You like or not, HK is the territory of China. For the people of HK and foreigners, if they do not like to live and work there, you are free to leave. No one is indispensable anywhere.
She has been enslave after been hypnotized by The Sunday hypocrites planted by the wicked British without knowing not even a single local natives Hongkong was ever appointed as Governor for past 100 years , important posts were held by British planted individual purely to manipulate and exploit Hongkong 😂
+10000. “Peaceful” protesters burning stores, ambushing cops, assaulting their critics in broad daylight and commandeering college campuses to make weapons. And a massive social media campaign to threaten and intimidate people who criticise them Even I have received threats and attempted stalking from them too, and I’m working abroad.
When Hong Kong was under British rule, were they allowed to elect their own governor? Did the British approve of the march against them in Hong Kong? Did they grant independence to Hong Kong?
You would not know as you are just another brainwashed mainland communist chinese. The Brits tried to introduce democracy to HK a number of times but the CCP threatened with war.
Did the British approve of the march against them in Hong Kong? You are mixing up your country and Hong Kong. March against the government was allowed before 1997 when you probably were in a coma:)
She has been enslave after been hypnotized by The Sunday hypocrites planted by the wicked British without knowing not even a single local natives Hongkong was ever appointed as Governor for past 100 years , important posts were held by British planted individual purely to manipulate and exploit Hongkong 😂
Emily Lau misses the good old colonial days where Hong Kongers were treated as 2nd or 3rd class citizens by their colonial masters. She should migrate to the West and see how well she will be treated!
Emily Lau and her ilk are leeches still living in Hong Kong. Westerners are visiting Shanghai, Beijing, Kasgar, Urumqi, Tibet, Kunmin, Chunking, Macau and else where on mainland.
This HK woman should be given a reference of what has happened to those rioters at Capitol Hill, or Steve Bannon. Freedom has its framework. Those HK rioters wanted HK independence from China. That is never gonna happen and too much to ask.
@@titanxie5579 u are mixing things up. They want a fair justice system and freedom of speech that is promised in 1997. Ccp broke their promises. That is why people protest
@@RifndjsklljuwhdnchAfacnxla As the protest progressed and became mass public disorder. The original demand was no longer. HK independence and overthrowing the government as objectives were shortly revealed. We all saw on TV. The Capitol Hill movement was much civilized, much shorter and isolated even because the national guards stepped in almost immediately.
@@titanxie5579 As a Hong Konger, I completely disagree with your opinion on Hong Kong. The root cause of Hong Kong is the destruction from communist China. All they did is the clash and trash the core value and success of Hong Kong as we all know in the world. Hong Kong and Macau independence or rejoin of Britain and Portugal are a must! Well, good luck with your red communist China in the next three years.
@@UngSenang-bs5qg As a Hong Konger, I disagree with what you say. There is a reign of terror in Hong Kong where people cannot honestly express themselves, bussiesses are closing or relocating to different countries, and there is a chain of effects especially China factor that is killing Hong Kong. Laughable to see someone not from Hong Kong saying Hong Kong gear towards " better and better no more protest...etc".
You'd like that wouldn't you Wumao? Well don't worry I have no doubt she'll be in prison too very shortly so you can relax. Take a day off from policing RUclips comments sections on behalf of your handlers.
She didn’t ask why over 100 years not even a single local residents been appointed as Governor !! ... cunning British even appointed non local Hongkong residents as Chief judges to continue their sabotaging Hongkong jurisdictions system
HK was very important for the western nations to trade, drug and exploit China in the 19th century. This was when the west dominated the world productions. The British and French were willing to sacrifice their sons to fight the Chinese and won in order to secure more ground to trade, drug and exploit the Chinese. It made sense to colonise HK when one was powerful militarily and in manufacturing. Today, manufacturing power has shifted from the west to China. The west do not see any more incentives to remain in HK. Western companies can't compete with the Chinese giants anymore and many will leave sooner or later. Over the next few decades, Chinese companies will overwhelm the world and western companies may not be able to survived longer in HK. They will leave eventually.
@@leealex24for what? Hk isn't a manufacturing hub, all the exports from hk are coming from chyna, while the container terminals in chyna are expanding, the number of ships arriving hk has been halved. Unfortunately, the position of Asian financial hub was replaced by Singapore.
The success of MAO ERA under the socialism with Chinese characteristics had driven out all evil foreign powers encroached inside China & laid the foundation for future generations who brought China rising, strong & prosperity. China is good learner , industrious , intelligence & self-reliance in all field of innovations , technologies , and all product in quality & quantity.
Emily Lau should leave HK as she is insisting on the western values over the Chinese own values. She will be in trouble when coercing with the foreign powers to destablize HK.
She should had moved to the west from long long time ago, but she didn't, why? Well, the problem was she knew she would become just a nobody or litle "HongKong Chinese lady" loves to talk "blablabla" all the Democrazy HongKong style nonsenses, and very important was no more "Payments" one way or the others! Despite all the most violent beatings and burnings by so many were manipulated stupid, lawless young protesters and hooligans by the West?!😢
Moved to Hong Kong from the UK in 2018. Lived through the riots and COVID. I can confidently say moving here was the best decision I ever made. It is safe, resilient and has a much higher quality of life now I have a young family. Also, frankly the future of the world is shifting towards the Global South. I'm firmly staying here in the long run.
march, protest since 1997..... so what about before 1997 under British rule?? can they march, protest too? she totally misinterpreted 1 country 2 systems... which no country will allow sedition and treason
Honestly, I've always doubted about her (and the others like her) real intentions, abilities and wise enough as a useful, with important and meaningful contributing to her society and country, whose main purpose is NOT to serve the true interests of the people AND country is China (Her country?), and she has become so irrelevant, "out of touch" even more by all the new changes for the better of Hk nowadays! So, she is better simply to retired and quietly withdraw and move to Us/Uk to live and enjoy her real "Democratic" dream lands and be forgotten soon, of course ! So, it's good for everyone; for a more stable, peaceful, prosperity of HongKong people and China as a country in the brighter future, surely! Lol.
As HKer, I was brought up watching western (US) cowboy movies, educated overseas and worked in two western countries before returning. A 100% colonial bred. I have been watching the performance of Ms Lau for years. I am sick and tired of these bunch of hypocrites ruining my hometown. It is these very people who had rejected and ruined the "one person one vote" proposition for the election of CE in 2013/4, now they blamed the government for their own wrong doings. Secondly, we are very happy that the NS law has restored law and order here and it is no different from that of other countries e.g. Singapore, UK, or US etc. My personal freedom have not been affected in anyway since the enactment of the NS law in 2020. Thirdly, Ms Lau and her ''friends" do not represent the views and opinions of the majority of HK people. The numbers of BNO applications and those opt to stay speak volumes (the freedom to choose). Fourthly, Ms Lau and her ''friends'' know exactly what they have done openly and behind the scene, and they surely should bear the consequences. Please don't pretend to be innocent!! You are NOT!! (It reminds me of the scene by Al Pacino and 'Carlo Rizzi' in God Father.) Ms Lau, the Carlo Rizzi of HK, has betrayed the HK people. Don't pretend that you are doing us any good! Leave us alone and HK will be a better place. BNO is the option for you! LEAVE!
There are many reason why HK people migrate to other countries. Some of them may want to sell their expensive apartment to buy a much bigger house in other countries. To be a HKer I feel sick to those leaders who allowed violent rioters to damage people's life in 2019.
She has been a big joke and very "noisy" about HongKong problems with all the self-serving, naive views and nonsenses but always "blablabla" politician for years, I know!😂
Freedom of speech has its limit in different nation. Look at US, what happened to the university students having a peaceful gathering against genocide? Last less than a week because of police breakdown. Back in 2019, HK police has been so patience with the demonstrators that it dragged and hold down the city for months.
Once upon a time, British arrived in China as an armed armada gang of drug dealers. After they took over Hong Kong by force, they ruled the island from the government giving the orders back in Britain and local Hong Kong people were treated as 3rd class citizens (Indians imported as police being the 2nd class).
Where was Emily Lau when British ruled HK? Was she free? Did she get a chance to vote? HK people were second class. What has Britain done for HK all these years? China could have crushed HK and now she is biting the hands that feed her.
When HK was under British rule, Hongkies can say the Queen is a arsehole and nothing happens. Can Hongkies now say Xi Jinping is so cute looks like Winnie the Pooh?
@@smithjerry470 Are you a dummy? Mainland China was very poor 30 years ago, but after China's reform and opening up in 1978, Hong Kong became China's only foreign trade window and developed rapidly. Of course, many mainlanders went to live in Hong Kong, but at that time Hong Kong people under British control were only second-class citizens. Hong Kong people did not have the right to vote. Hong Kong people's demonstrations would be violently suppressed by the British. Thirty years ago, Hong Kong's top leaders were all British, not Hong Kongers. Now, Hong Kong people have gained voting rights and freedoms after returning to China. All senior positions in Hong Kong are held by Hong Kongers. Mainland China has now become the world's largest economy. According to IMF data and real GDP, China has surpassed the United States.
If politicians in Hong Kong did not take care of matters (like in 2019) properly, you can't blame the central government to step in. Get your acts together, rather than blaming others. A bunch of very spoiled un-grown-ups! Radicals get in trouble with any system!
Good comments, I think as an adult you are expected to take ownership of your own actions, including the consequences. In this case these small groups of HK people really did spoil the soup for the rest of those who were just trying to live their everyday life.
But isn't the politician who stirred up the problem to incited the protest? And I think the issues wasn't an overnight occurrence, it has been accumulate over the years just waiting to be exploded
@@lulus1030 NED spent millions in HK since 1997. You can check this at their website. Why did NED fund trade unions in HK? Are unions in USA allowed to receive funding from China?
Stired How? They just brought the extradiction bill and national security law. And what is wrong with that? Almost every country/region has these kind of laws. HK and USA both signed the extradiction bill already.
It's funny because I knew the folks at WSJ in HK and they were pretty open that their mandate was to find stories about how American firms were facing challenges in China and to report negative stories. They had zero interest (or time) to meet with experts and senior executives that were willing to share more about how HK / China works, etc.
Ms Lau are asking for things that's never available under British, why is she talking like all those things/rights are taken away for some reason when it never have to begin with?
Someone should make it known to Emily that her past allies are not coming to Hong Kong anymore. In fact they aren't going anywhere else but home. Economies in the west are in tatters. They cannot afford to travel like in the past.
ridiculous, Hong Kong had been ruled by British before, there was never been democracy and election for Hong Kong people. British ruler was the Law. how do you justify that? the only woman.
Why don't talk about how North America had changed since illegal European immigrants invasion and occupation? Especially how's everything with native Americans, their homeland, their language, culture and heritage.
Why don't talk about how China had changed since illegal commies invasion and occupation? Especially how's everything with native chinese, their homeland, their language, culture and heritage.
EMILY LAU, as far as local Hongkongese, is concerned, is NOT a symbol who supports local prosperity or security. She has a simple mind. repeatedly threatened HongKong Govt's administration's policies in suppressionof foreign countries' criticism and society enrest . 成事不足，败事有馀。
A lot of Hongkongers who moved abroad are now complaining about everything from cost of living to lack of opportunities in UK Canada etc. Some spoiled entitled people just like to blame others (governments being the easiest targets) so they don’t have to take responsibilities for their own actions.
@simonsimon1814 Just pointing out the reason why there is more mainland Chinese in Canada than so called Hong Konger, so people won't get mislead. By the way, there is way more Italian, British, French and East Indian in Canada than mainland Chinese, I hope this information will help you.
@simonsimon1814 you call HK protesters destroying public properties, stalking/threatening/physically harming innocent bystanders “complaining”? Try smashing a few shops as a form of “complaining” in UK or Canada and see where you end up to lmao! Only you know the real answer why your attitude magically switched from entitlement to servitude, don’t even try to say it’s about politics.
Hong Kong is way more peaceful now without the blocking of airport, smashing of subway stations, brick obstacles on main streets and damaged sidewalk railings, or boarded up stores. I feel I can live my life normally. Every weekend and holidays, lots of people stream through to the Shenzhen in the mainland, at their own will, to buy and shop and enjoy themselves for much more affordable prices. Much better now, thank God!
@@s4ulyaniv35No it’s true. Hong Kong citizens have been traveling to the mainland in record numbers the last year or so. Those citizens who hate the the CCP have emigrated elsewhere many years ago.
what is wrong to have a peaceful street, you like to see chaos that the young people fight on street again and everyone was afraid to come out of door?
UK was extremely reluctant to hand Hong Kong back, Charlie (then prince and now king) showed it every well throughout the ceremony. So UK and USA are in concert to stir riot, encouraging slash and burn Hong Kong to the ground but failed. Now, HK citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity, and this PISSES UK and USA off. The UK ruled HK without democracy for 150+ years and a moment before handing over, the UK created the BASIC LAW, sowing the seeds of trouble. There were 1000s of UK and USA agents all over HK conducting the riots.
Emily, don't speak on behalf of Hong Kong people. Your colleagues are in prison because they break the law. We are very happy now. We have a very strong power which is our motherland China to back us up.
What China is not short of is people. Therefore the central government doesn't care how many professionals and wealthy businessmen have fled HK, and whether they would come back or not. There are far more mainlanders who could go there and replace them. Actually that is what the government has been doing since 1949, in places like Tibet and Xinjiang.
@@ZxZ239 "华人主要是1930年代至1990年代初从中国大陆（内地）移居香港的人士及其后裔，还有渔民及其已经上岸定居的后裔和新界地区的新界原居民，一般为香港蜑家人、围头人（广府人分支）、福佬人和客家人等汉族支系，根据2011年人口普查，华人占香港人口约94%" How native is that ?
Having books in kids school. Saying. This a river in America, I am clear beautiful and happy. This is river in China, I am dirty, ugly and sad. If that's not anti mainland propaganda.
Emily the lover of Western People still dreamt of the colonial past! She was lucky that she is still free to live in H.K. Why she is sorry for the loss of western business people or tourist in HK. They are being replaced by mainlanders and Asean business people and tourist, didn't she think that a good thing for H.K. ?
I don't think she likes people with black hair and yellow skin, she thinks they are inferior to those with white skin and blonde hair who she idolizes, but they despise and laugh at her behind her back.
Emily Lau said she wished HK can have the freedom to March, to assemble and to demonstrate since 1997. Sounds to these are things HK people couldn’t do prior to this right? Why not? Were you not still under the British rule prior to 1997?
@@virushk Hahaha Hong Kong people for decades looked down on people from Taiwan as country bumpkins. Taiwan is now just a tool of the USA and will be turned into the next Ukraine.
Of course Hong Kong has changed, it is no longer the colony of drug lord Queen Victoria. I don't see Emily Lau concerned about lack of democracy for Palestinians, about genocides, apartheid and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Emily Lau can take her merry band, demand UK to provide a place in UK for her government and her podium. It would be good riddence for the people of Hong Kong.
Bloomberg, please give Hong Kong people a break and respect other country decision on how to govern their own country. Stop stirring up discontent and conflict in other countries.
@@nukiolbartes6279 Now that is a real question! Whenever people say "HK is done/over" it's propaganda, promoted from the U.S. wallet. But as Noam Chomsky explains, "Good propaganda doesn't mean anything." As it is fundamentally meaningless, there is nothing to argue with. It's all about emotions and impressions.
@@sc225 somehow i feel like these discussions are two sides of same coins.. on one side people who use communication as tools to shape reality based on what they already believe.. The other side people who use communication to inform themself or others about reality to shape their or peoples belief..
As tourist ,we would avoid HK due to strict dine in policy, cramp quarters and expensive accommodation . I would go to China, more sight seeing and varieties of food at reasonable prices
Be real. . . You ought to have understood that the "One Country, Two Political Systems" scheme was a concession that Beijing had to accept. The British would have insisted on retaining their hypocritical control over an important territory. The 2019 protests, which morphed from a peaceful demand for affordable housing, insidiously morphed into violent demands to have democratic government. It's not idle speculation to ask how much of that was the fruit of work by the CIA/NED. Beijing now has to do what it knew all along would become necessary. Chinese and Westerners who cannot accept that HK must be fully integrated into China ought to simply move elsewhere.
HK has become an ordinary city on the Mainland. Her uniqueness has gone which is evidenced by a decrease in foreign investment and closure of business over the past of couple of years.
Anarchy is not democracy. What the Hong Kong rioters did had damaged HK and it's residents under the pretense of freedom and cannot be allowed as it will destabilize HK. Those who cannot accept the current HK laws can emigrate to the west.
My late brother lived there for over forty years working eventually taking naturalisation as he felt he belonged there . Working sometimes for the government who wanted to house people in suitably homes working as an engineer to get rid of the shanty towns, which were not addressed by the British. This rubbish about the “Democracy” they claim to have lost when the British left is for the birds. The British were judge and jury, no one voted for them. Whatever Country you live in if you cause trouble you end up getting locked up. He was still there until his untimely death but never ever said a bad word about there or the people. The people who claim they had to flee I can only guess are economic migrants as his widow is still living and successfully working there. Don’t believe all the very biased media.
It changed from "one country two peoples two systems" to "one country one people two systems". Finally, we have one country two systems in its truest form. HK will only be better.
If the 300k people are really the backbone, we shoud see HK's economy collapse. But the reality is on the contray. So we got a good result with those 300k "backbone" people enjoying freedom of washing dishes in UK and a thriving economy in HK. win-win
@@milespansher4966you left sleeping on the streets and can't afford rent committed suicide. Always see HK blue collars stacking shelves in supermarkets.
The point is not that many of your party members are still in prison; it should be why they are in prison. Did they go through a trial? Should not those aiming for a separation be tried and thrown into prison?
Why Chinese in HK need to have public celebrate for July 4th. We,Americans don’t celebrate any other nations’ national day. Surprised to hear that thinking 😢!! America will welcome you to join us.Come over!!
The comment section shows that HK is over...sad but true. Might as well just make it part of Shenzhen, as it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.
Emily Lau should be content with being able to speak freely in HongKong. What she really wants is chaos and riots, which are apparently unacceptable even in the States... Hongkong can't be separated from the mainland, HK people will have a better life under full communist rule, the key point in commusim is building up economy and benefiting every citizen. To Hongkongers' regards is better housing and consumer goods at lower prices. Don't be greedy Emily Lau, cherish what you have at the present, move to cities like Zhongshan or Guangdong if you demand a bigger flat, same is true to young Hongkongers.
@@raymondwan-k4wwhen I was in Hong Kong in 2023 it was crowded, and this was just after the pandemic restrictions. Stay salty. We can see with our own two eyes.
Hong Kong is just another Chinese city. One country two system was dead a long time ago. The economic environment is very bleak going forward. Singapore provides a much better, stable and safer environment to live, raise your family and do business.
I can tell you what HK will look like in 30 years, why? because here in Europe, we have seen hundreds of times "cities fall under the blows of the new Masters": Tangier, Venice, Algiers, but also Paris, Berlin, So? So things will happen as follows: talent will certainly leave, but the big and small real estate owners will continue to "survive" for at least 200 years: in short nothing will change, because it was the poor and the talented who made the city vibrate, the city "will no longer vibrate " but will continue on his good path.
However, Hk has left behind the close competitor of Singapore. The HK govt had been in deficit for 5 years and the foreign reserve is lower by 50% in 5 years
Bloomberg!!!! Why still operating in HK. Move over to somewhere else to suit your reporting.
Bloomberg is a friend of CCP.
Finally an actual person in the comments
You like or not, HK is the territory of China. For the people of HK and foreigners, if they do not like to live and work there, you are free to leave. No one is indispensable anywhere.
@@yeejlilys9742 rubbish
@mskmsk7174 you are.😅
Free to leave my ass
No, like it or not, Hong Kong is not a part of China, in the same way that, if you steal something, you may have it, but it isn't yours.
@@marsmaker3667what world do you live?
Hongkong is not for Emily Lau. Go, go to the West. Hongkongers are happy.
恭喜你，樓平左，你可以買。
@@liewkinglim she won't as she know her usefulness to the UK is in HK. Once her usefulness is gone, the UK will discard her...look at Nathan Law
She has been enslave after been hypnotized by
The Sunday hypocrites planted by the wicked British without knowing not even a single local natives Hongkong was ever appointed as Governor for past 100 years , important posts were held by British planted individual purely to manipulate and exploit Hongkong 😂
you don't even a hongkonger... lim...liew....lol
Those are not hongkongers. They are from the mainland china.
Hong Kongers have BNO passports.
As a HK resident I can attest that those jailed activists are not as innocent as Emily described
+10000. “Peaceful” protesters burning stores, ambushing cops, assaulting their critics in broad daylight and commandeering college campuses to make weapons. And a massive social media campaign to threaten and intimidate people who criticise them
Even I have received threats and attempted stalking from them too, and I’m working abroad.
As a HK Chinese, I disagree
David Lai 恭喜你
@@Hkchinese888 At least get a normal name.
@@SpyFromMarsZeus
At least leave constructive comments
When Hong Kong was under British rule, were they allowed to elect their own governor? Did the British approve of the march against them in Hong Kong? Did they grant independence to Hong Kong?
that's why she said HKers can march and protest 'after' 1997.... not before
Well most of it was leased so they couldn't give independence anyway.
@@fatdoi003revolting against the regime asking Foreign governments to overthrow is like what treason
You would not know as you are just another brainwashed mainland communist chinese. The Brits tried to introduce democracy to HK a number of times but the CCP threatened with war.
Did the British approve of the march against them in Hong Kong? You are mixing up your country and Hong Kong. March against the government was allowed before 1997 when you probably were in a coma:)
This woman certainly seems agitated without putting any facts, data to prove her point. Useless Karen
She is suffering from inferiority complex…
She has been enslave after been hypnotized by
The Sunday hypocrites planted by the wicked British without knowing not even a single local natives Hongkong was ever appointed as Governor for past 100 years , important posts were held by British planted individual purely to manipulate and exploit Hongkong 😂
Emily Lau misses the good old colonial days where Hong Kongers were treated as 2nd or 3rd class citizens by their colonial masters. She should migrate to the West and see how well she will be treated!
@simonsimon1814 Do you always blow it out from behind? Your ignorance is glaringly obvious to all here!
@simonsimon1814 plenty of people went to jail under the British. stop....
你在此貓叫什麽?@simonsimon1814
Emily Lau and her ilk are leeches still living in Hong Kong. Westerners are visiting Shanghai, Beijing, Kasgar, Urumqi, Tibet, Kunmin, Chunking, Macau and else where on mainland.
Well said.
This HK woman should be given a reference of what has happened to those rioters at Capitol Hill, or Steve Bannon. Freedom has its framework. Those HK rioters wanted HK independence from China. That is never gonna happen and too much to ask.
@@titanxie5579 u are mixing things up. They want a fair justice system and freedom of speech that is promised in 1997. Ccp broke their promises. That is why people protest
@@RifndjsklljuwhdnchAfacnxla As the protest progressed and became mass public disorder. The original demand was no longer. HK independence and overthrowing the government as objectives were shortly revealed. We all saw on TV. The Capitol Hill movement was much civilized, much shorter and isolated even because the national guards stepped in almost immediately.
@@titanxie5579 As a Hong Konger, I completely disagree with your opinion on Hong Kong. The root cause of Hong Kong is the destruction from communist China. All they did is the clash and trash the core value and success of Hong Kong as we all know in the world. Hong Kong and Macau independence or rejoin of Britain and Portugal are a must! Well, good luck with your red communist China in the next three years.
HK become better and better No Crazy demonstration, No democrazy Economy & politics Stable
@@UngSenang-bs5qg As a Hong Konger, I disagree with what you say. There is a reign of terror in Hong Kong where people cannot honestly express themselves, bussiesses are closing or relocating to different countries, and there is a chain of effects especially China factor that is killing Hong Kong. Laughable to see someone not from Hong Kong saying Hong Kong gear towards " better and better no more protest...etc".
Emily Lau should move to US, she will feel all the love from westerners 😂😂
@@AlphaCookies she will be a marginalised second class citizen in the US.
@@AlphaCookies more like abuse and marginalised
You'd like that wouldn't you Wumao? Well don't worry I have no doubt she'll be in prison too very shortly so you can relax. Take a day off from policing RUclips comments sections on behalf of your handlers.
where are you from?
HongKong
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She didn’t ask why over 100 years not even a single local residents been appointed as Governor !! ... cunning British even appointed non local Hongkong residents as Chief judges to continue their sabotaging Hongkong jurisdictions system
HK was very important for the western nations to trade, drug and exploit China in the 19th century. This was when the west dominated the world productions. The British and French were willing to sacrifice their sons to fight the Chinese and won in order to secure more ground to trade, drug and exploit the Chinese. It made sense to colonise HK when one was powerful militarily and in manufacturing.
Today, manufacturing power has shifted from the west to China. The west do not see any more incentives to remain in HK. Western companies can't compete with the Chinese giants anymore and many will leave sooner or later. Over the next few decades, Chinese companies will overwhelm the world and western companies may not be able to survived longer in HK. They will leave eventually.
I think HK should position closer to ASEAN whilst keeping close connections with mainland China.
Yes, the rest of the world needs sweat shop products from chyna, and kept their minimum wages at nine yuan per hour.
😂😂😂
@@leealex24for what? Hk isn't a manufacturing hub, all the exports from hk are coming from chyna, while the container terminals in chyna are expanding, the number of ships arriving hk has been halved.
Unfortunately, the position of Asian financial hub was replaced by Singapore.
ssdd
The success of MAO ERA under the socialism with Chinese characteristics had driven out all evil foreign powers encroached inside China & laid the foundation for future generations who brought China rising, strong & prosperity.
China is good learner , industrious , intelligence & self-reliance in all field of innovations , technologies , and all product in quality & quantity.
Emily Lau should leave HK as she is insisting on the western values over the Chinese own values. She will be in trouble when coercing with the foreign powers to destablize HK.
@@gunsumwong3948 Treason
She should had moved to the west from long long time ago, but she didn't, why? Well, the problem was she knew she would become just a nobody or litle "HongKong Chinese lady" loves to talk "blablabla" all the Democrazy HongKong style nonsenses, and very important was no more "Payments" one way or the others! Despite all the most violent beatings and burnings by so many were manipulated stupid, lawless young protesters and hooligans by the West?!😢
She is obcess with hearing her own voice.
Hope she leaves Hong Kong so that the good people will enjoy a good peaceful life.
Yes. Exactly. HK is part of China and siding with others to undermine own country is the worse.
She is the modern time running dog
Moved to Hong Kong from the UK in 2018. Lived through the riots and COVID. I can confidently say moving here was the best decision I ever made. It is safe, resilient and has a much higher quality of life now I have a young family. Also, frankly the future of the world is shifting towards the Global South. I'm firmly staying here in the long run.
The UK is your motherland.
👏👏👏😃😃😃👍👍👍
Best choice for you, surely. 😂
march, protest since 1997..... so what about before 1997 under British rule?? can they march, protest too? she totally misinterpreted 1 country 2 systems... which no country will allow sedition and treason
yes, they can March and protest, just search wikipedia
@@whywishing 哈哈，那时候他们甚至不能选择香港人当提督，而只能接受英国女皇直接任命一个英国人来统治他们，你却跟我说他们能游行抗议？您是否有些太天真了？永远不要对殖民地制度抱有不切实际的浪漫幻想
@@whywishing March and protest to choose their own governor or become independent?
@@fatdoi003 can ordinary chinese people protest to choose their own president?
what i seen is the lady keep talking none sense and no evidence to support her points
Making a mountain out of a mole hill 😅
Honestly, I've always doubted about her (and the others like her) real intentions, abilities and wise enough as a useful, with important and meaningful contributing to her society and country, whose main purpose is NOT to serve the true interests of the people AND country is China (Her country?), and she has become so irrelevant, "out of touch" even more by all the new changes for the better of Hk nowadays! So, she is better simply to retired and quietly withdraw and move to Us/Uk to live and enjoy her real "Democratic" dream lands and be forgotten soon, of course ! So, it's good for everyone; for a more stable, peaceful, prosperity of HongKong people and China as a country in the brighter future, surely! Lol.
As HKer, I was brought up watching western (US) cowboy movies, educated overseas and worked in two western countries before returning. A 100% colonial bred. I have been watching the performance of Ms Lau for years. I am sick and tired of these bunch of hypocrites ruining my hometown. It is these very people who had rejected and ruined the "one person one vote" proposition for the election of CE in 2013/4, now they blamed the government for their own wrong doings. Secondly, we are very happy that the NS law has restored law and order here and it is no different from that of other countries e.g. Singapore, UK, or US etc. My personal freedom have not been affected in anyway since the enactment of the NS law in 2020. Thirdly, Ms Lau and her ''friends" do not represent the views and opinions of the majority of HK people. The numbers of BNO applications and those opt to stay speak volumes (the freedom to choose). Fourthly, Ms Lau and her ''friends'' know exactly what they have done openly and behind the scene, and they surely should bear the consequences. Please don't pretend to be innocent!! You are NOT!! (It reminds me of the scene by Al Pacino and 'Carlo Rizzi' in God Father.) Ms Lau, the Carlo Rizzi of HK, has betrayed the HK people. Don't pretend that you are doing us any good! Leave us alone and HK will be a better place. BNO is the option for you! LEAVE!
There are many reason why HK people migrate to other countries. Some of them may want to sell their expensive apartment to buy a much bigger house in other countries. To be a HKer I feel sick to those leaders who allowed violent rioters to damage people's life in 2019.
Many Hong Kongers move to the Mainland too
More important is that Hong Kong needs peace, safety, and security, not like 2019 chaos and riots. This woman and her party are troublemakers.
She thinks rioting is demonstrating.
She has been a big joke and very "noisy" about HongKong problems with all the self-serving, naive views and nonsenses but always "blablabla" politician for years, I know!😂
Rioting IS demonstrating you absolute brainwashed cretin. It's a way to show dissatisfaction in governance that goes back 1000s of years.
HK is changed for the better
Freedom of speech has its limit in different nation. Look at US, what happened to the university students having a peaceful gathering against genocide? Last less than a week because of police breakdown. Back in 2019, HK police has been so patience with the demonstrators that it dragged and hold down the city for months.
Yep, it's so true but the West completely ignored that, it's all bad faith.
Time will tell , how incompetent these so called leaders are handling the current situation
HK residents: "UK, mind your own business. You are just a nobody."
Nobody and FINISHED! 😢
you don't represent us! Mind your own property which is/are underwater now🤣
You actually get paid 5c for every one of these posts? That's crazy bro
No real HK people will say these kinds of words
😂@@fearsomestm00c0w
Once upon a time, British arrived in China as an armed armada gang of drug dealers. After they took over Hong Kong by force, they ruled the island from the government giving the orders back in Britain and local Hong Kong people were treated as 3rd class citizens (Indians imported as police being the 2nd class).
More rubbish.
@@mskmsk7174 That is the history.
@mskmsk7174 if you think it's rubbish - your a moron 🙄
while in chinese mainland, ordinary chinese people are 4th class residents (not even citizens)
@@whywishing Based on your response, you have a very distorted view of China, which is expected given all the US propaganda around here.
Where was Emily Lau when British ruled HK? Was she free? Did she get a chance to vote? HK people were second class. What has Britain done for HK all these years?
China could have crushed HK and now she is biting the hands that feed her.
At that time the first class mainlander starved and fleed to HK, want to be the second class, Why?
When HK was under British rule, Hongkies can say the Queen is a arsehole and nothing happens. Can Hongkies now say Xi Jinping is so cute looks like Winnie the Pooh?
@@smithjerry470 Are you a dummy? Mainland China was very poor 30 years ago, but after China's reform and opening up in 1978, Hong Kong became China's only foreign trade window and developed rapidly. Of course, many mainlanders went to live in Hong Kong, but at that time Hong Kong people under British control were only second-class citizens. Hong Kong people did not have the right to vote. Hong Kong people's demonstrations would be violently suppressed by the British. Thirty years ago, Hong Kong's top leaders were all British, not Hong Kongers. Now, Hong Kong people have gained voting rights and freedoms after returning to China. All senior positions in Hong Kong are held by Hong Kongers. Mainland China has now become the world's largest economy. According to IMF data and real GDP, China has surpassed the United States.
@@smithjerry470 that was 50 years ago mate. Now HKers gotta go to the mainland if they want to work in science and tech.
Emily just wants to live as a slave for her white master
If politicians in Hong Kong did not take care of matters (like in 2019) properly, you can't blame the central government to step in. Get your acts together, rather than blaming others. A bunch of very spoiled un-grown-ups! Radicals get in trouble with any system!
Good comments, I think as an adult you are expected to take ownership of your own actions, including the consequences. In this case these small groups of HK people really did spoil the soup for the rest of those who were just trying to live their everyday life.
But isn't the politician who stirred up the problem to incited the protest? And I think the issues wasn't an overnight occurrence, it has been accumulate over the years just waiting to be exploded
@@lulus1030 they were unprepared while the sea eye A conducted the drills!
@@lulus1030 NED spent millions in HK since 1997. You can check this at their website. Why did NED fund trade unions in HK? Are unions in USA allowed to receive funding from China?
Stired How? They just brought the extradiction bill and national security law. And what is wrong with that? Almost every country/region has these kind of laws. HK and USA both signed the extradiction bill already.
WSJ has announced that it will move to Sg from HK. When will Bloomberg be doing the same?
NED moving to Sg. Good luck, Sg...
@@DorJinTan NED mainly moved to Taiwan. They will very quickly go to jail if they try Singapore.
@@chenghonggoh4746 NED will spread western human rights, democracy and freedom in Singapore😂
@@DorJinTan SG already host US navy, no problemato.
It's funny because I knew the folks at WSJ in HK and they were pretty open that their mandate was to find stories about how American firms were facing challenges in China and to report negative stories. They had zero interest (or time) to meet with experts and senior executives that were willing to share more about how HK / China works, etc.
Ms Lau are asking for things that's never available under British, why is she talking like all those things/rights are taken away for some reason when it never have to begin with?
Someone should make it known to Emily that her past allies are not coming to Hong Kong anymore. In fact they aren't going anywhere else but home. Economies in the west are in tatters. They cannot afford to travel like in the past.
Shes not happy, go away.
Emily, you can't go back to when you were 30 yrs old. That also applies to Hong Kong. That ship has sailed.
ridiculous, Hong Kong had been ruled by British before, there was never been democracy and election for Hong Kong people. British ruler was the Law. how do you justify that? the only woman.
This debate shows that the world should be run by professionals in all fields, except ideologues.
The fact that Emily Lau can speak so freely on Bloomberg HK like this proofs something. Evaluate on your own.
Why don't talk about how North America had changed since illegal European immigrants invasion and occupation? Especially how's everything with native Americans, their homeland, their language, culture and heritage.
Why don't talk about how China had changed since illegal commies invasion and occupation? Especially how's everything with native chinese, their homeland, their language, culture and heritage.
EMILY LAU, as far as local Hongkongese, is concerned, is NOT a symbol who supports local prosperity or security. She has a simple mind. repeatedly threatened HongKong Govt's administration's policies in suppressionof foreign countries' criticism and society enrest .
成事不足，败事有馀。
Pro tip: Anytime you say someone has a simple mind, make sure to use above-kindergarten-level grammar and punctuation.
Wumaos are hilarious.
A lot of Hongkongers who moved abroad are now complaining about everything from cost of living to lack of opportunities in UK Canada etc. Some spoiled entitled people just like to blame others (governments being the easiest targets) so they don’t have to take responsibilities for their own actions.
our families and friends are glad these "yellow" trouble makers left hk
@@ToiChutGongWu The majority don’t feel sorry for the rioters, far nicer when they voluntarily left!😉
@simonsimon1814 Mainland China has 1.4 billion people and Hong Kong has 7.5 million people. If you go by percentage, Hong Kong has higher percentage.
@simonsimon1814 Just pointing out the reason why there is more mainland Chinese in Canada than so called Hong Konger, so people won't get mislead. By the way, there is way more Italian, British, French and East Indian in Canada than mainland Chinese, I hope this information will help you.
@simonsimon1814 you call HK protesters destroying public properties, stalking/threatening/physically harming innocent bystanders “complaining”? Try smashing a few shops as a form of “complaining” in UK or Canada and see where you end up to lmao! Only you know the real answer why your attitude magically switched from entitlement to servitude, don’t even try to say it’s about politics.
One word: ‘de-colonization’.
re-colonization
Blimey, this Emily is still stuck in the past. Move on, times have changed.
😮hikers there wait until big change there. You don't know this? 😮 Like Qing Empire to Roc 1911 Big Change you know?
@@syke76May be She want to be re elected as leader again.?
Hong Kong is way more peaceful now without the blocking of airport, smashing of subway stations, brick obstacles on main streets and damaged sidewalk railings, or boarded up stores. I feel I can live my life normally. Every weekend and holidays, lots of people stream through to the Shenzhen in the mainland, at their own will, to buy and shop and enjoy themselves for much more affordable prices. Much better now, thank God!
Commie alert! How is Poo?
@@s4ulyaniv35 wokie alert， hows your border😂
@@s4ulyaniv35No it’s true. Hong Kong citizens have been traveling to the mainland in record numbers the last year or so. Those citizens who hate the the CCP have emigrated elsewhere many years ago.
How everywhere has changed in 27 years
what is wrong to have a peaceful street, you like to see chaos that the young people fight on street again and everyone was afraid to come out of door?
UK was extremely reluctant to hand Hong Kong back, Charlie (then prince and now king) showed it every well throughout the ceremony.
So UK and USA are in concert to stir riot, encouraging slash and burn Hong Kong to the ground but failed.
Now, HK citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity, and this PISSES UK and USA off.
The UK ruled HK without democracy for 150+ years and a moment before handing over, the UK created the BASIC LAW, sowing the seeds of trouble.
There were 1000s of UK and USA agents all over HK conducting the riots.
Will never forget the British rule in early colonial time: Chinese and Dogs are not allowed inside!”
Emily, don't speak on behalf of Hong Kong people. Your colleagues are in prison because they break the law. We are very happy now. We have a very strong power which is our motherland China to back us up.
What China is not short of is people. Therefore the central government doesn't care how many professionals and wealthy businessmen have fled HK, and whether they would come back or not. There are far more mainlanders who could go there and replace them. Actually that is what the government has been doing since 1949, in places like Tibet and Xinjiang.
You mean like when US went from 100% Native American to 1% today?
@@ZxZ239 not to that extent. Mostly wealthy people who can afford migration.
@@ZxZ239 "华人主要是1930年代至1990年代初从中国大陆（内地）移居香港的人士及其后裔，还有渔民及其已经上岸定居的后裔和新界地区的新界原居民，一般为香港蜑家人、围头人（广府人分支）、福佬人和客家人等汉族支系，根据2011年人口普查，华人占香港人口约94%"
How native is that ?
@@ZxZ239 So separate it into land and people, the land is borrowed, the people is migration from mainland.
Li kashing left and now back to China.
@Emily Lau, do you mean freedom of speech include freedom to riot and freedom to spread the frightened among Hongkong citizen?
Having books in kids school. Saying. This a river in America, I am clear beautiful and happy.
This is river in China, I am dirty, ugly and sad.
If that's not anti mainland propaganda.
Emily the lover of Western People still dreamt of the colonial past! She was lucky that she is still free to live in H.K. Why she is sorry for the loss of western business people or tourist in HK. They are being replaced by mainlanders and Asean business people and tourist, didn't she think that a good thing for H.K. ?
I don't think she likes people with black hair and yellow skin, she thinks they are inferior to those with white skin and blonde hair who she idolizes, but they despise and laugh at her behind her back.
Emily Lau said she wished HK can have the freedom to March, to assemble and to demonstrate since 1997. Sounds to these are things HK people couldn’t do prior to this right? Why not? Were you not still under the British rule prior to 1997?
When the economic cycle turns, and the money is to be made in China/HK, then the people will return naturally.
Everything is a cycle.
Nobody named "Alan Smith" would write in this non-colloquial English.
Wumaos are hilarious.
imagine thinking everyone was a wumao or bot.
Some of you europoors are hilarious
😁😁😁 HK is part of 🇨🇳 ✌️✌️✌️
👍👍🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦➕️👏👏
Through the lady's speak, I can see why there was a riots in 2019
The biggest change: Hong kong people no long able to look down to the mainlanders.
Taiwan numba 1
@@virushk do not learn as an Indian troll
Don't blame Hongkongers are looking down on Mainlanders. It Mainlanders themselves feel inferior, not problems of Hongkongers.
why not.... HK people salary still a few times higher than mainlander
@@virushk Hahaha Hong Kong people for decades looked down on people from Taiwan as country bumpkins. Taiwan is now just a tool of the USA and will be turned into the next Ukraine.
Be realistic Hong Kong belongs to. China and China can do as they please. Mainland big boss does not have good track record. Let’s move on
Of course Hong Kong has changed, it is no longer the colony of drug lord Queen Victoria. I don't see Emily Lau concerned about lack of democracy for Palestinians, about genocides, apartheid and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Emily Lau can take her merry band, demand UK to provide a place in UK for her government and her podium.
It would be good riddence for the people of Hong Kong.
Wow this woman pro riots
Why has Bloomberg not moved its (regional) headquarters to Singapore already? 🤔
Good question! lol wonder why?!
HK is still good and will still grow.
WSJ has announced that it will move to Sg from HK. When will Bloomberg be doing the same?
@@chenghonggoh4746Just a matter of time. HK diminishes every year.
They haven't found an office in SG which they can afford lol
Bloomberg, please give Hong Kong people a break and respect other country decision on how to govern their own country. Stop stirring up discontent and conflict in other countries.
After all there years you guys don't even learn. HK is done no one can change it. Take it or leave it.
what does done even mean?
@@nukiolbartes6279 Now that is a real question! Whenever people say "HK is done/over" it's propaganda, promoted from the U.S. wallet. But as Noam Chomsky explains, "Good propaganda doesn't mean anything." As it is fundamentally meaningless, there is nothing to argue with. It's all about emotions and impressions.
More like just western propaganda. Take it or leave it
@@sc225 somehow i feel like these discussions are two sides of same coins..
on one side people who use communication as tools to shape reality based on what they already believe..
The other side people who use communication to inform themself or others about reality to shape their or peoples belief..
@@nukiolbartes6279 it means finished, in hk language 玩lun 完
Change is apparent:
1. No more 2019 riots,
2. More focus as a bridge between East and West civilizations.
Hong Kong is Gone
That woman is a truth idiet.
Thanks to Emily for speaking out the truth about HK now.
Emily Lau is not a Hong Kong Chinese. She is so un-Chinese, not Hong Konger for sure.
Even Chinese don't travel to HK. Now HK is just a city of China with expensive living cost, nothing special, even worse than Shenzhen.😂
Right, that's why a lot over 800,000 HK citizens crossed the border to spend quality time and eat quality food in SZ over this long weekend
As tourist ,we would avoid HK due to strict dine in policy, cramp quarters and expensive accommodation . I would go to China, more sight seeing and varieties of food at reasonable prices
It’s their money and their choices, good for them!
"Even worse than Shenzhen", this expression shows how arrogant you are.
Shit...have been anywhere in the declining US empire lately??
If you are planning on going, take your own cardboard box....😂😂
Well if you commit treason you go to jail.
You are speaking from your ass
Go to europe then see any of them welcome you
Hongkong and Macau must stand with Taiwan against CCP.
Obviously owner of USA made a major mistake on CCP few decades ago, now owner of USA must pay the price for the mistake.
Freedom of Demonstrate since 1997? That means you cannot demonstrate before during British rule?
Be real. . . You ought to have understood that the "One Country, Two Political Systems" scheme was a concession that Beijing had to accept. The British would have insisted on retaining their hypocritical control over an important territory. The 2019 protests, which morphed from a peaceful demand for affordable housing, insidiously morphed into violent demands to have democratic government. It's not idle speculation to ask how much of that was the fruit of work by the CIA/NED. Beijing now has to do what it knew all along would become necessary. Chinese and Westerners who cannot accept that HK must be fully integrated into China ought to simply move elsewhere.
Did Emily ever tried to demonstrate under the British colonial times?
She grovelled at their feet likely.
Okay, a Chinese city is becoming more Chinese, duh…
Hong kong has always been changing because it is known as a spring board for people from mainland.
楊偉雄，真是睜開眼睛說瞎話。97年有600家上市公司，2024有2700家，卻不說股票指數的倒退，由近30000，回到現在的18000點，騙人也要高明點呀，真是神棍。
HK has become an ordinary city on the Mainland. Her uniqueness has gone which is evidenced by a decrease in foreign investment and closure of business over the past of couple of years.
Anarchy is not democracy.
What the Hong Kong rioters did had damaged HK and it's residents under the pretense of freedom and cannot be allowed as it will destabilize HK.
Those who cannot accept the current HK laws can emigrate to the west.
Hong Kong is more prosperous, modern and free now than living as second class colonial subjects under a brutal colonial master.
Yes, we have curry fish balls and this this rice instead.
Hong Kong is doing a lot better since its return to China in 1997.
Emily Lau is politician, she is talking about her own political interests.
My late brother lived there for over forty years working eventually taking naturalisation as he felt he belonged there . Working sometimes for the government who wanted to house people in suitably homes working as an engineer to get rid of the shanty towns, which were not addressed by the British. This rubbish about the “Democracy” they claim to have lost when the British left is for the birds. The British were judge and jury, no one voted for them. Whatever Country you live in if you cause trouble you end up getting locked up. He was still there until his untimely death but never ever said a bad word about there or the people. The people who claim they had to flee I can only guess are economic migrants as his widow is still living and successfully working there. Don’t believe all the very biased media.
Why this woman not in jail?
Honk Kong is a free place and has a right of speech.😊
It changed from "one country two peoples two systems" to "one country one people two systems". Finally, we have one country two systems in its truest form. HK will only be better.
under British-rule you all could not demonstrate, i lived there. how we forget.
rubbish
The British said free Hông Kong but they colonized Hông Kong
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping Xi Jinping seems to be the infatuation of Emily with the Chinese Governance that is almost hilarious.
The 300k people left hong kong are the backbone ? What is wrong with her?
If the 300k people are really the backbone, we shoud see HK's economy collapse. But the reality is on the contray. So we got a good result with those 300k "backbone" people enjoying freedom of washing dishes in UK and a thriving economy in HK. win-win
@@jayliu645 恭喜你
Bloomberg,WSJ, NYTimes and a lot more are what we call western media! Most of us glance through them on our spare time to get a laugh!
@@milespansher4966you left sleeping on the streets and can't afford rent committed suicide. Always see HK blue collars stacking shelves in supermarkets.
@@jayliu645 they are mostly people who could not make a living in HK and hoping to seek new opportunity elsewhere
Emily Lau must take responsibility for situations on HK now!
The point is not that many of your party members are still in prison; it should be why they are in prison. Did they go through a trial? Should not those aiming for a separation be tried and thrown into prison?
Why she is not in prison and most of her friends are in prison
I heard that Hong Kong discriminated people from mainland. Is that true?
It is in general true, especially the younger generation who are younger than 30.
@@stanleyhuynh1659 Please enlight me which country's general public welcome outsider to compete job, living space, education...etc.?
@@honan-vn1dw Canada
Hongkong is the past already. Within next 15 years, Bangkok Thailand or Saigon Vietnam will surpass them interm of economy hub.
Why Chinese in HK need to have public celebrate for July 4th. We,Americans don’t celebrate any other nations’ national day. Surprised to hear that thinking 😢!! America will welcome you to join us.Come over!!
The comment section shows that HK is over...sad but true. Might as well just make it part of Shenzhen, as it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.
Emily Lau was the beneficiary of her colonial master's rulle.
Emily Lau should be content with being able to speak freely in HongKong. What she really wants is chaos and riots, which are apparently unacceptable even in the States... Hongkong can't be separated from the mainland, HK people will have a better life under full communist rule, the key point in commusim is building up economy and benefiting every citizen. To Hongkongers' regards is better housing and consumer goods at lower prices. Don't be greedy Emily Lau, cherish what you have at the present, move to cities like Zhongshan or Guangdong if you demand a bigger flat, same is true to young Hongkongers.
7:26 Empty streets in Hong Kong??? Biggest joke today😂😂
mong kok is empty...ditto TST , discovery bay, central, stanley, rhkgc, jockey club
@@raymondwan-k4wwhen I was in Hong Kong in 2023 it was crowded, and this was just after the pandemic restrictions.
Stay salty. We can see with our own two eyes.
Hong Kong is just another Chinese city. One country two system was dead a long time ago. The economic environment is very bleak going forward. Singapore provides a much better, stable and safer environment to live, raise your family and do business.
By HK standard Singaporeans live in nice luxurious homes.
Much of China's system is adapted from Singapore. Good try though
I can tell you what HK will look like in 30 years, why?
because here in Europe, we have seen hundreds of times "cities fall under the blows of the new Masters":
Tangier, Venice, Algiers, but also Paris, Berlin, So?
So things will happen as follows:
talent will certainly leave, but the big and small real estate owners will continue to "survive" for at least 200 years:
in short nothing will change, because it was the poor and the talented who made the city vibrate, the city "will no longer vibrate " but will continue on his good path.
However, Hk has left behind the close competitor of Singapore. The HK govt had been in deficit for 5 years and the foreign reserve is lower by 50% in 5 years
Who used to organize the Protes and the mass Protesrers ..?