I can comfirm that we are fighting for Democracy that The United Kingdom taught us. Hong Kong may not be a democracy under British rule, but it was much better under the British rule. No one actually got kidnapped for badmouthing Queen Elizabeth II, and we are sure the British colonial government payed attention to us and address our concerns, unlike what we have now. Say a negative word about Xi the Pooh and you can disappear and appear the next day apologizing on state media. Chris Patten will always be our governor. 🇬🇧🇭🇰 Thank you United Kingdom for everything.
For those that don’t know: to the anger of the Chinese, the Queen intentionally didn’t attend this handover. It symbolised both her own and the crown’s disapproval. Even though we had no choice but to hand Hong Kong back, historically, for a British monarch to purposely not attend an event is regarded to be one of the most powerful statements the crown can make.
wasn't a part of hong kong island not apart of the 99 year deal? If i remember correctly, UK was able to keep some part of it since it was apart of its own.
@@StreetDrilla Hong Kong Island wasn't viable without the New Territories because that's where the water and power supplied were. There was also a lot of other joint infrastructure as well. Partitioning them simply wasn't practical and it is highly likely that the PRC would have taken the island by force anyway. The UK simply wouldn't have been able to defend it being so far away and no longer able to call on the vast manpower that it had in Asia during the empire era.
@@StreetDrilla The British surrendered the entirety of Hong Kong, including Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, to form the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China… In recent months, the suppression of freedoms and dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong by China have been rapidly progressing.
@@PvPGamerMinecraft to say democracy is dismantle would imply there was democracy during british rule. so... what is the name of the first HK governor that was elected under british rule? what is the name of the first HK representative to the UK parliament? at least China gave HK symbolic seat in it congress... UK doesn't even do that for HK.
same here. I was listening to Auld Lang Syne when this video popped up and I wondered how Hong Kong is connected to it. I studied the topic without knowing that this rendition was rooted in an intense national dispute.
Ironic that now, 22 years later, the people of Hong Kong are wishing the British had stayed to keep the Chinese from mowing them down like tianenmen square
Wtf are you even saying LMAO. If the US had to give back Guantanamo to the Cubans or the UK returning her overseas Cypriot territory to Cyprus, the servicemen there would not give a SHIT. Don’t try to add Highschool ass English metaphors into shit lmao
This Auld Lang Syne was sung by the Hong Kong people on site, who were going to lose their carefree lifestyle and liberty. You can hear the teardrops from both the Brit soldiers and the Hongkies.
Shouldn't have been like that, he had every right to be acting pissed off and utterly disrespectful to those evil chicom PLA bastards. Don't dignify them by being "cordial and professional".
I was only 16 back then and have attended the ceremony, as my dad used to work at the HK administration in those years. Took me some time to realize that my dad's face wasn't only wet from the rain, but in fact, he was crying. Being the youngster I was at the time, I did not really understand why, and my father sadly passed away shortly after, so I never had the chance to ask him. But I never forgot about it. I just had to grow up to be able to understand.
@Chenster24 One finds it laughable that someone who seems to have a clear lack of historical knowledge thinks it appropriate to try and justify their argument by attempting personal attacks. Are your Party paymasters not paying you the 50 cents you were promised anymore? Or do you lack the ability to see that us Hong Kong people are proud of being Chinese - you have lost your sense of what it means to be Chinese. For you, it is all about "national pride" when in actual fact you shun the Chinese people who preserved the national language, who practiced traditional customs, and embraced British culture to create something unique and beautiful. As a side note, how much of Imperial Chinese History do they actually teach up North? Doesn't seem like much. If you've actually learned anything about the failures of the Qing, then you would know why they suffered such embarrassing defeat at the hands of the British TWICE. Ultimately ceding and expanding the territory to Britain, which was later settled and developed into the international finance centre which continues to thrive to this day. With regards to your comments about growing a spine and being a "spineless dog who loves to eat the shit of foreigners", perhaps it would be better for yourself to actually reflect on your attitude. We Hong Kong people have been actively voicing our thoughts, practicing our freedom of speech and standing up for ourselves; to call us spineless is as sensible as denying the 天安门 massacre of 1989, which I am sure you have heard of, but no doubt ignore because you have been so intensively brainwashed to ignore it. To "eat the shit of foreigners" is such a strange term, especially when Hong Kong has preserved so much more of China's traditional history than the mainland; not only do we read and write in traditional Chinese, we speak and listen in the most original dialect, Cantonese. I can see English is probably not a language you know very well (I know they don't teach it so well up North), I'll simplify this for you: It is better to be a second-class citizen under a British government which listens to you, than a second-class citizen under a authoritarian communist Chinese government which would rather kill you than pay you any attention. By the way, seeing as you have access to RUclips, you probably have access to Google, [which is also banned in China] so that means you can do all the research into the aforementioned topics so that you won't look like such a fool the next time you touch a keyboard. It's been fun mate, but I would seriously consider taking a walk outside and actually seeing the world as it is, rather than simply being a 井底之蛙. You can consider this a goodbye and farewell as I am tired of having to shut commies like you down with facts.
@@augustogoldschmidt6112 not now days mate unless you want hate crimes laws, hate speech laws and I shite ton of Muslims and Africans in your country but who knows if Britain has colonized Brazil instead of the Portuguese it probably would have ended better I mean look at all the ex-colonies of Britain they have their flaws but they are alot better than most of the rest of the world.
@@homeguard8481 If I am not mistaken, there's still a gap in Britain's territories, and, as a consequence, the sun actually sets on the United Kingdom during winter, when nights are longer. France, thanks to its large number of islands all around the globe, is the only country on Earth on which the sun never sets, even in winter. History can sometimes be really, really ironic..
The phrase used is very powerful, "a slow march into a new order". The end of Empire and the end of British association with Hong Kong is just depressing to see. It shows how vulnerable Britain is now that China has risen from the ashes and grasp the imperial splendour they're also longing.
Ultimately it was WWII that brought the fall of the British Empire... Sadly due to America's demands for UK to change the way they traded with her colonies in order to gain US aid. This accelerated the downfall of the British Empire.
To be fair everybody including Britain fucked over China so many times throughout history. It is only fair that the exploited powers such as China and India rise to become more powerful now.
I'm a Hong Konger watched this when i was a child. it was sad, but beautiful. now over 20 years later as i watched this, tears of pain came out. nothing stated better this handover was a huge mistake as much as what happened in HK recent years This, the events in HK in 2019, and the Queen's passing, are the 3 most emotional historical events for me and most HKers.
Im sorry but this is pathetic. The english treated you like second class citizens, they enforced segregation, and used hong kong natives as nothing but cheap domestic labour. The queen's passing was indeed sad, but only as sad as anyone else's passing, to place her passing on a pedestal makes you look like nothing more than a poor dog crying over an exploitative owner.
@@PRubin-rh4srthe old world was a place where ethos lived. Today, we are governed not by benevolent kings and queens but by corporations. The empire was our global, universal ethos.
@@chalkwizard1292 Haha. Dude the British Empire was evil. Only good empire was that of Rome, and I don't mean ancient Rome, I mean the Holy See. You should have submitted to Rome and stopped with the Anglican nonsense.
@Chenster24 who doesn't know about the Opium Wars, I think what Steve was trying to say was that the British, unlike other colonizers, were dedicated and willing to give the native Hong Kong population the freedom to grow the economy and peacefully co-exist.
Chenster24 You pro-China type ought to be thankful that Britain had weakened the Qing regime or otherwise the Communists would have inherited your favorable historical circumstances to set up the People’s Republic. Why are you here commenting anyway. You lot have nothing to do with Hong Kong, know nothing about the city, our struggles and hope since the 1979s, you didn’t grow up here and you know fuck all about our aspirations, our culture, and our sentiments towards things about this city’s past and present. All you do is pull criticism out of your ass on how HK people ought to think and behave based on your Communist sanctioned mentality and your romantic idea of how all ethnic Chinese around the world should behave. Well you can fuck right off.
they are trying, but 40 out of 70 seats in HK 'parliament' are reserved for CCP, so whatever good people of Hong Kong would like to do, they won't be able, as commies will block them :/
j'étais à Sydney en Juin 1997 et j'ai assisté à la TV de ma chambre d'hôtel à cette très émouvante cérémonie , magnifique , emplie de dignité , et j'ai pleuré en entendant la foule chanter. J'ai trouvé les représentants du gouvernement anglais déconnectés ! merci pour ce cours métrage .
It’s a shame Hong Kong couldn’t have taken on a similar status as other overseas British territory’s like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands who when it comes to domestic matters have large amounts of autonomy. China cannot be trusted with Hong Kong, the UK will never be able to get the colony back, it should however offer full British citizenship to Hong Kong residents. Hong Kong forever in our hearts ♥️🇬🇧
calihartley2010 completely out of order giving them citizenship will be great for are economy before you use your liberal argument I am right wing Conservative. This would be great if we could give these hard working propel jobs it will boost are economy especially after this virus.
calihartley2010 Ridiculous. The people of Hong Kong used to be British and under the Sino-British declaration we have a responsibility for them. Their rights and freedoms are currently being suppressed by the Chinese Communist party and therefor I am proud that the Uk is providing our former colonial citizens with an escape route if they wish to take it. 🇬🇧🇭🇰 Diversity is a fantastic thing, great foods, mostly hard working people, it can go wrong when you do not have suitable education and integration. That problem however is not with diversity itself, it’s with the ignorance that exists between cultures that leads to fear and hate.
@calihartley2010 Alright Adolf himself, just because you cant accept other races doesn't mean you need to press your bigoted archaic views on the world. If you don't actually have anything useful to say shut your trap
I know this is an old comment, but I'd interested in hearing more about this. What was the mood like? Were guys upset about what it meant for your country or were they just happy to go home? Or did they feel like they were home? I still remember the day I left Afghanistan, but that was a bit different, obviously. We were pumped to get out of that place.
We loved it there. On the piss in wan chai in the castle, eating a bowl of noodles and prawns for 99p and there’s the girls of course. Aye happy tae get back to a soggy Salisbury fucking plain
This video and your comment make me so emotional about the handover. The place has been treated so awfully lately that it brings a tear to the eye to think how much better the place was 25 years ago. Thank you for your service.
At least we can smile at the fact the sun doesn't set upon the British Oversea Territories. Also the spirt of our Empire lives on due to the Commonwealth of Nations
I think you meant to say "The sun had finally set over the empire on which the sun never sets", which doesn't sound very eloquent, although you could change the second 'the sun' to 'it'.
The end of empire...say what you want about imperialism, but HongKong seems to have been better under the British near the end and this is sad to watch.
@@Luca-nu2zg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections It does, otherwise there wouldn't be as many riots as seen in the last years. Main problem is those elections are not exactly free and democratic.
@@ryanmills7062 No. only return to something like british hong kong would be democratic reform in the ccp. China would not allow itself to be divided like it had been.
Hong Kong people in 50/60s made a grave mistake to try to be either independent or be a sovereign state of UK but gave CCP the chance to take over and enslave their children..
Hoàng Nguyên that’s not even what I was getting at whatsoever. Hong Kong pales in comparison to the rest of China, a takeover would happen from just there. Also, Taiwan isn’t a puppet of the USA. It is independent. If the US wanted to invade China, Taiwan wouldn’t join unless they were powerful enough.
The dragon reigns supreme once more, this is the natural order of thing... how It must always be.... yet he is not satisfied because to him this world is his property, to him everything belongs to him...this is the natural order of things...How It must always be.... ( pray for Hongkong )
@L Messi death to all imperialist powers that dared to inflict countless casualties and immeasurable pain to those they overpowered with barbaric savagery and cruelty!
I love the scene when we Hongkongeers farewell the British with Auld Lang Syne, hear the crowd, its reasonable to say British is our dear friend. Although we are taught to be ashamed for being colonizes, the British have built public housing , infrastructures, and set HK as a free port, to really land the foundation of the then prosperity. They even give us an escape ticket from the Chinese domination right now. Thanks my old friend!
@@蕾卡放映廳 If that’s true, it means hker wanna be loyal to their colonial master rather than the Chinese coloniser. Shame on CCP and the superficial promise.
@@katrinasyu7225 Chinese are not colonizer, that land belongs to China until Brits took it. Sometimes a transition needs a whole generation to take it, just like what brits did to India and Pakistan, it's always shame to colonizers.
@@蕾卡放映廳 Look at Legislative Council and District council, 65% and 97% of legislators are directly elected in colonial period. For now, only 22% of Legislative council members are directly elected, plus ex-ante vetting based on political stance. You said CE is elected by HKers? I’ve never seen an election with only one candidate and 1,500 voters except in China and North Korea. Come on, admit it, Chinese government is just another coloniser who did even worst than the Brits.
@Harald Harster Christ man we are not talking about the British Empire as a whole we are talking about Hong Kong, a city where its people WANT to return to the UK, a city which should have never been surrendered like it was. Hell if it weren't for the fact that the Iron Lady new the UK would never hold out, she would have probably tried to defend the city to the last soldier.
There is something very special and moving watching this. Watching these brave,strong men who despite the rain and the circumstances still stand their ground and march off into history. I was a kid when all of this happend but it gives me goosbumps everytime and understanding it all today as an adult, even more. Thank you for your service!
@@LeechUFCif you did your fucking research, you’d find that Britain fought a whole war which resulted in the acquisition of hong kong (not fought *for* hong kong however)
If anyone wants to sing aud Lang syne too, here are the lyrics. Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For days of auld lang syne We twa hae run about the braes And pu'd the gowans fine But we've wander'd mony a weary fit Sin days of auld lang syne We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn Frae morning sun till dine But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin days of auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For days of auld lang syne And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp And surely I'll be mine And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne And there's a hand, my trusty fiere And gie's a hand o' thine And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught For auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne
@@kenlau135 It’s Scots, which is a very specific branch of Middle English originating from parts of southern Scotland that were part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
Such a shame we never went ahead with proposals put forward in 1909 that floated the idea of returning the then-British concession of Weihaiwei to China in exchange for full sovereignty over the New Territories. Had things been different, Hong Kong could be like Gibraltar today. An Overseas Territory of a western democracy with full internal autonomy, rights and protections with no meddling from the ‘mother state’ without the express wishes of the people.
In 1909 I doubt the British Government could have foresaw the rise of China by 1997. The hardest fact to accept is that if we didnt hand back Hong Kong then China would have just invaded
Funniest part is that the democrats are gonna elect a red right here in the US. Only difference is we have guns so we'll send Sanders back to KFC if he tries to do anything commie
One of the saddest days of my life so far, June 30, 1997. I watch this video along with others that are online and relive this day as often as I can. It might seem strange but I feel pride in the fact that the world was all together that day watching this special moment in time as sad as it was. Hong Kong is the Pearl of Asia. It was the diamond of the British Commonwealth and it still is the most dynamic and prosperous place on the planet. I have never had the privilege to visit Hong Kong but I have over the last 19 years studied the city, the people, along with the news that comes from this city. My first experience of studying Hong Kong came as a school project in 1996. I was studying International Trade and I chose Hong Kong to study as a country profile for my class assignment. Over the years, I fell in love with this oasis. Since I was a child I have collected flags from each place that I have visited. The one flag that I have added to my collection from a place that I have never visited is the British Blue Ensign of Hong Kong. It is by far my favourite. The lion meets the dragon. What a beautiful friendship indeed.
+Kenneth Cook I was born in 1994, so I am only 3 years old during the handover, but watching how the Commie Chinese are screwing over us on a daily basis just makes me wish that I was born in the 80s. Alas, if only we can alter the history....
+Ryan C.T. Lee You can't wish that your life had been different. It is what it is. Having been born in the 1980's would not have changed the outcome of what happened. All of this was decided in the late 1970's to early 1980's. The sad thing is that in Chris Patten's speech he hoped that the people of Hong Kong would eventually would be in charge of their own affairs. Alas, that never did happen. Pray for the shop keeper who was promoting democracy in Hong Kong. Someday hopefully you will see a free Hong Kong again. Don't give up the fight.
Rain mixed with tears that night, I was 25 year-old in 1997. Now, I am 50 year-old still living in Hong Kong, watching this vid, my eyes still get wet.
This day marked the beginning of the end for prosperity, freedom, and individual rights and the beginning of the subjugation and enslavement of the people of Hong Kong to their Chinese dictators. A sad day indeed.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For days of auld lang syne We twa hae run about the braes And pu'd the gowans fine But we've wander'd mony a weary fit Sin days of auld lang syne We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn Frae morning sun till dine But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin days of auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For days of auld lang syne And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp And surely I'll be mine And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne And there's a hand, my trusty fiere And gie's a hand o' thine And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught For auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne
On 30/6/2020, the National Security Law is passed by the CCP (without the consensus of HK people) and the law will be implemented on 1/7/2020. The law expropriates freedom from the Hong Kong people. The ‘one country two systems’ no longer exists. The CCP violates the Sino-British joint declaration and ruined the autonomy as well as the future of Hong Kong.
@@UnionPacific2014_ yes, i didn't cry to this even though ik its sad as hell, on the day the british empire ends, i will do nothing but watch this on loop over and over again trying to get me to cry
They felt nothing because this wasn't their land and they were professional soldiers. They had something else to worry about after the Hong Kong posting namely Northern Ireland. I know cause I spoke to some of them the day after this parade.
@@luked772 That's an alliance. Much different. Canada, Australia and New Zealand are self-governing nation states, Closer would be the sun never setting on the Commonwealth.
Technically the British still owns a few tiny islands (namely the Caymans, the Falklands and the Pitcairn Islands, plus the British Indian Overseas Territory), which makes the sun still technically shining on British land
It's not good to destroy Others land and destroy others culture and others looted wealth And enjoy with Looted wealth and most hilarious thik is You PROUD of this
Knowing what happened there this year this is the most freaking sad song ever played. I wish all hongkongers a happy and fruitful new year from Spain. May God bless you all and bring you the much needed strength to overcome your new challenges. Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong!
@@alvaroibanez7497 With the corrupted and dysfunctional politics that Spain is having, their people have no right to criticise other countries politics. Built yourself a better economy and infrastructure and provide more opportunities for the youth before criticising others. Or you can do some drugs in Lavapies, have some siesta and live like a penniless hippie for the rest of your life.
@@kaisiangtey8964 I have every right to criticise whatever I want. I also criticise my own country when needed, I have no problem doing that because I am not a blind nationalist like you. Also, check some of your racism.
@@alvaroibanez7497 I am Malaysian my friend lol. And I love Spain. And I love Spaniards. But when it comes to politics and economy, Spain is never on the table talk. Ofcourse its your freedom to say anything you want, just like when you criticise Gaudi for being a sh*tty architect when you can't built nothing yourself. Sure its your freedom to say it. But it makes you a joke.
Soviet Union: Have a good night British Empire! British Empire: You too! This was a blast! Let's do this same time tomorrow, you in America? United States: For sure, for sure. (*last online 30 years ago*)
That mystic eyes of Gurkha soldier at 2:10 saying it all . Offering something to wolves on platter still maintaining calm as written in destiny. Feeling helpless
@@Valencetheshireman927 nah people especially this guy named ashish hembrom tend to forget that ethnic disputes are prevalent and there is nothing the British Empire can do if two ethnic groups are fighting over a territory. Not their fault that those ethnic groups have an incompetent government too.
Isn’t it ironic? A colony that isn’t technically free, loses the freedom they had left, to a regime against freedom? A colony wants to go back to serving brits…
Hongkonger here. The system right now sucks, but we didn’t have any freedom as a colony either. We couldnt vote for anything at all. What we could do, though, was speak our mind freely. And I miss that b
Crazy that Hong Kong and many other places experienced more freedom, prosperity and democracy being ruled from thousands of miles away while they now are basically occupied and live under tyranny from the country that is right next to them. Britain wasn't a conqueror, it freed many people and is why slavery doesn't exist, and is why democracy and freedom are so widespread throughout the world. Too bad we gave it back to PRC
I was really confused why this video got recommended, but now I get it. It's to laugh at the people who unironically miss the British Empire. I mean that laughter is slightly dimmed with Hong Kong tangling with Chinese Imperialism but still. Great for a chuckle.
@Matt S we didn't embraced values of Britishers? What are you talking about? So much of India is heavily influenced by British. There is a reason why we have the highest number of English speakers in the world.
British not only brings prosperous in Hong Kong, but also human right, rule of law and freedom...Thank you for these things separate us from the Barbarian communist chi-na.
@Matt S Precisely. People don't realise how much power the people of China have over their government. They have more ability to force change than most other countries do because of how easily they could collapse their government but they seem to like communism and look past all the atrocities that are committed.
Matt S would of be great if China have A different system and can till maintain the progress? Definitely, but is it worse it fighting for that and losing millions of life ? No
Matt S It’s really easy to say that in our cushy first world countries with the ideas of individualism and democracy, but it’s different in China. You’re talking about a country that only recently became wealthy, a country where many citizens remember famines. They don’t revolt because when they were children only the rich could eat meat, and only a few times a year. They don’t revolt because many of their parents are stunted because of lack of food. They care more about being able to eat than about democracy and freedom. They see the CCP as the government that oversaw China’s rise and economic growth, not as what we see it as
As an American I value my independence but love, respect and revere the British empire. God bless America, God bless the queen. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇭🇰
We must stand with all lovers of democracy. I hope my country, Canada, has the sense to extend permanent residency and a path to citizenship to politically-persecuted HKers.
@@julianpichardo5045 if you boys just plan to make this world better and protect democracy as well, well I'm in !! Greetings from France 🇫🇷 and support to Hong Kong 🙏 this is so sad
British colonists actually did well in 70s to 90s. They built up public house, established anti-corruption organization which effectively cracked down corruption, turned Hong Kong into a wealthy international city, and most importantly gave Hong Kong freedom and partial democracy. Some of the british governors also cared about the interest of Hong Kong people, even against the interest of Britain. For example, in 1992 Chris Patten(the man which stand in middle in 2:20), the last governor of HK, had launched a political reform giving more democracy to HK people, but China government went against the proposal. They shouted their word of hate toward Mr Patten, calling him running dog and “a sinner of a thousand years”, and did their to stop the political reform. Some British business leader also opposed the reform, as they thought it would harm the relationship between China and Britain and it would adversely affect their interest. Nowadays, the chief executive of Hong Kong only concern about the interest of Beijing, and just directly receive order from their Beijing's master. CCP is more shameful, they like to take credit for almost everything, claim many British legacies as their own gifts to HK. I just hear a Chinese official claim that Hong Kong people have no right to protest under the British rule. It is a fucking lie and an absolute nonsence.
What a sad day in history. I think it was a mistake to give back hong kong a lovely and truly wonderful place on earth to a communist country like China! I've been to hong kong many times in the 70s and 80s and it was truly the best! The things Britain did for hong Kong. We improved the living conditions and education.
Taiwan (Republic of China) is the only legal inherent of the Qing dynasty because it clearly stated in the declaration of the abdication of the Qing emperor that, “all rights of the emperor transfers to ROC”. So Britain should return Hong Kong to Taiwan in 1997.
As long as the people of NI want it, Northern Ireland will be part of the UK until the sun burns out. Lots of Nationalistic Irish in the ROI want to take back Northern Ireland not for the benefit of its people but just so they can say they have finally united Ireland, when in reality it would still be as divided as it was before.
Singapore took the best aspects of both SE Asia and of British colonialism and turned themselves into an Asian Tiger. Hong Kong sadly has had the iron fist of the CCP destroy them since 1997.
I can´t believe that this actually made cry. I mean, I don´t cry much since I´m not a too emotional person but that made me really sad! Heck, I´m not even British! I am a German!
@Klaus Schutle I think you have some missunderstanding on the term "imperialism" in context of polical science. It has nothing to do with monarch, a republic can also be imperialist, take France as an example. Moreover, Imperialism is used to describe a stage of capitalism development in early 20th century. What you talked about is more like feudalism, which is much earlier.
Most people did not not realize the true meaning of that marching at that moment. the meaning was, there will be no more British Troops in this territory anymore. Those troops belong to this place. They should not have left.
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Whoever wrote 'a slow march into a new order' deserves an award: what a powerful line!
The BBC
Sugarcoating the final gasp of a dead empire
@@oyonggofomocci2078 All Empires fall, but not always for the better.
19 years later hong kong fights for its freedom. Again
China must use a different calendar to the rest of us 😂
Even the weather honoured the event by being typically British .
Sad but true.
I think even the sky was crying at the death of the empire
@@toshiyashiraiwa1898 an empire that founded itself by selling slaves and drugs??😹😹😹
@@toshiyashiraiwa1898 tears of joy
@@fecmultimedia1488 and exporting civilization
This is the funeral for HK
Funeral, and rebirth. The catharsis of the old and tender consignment of the new, however difficult, however long.
@@toasterr4238 'new' being the subjugation of HK to chinese dictators
@@Defergy Every damn thing
@@Lexaine nothing. You're only attacking communism because you don't have anything better
Lingtian Deng one empire replaced with another
"Such is the end of Empire, I sighed to myself" - Charles III, 1997
Why not just join the US since Canada is already basically the UK; and we can call it the British Empire 2 😅
@ the Empire strikes back lmao
@@Zadir09 Only a totally insane person or country would join Trumpistan. The British are a bit special but not insane like that.
I can comfirm that we are fighting for Democracy that The United Kingdom taught us.
Hong Kong may not be a democracy under British rule, but it was much better under the British rule. No one actually got kidnapped for badmouthing Queen Elizabeth II, and we are sure the British colonial government payed attention to us and address our concerns, unlike what we have now.
Say a negative word about Xi the Pooh and you can disappear and appear the next day apologizing on state media.
Chris Patten will always be our governor. 🇬🇧🇭🇰 Thank you United Kingdom for everything.
Good luck man
You got my support from the Philippines
All I can say is keep up the fight... From the United States
Keep going man
@SH2000 3RDP How so? We are our own nation and Britain is our greatest friend.
Anyone else get chills when the crowd starts singing?
The crowd of sour and butthurt white people? I don't get chills, we Chinese laugh 😂
No
Yes
Like you are going to be better off! Joke is on you! Enjoy ccp rule!
yes
For those that don’t know: to the anger of the Chinese, the Queen intentionally didn’t attend this handover. It symbolised both her own and the crown’s disapproval. Even though we had no choice but to hand Hong Kong back, historically, for a British monarch to purposely not attend an event is regarded to be one of the most powerful statements the crown can make.
wasn't a part of hong kong island not apart of the 99 year deal? If i remember correctly, UK was able to keep some part of it since it was apart of its own.
@@StreetDrilla Hong Kong Island wasn't viable without the New Territories because that's where the water and power supplied were. There was also a lot of other joint infrastructure as well. Partitioning them simply wasn't practical and it is highly likely that the PRC would have taken the island by force anyway. The UK simply wouldn't have been able to defend it being so far away and no longer able to call on the vast manpower that it had in Asia during the empire era.
@@StreetDrilla The British surrendered the entirety of Hong Kong, including Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, to form the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China…
In recent months, the suppression of freedoms and dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong by China have been rapidly progressing.
the queen is just a loser that hate losing. like a spoil kid that refuse to attend the ceremony because she didn't get first.
@@PvPGamerMinecraft to say democracy is dismantle would imply there was democracy during british rule. so... what is the name of the first HK governor that was elected under british rule? what is the name of the first HK representative to the UK parliament? at least China gave HK symbolic seat in it congress... UK doesn't even do that for HK.
Crazy how this is the best rendition of Auld Lang Syne 💀💀 so now every single new years I just think of Hong Kong
Yup, and I bet a lot of Hong Kongers are feeling nostalgic right about now, lol.
12/31 now & it’s a tradition to come back to this video
@@mauissreal
same here. I was listening to Auld Lang Syne when this video popped up and I wondered how Hong Kong is connected to it. I studied the topic without knowing that this rendition was rooted in an intense national dispute.
What about this versionruclips.net/video/gNH8L5IQTA0/видео.htmlsi=39FFJD5lv57GsE--
*Girls leaving Hong Kong* : "OMG I can't wait to show all my friends my new clothes!"
*Boys leaving Hong Kong* :
yeah
Bruh where real men cries.
罗洛克香港兵役团 Roblox Hong Kong Military Service Corps fucking slave let’s keep it that way
People leaving Hong Kong now 🤮😷
@罗洛克香港兵役团 Roblox Hong Kong Military Service Corps I stand with you brother
The rain just makes it all the more sadder :'(
+Alex Crane God cried.
It breaks Always my heart .
Snoop Dogg Bruh more died protesting against Great Britain than protesting against China
Suffering is not necessarily death.
The world is crying to dear great Britain
Ironic that now, 22 years later, the people of Hong Kong are wishing the British had stayed to keep the Chinese from mowing them down like tianenmen square
although honestly, i don't think the british had any choice but to give up hong kong
i believe public opinion was on the side of the UK at the time anyway.
@@ThanosWasRightMCChinese chills even here. Lord what a country.
@@ThanosWasRightMC gr8 b8 m8
@@ThanosWasRightMC Jesus fuck don't you have an communist YT clone to post this?
Tears are washed away by the rain. You can see the pain in the soldiers' face, but their professionalism is outstanding given the situtation.
They know what awaits these people
And that China can never be trusted
Wtf are you even saying LMAO.
If the US had to give back Guantanamo to the Cubans or the UK returning her overseas Cypriot territory to Cyprus, the servicemen there would not give a SHIT.
Don’t try to add Highschool ass English metaphors into shit lmao
Fuck britania
They cry because this is the day the world’s greatest empire died.
@@LarryWater 💀
The saddest Auld Lang Syne in the whole history. Even the sky was crying
it does that a lot, haven't you noticed?
This Auld Lang Syne was sung by the Hong Kong people on site, who were going to lose their carefree lifestyle and liberty. You can hear the teardrops from both the Brit soldiers and the Hongkies.
Britain is just great. No matter what lies ahead, just stay strong and carry on for both the UK and HK🙏
And the saddest day in Hong Kong history.
The weather was very poetic.
Damn, the Gurkha at 2:10. Upright, proud, noble, dignified, professional - deeply moving. Superb.
Who is he ? I think i know him
Shouldn't have been like that, he had every right to be acting pissed off and utterly disrespectful to those evil chicom PLA bastards. Don't dignify them by being "cordial and professional".
Thats not a Gurkha crest or insignia on his chest or cap badge - it appears he is a member of the Hong Kong Police Band
Pretty weird to see an asian wearing a gaellic suit.
@@Trek001 and what of the Khukuri insignia on his cap?
0:07 when u stub your toe
Lord Archadeious no jokes asshole
😂
Lmaoo
You shouldn't have made me laugh.......but instead you literally made me piss myself laughing
@nms is your profile pic that chinese black guy?
I was only 16 back then and have attended the ceremony, as my dad used to work at the HK administration in those years. Took me some time to realize that my dad's face wasn't only wet from the rain, but in fact, he was crying. Being the youngster I was at the time, I did not really understand why, and my father sadly passed away shortly after, so I never had the chance to ask him. But I never forgot about it. I just had to grow up to be able to understand.
I'm sorry that no longer being allowed to be a colonial administrator over other people made him really sad
@@Billzor991 lmao ragebait
你好，我在中国广东，很喜欢香港，去过好几次，感谢当时的管理，我觉得很棒
this is the saddest Auld Lang Syne i have ever heard
AV 謝 I guess they needed to make it the saddest. Appropriate. The saddest version of the song for the saddest day in Hong Kong history.
+HK_Nation 1841 Ignore this miserable degenerate. No doubt they've come across the border into our city to spout their crap as well.
@@carsonblakeston2224
Love the rain, which hid the tears.
Chenster24 Run back to your shit hole China.
@Chenster24 One finds it laughable that someone who seems to have a clear lack of historical knowledge thinks it appropriate to try and justify their argument by attempting personal attacks.
Are your Party paymasters not paying you the 50 cents you were promised anymore? Or do you lack the ability to see that us Hong Kong people are proud of being Chinese - you have lost your sense of what it means to be Chinese. For you, it is all about "national pride" when in actual fact you shun the Chinese people who preserved the national language, who practiced traditional customs, and embraced British culture to create something unique and beautiful.
As a side note, how much of Imperial Chinese History do they actually teach up North? Doesn't seem like much. If you've actually learned anything about the failures of the Qing, then you would know why they suffered such embarrassing defeat at the hands of the British TWICE. Ultimately ceding and expanding the territory to Britain, which was later settled and developed into the international finance centre which continues to thrive to this day.
With regards to your comments about growing a spine and being a "spineless dog who loves to eat the shit of foreigners", perhaps it would be better for yourself to actually reflect on your attitude. We Hong Kong people have been actively voicing our thoughts, practicing our freedom of speech and standing up for ourselves; to call us spineless is as sensible as denying the 天安门 massacre of 1989, which I am sure you have heard of, but no doubt ignore because you have been so intensively brainwashed to ignore it. To "eat the shit of foreigners" is such a strange term, especially when Hong Kong has preserved so much more of China's traditional history than the mainland; not only do we read and write in traditional Chinese, we speak and listen in the most original dialect, Cantonese.
I can see English is probably not a language you know very well (I know they don't teach it so well up North), I'll simplify this for you: It is better to be a second-class citizen under a British government which listens to you, than a second-class citizen under a authoritarian communist Chinese government which would rather kill you than pay you any attention.
By the way, seeing as you have access to RUclips, you probably have access to Google, [which is also banned in China] so that means you can do all the research into the aforementioned topics so that you won't look like such a fool the next time you touch a keyboard.
It's been fun mate, but I would seriously consider taking a walk outside and actually seeing the world as it is, rather than simply being a 井底之蛙. You can consider this a goodbye and farewell as I am tired of having to shut commies like you down with facts.
There's an ancient tradition in mythology that rain always attends the earthly events to which the gods disapprove.
Well thank god they disapprove, because right now, the future of Hong Kong looking a bit wonky, ngl
So 9/11 was approved by gods... ok.
@@erikkollar66 Think about it, without 9/11, we would still have shitbag air safety.
@@erikkollar66 more Americans died everyday due to Covid-19 than those who died during 9/11
@@panhandle_ Oh thank God ... I mean, the gods.
20 years later...those umbrellas would be more useful than they could have imagined here
Im stupid, is this because HK protestors use umbrellas to shield themselves from Chinese tear gas?
@@averagejoe8358 as makeshift weapons and shields yep
The last day of the once mighty British Empire.
The sun will rise again someday
@@augustogoldschmidt6112 not now days mate unless you want hate crimes laws, hate speech laws and I shite ton of Muslims and Africans in your country but who knows if Britain has colonized Brazil instead of the Portuguese it probably would have ended better I mean look at all the ex-colonies of Britain they have their flaws but they are alot better than most of the rest of the world.
E Duffy sadly I don’t think it will
@@eduffy2375 Technically the sun doesn't set on her if you include the handful of islands we still have.
@@homeguard8481 If I am not mistaken, there's still a gap in Britain's territories, and, as a consequence, the sun actually sets on the United Kingdom during winter, when nights are longer.
France, thanks to its large number of islands all around the globe, is the only country on Earth on which the sun never sets, even in winter. History can sometimes be really, really ironic..
The phrase used is very powerful, "a slow march into a new order". The end of Empire and the end of British association with Hong Kong is just depressing to see. It shows how vulnerable Britain is now that China has risen from the ashes and grasp the imperial splendour they're also longing.
The empire died long before 1997
Ultimately it was WWII that brought the fall of the British Empire... Sadly due to America's demands for UK to change the way they traded with her colonies in order to gain US aid. This accelerated the downfall of the British Empire.
To be fair everybody including Britain fucked over China so many times throughout history. It is only fair that the exploited powers such as China and India rise to become more powerful now.
Not really longing, but want back
Florian Well we kinda screwed each other over in the World Wars when us Europeans fought amongst ourselves.
You know something is wrong when the Heavens are crying as well
King Henry VIII Tudor
A fitting end to the empire where the sun never sets.
@Leo Peridot I don't think most Hong Kongers wanted to go under Communist rule.
Leo Peridot You have to admit though, British rule is better than Communists.
@Leo Peridot nice language you're speaking buddy,
british empire did that
@Ironic deep fried memes Prc is legimate to basically 99% of all States of the world. The US and UK both recognise it over Taiwan.
No matter how many times I watch this, I still can't hold back my tears.
why cry?
Tears of joy
Same here, the sentimental value toward the royal family and British government.
Get some help. 🙄🙄
lol
I'm a Hong Konger watched this when i was a child. it was sad, but beautiful. now over 20 years later as i watched this, tears of pain came out. nothing stated better this handover was a huge mistake as much as what happened in HK recent years
This, the events in HK in 2019, and the Queen's passing, are the 3 most emotional historical events for me and most HKers.
Lots of love from Italy, man. You guys deserved better, you still deserve better. Take care.
Im sorry but this is pathetic. The english treated you like second class citizens, they enforced segregation, and used hong kong natives as nothing but cheap domestic labour. The queen's passing was indeed sad, but only as sad as anyone else's passing, to place her passing on a pedestal makes you look like nothing more than a poor dog crying over an exploitative owner.
What a pity Hong Kong was not given independence instead. But China would never have allowed that.
Lmao bunch of colonial dogs
才99年，就忘了自己祖宗是谁，可悲
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
Time to die...
This is as powerful and raw as it gets. The last breath of the “old world”
yes an old world that imprisoned HK freedom fighters who protested against foreign govt rule.
Literal nothing changed for Hkers, just the owner.
Bruh the old world is a shitty place where you die of starvation or die under an army that conscripted you.
@@PRubin-rh4srthe old world was a place where ethos lived. Today, we are governed not by benevolent kings and queens but by corporations. The empire was our global, universal ethos.
@@chalkwizard1292an age of Christian enlightenment surrendered in favor of greed and hedonism.
@@chalkwizard1292 Haha. Dude the British Empire was evil. Only good empire was that of Rome, and I don't mean ancient Rome, I mean the Holy See. You should have submitted to Rome and stopped with the Anglican nonsense.
London bridge has fallen.
To many Hongkongers, England wasn't a conquerer. But a good friend... is there else case for a colony to sing Auld lang syne to its main land?
@Chenster24 who doesn't know about the Opium Wars, I think what Steve was trying to say was that the British, unlike other colonizers, were dedicated and willing to give the native Hong Kong population the freedom to grow the economy and peacefully co-exist.
@Rosida Andriyana true, netherlands and japanese are the worst, look at most british colonies. Most became good nations ie; Singapore, HK, Canada, Nz
Chenster24 You pro-China type ought to be thankful that Britain had weakened the Qing regime or otherwise the Communists would have inherited your favorable historical circumstances to set up the People’s Republic. Why are you here commenting anyway. You lot have nothing to do with Hong Kong, know nothing about the city, our struggles and hope since the 1979s, you didn’t grow up here and you know fuck all about our aspirations, our culture, and our sentiments towards things about this city’s past and present. All you do is pull criticism out of your ass on how HK people ought to think and behave based on your Communist sanctioned mentality and your romantic idea of how all ethnic Chinese around the world should behave. Well you can fuck right off.
@@alvindurochermtl Gees man, calm down.
China sucks! I hate China but I am Chinese... always got racist because I speak Chinese
Our ties to HK remain. They may not be formal but we Brits want all that is good for one of the most civilised places on earth.
God bless Hong Kong.
Hong Kong wants to return to British rule and apparently have been going this way for a while now or at least trying to
they are trying, but 40 out of 70 seats in HK 'parliament' are reserved for CCP, so whatever good people of Hong Kong would like to do, they won't be able, as commies will block them :/
WIACZO typical china fucking cunts.
Samuel Braddow
yeah :( And still many people are baiting on their communist propaganda and think that China is westernising -_-
WIACZO i say we march in there.
Mom: Why are you crying so damn loud?!?
Me:
Mum: cries as well
Me: watches this video on my phone
Mum: turn that off, we have a 42 inch flatscreen downstairs
Complete your comment.
j'étais à Sydney en Juin 1997 et j'ai assisté à la TV de ma chambre d'hôtel à cette très émouvante cérémonie , magnifique , emplie de dignité , et j'ai pleuré en entendant la foule chanter. J'ai trouvé les représentants du gouvernement anglais déconnectés ! merci pour ce cours métrage .
Our glorious empire still remains my french freind
It’s a shame Hong Kong couldn’t have taken on a similar status as other overseas British territory’s like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands who when it comes to domestic matters have large amounts of autonomy. China cannot be trusted with Hong Kong, the UK will never be able to get the colony back, it should however offer full British citizenship to Hong Kong residents. Hong Kong forever in our hearts ♥️🇬🇧
@calihartley2010 whats wrong with people from Hong kong?
@calihartley2010 so what kill them like the nazi fascists? Cmon man
calihartley2010 completely out of order giving them citizenship will be great for are economy before you use your liberal argument I am right wing Conservative. This would be great if we could give these hard working propel jobs it will boost are economy especially after this virus.
calihartley2010 Ridiculous. The people of Hong Kong used to be British and under the Sino-British declaration we have a responsibility for them. Their rights and freedoms are currently being suppressed by the Chinese Communist party and therefor I am proud that the Uk is providing our former colonial citizens with an escape route if they wish to take it. 🇬🇧🇭🇰 Diversity is a fantastic thing, great foods, mostly hard working people, it can go wrong when you do not have suitable education and integration. That problem however is not with diversity itself, it’s with the ignorance that exists between cultures that leads to fear and hate.
@calihartley2010 Alright Adolf himself, just because you cant accept other races doesn't mean you need to press your bigoted archaic views on the world. If you don't actually have anything useful to say shut your trap
Good job it rained. It hid a lot of tears that day. I was soaking wet. One of the last to march off with the Black Watch.
I know this is an old comment, but I'd interested in hearing more about this. What was the mood like? Were guys upset about what it meant for your country or were they just happy to go home? Or did they feel like they were home? I still remember the day I left Afghanistan, but that was a bit different, obviously. We were pumped to get out of that place.
We loved it there. On the piss in wan chai in the castle, eating a bowl of noodles and prawns for 99p and there’s the girls of course. Aye happy tae get back to a soggy Salisbury fucking plain
This video and your comment make me so emotional about the handover. The place has been treated so awfully lately that it brings a tear to the eye to think how much better the place was 25 years ago. Thank you for your service.
Wow... really cool to see someone who lived through history. Thank you for your service
@@pal5017 see below
The sun had finally set over the empire that never sets.
this is depressing 🥺
At least we can smile at the fact the sun doesn't set upon the British Oversea Territories. Also the spirt of our Empire lives on due to the Commonwealth of Nations
@@ulsterinfidel9897 the Chinese are slowly killing that by spreading republicanism among the commonwealth like they did Barbados
I think you meant to say "The sun had finally set over the empire on which the sun never sets", which doesn't sound very eloquent, although you could change the second 'the sun' to 'it'.
The sun never set on the British Empire because even God couldn't trust the British in the dark
From someone who lived in HK from the mid 80s to 96- incredible experience and beautiful people. God bless
Girl: Billie Eilish songs are so sad
Me: No there’re not
Girl: I bet you never experienced sadness in your life
Me:
@BT21 Cinos its a joke you spoon
@BT21 Cinos No it doesn't, it's a comment without temporal context.
@BT21 Cinos idiot
BT21 Cinos Absolute mong
@BT21 Cinos
Just shut up
The end of empire...say what you want about imperialism, but HongKong seems to have been better under the British near the end and this is sad to watch.
It wasn't the British killed 500 protesters back in the 60s and Chinese was not allowed to be.spoken in public institutions
And all desirable land was reserved for the British
Brits didn't allow the people of Hong Kong to vote.
They were worse in operession the CCP.
@@Luca-nu2zg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections
It does, otherwise there wouldn't be as many riots as seen in the last years.
Main problem is those elections are not exactly free and democratic.
@@opressedrussianminority7421 misinformed russian, just speak less to show your ignorance. and i am a chinese.
I love Hong Kong. I hate to see what happened to Hong Kong. I think I received a good British education. I owe it to the British.
Fuck off, Frankie, I had my education there in 80s, I don't think our Hongkongers owe UK anything cause we paid for our tuition
Frankie Leung so you think you received a good British education , which means you’re not sure yourself , so why say you owe it to the empire .
Andrew Yung fuck off 50 cent CCP shill
Majority schools in the 80s were free or near free. Our parents only paid registration fee, nothing more.
Frankie Leung So, you can add and subtract pounds ,schillings and pence ,a currency which we never used in HK?
It’s 2022 and communism has overtaken democracy in Hong Kong. Gone but not forgotten 🇭🇰🇬🇧
To return?
@@ryanmills7062 No. only return to something like british hong kong would be democratic reform in the ccp. China would not allow itself to be divided like it had been.
Hong Kong people in 50/60s made a grave mistake to try to be either independent or be a sovereign state of UK but gave CCP the chance to take over and enslave their children..
lmao then move to the uk
@@popplers5entropy647actual idiot
Hong Kong should have been handed over to the rightful government of China: the one in exile on Taiwan.
Hoàng Nguyên
Not with Hong Kong. China would have to be in really deep trouble for Taiwan to even think of invading.
Hoàng Nguyên
that’s not even what I was getting at whatsoever. Hong Kong pales in comparison to the rest of China, a takeover would happen from just there.
Also, Taiwan isn’t a puppet of the USA. It is independent. If the US wanted to invade China, Taiwan wouldn’t join unless they were powerful enough.
@Hoàng Nguyên i highly dought that even if hongkong was given to taiwan the ccp would just invade it
@Hoàng Nguyênmost likely no plenty of americans would out write protest and would not want to waste american lives so that taiwan would get hongkong
@Hoàng Nguyên most likely the taiwan would sign a cease fire and give up hongkong beacuase one it would be not worth it to defend hongkong
Hearing the commander sing got me !!!The passion in his voice tore me up.
whats the time stamp for it? thanks
@@sinigangsta291 0:53
I’m pretty certain that’s the crowd. Even the commentator mentions it
My old boss Alastair loundon. Died young. Top man. Sleep well sir
The old lion falls into a deep slumber, will he ever awaken once more? Perhaps one day...
Respect from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 🇭🇰 🇭🇰
Never stop fighting. We believe in you.
The dragon reigns supreme once more, this is the natural order of thing... how It must always be.... yet he is not satisfied because to him this world is his property, to him everything belongs to him...this is the natural order of things...How It must always be.... ( pray for Hongkong )
@@kasperwithanak3853 not if we nuke them first lel
Lions are hunted
@L Messi death to all imperialist powers that dared to inflict countless casualties and immeasurable pain to those they overpowered with barbaric savagery and cruelty!
I love the scene when we Hongkongeers farewell the British with Auld Lang Syne, hear the crowd, its reasonable to say British is our dear friend. Although we are taught to be ashamed for being colonizes, the British have built public housing , infrastructures, and set HK as a free port, to really land the foundation of the then prosperity. They even give us an escape ticket from the Chinese domination right now. Thanks my old friend!
I can see the loyal to your master.
@@蕾卡放映廳 If that’s true, it means hker wanna be loyal to their colonial master rather than the Chinese coloniser. Shame on CCP and the superficial promise.
@@katrinasyu7225 Chinese are not colonizer, that land belongs to China until Brits took it. Sometimes a transition needs a whole generation to take it, just like what brits did to India and Pakistan, it's always shame to colonizers.
@@katrinasyu7225 When Brits rules Hongkong the governor which is the president is never elected by Hker, if Hker miss that, I can smell slavery here.
@@蕾卡放映廳 Look at Legislative Council and District council, 65% and 97% of legislators are directly elected in colonial period. For now, only 22% of Legislative council members are directly elected, plus ex-ante vetting based on political stance. You said CE is elected by HKers? I’ve never seen an election with only one candidate and 1,500 voters except in China and North Korea. Come on, admit it, Chinese government is just another coloniser who did even worst than the Brits.
2020 from Hong Kong: this is actually so fking sad
yeah it is. every time i see this i cry... make hong kong british again!
The British and Hong Kong are cute together.
Sunshine Cruises may America British again
You DIDN'T experience the 1920's Hong Kong
@Michael Wong We've almost got it under control. There's only 1 confirmed increase with no suspect case increase in Shanghai in the last few days.
Somewhere, in an alternate universe, I like to think this never happened.
I want that world, the UK had died by this time.
in the alternate universe, this would just be a new years parade
Like the whole 99 year lease? Yeah same
@Harald Harster Christ man we are not talking about the British Empire as a whole we are talking about Hong Kong, a city where its people WANT to return to the UK, a city which should have never been surrendered like it was. Hell if it weren't for the fact that the Iron Lady new the UK would never hold out, she would have probably tried to defend the city to the last soldier.
@Harald Harster Much anger detected.
The rain the downpours had been 3 days since 29.6.1997, mum told me it was mourning for Brits departure. Hong Kong was never be the same, now a ruin.
There is something very special and moving watching this. Watching these brave,strong men who despite the rain and the circumstances still stand their ground and march off into history. I was a kid when all of this happend but it gives me goosbumps everytime and understanding it all today as an adult, even more. Thank you for your service!
Brave imperialist soldiers stationed on an island their forefathers stole. Oh so brave 😢
@@LeechUFCif you did your fucking research, you’d find that Britain fought a whole war which resulted in the acquisition of hong kong (not fought *for* hong kong however)
@@LeechUFCaverage british empire hater🤮🤮🤮
HK ❤
@@TimeToGetFunkyy Well now the former colonists are colonising the British isles. And they're doing nothing wrong.
If anyone wants to sing aud Lang syne too, here are the lyrics.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
We twa hae run about the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
Sin days of auld lang syne
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn
Frae morning sun till dine
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin days of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp
And surely I'll be mine
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere
And gie's a hand o' thine
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
Thanks!!!
Thanks
old english?
@@kenlau135 It’s Scots, which is a very specific branch of Middle English originating from parts of southern Scotland that were part of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
Leave it to the English to use a Gaelic song while leaving an overseas colony and the Scotts, Welsh and Cornish pick up a rock
Such a shame we never went ahead with proposals put forward in 1909 that floated the idea of returning the then-British concession of Weihaiwei to China in exchange for full sovereignty over the New Territories. Had things been different, Hong Kong could be like Gibraltar today. An Overseas Territory of a western democracy with full internal autonomy, rights and protections with no meddling from the ‘mother state’ without the express wishes of the people.
In 1909 I doubt the British Government could have foresaw the rise of China by 1997. The hardest fact to accept is that if we didnt hand back Hong Kong then China would have just invaded
Uncle Ho
What’s wrong with gay people
@Uncle Ho why? They havent broke any laws.
Funniest part is that the democrats are gonna elect a red right here in the US. Only difference is we have guns so we'll send Sanders back to KFC if he tries to do anything commie
Uncle Ho they really are. People have the right to live how they want as long as they aren’t harming others, no matter what you commie fucks think.
One of the saddest days of my life so far, June 30, 1997. I watch this video along with others that are online and relive this day as often as I can. It might seem strange but I feel pride in the fact that the world was all together that day watching this special moment in time as sad as it was. Hong Kong is the Pearl of Asia. It was the diamond of the British Commonwealth and it still is the most dynamic and prosperous place on the planet. I have never had the privilege to visit Hong Kong but I have over the last 19 years studied the city, the people, along with the news that comes from this city. My first experience of studying Hong Kong came as a school project in 1996. I was studying International Trade and I chose Hong Kong to study as a country profile for my class assignment. Over the years, I fell in love with this oasis. Since I was a child I have collected flags from each place that I have visited. The one flag that I have added to my collection from a place that I have never visited is the British Blue Ensign of Hong Kong. It is by far my favourite. The lion meets the dragon. What a beautiful friendship indeed.
Come to HK! Feel its pulse and spirit!
+Lam Dennis Hon Hin I am here now
+Kenneth Cook I was born in 1994, so I am only 3 years old during the handover, but watching how the Commie Chinese are screwing over us on a daily basis just makes me wish that I was born in the 80s. Alas, if only we can alter the history....
+Ryan C.T. Lee You can't wish that your life had been different. It is what it is. Having been born in the 1980's would not have changed the outcome of what happened. All of this was decided in the late 1970's to early 1980's. The sad thing is that in Chris Patten's speech he hoped that the people of Hong Kong would eventually would be in charge of their own affairs. Alas, that never did happen. Pray for the shop keeper who was promoting democracy in Hong Kong. Someday hopefully you will see a free Hong Kong again. Don't give up the fight.
have anyone heard the latest development since Britain left the EU Hong Kong wants to return to British rule
Rain mixed with tears that night, I was 25 year-old in 1997. Now, I am 50 year-old still living in Hong Kong, watching this vid, my eyes still get wet.
Top 10 worst decisions made in history caught on tape.
Number 2 Invasion of Pearl Harbor
@Iberian dream also spain and portugal should’nt colonize Latin american and some asian island
@Iberian dream Great conviction, on that basis I say that you're ready to handout Sebta and Mellilia either.
Nah the brits can't risk a confrontation with china
@@tradcath6305 We can And we don’t care about the rice farmers. They act rich but the moment you leave the tourism base you find poverty.
We never should have left them. If only we knew what was to come
On HK people who watch this I hope you are all safe
More safe than when the British were in power
we are not safe help pls
Honestly wish we could do something to help your people, hope you guys get freedom.
To the people of Hong Kong, we here in the United States, though divided, stand with you!
@@codyyoung5946 united states? More like divided states
This actually made me cry.
Then cry😂
Today, this feels more like the funeral of Hong Kong.
🤣🤣🤣it's the end of western imperialism.Hong Kong will NEVER die🤣🤣cry about it moron.
@@onboardbasil are you serious? China and liberation don't belong in the same sentence!!!!!
@@Buckblacket China and the People's Liberation Army would disagree
Don't take this seriously
@@onboardbasil “picked by the people” that was a good joke
@@onboardbasil if China’s annexation of honk king was a liberation why would thousands of the smartest people leave for the uk
This is on my crying playlist
What a tragedy! God help Hongkong! 😥
@@София-д3р7д agree
so sad，the robber was forced to return his booty
@@holyboxer2.072 Wow funny. Comedy right there.
@@harrysmith1070 Almost every time the British leave a place, it's a comedy for the local people
the earth itself was crying
juan esquivel except for CHINA
@@lukejohns5900 we shall take it back ... back to democracy
Reunite the British Empire... no, seriously
@@edentranlol yes
> British
> Democracy
Pick one, Angl*.
I'm not even British or HK and this still makes me wanna cry
I'm British, we trusted what the mainland Chinese promised and handed her over to a lying, oppressing communist monster.
@@blazednlovinit Never trust leftists. Communists, socialists, social-democrats, it's all just the same shit
Are you white, or any of the former colonizers?
@@Banmuyuan 🤣
@@Banmuyuan Are you Chinese or any of the current colonisers(Only China)?
This day marked the beginning of the end for prosperity, freedom, and individual rights and the beginning of the subjugation and enslavement of the people of Hong Kong to their Chinese dictators. A sad day indeed.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
We twa hae run about the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
Sin days of auld lang syne
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn
Frae morning sun till dine
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin days of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp
And surely I'll be mine
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere
And gie's a hand o' thine
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
Good thing it was raining, I imagine that many men and women shed tears that dreadful night.
They cried for losing their privilege and arrogance which they have had these years
@TheBritishBulldog
Andrew Yung is a 50 cent. He gets money from the PRC gov of that Stabilization Fund. Don't tip him. Pls ignore all these guys. 😉
Rain hided the tears.
Vampire L hid
Quantum Shock the soldiers were probably happy because they can finally go back to Britain
On 30/6/2020, the National Security Law is passed by the CCP (without the consensus of HK people) and the law will be implemented on 1/7/2020. The law expropriates freedom from the Hong Kong people. The ‘one country two systems’ no longer exists. The CCP violates the Sino-British joint declaration and ruined the autonomy as well as the future of Hong Kong.
@Umos They asked for this, why would we help them? 🇬🇧
Xi Jinping Are you drowning in the flood haha
@WhyOWhy Tbh if Biden wins the election, America cannot help HK either
Sorry but there were clauses in the agreement that allowed the security law to be passed. The agreement technically was not violated.
That's because Hong Kong is a Chinese island stolen by the British. Its returned and no longer needs to have a separate system from the mainland
If only they knew...
If only they knew what was to come...
The end of the British Empire breaks my heart, even as an American.
They did, Tiananmen happened years before.
@@aidanlutz8106 - 100000000 social credits
@@susannguyen6234 oh noes! Uncle Xi won’t like this
major L for the British lmao
All things must come to an end
I’m proud to see that my country’s song is being sung all over the globe! 🏴🏴💪🏻
Also I know that this was like 24 years ago
Troll, you’re not scottish. No true scotsman is proud to see british troops marching.
@@rmac8378 Go wear your scottish skirt lol loser🤣
@@fritnez7463 av never wore a kilt
R Mac then you can’t call yourself a proud Scotsman 😂😂
@@td370 ok you useless yank
where girls cried: Titanic
where boys cried: UP
where men cried: Endgame ending
Where legends cried: 0:15-2:38
what is UP?
I'm not even British but I'm almost in tears, lol
what if you don't cry to this even though you know it's sad as hell
@@Banzai_-xn8ip 0-0
@@UnionPacific2014_ yes, i didn't cry to this even though ik its sad as hell, on the day the british empire ends, i will do nothing but watch this on loop over and over again trying to get me to cry
I was 3 years old when this happened...
Today I wear the same uniform
還看今天，這是一首悼詞，永別！
Wonder how those Scottish Soldiers felt, knowing that they were leaving a free people to the mercy of a communist regime?
it’s like leaving a puppy outside the house where there are wolves lurking
they got what they asked for. They commited treason against the monarch. no regime is 100% evil or 100% good, they all have their pros and cons.
Like the boys when giving poland, and other eastern europe at the mercy of stalin? This is alot better lul
They felt nothing because this wasn't their land and they were professional soldiers. They had something else to worry about after the Hong Kong posting namely Northern Ireland. I know cause I spoke to some of them the day after this parade.
H2X2E2532 by 1997 Nothern Ireland was mostly at peace was it not?
Hard to believe back then that this is where the sun would finally set on the British empire
CANZUK?
@@luked772 That's an alliance. Much different.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand are self-governing nation states,
Closer would be the sun never setting on the Commonwealth.
Technically the British still owns a few tiny islands (namely the Caymans, the Falklands and the Pitcairn Islands, plus the British Indian Overseas Territory), which makes the sun still technically shining on British land
it should had set sooner.
It's not good to destroy Others land and destroy others culture and others looted wealth And enjoy with Looted wealth and most hilarious thik is You PROUD of this
Knowing what happened there this year this is the most freaking sad song ever played.
I wish all hongkongers a happy and fruitful new year from Spain. May God bless you all and bring you the much needed strength to overcome your new challenges.
Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong!
What did happen? I don't know.
@@ThomasDong-zy4gw When I wrote this comment, the suppression of the Hong Kong protests was taking place.
@@alvaroibanez7497 With the corrupted and dysfunctional politics that Spain is having, their people have no right to criticise other countries politics.
Built yourself a better economy and infrastructure and provide more opportunities for the youth before criticising others.
Or you can do some drugs in Lavapies, have some siesta and live like a penniless hippie for the rest of your life.
@@kaisiangtey8964 I have every right to criticise whatever I want. I also criticise my own country when needed, I have no problem doing that because I am not a blind nationalist like you.
Also, check some of your racism.
@@alvaroibanez7497 I am Malaysian my friend lol. And I love Spain. And I love Spaniards.
But when it comes to politics and economy, Spain is never on the table talk.
Ofcourse its your freedom to say anything you want, just like when you criticise Gaudi for being a sh*tty architect when you can't built nothing yourself. Sure its your freedom to say it.
But it makes you a joke.
Soviet Union: Have a good night British Empire!
British Empire: You too! This was a blast! Let's do this same time tomorrow, you in America?
United States: For sure, for sure.
(*last online 30 years ago*)
That mystic eyes of Gurkha soldier at 2:10 saying it all . Offering something to wolves on platter still maintaining calm as written in destiny. Feeling helpless
lol who are the wolves ? the British empire raped and pillaged the world. the CCp are no match to the british empire when it comes to being evil
Ooooof that's hit 😢
orientalistic bullcrap, just because he's eastern his eyes are "mystic"? no, he's a regular human being
@@4rumaniI think he means misty
the rain made everything sadder but was a warning to the bloodless bloodshed we see today in hong kong
It's not bloodless anymore...
What a piece of history this video is. The song is beautiful and well played.
British Empire did not go anywhere. British Empire just stay in our hearts forever 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Love from your old friend 🇸🇬
You can also see the oppression, the dysfunction, the border disputes, etc they left behind as well.
100% a white guy from the uk
@@ashishhembrom3905 No empire is perfect but the British empire was one of the best in terms of its overall impact like the Roman Empire.
@@Valencetheshireman927 overall impact?? You mean like the ones that i just mentioned?
@@Valencetheshireman927 nah people especially this guy named ashish hembrom tend to forget that ethnic disputes are prevalent and there is nothing the British Empire can do if two ethnic groups are fighting over a territory. Not their fault that those ethnic groups have an incompetent government too.
Rest In Peace, HongKong
(1997-2020)
RIP
RIP Hong Kong (1841-1997)
Make Hong Kong Great Again!🇭🇰
@@dawnnadir China bot found
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Yeah a new order.... bet a lot of Hong Kongers are watching this with even more nostalgia than the soldiers that departed.
God bless and protect Hong Kong from Communist persecution. God save the Queen !!
I heard the queen's vag sags like a rappers pants.
Turns out, 99 years was not as good as forever...
The day hong kong lost its freedom. RIP those poor souls.
Isn’t it ironic? A colony that isn’t technically free, loses the freedom they had left, to a regime against freedom?
A colony wants to go back to serving brits…
Hongkonger here. The system right now sucks, but we didn’t have any freedom as a colony either. We couldnt vote for anything at all. What we could do, though, was speak our mind freely. And I miss that b
@@PatheticTV Aye same I'm also from HK and I also play Roblox XD. (If you're wondering why I know that you play Roblox it's because of your pfp)
Freedom? Lol…
lost what freedom？vote？lmao
Who’s here after the enacting of the National Security Law?
*STAND with Hong Kong.*
i couldnt sleep well in hk and now just crying over this the saddest auld lang syne of all time
光復香港
kk k 時代革命
Thank you for standing with Hong Kong
Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time!
Ireland and Europe stand with Hong Kong
Crazy that Hong Kong and many other places experienced more freedom, prosperity and democracy being ruled from thousands of miles away while they now are basically occupied and live under tyranny from the country that is right next to them. Britain wasn't a conqueror, it freed many people and is why slavery doesn't exist, and is why democracy and freedom are so widespread throughout the world.
Too bad we gave it back to PRC
Yes, that's what happened on the world, most former colonies are now very well-developed regions or countries
Pyrs don’t call it a republic, it ain’t one.
I was really confused why this video got recommended, but now I get it. It's to laugh at the people who unironically miss the British Empire. I mean that laughter is slightly dimmed with Hong Kong tangling with Chinese Imperialism but still. Great for a chuckle.
@Matt S we didn't embraced values of Britishers? What are you talking about? So much of India is heavily influenced by British. There is a reason why we have the highest number of English speakers in the world.
Long live the Queen
British not only brings prosperous in Hong Kong, but also human right, rule of law and freedom...Thank you for these things separate us from the Barbarian communist chi-na.
The barbaric is a regime, not a country, and not all the Chinese living within its border.
@Matt S Precisely. People don't realise how much power the people of China have over their government. They have more ability to force change than most other countries do because of how easily they could collapse their government but they seem to like communism and look past all the atrocities that are committed.
Matt S would of be great if China have A different system and can till maintain the progress? Definitely, but is it worse it fighting for that and losing millions of life ? No
Matt S try harder
Matt S It’s really easy to say that in our cushy first world countries with the ideas of individualism and democracy, but it’s different in China. You’re talking about a country that only recently became wealthy, a country where many citizens remember famines. They don’t revolt because when they were children only the rich could eat meat, and only a few times a year. They don’t revolt because many of their parents are stunted because of lack of food. They care more about being able to eat than about democracy and freedom.
They see the CCP as the government that oversaw China’s rise and economic growth, not as what we see it as
As an American I value my independence but love, respect and revere the British empire. God bless America, God bless the queen. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇭🇰
We must stand with all lovers of democracy. I hope my country, Canada, has the sense to extend permanent residency and a path to citizenship to politically-persecuted HKers.
M E H same here. I hope our country puts some sort of refugee program to accept Hong Kongers into our nation
Fuck yer british empire. Independent Republican Scotland 🏴
@@julianpichardo5045 if you boys just plan to make this world better and protect democracy as well, well I'm in !! Greetings from France 🇫🇷 and support to Hong Kong 🙏 this is so sad
@@selen2142 we’re revolutionary brothers after all! Vive le liberté!
Tomorrow is the actual day for Hong Kong's funeral.
Farewell.
Good no more western spies in China
@J ui national security law
@@MrDgo4life you communist thug
HK will rebirth from the ashes one day
This is an unshakable destiny
@Franklin Delano Roosevelt US and the Western europe
I'm not even British, why does this hit so hard?
The end of the British Empire. I mean, the end of the largest empire ever isn’t really an event to be taken lightly.
British colonists actually did well in 70s to 90s. They built up public house, established anti-corruption organization which effectively cracked down corruption, turned Hong Kong into a wealthy international city, and most importantly gave Hong Kong freedom and partial democracy. Some of the british governors also cared about the interest of Hong Kong people, even against the interest of Britain. For example, in 1992 Chris Patten(the man which stand in middle in 2:20), the last governor of HK, had launched a political reform giving more democracy to HK people, but China government went against the proposal. They shouted their word of hate toward Mr Patten, calling him running dog and “a sinner of a thousand years”, and did their to stop the political reform. Some British business leader also opposed the reform, as they thought it would harm the relationship between China and Britain and it would adversely affect their interest. Nowadays, the chief executive of Hong Kong only concern about the interest of Beijing, and just directly receive order from their Beijing's master. CCP is more shameful, they like to take credit for almost everything, claim many British legacies as their own gifts to HK. I just hear a Chinese official claim that Hong Kong people have no right to protest under the British rule. It is a fucking lie and an absolute nonsence.
What a sad day in history. I think it was a mistake to give back hong kong a lovely and truly wonderful place on earth to a communist country like China! I've been to hong kong many times in the 70s and 80s and it was truly the best! The things Britain did for hong Kong. We improved the living conditions and education.
Hong Kongs freedom is marching out with them.
Twenty five years later I still find this very moving indeed, the end of an era in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 but the memories live on 🙏❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🙏 Nov twenty two
Taiwan (Republic of China) is the only legal inherent of the Qing dynasty because it clearly stated in the declaration of the abdication of the Qing emperor that, “all rights of the emperor transfers to ROC”. So Britain should return Hong Kong to Taiwan in 1997.
What a power move that would have been haha
1979 all permanent members recognized a one china policy thus prc is the legal china
And then the actual Chinese government would have invaded Hong Kong.
What makes the Qing dynasty legal or legitimate?
@@jake8855 Someone said so.
0:25 “A slow march into a new order.”
As a proud Ulster man the thought of seeing this in Northern Ireland one day fills me with great sadness
As long as the people of NI want it, Northern Ireland will be part of the UK until the sun burns out. Lots of Nationalistic Irish in the ROI want to take back Northern Ireland not for the benefit of its people but just so they can say they have finally united Ireland, when in reality it would still be as divided as it was before.
Proddy
what about the sadness of the natives who were second class in their own country
@Lucas Davenport If you'd nuke a city full of innocent people to preserve your empire, then your empire doesn't deserve to exist.
@@GlassingForTheEarth where did u get any of that from
Singapore took the best aspects of both SE Asia and of British colonialism and turned themselves into an Asian Tiger.
Hong Kong sadly has had the iron fist of the CCP destroy them since 1997.
can't even correctly say the party name
@@AYANAMlREl they’re Chinese and they’re commies, what more could be correct?
it's enough to make a grown man cry
I can´t believe that this actually made cry. I mean, I don´t cry much since I´m not a too emotional person but that made me really sad!
Heck, I´m not even British! I am a German!
Probably it reminds you of good old days of imperialism, which was a concept deeply discussed by two Germans: Marx and Engels.
@@guodunniu No one like communism which murdered 450m+ people world wide. It's a form of cancer that needs elimated
@@ulsterinfidel9897 Have you counted how many were murdered by Capitalism and its imperialism wars? LoL.
@@ulsterinfidel9897 lmao where's the part where you massacred colonies and do warcrimes in random sea countries
@Klaus Schutle I think you have some missunderstanding on the term "imperialism" in context of polical science. It has nothing to do with monarch, a republic can also be imperialist, take France as an example. Moreover, Imperialism is used to describe a stage of capitalism development in early 20th century. What you talked about is more like feudalism, which is much earlier.
Not only this is the end of the British Empire, it's the end of Hong Kong themselves. May Hong Kong be independent.
they still have 14 Overseas Territories so not just yet lol
No, Hong Kong was never indepemdent, it should be either Chinese or British
may china be free (but not a american puppet)
@@gyorgysoros1074 Ah yes, with your logic the US should be either French or British
@@awwmanboi9791 Yes
Top 10 saddest moments in history
Most people did not not realize the true meaning of that marching at that moment. the meaning was, there will be no more British Troops in this territory anymore. Those troops belong to this place. They should not have left.
Hopefully one day they will return. Not as colonial forces but as liberators.
@@anonymousshitposter1743 or both.. Long live imperialism, God save the King!
@@gyorgysoros1074 no
@@anonymousshitposter1743 yes
@@gyorgysoros1074 oh hell naw I dont wanna be colonized again