China has been running Hong Kong since trying from 1950 to June 29 1997 and officially since June 30, 1997.If you believe in One Country Two Systems you need to see a doctor !
so ridiculous，judges in Hongkong are British ，the basic laws are all made by yourselves，in so many years zero tax from Hongkong. U just use CPC as an excuse , aims to cover your decaying social economy. “Ohh, it’s not our fault. Damn it , it’s all the fault of China” what’s a shame
@@qiuyuxu1719 wow china commenting referring to another nation as having a decaying social economy. Just wow. So far mate; we haven't had to use rubber bullets, water cannon or send the army in ....Anywhere.
Prince Charles was sort of expecting this. To quote what he said at 4:01 : "Unprecedented this moment in history may be, we've the utmost confidence in the abilities and resilience of the Hong Kong people. Britain learned long ago that Hong Kong people know best what's for Hong Kong."
Lar M China will never implement one country, one system. If they did where would China launder all its dirty commie money? The CCP only wants a good, obedient slave
This kind logic sounds similar,they make you to focus how the village become a modern city,forgot the fact that they robbed the Hongkong from the beginning. They make you focus on Chinese government is not good, forgot the fact that doesn't matter good or bad, it's not other countries businesses, I guess they knew that,that's why they used the beautiful concept" democracy and freedom" so well when they want to invade another country, smart but Insidious。
I remembered this,i was in grade 4 at that time.. was watching it with my father. Didn't know what was happening or the history behind it... but could felt that it was historic moment & time for both countries.
@@tryomama I mean yes and not, it took a few decades for the Empire to rot away after WW2 even if it fate was sealed and during those decades the Empire was still relatively strong
Sad day.. politics aside. I enjoyed HK a lot more when I was young here. The whole vibe is different now. And yes I was in HK thru out the 80s and witnessed this handover on tv.
They had every opportunity to leave Hong Kong if they didn’t want to be a part of China. A lot of Hong Kong citizens left for other countries but many returned as well. Hong Kong’s population of 7.5 million is more than 2 million more than the mid 1980’s.
The people of Hong Kong were treated better by people on the other side of the world than their own neighbours. We often highlight the evils of colonialism, but not the benefits.
@@InfoBlox762 you see, China didn't ask the UK to return it. China took it back just like how it's taken away from them. How does it feel on the flip side of the coin? Haha
Was a teen when the handover happened, wish I had been a few years older. Always dreamed of going there and I imagine it just isn't anywhere near the same anymore.
Such a shame the Brits had to leave. Especially with hindsight, knowing how China decided in 2020 to disregard the 50-year agreement that was supposed to ensure some democracy to Hong-Kongers until 2047.
@@danielhao5790 You mean where people get paid 100 for protesting, 200 for holding the sign, and 500 for rallying with a speaker, and 2000 for hitting the police? I work for a HK international company, I know exactly who is behind these seemly civic movements....
saa82vik I think you should open your eyes look and understand real situation. whats the situation before 1997 colonial times. And the most of hong kong people are not support there demonstration.
Demion Mellors i was talking about 150 years ago， not now. for now？ who wants to leave just go away， none of my business. no one cut their way to move to a so-called democratic place, glad to see them to be second maybe third level persons in their dream fields
you stole sth of mine, and I want it back, you like it so you say I am the evil one? wtf? so ridiculous. when the uk occupied hk did they ask the ppl there? and the question you asked me, I think it's better talk with Catalans.
maybe we were naive or maybe we had no choice, I still don't know what we could have done differently, but with the power of hindsight and seeing things how have turned out since it becomes ever clearer that we betrayed Hong Kong, if not with the treaty itself then in our lack of response to China's actions from 2017 onwards. We should be up in arms demanding China keep to the terms of the treaty, not muttering under our breath and looking away.
@@reminiscence4142 yes. Although it sucks for the people there, no one can come save them anymore. Their only slim shot of change is somehow persuading Beijing.
@@shawnlu9637 I totally agree, it's just frustrating how all the proverbial rhetoric was sprouted in order to justify the unjustifiable when really we all knew full well how it would end
Technically the National Security Law didn’t break the agreement between the British and China. The agreement allowed a national security law to be passed which Hong Kong delayed for several years. And don’t forget the agreement was only for 50 years so in 2047 China can do whatever it wants with Hong Kong. Surprisingly officials in Beijing have said that they are willing to extend Hong Kong’s independence beyond 2047. It seems a stable Hong Kong is still in China’s best interest.
@@Mrbg123 They don’t need saving because anyone can emigrate and leave Hong Kong if they choose to do so. Large groups of Hong Kong citizens left in the early 1990’s before the 1997 takeover to places like Canada or Australia.
Britain never wanted to give up Hong Kong but China would have marched it's military in by force then there would have been a war and so close to China it wasn't a war we could sustain but the primary reason if not the only reason was the 99year lease.
Britannia, You raised Hong Kong from a little poor village You are the mother of Hong Kong I know Hong Kong is just a little colony to you But you are great, comparing with CPC
Ironically, HK didn’t have democracy until after the handover to the PRC. Before it was run by a British governor but the British insisted on Democracy for after the transition.
“Democracy” I’d hardly call the Chinese administration of Hong Kong a democracy. It’s a communist party puppet territory and will only get worse in about 20 years
Yes, Brits didn’t give Hong Kong democracy, and this is exactly what the Chinese government and pro establishment business folks in HK would say as part of their ongoing criticism and de-colonization rhetorics against the British. Then again these morons have ignored two factors. One, the Hong Kong society now has become far more complex and educated than before that the populace feels they deserve more say on issues than ever, and this happens in every society. Two, however much the populace wants more say is typically a function of how that populace distrusts its current government, and the current HK government has indeed given the populace no lack of reasons why it should be distrusted.
"That is the promise, and that is the unshakable destiny" Hate to break it to you, but China always intended to shake that destiny. How naive can you possibly be, and how lazy to hand over a country to the CCP instead of building its own sovereignty?
Not lazy just realistic. It's not like we had any choice of who to hand it over to. Either hand it over peacefully and manage to negotiate for the 20 years of self determination the city got, or the CCP would have invaded forcefully with troops and there would have been no stopping it.
We might have some arguments now, between India and China, but doesn't these white tears smell like victory? I call it legal and just evictions. Invasive parasites are finally ejected. Look at them crying for their empire, thinking they are angels!
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The main reason why British gave Hong Kong back to PRC was obvious, China was opening, the Britains need to keep a good trading relationship with a large country instead of a small one, although both of China and Taiwan has no rights to claim Hong Kong. People said it will be better for Hong Kong if the British kept longer, of cuase they won't. It is not necessary for them to care about how Hong Kong will turn, and they have gained too much from Hong Kong already. The Britain was lucky, if it wasn't communism, the higher educated Chinese would not fleed to Hong Kong, which boost the economy. Or if Japanese won the war the British wouldn't be there too. This is all about timing, and the British are good at catching the right time.
DK DK biggest reason you left out is that the British had gotten Hong Kong for 100 years when the Opium Wars were done. Though the Chinese Government in 1897 and 1997 are no where close in similarity not handing it over would have hurt Britain and giving it to Taiwan would stoke unneeded tension between the two chinas.
@@MiceRa5 right, and Taiwan left UN and gave yhe place to PRC, that's why Hong Kong should be given to PRC. But the reason I think PRC replaced ROC in UN is because, you know, the British and Americans didn't want China to be a strong power as they thought communism will never be better than capitalism, which is right.
Influence what influence? After looting 45 trillion from india and stealing all resources, killing people in India , africa and middle east and you call that influence? . British museum is called biggest chor bazar in the world 😂😂😂
@@mrcool2107 yes, that's still Influence you know? Such as If it had surrendered in WW2 the world would be different forever. Also on a video about the Hong Kong handover, do you want China to own Hong Kong?
4:12 No, you didn't. If you really learned it "long ago", you'd give Hongkongers democracy and universal suffrage in 1945, which was *not at all* the case. The British didn't even give Hongkongers representative democracy until 1984, the year when Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed. Now the handover is on due and you claimed you "long" believed Hong Kong needs a more direct democracy and advocate for universal suffrage, don't you think it's hypocritical?! If you advocated that on 1840, we call you a hero; If you advocated that on 1945, we call you a great leader; If you advocated that on 1960s, we call you a wise leader; If you advocated that on 1984, we call you a trick one; You advocate it after 1984, we can only call you a hypocrite.
虞海 China wrote into the agreement we couldn’t make Hong Kong independent or they would shut off water and power and likely invade. That’s why we kept it long after making all are other colonies independent.
@@MrRooibos123 you really believe western media is telling the truth? It's likely you'll never know because your news stations are inevitable controlled by the capitalists. What ever your opinion is,it doesn't matter, as Hong Kong Is literally attached to China so the British can't say no,especially since China has most likely surpassed them in military capacity at this point
I always find it curious that under the Five Eyes agreement, Britain is still responsible for intelligence on Hong Kong. Occam's Razor would suggest that it becomes British again after WW3 - should the west win. Especially given the disregard the Chinese have shown the people of Hong Kong in recent times and their inability to both read and honour agreements.
@@Linneom Oh ok - with you now. Actually the British empire died in the second world war - they went out with a bang. It had to end some time, so at least it went fighting to keep the world free.
@@TheDaverobinson true but the last of it truly died in Hong Kong the Nazi War machine was far from killing the British Empire but Instead it was time that killed it. With Communism and Democracy the age of Kings ended yes it began to die after ww2 but the sun finally sat over the British in the 1990s you can argue that after ww2 it was more like a sun set of a once proud Empire.
Sobiet Ubey menia nope - wrong again. The us killed the empire selling Britain weapons rather than just getting involved in the war. Not to mention they were three years late for it.
I remember watching the ‘takeover’ (as the Chinese put it) from inside China. The only footage televised was hours and hours of emotional military music to skinny Chinese soldiers goose stepping it into Hong Kong.
Why do the Chinese goverment ask even more right now? The CCP should be already stopping for years holding grudges about the "Century of humiliation". Symbolically ending the world largest empire on Chinese soil with Hong Kong is quite something to a "Century of humiliation" caused by this empire.
The British ruled Hong Kong with respect! Hong Kong today is a far cry from what it was under British rule. It was a land of opportunity under the British empire, now...
Thatche is a intelligent women, she prevented a war between China and UK, because she knew the fact that UK was the invader and was off no position to against the current China and the communist, handing over HK was the only option to prevent further conflict
The UN has a no colony rule, if UK hold on to HK, UN will sanction UK so as other countries. No choice but to give up HK. They should have given the people of HK a referendum just like other British colony.
The UN wouldn't have been able to sanction the UK. The UK is a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council. All the UK would needed to have done is use their veto and they can stop any resolution passing, no matter how much support it has. All it takes for a resolution to fail is for ONE of the Permanent Members to block it, and it goes nowhere. That is one of the reasons the UN is so ineffective! Any one of the Five Permanent members can block any resolution if they feel it harms their interest.
Britain can hold on to HK then for as long as they want. Why give up a very strategic piece of land. 100 year lease is rubbish. This is the end of the British Empire.
Sadly it is yes. I have a number of friends in Hong Kong who are very pro British, they are upset this is the way it is. I was over in Hong Kong in November last year and had a great time, its a wonderful city! Hong Kong sadly under China is slowly losing the freedom of governance that they had under the British. Its certainly ironic that the denizens of Macau & Hong Kong appear to prefer their colonial administrators over being ruled by China proper! A friend I have here in the UK who runs a very successfull restaurant, he's from Hong Kong and told me that he's now given up any desire of moving back to HK because of the changes that are happening there. His sister left HK about six months ago and came to the UK to setup her own business. His parents still live in HK and he goes back twice a year to see them, but now has no plans to ever return! The UK is now his home he said.
I'm still baffled why give up a territory if there's no sanction down the road, why bother. Some countries even go to war just for a small piece of land.
Because we didn't have a choice. The lease had run out on the New Territories, and while we didn't have to return Hong Kong Island, China viewed the original treaties to be in abeyance. They didn't recognise them. Deng Xioping made it perfectly clear to Thatcher during their original negotiations that if the UK didn't hand over Hong Kong at the agreed upon time, China would simply invade. The sad truth, is that there is nothing the UK could have done if a military conflict had ensued. That being said, the people of Hong Kong SHOULD have been given a say on their future but China wouldn't allow any referendums to be held!
It’s the funeral of Hong Kong. The Pearl of the Orient are deteriorated by the communists in past 20 years. The old Hong Kong people tell us to leave this place everyday as soon as possible. Once in 2047 or even earlier, we are very likely to be erased.
Please come back Britain! Patten, you were the one to drive three times around your house which is a promise of returning back. Where are you, sir Patten?
4:37 The way his face is shaped and eyes... I feel like I saw him in one of those HK protest photos. The guy with glasses and black clothing that was waving the British HK flag a few months back
The British Lion gracefully yet sadly hands over its last Crown Colony to the eager talons of the Chinese Dragon. I remember watching this live as a HS freshman.
"Now Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong."
CPC: "See I pulled a little sneaky on ya."
China has been running Hong Kong since trying from 1950 to June 29 1997 and officially since June 30, 1997.If you believe in One Country Two Systems you need to see a doctor !
@@canman5060 one country two systems is basically an empire (China) having viceroyalties (Macau and Hong Kong)
so ridiculous，judges in Hongkong are British ，the basic laws are all made by yourselves，in so many years zero tax from Hongkong. U just use CPC as an excuse , aims to cover your decaying social economy. “Ohh, it’s not our fault. Damn it , it’s all the fault of China” what’s a shame
@@qiuyuxu1719 wow china commenting referring to another nation as having a decaying social economy. Just wow. So far mate; we haven't had to use rubber bullets, water cannon or send the army in ....Anywhere.
What the fuck is CPC?
2019: Hong Kong protestors break into the Hong Kong Parliament and hang the Hong Kong Colonial flag from the speaker's podium
Jeff Sanders yeah well kinda too late for that
They should have their own sovereign flag to rally behind, and wrest control of their own futures
ReasonableRadio well they already have one
@@littlenightk notice the 5 stars in the petals. That's not a symbol of China itself, it's a CCP symbol
@@littlenightk The red is also the official CCP red, the red of the revolution
Forward 22, years: massive protests everywhere in hong kong.
Forward a further 2 more years China officially implement One Country One Systems.
@@canman5060 nah it gonna take 99years until china can implement one country one systems
Prince Charles was sort of expecting this. To quote what he said at 4:01 :
"Unprecedented this moment in history may be, we've the utmost confidence in the abilities and resilience of the Hong Kong people. Britain learned long ago that Hong Kong people know best what's for Hong Kong."
Lar M China will never implement one country, one system. If they did where would China launder all its dirty commie money? The CCP only wants a good, obedient slave
Yea but I don't think they want to be a colony lol
150 years from fishing village to financial powerhouse.
Shenzhen has Huawei, Tencent, DJL, so many high-tech industries, so what about Hongkong?
shenzhen did it in less than 40 years
This kind logic sounds similar,they make you to focus how the village become a modern city,forgot the fact that they robbed the Hongkong from the beginning.
They make you focus on Chinese government is not good, forgot the fact that doesn't matter good or bad, it's not other countries businesses, I guess they knew that,that's why they used the beautiful concept" democracy and freedom" so well when they want to invade another country, smart but Insidious。
not even a fishing village but a shitty island nobody wanted
@@jinskyjoyous with the aid of Hong Kong and the aid of whole PRC
$20 says Hong Kong wishes they were still British.
That's relatively cheap bro.
I bet the Government regrets it now lol
Hong Kong will always be British
But British never recognise them as British.
@@leonh6917 Are you sure about that?
I remembered this,i was in grade 4 at that time.. was watching it with my father. Didn't know what was happening or the history behind it... but could felt that it was historic moment & time for both countries.
mom: why are you crying so damn loud!?!
me:
IM LAUGHING SO DAMN LOUD
don't worry, Scotland and North Ireland will be the next who quit UK,
loser retreated
tom tom - there’s no point in Northern Ireland or Scotland - both just pointless wastes of money
@@sirhumphreyappleby8399 excuse me ?
Nothing lasts forever. It was a good run. And a graceful exit.
@@zerosumgamez HAHAHAHA you're so funny hahaha
You're Mums a drunk and has cancer.
Certainly more graceful exit than Brexit lol
@@zerosumgamez = typical sexually frustrated cyber warrior comforting himself with a bizarre fantasy
@@MrOhcock : too true.
Place has been steadily going downhill ever since the exit.
_A promise that says.._ * “I WILL RETURN..” *
Thomas Gabriel N. Laconico's/TGN.L's MPCCATHUPP And now they want reunification
I thought the exact same. Britain will return.
Please let Hong Kong return to the British- From Hong Kong citizen
We're still working on Mecha-MacArthur. He and his battle station will soon be fully operational.
Patten is 90s General MacArthur
Hong kong people standing there like it's a funeral
It more or less was.
Funeral for British empire. No wonder.
@@weiguouk the British seized to be an Empire right after WW2. Lol. Kid, learn some history
@Gun Van so the meaning of my pint was delivered. Why would I?
@@tryomama I mean yes and not, it took a few decades for the Empire to rot away after WW2 even if it fate was sealed and during those decades the Empire was still relatively strong
3:27 Elgar’s Nimrod :(
Usually played to commemorate soldiers lost in the First World War. Makes me cry too
Such a beautiful piece and you can feel Pattens sadness at that moment.
Sad day.. politics aside. I enjoyed HK a lot more when I was young here. The whole vibe is different now. And yes I was in HK thru out the 80s and witnessed this handover on tv.
Ah, Highland cathedral. A beautiful tune. And a sad one.
RIP Hong Kong.
British Hong Kong
I know HK people enjoyed their life much more under British than now.
from1967 to 1997 yes
I’m from Hong Kong, but I was born a few years after Britain gave HK back to China so idk what it was like
Not true
@Zhong Chenle - 钟辰乐 Chinese bot cope and seethe
They had every opportunity to leave Hong Kong if they didn’t want to be a part of China. A lot of Hong Kong citizens left for other countries but many returned as well. Hong Kong’s population of 7.5 million is more than 2 million more than the mid 1980’s.
A promise that says “I will return”.
Hmmmmmmm
the third Opium War will end in London,
Emile Chen the war will be end before it starts, coz Chinese kills Chinese is such a tradition
@@Emilechen hahahaha who need opium war when you eat , pork, bat , lizard , poison animal at the same market . say hallo to mr Corona V . LOL 😆
@@GuderII That was too hard! He would cry
@@GuderII nukes have no feelingd
Goodby colonalism and democracy , hello dictatorship🤗
DonGius1 They didn’t have democracy but at least they had freedom, now they have neither.
british hong kong had no democracy.
@@willl237 they had rule of law and freedom, which China still doesn't have
DonGius1 Yeah, I’d take being a colonial British subject than a citizen of an authoritarian commie regime
‘Colonialism and democracy’ ohhh thr irony.
Top ten saddest anime deaths
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THE COMMENT WAS SO FUCKING FUNNY ROFLAMAO
@Comrade Chernobyl well the tiny fishing villages ended up quite enjoying the british rule
Yeah I Agree, Hong Kong Shouldn't Be Returned To China
仁风间 So! You are a 傻逼
The people of Hong Kong were treated better by people on the other side of the world than their own neighbours. We often highlight the evils of colonialism, but not the benefits.
facts
Trying to justify past sins?
was crying in my heart when he said at the end, "Hong Kong, The People's Republic Of China"
Рамис Карама technically we should have returned it to the Qing dynasty
孩儿诚挚地将以下评论禀告给敬爱、慈祥、尊敬的父亲大人: then we didn’t have to return it to anyone
@@jamiesmith3396 You don't return something back to someone who is dead, that is a big brain move.
@@InfoBlox762 you see, China didn't ask the UK to return it. China took it back just like how it's taken away from them. How does it feel on the flip side of the coin? Haha
@@mag5775 how do you flip a coin knowing that there is no coin to flip?
CCP : *rubbing their hands*
Waffins so edgy
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@@政斌-x8k play the funky music whiteboy 😂😂😂🖕🖕🖕
*It's free real estate.*
Here's a little lesson in trickery
If only Hong Kong could've remained independent from the tyrannical grip of China
Not gonna happen
East Timor managed to become from Indonesia in 1999, mainly due to Australia helping them. although the Indonesians were threatening to bomb us.
waterfieldV and now East Timor is poor
@@Super_Mario128 oh hello my friend and sorry what we have did to your country
they've left tyranny at this moment
Man the Govs daughters wer smoking hot!
EricoChico nice
She old now
Yea dude, but by they're probably in their 40s
So was your mom in 1994.
Yeah thats what I thought of yours when I left her place
"Now Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong"
China: Well yes, but actually no
Yesn’t
Seeing the present situation in hongkong,this is so heart breaking
its gone from paradise to prison.
Was a teen when the handover happened, wish I had been a few years older. Always dreamed of going there and I imagine it just isn't anywhere near the same anymore.
i went in 2008. Still pretty cool
No matter how it is dressed up, it was just absolutely devastating.
[yeah western colonial wyte fkrs lost their colony in asia
And so pleasing to see. Good riddance.
-for colonizers
@@Remix2366 Somebody hasn't been watching the news it seems...
@@zach6800 which news? The western news who will undeniably lie for the support of their allied colonizers?
On that day in Hong Kong it rained for three days, some may say tears.
So on that day it rained three days?
@@Bogdone013 on the day of the handover, the rain began and did not stop for three days
After this day, Hong Kong destiny was never the same compare to the good old days. God help HK.
This makes me genuinely sad. Just a couple of decades of Chinese rule and Hong Kong is in tatters.
You do realize there was an entire virus,right?
If only they had handed this to the Republic of China.
The world would be a better place.
Great chance that the commies would have just invaded
Fyzzy4life CPC army was waiting on the border, so it would be much worse
@@Fyzzy4life on the threat of American nukes? I'd beg to differ and think twice
They did not nuke China when they corssed into North Korea, trust me lad, they would not nuke them for Hong Kong. No one would ever do that
@@Fyzzy4life They won't nuke Beijing. The backing and mere threat is enough. Little something called MAD.
Such a shame the Brits had to leave. Especially with hindsight, knowing how China decided in 2020 to disregard the 50-year agreement that was supposed to ensure some democracy to Hong-Kongers until 2047.
I remember watching this event on tv when i was in highschool. Greetings from Jakarta
1997: Britain's Hong Kong
1998: Britain't Hong Kong
Should have space between "Brit" and "ain't"
June 2019: Hong Kong protest
@@danielhao5790 You mean where people get paid 100 for protesting, 200 for holding the sign, and 500 for rallying with a speaker, and 2000 for hitting the police?
I work for a HK international company, I know exactly who is behind these seemly civic movements....
Secretary Jiang yeah yeah you are right. Why anyone would protest the Chinese government's policies right?
saa82vik I think you should open your eyes look and understand real situation. whats the situation before 1997 colonial times.
And the most of hong kong people are not support there demonstration.
Don’t cry because it’s over smile because it happened
after Brexit and future independance of Scotland, they will cry lourder,
No, cry because look at Hong Kong now. Send the Royal Navy back there
When he said "the policemen prepare themselves to serve new masters" I felt that bro
Long live the Queen !
God bless Hong Kong and Britain from former colony malaysia 🇲🇾. We can't stand this nation without the help of our ally 🇬🇧
Oh I didn't know we had u too
@@mahdikhan9443 never heard of the malay emergency?
@@DavidSternburgYt na
@@mahdikhan9443 500 british and commonwealth soldiers died during it
Yo at the end when he said "Hong Kong, The People's Republic Of China." I almost cried
We had more tear when we knew "HK would not be a part of China anymore"
李彬 hing Kong's citizens are fucking glad they got off the sinking ship of humanitarian crises we call "China"
Demion Mellors i was talking about 150 years ago， not now. for now？ who wants to leave just go away， none of my business. no one cut their way to move to a so-called democratic place, glad to see them to be second maybe third level persons in their dream fields
So they should all degrade their life's and accept an oppressive government, or leave the homes they have been living in for hundreds of years?
you stole sth of mine, and I want it back, you like it so you say I am the evil one? wtf? so ridiculous. when the uk occupied hk did they ask the ppl there?
and the question you asked me, I think it's better talk with Catalans.
"Now Hong Kong People are to run Hong Kong. That is the promise, that is the unshakable destiny"
Well that was a fucking lie
Happening now, the People are taking what is destined to be theirs --- Freedom.
@@battledroid224 they have to seize their own destiny, because nobody else has to live their lives, either in freedom or in chains
@@battledroid224 laughing in *Winnie the pooh* 😂
maybe we were naive or maybe we had no choice, I still don't know what we could have done differently, but with the power of hindsight and seeing things how have turned out since it becomes ever clearer that we betrayed Hong Kong, if not with the treaty itself then in our lack of response to China's actions from 2017 onwards. We should be up in arms demanding China keep to the terms of the treaty, not muttering under our breath and looking away.
@@reminiscence4142 yes. Although it sucks for the people there, no one can come save them anymore. Their only slim shot of change is somehow persuading Beijing.
Lol, you are thinking too much. Even the British lives like shit, Hongkong has its own destiny and has nothing to do with the UK anymore.
@@shawnlu9637 I totally agree, it's just frustrating how all the proverbial rhetoric was sprouted in order to justify the unjustifiable when really we all knew full well how it would end
Technically the National Security Law didn’t break the agreement between the British and China. The agreement allowed a national security law to be passed which Hong Kong delayed for several years. And don’t forget the agreement was only for 50 years so in 2047 China can do whatever it wants with Hong Kong. Surprisingly officials in Beijing have said that they are willing to extend Hong Kong’s independence beyond 2047. It seems a stable Hong Kong is still in China’s best interest.
@@Mrbg123 They don’t need saving because anyone can emigrate and leave Hong Kong if they choose to do so. Large groups of Hong Kong citizens left in the early 1990’s before the 1997 takeover to places like Canada or Australia.
Those daughters though.😍
Alan Z British people still look like that today
ExtremeCringe TV what is perverted about it?
@JoelTheBeardSurvivor There's a few knocking about, you've just got to wade through all the munters
justin leckey nah, they were in their late teens..all legal
I've seen them before, I think it was on a site called blacked.
'The promise that says that I'll return'.
as you say, ".. in Hong Kong, The People's Republic of CHINA"
Hong Kong 1997: It's time to go Britain.
Hong Kong 2019: *cOmEbAck! wE dOn't LiKe cHiNa*
It wasn't Hong Kong who wanted Britain to go, it was the CCP who wanted to get their greasy fingers on it
Britain never wanted to give up Hong Kong but China would have marched it's military in by force then there would have been a war and so close to China it wasn't a war we could sustain but the primary reason if not the only reason was the 99year lease.
Since the 1967 riots people in Hong Kong no longer liked China, instead they knew how oppressive the CCP is and fear them
@@endercomt2380 even that bridge China is building they consider it to China grip tightening.
@@samuel10125 this is how terrifying the CCP is, recently live ammunition has even been used to shoot protestors, .357 Magnum rounds
02:09 Now it's time to return
Britannia, You raised Hong Kong from a little poor village
You are the mother of Hong Kong
I know Hong Kong is just a little colony to you
But you are great, comparing with CPC
1:15 When the sun finally set on the British empire.
2:10 Oh God! Please don’t!
I think they'd have Governor Patton over Carrie Lam any day of the week.
10 saddest movie deaths
1. British Empire (1603-1997)
Bro, imperialism is not good. That is why I like the USA
@@sanwarmiah5929 The USA are if anything more Imperialist than the Europeans they just pretend that they aren't.
@@Remix2366the fuck
Ironically, HK didn’t have democracy until after the handover to the PRC. Before it was run by a British governor but the British insisted on Democracy for after the transition.
No it's not complete democracy now
“Democracy” I’d hardly call the Chinese administration of Hong Kong a democracy. It’s a communist party puppet territory and will only get worse in about 20 years
@@thatontariofarmer it's still more democratic than a literal colonial vessel which didn't even allow any election until the last couple of years.
@@thatontariofarmer at least better than governors. Hongkongese had not ever had rights to vote until the near end of colony.
Yes, Brits didn’t give Hong Kong democracy, and this is exactly what the Chinese government and pro establishment business folks in HK would say as part of their ongoing criticism and de-colonization rhetorics against the British. Then again these morons have ignored two factors. One, the Hong Kong society now has become far more complex and educated than before that the populace feels they deserve more say on issues than ever, and this happens in every society. Two, however much the populace wants more say is typically a function of how that populace distrusts its current government, and the current HK government has indeed given the populace no lack of reasons why it should be distrusted.
such a good day to remember
I think RUclips wants to tell me something🧐
buy a lot of ammo and a plane ticket yed
Hongkongers miss UK
But why 😂
@@sahilvaghela1333 cuz they r just used to be obedient to their former colonists
@@shironchang2440 you should realize why that's an inappropriate statement
@@Remix2366 inappropriate to present the truth？
@@shironchang2440 nobody is obedient to a former colonist.
1997: Bye u oppressor!
2019: Pls come back !
Alex Doge ”oppressor” only the flag was British back then
"That is the promise, and that is the unshakable destiny"
Hate to break it to you, but China always intended to shake that destiny.
How naive can you possibly be, and how lazy to hand over a country to the CCP instead of building its own sovereignty?
believe in our destiny!
Hong Kong is not a country but an enclaving territory of China. They should have handed it over to the Republic of China, not to the communist regime.
@@Spanish_Patriot I think the identity of HKers are developing
@@Spanish_Patriot that's a hot take lol
That would definitely have been better than what they did tbh
Not lazy just realistic. It's not like we had any choice of who to hand it over to. Either hand it over peacefully and manage to negotiate for the 20 years of self determination the city got, or the CCP would have invaded forcefully with troops and there would have been no stopping it.
saw so many people feeling bad about this makes me even happier
We might have some arguments now, between India and China, but doesn't these white tears smell like victory? I call it legal and just evictions. Invasive parasites are finally ejected.
Look at them crying for their empire, thinking they are angels!
The CCP has deposited 5cents into your bank account.
@@frankgarrett9500 5 cent from the CCP and 100 dollars USD donation into my Patreon from you, plus a few more of your precious crystaline tears and I am all set.
Support me Frank. I need your support. Give me more money on the Patreons Frank.
SuPeR pOwEr 2020!
@@frankgarrett9500 Actually ccp give me 7000 yuan every month.
Look what have Hong Kong became now
A sad, sad day. For Britain but especially for Hong Kong. God Save the Queen.
This is so sad, Alexa play despacito
2:09 is there a source about the tradition? I would like to know more about it
The main reason why British gave Hong Kong back to PRC was obvious, China was opening, the Britains need to keep a good trading relationship with a large country instead of a small one, although both of China and Taiwan has no rights to claim Hong Kong.
People said it will be better for Hong Kong if the British kept longer, of cuase they won't. It is not necessary for them to care about how Hong Kong will turn, and they have gained too much from Hong Kong already.
The Britain was lucky, if it wasn't communism, the higher educated Chinese would not fleed to Hong Kong, which boost the economy. Or if Japanese won the war the British wouldn't be there too. This is all about timing, and the British are good at catching the right time.
DK DK biggest reason you left out is that the British had gotten Hong Kong for 100 years when the Opium Wars were done. Though the Chinese Government in 1897 and 1997 are no where close in similarity not handing it over would have hurt Britain and giving it to Taiwan would stoke unneeded tension between the two chinas.
@@MiceRa5 right, and Taiwan left UN and gave yhe place to PRC, that's why Hong Kong should be given to PRC.
But the reason I think PRC replaced ROC in UN is because, you know, the British and Americans didn't want China to be a strong power as they thought communism will never be better than capitalism, which is right.
The end of the Empire but the influence it had on the world will go on forever
Her influence on Canada and Australia still kind of exists
No, it won't
@@arthurdiniz7469 maybe not, but it’ll outlast your sorry hide, and that’s all that really matters
Influence what influence? After looting 45 trillion from india and stealing all resources, killing people in India , africa and middle east and you call that influence? . British museum is called biggest chor bazar in the world 😂😂😂
@@mrcool2107 yes, that's still Influence you know? Such as If it had surrendered in WW2 the world would be different forever. Also on a video about the Hong Kong handover, do you want China to own Hong Kong?
It's like a son leaving his father, but the father is the one leaving
4:12 No, you didn't. If you really learned it "long ago", you'd give Hongkongers democracy and universal suffrage in 1945, which was *not at all* the case. The British didn't even give Hongkongers representative democracy until 1984, the year when Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed. Now the handover is on due and you claimed you "long" believed Hong Kong needs a more direct democracy and advocate for universal suffrage, don't you think it's hypocritical?!
If you advocated that on 1840, we call you a hero;
If you advocated that on 1945, we call you a great leader;
If you advocated that on 1960s, we call you a wise leader;
If you advocated that on 1984, we call you a trick one;
You advocate it after 1984, we can only call you a hypocrite.
英国人的说法是：他们本来打算让香港成为自治领，但是那样香港按照国际法将会有理由独立，中国政府为了收回香港坚决不许英国这么做，所以才没给。当然这没道理，即使不变成自治领，仍然可以作为自治区，或者被视为英国公民而获得民主。日本人都曾经在大正时代给过台湾人民主。
西方人的双重标准，一直如此！
虞海 China wrote into the agreement we couldn’t make Hong Kong independent or they would shut off water and power and likely invade. That’s why we kept it long after making all are other colonies independent.
@@henryedge8914 because what right do you have to give away land that rightfully belongs to other?
My condolence, Brits. It is a sunset, withdrawing (could have been an eviction otherwise) from the last stomping ground in Asia-Pacific region.
Ah the shackles of imperialism are forever broken so that free men can walk the earth.
@@calidude1114 oh yes. The Chinese are really nice guys who love freedom of speech.
@@MrRooibos123 - "Good government is no substitute for self-government" - MAHATMA GANDHI
The English Gentleman one form of evil does not make another less so.
@@MrRooibos123 you really believe western media is telling the truth? It's likely you'll never know because your news
stations are inevitable controlled by the capitalists. What ever your opinion is,it doesn't matter, as Hong Kong Is literally attached to China so the British can't say no,especially since China has most likely surpassed them in military capacity at this point
It's interesting to see how the slaves of Hong Kong cry for their British lord.
Even right now, some of them are keeping begging their lord to come back to rule them🐶
对他们来说，回归是丧失自由
王瑞涵 丧失啥自由啊？ 呵呵
Beacause now they are slaves of the party.
here''s your $0.5, courtesy from CCP
No China extradition after the British farewell.China has been running Hong Kong since June 30,1997.
You fool, of course China has the right to run Hong Kong. Its an SAR of China, not an independent country.
Thank you for bringing Chinese takeaways to our shores.
I was watching this live and said to my mother this not going to go good….
And I’m a Northeastern American….
I always find it curious that under the Five Eyes agreement, Britain is still responsible for intelligence on Hong Kong.
Occam's Razor would suggest that it becomes British again after WW3 - should the west win.
Especially given the disregard the Chinese have shown the people of Hong Kong in recent times and their inability to both read and honour agreements.
It was the official end of the British empire.
Not yet
Take notes United Kingdom, this is what it means to believe in the union.
That's why the US liked the 90's, *Two* rivials died that decade. The Soviet Union and the British Empire.
(My bad)
I like how your comment has been edited, yet still makes no sense.
@@TheDaverobinson shit, I see my *B A D*
@@Linneom Oh ok - with you now. Actually the British empire died in the second world war - they went out with a bang. It had to end some time, so at least it went fighting to keep the world free.
@@TheDaverobinson true but the last of it truly died in Hong Kong the Nazi War machine was far from killing the British Empire but Instead it was time that killed it. With Communism and Democracy the age of Kings ended yes it began to die after ww2 but the sun finally sat over the British in the 1990s you can argue that after ww2 it was more like a sun set of a once proud Empire.
Sobiet Ubey menia nope - wrong again. The us killed the empire selling Britain weapons rather than just getting involved in the war. Not to mention they were three years late for it.
I remember watching the ‘takeover’ (as the Chinese put it) from inside China. The only footage televised was hours and hours of emotional military music to skinny Chinese soldiers goose stepping it into Hong Kong.
God bless HM. the Queen.(from China, mainland)
It's rewind time
For some reason I read it "BBC on Hong Kong hangover"
😆😂A mistake is easily made
Same😂
R.I.P British Empire
1492-1997
Falklands?
We still got colonies, the empire still exists 1492-
@@reminiscence4142 probably more then your countries amount
1492 is Spain, Britain came much earlier
The Governor's daughters were hot. I wonder how they got on.
Long live British Hong Kong!
0:15 what is the name of this song please
that song is Rule Britannia
1:57 His daughters though ❤️❤️❤️
Why do the Chinese goverment ask even more right now? The CCP should be already stopping for years holding grudges about the "Century of humiliation".
Symbolically ending the world largest empire on Chinese soil with Hong Kong is quite something to a "Century of humiliation" caused by this empire.
you know I'm asking the same thing. China should be satisfied when HK was returned.
Peace is the last word we people need preserve.
1:33 Me too am a lover of the pipes, oh wait different kind of pipe...
whats this music? 3:28
Nimrod, from the Enigma Variations
“Then at the stroke of midnight history edged Hong Kong out of the arms of Britain”.
Dude almost tripped at 2:52
1:31 says it all really
2:52 did anyone else see him trip?
The British ruled Hong Kong with respect! Hong Kong today is a far cry from what it was under British rule. It was a land of opportunity under the British empire, now...
Why can't I stop crying?
Keep crying then
Thatche is a intelligent women, she prevented a war between China and UK, because she knew the fact that UK was the invader and was off no position to against the current China and the communist, handing over HK was the only option to prevent further conflict
The UN has a no colony rule, if UK hold on to HK, UN will sanction UK so as other countries. No choice but to give up HK. They should have given the people of HK a referendum just like other British colony.
The UN wouldn't have been able to sanction the UK. The UK is a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council. All the UK would needed to have done is use their veto and they can stop any resolution passing, no matter how much support it has.
All it takes for a resolution to fail is for ONE of the Permanent Members to block it, and it goes nowhere. That is one of the reasons the UN is so ineffective! Any one of the Five Permanent members can block any resolution if they feel it harms their interest.
Britain can hold on to HK then for as long as they want. Why give up a very strategic piece of land. 100 year lease is rubbish. This is the end of the British Empire.
Sadly it is yes. I have a number of friends in Hong Kong who are very pro British, they are upset this is the way it is. I was over in Hong Kong in November last year and had a great time, its a wonderful city!
Hong Kong sadly under China is slowly losing the freedom of governance that they had under the British. Its certainly ironic that the denizens of Macau & Hong Kong appear to prefer their colonial administrators over being ruled by China proper!
A friend I have here in the UK who runs a very successfull restaurant, he's from Hong Kong and told me that he's now given up any desire of moving back to HK because of the changes that are happening there. His sister left HK about six months ago and came to the UK to setup her own business. His parents still live in HK and he goes back twice a year to see them, but now has no plans to ever return! The UK is now his home he said.
I'm still baffled why give up a territory if there's no sanction down the road, why bother. Some countries even go to war just for a small piece of land.
Because we didn't have a choice. The lease had run out on the New Territories, and while we didn't have to return Hong Kong Island, China viewed the original treaties to be in abeyance. They didn't recognise them. Deng Xioping made it perfectly clear to Thatcher during their original negotiations that if the UK didn't hand over Hong Kong at the agreed upon time, China would simply invade. The sad truth, is that there is nothing the UK could have done if a military conflict had ensued.
That being said, the people of Hong Kong SHOULD have been given a say on their future but China wouldn't allow any referendums to be held!
What's the meaning of umbrellas?
A sad day, indeed.
It’s the funeral of Hong Kong. The Pearl of the Orient are deteriorated by the communists in past 20 years. The old Hong Kong people tell us to leave this place everyday as soon as possible. Once in 2047 or even earlier, we are very likely to be erased.
If that drive said I will return then return we shall, and liberate Hong Kong from the oppression of the CCP.
My dad is Brazilian but lives in Hong Kong, he says that if the Brits keeped it it would be 3x better.
Please come back Britain!
Patten, you were the one to drive three times around your house which is a promise of returning back. Where are you, sir Patten?
We can't. China is too strong. One day though the Union Jack will fly above Hong Kong.
4:37
The way his face is shaped and eyes...
I feel like I saw him in one of those HK protest photos. The guy with glasses and black clothing that was waving the British HK flag a few months back
The British Lion gracefully yet sadly hands over its last Crown Colony to the eager talons of the Chinese Dragon. I remember watching this live as a HS freshman.
@Chi Ng and back in the hands of mass murdering commie scum
@@combatantfrost495 who murdered over 90% of native Americans again? and over 50% of natives in new zealand and australia?
@Benosoar
Should have said murderers.