Home is where the heart is. My parents emigrated to Germany in the 1970s. Even growing up in Germany and living there for 30 years, I am still happy to have decided to move back to HK and living here happily for the last 11 years. I don't have anything bad to say about Germany. Life there can be enjoyable. My parents have retired and are still living in Germany. I moved back to HK because I was curious about my parents place of birth and their culture at first. Since coming back to HK, I feel more comfortable living in HK, and I feel more home here than when I was in Germany. Everybody needs to experience for themselves if a move to another place is right choice for them.
@@chinchowpowpook As citizens, we got a right to protect, a right to criticise our government, a right to vote and freedom of speech. Without these, you are just a muted slave living under a dictatorship.
I’m Australian born Chinese. I can relate to your story. I’ve been in HK for 20+yrs. I was always proud to be ethnic Chinese growing up so I wanted find out more about my culture. Chinese may try to preserve the Chinese culture overseas but you don’t realise just how little is preserved until you come here.
I feel the same way. I am slowly making my way back after living in USA for 27 years. I think part of it is that I or (we) don’t have to work in hk. I worked in hk for one year and it was not enjoyable. I love my Chinese background and I would not mind retiring in hk half of the time out of the year. I am fortunate to have this choice.
Wow. This has to be one of the most well directed documentary done by CNA. I don't say that often, not even to most of the movies. This 46 mins video has blown my mind with it's pacing cinematography, and most importantly, storytelling.
Gee, what so great about this video? I didn't find any part particularly touching. I did find a part particularly laughable though: a supposedly well educated young man going to a fortune teller for advice on his and Hong Kong's future. How pathetic ?!
Deeply moved by the documentary. Someone choose to leave and someone choose to stay, but one's roots and birthplace are an indelible part of their identity, and can never be forgotten
Just like their earlier piece "One Way Ticket Out of HK", Ms Wei Du and the CNA Insider team have produced another excellent video that made me feel for the persons in it. I wish Mr Lai the best of health following his eye surgery and Mr Chan the freedom and space to pursue his passion. May Endo-san have a never-ending stream of creative ideas to hone his craft. And may Ms Liu find the happiness and contentment in her career success and hopefully a partner who loves cats ;-)
My Parents are from Hong Kong. They immigrated to Malaysia when it was still British Colony. I was born in Malaysia but every time I visited Hong Kong Relatives, I feel like I have come home. I Love the Food and the Hong Kong Culture.
Many have chosen to stay because their roots are here. Similar to many who may be experiencing the harshest state of being, they still will not leave their motherland.
I have lived in this city for over a decade and I am losing sight of her. What the funny thing is, a few days ago, in the official "Hello, Hong Kong" advertise, the bright colours of the images did not give me any hope. But that was the same day that I watched year of renyin. I saw hope in the whole depressingly colourful documentary and realised what it is that some people really like about this place. But this hope was followed by despair, as if the desert was connected to the sea and the sea was connected to the desert again😢
this documentary managed to capture the exact kaleidoscope of tumultuous emotions that has created the seismic shift in HK these past few years. kudos producers and editors that closing line from ronson: it's not rational... so simple, yet so utterly piercing; truly mirrors what many singaporeans feel about our own country - we have an irrational love for what Singapore used to stand for, and feel a deep sense of loss and nostalgia for it, unable to not want to hope and bear witness to how it can evolve for the better.
Thank you so much for making this authentic documentary! I feel really moved to watch it as my family and I have moved to other country from HK few months ago! Gratefully, we’ve settled down in the brand new country but we still miss our hometown from the bottom of our hearts obviously! Nobody wants to leave their homelands frankly! Anyways, truly hope every Hongkongers will be happy and healthy no matter where they live! 🍀🍀🍀 Also, hope everything goes well with the Hongkongers especially those who will move to the other countries!🍀🍀🍀
Time will heal. Take me as a perfect example, I miss HK in the first year, but I now love Canada very much where I don't even want to visit HK as I find HK is a boring place.
Good production. Sharp editing esp when the bus scenery at Oxford melts into HKG. It really speaks of how their hearts are still in HKG. Stay strong HKG!
Having lived in HK now for 31 years what's particularly striking/ depressing to me is that Singapore is now the liberal place relatively speaking. Back when I first came to HK we had a completely free press that could openly question anything the gov did. And we used to laugh at draconian Singapore where even cartoonists had to be careful. Now it's the complete opposite and it's OUR cartoonists that need to be careful as our unelected policeman CE John Lee constantly warns them. Our free press has been systematically dismantled with RTHK gutted ( it's now Chinese state media owned ) and a new gov stooge put in place to run it with zero prior experience in media. Which is no problem of course if your job is just to self censor and make sure nothing that questions the government is ever put out. Could RTHK in 2023 have made this fantastic documentary that CNA just made? 100 percent no chance. Absolutely not. Frankly it would likely be deemed "seditious". A brilliant independent HK documentary maker that made a film that won a hatfull of international awards had their film banned by HK censors because it featured a single protest scene. And the protest in question wasn't even in Hong Kong it was in Taiwan AND it was actually a protest against the current Taiwanese gov but that was STILL deemed too sensitive by HK censors who fear any scenes of protest against authority. Another documentary got banned because of one scene where someone had a yellow umberella. That's the level HK has currently descended to. Now we look like North Korea compared to Singapore. So I congratulate CNA for making something thought provoking and valuable, something we can no longer do in our new police state.
Hong Kong beats UK, US on 'human freedom' index in 2013 .... the monkey face joshua wong would've been in jail a long time ago if he lived in Singapore ...... young Singaporeans are much smarter than those christian hongkies western wannabe ......
@@paulzhang1310 Yeah we're not in 2013 anymore in case you hadn't noticed. We are a decade on and things are looking VERY different. I don't know why I'm even engaging with you since calling JW "monkey face", apart from being really childish, just outs you as the Wumao you so obviously are. Enjoy your 50 cents mate💰
Never will I believed that Hong Kong is any less democratic than Singapore. Millions of Hong Kong residents are permitted to demonstrate in public throughout the year, which is a stark contrast to Singapore one-man protest no allowed, speaks volume which country is more tolerance towards their own citizens. In this regard, Hongkongers impulsive exodus to UK might not necessarily be the right move. The moon is not always brighter in the west. 10 to 20 years later, Hong Kong may ended up becoming a new shinning star for many returning investors.
Many are already regretting it - lack of good jobs and dwindling amount of money. Remember when many left in the mid 1980s, scared of what might happen? Many actually went back. Things will get better again, but this time, people left not because of economics but because of stupid politics and they'll find it very hard to go back to HK while still struggling in UK. UK is not the land of milk and honey.
Post national security and covid era, the protest culture has largely disappeared in HK, even the iconic June 4th massacre commeoration is viewed as seditious to the country and now banned.
@@pbworld7858 stupid politics are everywhere, UK/EU included. Jumping away from frying pan and landed inside a boiling pot makes no difference. Youngsters are very impulsive. under western influences. The immigrated journalist who complained about PRC politics will have same critical view about the UK government eventually. Newspaper existed to create a living income for some people. Personally speaking, no news is actually good news. The same herd of sheeps will soon return to their familiar pasture to graze on.
are you sure singapore do not allow protest? we even have a protest corner where you can say anything and not be prosecuted. do Hong Kong has that, even during your master's time.
But Hong Kong government r did not allow these protests to happen. HK people protested often illegally, because the police didn’t give authorisation to them. Certainly now you can’t get any protests authorised at all. Singapore is still oppressive for protests, but that is only 1 aspect of democracy At least in Singapore you can vote for all your MPs. LegCo members can barely be voted in now and the Policeman in a chief is just appointed by the CCP.
Pray for UK nurses, transport workers, teachers and all workers protesting for better pay amidst the high cost of living in UK and recessionary situtations. More than 1m are protesting right now in Uk.
well, not a single protest, especially violent protest ever happened in Singapore... only one party had their grip in Singapore... great democracy there...
Before I had a good Hk friend and have found that Hk ppls are friendly and desire for freedom. He was sent to canadian school by his family when he was young and is living there. However he moves forth and back between Hk and Canada because his homeland and his family is there. After having seen this documentary film, i remember of him and feel sympathisch for him and hk ppls. This world needs more sympathy than the oppression. I also liked to see hongkong films and its songs before. I feel that the Hk singers and art films in previous period are more meaningful and beautiful than in nowadays. Transforming period creates wonderful peoples unless we dont give up.
Great documentary but l do have a little objection when Ronson Chan who was in Oxford, mocked UK citizens for being so libtard (the subtitles said left wing but it actually is libtard as in liberal retard) that their main concern is climate change, because there is no life or death issue affecting them. As a journalist himself, what he said was rather short-sighted and also slightly entitled. So what if UK citizens are putting climate change as priority rather than the ever increasing erosion of human rights and press freedom in HK? There are so many issues affecting UK people right now: inflation, cost of living crisis, astronomical increase of expenditure, food banks, recession, job losses that perhaps the issues faced by HK people isn’t on top of the list in UK folks mind. At least HK people can come to UK on BNO route and have a fresh start. Spare a thought on those who are a lot less fortunate such as Syrians, or the Ukrainians who are being bombed left and right currently.
I'm currently staying shenzhen and went to Hong Kong last week (similar like Malaysia - Singapore custom). Things have changed after 3 years. There's a big contrast in terms of culture, people and almost every aspect in working environment between Mainland China and Hong Kong. People stay put in HK for different reasons, there's a hidden voice in every person that wants to speak out loud desperately however due to the fact of the environment (part of China). It's extremely tough and now i understand them more about Hong Kong citizens. They are really grit-and-grind people and deserve a lot better
Excuse me but I'm a Hong Konger born and bred and I approve and appreciate the Chinese govt. Don't lump us al in with the people you "met" most of us dissaporve of the protestors aka the terrorists that were trying to burn HK to the ground.
@@rabbitazteca23 In fact I didn't hear much about that Hong Kong people are "appreciated" with Chinese govt. What I've heard mostly around the streets is how ridiculous the coronavirus policies are in HK and China these years, despite their political stands.
Excellent documentary that clearly painted the gloomy life in the once vibrant Asian city, now overshadowed by oppressive government. I lived the best years there, and I'm glad that I left before this darkness. There's no happiness in this city anymore. Free Hong Kong!!!
You only see the surface of things. Political democracy can't be achieved without economical democracy. HK people's lives weren't really better off before China take over because they were slaves to big firms and real estate tycoons. That's no democracy! They're brainwashed to believe that Western capitalism is more democrat but it's not! It's just a different kind of slavery.
When you realise that a kid at the age of 4 needs to learn how to worship and love the President of the country, you know it is a bad place for your children.
When you realize that a kid at the age of 4 experiences drive by shootings, home invasions, fentanyl abuse, racial discrimination against Asians in a country.You know it's a bad place for children.
Hongkongers can stay or leave anytime, so total freedom in this respect !! By the way, what happened to this guy who went to Oxford? Did he have a good time there?
What a great documentary. I won't fault anyone for staying. However, I won't make that choice to live under authoritarian dictatorship. That's just me.
And truck drivers. Those supermarket shelves need restocking and Brexit has made sure there are nowhere near enough drivers. Failing that, work on the farms which used to be worked on by EU citizens.
Um have you seen Canada? Where are these democracies that don't have national security laws? SIngapore also could never dream of a protest like HK and let it go on for US interests sake for a year. Come on, lets just call it what it is, it's democracies being afraid that a different system ran by Chinese was able to succeed. HK is CHINA, it was taken by force by the British, it's people turned into 2nd class citizens and the protests were out there holding UK and US flags? COME ON. Canada had 1 protest, it was totally legal and right for the people to do, and out PM started to freeze bank accounts of protesters, threatened to take their children away, forced them into submission by enacting a law that was NOT legal to use. IF there are Hong Kongers who are afraid of big scary China, then leave to one of these democracies that are pushing out these anti-chinese content and live there. I'm hoping Chinese money comes to HK and makes it on par with Shenzhen.
Canada is a democracy and whatever the government is ok. If HK does that, it is draconic and authoritative. You see the hypocrisy here?? Double standard. Love from Alberta.
Of course there are laws in Canada that needed to be uphold even if there is democracy, the protesters of this particular protest are charged because they used trucks to block the main intersection for many days. Canada have many other protests where protesters are not charged because they do not break the laws. With respect to Hong Kong protest, it had been peaceful until the government use police brutality and also overlook 721 incident. Now, I would say it is justified to arrest the violent protesters, but not the peaceful ones, and not justified to arrest journalists who report the protests, or shut down the media because they reported 2 sides of the political spectrum. Then they use excuse to DQ politicians voted by the Hong Kong people that are more vocal on white elephant projects. NSL is not the problem, the problem is using the NSL as a leash to ensure no arguments or discussion on any of the government projects, regardless how wasteful those projects are.
The ending stated HK population shrunk by another 110k in first half of 2022 to 7.29 million people. What is the population today, in 2nd half of 2024? I tried a simple search on Internet. The answer is 7.41 million.
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@@bananian yo moron, like it or not when PRC established in 1949 the people is agreed the system is like that. IF you don't like it feel free to move to another country. HK belong to china 🇨🇳
Hell is where everyone live in poor conditions, and instead of helping each other, they want to drag more people who can leave back to this hell. Those who hold power have succeeded to divide Chinese people against one another.
It is not about regret. It is about sometimes people cannot find jobs with their skill sets. These are not the rich who reap the cream off HK to flee. How often it is. Can you find a job in UK or Singapore, or Japan or Australia or Canada or India? If you cannot, then you will return too. Right?
The only people who call Hong Kong "totalitarian" are the protesters who are sore that they didn't get their way. Even American media does not call Hong Kong "totalitarian" because it obviously is not. I just went back last week and it was great seeing friends and family in good spirits after the pandemic.
what is wrong with you CNA, you are only supposed to show the Anti China side of the story. everything else is meaningless. Hong Kong should belong to the United States.
I'm from a democratic country and I've lived in countries that don't follow democracy (not N.Korea), and let me tell you - Democracy is way too overrated in geopolitics. It's more an ideological tool for the western imperialist to control the world than it is a system of government in geopolitical context. I'm not saying democracy is bad or worst than other forms of government, all I'm saying is; other form of government work as good as democracy, though not perfect. Democracy is not perfect either. People need to get off their head that Democracy is the ultimate system and that everyone should follow it or else you're living in hell. That BS, that's narrow minded and ignorant. There is not one universal system that'll suit everyone. There cannot be 'One size fit all' approach especially in system of government. Like I said, in geopolitics, Democracy is nothing but a tool for the western world to control and dominate the rest of the world. Period. Regarding HK democracy protest, it was the CIA and NED who was funding such violent agitation in the name of democracy. That's why mother country 'mainland China' did what they had to do.
@@belwong6698 Truth doesn't equals propaganda. You seem to be one western brainwashed Chinese going by your name!! Wake up! I'm from a country once colonized by the western imperialist for hundreds of years, looting all our wealth and enslaving all of our people. Never again I'm going to let the western imperialist dominate and exploit my people again. History is a good lesson to be careful of the west tactics of 'divide and rule'. They will let brothers/family fight among themselves and when everyone becomes weak and tired from the in-fighting, they will come in and dominate and exploit you. That's how they built their empire and got ahead of us, while leaving all their colonies in ruin and poverty. Beware!
The fact that the majority of people in this city are still pretending that life is just as usual under the national security law and continuing to indulge themselves in good times is making me sick. Freedom is never free, nor is it granted by dictatorship, u have to sacrifice or even shed blood in order to secure your freedom. These people simply either dont understand or are in denial. I m a HongKonger and have left already, I m utterly disgusted by ppl who are chasing pop idols as a form of escape from reality. They would rather be slaves than stand up for their values, if they have any at all.
I returned to HK because I won't be assaulted by rioters. The mood is so much better compared to 2019. Wherever you are happiest, that's where you should stay and I'm happy for you. HK has political lines that we have not been able to cross. True in 1997, and true today. If you cannot accept that, you will never be happy with HK and that's Okay. But not everybody has the same values--you cannot define them for us, nor shall we define them for you.
Why was it that when showing clips of unrest in 2019, there wasn’t any clip of petrol bombs being thrown, rioters blocking roads and beating up fellow HKers & suspected mainlanders, etc. Don’t just show police pepper spray someone, do show why police have to do that in the first place. Thanks.
Hi CNA Insider, closer to your home, how about doing an objective 😊 analysis piece on Keppel OM bribery saga or SPH fudging of circulation numbers? Looking forward to your precious insights! 😀
What did you think about THIS documentary? Or are you just here for the whattaboutisms deflection? If you look at CNA RUclips channel- and CNA is of course Singapore state media - they have many pieces critical of government..They have one of their most viewed long films about childhood poverty in Singapore which was deeply critical of the failings of Singapore's social welfare system. And actually the backlash from that film led to some major reforms in social work / welfare. Could RTHK make such a film about HK in 2023? Would they choose to do that ?
@@willsmith39 Calm down. I am just requesting them to do an analysis of the sizzling hot topics closer to their home. Why do you ASSUME that this will be critical of their government? Ask your question of RTHK to RTHK. Calm down 😊
@@muntongleong1755 First off I don't have to ask the question to RTHK. It was obviously a rhetorical question - we all know the answer already. However if I misunderstood where you are coming from then I apologize. It looked a lot to me like the typical Wumao response to anything critical of HK gov, namely deflection. If that wasn't your intention then I withdraw my comment.
@willsmith39 No I do not think you have misunderstood his intention. He is those typical Hongkonger who thinks that Singaporean do not have freedom of speech and are afraid to speak up against the ruling party. As a true blue Singaporean who had worked and lived in HongKong for 15 years, it does not amused me that typical Hongkongers seemed to live in the woods and would pick every opportunity to bad mouth Singapore. As a matter of fact Singaporean by and large are complain Kings and Queens concerning our government. The difference is that we can substantiate our criticism about our government. We believe in constructive criticism that are factual. That to me is the essence of freedom of speech and expression. However, Hongkonger pride themselves as democratic and are free to speak their minds, but isn't it a fact that Hongkong has never had and will never have universal suffrage whether it was under British then or Mainland China rule now. I have yet to experience a democratic country that does not have universal suffrage. But of course Hongkong was never a country to begin with so this anomaly doesn't fit them.
My advice for the common folks in HK, don't meddle into politics, just live according to the laws and rules set by the government. If you are not happy with some things, just voice it out and talk to your MPs whatever and see if they can change it for the better, just like in Singapore. If you try to change things politically then do it lawfully and properly, go into politics and become an opposition and try changing it, but in reality it is difficult just like in Singapore. If you are really fed up with the government, political situation in HK, then migrate if you can, like many HK people and Singaporeans did, but most of them regretted after migration. Don't believe the British, Americans that promises you many things but when you really go over there and become a PR or citizen (if you can, which I bet most couldn't), then you will realize all these are lies, they just use you to reach their objective, which is to create chaos in HK and let China disintegrate itself and become the next USSR.
@@bodyloverz30 lol! Taiwan was an autocracy up to the early 90s, same time as the mainland opened up. Same country, same situation, different administrations.
This is what a TV channel should be, and what a TV channel should produce!
Thank you CNA, happy to see you can make something that outstanding
Home is where the heart is. My parents emigrated to Germany in the 1970s. Even growing up in Germany and living there for 30 years, I am still happy to have decided to move back to HK and living here happily for the last 11 years. I don't have anything bad to say about Germany. Life there can be enjoyable. My parents have retired and are still living in Germany. I moved back to HK because I was curious about my parents place of birth and their culture at first. Since coming back to HK, I feel more comfortable living in HK, and I feel more home here than when I was in Germany. Everybody needs to experience for themselves if a move to another place is right choice for them.
As long u live responsibly as a citizen not to vandalise nor trouble making..hk will back his glory’s days
Yeah, and not dare to say the government is wrong about anything… including when they kill your family.
@@chinchowpowpook As citizens, we got a right to protect, a right to criticise our government, a right to vote and freedom of speech. Without these, you are just a muted slave living under a dictatorship.
I’m Australian born Chinese. I can relate to your story. I’ve been in HK for 20+yrs.
I was always proud to be ethnic Chinese growing up so I wanted find out more about my culture.
Chinese may try to preserve the Chinese culture overseas but you don’t realise just how little is preserved until you come here.
I feel the same way. I am slowly making my way back after living in USA for 27 years. I think part of it is that I or (we) don’t have to work in hk. I worked in hk for one year and it was not enjoyable. I love my Chinese background and I would not mind retiring in hk half of the time out of the year. I am fortunate to have this choice.
Wow. This has to be one of the most well directed documentary done by CNA. I don't say that often, not even to most of the movies. This 46 mins video has blown my mind with it's pacing cinematography, and most importantly, storytelling.
Gee, what so great about this video? I didn't find any part particularly touching. I did find a part particularly laughable though: a supposedly well educated young man going to a fortune teller for advice on his and Hong Kong's future. How pathetic ?!
@@martinleung212 有咩問題呢？年年初三都政壇人物去車公廟，話幫香港人，幫香港求箋啦！
It reflects how ridiculous the HK law system has become which makes people totally lost faith in the system and one’s future.
@@martinleung212 I'm educated and go to my pastor for God's guidance.
I'm deeply moved by their love for their home country. Another exceptional documentary. Well done!
Home country as in China?? Hong Kong isnt a country
Deeply moved by the documentary. Someone choose to leave and someone choose to stay, but one's roots and birthplace are an indelible part of their identity, and can never be forgotten
Thank you CNA for the coverage. A perfect atmosphere throughout the film to encapsulate how life has been for Hong Kong citizens in the past 4 years.
Just like their earlier piece "One Way Ticket Out of HK", Ms Wei Du and the CNA Insider team have produced another excellent video that made me feel for the persons in it. I wish Mr Lai the best of health following his eye surgery and Mr Chan the freedom and space to pursue his passion. May Endo-san have a never-ending stream of creative ideas to hone his craft. And may Ms Liu find the happiness and contentment in her career success and hopefully a partner who loves cats ;-)
a documentary without commentary, a masterpiece
i deeply regret not visiting HK pre-pandemic. Thanks CNA. Another outstanding documentary.
My Parents are from Hong Kong. They immigrated to Malaysia when it was still British Colony. I was born in Malaysia but every time I visited Hong Kong Relatives, I feel like I have come home. I Love the Food and the Hong Kong Culture.
Many have chosen to stay because their roots are here. Similar to many who may be experiencing the harshest state of being, they still will not leave their motherland.
I have lived in this city for over a decade and I am losing sight of her. What the funny thing is, a few days ago, in the official "Hello, Hong Kong" advertise, the bright colours of the images did not give me any hope. But that was the same day that I watched year of renyin. I saw hope in the whole depressingly colourful documentary and realised what it is that some people really like about this place. But this hope was followed by despair, as if the desert was connected to the sea and the sea was connected to the desert again😢
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this documentary managed to capture the exact kaleidoscope of tumultuous emotions that has created the seismic shift in HK these past few years. kudos producers and editors
that closing line from ronson: it's not rational... so simple, yet so utterly piercing; truly mirrors what many singaporeans feel about our own country - we have an irrational love for what Singapore used to stand for, and feel a deep sense of loss and nostalgia for it, unable to not want to hope and bear witness to how it can evolve for the better.
The rain in 1997 was an omen. Gosh, life is tough.
Superb documentary , Thank You CNA
what a recap of this sad year. Thanks CNA.
Thank you for the report. I like CNA, because it is pretty objective.
Thank you for this excellent documentary! Every aspect is nicely done. What a contrast to what has happened to HK. Sad!
my mood is echoed by the end music very melancholy,such a tough time to be a Hong Kong citizen
How're things now? Better or worse or the same?
Things have become much worse if you value personal freedom and democracy. You never know who maybe monitoring you and for what reason
Thanks for recording HK, our home
Thank you so much for making this authentic documentary! I feel really moved to watch it as my family and I have moved to other country from HK few months ago!
Gratefully, we’ve settled down in the brand new country but we still miss our hometown from the bottom of our hearts obviously! Nobody wants to leave their homelands frankly!
Anyways, truly hope every Hongkongers will be happy and healthy no matter where they live! 🍀🍀🍀 Also, hope everything goes well with the Hongkongers especially those who will move to the other countries!🍀🍀🍀
Time will heal. Take me as a perfect example, I miss HK in the first year, but I now love Canada very much where I don't even want to visit HK as I find HK is a boring place.
It's over no longer HK citizens.
Bye good luck
Thank you CNA
Another great documentary on Hong Kong. Thank you, and stay _safe_!
Good production. Sharp editing esp when the bus scenery at Oxford melts into HKG. It really speaks of how their hearts are still in HKG.
Stay strong HKG!
Made me feel nostalgic about a place I have never been to. What a beautiful documentary.
Thank you for the report.
Thank you CNA insider once again. 2023 maybe is another difficult year for Hongkongers, Bless all
Lovely people, all of them shown. I wish them health and happiness
More documentaries about Hong Kongers who are living abroad now please
Glad to see a peaceful Hong Kong without riots and violence
Good editing. Keep it up
Having lived in HK now for 31 years what's particularly striking/ depressing to me is that Singapore is now the liberal place relatively speaking. Back when I first came to HK we had a completely free press that could openly question anything the gov did. And we used to laugh at draconian Singapore where even cartoonists had to be careful. Now it's the complete opposite and it's OUR cartoonists that need to be careful as our unelected policeman CE John Lee constantly warns them.
Our free press has been systematically dismantled with RTHK gutted ( it's now Chinese state media owned ) and a new gov stooge put in place to run it with zero prior experience in media. Which is no problem of course if your job is just to self censor and make sure nothing that questions the government is ever put out.
Could RTHK in 2023 have made this fantastic documentary that CNA just made? 100 percent no chance. Absolutely not. Frankly it would likely be deemed "seditious".
A brilliant independent HK documentary maker that made a film that won a hatfull of international awards had their film banned by HK censors because it featured a single protest scene. And the protest in question wasn't even in Hong Kong it was in Taiwan AND it was actually a protest against the current Taiwanese gov but that was STILL deemed too sensitive by HK censors who fear any scenes of protest against authority.
Another documentary got banned because of one scene where someone had a yellow umberella. That's the level HK has currently descended to. Now we look like North Korea compared to Singapore.
So I congratulate CNA for making something thought provoking and valuable, something we can no longer do in our new police state.
Hong Kong beats UK, US on 'human freedom' index in 2013 .... the monkey face joshua wong would've been in jail a long time ago if he lived in Singapore ...... young Singaporeans are much smarter than those christian hongkies western wannabe ......
@@paulzhang1310 Yeah we're not in 2013 anymore in case you hadn't noticed. We are a decade on and things are looking VERY different.
I don't know why I'm even engaging with you since calling JW "monkey face", apart from being really childish, just outs you as the Wumao you so obviously are. Enjoy your 50 cents mate💰
@@willsmith39 yeah i know it's not 2013 ..... my point is they had so much freedom so what that JW "monkey face" protesting for ?....
@Will Smith Get a life siu keung 🪳
Is this made in hkg? Does it represent freedom flow of information?
Thanks for telling the story of HongKongers :) Thanks to CNA Insider
Well done, another well-produced documentary since the "One Way". Thank You.
Thank CNA to report Hong Kong. Wish you success again.
Truly heartbreaking!! Especially when you have loved ones and friends that lives in Hong Kong.
Well done
Thank you 🙏🏻
香港人加油
香港已經沒有新聞自由，也沒有新聞機構會報導真實的香港。
多謝CNA團隊
Thank you 🙇♂️
Really good～
Truly insane prices for a 2 bedroom flat. Utter madness spending that kind of money unless you are earning $500,000 a year.
Really sad for HK to lose its uniqueness and genuine beauty. It became another dull and souless city of PRC.
;( very sad.
Really sad to see tons of Asians waxing white nuts.
Never will I believed that Hong Kong is any less democratic than Singapore. Millions of Hong Kong residents are permitted to demonstrate in public throughout the year, which is a stark contrast to Singapore one-man protest no allowed, speaks volume which country is more tolerance towards their own citizens. In this regard, Hongkongers impulsive exodus to UK might not necessarily be the right move. The moon is not always brighter in the west. 10 to 20 years later, Hong Kong may ended up becoming a new shinning star for many returning investors.
Many are already regretting it - lack of good jobs and dwindling amount of money. Remember when many left in the mid 1980s, scared of what might happen? Many actually went back. Things will get better again, but this time, people left not because of economics but because of stupid politics and they'll find it very hard to go back to HK while still struggling in UK. UK is not the land of milk and honey.
Post national security and covid era, the protest culture has largely disappeared in HK, even the iconic June 4th massacre commeoration is viewed as seditious to the country and now banned.
@@pbworld7858 stupid politics are everywhere, UK/EU included. Jumping away from frying pan and landed inside a boiling pot makes no difference. Youngsters are very impulsive. under western influences. The immigrated journalist who complained about PRC politics will have same critical view about the UK government eventually. Newspaper existed to create a living income for some people. Personally speaking, no news is actually good news. The same herd of sheeps will soon return to their familiar pasture to graze on.
are you sure singapore do not allow protest? we even have a protest corner where you can say anything and not be prosecuted. do Hong Kong has that, even during your master's time.
But Hong Kong government r did not allow these protests to happen.
HK people protested often illegally, because the police didn’t give authorisation to them.
Certainly now you can’t get any protests authorised at all.
Singapore is still oppressive for protests, but that is only 1 aspect of democracy
At least in Singapore you can vote for all your MPs.
LegCo members can barely be voted in now and the Policeman in a chief is just appointed by the CCP.
Let's pray for the journalists, nurses, and social workers in Hong Kong.
Why? Are they sick? Maybe you should pray for yourself
Pray for UK nurses, transport workers, teachers and all workers protesting for better pay amidst the high cost of living in UK and recessionary situtations. More than 1m are protesting right now in Uk.
26:00 笑容逐渐消失，突然下起了雨
The background of the 3 are not typical, one is Japanese Expat, one is a anti China journalist, another one is a migrant from the mainland China.
Not typical, but everyone is negatively affected by the actions of the CCP and puppet HK government.
Unfair to say the journalist is anti China, what has he done that is anti China?
The other side of the lawn is always greener.
well, not a single protest, especially violent protest ever happened in Singapore... only one party had their grip in Singapore...
great democracy there...
Very good documentary for us! Hope more hongkonger and people around the world could see it.
Before I had a good Hk friend and have found that Hk ppls are friendly and desire for freedom. He was sent to canadian school by his family when he was young and is living there. However he moves forth and back between Hk and Canada because his homeland and his family is there. After having seen this documentary film, i remember of him and feel sympathisch for him and hk ppls. This world needs more sympathy than the oppression. I also liked to see hongkong films and its songs before. I feel that the Hk singers and art films in previous period are more meaningful and beautiful than in nowadays. Transforming period creates wonderful peoples unless we dont give up.
He has model of Comfort yellow cab inside his taxi !!!
Comfort yellow Prius cab. Hahaha noticed small little detail there about the owner
This video so well edited!
Great documentary but l do have a little objection when Ronson Chan who was in Oxford, mocked UK citizens for being so libtard (the subtitles said left wing but it actually is libtard as in liberal retard) that their main concern is climate change, because there is no life or death issue affecting them. As a journalist himself, what he said was rather short-sighted and also slightly entitled. So what if UK citizens are putting climate change as priority rather than the ever increasing erosion of human rights and press freedom in HK?
There are so many issues affecting UK people right now: inflation, cost of living crisis, astronomical increase of expenditure, food banks, recession, job losses that perhaps the issues faced by HK people isn’t on top of the list in UK folks mind. At least HK people can come to UK on BNO route and have a fresh start. Spare a thought on those who are a lot less fortunate such as Syrians, or the Ukrainians who are being bombed left and right currently.
The mainlander (Suki Liu) is the "contrast case" for typical local Hongkongers.
一鸡死、一鸡鸣。以往省港澳原是一家。
How come insurance agents in HK and Singapore can earn so much??? Are people over-insured??
insurance agent and company are from ChinA 。I assumed
I'm currently staying shenzhen and went to Hong Kong last week (similar like Malaysia - Singapore custom). Things have changed after 3 years. There's a big contrast in terms of culture, people and almost every aspect in working environment between Mainland China and Hong Kong.
People stay put in HK for different reasons, there's a hidden voice in every person that wants to speak out loud desperately however due to the fact of the environment (part of China). It's extremely tough and now i understand them more about Hong Kong citizens. They are really grit-and-grind people and deserve a lot better
Thank you for trying to understand what Hong Kong people have been going through.
Excuse me but I'm a Hong Konger born and bred and I approve and appreciate the Chinese govt. Don't lump us al in with the people you "met" most of us dissaporve of the protestors aka the terrorists that were trying to burn HK to the ground.
If u want freedom so bad then leave China and go to the US. See how they treat Chinese like YOU.
@@rabbitazteca23 In fact I didn't hear much about that Hong Kong people are "appreciated" with Chinese govt. What I've heard mostly around the streets is how ridiculous the coronavirus policies are in HK and China these years, despite their political stands.
@@mcyiu5816 look at his/her previous comments, you'll understand where he/she is coming from.
Excellent documentary that clearly painted the gloomy life in the once vibrant Asian city, now overshadowed by oppressive government. I lived the best years there, and I'm glad that I left before this darkness. There's no happiness in this city anymore. Free Hong Kong!!!
Chasing democracy may lead you to jail, but chasing celebrities won't. Haha!
The sad new normal in #PoliceStateHongKong
You only see the surface of things. Political democracy can't be achieved without economical democracy. HK people's lives weren't really better off before China take over because they were slaves to big firms and real estate tycoons. That's no democracy! They're brainwashed to believe that Western capitalism is more democrat but it's not! It's just a different kind of slavery.
If the daily was reporting fairly and truthfully,they will not get into trouble.
so sad HK becomes like now . Singapore is laughing , so sad
When you realise that a kid at the age of 4 needs to learn how to worship and love the President of the country, you know it is a bad place for your children.
When you realize that a kid at the age of 4 experiences drive by shootings, home invasions, fentanyl abuse, racial discrimination against Asians in a country.You know it's a bad place for children.
Hongkongers can stay or leave anytime, so total freedom in this respect !! By the way, what happened to this guy who went to Oxford? Did he have a good time there?
What a great documentary. I won't fault anyone for staying. However, I won't make that choice to live under authoritarian dictatorship. That's just me.
Ignorant comment
Yeah, no point staying when the real HK is dead. At least you can continue to voice your opinions overseas.
@@bananian Yawn. Typical ignorant comments
Loser
Excuse me, but what the taxi driver is heading to after ditching the drivers job?
They are wasting their time remaining in HK. England need a lot of taxi drivers.
And truck drivers. Those supermarket shelves need restocking and Brexit has made sure there are nowhere near enough drivers. Failing that, work on the farms which used to be worked on by EU citizens.
Haha, HK is shitty but other places are shittier is your argument against people leaving, sad.
@@bananian don't get me wrong they should leave as soon as possible since they so unhappy.
Um have you seen Canada? Where are these democracies that don't have national security laws? SIngapore also could never dream of a protest like HK and let it go on for US interests sake for a year. Come on, lets just call it what it is, it's democracies being afraid that a different system ran by Chinese was able to succeed. HK is CHINA, it was taken by force by the British, it's people turned into 2nd class citizens and the protests were out there holding UK and US flags? COME ON. Canada had 1 protest, it was totally legal and right for the people to do, and out PM started to freeze bank accounts of protesters, threatened to take their children away, forced them into submission by enacting a law that was NOT legal to use. IF there are Hong Kongers who are afraid of big scary China, then leave to one of these democracies that are pushing out these anti-chinese content and live there. I'm hoping Chinese money comes to HK and makes it on par with Shenzhen.
Why are you still using the AMERICAN youtube if you despise the American values?
Canada is a democracy and whatever the government is ok. If HK does that, it is draconic and authoritative. You see the hypocrisy here?? Double standard.
Love from Alberta.
Takes a rabid nationalist to turn a somber documentary into a political siren.
You people sure lack subtlety😄😄😄
扮咩外國人呀，撚樣
Of course there are laws in Canada that needed to be uphold even if there is democracy, the protesters of this particular protest are charged because they used trucks to block the main intersection for many days. Canada have many other protests where protesters are not charged because they do not break the laws. With respect to Hong Kong protest, it had been peaceful until the government use police brutality and also overlook 721 incident. Now, I would say it is justified to arrest the violent protesters, but not the peaceful ones, and not justified to arrest journalists who report the protests, or shut down the media because they reported 2 sides of the political spectrum. Then they use excuse to DQ politicians voted by the Hong Kong people that are more vocal on white elephant projects. NSL is not the problem, the problem is using the NSL as a leash to ensure no arguments or discussion on any of the government projects, regardless how wasteful those projects are.
The ending stated HK population shrunk by another 110k in first half of 2022 to 7.29 million people.
What is the population today, in 2nd half of 2024?
I tried a simple search on Internet.
The answer is 7.41 million.
Hk is getting filled up with mainlanders
I miss my homeland
Where is Ur homeland ？
農曆中之壬寅年，天干壬，水也，地支寅，虎也。 港人遇虎，大事勿用，凡虎皆噬人，有待武松出現，伏虎後而復民生，太平乃重現!
not enough generational locals interviewed
Guys, you think Singapore is democracy? Fly over and try them out. You anger burst over the lack of space not government.
SINGAPORE IS AN ISLAND ❗️❗️
FOR GOODNESS SAKE ❗️❗️
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT....COMPLAINING OF LACK OF SPACE ❓️❓️
PLEASE.....IF WE CAN EXTEND OUR ISLAND FOR YOUR PLEASURE.....WE WOULD ❗️❗️
ONCE IN A WHILE.....WE HAVE JOKER LIKE YOU WHO CAN BE LAUGHABLE .....😁😁
HK fully mainlandized since 01JUL20
It should be ,it's a city of China. You dont want it to be Americanized unless you're one of the few who love waxing white nuts.
Not everyone has the luxury, can choose to go abroad.
For some people they consider 1842 was a great year cos Hong Kong People can be part of British empire so just depends on the sides and perspectives.
Lol Stockholm Syndrome thinking. How can you to sided or defending the kidnapper? It's sick mind.
@@YogaWan-kp1kn A lot of them are like that mate, especially those Asians in western society.
@@YogaWan-kp1kn
That's more fitting of mainlanders who've been conditioned to love their dictator. 💀
@@bananian yo moron, like it or not when PRC established in 1949 the people is agreed the system is like that.
IF you don't like it feel free to move to another country. HK belong to china 🇨🇳
Hell is where everyone live in poor conditions, and instead of helping each other, they want to drag more people who can leave back to this hell. Those who hold power have succeeded to divide Chinese people against one another.
世界就是每天都在變。說香港沒有了自由。是什麽自由？和什麽時間比較！97前？是人變了？人心變了？如果因為自已往的地方變了，就去其它地方，可能永遠不能停下來！
Many who left regretted and wanted to go home. Y ?
Most don’t regret it.
That is just what the CCP like to say in state media, to scare HK people and Chinese people from emigrating.
It is not about regret. It is about sometimes people cannot find jobs with their skill sets. These are not the rich who reap the cream off HK to flee. How often it is. Can you find a job in UK or Singapore, or Japan or Australia or Canada or India? If you cannot, then you will return too. Right?
AGAIN, idealogy is their problem.
What is the definition of freedom?? Freedom of speech ???
wish that malaysians who were raised in UK have this opportunity,
6:00 unit has no views...for 11milHKD
Hong Kong will never be the same under the rule of totalitarian regime.
China doesn't give a rats ass about what you think.
The only people who call Hong Kong "totalitarian" are the protesters who are sore that they didn't get their way. Even American media does not call Hong Kong "totalitarian" because it obviously is not. I just went back last week and it was great seeing friends and family in good spirits after the pandemic.
Thank you for using Hong Kong people as the subject again!
what is wrong with you CNA, you are only supposed to show the Anti China side of the story. everything else is meaningless. Hong Kong should belong to the United States.
Hong Kong belongs to its people.
Hong Kong is best
well....................
I'm from a democratic country and I've lived in countries that don't follow democracy (not N.Korea), and let me tell you - Democracy is way too overrated in geopolitics. It's more an ideological tool for the western imperialist to control the world than it is a system of government in geopolitical context. I'm not saying democracy is bad or worst than other forms of government, all I'm saying is; other form of government work as good as democracy, though not perfect. Democracy is not perfect either.
People need to get off their head that Democracy is the ultimate system and that everyone should follow it or else you're living in hell. That BS, that's narrow minded and ignorant. There is not one universal system that'll suit everyone. There cannot be 'One size fit all' approach especially in system of government. Like I said, in geopolitics, Democracy is nothing but a tool for the western world to control and dominate the rest of the world. Period.
Regarding HK democracy protest, it was the CIA and NED who was funding such violent agitation in the name of democracy. That's why mother country 'mainland China' did what they had to do.
箍罩箍到缺氧嗱？
Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣, are you funded by the CCP to be a propaganda machine?
@@belwong6698 Truth doesn't equals propaganda. You seem to be one western brainwashed Chinese going by your name!! Wake up! I'm from a country once colonized by the western imperialist for hundreds of years, looting all our wealth and enslaving all of our people. Never again I'm going to let the western imperialist dominate and exploit my people again. History is a good lesson to be careful of the west tactics of 'divide and rule'. They will let brothers/family fight among themselves and when everyone becomes weak and tired from the in-fighting, they will come in and dominate and exploit you. That's how they built their empire and got ahead of us, while leaving all their colonies in ruin and poverty. Beware!
Ahhhh, so you are from China, because no one call China motherland except people from China 🤣
@@Kiki-sh3vf Nop, not from China, but Good try though 🙃
The fact that the majority of people in this city are still pretending that life is just as usual under the national security law and continuing to indulge themselves in good times is making me sick. Freedom is never free, nor is it granted by dictatorship, u have to sacrifice or even shed blood in order to secure your freedom. These people simply either dont understand or are in denial. I m a HongKonger and have left already, I m utterly disgusted by ppl who are chasing pop idols as a form of escape from reality. They would rather be slaves than stand up for their values, if they have any at all.
You shed blood and sacrificed by leaving for overseas😀
I returned to HK because I won't be assaulted by rioters. The mood is so much better compared to 2019. Wherever you are happiest, that's where you should stay and I'm happy for you. HK has political lines that we have not been able to cross. True in 1997, and true today. If you cannot accept that, you will never be happy with HK and that's Okay. But not everybody has the same values--you cannot define them for us, nor shall we define them for you.
They are probably in denial.
changed
John Lee should learn to speak the local dialect! At least pretend you care about HK.
Why was it that when showing clips of unrest in 2019, there wasn’t any clip of petrol bombs being thrown, rioters blocking roads and beating up fellow HKers & suspected mainlanders, etc. Don’t just show police pepper spray someone, do show why police have to do that in the first place. Thanks.
何必如此义愤填膺？
别人家的事，我们这些外人就别操那份心了。
没立场也没必要
Because that stuff was just CCP propaganda
Hi CNA Insider, closer to your home, how about doing an objective 😊 analysis piece on Keppel OM bribery saga or SPH fudging of circulation numbers? Looking forward to your precious insights! 😀
What did you think about THIS documentary? Or are you just here for the whattaboutisms deflection?
If you look at CNA RUclips channel- and CNA is of course Singapore state media - they have many pieces critical of government..They have one of their most viewed long films about childhood poverty in Singapore which was deeply critical of the failings of Singapore's social welfare system. And actually the backlash from that film led to some major reforms in social work / welfare.
Could RTHK make such a film about HK in 2023? Would they choose to do that ?
@@willsmith39 Calm down. I am just requesting them to do an analysis of the sizzling hot topics closer to their home. Why do you ASSUME that this will be critical of their government? Ask your question of RTHK to RTHK. Calm down 😊
@@muntongleong1755 First off I don't have to ask the question to RTHK. It was obviously a rhetorical question - we all know the answer already.
However if I misunderstood where you are coming from then I apologize. It looked a lot to me like the typical Wumao response to anything critical of HK gov, namely deflection.
If that wasn't your intention then I withdraw my comment.
Keppel saga is 小毛見大毛，五毛. Singapore is kettle, PRC is pot. Of course it is good to show Keppel story, its not the silk road.
@willsmith39 No I do not think you have misunderstood his intention. He is those typical Hongkonger who thinks that Singaporean do not have freedom of speech and are afraid to speak up against the ruling party. As a true blue Singaporean who had worked and lived in HongKong for 15 years, it does not amused me that typical Hongkongers seemed to live in the woods and would pick every opportunity to bad mouth Singapore. As a matter of fact Singaporean by and large are complain Kings and Queens concerning our government. The difference is that we can substantiate our criticism about our government. We believe in constructive criticism that are factual. That to me is the essence of freedom of speech and expression. However, Hongkonger pride themselves as democratic and are free to speak their minds, but isn't it a fact that Hongkong has never had and will never have universal suffrage whether it was under British then or Mainland China rule now. I have yet to experience a democratic country that does not have universal suffrage. But of course Hongkong was never a country to begin with so this anomaly doesn't fit them.
So basically Xi Jinping solved the HK problem!!!
The problem was that Hong Kong didn’t like him. Now they have to praise him every day.
He lobotomized it
Forgot that china released covid to quell the hk protests
Yes and pfi is profit handsomely. The end justifies the means.
@@bhl3840 The US as well, look at the stock market 2020-2021! OMG the WEALTH. Just not for the poor to take though.
Weigh the pros n cons of migrating to Western so-called democrazzy to suffer from racial discrimination
Hong Kong is hopeless, leave ASAP if you can!
Exactly
No body is holding them back people are free to leave.
@@noahlee4764
You don't have to tell them. They know already. Stay in your cozy pen, sheep. 🐑
Every country has its own problems and the UK is no better place.
Winnie the Pooh and his cronies swearing in to stuff up HongKong.
Feel free to demo in your new home (country) to your heart contend.
My advice for the common folks in HK, don't meddle into politics, just live according to the laws and rules set by the government. If you are not happy with some things, just voice it out and talk to your MPs whatever and see if they can change it for the better, just like in Singapore. If you try to change things politically then do it lawfully and properly, go into politics and become an opposition and try changing it, but in reality it is difficult just like in Singapore. If you are really fed up with the government, political situation in HK, then migrate if you can, like many HK people and Singaporeans did, but most of them regretted after migration. Don't believe the British, Americans that promises you many things but when you really go over there and become a PR or citizen (if you can, which I bet most couldn't), then you will realize all these are lies, they just use you to reach their objective, which is to create chaos in HK and let China disintegrate itself and become the next USSR.
You can have true freedom in Taiwan.
Those BNOs have been categorised as refugees but the difference is those BNOs are required to bring money into the UK.
Jai Hinduja. Africa is the next El Dorado for you to find your King Solomon's mine.
@@bodyloverz30 lol! Taiwan was an autocracy up to the early 90s, same time as the mainland opened up. Same country, same situation, different administrations.
Good advice. And whatever you do, do not burn public places, do not set innocent people on fire, or throw bricks and flammable stuff. HK is not US.