China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
The border has an expiration date.
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When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Chinese leaders agreed that Hong Kong would be able to keep its economic and political systems, including some of the civil freedoms denied to China’s citizens on the mainland, for the next 50 years.
Although Hong Kong still has nearly 30 years of semi-autonomy left, China has started tightening its grip, and many believe it is chipping away at Hong Kong’s freedoms. In this episode, I explore how Hong Kong is dealing with the looming deadline and China’s premature moves.
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To Johnny @Vox: Incredibly well done, informative video.
Vox could report that the sky is blue and I wouldn’t believe them.
djpaulhannon I agree. VOX is evil, but I think this guy does really good work.
Is there a video on rss and bjp in India?
Imagine having an expiration date on freedom
Man... I just wished there was another place like Hong Kong I would give everything just to live there
Billy Joel ...Singapore.
Yeah, who would ratify a treaty like that? Expiration date?
@@lauraqueentint tf u mean we dont speak the same language? Hong Kong uses Cantonese which came from Guangdong. get ur fax str8
@@lauraqueentint watever u say. HongKong is part of China regardless
"Single party rule" is a fancy way of saying dictatorship
single party isnt necessarily dictatorship. if that was the case countries with 2 parties would be a step away from either being anarchists or dictatorships
If a dictator can make people live their life safe,get jobs,do business,make people rich and happy,yeah sure dictatorship why not
2 parties lying to get positions every 4 years suddenly become the opposite of dictatorship.
I’m sorry but it isn’t, George Washington himself wanted people to vote for individual people rather than parties as he understood that his nation would be split.
Maybe, but the sole difference between them and countries like the U.S. is that they don't care about giving you an illusion of choice
Calling the US a "multi-party system" is quite a stretch.
yeah, cuz it's bipartisan, which is the worst out of the bunch. Only polarizing people to solely 2 opposites, alienating those whose views are moderate and centrist.
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@@doktorhypebeast, the Republican and Democratic Parties are not polar opposites, they are barely opposites. Both parties are economically to the right of nearly every European party, and the Republican's nationalism is only matched by a few relevant European parties.
@@briannk3720, God is dead, go forth and think freely.
Give me an approval voting system
"multi-party-system like the United States..." Europe is breaking in laughter.
Why? the Green Party and Libertarian Party are legit but just don't get very many votes.
@@dexterwestin3747 Are minor parties even represented in the Senate? I dont think so. In Germany its 5% of the votes and you are represented in the parlament. In many countries you have coalitions of parties to form a governtment. The is US basically a two party system corrupted by many many many lobbies to all politicians. The US is more like a huge corporation. But dont get me wrong, the EU has a problem with lobbys as well.
@@dexterwestin3747 Us has a less of a multiparty system than UK, and UK already has more or less two party system. Most people never even heard about those parties. At the same, @Duffy63, the us parties don't form coalitions because they do not need to.... because us basically doesn't have any other party to challenge them so they keep meddling between each other, probably why it seems to be around 50s/50s for them. When it comes to most of Europe, the multiparty system is a true multiparty system where there isn't one or two major parties but 4/5, and they end up at the same levels, so they form alliances and are forced to cooperate.
Ok
India has more than 700 parties 😂😂😂
Oh look, turns out that China broke its promise. Didn't see that one coming...
@Xin Yue What do you mean? Or are you just another Chinese bot?
@@atomic4650 XD what do you think ;p
@@atomic4650 Hong Kong protester are very violent even the people there scared that they may died,so China have to take action
@Xin Yue Like when all the protests started directly because of a Chinese extradition law that effectively dissolved Hong Kong special status? So actually it is 100% China's fault... Your 50 cent army badge is showing though.
Xin Yue “Hong Kong is a threat to their security and sovereignty” they want freedom from the tyrannical Chinese government , how does that impact Chinese sovereignty
Hong Kong: *slowly identifies itself as Chinese* China: *begins trying to speed up the rate they become Chinese* Hong Kong:*identifies itself as Hong Kong* China: *Surprise Pikachu Face*
@Maggie Taiwan is chinese too but they dont want the china government what's your point?
Mr Xi : Angry winnie the pooh face
This video is purely one-sided, why never talk about how the British broke there treaty with the Chinese!!!
@@jakelaw9768 because this video doesn't deal with the UK at all, only with Hong Kong. Unless you're implying HK is still a British colony ;-)
@@jakelaw9768 explain
Fun fact: Since Hong Kong still drives on the left there's a clever lane switcher on the bridge from Hong Kong to Mainland China.
another fun fact for you : barely no one drives on that bridge comparing with the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.
Another Fun Fact: Opium was the reason why that bridge even exists.
Fun fact: the bridge wasted millions of taxpayers money
@@bagel4944today more and more HKers are driving their cars to the mainland through this bridge😅
@@RetardskillMe Wasn’t it a certain country that invaded in order to maintain their opium profits ? 😂😅 I think they also took some pieces of art for their museums.
fun fact from Hong Konger: almost all coins you will find nowadays are from 1998 because they had to mass produce new coins which didn't have the queen of England on them
That bridge is an engineering marvel. The geopolitics of it is not.
Every governor in Hong Kong is directly elected by the British, and there is no election. It is ridiculous for Westerners to mention elections. Isn’t there a lot of fraud in the West?
I feel like if there was ever a way between the two, the bridge would be the easiest target in the world for HK. Kind of an odd way to try and ease into another country.
Don’t even praise them. They love any and all good feedback
@@trumpetperson11 poking kino
@Abhinav Banerjee since when is anything built by businessmen and officials? do tell? ppl work because they usually need money, so hard working Chinese ppl and all over the world, people work for big business. U HAVE IT BACKWARDS MY FRIEND!! THE OPERATIVE WORD BEING LABOURERS, NOT BUSINESS MAN!! GOOD GRIEF!!
And as with all border disputes, it started with a British guy drawing a line on a map
Is this a joke from Indian border disputes ?
Yup the biggest mess of the british... The Indian Subcontinent
Thank you British Empire. Very cool.
@@yilonmusk1189 well africa as as much of a colonial power mess
@@SublimeHurdle Also Israel
Interesting thing to note: Claudia Mo, the legislator in this video is currently in a jail cell since for about a year after denied bail for violating the China national security law. Horrific what’s going on
yes and scmp doesn't accept her husband's column pieces anymore
god we loved claudia mo, the young ones called her "auntie mo", she showed so much bravery, dignity, class and self restraint
I was thinking exactly that “how many people in this video have been arrested?”
Probably everyone who didn’t stay anonymous
Poor lady
As a Kid with both Chinese parents and born in Hong Kong, i feel like i'm not going to be here in the internet for a while.
o7
@@CRT_YT是不是又回来了？😂
It looks like Britain has created complexities amongst many nations.
Britain Used to be the Ruler of Many Nations for some reason ( Diplomacy at its peak).
@@wissemaljazairi Yeah Clever Diplomacy lol
Blu€D@c0l0r would have not would of
Guys If you would just look up the opium wars you won't use the word diplomacy
Classic divide and conquer
To be fair, the US is not really a multi-party system. It's a two-party system.
It’s better than nothing and they keep the other in check. We do have other parties but most of them aren’t realistic and the ones that are don’t get enough traction. They exist but nobody really listens to them. Blame the media for that one
im not from us .... but even in 2016 u could vote for 3 candidates for presidency wich means there are not only 2 parties ... Americans are just like that one team winning another losing simple is that
@@titanforce1808 "It's better than nothing" shouldn't be what the supposed best republic on the planet should aspire to.
@Elvis Ameb There are actually 9 parties in China plus Hong Kong and Macao have multi-party systems.
@@davemcg2344 shut up
As a ukranian the "dialect" part hit hard
Wish you all the best friend. All the best.
粤语确实是中国南方省份广东省的地方方言，事实上，最正宗的粤语在广东市，而不是香港，虽然香港人也讲粤语😂😂，来自2023年
顺便说一下，西方人在中国搞了两次颜色革命，一次是1989年天安门事件，一次是这次2019年的香港事件，都失败了，在乌克兰搞了2014年的颜色革命，成功了！！！但目前中国的经济规模是世界第二，而乌克兰正被自己的东斯拉夫打仗，数千万乌克兰人流离失所，那么乌克兰2014年在西方的指导下真的成功了吗？？？
Yeah it's truth that both are basically dialects
@@christianharriviktorreibol5521 get better bait
Johnny in this video may intentionally make it a little bit confused when he used too many words 'China' when he tried to differentiate Hong Kong and the rest of China. In reality, it would be much easier and more popular when people usually use the word 'Mainland [China]' to distinguish with Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. Just call 'Mainland' and confusion will be solved.
Taiwan is independent.
@@PatheticTV Taiwan is a separate country from China
Hainan would be irritated.
Oh that is what CCP would love "we are all china, 1 country many systems" you a 5 dollar army man?
@@Heib123 taiwan is separate from the prc but they still claim to be THE china. Their official name is republic of china
How come when my history teacher tries to tell me about this in school I almost fall asleep but when I search for it on KZhead I find myself thoroughly interested 😂
the power of youtube I guess
Bad teacher
Probably because you like the pretty lights and sounds
@@WarpedBlinds Yes. The quality is like infinity / 100
Teachers are boaring lol 😁
Not just Hong Kong, the whole world is feeling a new level of influence from China in some way or the other Edit 2020 April 3rd : Holy f**k . Wasn't expecting this kind of influence from China :(
the influence is grabbing, abuses and robbing daily.
China has risen and it's scary
Bermsy Fructa hopefully not, China will take over the world, taking away all our rights, I hope the US never falls, because they are the only country who can stop China.
@@naynay1139 wouldn't go counting us out of the race there bub...that's what we Americans do best...we COMEBACK, and when we do...oh boy..it's a doozie..🤙😎🇺🇸🦇
@@naynay1139 yeah because it's awesome in China right? I mean don't get me wrong I know we have our problems over here in the United States but not even comparable
Anybody know the the name of the ending music? I followed the links to Tom Fox's page but couldn't find it
Is VOX where I'll find all of the Borders videos? I've been looking for them.
theres a saying in turks whenever fishes of same pond fight with eachother means british were here
Was that a Turkish saying wow didnt know
@Harry Harry colony
hannan honey The British colony made it great
Exactly -from India.
Oh my gosh 😂
Vox: Take a look at this bridge. KZhead: Nah. I'd rather show a commercial.
XD same thing happened to me
Ikr
@@nathanielholmes79 i do but yt finds loopholes and makes the ad a part of the video lol
Two words: *uBlock Origin*
Oh yeah lol
I just came home from Hong Kong after visiting family out there! The sea bridge is astonishing, and the Macau crossing was almost exactly like that to mainland China, an odd border crossing to enter the same country. Although Macau has a different passport and currency.
Who here watched because of the 2019 protests?
im here because of the 2019 protests and south park and blizzard
I bet the views went up a lot.
I have predicted the 2019 protest because of this clip
After the blizzard saga I had to really see what this was about
It still going on.
This week the US declared that Hong Kong is no longer an autonomous region and shall be treated the same as the rest of China, The UK will be accepting refugees from Hong Kong
English please.
Wanna see if the EDL complain. Or is just problem when Muslims enter.
Kenny McCormick Do you think they can even tell the difference?
does it really matter what the land of biggots say :?
Will Hong Kong people be second class citizens in UK just like they were during British rule and colonialism ?
"Chinese influence flooded into Hong Kong" isn't people in Hong Kong Chinese? And people still speak cantonese, too. But not only in Hong Kong only, also many cities in the province of Guangzhou
we are chinese but like a bit different from mainland ig? id put it like that im no expert tho
“Is Hong Kong part of China?” “Well yes but actually no”
That is exactly what I say when people ask me that question lol
So Yesn’t? lol
@@PatheticTV I think people of Macau will answer with a certain yes.
Today, over a million people in HongKong poured into streets and protested. 2019.6.9
Howard Shi bro after 2047 are Hong Kong going to be in China control or independence
Around 183K people, not a million. Don't ask me why I know this.
继续闹吧，内地都进入5G时代了，你们还在住70尺不到的塘房，搞文革，等真正变成臭港了，你们去英国住，土地留下
@mtopper66 I was there, and it took me 7 hours to get from point A to B. The governments police force was doing everything to choke off the protest by blocking street access and shutting down some subway access points because of so many people. I’ve seen large crowds, it was definitely a million protestors. The police are the worst at giving factual account of large crowds, they lowball it to control the narrative.
@@ldslee3175 sorry, the China office in Hong Kong just admit today that the there were over one million people...
Vox, get this man Johnny a salary hike!
bts in your area you look like a girl, baby
Britain is just a small country and it is really small.
thats a member from a kpop band, not actually them lmfao
What for? Taking bad ass trips around the world ontop of his regular pay should be more then enough
bts is Indian guy from Malaysia
thank you [again] for shining a light on this
Dude, this documentary series is SO GOOD. amazing
"Britain and China fought a couple of wars." Understatement of the year.
Another way to describe an invasion.
A war that occupied land and paid a lot of reparations has been forgotten, not to mention the drug trafficking that the British engaged in here. More and more people will recognize these people's faces.
因为他们掌握了话语权，他能把自己在香港的殖民美化为发展经济。
And Americans and several other nations wanted in on it too.
一群强盗占了你的地，试图给你讲道理。好有道理啊😅
“Im in china, but i was in china” Confused china
Now all of china knows that you are here.
I used to be chinese but now i'm chinese
Wonder which country did that in the first place?
the real china was the china we made along the way
China here? China there? I am confusion
Litterally rockstar connecting 2 islands 500km away IRL in one of their games.
Thank you Anand for this video. Always looking forward to your next videos. May peace be on our planet. Namaste 🙏
"The Bookstore Employee" story seems straight out of the book 1984.
just what i was thinking lol
He definitely saw his fellow employees being mutilated and tortured
Ironically, I suspect 1984 is a banned book in mainland China...
He really looked traumatized like he was forced to say all this (which maybe is true)
@@cyer_ Vox failed to mention that those employees left their passports at home 👀 how did they get across the border pray tell?
I'm 100% sure the forced him to "confess"
Why is this channel not mentioning how China lost Hongkong to british? CAN YOU DISCUSS ABOUT THE OPIUM WAR????
@@OphirianHeritageConservatory Because this video is about Hong Kong's democracy, and not China's so-called "100 years of humiliation"? Also, the most humiliating years of China was during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
sure like,as if you know. but the western view is if its China its evil and bad. Wake up and smell the coffee. If you want to know China, go to China and have a look for yourself. Stop being an armchair speculator?
Zerq no, not really
@Leo L china isn’t evil or bad, but some things the country does aren’t exactly ethical or “good” and im not an armchair speculator or whatever. Just because people believe china is constantly being misjudged and isn’t that bad, doesn’t mean it’s not actually not bad and a nice country. But uh you have your own perspective to what is defined as bad so I’m just disagreeing with some parts of your comment because i have different views. (i am sorry if this bothered you)
I love how they had to make Deng Xiaoping taller in the wax sculpture 04:43
9:35 Since when does do the US have a multi party system? Having to choose between two is barely democracy.
Add to that the fact that you can be elected by majority of population and still lose the elections 😂
Since it's technically possible to create multi parties in the US and it still is. Now... which parties the people prefer is a different story. There are interesting theories about how multi parties will eventually become 2 parties if the country practices democracy long enough.
bro then how to prevent it? Sure you can create more parties but at the end of the day you're not going to change the people's choice
Correction. Has erased the border with Hong Kong.
Its funny that people say thing the North Korean government is horrible when China literally do the same and we still trade with them, i mean they both have gulags/ "working camps", they both have no freedom of speech.
@@bcafcconnor7518 I was naive enough to believe that trading would open the door to democracy.
@@bcafcconnor7518 ikr! We still have time to take matters into our hands before it becomes a superpower and we become dependent on it for everything
@@bushwhakked hindsight is 20/20 but in the future if we are to think this way we better try to think out the path of how a country heads towards a democracy via free trade.
@@bcafcconnor7518 I mean to be fair North Korea is another level of it. No countries could reach their level.
When I studied abroad in Hong Kong last summer I had no idea I would be witnessing such a unique city in its last few months :(
Heart breaking
Hong Kong government is putting brain wash national education in text books
23條反對 so does China. Kids nowadays in China mainland still hates Japan and they think foreigners are sorts of monsters. Chinese version TikTok (douyin) tries to brainwash the Chinese citizens by filming short movies about the bad manner of people after traveling abroad.
This is so true, I travelled to Hong Kong on my way back from Australia to the UK in Easter. If I had known then what was going to happen
Opal Clear also people dance on the Chinese tiktok. They aren’t brainwashing. Stop spreading lies
Can I know the name of the song at the end of the video? Thanks!
By chance Does anyone have the link for those banned books? Translated if you're feeling dangerous
China: We will give them 50 years of independence. Also China: GAS GAS GAS
@Alan Xue True that Macao is rather rich for the casinos that were built and operated for decades. Yet the importance of HK is not to be diminished. For a city that holds the title for being a recognized financial center that possesses a relatively prestigious education system, trading centre but most importantly the only source to convert currency from RMB to USD for trading purposes, it's clear and goes without saying that HK and Macao are 2 cities that are incomparable. Still Importance of hk would remain to be prior to that of macao.
@Alan Xue macao is a rich and peaceful place you say? you might want to reconsider the chosen words of yours. For a place that stays afloat with their reliance being based on the entertainment sectors like the aforementioned casinos. The city itself still struggles to construct a well connected railway of its own till this very day. And if I remembered correctly, most of the projects that includes the participation of both cities would often have their bills paid by HK
1997-2020 (Xi : 50 years is over)
Alan Xue lol now we have conspiracy, come on give me another one
Funny. The other day, it was the American police that was throwing tear gas.
I just find it bizarre that all of this things happens cause of Tea
It's not bizarre at all when the center of the Earth (China) happens to be obviously way more richer than the British Empire at that time. It'd even gotten to the point that the British got jealous and end up looking like a complete loser. That's why they thrown a tantrum like a toddler and decided to deliberately destroyed China's territories
Jealousy is burning now.
Tea is addictive that's why. They're feeding addiction, same as coffee.
The Brits didn't have enough money for tea, or were starting to feel the pressure of low resources available since they had pretty much nothing to trade in exchange of tea, so they chose mass murder of civilians
Profile picture sauce pls @Concon Martin
It hurts to see this & I don’t even what to say anymore it’s just sad to see what’s happening right now
I admire their passion for their democracy even if we all know, how little they can do.
Chinese paid bot, Samantha... Keep your ideology to yourself, pls and thanks. No one, absolutely no one has asked for it
@@pattheegreat I mean... I agree with you! But I think using the term "Ideology" is complicated, because at the end everything, including democracy, is an ideology too. Imo it makes more sense to argue with arguments instead of saying, someone should shut up. Because that's what China does. If you say something against the government you're life won't be that nice anymore. So maybe try actually arguing why China's form of government is bad instead of just saying it's bad and everyone else should shut up
@@pattheegreat Why is someone sharing their thoughts, paid bot?
@@rrune true...
The fist east german who arrived the Berlin wall before the fall it doesn't know what they can accomplish too.
The content is excellent and the Background music is highlight in this video Love you Johnny and Vox
1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a reality.
Right, I felt the same too.
Sadly, it comes. Please protect your democracy from China's erosion. Those freedom you have like the air, people might not notice it, but it's critical to live a life. God bless you.
1984 really came bro lol you cant pray for jesus in China
Oof
can you explain your comment to me
Thank you Johnny Harris.. Somtimes I wonder where would I learn the geopolitical stuff if he's not here!
I listen to the song in the intro almost every day now, love the music that is used in these vids.
China has done same with, Taiwan & Tibet
It never stops
And please don't forget the uyghurs suffering under 1984 like circumstances, exploited and brutalized by the chinese regime ...
And they all are suffering now
Now it's aiming for Nepal
Also with j&k
And then there is Taiwan.....another complicated matter.
Not really its a whole other country.
@@jadogs6292 Well, here is the thing, republic of china/Taiwan has NEVER declared independence. People's republic of China (mainland China) and Republic of China(Taiwan) are technically sharing the same border. However, it currently has two governments. Also, even though there is cease fire agreement, but a peace treaty has never been signed. They are still in the state of war. To make things even more complicated, PRoC has declared it itself being a country 70 years ago (1949). So in a sense, yeah, you could say they are separate, but they are still together because they both claim they own both "China"
@Hyun Kim Which China or should I say...which part of China? Anyways, I was born in Taiwan and currently live in New Zealand. You can use VPN in mainland China and that works fine. That's how I access FB and youtube while I was there. Each VPN may work for a few days or a couple of years then it'll be blocked.
你可以猜猜呀。
@@duxiao5121 Guess what?
4 years later, watching this video again and those flashbacks are so haunting… what a great video tho but i miss so much the early 21 century when things were more pacific
在总督大人的靴子下和平自由民主对吧
The music at the end is fire. What is it called?
This video was ...... made in Hong Kong
CoinOpTV actually!!!! technically made in china ! lol
Seeing that on something is better than seeing it as “made in China”
pelos 26 no. Made in Hong Kong.
CoinOpTV 在香港制造
CoinOpTV XD
I don't like it when freedom is taken from people. That is criminal
in 1776 my family;s freedom was taken from the 13 colonies.
Gain freedom as an individual, lost freedom as a civilization.
Freedom never existed. So freedom can't be taken because we never had it.
Colonies said Freedom. Shame on you. Yankee colonies
sky 5 and yet look at how they treated the native americans.
What is the name of the song played in the outro? So beautiful
tell me who is making the soundtracks or the name of all the soundtracks
"Britain and China fought a couple of wars over trade in the 1800s" what an understatement
Uh, it's called a synopsis.
Thats what im talking about ahah you got it bro
Britain invaded China and occupied HK as one of its colonies just as what they did on the continent of Africa.
And it was good for the Qing regime that they did. As the Taiping rebellion split the empire in half, the British were put into the position of administering the customs and import duties on their behalf throughout the civil war.
Wasn't china ransacked by pretty much every major country at that time?
To anyone wondering who Hong Kong truly belongs to, the answer is simple. Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong. It belongs to its people.
The treaty by Britain says otherwise, laws say otherwise, History says otherwise
Lightning Runner TRUE!!!!
belongs to China of course. HK is not a country. be awake and stop dreaming.
I am neither from HK nor from China but looking at this comment and it's replies I am more clear what's happening than the entire video above itself and thats making me sad 🙄
exenderlloyd documents also said the 13 colonies were part of Britain but look what happened.....
Very objective viewpoint towards the HK-China relations. Thank you for your insightful investigation and analysis! -- comment from a mainland resident
I can't find the name of the last song. Could someone tell me the name and the artist.
Britain and China fought a couple of wars over "trade" Opium: Am I a joke to you?
this is a 2 part video, he went through the history of the opium war in part 1, this is part 2
@@perthrockskinda2946 Why hide Opium?
@@perthrockskinda2946 yeah but still, they really should've somehow managed to squeeze the word OPIUM into that sentence
This is a breathtaking video. Thanks vox for speaking out for Hongkong people
It’s actually not vox, it just feels like vox because he helps produce their videos I think
Thank Johnny Harris. He’s way better than Vox and has stories like these until today.
@@Rishi6901 no hongkong is a sovereign country
@Tees Man no it's a sovereign state
No Hong Kong is my property
thank you for uploading a beautiful documentary
"British wanted the Hong Kongers to rule themselves for 50 years" if i was there i would rather refuse it and bring back Hongkong by force...
Well at that time Britain was not in the position to fight China and China was eager to maintain good international image.
"Multi-party system like the US"... I lol'd. Having two parties is hardly worth calling "multi-party". Try any other democratic country.
Yeah they could have mentioned another country like Germany, Italy, or even Taiwan.
You have a lot of parties, but only two are relevant nowadays. In the early 20th century, the progressive party performed pretty well too, but since WW2, only the Republican and the Democratic party ever gained enough support to win a state in an election. You have the choice to vote differently though.
How much do you wanna bet that the US is gonna step in and start some stupid war though?
Drummer Dog let’s hope
Multi party systems like the US (the country with the strongest economy, military, and most free rights) simply don’t work
when you live in hong kong and you are highkey worried about 2047
Dtf?
get ready to move to usa the whole city should just leave everyone pack up and go
How about not school shooter land?
wtf
Soulsreaper Hong Kongers would probably be closer to the British because of the long British occupation
The ending song that Johnny made for the Hong Kong series keeps reminding me of one or two Monstercat songs from like 2014-2016 and I cannot for the life of me figure out which songs they were
Hong Kong will always be Hong Kong!
I suspect this is all going to end very badly.
why so optimistic
Agreed. This ain’t going to be good
Worse than TIANANMEN ... matter of time
If Hong Kong is 3 percent. Why just leave them the f alone?
@@leeshaayo285 because they're a symbol. If they gain their autonomy, the mainland Chinese will start thinking that maybe they can too. That's how communism fell in eastern Europe. It was a domino effect. The stories we tell ourselves are more important than any weapon, and Chinese officials know that.
9:36 "a MULTI-party system, like the United States has" *I'm gonna laugh in European.*
Yup, I too laughed. If you don't have an opposition party, the ruling party can become dictatorial. I'm glad we have democracy.
I kind of admire the factioning of political parties in parts of Europe. I'm more familiar with the UK, my grandfather being English, and although Conservative and Labour dominate, clearly there is more influence from other factions (UKIP, Lib Dems, Scotts, Green, etc.) than in the US. Our founding fathers, in the US, (although many were not fans of political parties) felt that having many factions (i.e. Federalism) was important for the balance of power, as each faction is a check on the others from attaining overarching authority. I'm not much of partisan myself, but it is clear that, for the betterment of the country and the people, it is a necessity to always have an opposition to those in leadership, a check on their power and actions, as legislation is not meant to be easy or passed hastily. China fundamentally lacks that check on power with a one-party rule.
Yassine Saïdi Well we do have a multi party system, it’s just that very few people vote for the other parties.
@@peacefulamerican8803 of course, I know about those "third parties" (like the Socialist Party of America). But apart from the two times Ross Perot actually mattered or the barely noticeable Libertarians, US politics are basically a two party system, the others are below 1%. While in Europe, there's some countries in which 5 or more parties are close together around 15% in an election !
Yassine Saïdi cries in American
People should note that, the UK never gave the right of universal suffrage to the people of Hongkong, and neither does China. 2047 is not an expiration of democracy since the people of Hongkong never ever acquired that.
good observation
I watched this 2 years ago, and it's very interesting watching it with current events in Hong Kong...
Yes..what is the current state..im here becuse i cant find anyrhimg new 1-2years old with protest then silence.
these guys already predicted the Fall, more than a year ago!
As a Hongkonger, thank you for making this series.
U people chines colony coming soon😂😂😂😂😂
@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq first of all, why are u acting pro chinese? Secondly, it is their future, their HK, they can fight. If they fail, they will move to Taiwan, the last fortress of the democracy system.
@@ED_667@one day china capture your Land and your freedom.... Same like Tibet.. 😂😂😂
Is youtube even allowed in hong kong?
@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq If you have studied history, China and Vietnam have a lot of wars, and they (China) never win, the closest war happened in 1979.
@vox what's the intro. Music
what was that song at the and?
People in hongkong should be wary about their future after 2047
We are
definitely see some sort of civil war in the future. Hong Kong will want to become its own country and break off of China. While I agree that China his a horrible country and communism is a terrible idea, China has every right to keep them from seceding. They also have Russia as their ally which will cause a lot of tension between the other world powers. All in All the day this comes will be felt around the world.
Karen Aguilar sis...a decade is 10 years, 3 decades is 30 years...smh
Oh they won’t wait til then... of course officially they will but we all know they won’t - happening already!
@@Lbozo23691 exactly ....Taiwan too
*Hands down best series yet*
ur the next justin y i swear, remember me when u become big :D
Trueeee.
Agreed. Vox is definitely one of the best news sources we have on KZhead. Covers their subjects with lots of detail and little bias.
郑智林 - agreed , but they did have thing with American politics tho haha, I'd like for then to stick to the kinds of videos like this.
it's 2018 and china's still scary. i grew up with chinese news reporting people being taken away at night. it's still a thing? i'm glad i live in the states.
respect to all freedom fighters in Hong Kong
Thank you I didn't even know there's an expiration date...
It’s already September of 2019, I really fear for the worst for my city
「 SugaCube 」 Oh no how are you doing right now?
United Kingdom must do something about Hong Kong.
Me:protest? IDC protest: arrives at my doorstep Me:*welp*
@@namkedi Huh?
「 SugaCube 」 what are you afraid of? Being confident of who you really are?
Sorry for spotting an issue in this video: It is overly simplistic to say "Hong Kong's evening new speaks Mandarin". The full picture is this: The Hong Kong evening news programme mentioned in this video is produced by TVB (Television Broadcasting Co), which has two main channels, Jade and Pearl. Jade is a Cantonese-oriented channel whereas Pearl is an English-oriented channel. At 6:30 pm, Jade airs the Cantonese version of the news programme while Pearl airs the Mandarin version. Pearl also airs the English version at 7:30 pm. As a majority of Hong Kong's population is Cantonese-speaking, it can be said that the Cantonese version is the most-watched one. The Mandarin version could be targeted to immigrants from Mainland China. The English version targets an English-speaking audience consisting of expats, domestic helpers from ASEAN countries (mainly Philippines and Indonesia) and immigrants from the South Asian sub-continent (India, Nepal, Pakistan etc).
I noticed that immediately. I visit Hong Kong monthly and there is plenty of Cantonese language news and other programming available in Hong Kong. The Mandarin programming is for the large number of Mandarin speakers living there now, as you rightly point out.
That part really misled the audience. Hong Kong's news media is still OVERWHELMINGLY Cantonese. The Mandarin/Putonghua programming is for new immigrants who have not learned Cantonese. Even the written media uses Cantonese words which will throw off a native Mandarin speaker. A glaring oversight--I hope it was not intentional.
As a local, majority of news are still Cantonese. Mandarin aren't on tv 24/7. We did see an increase in Mandarin news, but it seems it has died down decently, or my tv has been off for a little too long
From Hong Kong and can confirm
The video should have also mentioned many HKers know Mandarin and regularly consume Mainland content. Perhaps it should also make clear most of the population come from the mainland and there are many Cantonese speakers in the Mainland.
Wish I had this series soundtrack. It’s so good.
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"Disappeared"...I think you meant "tortured and killed"
He came back on Mainland TV so you're wrong.
if u don’t know much about China and Hong Kong , i am pleased to invite you come to Hong Kong and China for a travel .The western media always say China isn’t democratic because of Ideological confrontation.
@@user-nz9xv7jd3c I've been to China and Hong Kong (this was in the late 90s), things look even BIGGER AND BETTER in China now! I don't understand why everyone here is screaming /fearing joining Team China? HK screaming for Help - makes no sense to me.
if that one was you, then i will feel happy
Well,How about I tell you that all of the sudden China is part of North korea. However, North korea is very democratic in this scenario of our. So now, would u not fight for china to be independent. This is what Hong Kongers are fighting for. Their language. Their land. Their freedom to vote
US doesnt have multi party system. It has bi-party system. India has multi party system.
😂😂what a joke
Nice joke 😂😂😂
Sort of bjp only now 😂
@@shivansh709 That is called Power. (Government doesn't ban any other party like china did. This is because lack of opposition.)
@@suryaag8387 yes
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how are police brutality and massacres funny, explain
gen z's will be the last generation to witness hong kong with the freedoms it had and the current generation of kids (gen alpha) wont be able to experience that with the new laws that were set last year. many parents are sending their children abroad for studies just so they could get another country's passport before its too late.
I did for the last time
13:31 the graffiti reads "香港加油!" which literally means "add oil, Hong Kong!" but figuratively means "Go for it, Hong Kong!" or "You can do it, Hong Kong!" So, basically even though the bookstore was shut down, there are definitely still people sympathetic to their struggle.
Glory to Hong Kong
To further explain, if a car's fuel tanker is refilled with oil, the car can move again. Hk add oil literally means that they wish that the city could well function again like the 1990s and 2000s
Yes, HK you can do it, you can finally be one with China
wu yi in my opinion they say that so America would come to them and we know America has a diet for oil.
@@kalmdwn7711 F you, Glory to Hong Kong
I live in hong kong for 12 years. Everyday, I can feel the magic moment of hong kong. And I also learn to record hong kong by dji pocket 2.
Nice
Dji is made in China.
@@eeja2155 DJI is in Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong
@@kendraduli6806 I am in business travel in China mainland
anyone know the song name 1:55
6:41 I know this restaurant, me and my family ate there when we are on Tourist visit in Hong Kong in 2015 lol good old days
nostalgic
As an Irishman it's bizarre to see Thatcher even mention the word 'freedom'.....
Dr T Why may I ask.I mean you Irish folks helped us to against the British.
People thought Thatcher would fight war for Hong Kong just like what she did for the Falkland Islands
It's weird to see an Irish person mention freedom when you bombed my homeland and terrorised us over a part of the island that CHOSE to stay in the united kingdom.
Thatcher respected an agreement, maybe your IRA leader should have done the same.
Dr T Execute Order 66
The premise is that you should know that it is your UK that invaded China and robbed Hong Kong, so is it wrong for China to take back what belongs to itself and consolidate its rule?
Shenzhen is the definition of "watch who you bully in middle school."
This is a comment that on the surface seems insightful, but then you look past it’s superficialities and realize it makes zero sense.
Not really....
@@BlownMacTruck It’s hard to understand this comment without knowing both Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Shenzhen was not as affluent as Hong Kong back in the days, and people always compared it to HK to show HK’s superiority. However, Shenzhen’s GDP overtook HK’s by around 10 billion USD. This comment is just pointing out Shenzhen isn’t the city people used to think it was and Shenzhen is growing at a tremendous rate.
@@davidlu458 I get that. But Hong Kong never “bullied” Shenzhen, and Shenzhen doesn’t harbor any kind of weird animosity towards Hong Kong. So the analogy doesn’t make sense.
@@BlownMacTruck Well it’s not like Hong Kong as a city bullied Shenzhen. It’s just people didn’t have good opinions about Shenzhen way back in the days
Literally nobody: China: Builds a 55km bridge the connect itself to a territory it’s already connected to!