Liza Wang on how China’s reform and opening up has played out for Hong Kong entertainment
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2018
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China’s reform and opening-up policies began 40 years ago, resulting in decades of rapid economic growth that has given rise to the world’s second-biggest economy. Growing wealth on the mainland has presented opportunities and challenges for the entertainment industry in Hong Kong - a former British colony which is now a Special Administrative Region of China.
The South China Morning Post spoke Liza Wang, an industry veteran who has over the decades seen Hong Kong shift from regional entertainment leader into playing a more supporting role.
(Photo: Edmond So)
Liza I applaud you for getting the facts straight. I am still a Chinese although I have immigrated to my adopted country, Canada for more than 45 years. I have never bad mouthed either countries, the one I came from and the one I am in . Let's do our share to promote goodwill and harmony within us!!!
你應該放棄加拿大公民的身份回到去你原本的祖國！
I agree with some of what Liza has expressed. However, as an ABC, I stand with the Hong Kongers. The China government will do "anything" @ the hands of the innocent.
As an ABC, you should know better than put your trust in governments not ran by your own people. Listening to western governments egg you on to fight your own kind and putting your future in white peoples hands is just foolish.
Wow! I grew up watching this lady growing up! Great to see her speaking up on behalf of HK against the naive youngsters!
Maybe she's from Shanghai. Nor sure what do HKers with Guangdong roots think of the central government.
You're not a HKer, so you wouldn't know about it.
Respect to you Liza.
Shame on you, Liza, for siding with the bloodiest dictatorship in Chinese history.
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NZ Chinese here in Auckland. I grew and was educated in West. But I am proud of my Chinese culture. People like us grew in West more love our cultural root and never forget we are Chinese.
Rita Chen What does loving Chinese roots have anything to do with supporting a Communist dictatorship that oppresses the Chinese people? What does Communist ideology have anything to do with “Chinese roots” and “traditional culture”?
@@Personne119 Have you asked Chinese people if they support the communist system? As I know many of them love it. What you stand for does not represent all 1.4 billion Chinese.
Try living there and then you will appreciate where you are now. Or better yet, ask your parents why did they move themselves to NZ?
Rita Chen Maybe you are right but you cannot prove it because China do not have a open democratic elections where each and single Chinese citizens go out and vote for their political party and president . So what you type is your own assumption and also cannot be proven to represent 1.4 billion people 😜 And even if I give you the benefit of the doubt that mainlanders are contented with the communist system, many in Hk are certainly not happy with the communist system so the only way to check it is to have an open election coordinated with overseas observers . And the last thing you should really do is to have an analytical mind . Anti - communist system doesn’t mean anti-Chinese , all overseas Chinese love Chinese culture but do not necessarily have to love the communist party . Also please stop associating economic progress with the CCP , the CCP has successfully lifted mainlander Chinese out from poverty level to middle class, which is an incredible feat but it doesn’t mean that the democratic model couldn’t do it , look at USA , it has never been under the communist model and embraces freedom of speech but still today it is still the largest economy in the world .
@@angeltan3622 I had been working there for half a year. The country keeps up and every time can see the difference and improvement when travelling. China is going up, but western countries are stayed even some are heading downturn.
Its not China ‘s fault Hong Kong residents live in prison cell like rooms. There are 75% unused land in Hong Kong. They sold themselves to developers long time ago.
Well said! In addition, there are plenty of governmental and private housings in Hong Kong. One estate/court/private residence contains several buildings. Each building has over 20 floors and more than 3 flats. It is not possible that all these floors and flats are bought by Chinese. Instead, a lot of them are actually bought and lived by Hong kongers. So, Hong Kong's inhabitants should stop blame Chinese people for buying all the residence and selling them for a higher price. The truth is that there are actually many rich people who keeps a relatively low profile in Hong Kong and therefore has the money to afford more than one apartment.
U nail it
Blame the HK government for lack of housing. Don't blame China.
Housing problem doesn't equal freedom of speech problem.
Does not compute.
@@Harthorn housing is one of the problems, not the only problem.
Respect to you Liza. Greetings from Singapore.
Mainland China have different SYSTEM compare to HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Chinese are influenced by the BRITISH in every aspect of life say for real eg. fundamental liberty, how the West Democrat treat or define freedom is different compare to a communist based country like China.
So, I can totally comprehend why Hong Kong people fight against China.
Its easy for an influential person with monies and power in Hong Kong to say oh yes, I support China.
Because they have monies and power to make their life easy and they have VESTED INTEREST to say "I support China".
Wait till their next generation being stripped from honors, power and title, this people will sing a different tune.
Hong Kong was predominantly cantonese speaking,but now mainland China is slowly enforcing mandarin speaking into Hong Kong.
哇，阿姐。Very respect
I love Liza! We should never forget our root and should be proud of who we are, I am proud to be a Malaysian Chinese
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Traitors are those that forsake their ancestral culture and heritage and wave the flag of a foreign nation.
All the 28 governors in Hong Kong during the 150 year British rule were directly appointed by the British government.
When Hong Kong was ceded to Britain by the Manchurian government in 1842, it became a British colony. Britain would send a British governor to rule Hong Kong so that their interests would be served first, & the economic gains from HK would be sent back to the UK.
In 1983, Deng Xiao Ping's success in having HK returned to China by July 1, 1997 after serious negotiations with Margaret Thatcher will shine in history as new China's rightful protection of its territorial integrity & restorative assertiveness, after the era ( 1830's to 1949 ) of foreign invasion & aggression.
Xiaolu Shi so what? 2 wrongs don't make a right. Just 'cos Britain didn't give hongkong democracy, why can't China????
@@Blindswordsman1994 u fool bro. There ain't no democracy even in the US. Lol.. 😂 😂 How did Donald Trump win? He didn't win the popular vote which is the peoples vote. He is president of the US because he won the senate vote which overrides the popular peoples vote. Democracy in the US is rigged from the get go. Hillary won with a landslide over Trump for the popular vote. Over 2 million more Americans voted for Hillary over Trump but that don't mean a thing. The Senate, consisting of a couple of hundred elites, voted for Trump so therefore he the King now.
DON'T BE A FOOL. Be knowledgeable first and educate yourself. If the people of America was heard and their vote counted. Hillary would of been the first women president of America.
@@jjc4232 sorry why feel the need to bring american into this conversation? They are not the be all and end all. I'm talking about hong kong here. Democracy is not a purely american concept
@@Blindswordsman1994 how did democracy came to life? Do you know the history of democracy? Where it came from and how it works and who came up with it?
I bring up the Americans cause they advocate and impose their democracy to the world. The Europeans don't do so as much and they run a socialistic society instead anyways.
There is process for mainland China and Hongkong to feel at ease.The difference in habits is still big.
Chinese Canadian here. Always put your roots and culture first, your blood, over anything. Got to be proud of who u are!!
Chinese down to my bone. AZN... Efff the rest. China 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 all day errr day!!
jack chung bullshit.
@@JC-rv6lo what I said is almost how every ABC or CBC feels. It's reality. U didn't grow up in the west but we did. Living in north America will teach you to be proud of your culture and heritage cause we face discrimination and prejudice everyday. Even if we denounce ourselves to be Chinese but people of different races in North America will always look at us as Chinese. I still get people asking me if I am from China yet I speak fluent English and grew up in Canada. In hong kong however its different. It's a one race only Chinese society.
@@JC-rv6lo search on RUclips for JIN and China Mac. Both North American born Hong Kong Chinese rappers in the US. Both of them take pride in our culture and would defend it as well. Check out their recent videos on RUclips defending our culture against another American Latin rapper making jokes about Chinese in one of his songs.
@@JC-rv6lo u are my peoples too bro. My Chinese brother.
jack chung you can be Chinese without being pro-china if you know what I mean. Being Chinese is a culture, ethnicity and way of life 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰
Living legend...
We are Chinese. We are Hong Kong. We are China.
@Someone Special All the people are idiot
Vote for Andrew Yang 2020 Nice name Hahaha
This actor not only expresses her opinion about being a Chinese citizen, she also gives a very revealing history of Hong Kong in China. Wonderful video, thanks SCMP.
Actually we are all Chinese .Why must we protest? We must cooperate and stay united..
Under whose flag? lol
@@Harthorn under Great China flag instead British or American.
stay united and turn a blind eye
@@ritahalo Sorry communism doesn't sit well with me. I'm happy to support other Chinese though, just not under a communist flag.
@@Harthorn I understand your feeling but it is the reality - HK is China land can't be split.
She is smart and understand what's going on in China. Beautiful and still classy.
Hongkongers still use Chinese speak Cantonese. Cantonese is not an European language
6990, Cantonese is a 2000 years old Chinese Language, Mandarin is only a 200 years old Chinese Language.
@@ctleung168 well all dialects are older than mandarin
Don't worry. Wait until 2047. They will start phasing it out. They've already started in Guangdong.
@@linling1240 Right, Mandarin is the latest of the Chinese dialect member.
Vote for Andrew Yang 2020 Yeah, do Karl Marx, Stalin, Lenin, and your all time favorite. Chairman Mao, have anything do with China or Chinese culture? Supporting the CCP dictatorship is NOT supporting China or the Chinese people.
Support Liza's stand as a brave Chinese Hong Konger!
Liza, happy to know where your root is. My grandparents were from China, Fujian. Although I am not a Chinese citizen, I feel proud to be of Chinese race. China will never be bullied into submission by the west ever again. Some western governments envy of Chinese progress and do not wish to see China being number 1 nation. So they use Hong Kong so-called pro-democracy movement to disrupt and cause chaos to undermine China governance. Shame the HK protesters do not know Chinese history well and alienated from Chinese cultures and customs. That is why the traitors were waving British or American flags. So sad they have forgotten their roots and their grandparents be so ashamed of their actions alive or dead.
I think the HK protestors aren't protesting being Chinese, they're protesting against the government that is ruling China. Being Chinese has many meanings, you can be ethnic Chinese, and or Chinese citizen of China. But both are not the same. My family was from Hubei province, I consider myself ethnic Chinese, but I have no affiliation to China and its government.
I totally agree we are all Chinese...whether you are in Hong Kong, China, Spore, Malaysia or Taiwan even in the west ..we Chinese must remember our roots where our greatparents came from..our culture n tradition..Chinese ppl are the great ppl of the universe...the general y youngsters do not know how we strive n work so hard for them yet they just misbehave n arrogant because they have everything on earth easily...they can't work how we have been working b4..guide them n bring them back to basic& nature then they know the value of lives..
technically, they ARE Chinese. They are of Chinese ethnicity. They're just born in different regions. Idk why is this is debate on whether people are Chinese or not. It's literally black and white.
She is super ever I'm Chinese to my grandparents from China I born in cambodia but I still love China even I was before nineteen eighty in cambodia
No matter what your political point of view is, please respect Liza.
I like her. I've watched A LOT of TVB dramas with her in it. I've watched A LOT of TVB dramas in general.
In fact, China Mainland, especially Shanghai, has made great contributions to the development of Hong Kong's performing arts. It is not just the entertainers who came to Hong Kong, including the behind-the-scenes team and the concept of drama. Because of the civil war and later political persecution. These factors have played a major role in the Golden Year of Hong Kong Films since 1980s.
Well, i am Cantonese, I speak Cantonese as my mother tongue, i from Malaysia.
While i know Bahasa Melayu, English, Mandarin, Thai language.
亞姐勤奮工作態度，不斷努力學習新事物，默默耕耘，能夠䇄立影藝圈子五十年，絕非輕易得來。
The most important of all is that Cantonese in Hong Kong and in China remains for future generations.
We are all Chinese! Right on sister. I used to watch your movies, drama and hear your songs when younger. You were an inspiration then and still an inspiration today.
Her style and attitude is what true 'High CLASS' means.
One of my favorite HK actresses 👍
Liza, I felt in love with you when you played Mu Gui Ying in Heroine of Yang Clan. I only have more respect for you now.
One country two systems. When only one system is used. Very funny when the Chief Executive is elected not by the people of HK but from China.
its not all about being chinese.. its all about communism and socialism...
She is very smart and strong!
Lisa, there's nothing wrong being a patriot!
The separate Hong Kong identity only emerged after the handover of Hong Kong. That is hongkongers are not Chinese. Hong Kong people were seen perceived viewed as Chinese when Hong Kong was a British colony. That was what it was.
Nice！Support Lisa！
I am Chinese.
Bro.. Me too. Gotta be proud of our culture. AZN.. Chinese down to the bone. Proud Chinese born Canadian here. China 🇨🇳 🇨🇳
By blood, of course we are Chinese.
But Liza’s speech is under the background of Some HK people don’t want to be “Chinese” governed by CCP China, and sadly, that’s becoming true.
@@SL_LCY I agree that some people in Hong Kong has lost sight of their identity and cultural pride. They always have the choice to immigrate overseas. Living abroad will eventually soften their dislike of China and make them realize their Chinese ethnicity. Especially if they immigrate to smaller towns in western countries. The further away they live from Oversea Chinese communities the quicker they will realize and be taught that they are Chinese.
jack chung you are talking about cultural acceptance/self identity(Chinese), but the main issues in HK is the Governance Independency, the respect of rule of law.
Cultural identity is a different topic with ppl fighting for their lawful right.
@@SL_LCY once you realize who you are, your identity and accept your culture. Systems and Politics becomes meaningless because you will have seen beyond it. Cause either way, Hong Kong or mainland, doesnt matter. What matters is that we are Chinese and we most defend our culture and history. Once you take pride in your culture and heritage. You will see things in a different light.
Lol.. 😂 😂 Can't believe that it takes a "Jok Sing Jai" like me to teach you, a Hong Kong person, what it means to be Chinese. I grew up in Canada Toronto. I am Chinese Canadian. I always put my roots and my blood first over anything because that's who we are.. CHINESE. That's what growing up in the West have taught me. Stick with your peoples in your own race and meanwhile respect other cultures. But never let no one disrespect you and you culture. That's when you gotta defend it. Search China 🇨🇳 Mac and Ah JIN (u should know JIN he is famous in hong kong. Both are Jok Sing Jai ABCs and both are proud of their culture and identity. They would defend our culture when need be.
U do know that Hong Kong is probably the best city on earth but in recent years ruined by politics. I lived in hong kong for 5 years from 1996 to 2001 witness the hand over at TST in 1997. Hong Kong is the freest city and most exciting in the world. Don't ruin it any further
Lisa, you are so positive and I love your attitude with life. It's great to your interview.
I see her often as a cutout outside a Seahorse store. This is first time I see her on video in years.
That was great Lisa.
阿姐，好样的！纵然没有了台湾市场也不写悔改书！
Thank You Liza, love you
My first Chinese concert was to see Liza!
Lisa I listened to your songs, I'm still listening to your songs n will be listening till the day I die
Miss her dramas. Words of experience and wisdom where the current self entitled youth sadly lacks.
Liza Wang was the favorite of my late mom. Thanks.
I agreed she say
im a Malaysian chinese. im a proud malaysian and also proud chinese.
You are a great woman!
I love you，China！🇨🇳 One China！
Well said!
越耒越喜歡阿姐的堅持遠見！
The twist tho, we need to conform to: “one country, two systems”. Still it is not strong enough for the Mainland to let this off the hook. China wants to spread ideology just like the U.S has been doing. It is the role of soft power to determine who is their real boss.
China spreading its ideology? What ideology exactly? As far as i know, the west are actively spreading its own idea of democracy. They have government funded organization to push democracy into every corner of the world, the Americans would even invade countries in the name of spreading democracy. I've not seen China do anything similar at all. Mind you Taiwan and HK is part of China despite they have conflict of ideology and governance, but i wouldn't call that a spread of ideology. China simply just want to reclaim those lands, its actually that straightforward.
umm, Hong Kong is just a city of China.
I fully support you Liza!
阿姐的成功不简单
funny thing is Hong Kong is actually more superstitious and spiritual than the mainland han people in many ways because they were more protected from the cultural revolution's destruction of traditional chinese culture in favour of modernism.
to this day the only thing I really dislike about the central party is its poor job in preserving traditional chinese culture in the face of industrialism and economic prosperity, and the fact that it's actively trying to phase out any Chinese language other than mandarin and trying to erase cultures like in Xinjiang and replacing them with a single national identity rather than preserving and celebrating all the wonderful diversity it has. u don't have to like the central communist party to love your Chinese identity, but boy does it sometimes make it harder
They've seen what happened to the Baltic States and the Middle Eastern countries with different ethnic groups/backgrounds that are weakly held together. The fear is understandable, as history shows the CIA/MI6 will try to sow discord between the different groups to split up the country. Although, I do agree with you that their methods are rather heavy handed, and I also agree is the wrong approach. I feel the greatest irony is that they probably won't allow the diversity to exist until they've completely stamped it out.... in which they'll try to bring it back.
世界观的格局变了，谢谢你的指点
That's almost a perfect description for of forced technologies /knowhow transfer of HK TV n film industry into PRC. Which precipitated the end of HK film industry.
problem is that China's political system is not what people want
@Mula Mi I am happy you said that. But why force Hong Kong people like CCP?
I support liza
There is a saying generally people when young are liberal and as they get older becomes more conservative. Young people generally are naive and see the world through rainbows but age brings wisdom and sees how compromises and small inconvenience are needed in any working healthy society. It's not a unicorn roaming lala land!!
But alas some people live in lala land forever.
Three generation in Vietnam still Chinese British citizen still Chinese.
Very impartial and fair presentation! Respect you Liza!
Yeah~ we are all Chinese !!
很中肯的表達 不偏不倚 本人居住英國五十年 I can’t say I’m English but I care more about UK than other place my children and grand children was born here
1:16 Did Liza姐 just burped???? 😂
Yes after eating some dim sum.
i love Lisa
Agree!
我們好支持汪明荃。
Great Lady showing great spirit and has a realistic view of acceptance of life and its challenges
黑猫白猫抓住耗子就是好猫
做個謙卑的香港人. 八十年代開始 中國的對外開放帶動了香港的經濟發展 (一個殖民地是不會有好經濟的) 到了回歸後 兩地文化 加強了交流 香港在發展得較早的影視娛樂方面 助長了內地相關方面的發展
I think the last I saw her was in 京华春梦
Only appreciative people are not fearful....
阿姐讲得好👍
Liza, I saw you many years ago. It's funny that your song "Brave Chinese" reflects the opposite of what is going on!
WOW - I had no idea she was SO involved in.. well - A LOT! Makes me look at her with a lot more respect!
超有道理! 聽 Lisa 姐分享獲益良多!
ethnically chinese culturally Hong Kong. how about that.
culturally Hongkong is also culturally Chinese.
Why umbrella revolution has occured in Hongkong?
because great merchant know how to market their product.
Aku sepertinya hidup di duniaku HongKong.. aku rindu. Tapi kenyataannya aku sekarang berada di Indonesia. Teimakasih HK untuk 6 tahun yang penuh liku2
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I hear what she is saying, but there is a difference between she is originally from China and the one were born in Hong Kong , the one were born in Hong Kong,they don't know a lot about China, everything they hear is negative,so you can't blame them for being frightened.
每个国家都会经历从无到有！每个制度也都有好与不好！但中国发展到今时今日，证明大思路是正确的，起码是适合中国国情的！无论承不承认都好，改变不了黑头发，黑眼睛，黄皮肤，讲粤语！听到阿姐唱这首歌，头皮发麻，鸡皮疙瘩都起来了！勇敢的中国人✊✊
she was my favorite actress during my younger years , really beautiful and talented !!!
Yes she's beautiful still remember she portrayed emperor's concubine n wicked empress forced her to enter well(commit suicide) n she replied she wil enter by herself 😒
Extradition to China, you have never said a word.
Well said 👍🏻
Liza 姐真是對! 多謝分享!
Sorry cannot understand Mandarin song but only Cantonese song. Mandarin as a language was never spoken and understand by me.
longest live china
Lisa said she dont understand why so many Hongkies say they are not Chinese ... obvious
FREE for all EDUCATION in HK don't teach value of respecting family, country & seniors but glorify Freedow & democracy
Support Liza. Right on!
the end is near for hk
If no mainland of China open the door to abroad in 1978. Then no HK’ s development .Hong Kong got luck not because of the British , Hong Kong got lucky because of China and the role that China was performing. After WTO then China increasingly . All company of abroad want go to the market of mainland of China then they will choose HK first at that period .
Hope both china mainland and HongKong stop right at the point one country two system from 1997 to 2047.
I mean if the expiration date was 2020, I think it would be in everyone's interests to retain the status quo and one country two systems. But since 2047 is so far away, I'm not sure what's going to happen.
霍青桐😍
China Eco lives behind Hong Kong after 1975 of the SOUTHERN VIET NAM fallen to the northern Viet Nam and the Viet Nam Eco fallen to Hong Kong more benefits than Singapore.
‘We are the brave Chinese’
Why do I hate that