I remember how racists they are my family experienced it in the 70s 80s 90s the police white business owners and racist thugs work together and how the police steal your money on the way to the banks to put the business takings at the end of the week. And how they use and abuse black people how they racialised blacks 🤔
It was sad to think my grandfather could have been one of those men on the films. Dad’s in his 70’s now and has no idea who his father was. I’m glad I know mine
As a British woman, I am ashamed of the bigotry and manipulation of these poor seamen and their families. As a half Chinese, I hope these families find peace. It is absolutely disgusting what happened.
The British government has never apologized for the deportation of the Chinese seaman. It is a disgrace, considering they also contributed to fighting the war. I am disgusted actually.
I am 63 years old, from a British colonial past, and this is the 1st time I have ever heard this story - I never knew that the Chinese had helped the British during WWII.
@Michele Holt You say you are “from a British colonial past.” If that is so, how can you not know that the Chinese “helped the British during WW2?” Have you never heard of or studied the the part played by the Chinese who fought for the British during the Battle for Hong Kong in 1941? Or the part played by the Chinese resistance during the subsequent occupation of the Colony, until 1945? Or the “help” provided by Chinese in other Far East theatres in combatting the Japanese? You really are a most ignorant person, aren’t you?
I bet you also didn't know that British subjects in Africa and Asia contributed immensely to the war effort. There's a lot the Brits hide from their own people.
In so many other cities/states/provinces of other countries, as well. There should be a documentary done on the history of Chinese in the US (across all states) during many historical time periods
Thank you CNA for letting the world know about this sort of human interest story. So much injustice in this world and stories like these deserve to be told.
Thanks to everyone involved in the making of this 👏 Hope it can be broadcast on terrestrial channels, BBC, ITV, C4 or C5 in the UK & elsewhere around the world, HK, China, Taiwan, SG, Canada, USA, Australia etc 🙏🍀✊
As usual, the UK government is happy to leave behind this ugly chapter in their colonial history and just waiting for all the people who were directly affected to die in their generation and eventually be completely forgotten
It is sad to know that there is always a missing piece of puzzle in their lives. May God bless these victims whose fathers were stolen during the second world war. And thanks to CNA Insider and everyone in the making of such a touching documentary.
The Chinese community of liverpool were the most polite, gentle, hardworking people. My grandmother lived in Chinatown with her family and as a child in the 60’s I would visit - I have lovely memories bowling on the green and of course the food. It’s so sad that families were torn apart and that this is only coming to light now. 🤍
If you watch The Six (documentary) you will learn there were 6 Chinese man among the survivors on the Titanic. The documentary tried to find out what happened to these men after the incident, and one of the men seem to have gone to the UK. And that’s the first time I learned about what happened to the Chinese seaman in the UK.
As a citizen of a colonised country, I was taught when young that the colonisers were epitomes of equality and justice. Over the years, I have had to untangle this brainwashing and realise that we have to stand up for ourselves.
UK's racist past? go to boarding schools in Britain, half-English pupils are still suffering racial discrimination even today. Half English-Chinese still got treated badly, let alone full-blood Asians. Go and find out.
My Grandfather was a sailor in the merchant Navy and was deported from Liverpool after the war. He went through Hell and back to get back to Liverpool. He became a wealthy buissness man with large stores in China town. And he was happy and grateful in the end but it was all unnecessary.
Generational pain, especially when shrouded by cover-ups at the very top of government, is very soul-destroying. This revelation at least let those who had "disappeared" fathers know that they were probably not "abandoned." The British Government need to apologize to the families but they won't unless we kick up a big fuss. I hope sharing their pain offers a smidgen of solace for those who went through life with some agony. Mr Foley is such a good and supportive husband; so happy that Yvonne is blessed with him in her life. Thanks to all the scholars who took the time to research this dark chapter in history.
Yet another unsettled dark legacy of British empire. When will they be able to face the inhumane crime? When will they be decent enough to publicly apologize to the victims and their families with reparations? Unfortunately, I don't think it will happen any time soon. The genaration is starting to die out. The British empire is counting on that. The world would have never learnt their sufferings if it wasn't for your channel. At least, you have done them somewhat justice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
@Alfred You do realize your government has apologized times and again for colonialism, do you not? Your personal apology is irrelevant. Please, don't make it about yourself.
@@riva2003 They should apologize for developing immunization and antibiotics and generously sharing them with the rest of the world. People of all races, all over the world owe their lives to the British. Results: overpopulation of the world and environmental destruction.
@@riva2003Every country in the world has a dark past. Getting mental over something that happened so long in the past you likely weren't born isn't going to help anyone.
My grandfather was a sailor in the UK during WW2, he was sent to HK after the war even though he had come from Shanghai. The family (my grandma, my dad and an elder uncle) eventually reunited in HK. My grandfather was the kindest man I know, but he refused to talk about his war year experience. Now I understand why.
I totally feel you Barbara, I feel the same, too. The Chinese did not recognise me as Chinese, the Cambodian does not recognise me as the Cambodian. I grown up in the West, too. I did not understand why people treated me differently when I was young, until I got older. It is sad that people need to bully others or putting someone else down, to feel superior or good about themselves. This still carries on through years and years, the society still torn coloured skin or nationally, we should become one. Sad.
If 2800 seaman were deported, imagine how many families were forcibly torn apart by the acts of the British government! Imagine all the wives and all the children and their suffering. Deportations are still happening, at the least, I know in the United States, which are separating families. When will human beings learn.
They weren't British citizens, of course they were deported. Why wouldn't they be? JFL @ caring more about the wives who got to live in the greatest country on Earth than the actual men. Typical feminist.
Wonder too, if my Chinese father could have been one of those sailors during the war as he got a British passport stating that he was born in Singapore in 1907.
Wow, I didn't know this story. That's dreadful. The chinese people intergated into Liverpool so well and were much loved in the community. My best friend in school spoke with a scouse accent thicker than mine, a lovely chinese girl x
Thank you for exposing the injustice, the racism, Mr Foo. God bless you and your family. Which brings us to British India,omg - Dr Tharoor : " Make reparation to India now!" Thank you truth tellers for reporting it as it is. You show yourself to be A Legit Media .
Watching this documentary and so much families were broken up by the British government!! It’s very sad to see many Chinese people treated like garbage after the war.
@@chriswatson1698 How is 'returning' those people to the place of their birth - while separating them from the rest of their family, wives and children - treating them as garbage? Are you joking or are you a joke?
Despicable behaviour by the Brits. 'Democracy and Freedom' in everything they say but don't do. Will these ppl who lost their fathers ever get an apology from the British Government? What about all the wives and girlfriends who thought they were betrayed and went to their deathbeds not knowing the TRUTH.
West have always been known for being hypocrites, even till these days, the hypocrisy still can be seen internationally in the political world, the only different now is that Asians have seen enough of it to not let history repeat itself.
What a beautiful documentary. So much sadness and loss for so many because of racism and prejudice. And again, no formal acknowledgement or apology. This does not allow for inter- generational healing and reconciliation. I hope that one day this happens.
@@venuslin8647 It is not for lack of trying. The media lies not only through falsehoods but often through omissions of truth. They cherry pick the stories that strengthen their own biases and squash the ones that make them uncomfortable. The only way to fight misinformation is to grow strong as a country and that will force people to become interested in and listen to your media -- unfortunately that's your only bargaining chip in a world that respects power, and not human lives.
I think that it's interesting to look at several different overseas Chinese communities in the English speaking world... In Australia and Great Britain, Chinese immigrants were deported in a very draconian and cruel way at great human cost even to the white people who formed families with them. Then you look at the US, which had been trying to keep Chinese immigrants out since the 1880s with its Chinese exclusion act. The Chinese American community was organized, understood that it was under attack, and lawyered up... This combined with Birthright citizenship, the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause, and the US government storing all of its Chinese exclusion act related documentation in San Francisco (which burned down after an earthquake) led to more humane outcomes.
Theres a key important element in this documentary. The Chinese and China they are referring to is NOT the current China. All the passports in this documentary were issued by the KMT or the Kuomingtang. The military records believe it or not can still be obtained in Taiwan. Chiang Kai Shek made sure this was secured as all the enlisting of Whampoa Military schoold records can still be obtained in Taipei. As for the Yeung ( Mandarin) or Young ( Cantonese pronunciation) of Zhejiang and Shanghai had mostly fled to HK and Taiwan.
Restitution? Then every person from every country ever going back to the beginning of time would need apologies and reparations. How ridiculous. Just move on.
@@upthedown1 Doesn't have to be every person, we've apologised for the Black slavery in the US, the Windrush in the UK, the Inuits in Canada, why not as a whole as well the Chinese Seamen who served in the UK and Australia during WW2? Why hasn't America apologised for the Chinese who came over and built their railways? I think it's blatantly racist because because Chinese don't complain and haven't chased for apologies.
l don't usually comment, however, my Lineage goes back to the English Anglo-Saxons, you should be aware there are more Caucasians on this planet than Anglo-Saxons. l am an Anglo-Australian, and l do not approve of this, it's wrong on every level. My best friend in the world is Asian and we are like sisters. Don't judge all descendants of the Anglo-Saxons as evil and ruthless, it's far from it in reality.
@@thegatestoavalonbut many Caucasians are very raxxxsts.i went to study in Sydney in 1992 from Taiwan.i lived half way to the Blue mountain. West of Sydney. I was stone thrown by white strangers only just by walking on the street,minding on my business in Richmond. The white students had no slight any interests in associating with us.coz most Asian students are none alcohol drinkers.deemed as too boring to hang out with.only they would talk to me when they needed me to help them when they are in exams, wanted me to leak out the correct answers.being Asian men are receiving even more racxxsm than Asian women.it was so bad.2 years experiences,mental tortures still remain until today.28 years gone is still vivid.worst of all,I was gay in Sydney.the only men would go with Asians were 97percent these fat,ugly ,dirty whites over 65 or 70 years old who have no partners or been to Thailand as sex tourists in Far east only and think all Asians are for rent.terrible.Nonetheless,I still miss and love the life style there.at least so much better than here in the UK,London.
Oz has the strictest immigration laws in the world lmao. And there's no such thing as "Anglo-Australian" lmao, you're Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Saxons colonised Australia and that's what you're descended from.@@thegatestoavalon
Thanks for sharing this eye-opening documentary! So happy for the Foo brothers. For the Young family in Singapore - even if it wasn't a DNA match with Yvonne, there could indeed be other Young descendants who could be relatives, given that thousands of Chinese men got deported that time and it's by no means a rare surname. Hope more people got some closure and healing.
I was a crew member on the cruise ship SS Canberra in the 1990’s, I remember a fellow crew member called Brian Sang , he was Liverpudllian seaman of Chinese descent. I wonder if he experienced something similar as was told here. He was a great guy 👍
Amazing story. I am glad the history is uncovered, however painful that is for individuals. Remember past pain might be educational for all of us facing present and future.
12:20, the men in my grant father’s and my father’s generation also dressed like that in the US. We stop wearing hats in the late 1970’s. Have we continue to dress like a gentleman, today’s world would have been better. It is not the dress but you dress up because you respect yourself than respect others.
The story has been on my mind all day. Why didn’t the husbands write letters to inform their spouses what happened to them? Unless they didn’t make it to their destination alive? Or they are so heartbroken themselves and decided to move on. it is as simple as writing a letter in the mail. At least they don’t leave their spouses wondering why they weren’t good enough for these men who just disappeared one day.
this is why china and Asia should united and built a stronger ties and stronger economy so that none of these discrimination , racism, and bullies from any western countries will ever happen again, even up till today western countries insecurities and fear still play political warfare and propaganda games with china fearing that it might one day take over the world economy and power. what they have done in the past is still happening today!
Finally learnt about this today on 7 Dec, a day that will also live in another form of infamy. A day of a crucial Merseyside derby as well. Stay strong Peter, YNWA! Glad to have visited Liverpool twice and to Anfield!
I used to wonder why the Chinese from way back in history used to call those non-Chinese barbarians. I thought it was a racist bent of the Chinese. Strange thing was, from a young age, I did not see much of this racism from the Chinese towards non-Chinese, at least not at the level the Chinese suffered by others, including other Asians. I lived with this confused image for a long time. In time, growing up in singapore and having the opportunity to travel widely all over the world, and reading copiously on the Chinese diaspora all over the world through history, I realised and came to the conclusion, that most Chinese had this attitude of keeping their noses out of the limelight, flying under the radar, because they prefered to keep working and avoiding conflict. Compared to other Asians in these far away places, they seemed to be easy game because of their preference to keep a more passive profile, a more civilised way of living life. I came to believe it must have been this preference of passivity in the face of conflict, to keep nose to the grindstone, to endure the hardship, because even the worst circumstances will eventually pass. And it all did. Just look at the now famous Sun Tzu art of war to gain some clarity of this preference for the peaceful and passive approach. All this convinced the Chinese, who had evolved socially to such a collective mindset, that those others who are always filled with conflict and bent on violence as barbarians. And to this day, we see the different approaches in social context at every level, differentiates a Chinese mind from others.
Face it. We grew up in a Western-dominated world, where truths uncomfortable to the disproportionately dominant minority (12 percent of the world's population) simply disappear from mainstream airwaves -- not unlike the millions of innocent Iraqi lives or Billions of Rubles from Russian accounts held in overseas banks. That is why the Global South is beginning to rally around the concept of a multi-polar world where the other 88 percent will soon find a collective voice that has been missing from the world stage for way too long. These are interesting times, for better or worse.
There were also many Malay seamen from Malaya who ended up in Liverpool abandoning their wives and families home-was there a similar case involving Singaporeans?
Thanks for this video. The British PM should see this. Also he should apologise to the Chinese & Indian people for what the British did. The British killed millions of Indian people
Great documentary, but there is one thing I find odd, there were hundreds of men that were deported to Singapore, now Singapore from as far as I can remember was a developed nation since at least the 80's and today the Singaporean passport ranks the top passports in the world for visa free travel, So my question is did none of these fathers try to go back to the UK Liverpool and look for their families and expose what happened? Yet it was still a secret till recent years?
Watch the second episode the ones that did go back were living in just deplorable conditions worse than living on the streets in England they couldn't speak the language they were horribly bullied there were fund-raisers to bring them back to England it was horrific. No good options.
Why didn’t the deported men write letters to their families to tell them what happened? I get that the deportations were horrible. But I opine leaving the families in the dark is equally cruel.
I agree, that would have spared a lot of pain and betrayal, and they could have came to Singapore to be with him!! A broken family in England is worse than a reunited family in Singapore
I read that the men were not told they were being officially deported, or officially banned reentry to the UK. By the time they reached Singapore / Hong Kong on a ship and found out it was already a few months. Some did write back or managed to return under another name, but the families were already broken and had moved on. We have to remember that times back then were different, and the women and families left behind became destitute and desparate.
We forget that these men may not be literate enough to write English . Their spoken English may be basic. My father and mother never learnt enough English to read and write . Not every one was educated then , even in Chinese .
The authorities were in on this , maybe letters sent were intercepted. ( Like letters from parents of Australia's 'Lost Children' were not delivered. The children thought they were unwanted by their UK parents. )
My Grandfather worked for the Royal Navy Stationed out of British Singapore during and after the war from what I heard the British treated our family very well SOE even offered a luxury resettlement to the United Kingdom (after the war )but my Grandfather refused choosing to stay in South East Asia to help protect British interests and influence in the region in return the British gave a few streets in Singapore to my family I don’t believe the Brit’s back home can be so cruel to these merchant shipping guys.
Tiananmen Square? You mean the western media cooked up version? The story is slowly coming out that some western reporters who were there did not see any casualties.
To be fair (to the dead)... perhaps they were being told lies too, that they can never ever step foot in uk again, that "promise" which they probably had to carry to their graves too. (We never can know). Also don't forget british rule left asia only in the 60s... (the wave of colonies calling for independence including other "coloniers", like dutch, french, etc... ) Also most seamen (being simple minded people) are pretty gullible, not knowing their rights. Unlike what it is now.
Learn more about Australia’s Asian deportations in Part 2 of The Exiles: th-cam.com/video/wG9iMbadH7M/w-d-xo.html
I knew about the Chinese Britons, but not Australia.
And now we are living a third. 🤬
I remember how racists they are my family experienced it in the 70s 80s 90s the police white business owners and racist thugs work together and how the police steal your money on the way to the banks to put the business takings at the end of the week.
And how they use and abuse black people how they racialised blacks 🤔
Imagine hating your father your whole entire life for all the wrong reasons.... and finding out the real reason only when all are beyond redemption .
It was sad to think my grandfather could have been one of those men on the films. Dad’s in his 70’s now and has no idea who his father was. I’m glad I know mine
As a British woman, I am ashamed of the bigotry and manipulation of these poor seamen and their families. As a half Chinese, I hope these families find peace. It is absolutely disgusting what happened.
The British government has never apologized for the deportation of the Chinese seaman. It is a disgrace, considering they also contributed to fighting the war. I am disgusted actually.
Why should the British Government apologize? They were illegal immigrants! Full stop.
When have you ever known the British government to apologise for anything except the wrong things.
Why should UK apologize for their deportation? There were illegal immigrants. Full stop.
LOL The British Govt has never apologized for ANYTHING.
Look at what they have in the British Museum
I am 63 years old, from a British colonial past, and this is the 1st time I have ever heard this story - I never knew that the Chinese had helped the British during WWII.
@Michele Holt
You say you are “from a British colonial past.” If that is so, how can you not know that the Chinese “helped the British during WW2?” Have you never heard of or studied the the part played by the Chinese who fought for the British during the Battle for Hong Kong in 1941?
Or the part played by the Chinese resistance during the subsequent occupation of the Colony, until 1945?
Or the “help” provided by Chinese in other Far East theatres in combatting the Japanese?
You really are a most ignorant person, aren’t you?
I bet you also didn't know that British subjects in Africa and Asia contributed immensely to the war effort. There's a lot the Brits hide from their own people.
Some. Minority
In so many other cities/states/provinces of other countries, as well.
There should be a documentary done on the history of Chinese in the US (across all states) during many historical time periods
He was probably a merchant seaman from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia etc.
Thank you CNA for letting the world know about this sort of human interest story. So much injustice in this world and stories like these deserve to be told.
What injustice? They were illegal immigrants!
@@jyap22sure buddy
And it's totally humane to separate families right?
@@jyap22 They fought for the UK during WW2. They are your heros, not illegal immigrants.
Kudos to CNA, a media in a small country like Singapore produces such a detailed documentary piece.
Another wokist UK-bashing piece. They were illegal immigrants! Had they been illegal immigrants in Singapore now, they would have been deported too!
Thanks to everyone involved in the making of this 👏 Hope it can be broadcast on terrestrial channels, BBC, ITV, C4 or C5 in the UK & elsewhere around the world, HK, China, Taiwan, SG, Canada, USA, Australia etc 🙏🍀✊
you know it will not happen yet, the current trend in the west is still very much anti china
As usual, the UK government is happy to leave behind this ugly chapter in their colonial history and just waiting for all the people who were directly affected to die in their generation and eventually be completely forgotten
Thanks to this documentary, it will not be forgotten
Limey fcks need to pay
As a Black British Woman, I’m so happy to hear these secrets finally being uncovered.
What country are you from?
There's no such thing as "black British". You're either British or you aren't.
What colonised country do you come from?
It is sad to know that there is always a missing piece of puzzle in their lives. May God bless these victims whose fathers were stolen during the second world war. And thanks to CNA Insider and everyone in the making of such a touching documentary.
The Chinese community of liverpool were the most polite, gentle, hardworking people. My grandmother lived in Chinatown with her family and as a child in the 60’s I would visit - I have lovely memories bowling on the green and of course the food. It’s so sad that families were torn apart and that this is only coming to light now. 🤍
Thank you CNA for making this documentary!
If you watch The Six (documentary) you will learn there were 6 Chinese man among the survivors on the Titanic. The documentary tried to find out what happened to these men after the incident, and one of the men seem to have gone to the UK. And that’s the first time I learned about what happened to the Chinese seaman in the UK.
I honestly had no idea about this until today, it is scary how much they withhold from teaching in school here. This is heartbreaking
As a citizen of a colonised country, I was taught when young that the colonisers were epitomes of equality and justice. Over the years, I have had to untangle this brainwashing and realise that we have to stand up for ourselves.
How's your country doing since decolonisation?
Colonization has its positive and negative sides. There is no brainwashing.
UK's racist past? go to boarding schools in Britain, half-English pupils are still suffering racial discrimination even today. Half English-Chinese still got treated badly, let alone full-blood Asians. Go and find out.
My Grandfather was a sailor in the merchant Navy and was deported from Liverpool after the war. He went through Hell and back to get back to Liverpool. He became a wealthy buissness man with large stores in China town. And he was happy and grateful in the end but it was all unnecessary.
In your subjective opinion it was unnecessary, yet in reality it was
@@TB-rm7oq I suppose you are right. His hard work has blessed his family.
Not necessary to be grateful? He broke English law by being an illegal immigrant! It was only by discretion that he was allowed to remain.
@@jyap22 After watching this documentary, you go and say that? Why bother.
@@austen98 So you support letting in anyone to travel anywhere and all illegal immigrants can stay in UK?
Generational pain, especially when shrouded by cover-ups at the very top of government, is very soul-destroying. This revelation at least let those who had "disappeared" fathers know that they were probably not "abandoned." The British Government need to apologize to the families but they won't unless we kick up a big fuss. I hope sharing their pain offers a smidgen of solace for those who went through life with some agony. Mr Foley is such a good and supportive husband; so happy that Yvonne is blessed with him in her life. Thanks to all the scholars who took the time to research this dark chapter in history.
Very good documentary again. Keep it up CNA Insider!
Yet another unsettled dark legacy of British empire. When will they be able to face the inhumane crime? When will they be decent enough to publicly apologize to the victims and their families with reparations? Unfortunately, I don't think it will happen any time soon. The genaration is starting to die out. The British empire is counting on that. The world would have never learnt their sufferings if it wasn't for your channel. At least, you have done them somewhat justice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Nobody forced them to come to Australia to cadge off the effort that the British put into establishing a new country.
Every country has stories since the beginning of time. Move on.
@Alfred You do realize your government has apologized times and again for colonialism, do you not? Your personal apology is irrelevant. Please, don't make it about yourself.
@@riva2003 They should apologize for developing immunization and antibiotics and generously sharing them with the rest of the world. People of all races, all over the world owe their lives to the British.
Results: overpopulation of the world and environmental destruction.
@@riva2003Every country in the world has a dark past. Getting mental over something that happened so long in the past you likely weren't born isn't going to help anyone.
They need to petition the British government and demand an apology.. completely unacceptable
A great documentary by CNA, as always.
My grandfather was a sailor in the UK during WW2, he was sent to HK after the war even though he had come from Shanghai. The family (my grandma, my dad and an elder uncle) eventually reunited in HK. My grandfather was the kindest man I know, but he refused to talk about his war year experience. Now I understand why.
I totally feel you Barbara, I feel the same, too. The Chinese did not recognise me as Chinese, the Cambodian does not recognise me as the Cambodian. I grown up in the West, too. I did not understand why people treated me differently when I was young, until I got older. It is sad that people need to bully others or putting someone else down, to feel superior or good about themselves. This still carries on through years and years, the society still torn coloured skin or nationally, we should become one. Sad.
If 2800 seaman were deported, imagine how many families were forcibly torn apart by the acts of the British government! Imagine all the wives and all the children and their suffering. Deportations are still happening, at the least, I know in the United States, which are separating families. When will human beings learn.
Deportations only occur to remove people who are there illegally. Don't want to be deported? Don't invade.
They weren't British citizens, of course they were deported. Why wouldn't they be?
JFL @ caring more about the wives who got to live in the greatest country on Earth than the actual men. Typical feminist.
Great documentary, it sheds light on the forgotten past of different cultures and forgotten memories in time
Wonder too, if my Chinese father could have been one of those sailors during the war as he got a British passport stating that he was born in Singapore in 1907.
The producers of this documentary have done an outstanding world class job. Thank you.
They were illegal immigrants! You want to let them in your backyards? You go ahead.
A very beautiful documentary and so much learnings too
I wonder one day CNA Documentary will be nominated into Oscar.
What an excellent documentary. It uncovers the obscure history, stories that those families have been through. 🎉
Wow, I didn't know this story. That's dreadful. The chinese people intergated into Liverpool so well and were much loved in the community. My best friend in school spoke with a scouse accent thicker than mine, a lovely chinese girl x
Another very interesting and well made documentary from CNA Insider. This is sad history. I had no idea this happened in the U.K.
Thank you for exposing the injustice, the racism, Mr Foo. God bless you and your family.
Which brings us to British India,omg - Dr Tharoor : " Make reparation to India now!"
Thank you truth tellers for reporting it as it is. You show yourself to be A Legit Media .
2:00 Deported but no apology
2:50
4:35 Dad was Chinese - thought deserted
6:08 Men being Shanghaied
6:29 Colombo
8:34 remembrance Board
Watching this documentary and so much families were broken up by the British government!! It’s very sad to see many Chinese people treated like garbage after the war.
How is returning people to the place of their birth, treating them as garbage?
@@chriswatson1698 How is 'returning' those people to the place of their birth - while separating them from the rest of their family, wives and children - treating them as garbage? Are you joking or are you a joke?
Chinese are still treated and talked about as garbage, especially now that china is getting more powerful than America.
Life is a history. Excellent video . “Life is too short”
This is astounding, Thank you for educating me about my countries history.
These are not really immigrants from china . But subjects of the British colonies .
Many were from Mainland China . The passport shows that they were citizens of the Republic of China.
A very moving and sombre story. I hope there can be some closure found for at least a few of the victims of this grave injustice.
Sombre and sad. What injustice is there? They broke English law!
Despicable behaviour by the Brits. 'Democracy and Freedom' in everything they say but don't do. Will these ppl who lost their fathers ever get an apology from the British Government? What about all the wives and girlfriends who thought they were betrayed and went to their deathbeds not knowing the TRUTH.
West have always been known for being hypocrites, even till these days, the hypocrisy still can be seen internationally in the political world, the only different now is that Asians have seen enough of it to not let history repeat itself.
What a beautiful documentary. So much sadness and loss for so many because of racism and prejudice. And again, no formal acknowledgement or apology. This does not allow for inter-
generational healing and reconciliation. I hope that one day this happens.
Chinese don't shout out loud enough. Unlike the holocaust, Windrush and so on. Too pragmatic
@@venuslin8647 First we need to rise to the top. Our voices will be heard.
@@venuslin8647 It is not for lack of trying. The media lies not only through falsehoods but often through omissions of truth. They cherry pick the stories that strengthen their own biases and squash the ones that make them uncomfortable. The only way to fight misinformation is to grow strong as a country and that will force people to become interested in and listen to your media -- unfortunately that's your only bargaining chip in a world that respects power, and not human lives.
I think that it's interesting to look at several different overseas Chinese communities in the English speaking world...
In Australia and Great Britain, Chinese immigrants were deported in a very draconian and cruel way at great human cost even to the white people who formed families with them.
Then you look at the US, which had been trying to keep Chinese immigrants out since the 1880s with its Chinese exclusion act. The Chinese American community was organized, understood that it was under attack, and lawyered up... This combined with Birthright citizenship, the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause, and the US government storing all of its Chinese exclusion act related documentation in San Francisco (which burned down after an earthquake) led to more humane outcomes.
Theres a key important element in this documentary. The Chinese and China they are referring to is NOT the current China. All the passports in this documentary were issued by the KMT or the Kuomingtang. The military records believe it or not can still be obtained in Taiwan. Chiang Kai Shek made sure this was secured as all the enlisting of Whampoa Military schoold records can still be obtained in Taipei. As for the Yeung ( Mandarin) or Young ( Cantonese pronunciation) of Zhejiang and Shanghai had mostly fled to HK and Taiwan.
WOW - That story was amazing and saddening to hear this happened. I hope those people affected find closure 😢.
how come that is no apology or restitution to these families?
Restitution? Then every person from every country ever going back to the beginning of time would need apologies and reparations. How ridiculous. Just move on.
@@upthedown1 YEP, JUST SHUT UP AND MOVE ON, no talk, no shame
@@upthedown1 Doesn't have to be every person, we've apologised for the Black slavery in the US, the Windrush in the UK, the Inuits in Canada, why not as a whole as well the Chinese Seamen who served in the UK and Australia during WW2? Why hasn't America apologised for the Chinese who came over and built their railways?
I think it's blatantly racist because because Chinese don't complain and haven't chased for apologies.
This goes to show how evil and ruthless about the race anglo-saxons could be.
l don't usually comment, however, my Lineage goes back to the English Anglo-Saxons, you should be aware there are more Caucasians on this planet than Anglo-Saxons. l am an Anglo-Australian, and l do not approve of this, it's wrong on every level. My best friend in the world is Asian and we are like sisters. Don't judge all descendants of the Anglo-Saxons as evil and ruthless, it's far from it in reality.
@@thegatestoavalon yes...Anglo-Saxon is the epitome of evil...ultimate ancestor of bas tard
@@thegatestoavalonbut many Caucasians are very raxxxsts.i went to study in Sydney in 1992 from Taiwan.i lived half way to the Blue mountain. West of Sydney. I was stone thrown by white strangers only just by walking on the street,minding on my business in Richmond. The white students had no slight any interests in associating with us.coz most Asian students are none alcohol drinkers.deemed as too boring to hang out with.only they would talk to me when they needed me to help them when they are in exams, wanted me to leak out the correct answers.being Asian men are receiving even more racxxsm than Asian women.it was so bad.2 years experiences,mental tortures still remain until today.28 years gone is still vivid.worst of all,I was gay in Sydney.the only men would go with Asians were 97percent these fat,ugly ,dirty whites over 65 or 70 years old who have no partners or been to Thailand as sex tourists in Far east only and think all Asians are for rent.terrible.Nonetheless,I still miss and love the life style there.at least so much better than here in the UK,London.
Oz has the strictest immigration laws in the world lmao. And there's no such thing as "Anglo-Australian" lmao, you're Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Saxons colonised Australia and that's what you're descended from.@@thegatestoavalon
@@thegatestoavalonWhat are you talking about? English Anglo Saxons ARE Caucasians!
It's sad to think husbands and fathers just disappeared w/o knowing why.
Nothing that we don’t know from history of British colonialism. China 100 years of humiliation.
Thanks for sharing this eye-opening documentary! So happy for the Foo brothers. For the Young family in Singapore - even if it wasn't a DNA match with Yvonne, there could indeed be other Young descendants who could be relatives, given that thousands of Chinese men got deported that time and it's by no means a rare surname. Hope more people got some closure and healing.
How cruel this is! How cruel the people, the government is can let this happen! This is what animal would not do!
《尋根找父》粵語
我是誰 我問誰
尋尋覓覓 不知幾多年
心頭困憂 忍辱重重
這邊廂不相認
那邊廂急推讓
望向海 風在吹 浪花漂蕩
知不知 我是誰 生根在那裏
大雁呀呀呀…隨眾掠過
帶着口信飛向東 遠去
I was a crew member on the cruise ship SS Canberra in the 1990’s, I remember a fellow crew member called Brian Sang , he was Liverpudllian seaman of Chinese descent.
I wonder if he experienced something similar as was told here.
He was a great guy 👍
Amazing story. I am glad the history is uncovered, however painful that is for individuals. Remember past pain might be educational for all of us facing present and future.
12:20, the men in my grant father’s and my father’s generation also dressed like that in the US. We stop wearing hats in the late 1970’s. Have we continue to dress like a gentleman, today’s world would have been better. It is not the dress but you dress up because you respect yourself than respect others.
such a sad story..yet more crimes suffered at the hands of the great british empire..
The story has been on my mind all day. Why didn’t the husbands write letters to inform their spouses what happened to them? Unless they didn’t make it to their destination alive? Or they are so heartbroken themselves and decided to move on. it is as simple as writing a letter in the mail. At least they don’t leave their spouses wondering why they weren’t good enough for these men who just disappeared one day.
This is the dark legacy of the British Empire past and present.
I am so sorry that non of them found the closure they have been looking for !
Knowing one's history is so important
this is why china and Asia should united and built a stronger ties and stronger economy so that none of these discrimination , racism, and bullies from any western countries will ever happen again, even up till today western countries insecurities and fear still play political warfare and propaganda games with china fearing that it might one day take over the world economy and power. what they have done in the past is still happening today!
Sebastian they all want to live in Western countries. They can easily live in their own countries. So much for complaining.
Finally learnt about this today on 7 Dec, a day that will also live in another form of infamy. A day of a crucial Merseyside derby as well. Stay strong Peter, YNWA! Glad to have visited Liverpool twice and to Anfield!
Used & discarded like rubbish. Hong Kong ppl beware!
Don’t you worry . The Hk ppl are more interested in taking advantages of the social benefits in the UK
UK's racist past? UK is still racist today.
Compared to where?
The UK is the least racist country on Earth. China is racist af.
I used to wonder why the Chinese from way back in history used to call those non-Chinese barbarians. I thought it was a racist bent of the Chinese. Strange thing was, from a young age, I did not see much of this racism from the Chinese towards non-Chinese, at least not at the level the Chinese suffered by others, including other Asians. I lived with this confused image for a long time.
In time, growing up in singapore and having the opportunity to travel widely all over the world, and reading copiously on the Chinese diaspora all over the world through history, I realised and came to the conclusion, that most Chinese had this attitude of keeping their noses out of the limelight, flying under the radar, because they prefered to keep working and avoiding conflict. Compared to other Asians in these far away places, they seemed to be easy game because of their preference to keep a more passive profile, a more civilised way of living life.
I came to believe it must have been this preference of passivity in the face of conflict, to keep nose to the grindstone, to endure the hardship, because even the worst circumstances will eventually pass. And it all did. Just look at the now famous Sun Tzu art of war to gain some clarity of this preference for the peaceful and passive approach. All this convinced the Chinese, who had evolved socially to such a collective mindset, that those others who are always filled with conflict and bent on violence as barbarians.
And to this day, we see the different approaches in social context at every level, differentiates a Chinese mind from others.
Hi Boon!
@@josephwong138 hi PC!
Face it. We grew up in a Western-dominated world, where truths uncomfortable to the disproportionately dominant minority (12 percent of the world's population) simply disappear from mainstream airwaves -- not unlike the millions of innocent Iraqi lives or Billions of Rubles from Russian accounts held in overseas banks. That is why the Global South is beginning to rally around the concept of a multi-polar world where the other 88 percent will soon find a collective voice that has been missing from the world stage for way too long. These are interesting times, for better or worse.
Lmao.
Chinese and East Asians are some of the most racist people on planet Earth. Openly so.
Let me guess, this is somehow the fault of Britain?
There were also many Malay seamen from Malaya who ended up in Liverpool abandoning their wives and families home-was there a similar case involving Singaporeans?
Nah..its fake..
Thanks for this video. The British PM should see this. Also he should apologise to the Chinese & Indian people for what the British did. The British killed millions of Indian people
Great documentary, but there is one thing I find odd, there were hundreds of men that were deported to Singapore, now Singapore from as far as I can remember was a developed nation since at least the 80's and today the Singaporean passport ranks the top passports in the world for visa free travel,
So my question is did none of these fathers try to go back to the UK Liverpool and look for their families and expose what happened?
Yet it was still a secret till recent years?
I supposed they were deported, banned from returning to the UK. Sad.
The world then was very different, and they were Chinese... Plus Singapore, a small city state, is dependant on America and the UK .
So tragic!
Bless all been affected with resolution & peace of soul xo
So many vary sad stories
😤😤😤😤 UK government must apologize and compensate 😤😤😤😤
Wow! Filthy disgrace. Shameful Britain.
English subtitles please 🙏
Click on top right " the circular gear shape " English subtitles
Why it was not mentioned in Hing Kong history books before 1997 or even now?
I heard about this recently via the Antiques Roadshow
Same happened to my dads dad
They could have actually deported the whole family to Singapore. Than breaking them apart. Eurasians are tolerated and looked up to in Singapore
Nah not looked up to lol
Watch the second episode the ones that did go back were living in just deplorable conditions worse than living on the streets in England they couldn't speak the language they were horribly bullied there were fund-raisers to bring them back to England it was horrific. No good options.
❤video
Karma has started on Britain today.😊
Today they are still champion of human right and freedom ! Joke on humanity.?
Why didn’t the deported men write letters to their families to tell them what happened? I get that the deportations were horrible. But I opine leaving the families in the dark is equally cruel.
I agree, that would have spared a lot of pain and betrayal, and they could have came to Singapore to be with him!! A broken family in England is worse than a reunited family in Singapore
I read that the men were not told they were being officially deported, or officially banned reentry to the UK. By the time they reached Singapore / Hong Kong on a ship and found out it was already a few months. Some did write back or managed to return under another name, but the families were already broken and had moved on. We have to remember that times back then were different, and the women and families left behind became destitute and desparate.
It’s about 70 years back. Things were pretty different back then.
We forget that these men may not be literate enough to write English . Their spoken English may be basic. My father and mother never learnt enough English to read and write . Not every one was educated then , even in Chinese .
The authorities were in on this , maybe letters sent were intercepted. ( Like letters from parents of Australia's 'Lost Children' were not delivered. The children thought they were unwanted by their UK parents. )
My Grandfather worked for the Royal Navy Stationed out of British Singapore during and after the war from what I heard the British treated our family very well SOE even offered a luxury resettlement to the United Kingdom (after the war )but my Grandfather refused choosing to stay in South East Asia to help protect British interests and influence in the region in return the British gave a few streets in Singapore to my family I don’t believe the Brit’s back home can be so cruel to these merchant shipping guys.
2800 men? 5000 men shipped out? Just as bad as the LA massacre.
So wtf happened to human rights then?
It's sad to learn of their past suffering. Move on and God Bless..
Its the past and we have learned the error of our ways, move forward.
Covering up part of the whole truth!!!
Why was the father in the U.K. in the first place?
DUH….
The playbook is to “ask for forgiveness, not permission”. Just like Tiananmen Square, these shameful acts may slow down but cannot stop an empire.
Tiananmen Square? You mean the western media cooked up version? The story is slowly coming out that some western reporters who were there did not see any casualties.
Sad
😢 👍❤️❤️❤️
history repeat now. not on people but chinese's business ...
What about slave ships sunk in the Atlantic so owners could claim loss cargo with Lloyd's of London
So these men did not try to connect with those children they left behind afterwards???
To be fair (to the dead)... perhaps they were being told lies too, that they can never ever step foot in uk again, that "promise" which they probably had to carry to their graves too. (We never can know). Also don't forget british rule left asia only in the 60s... (the wave of colonies calling for independence including other "coloniers", like dutch, french, etc... )
Also most seamen (being simple minded people) are pretty gullible, not knowing their rights. Unlike what it is now.
Appears to be a good documentary but voice and video out of sync. CNA please re-upload.
Even Alan Turing was ostracized by the British government. It's not only you.
At least Alan got a posthumous apology from the Queen, perhaps because he was White and British?
Use say apology but the peepol who deasidead thts wat wud apen so why wud we apologise 4
Ok
Why shouldn't they be returned to the countries of their birth?
Chris, it is not whether these men were returned to their homeland, it was the inhumane way it was done.