world.
Karen Aguilar sis...a decade is 10 years, 3 decades is 30 years...smh
Oh they won’t wait til then... of course officially they will but we all know they won’t - happening already!
@@Lbozo23691 exactly ....Taiwan too
Claudia Mo in this video has been arrested in February. She may face a life sentence under HK's new National Security Law. Let us not forget her fight and the fight of countless others for a free Hong Kong!
I am wondering if Vox can make a video about how Hong Kong human right was looks like when it was under British.
Of course not, they are not paid to make such videos.
"Disappeared"...I think you meant "tortured and killed"
He came back on Mainland TV so you're wrong.
if u don’t know much about China and Hong Kong , i am pleased to invite you come to Hong Kong and China for a travel .The western media always say China isn’t democratic because of Ideological confrontation.
@@user-nz9xv7jd3c I've been to China and Hong Kong (this was in the late 90s), things look even BIGGER AND BETTER in China now! I don't understand why everyone here is screaming /fearing joining Team China? HK screaming for Help - makes no sense to me.
if that one was you, then i will feel happy
Well,How about I tell you that all of the sudden China is part of North korea. However, North korea is very democratic in this scenario of our. So now, would u not fight for china to be independent. This is what Hong Kongers are fighting for. Their language. Their land. Their freedom to vote
Man you r lucky, if u shoot this video now u would have been in prison and never see the world again.
@RUclips authorities What are they?
Vishal Ekka not necessarily even the new laws. flying a drone is already illegal and could end with you facing charges, especially as a westerner
why?
就像美国暗杀伊朗将军一样？
@@user-dx7wy3vs2s dictatorship
China as one nation two system
Russian states( with so many languages, ethnics, religions and different political systems )
: *Hold* *My* *Vodka*
One country 2 systems
China too has many ethnics, though unfortunately its trying to genocide some of them
Not every Hong Kong citizen opposed reuniting with the rest of China. Those people are not protesting but the video distorts the sentiments. Hong Kong like Macau is a symbol of white European 19th century global colonial imperialism.
US doesnt have multi party system.
It has bi-party system.
India has multi party system.
😂😂what a joke
Nice joke 😂😂😂
Sort of bjp only now 😂
@@shivansh709 That is called Power. (Government doesn't ban any other party like china did. This is because lack of opposition.)
@@suryaag8387 yes
13:31 the graffiti reads "香港加油!" which literally means "add oil, Hong Kong!" but figuratively means "Go for it, Hong Kong!" or "You can do it, Hong Kong!"
So, basically even though the bookstore was shut down, there are definitely still people sympathetic to their struggle.
Glory to Hong Kong
To further explain, if a car's fuel tanker is refilled with oil, the car can move again. Hk add oil literally means that they wish that the city could well function again like the 1990s and 2000s
Yes, HK you can do it, you can finally be one with China
wu yi in my opinion they say that so America would come to them and we know America has a diet for oil.
@@kalmdwn7711 F you, Glory to Hong Kong
I watched this 2 years ago, and it's very interesting watching it with current events in Hong Kong...
Yes..what is the current state..im here becuse i cant find anyrhimg new 1-2years old with protest then silence.
thank you for uploading a beautiful documentary
My mom is Hong Kong and I feel like one too. Vox isn’t being biased, they’re telling their story in the point of view of a HK who’s culture is slowly being suppressed and torn away.
Paxton Lin - one example?
Paxton Lin so sad
Every city in china facing that. Nothing wrong for demanding locality, but very wrong for saying unfair within the system.
It’s not only HK’s culture that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to eradicate. Take any minority groups in China and you will see a trail of suppression.
As a matter of fact, alot of dialects/languages of minority groups are already in grave danger of going extinct. Shanghainese is already predicted to be completely erased in two generations time.
Paxton Lin For a 3-year-old, you've done well. You'll get smarter when you grow up...
As a Hong Kong citizen, I can tell you that Hong Kong cannot be independent from China. Not that I’m against it, but we don’t have the ability to. It is true that there’s a huge flaw in our legislative system. The party supporting China in our Legislative Council will win the argument no matter what citizens or other parties say. Do you know how the chief executive is “selected”? The Chinese government chooses puppets they deem suitable and tell Hong Kong citizens to “vote”. We’re just trying to pick the best out of the worst. We want universal suffrage, that’s why there’s the umbrella movement. But it only brought chaos, triggering China to become more controlling over Hong Kong. As students we learn about Hong Kong and China during Liberal Studies class. When we attempt to ask our teacher about touchy topics, all she can do is smile sadly and say we don’t have a choice. That’s right, Hong Kong doesn’t have a choice, we depend too much on China. Other country leaders might be supporting Hong Kong but many citizens know, if Hong Kong becomes independent from China, no country can nor will help us. China is too strong. The 64 incident already proves how China can “alter” reality. After the 20th anniversary of returning to China, we Hong Kong can only dread the future ahead of us. I’m only speaking for a portion of Hong Kong people, don’t be offended if your opinions are different.
shoxkazu im really sorry to hear this.
This is so heartbreaking 💔
I'm from mainland China, I think it's good as long as we deal with whatever problems we're facing peacefully and be nice to each other, I think that's all that matters. And based on your comment, I think you're a very nice person.
chun he nah in reality the big one will always bully the smaller one, always.
US has been doing this fir decades now and china are now starting to follow suit. Look at taiwan, hongkong, japan and some asean countries they were bullying. That is just the beginning, soon their appetite will be like the US. If they can claim the entire sea as their own how could think they will give up hongkong?
大多數香港人都認同自己係中國人，所謂港獨運動只會搞亂香港。到時中央提早取消一國兩制更加得不償失。
LOL, these five unknown bookstore staff members were so influential that the central governments had to arrest them in secret!
I listen to the song in the intro almost every day now, love the music that is used in these vids.
It’s already September of 2019, I really fear for the worst for my city
「 SugaCube 」 Oh no how are you doing right now?
United Kingdom must do something about Hong Kong.
Me:protest? IDC
protest: arrives at my doorstep
Me:*welp*
@@namkedi Huh?
「 SugaCube 」 what are you afraid of? Being confident of who you really are?
As a Hongkonger, thank you for making this series.
U people chines colony coming soon😂😂😂😂😂
@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq first of all, why are u acting pro chinese? Secondly, it is their future, their HK, they can fight. If they fail, they will move to Taiwan, the last fortress of the democracy system.
@@ED_667@one day china capture your Land and your freedom.... Same like Tibet.. 😂😂😂
Is youtube even allowed in hong kong?
@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq
If you have studied history, China and Vietnam have a lot of wars, and they (China) never win, the closest war happened in 1979.
The ending song that Johnny made for the Hong Kong series keeps reminding me of one or two Monstercat songs from like 2014-2016 and I cannot for the life of me figure out which songs they were
They stole the film industry of Hong Kong and moved it to 🇨🇳...
these guys already predicted the Fall, more than a year ago!
As an Irishman it's bizarre to see Thatcher even mention the word 'freedom'.....
Dr T Why may I ask.I mean you Irish folks helped us to against the British.
People thought Thatcher would fight war for Hong Kong just like what she did for the Falkland Islands
It's weird to see an Irish person mention freedom when you bombed my homeland and terrorised us over a part of the island that CHOSE to stay in the united kingdom.
Thatcher respected an agreement, maybe your IRA leader should have done the same.
Dr T Execute Order 66
I work at a tourist destination. We sell lots of postcards and stamps too. When i ask which country the stamp is to, I've had many people say Hong Kong.