@@shiro_bakayarou China isn't communist, bud. Learn history first, then we talk. Just because it is named communist party doesn't mean it is. Take a look at Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"When police entered the MTR, it had quite a positive impact" He says seconds after a clip of an innocent man, and his DAUGHTER getting pepper sprayed and beaten when he wasn't even rioting, he was just there.
Respect, not just to the HK People, but to the reporters that risked their lives filming such scenes, the bravery to not run away and to record things that humanity needs to see.
@@Sn0wyrbx the situation in Hong Kong has only gotten better as because of the national security laws which basically made Hong Kong a puppet city to china we have no freedom
@@icebreaka1969 Hong Kong previously sourced from the UK and the US. I believe they currently buy from a mainland Chinese supplier because the other two have suspended sales for political reasons.
// "I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded...." 15:57 Well that didn't age well.
You just unironically compared the months long assault on state buildings to a few hours of random morons being let inside and take a few pictures with exaggerated claims of ‘’tens of millions in damages”. A piece of paper was valued at $3,000,000 and the leader podium valued at 75,000,000
"A foreign diplomat actually said to me [that] he was very surprised that even after such a traumatic event [that] the government didn't hit back harder. That sort of action would have amounted to trying to overthrow [the] government." 17:50 Obviously a fellow totalitarian diplomat.
@@crayon294 Because the people in Hong Kong are angry at the systemic system that unapologetically denies people rights and justices their authority and immoral actions. The american police system doesn't promote brutality, but it doesn't do enough to prevent it. Also, you don't have to be a conservative to believe that. You can be either side on the political spectrum and have that view.
Yeah it is hard to respond when all day and night the police had to stay and keep peaceful protest turning into riot. Who knew anyways they could’ve been in the middle of protestor and the other protestor probably wouldn’t let them through since they didn’t know what was going on.
I still find that weird, like okay the Riot police were busy, but a police force isn't just riot police? How about your normal boys in blue with helmets? why would it take over 30 minutes to arrive there?
*EVIDENCE: Who is behind the Hong Kong hatred and violence protest?* _National Endowment for Democracy (NED), United States. In 2019, violent crimes violated the rule of law and social order in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, seriously undermined Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and seriously challenged the "One Country, Two Systems" principle. Amid the chaos, the disorder, and the unrest, people in Hong Kong and elsewhere naturally wondered: How could the celebrated Pearl of the Orient have descended into such shame?_ . *34 May 2020 - CGTN - Another Hong Kong: The source of the storm* (the link has been removed because this channel censored link posted in comments) . *TH-cam Search (VideoId: -u0Ze8vBH0M ):* _"Another Hong Kong: The source of the storm" - CGTN_
As a Brit its frankly shameless seeing that man speak. British police are highly professional and, while they aren't perfect, they try hard to protect the community and uphold a rules based order. Seeing this British officer (who had transitioned over from the '97 handover) supporting the Chinese government goes against everything the idea of English Common Law policing stands for. Supporting a tyrannical government is treason against the people.
@@dynamo1796 i thought the entire foundational principle of western democracy is freedom, so this officer is free to choose whatever side he believes in?
But they are the one go violent since day one since June 2019, I was watching the whole event on time before China put new law on it to stop those riots.
Were we watching the same video coming from Hong Kong when rioters who went crazy and started burning things and destroying property?? I guess you could say they were BLM/Antifa levels of 'peacefulness'. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
@@UzumakiNaruto_ Agree with u. HK2019 protest, HK Police was the right side, those protester were wrong to start the protest, they become rioter was even more wrong. BLM protest, US police was on the wrong side, protester was the right one to start the protest, but also the rioter was going wrong to attack & looting shops.
@@emhgarlyyeung 'BLM protest, US police was on the wrong side, protester was the right one to start the protest, but also the rioter was going wrong to attack & looting shops.' BLM were WRONG to protest because their protests and anger are based on LIES. Look at the statistics and how few black people are killed by police and then compare that to how many black people are killed by other black people and then ask yourself which is the bigger problem?
@@UzumakiNaruto_ Well I did seen a lot of unarmed black people got shot by US police and mostly white police. And the BLM protest started by one black man death under police knee, that video alone enough to spark fire.
It might seem like they are fighting for freedom, while in fact they are really just asking more jobs, opportunities and affordable housing for young people. And to get all of that, you need to first have the consent of those real-estate company( they would rather build parks than apartments to increase the value)
@@yingtong3530 no. Thats not at all what this is about and you know it. Its about the extradition law. Hongkong Doesnt want to be victimized by thr ccp. Get over it.
@@stevecariggillio4139 My real question to you is do you care about the Hong Kong people or do you hate the CCP. There is a very strong difference between the two, and based on your comment I can guarantee it’s not the first option.
*student shot on the chest by a live round* "this sort of force was necessary... *officer shot on the leg by an arrow* "it is sad that this happened...
I feel like what they did to who we're in the beginning just peaceful protesters getting shot in the chest just cuz you were protester and being called a criminal it's just wrong
the south china morning post is owned by alibaba. One of the biggest pro government chinese companies. Keep that in mind while watching this video. Very framed and non critical reporting
Man, that was so mentally exhausting to watch. I had absolutely no Idea the extent of the protests and division of HK's society. I can't imagine how the residents feel.. Praying everything gets "better"
I’m a resident and I can confirm it’s really bad now. Since the national security law was passed, we can’t really criticise the government and the Democratic Party is completely abolished. Because of carona, it’s illegal to have gatherings over 4 people and since we value our health we can’t protests as easily. I have 0 faith in the government at this point and my hatred of it is growing with each day. In the next school year, liberal studies, which is about examine current events, will be cut from the syllabus and replaced with National education, which is basically propaganda. Yesterday, my school mandatorily had to hand out stickers that had “Support National Security Laws and protect your home” printed on it. I’m honestly disgusted. What used to be a shinning beacon of city and not to mention, my home is being ruined. 70% of residents distrust the government (according to polls in 2019) and I can tell you way more of us do now. I’m sick and tired of China’s and Winnie’s BS. I know our chances for change are slim, but I can at least try and I am saddened by the fact that I may have to immigrate to avoid the CCP. On another note, the media is somewhat one-sided. A LOT of people are anti-government we just can’t say it too openly and mass media (usually having ties with CCP) portrays our protests as overtly violence and uncalled for. Besides, Western governments aren’t doing as much as they can to help us and people are losing interest in our story, leaving us to defend for ourselves.
"I don't think any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalised, literally destroyed." America: Hold my beer.
@@SaakeliSaatanait means that even though the whole point of the documentary is that hong kongers wanted to distance themselves from totalitarism and the ccp, Hong Kong is still called “China’s city”
Can't you tell the difference between one political view and one's nationality? Why tf do you deny the HKers nationality just because they don't agree with their current government?@@bilyanaa2922
"No law enforcement agency in the world would tolerate this level of violence against their police officers" Most of Latin America: Are you sure about that?
@@stalcher1699 They actually do... at least here in Argentina. Judges from their mansions rule progressive norms; and the protestors always destroy cities and hurt policemen that only are authorize to use paintguns...
@@suhailshah7479 Yup, at this point just abolish the armed and security forces if you are not gonna give them resources, and use them to enforce law and order... not ideal but at least police officers don't get hurt for lack of resources or in prison for defending themselves. And the military... they don't even have enough uniforms and boots let alone weapons, ammunition and vehicles, nuff said.
Hong Kong not only lost, it now is lost. I only wish the best for my old friends and colleagues among all of those who had, and still has no chance of leaving. Those who could, but chose to stay, I can only pity.
aw yes, the cycle of >officials refusing to acknowledge why the riots are happening >the riots getting worse >officials continuing to refuse to acknowledge why the riots are happening >the riots getting worse
Thats why I was kinda shocked to see people like "they just dont understand and are being irresponsible" Like if they looked in the mirror for 2 seconds they would see the people that are truly being irresponsible.
They suspended the bill, that was the main reason protests were happening. But protesters still continued on, after seeing this level of violence, i am surprised that the didn't implement martial law. Or china didn't sent any of its forces. If it was any other major country where this was happening the headlines would be hundreds dead, thousands injured. I don't see American police being this calm, American police would have shot the protesters 10 times over
Feels like you left the part out the nuance where the officials acknowledged why the riots were happening, gave in, and the rioters kept getting more violent
Only those who actively fight against freedom are capable of terrorism. All riots where the people rebel against an oppressive government or demand an end to oppression are nothing more than human beings doing their job as human beings. That's why i support the Black Lives Matter Protests here in the US (Even as many of them have turned into riots, something i would normally stand against). Our Government ignored our attempts to be kind and peaceful in our fight to cancel Systemic Racism. They should count themselves lucky it's businesses that are being destroyed and not their homes and work places. Some day though, systemic racism will end, and the riots will follow pursuit, or the Government will be the protestors next target, as the US becomes the modern version of 1790's France.
@@chrissimmons9743 Being a terrorist is bad while being a freedom fighter is not. If freedom fighters cant be terrorists then ISIS is A okay in your book then right? That is why I dont support BLM. I do think Police depending on where you live can be quite oppressive or downright mean. I personally think police should become a military organization. They can have a better structure more discipline, possibly less corruption emphasis on possibly and also could keep them more fit with military standards. Police need to be controlled.
@@chrissimmons9743 I do also think police should use more non lethal weapons and if possible remove lethal options entirely. I would like to see the police have something resembling the taser weapons from Watch Dogs Legion.
Hong Konger here. This was a big thing during my senior year of HS, and it's been two years since. Even before the national security law these riots died down quick but after that there was and still is no chance of something like this happening again in the forseeable future. The only news we'll get, and everyone else in the world, is just names and arrests.
We are still here, preparing for the next fight. Currently trying to continue our culture and transfer the spirit to the next generation. Hopefully one day we can be strong enough to fight the giant again...
@@crispinkane5231 just my opinion , but theres no hope fighting china , china has invested so much of their money into turning china into a police state , the only way hong kongers would stand a chance againt the chinese communist party would be if there was outside intervention like the US , i think hongkongers should just leave cuz its a lost cause fighting the communist party when they have the advantage against you , but thats just my opinion
@@crispinkane5231 What the other guy said: Heartbreaking. I feel the 'free' world has really failed you and itself by not coming to your aid. The communist party of China really is a stain on humanity as a whole
In the airport scene, I saw a mom and a son who looked about 13, and i saw the mom laughing, and it looked like the son told a joke. I think that was the most comforting thing I saw
"I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalized, literally destroyed" Well that aged poorly.
To the dude who said “achieving justice by violating the law can not be tolerated” I’d genuinely love to know what legal avenues he would suggest to change what’s happened ? Because as I see it…there was nothing that was going to stop this happening. China set its sites on what it wanted & that was that…these people had no choice.
it was just an extradition law, which USA has with many countries. China just wanted to have one with Hong Kong but the NED decided to use this chance to start a protest and used it against Hong Kong. TH-cam the new atlas. He explains it, and also the other color revolution the NED does to distablize anyone the Americans want.
exactly. its like "ok, well protesting is inevitable now, so since 'achieving justice by violating the law can not be tolerated', name some legal ways to protest at this point! even if you dont agree, name a way they can legally protest." i bet you no one could name one.
@@Rippinkitten18 no, they were afraid that they would abuse it, just like the CCP has always done. they took as a chance to riot against mainland china (CCP) and wanted the total withdraw of the law.
@@kevinzhong7493 yes, it's called a riot, it's what people do when they don't want the current government anymore and then said government refuses with police force. Also they passed a law that bypassed legislation called "National Security Law" that is basically the extradition law but with a new name, and this law also allows the govt to automatically label ALL protesters and pro-democracy people as "terrorists", and control of all public information that see as "pro-terrorists".
The brave ones were the extradition bill protesters. Most of them went home when the extradition bill was cancelled. The dumb ones were those who didn’t want to stop after that win.
@@canto_v12 then as a result of the prolonged protesting they brought the national security law onto themselves and now we can't even say or use an image of a certan phrase of 8 words frequently used in the protests or else jail, and the entire pro-democracy movement has come to a standstill because all the 40-ish or so big pro-dem figures are now charged with subversion (amongst other charges of illegal assembly and whatnot) not that beijing wasn't going to implement the law anyway sometime in the near future but now all our chances at a democratic reform in Hong Kong are 💥 we successfully repealed the national security bill once in 2003 with protests, ...only to bring it back, by protesting... ((also they're now taking control of our legislature under the guise of an "electoral reform" to "safeguard One Country, Two Systems" and ensure the city is ruled by "patriots", sheesh))
@@nerd2544 I dont know much, but it very much seems like they just used the protest condition as an opportunity to implement the law there and then. Feels like they were already looking into it, just waiting for the moment, which came.
I would like to thank every single person who took part at this protests. Even though seemingly you lost, the example of humanity in the face of tyranny you showed will live on. My thoughts goes to all the dead, injured and incarcerated by this tragedy. Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@jakinboaz7491 Only in your dream, actually the west messed up with world by colonization in the past century. China didn't even want to interrupt in.
@Mikey Chan the police in Hong Kong allow the protester do what they like for one and half year every Hong Kong citizen is happy because the police finally get rid of this crazy people
I live in Brasil and I Know how CIA operates. In 1964 a coup occurred and an elected president was outed. 20 years of military dictatorsahip followed,.Before it, the The United States Information Service (USIS) never had so many personel. Cia operatives working with brazilian 'friends' with a goal. It is becoming dificult to believe in storys like the one in this video.
This makes one feel frustrated and helpless even though I am not a HK native. Are our voices so worthless that governments can just ignore? A government is just a group of citizens who came together to ensure the entire group had a better life.
A government is a group of people who use their sociopathic tendencies to gain societal power that they don't need. Never put faith in authority, it is the foundation of evil.
Yes all around the world it is like you say. We have nothing to say. Even in my country (the netherlands) they are busy to give us less rights to tell the gouverment that we don't want something they want.
@465 when you're having thousands of people breaking into shops and not complying you think they should just leave them and not do anything about it? 10 IQ move right here
I was in Hong Kong in 2019 during the protests, visiting family. We couldn’t leave the house at night, and if we wanted to watch some television while we were cooped up, all the news were about last night’s protests.
@David-028 Yknow, I never really had an actual deep discussion with a pro chinese westerner... If you wouldn't mind, please enlighten me with your views (If youre not a bot)
@@yytyytg Not the same thing...storming of Capital was an incitement of violence by one man, the disgraceful Trump to contest fake voting frauds. The thing happening in Hong Kong is something that has been building up for several years and there is massive amount of evidence that it has been occurring especially if people's rights are being taken away. You need to do more research before comparing the two.....
The words "No other country would allow a building of such importance" were spoken too early, and that makes me realize that people have a large amount of power.
The very next action the other county taken is send in the troops immediately. Guess who don’t want CCP to send in the troops to maintain order and who want HK in chaos?
No wonder Hong Kong had a giant brain drain. Lots of educated skilled professionals left to Vancouver Canada & USA. I hope many more will follow. Protesting with your feet & leaving Hong Kong a shell of itself is the best thing to do.
It's the people of Hong Kong that makes it Hong Kong. Otherwise it's just a rock island.. When the British were handed HK, the then emperor thought it was just a rock with some fishing villages. Singapore has already replaced it as a financial hub.
@@kyawlwinhein5245 "government's ability to control the narrative was next to zero" was the joke. tvb, the biggest tv station in hk, is heavily associated with the mainland powers, so with tvb under their thumb, the hk puppet government can easily control the narrative overtime.
Look, they promised full autonomy to Tibet in 1950, one country two systems was never applied so China doesn’t fulfill their promises... HongKong deserves democracy
one country two systems, will not change. They are only changing the security law to stop sedition, seccession, terrorism and collusion with foreign organizations. Tell me which country does not have the same law? H.K does not have an extradition treaty with other countries so is a haven for international criminals especially that murderer from Taiwan
The rioters are breaking the law, im not supporting china but its not just the police in the wrong, police must do what they can to keep the peace, if there were no sacrifices or force then the world might aswell be lawless
@@keisukekei5914 Speaking out against the government in Hong Kong is currently against the law now. We can have free speech, that would be lawlessness. You realize saying you have to follow the law "because it's the law" is the party line right? I'll even give you the fact that they are using violence in some cases. Why shouldn't they? Because they state is the only party allowed to commit violence? That always leaves the working man at the feet of those in charge. Remaining stagnant and allowing the police and your freedom to be taken because you're afraid of violence, well, you just haven't ever had to fight for your freedom have you? It sounds easy in times of peace to criticize violence, and it is. But I'm fairly sure many Polish people decided to fight back against the Nazi's when they invaded. And some had to be shot, because, well we can't have people breaking the law now right? Sure it's a law written by the nazi's, but it's still the law right? Violence isn't the answer. I'm sure WWII would have just sorted itself out eventually
@@keisukekei5914 Problem is that the police incited this by bein the instigators. The protestors originally, all they had were regular masks, signs and eventually umbrellas. They barricaded using their bodies, not violence, this type of protesting is legitimate and non-destructive. When police keeps increasing their level of violence, you justify the minds of radical thinkers who then rely on mob mentality to recruit people who otherwise would be civil. Mob mentality is strong, it's a genetic tool we humans have, it's a survival tool. That's why as government and police, the last thing you should do is anything to incite that age old instinct. The same goes for the protestors, the more force you respond with, the police will have to as well. Although it's painful and unjust, you enable the corrupt government to take unjust decisions and create unfair laws when you respond in too much force. Because now they can paint you as criminals to the rest of the world, where as if you remain a sensible level of violence (only respond with equal or less force as a form of defense), then the government is unable to proceed with further violence. Because they will start treading the lines of human rights, this is a very powerful tool to have when recruiting international help. This will temporarily put less power in the protesters hand, but after the swing, it will give them massive control. Instigators always have a huge disadvantage in any situation, which is why as protesters you want to make sure to never blur that line with your own violence, to make the contrast between you and the oppposition as large as humanly possible. Not to mention you can use the humanity of the police, guilt and shame will bleed into their minds as time goes by, some are immune to it, but majority isn't. Because they're the same people, they feel empathy. These tactics are effective but incredibly slow, but they avoid letting government justify reactive law making and using violence. Rather than giving them a justification, they have to break the line themselves, thereby painting themselves as objectively the bad guys, to everyone else.
He stated that unlike the rioters he knew there is a line not to cross no matter how dire the situation is. Those riots expected the police to shoot indiscriminately just like in 1967. It didn't happen because HKPF learned from their past mistakes, and set a tough line on what to do and what not to do, and held their ground. Now the protesters are on the run both from HKPF, and HK citizens
I believe that Hong Kong has been and always will be part of China. It is culturally similar, and the language is also similar, aside from speaking Cantonese. I believe that the people of Hong Kong should listen to the CCP so they won’t be hated by the government that much to be oppressed. I do believe there are things the the PRC needs to change but overall, these protests are just going to get even more bloodier and violent if the people of Hong Kong doesn’t listen. From the PRC 🇨🇳 and in the United States 🇺🇸.
@@weihua_amdemocracy is a sovereign right of every human on earth the ccp can jail as much protestors they want but they can’t jail everyone , freedom will prevail.
If a peaceful revolution isn't possible, a violent one is inevitable. Maybe those in power should re-consider the reason they are in people if people are this eager to have them step down.
yeah it's hard to get the message across through peaceful revolution, you literally have to set white house on fire for the politicians to understand what is happening
“If a peaceful revolution isn’t possible, a violent one is inevitable.” Not necessarily, the Communist government could simply mow down any of the revolutionaries with machine guns. Said violent revolution would be over within a week as the streets flow with rivers of human blood.
@@sten260 “There is always more people than police” Those ratios won’t matter if the government just nukes their own people. They can just gather all their military in one area and rain down those missiles everywhere else.
" No other country in the world would allowed there government buildings to be sacked and we did " as an American thinking about capitol hill getting rolled by a mad lad in a wolf skin
@@xueueux it is not one year, but progressively harsher each and single day by its totalitarian police state. And through it all, the city itself has been wipe clean of its voices, laws, and livelihood.
@@rvlxt97 thank you for asking.. Well, June 4th was supposed to be an annual ceremony to honor the Tiananmen Square incident. But for the past 2 years police have been barricading Victoria Park (where the ceremony usually takes place) with "COVID social-distancing" as reason to prevent people from going in. So yea freedom of speech has definitely been clamped down a huge notch here... I'm the kind of person who values prosperity and peace over violence and far-left movements, but I'm still upset that I can't vote for my own Chief Executive. I feel like people like me (the so-called Blue activists) and people who are more left (called Yellow activists) are 50/50 in Hong Kong, with many of the Yellow activists immigrating elsewhere. The National Security Law made police have unprecedented power to arrest protestors or people who dare to chant "Hong Kong Independence".. it's a scary time for democratic advocates to live here now. Nevertheless, I love Hong Kong. This is my home, my hood, my favorite city in the world. Aside from politics, the job market is still vibrant, delicious cuisines from cheap to expensive are ubiquitous, tons of hiking trails and sea water for boat parties, beautiful women :) there's a lot to appreciate here. I just hope Hong Kongers can see that side more and appreciate how lucky we are to live here, compared other less fortunate countries.
I'm Spanish and have been studying about the independence movement in Catalonia and thought that was violent, little did I know that was literally a picnic compared to Hong Kong.
it's because catalonia is an independent interest and nobody really cares... whereas 5 eyes plays their national interesting inciting this rebellion...
I live in California an I'm watching this thinking. The people in America have no true idea of what a protest is. I mean there were hundreds of thousands of people in this of all age groups. In some ways it's sad an in other ways I have this feeling of pride because all those people stood up for what they believed in as one voice for the right just thing.
Many are pro-independant groups with agenda backed and supported in ever way by the hypocritical NED and the US and some Western governments to Demonize China.
You first begin to know what real protest is, when the law becomes injustice. There were protests in every country of the USSR. And they were all beaten by military force...
The thing is, protestors in the USA are protesting to have this kind of government. The protestors in the U.S. want communism and they don’t even really seem to know what it is they’re fighting for. BLM doesn’t care about black people. They only care when the black persons life represents their movement. A real shame the radical left took another amazing movement and turned it into a hateful cult.
I like the fact that both sides get to talk in that video, but the arguments of the police forces and gov are just fking outrageous. They almost make it look like it's the "'rioters" fault. I agree some actions were unecessary but in the end that whole situation is the fault of the gov, they started it and people responded peacefuly at first, it needs to be remembered.
These people are not the first time try to overthrow the government they have try it before in the occupation of central Movement but this time they went all out because they believe Donald Trump will support them They are just a bunch of dictator they want to control all other hong Kong people who disagree with them
Most of them are very young people they are controlled by other people Who is controlled by the America this young people because of no experience in the real world they are easy controlled by the people whos real intention is to destroy Hong kong
I think the biggest problem with these protests is just that the government did not take their request seriously. The police can stall, disperse crowds and minimalise the damage done, but as long as the underlying problems exist, the protests will stay. The points requested by the protesters need to be seriously discussed by the government, even if not all of them can be addressed, but the more of the demands can somehow be taken care off, the fewer people will see a need to protest, which will inevitably slow down the protest to a point where the police can reasonably deal with it.
CCP has a hard time accepting this, unless you can assure them that you didn't mean to overthrow its power. Apparantly guys in HK wanted more than simply their five demands, and this is unacceptable for CCP.
@@wenyichen5515 Hong kong is their city located in their country, west shouldn't be stocking tensions there. It was long time coming and was supposed to happen.....now its gone and people have accepted their fate.
@@thechaoticlemon9559 They weren't peaceful protests. If you call throwing molotovs, breaking and looting, assaulting officers, etc "peaceful," you are mistaken. As for Police Brutality, it's a very thin line. You have to realize that this could be the day that you die, where you don't return home. In that situation fight or flight takes over and almost impossible to control. Put yourself in the Police shoes, it's really scary. I do believe that the Police SHOULD have the right to defend themselves, but I find it absolutely unacceptable that the police working with triads along with the hospitalization of bystanders and innocent civilians.
@@cowcha7065 In the beginning what started was peaceful, The Hong Kong police force escalated by using extreme force as it is illegal to protest ( even peacefully.) In Hong Kong and china it can actually result in a five year sentence. So seeing this extreme amount of forced used on civilians who just walking down a street with umbrella's, they decided that if the police force use's force we use force, and so they did, when the police escalated the People of Hong Hong did too.
i feel bad for both police force and the protester bc im pretty sure not all the policeman agree with the extradition thingy but they are forced to do it
And thats the critical problem in this whole situation...there are many many protesters that wanted to let the government know they are unhappy with the situation they live in and with the laws and on the other side police force that wanted to keep the demonstrations quiet so it doesnt disturb regular people that want to get to work and keep the city safe....but on both sides there are always individuals or small groups that take this to higher level, on one side you have petrol bombs, makeshift weapons, destroying and raiding the city streets and shops and the police using excessive violence and the worst one - live rounds And from that moment when that happens, its a cycle of violence that never ends....some rioters destroying something and using fire weapons makes the police hit harder...because police hits harder gives a weapon and reason for rioters to use more violent weapons and be more aggresive...because of that police is more brutal - etc etc...and it escalates like this Also in my humble opinion, the storming of Legislative Council where even the police chief said they were ready to stop the raid with more than enough numbers in the building and all around and suddenly they were pulled back and that led to the smaller more radical group to destroy the place....I think that was strategic move from the higher ups to have reason to use more drastic procedures against the demonstrations and protesters as that was indeed very criminal action...there is no way to justify that however unhappy people are...thats just too much On the other hand police firing live rounds into people and sometimes rushing too violently against people isnt justifiable as well.....both sides have their wrongs and they try to justify acts that were just wrong, like saying "protesters were throwing molotov cocktails on the ground the stop the police, it was more harmless than what police was doing" (even tho there were many footages of people throwing those fire bombs into crowd of police men as well)...just seeing the footage makes you see how from peaceful protest it became a warzone...
If anyone's curious, when the subtitles say "add oil," it means keep going. This is a chinese slang word and the video provided a direct translation, which may have been confusing
not sure if im mixing up things here because english isnt my main language but dont you also say "dont add oil to this discussion (for example)"? as far as i know to add oil to something is the opposite of deescalating things.
@@tintschi2049 they arent saying add oil as in to escalate things, but like in korean culture ppl say fighting or japanese, hwaiting, "add oil" means the same but when translated as literally as it sounds, it sounds like add oil
@@kaussiesvt7302 yeah i think i confused it with the german saying "öl in's feuer gießen" which translate to "poor oil into fire" and means to make things worse.
"I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country. I don't think they would let the seat of government be vandilised or destroyed." He was right. Until the capitol riots of January 6th.
@@ChinaBallOfficial yes For example Chow Tsz Lok whose death is claimed to be suicide but very likely to be killed by police Or just the many incidents of violence that were horrific in even if they were not mortal Such as the shooting of Patrick Chow
That’s because of people constantly moving from country’s issues to another’s. First China, now Palestine, and who knows what people will talk about next?
Mhm, agreed. There was actually a "One COuntry Two System" law when hong Kong was handed to China and basically China had no control over Hong Kong until 2047. But CHina didn't wait and kept on pushing so...... 💣🤬🧨💥
As a American, my people take their freedom for granted and laugh at other countries and their people as a joke until it happen to them. It’s easy to judge, but my people are soft and are not brave as these Hong Kong citizens fighting for their reasons.
@@wingkeungkong415 the HK problem is not just about attacking with weapons. But also about attacking others with money. I will let you guys think about that.
@@truth4293 there are a lot of money for the protester Some student leader have enough money to by themselves a house I am not surprise if the very rich in Hong Kong have something to do With it
This is disgusting. The fact I can’t do anything to stop this kind of thing from happening makes me profoundly sad, brings tears to my eyes. In a sane world, this would happen to no one. Because it shouldn’t.
You can spread the word m8. At least many people will know and the people won’t ignore what has happened. If I would offer a solution, the people should have a voice.
about four or five decades ago my grandma and my great grandma fled Hong Kong because they knew that the Chinese were gonna take over in the next 20 to 30 years. My great grandma who has recently passed was always anti-communist but oddly enough, my grandma supports the CCP. I’m not sure if it’s just because that they’re Chinese and she happened to be born in a British colony that happened to be in China or some other reason. My best wishes to Hong Kong.
It did happen in the US. On a smaller scale and not that well supported by the general population, on January the 6th people stormed the Capitol. The rioters pretty much though the same thing, that they are defending their freedom against an overreaching, not legitimized government, many even believe to be socialist.
I must say that this documentary deserves the nomination, aside from the fact that this topic is massive. The presentation of information and cinematography are so mind- blowing. Applause to the person/s who went to the field of action risking their lives just to get the scoop.
@@FediMayn The usage of the word "radicals" is proper in the context it's used and I don't see how the documentary is against the protesters. It seems to be coming from a neutral and informative standpoint.
@@northstar7459 A lot of people don't read the description that says "This channel is funded by so and so country". The same thing with RT, people think that they are getting honest news but really it's (insert government) disinformation.
Well, for one U.S. media is entirely self-centered trying to get as much profit with as little work as possible. 24 hour news has to make something up because news isn’t always happening, so they make up dumb and pointless controversies. Whilst across the Pacific, real important news is happening.
@@northstar7459 they are literally against the CCP--- They even mention Taiwan as a country, while if they were a CCP mouthpiece they wouldn't be allowed to do.
The woman lawmaker said these people were trained (and probably funded by the US government blah blah blah). In fact, they're trained because those people who built it were construction workers or somewhat trained in the respective specialty, but they participated in the protest with their own talent and skills.
@C Fah in fact my dad uses bamboo in his daily work! With all the different talents protestors have... (intelligence, musical, art, writing, speaking etc etc)... I wouldn't be surprised if they were well-versed in the art of construction too HAHA
I live in hk and it was a disaster. Students couldn’t go to school,shouts outside your apartment,then tear gas, people running, fire-just scary,I can barely go out safely
As a person in HK and was born in HK, it was a very tough time for us. Then, a national security law was made by China and almost all masterminds behind this was arrested and sent to prison and there was no more protests in less then a few weeks.
yes... for sure. The passion is gone - personally it was only reading my boss's articles (which were pro china ofc) which awakened my own political voice again and led me to look for videos like these to remind myself of that time and what it means to be a HongKonger.
Even after they discarded the bill the protests continued hongkong is not a battle ground it a home for millions who had to leave because of the terrorising rioters
@@ohlookitsadumbperson1169 There would be always some excuse they can find, this one or anything else. When the violent rioters waved British colonial flags and asked for their previous masters’ interference, they showed their true color.
Hi, I live in France, I must admit that I am impressed by the courage, the will and the determination of the Hong Kong students to defend their ideals. My heart goes out to you and to all Hong Kongers
As an American, I love it when a people decide to fight back against tyrannical governments. I applaud and commend the people of Hong Kong for fighting so passionately for their freedom. Never give up fighting, no matter how many lives it may cost you. Freedom has a price, but if you're willing to pay that price, you'll eventually succeed.
As an albanian you are saying hong kong citizens to destroy themselves and their society by protesting and you say that they are fighting for their freedom freedom of what destroying business and shops and making damage to hong kong economy what freedom is this this doesn't look like freedom but as a vandalism the police are just keeping the city and the control of the laws and look at American eivl empire that has killed more than 20 million people after the end of ww2 so look at your country first that has done hundreds of genocide and destroy nations around the world than you can point to China
"Fighting no matter how many lives it may cost you". That's so funny. I just feel sorry for the millions of people died in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan who were finally liberated by American bombs. I guess they just forgot that 'To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal'.
Huam beings are born with different capacities, if they are free, they are not equal, and if they are equal, they are not free. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Equality as a concept was never reffered like that. Equality mean equal opportunities for people(at least try to). Ill never run as fast as usain bolt or be as smart as einstein. Equality meams giving opportunities to everyone not that everyoje should be equally smart athletic etc.
similar to me, except my class was called global connections, and we didnt really have a proper talk about it. it was just something that the teacher mentioned as an example for an activity for current events. i really wish that i was taught more about what was going on for a bunch of different reasons. one being that i literally *just* watched this video on it, 2 years after they started so now when i bring it up at the dinner table my parents are like "meh, old news". but just like the video said, im waiting for when covid is pronounced "officially over" and the protests start up again. at least then when it happens it wont be "old news" anymore and i can talk about it.
Did they have freedom under British rule? Not allowed to choose the governers so no voting allowed for non British. Had to live where the rulers said and also had segregation. There were riots under British rule and they were harshly dealt with.
@@teflerchina.2987 ok, they've never had freedom. you don't think they should have it? just because they've never had freedom doesn't mean they should never get it. that just doesn't make any sense.
15:29 "I don't think any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalised, literally destroyed." DC: Bet
@Julz De I'd like to know how you think you know better when you just checked another channel, not even from a neutral third party, pretend you know the truth? Use what's on top of your head don't just listen and repeat random words
The fact that I don't hear about the protests anymore worries me
Yeah, there's no people anymore in HK all in concentration camp
On 2020/6/30 The National Security Law is announced and its stopped every single protecters from protesting
@blackapple89er hahahah golden comment.
@blackapple89er That pretty much Summon it up. Just like Benjin protester.
they are disabling phones to stop news about protests
WHO IS CCP AND WHY ARE THEY POLITICAL ROBOTS
Man this feels like a war rather than a protest
I mean.. you aren’t wrong
technically a war against communism
That's how blind many become to these inner wars.
If it's not peaceful, it's lowkey a war
@@shiro_bakayarou China isn't communist, bud. Learn history first, then we talk. Just because it is named communist party doesn't mean it is. Take a look at Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
I always stand behind this: the population shouldn't be afraid of its government, the government should be afraid of its population.
Well, they are which is why they're trying so hard to regulate their citizens.
then the population is afraid of hunger and death under anarchy. awesome.
@@royhsieh4307 lol you don't know what you're talking about
@@royhsieh4307 so it's the government that provides food? lol nice try
Well the brave ones all died back in Tiananmen square
"When police entered the MTR, it had quite a positive impact"
He says seconds after a clip of an innocent man, and his DAUGHTER getting pepper sprayed and beaten when he wasn't even rioting, he was just there.
Fr.
He probably didin't watch that clip exactly and wasn't at the scene so its out of context
24:51
@@SamTheDr1veBy Yeah, it was entirely about trying to control what happened.
Yeah I hate it but I kind understand how mad the police were
"I haven't burned down villages or created mass graves, I'm not a human rights abuser" Nice low bar there for protecting and perserving rights, Chief.
Um... I'm no law expert, but I'm pretty sure "Burning down villages and mass graves" would already be counted as a Genocide or Massacre right?
@@makkapakka5980 oof oof
@@makkapakka5980 Ah yes, bringing up the history of the British _Empire_ and calling it _Democracy._
"No proof, no war crimes" -probably a guy on earth
"protecting and preserving rights" lol imagine
Hong Kong : Live rounds are only used after months.
Myanmar : 3 week is the best i can do.
US : *Guns people down for a wellness check*
Its actually not even three weeks.:(
@@seinshwehtoo3581 not even a full week
In Hong Kong, live rounds were never used against protesters. All 3 incidents were in response to assault and ambush.
Russia: 5 minutes take it or leave it
If anyone’s curious, when the captions say add oil, it actually means keep going.
加油=add oil
jia you
@@brianmi8709 No,it actually has two meanings. Add oil and keep going. In this protest context,it means keep going.
@@Bree_Sae I’m aware
加油=could also mean "keep it up" or "come on!" and is usually used in competitions when cheering for your team
Respect, not just to the HK People, but to the reporters that risked their lives filming such scenes, the bravery to not run away and to record things that humanity needs to see.
all that destructive protest the humanity needs 2 see?
As a resident of hong kong, i can day its gotten much better
@@Sn0wyrbx the situation in Hong Kong has only gotten better as because of the national security laws which basically made Hong Kong a puppet city to china we have no freedom
I don't respect people who destroy businesses and punch innocent people.
@@stoddard1953 i get your point
their tear gas supplier must be filthy rich
The same tear gas suppliers for police forces worldwide. There aren't that many.
is that a UK company?
@@icebreaka1969 Hong Kong previously sourced from the UK and the US. I believe they currently buy from a mainland Chinese supplier because the other two have suspended sales for political reasons.
Suppliers are behind all of this lol
State armed forces and police equipment manufacturers. So yeah Chinese state IS filthy rich.
First time seeing so many people wear masks even without Covid-19
Covid19 is an educational program nothing more
@@farhcawalid8224 ...so you think that coronavirus doesnt exist, if im right?
@@farhcawalid8224 oh ffs
It’s not the virus it’s their identity if their faces get seen they’ll be executed
@@panarainbread5269 and fact that police uses gas (probabbly they dont help with gas and i sound like an idiot)
15:58
"I dont think in any other country you would allow the seat of government to be stormed"
*USA January 6th 2021 has entered the chat*
I was waiting to see if someone caught this too lol
I was looking for this comment LOL
It's happened,but is it allowed by USA gov?
Who going to tell him
Yea
"when tyranny is law, revolution is order"
// "I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded...." 15:57
Well that didn't age well.
Yee Hawwwww gunz go bang bang ban!
You just unironically compared the months long assault on state buildings to a few hours of random morons being let inside and take a few pictures with exaggerated claims of ‘’tens of millions in damages”. A piece of paper was valued at $3,000,000 and the leader podium valued at 75,000,000
@Camden Smith That’s drawing a comparison. I don’t know what argument you’re making, trying to say a comparison isn’t a comparison.
@@wordywordson6408 Mate, he said that quote didn't age well because the man's words proved to be wrong with the Capitol Hill storming.
"A foreign diplomat actually said to me [that] he was very surprised that even after such a traumatic event [that] the government didn't hit back harder. That sort of action would have amounted to trying to overthrow [the] government." 17:50
Obviously a fellow totalitarian diplomat.
i don’t think any specific person has made me as mad as the police officer trying to excuse police brutality
@@crayon294 Except they are not getting executed. But whatever I say you most likely will not listen to me.
@@crayon294 because police don’t go around hanging black people, these people have something to protest about
@@crayon294 throw your phone away
@@crayon294 Because the people in Hong Kong are angry at the systemic system that unapologetically denies people rights and justices their authority and immoral actions. The american police system doesn't promote brutality, but it doesn't do enough to prevent it. Also, you don't have to be a conservative to believe that. You can be either side on the political spectrum and have that view.
What’s ironic is conservatives aren’t conserving the environment
“It took them 39 minutes to respond”
America: That’s all you got?
Hard to respond to a complaint you were ready to avoid
Yeah it is hard to respond when all day and night the police had to stay and keep peaceful protest turning into riot. Who knew anyways they could’ve been in the middle of protestor and the other protestor probably wouldn’t let them through since they didn’t know what was going on.
I still find that weird, like okay the Riot police were busy, but a police force isn't just riot police? How about your normal boys in blue with helmets? why would it take over 30 minutes to arrive there?
*EVIDENCE: Who is behind the Hong Kong hatred and violence protest?* _National Endowment for Democracy (NED), United States. In 2019, violent crimes violated the rule of law and social order in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, seriously undermined Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and seriously challenged the "One Country, Two Systems" principle. Amid the chaos, the disorder, and the unrest, people in Hong Kong and elsewhere naturally wondered: How could the celebrated Pearl of the Orient have descended into such shame?_
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*34 May 2020 - CGTN - Another Hong Kong: The source of the storm*
(the link has been removed because this channel censored link posted in comments)
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*TH-cam Search (VideoId: -u0Ze8vBH0M ):* _"Another Hong Kong: The source of the storm" - CGTN_
The cuckoldry is immense
How a British man can justify fighting for a dictatorship is baffling to me
it's the benality of evil. Don't just trust a random foreigner, he will say "im just doing my job". the worst kind of person
As a Brit its frankly shameless seeing that man speak. British police are highly professional and, while they aren't perfect, they try hard to protect the community and uphold a rules based order. Seeing this British officer (who had transitioned over from the '97 handover) supporting the Chinese government goes against everything the idea of English Common Law policing stands for. Supporting a tyrannical government is treason against the people.
cos he's been brainwashed!!!
A traitor to democracy, a traitor to uk
@@dynamo1796 i thought the entire foundational principle of western democracy is freedom, so this officer is free to choose whatever side he believes in?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~JFK
But they are the one go violent since day one since June 2019, I was watching the whole event on time before China put new law on it to stop those riots.
Were we watching the same video coming from Hong Kong when rioters who went crazy and started burning things and destroying property?? I guess you could say they were BLM/Antifa levels of 'peacefulness'. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
@@UzumakiNaruto_ Agree with u.
HK2019 protest, HK Police was the right side, those protester were wrong to start the protest, they become rioter was even more wrong.
BLM protest, US police was on the wrong side, protester was the right one to start the protest, but also the rioter was going wrong to attack & looting shops.
@@emhgarlyyeung
'BLM protest, US police was on the wrong side, protester was the right one to start the protest, but also the rioter was going wrong to attack & looting shops.'
BLM were WRONG to protest because their protests and anger are based on LIES. Look at the statistics and how few black people are killed by police and then compare that to how many black people are killed by other black people and then ask yourself which is the bigger problem?
@@UzumakiNaruto_ Well I did seen a lot of unarmed black people got shot by US police and mostly white police. And the BLM protest started by one black man death under police knee, that video alone enough to spark fire.
It’s like this woman in office doesn’t realize they don’t want her government lol
It might seem like they are fighting for freedom, while in fact they are really just asking more jobs, opportunities and affordable housing for young people. And to get all of that, you need to first have the consent of those real-estate company( they would rather build parks than apartments to increase the value)
She's a tyrant and a puppet of the CCP, she Doesnt care what they think.
@@yingtong3530 no. Thats not at all what this is about and you know it. Its about the extradition law. Hongkong Doesnt want to be victimized by thr ccp. Get over it.
@@stevecariggillio4139 My real question to you is do you care about the Hong Kong people or do you hate the CCP. There is a very strong difference between the two, and based on your comment I can guarantee it’s not the first option.
@@joselee9605 both
*student shot on the chest by a live round*
"this sort of force was necessary...
*officer shot on the leg by an arrow*
"it is sad that this happened...
i mean its one sided, every post will either be on one side or the other.
@@emhgarlyyeung I mean if this was america they probably bring in the tanks by now.
@@Cheesysmilesxp Yeah... maybe just police car is enough youtu. be/_7ZCJNaY0qg
@@Cheesysmilesxp China has brought tanks for what I can tell was less in Tianamen Square
I feel like what they did to who we're in the beginning just peaceful protesters getting shot in the chest just cuz you were protester and being called a criminal it's just wrong
the south china morning post is owned by alibaba. One of the biggest pro government chinese companies. Keep that in mind while watching this video. Very framed and non critical reporting
"*China's* rebel city" About a city fighting to not be in China.
That was the first thing i thought.
Man, that was so mentally exhausting to watch. I had absolutely no Idea the extent of the protests and division of HK's society. I can't imagine how the residents feel.. Praying everything gets "better"
Yes everything is better now.
@@stynnguyen6085 because we all love authority and no freedom, we love the CCP.
Don't buy everything you see. This channel is owned by a company with close ties to the CCP. This stuff is propaganda and it shows.
I’m a resident and I can confirm it’s really bad now. Since the national security law was passed, we can’t really criticise the government and the Democratic Party is completely abolished. Because of carona, it’s illegal to have gatherings over 4 people and since we value our health we can’t protests as easily. I have 0 faith in the government at this point and my hatred of it is growing with each day. In the next school year, liberal studies, which is about examine current events, will be cut from the syllabus and replaced with National education, which is basically propaganda. Yesterday, my school mandatorily had to hand out stickers that had “Support National Security Laws and protect your home” printed on it. I’m honestly disgusted. What used to be a shinning beacon of city and not to mention, my home is being ruined. 70% of residents distrust the government (according to polls in 2019) and I can tell you way more of us do now. I’m sick and tired of China’s and Winnie’s BS. I know our chances for change are slim, but I can at least try and I am saddened by the fact that I may have to immigrate to avoid the CCP.
On another note, the media is somewhat one-sided. A LOT of people are anti-government we just can’t say it too openly and mass media (usually having ties with CCP) portrays our protests as overtly violence and uncalled for. Besides, Western governments aren’t doing as much as they can to help us and people are losing interest in our story, leaving us to defend for ourselves.
@@Fred-qk8nm if only it was that easy
"I don't think any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalised, literally destroyed."
America: Hold my beer.
😂😂😂😂
The Marxist Trash always kills the parents first
and then sends the kids to Gulag.
History is repeating.
Yeah, I think a government needs to represent the people before it has any credibility.
When he said that I said “Ouch”.
@Erika Wehr we knw it was staged trump asked them to show up the issue is why aren't there more arrests when their faces on social media
kind of off topic, but the camera quality is great
And like, they got all the interviews of every leader possible.
Idk, maybe that’s normal for HK
Cuz you will see in the vid that ppl are carrying dslr to record 😂
🤣
Too great
“China’s rebel city” the irony in the title
What do you mean
@@SaakeliSaatanait means that even though the whole point of the documentary is that hong kongers wanted to distance themselves from totalitarism and the ccp, Hong Kong is still called “China’s city”
Can't you tell the difference between one political view and one's nationality? Why tf do you deny the HKers nationality just because they don't agree with their current government?@@bilyanaa2922
@@bilyanaa2922This is the South China post. But it's a shame the British left HongKongers to the wolves.
"No law enforcement agency in the world would tolerate this level of violence against their police officers"
Most of Latin America: Are you sure about that?
I mean it's not like they would just sit around and let their agents be killed though.
@@stalcher1699 They actually do... at least here in Argentina. Judges from their mansions rule progressive norms; and the protestors always destroy cities and hurt policemen that only are authorize to use paintguns...
@@leonardohenriquealvesferre8224 one is people protesting another is filth criminals dont treat them the same
@@Eduardo-nx3do when protesters start vandalizing and destroying public property, they become criminals
@@suhailshah7479 Yup, at this point just abolish the armed and security forces if you are not gonna give them resources, and use them to enforce law and order... not ideal but at least police officers don't get hurt for lack of resources or in prison for defending themselves. And the military... they don't even have enough uniforms and boots let alone weapons, ammunition and vehicles, nuff said.
Imagine trying to sleep in your apartment with 2 million people outside
Watch and eat popcorn what about you?
i would record it and send it to social media
play genshin since i cant sleep
@@davebilocura4251 Probably would eat popcorn as well but I'd hate to sniff the tear gas outside.
especially hard when these 2 million people set a murderer at large
people wouldn't rebel against a country so aggressively if it wasn't that bad
u mean us?
@@nicolaspan3355 that one too
they just want to be a country which is not really possible from my point of view....
@@nicolaspan3355 Naah they mean communist mainland china
@@GimmeLeCat Let's leave that upto them to figure out, Hong Kong was never part of communist china.
Hong Kong not only lost, it now is lost. I only wish the best for my old friends and colleagues among all of those who had, and still has no chance of leaving. Those who could, but chose to stay, I can only pity.
Can you explain into me?
Are they unable to leave ?
@@fayHoranI think it’s more that the extradition bill passed and China is cracking down on Hong Kong’s democratic system further
@@fayHoran as a fellow hongkonger we aren't unable to leave but instead chose not to as to fight for our freedom
@@HeilDankcat Can you detail what are you fighting for? Real life examples
aw yes, the cycle of
>officials refusing to acknowledge why the riots are happening
>the riots getting worse
>officials continuing to refuse to acknowledge why the riots are happening
>the riots getting worse
Repeat process, but the last is a war
Thats why I was kinda shocked to see people like "they just dont understand and are being irresponsible" Like if they looked in the mirror for 2 seconds they would see the people that are truly being irresponsible.
They suspended the bill, that was the main reason protests were happening.
But protesters still continued on,
after seeing this level of violence, i am surprised that the didn't implement martial law.
Or china didn't sent any of its forces.
If it was any other major country where this was happening the headlines would be hundreds dead, thousands injured.
I don't see American police being this calm, American police would have shot the protesters 10 times over
@CHEGZELS lol
Feels like you left the part out the nuance where the officials acknowledged why the riots were happening, gave in, and the rioters kept getting more violent
As ren says 'A terrorist could look like a freedom fighter if they are fighting on your side' except it's the other way
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty
Only those who actively fight against freedom are capable of terrorism. All riots where the people rebel against an oppressive government or demand an end to oppression are nothing more than human beings doing their job as human beings. That's why i support the Black Lives Matter Protests here in the US (Even as many of them have turned into riots, something i would normally stand against). Our Government ignored our attempts to be kind and peaceful in our fight to cancel Systemic Racism. They should count themselves lucky it's businesses that are being destroyed and not their homes and work places. Some day though, systemic racism will end, and the riots will follow pursuit, or the Government will be the protestors next target, as the US becomes the modern version of 1790's France.
@@chrissimmons9743 Being a terrorist is bad while being a freedom fighter is not. If freedom fighters cant be terrorists then ISIS is A okay in your book then right? That is why I dont support BLM. I do think Police depending on where you live can be quite oppressive or downright mean. I personally think police should become a military organization. They can have a better structure more discipline, possibly less corruption emphasis on possibly and also could keep them more fit with military standards. Police need to be controlled.
@@chrissimmons9743 I do also think police should use more non lethal weapons and if possible remove lethal options entirely. I would like to see the police have something resembling the taser weapons from Watch Dogs Legion.
@@unknownindividual6323 how is he saying that isis is ok?
The fact that there's barely any news about the protests, makes me think they might've lost hope. Which is heartbreaking.
Hong Konger here. This was a big thing during my senior year of HS, and it's been two years since. Even before the national security law these riots died down quick but after that there was and still is no chance of something like this happening again in the forseeable future. The only news we'll get, and everyone else in the world, is just names and arrests.
We are still here, preparing for the next fight. Currently trying to continue our culture and transfer the spirit to the next generation. Hopefully one day we can be strong enough to fight the giant again...
@@crispinkane5231 just my opinion , but theres no hope fighting china , china has invested so much of their money into turning china into a police state , the only way hong kongers would stand a chance againt the chinese communist party would be if there was outside intervention like the US , i think hongkongers should just leave cuz its a lost cause fighting the communist party when they have the advantage against you , but thats just my opinion
@@crispinkane5231 What the other guy said: Heartbreaking. I feel the 'free' world has really failed you and itself by not coming to your aid. The communist party of China really is a stain on humanity as a whole
@@crispinkane5231 Culture? British culture! Funny, where are you originally from? Boneless dwarf!
In the airport scene, I saw a mom and a son who looked about 13, and i saw the mom laughing, and it looked like the son told a joke. I think that was the most comforting thing I saw
Do you remember the timestamp i wanna see
"I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalized, literally destroyed"
Well that aged poorly.
You stole a comment that was referencing a meme, then you reworded the meme so it’s just dumb.
@@johnjohnson201 having the same idea isn't copying on purpose
Protesters: I smell a challenge.
Didnt that happen at the whitehouse?
@@Gamonoz yep.
To the dude who said “achieving justice by violating the law can not be tolerated” I’d genuinely love to know what legal avenues he would suggest to change what’s happened ? Because as I see it…there was nothing that was going to stop this happening. China set its sites on what it wanted & that was that…these people had no choice.
it was just an extradition law, which USA has with many countries. China just wanted to have one with Hong Kong but the NED decided to use this chance to start a protest and used it against Hong Kong. TH-cam the new atlas. He explains it, and also the other color revolution the NED does to distablize anyone the Americans want.
exactly. its like "ok, well protesting is inevitable now, so since 'achieving justice by violating the law can not be tolerated', name some legal ways to protest at this point! even if you dont agree, name a way they can legally protest." i bet you no one could name one.
There is the time HK govt already suspended even withdraw the initial law, but the rioters keep more and more violence
@@Rippinkitten18 no, they were afraid that they would abuse it, just like the CCP has always done. they took as a chance to riot against mainland china (CCP) and wanted the total withdraw of the law.
@@kevinzhong7493 yes, it's called a riot, it's what people do when they don't want the current government anymore and then said government refuses with police force.
Also they passed a law that bypassed legislation called "National Security Law" that is basically the extradition law but with a new name, and this law also allows the govt to automatically label ALL protesters and pro-democracy people as "terrorists", and control of all public information that see as "pro-terrorists".
On both sides there is the brave one, the dumb one, and the rest that just want to go home
Yup. I’ll probably be the one to want to go home nd only talk about it online
The brave ones were the extradition bill protesters. Most of them went home when the extradition bill was cancelled. The dumb ones were those who didn’t want to stop after that win.
@@canto_v12 then as a result of the prolonged protesting they brought the national security law onto themselves and now we can't even say or use an image of a certan phrase of 8 words frequently used in the protests or else jail, and the entire pro-democracy movement has come to a standstill because all the 40-ish or so big pro-dem figures are now charged with subversion (amongst other charges of illegal assembly and whatnot)
not that beijing wasn't going to implement the law anyway sometime in the near future but now all our chances at a democratic reform in Hong Kong are 💥
we successfully repealed the national security bill once in 2003 with protests, ...only to bring it back, by protesting...
((also they're now taking control of our legislature under the guise of an "electoral reform" to "safeguard One Country, Two Systems" and ensure the city is ruled by "patriots", sheesh))
@@nerd2544 Yep it's a really sh*tty tale all around. Oh well, they bear the brunt of the consequences and the rest of us move on.
@@nerd2544 I dont know much, but it very much seems like they just used the protest condition as an opportunity to implement the law there and then. Feels like they were already looking into it, just waiting for the moment, which came.
I would like to thank every single person who took part at this protests. Even though seemingly you lost, the example of humanity in the face of tyranny you showed will live on. My thoughts goes to all the dead, injured and incarcerated by this tragedy. Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@Lhjh226ok well that’s not necessary is it?
@@Prionsi_ No, it's necessary
@@Lhjh226 where are you from?
@@wingchouchou3174bro what the f*ck?
just remove the ukraine part you aggroed the russian bots
Scared to die, but more scared of a future without hope.
Howd you know there is a future without hope? By my dear inmate Joshua?
@@fengzhizhang969 that's why it is scare
@@楊子華-x2y Reject China from world map every one will be at peace.
@@jakinboaz7491 Only in your dream, actually the west messed up with world by colonization in the past century. China didn't even want to interrupt in.
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It sounds very entitled for the people in power to say the protestors are in the wrong when the entire population of the city is protesting
The people in power are paid very well in HK. They wouldn't want to lose that nice paycheck would they
@Mikey Chan the police in Hong Kong allow the protester do what they like for one and half year
every Hong Kong citizen is happy because the police finally get rid of this crazy people
Not the entire population only the people Who is very yound and still studying in school is protesting
Lol 1 million out of 8 million
I live in Brasil and I Know how CIA operates. In 1964 a coup occurred and an elected president was outed. 20 years of military dictatorsahip followed,.Before it, the The United States Information Service (USIS) never had so many personel. Cia operatives working with brazilian 'friends' with a goal. It is becoming dificult to believe in storys like the one in this video.
“Give me liberty or give me death”
Is that what CSA leaders shouted as they attempted to unilaterally secede from the US so they could keep their slaves?
@@Tzxmefr this is way worse then the tianamen square riot
有些人活着已经死了
@@mehchocolate1257 It's definitely not
@@mehchocolate1257 that’s true... but why are you contradicting your first comment
I know I’m late but the real heroes here are the paramedics , nurses, and doctors who treated those injured protesters and police. 🙏
Yeah fr, i love how nobody was attacking paramedics who where in the midst of the fighting.
Them fighting each other with metal rods and batons make it seem like their reenacting ancient warfare
That’s a very thoughtful and astute comment
@@devon6am if both sides used paintball guns I would consider modern warfare
History repeats itself
the next year they're gonna be using muskets and swords against each other
@@noDDon-1 Now I definitely want to see that
This makes one feel frustrated and helpless even though I am not a HK native. Are our voices so worthless that governments can just ignore? A government is just a group of citizens who came together to ensure the entire group had a better life.
The irony of them censoring internet use but posting these heavily biased videos
A government is a group of people who use their sociopathic tendencies to gain societal power that they don't need.
Never put faith in authority, it is the foundation of evil.
Yes all around the world it is like you say. We have nothing to say. Even in my country (the netherlands) they are busy to give us less rights to tell the gouverment that we don't want something they want.
@@xxo8888 CNN and BBC do the same exact thing
@465 when you're having thousands of people breaking into shops and not complying you think they should just leave them and not do anything about it? 10 IQ move right here
I feel like these police didn't realize early enough that this is a war. These people are fighting for their livelyhoods.
Lol this clown is afraid of the US taking over CHINA. Its the other way around.
China is en route to control the world. Change that.
@@kenesys8713 …Yeah, your the real clown. Brrrrrruuuuuuhhh.
@@Wafflehouse71 go on. explain why.
@@kenesys8713 he didnt respond lol. Its a one-comment-troll
@@erlindaalba1682 W
I was in Hong Kong in 2019 during the protests, visiting family. We couldn’t leave the house at night, and if we wanted to watch some television while we were cooped up, all the news were about last night’s protests.
BEGONE CCP BOT
@@derangedsockpuppet678how long have you been crying
@David-028 Yknow, I never really had an actual deep discussion with a pro chinese westerner... If you wouldn't mind, please enlighten me with your views
(If youre not a bot)
@@derangedsockpuppet678 I’m not a pro-Chinese, I never claimed to be one.
@@David-028 right. What is your stance then?
This video is recommended after the Capitol Hill was stormed is really a sarcasm.
Than just do the same thing w the capitol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
tf bruh it isn’t at all the same thing
It isn't sarcasm, it just you being offended 😂
@@justinwu7495 it is literally the same thing. storming a legislative branch.
@@yytyytg Not the same thing...storming of Capital was an incitement of violence by one man, the disgraceful Trump to contest fake voting frauds. The thing happening in Hong Kong is something that has been building up for several years and there is massive amount of evidence that it has been occurring especially if people's rights are being taken away. You need to do more research before comparing the two.....
I like how it was all serious and then there’s just that one guy taking paper from the printers
Time Stamp: 15:05
Bc he a savage
He should go for the ink cartridges, that’ll cost them more
Dude has his priorities straight.
time?
Plot twist: It was Carrie Lam's paper and the protester did it to protest her policies.
The words "No other country would allow a building of such importance" were spoken too early, and that makes me realize that people have a large amount of power.
The very next action the other county taken is send in the troops immediately. Guess who don’t want CCP to send in the troops to maintain order and who want HK in chaos?
The problem is the governments have allies and also more expensive equipment
No wonder Hong Kong had a giant brain drain. Lots of educated skilled professionals left to Vancouver Canada & USA. I hope many more will follow. Protesting with your feet & leaving Hong Kong a shell of itself is the best thing to do.
It's the people of Hong Kong that makes it Hong Kong. Otherwise it's just a rock island.. When the British were handed HK, the then emperor thought it was just a rock with some fishing villages. Singapore has already replaced it as a financial hub.
*"The government's ability to control the narrative was next to zero"*
40 seconds in and already with the banger comedy!
She lost me AT "NEAERITVE"Did get what she said.
oh yeağh y
@Santos Rivera you do have to know she is a full Chinese person
Not trying to be rude but I don't get the joke pls explain it
@@kyawlwinhein5245 "government's ability to control the narrative was next to zero" was the joke. tvb, the biggest tv station in hk, is heavily associated with the mainland powers, so with tvb under their thumb, the hk puppet government can easily control the narrative overtime.
"If you want one country two systems, then you will have respect chinas sovereignty."
Alright she just lost all credibility...
Chesense sovereignty be like RESPECT US OR PAY
Look, they promised full autonomy to Tibet in 1950, one country two systems was never applied so China doesn’t fulfill their promises... HongKong deserves democracy
UK was planning to remove the 2 system.
@@thosamnorlha1229 Hong Kong was never has democracy under British ruled time, HK democracy start only after they back to China in 1997.
one country two systems, will not change. They are only changing the security law to stop sedition, seccession, terrorism and collusion with foreign organizations.
Tell me which country does not have the same law?
H.K does not have an extradition treaty with other countries so is a haven for international criminals especially that murderer from Taiwan
Hearing a commonwealth accent saying "I'm not a human rights abuser" never sounds convincing
The rioters are breaking the law, im not supporting china but its not just the police in the wrong, police must do what they can to keep the peace, if there were no sacrifices or force then the world might aswell be lawless
@@keisukekei5914 Speaking out against the government in Hong Kong is currently against the law now. We can have free speech, that would be lawlessness. You realize saying you have to follow the law "because it's the law" is the party line right? I'll even give you the fact that they are using violence in some cases. Why shouldn't they? Because they state is the only party allowed to commit violence? That always leaves the working man at the feet of those in charge. Remaining stagnant and allowing the police and your freedom to be taken because you're afraid of violence, well, you just haven't ever had to fight for your freedom have you? It sounds easy in times of peace to criticize violence, and it is. But I'm fairly sure many Polish people decided to fight back against the Nazi's when they invaded. And some had to be shot, because, well we can't have people breaking the law now right? Sure it's a law written by the nazi's, but it's still the law right? Violence isn't the answer. I'm sure WWII would have just sorted itself out eventually
@@keisukekei5914 Problem is that the police incited this by bein the instigators. The protestors originally, all they had were regular masks, signs and eventually umbrellas. They barricaded using their bodies, not violence, this type of protesting is legitimate and non-destructive. When police keeps increasing their level of violence, you justify the minds of radical thinkers who then rely on mob mentality to recruit people who otherwise would be civil. Mob mentality is strong, it's a genetic tool we humans have, it's a survival tool. That's why as government and police, the last thing you should do is anything to incite that age old instinct.
The same goes for the protestors, the more force you respond with, the police will have to as well. Although it's painful and unjust, you enable the corrupt government to take unjust decisions and create unfair laws when you respond in too much force. Because now they can paint you as criminals to the rest of the world, where as if you remain a sensible level of violence (only respond with equal or less force as a form of defense), then the government is unable to proceed with further violence. Because they will start treading the lines of human rights, this is a very powerful tool to have when recruiting international help. This will temporarily put less power in the protesters hand, but after the swing, it will give them massive control. Instigators always have a huge disadvantage in any situation, which is why as protesters you want to make sure to never blur that line with your own violence, to make the contrast between you and the oppposition as large as humanly possible. Not to mention you can use the humanity of the police, guilt and shame will bleed into their minds as time goes by, some are immune to it, but majority isn't. Because they're the same people, they feel empathy. These tactics are effective but incredibly slow, but they avoid letting government justify reactive law making and using violence. Rather than giving them a justification, they have to break the line themselves, thereby painting themselves as objectively the bad guys, to everyone else.
the moment he said that I wanted to scoff🥶🥶
He stated that unlike the rioters he knew there is a line not to cross no matter how dire the situation is. Those riots expected the police to shoot indiscriminately just like in 1967. It didn't happen because HKPF learned from their past mistakes, and set a tough line on what to do and what not to do, and held their ground. Now the protesters are on the run both from HKPF, and HK citizens
Always stand strong in what is the rights of human beings
This is our planet , not just theirs. Everyone has the right to live free
I believe that Hong Kong has been and always will be part of China. It is culturally similar, and the language is also similar, aside from speaking Cantonese. I believe that the people of Hong Kong should listen to the CCP so they won’t be hated by the government that much to be oppressed. I do believe there are things the the PRC needs to change but overall, these protests are just going to get even more bloodier and violent if the people of Hong Kong doesn’t listen. From the PRC 🇨🇳 and in the United States 🇺🇸.
@@weihua_amdemocracy is a sovereign right of every human on earth the ccp can jail as much protestors they want but they can’t jail everyone , freedom will prevail.
@@weihua_am 💀
@@weihua_am how much did the CCP pay you bro
@@legatusmaximus7432 im from mainland china
I support my government
If a peaceful revolution isn't possible, a violent one is inevitable. Maybe those in power should re-consider the reason they are in people if people are this eager to have them step down.
When the government responds with violence and kills, a peaceful revolution is just suicidal.
yeah it's hard to get the message across through peaceful revolution, you literally have to set white house on fire for the politicians to understand what is happening
“If a peaceful revolution isn’t possible, a violent one is inevitable.” Not necessarily, the Communist government could simply mow down any of the revolutionaries with machine guns. Said violent revolution would be over within a week as the streets flow with rivers of human blood.
@@mechadoggy that's why guns should be legal, so the people can protect themselves from the government. There is always more people than police
@@sten260 “There is always more people than police” Those ratios won’t matter if the government just nukes their own people. They can just gather all their military in one area and rain down those missiles everywhere else.
" No other country in the world would allowed there government buildings to be sacked and we did " as an American thinking about capitol hill getting rolled by a mad lad in a wolf skin
lol yea
It wasnt like this tho.
And china made fun of the U.S for letting it happen.
@@patatocultivator4184 China and US both fail, the captical behind it is the only winner.
also France like every other day.
"When I talked to a foreign diplomat they though we should have been harsher" it's cool to see North Korea and China can chat about these things.
I wonder if they meant that they were surprised that china didn't harshed them in return.
1 year of riots and you think china government harsh to them?? LOL!!!!! BLM protest in 1 day and US national guard came and wound people...
@@xueueux it is not one year, but progressively harsher each and single day by its totalitarian police state. And through it all, the city itself has been wipe clean of its voices, laws, and livelihood.
@@michanel888 are you living in Hong Kong I am living in Hong Kong Hong Kong people have more freedom under Chinese compare to the British
@@wingkeungkong415 i mean the british were harsh but i don't think that's really true.
After hearing about this I am just watching it now. The scale of this was monumental
Never trust a cop, but especially one that uses the phrase "sort the problem out" referring to a protest.
why can’t u trust a cop?
45:36 sus
@@Lengend-cu6ef you’re supposed to be able, but some cops are a little....
Let’s say sus.
@@Skeletor_the_Bigg finally someone who doesn't generalize all cops
@@Skeletor_the_Bigg you are the first reasonable person I have seen in a TH-cam comments section in a long time
As a Hong Konger myself, I can’t even finish this video. It’s too heartbreaking too watch.
How's your country now :(? I haven't heard about Hong Kong for quite awhile
@@rvlxt97 thank you for asking.. Well, June 4th was supposed to be an annual ceremony to honor the Tiananmen Square incident. But for the past 2 years police have been barricading Victoria Park (where the ceremony usually takes place) with "COVID social-distancing" as reason to prevent people from going in. So yea freedom of speech has definitely been clamped down a huge notch here...
I'm the kind of person who values prosperity and peace over violence and far-left movements, but I'm still upset that I can't vote for my own Chief Executive. I feel like people like me (the so-called Blue activists) and people who are more left (called Yellow activists) are 50/50 in Hong Kong, with many of the Yellow activists immigrating elsewhere. The National Security Law made police have unprecedented power to arrest protestors or people who dare to chant "Hong Kong Independence".. it's a scary time for democratic advocates to live here now.
Nevertheless, I love Hong Kong. This is my home, my hood, my favorite city in the world. Aside from politics, the job market is still vibrant, delicious cuisines from cheap to expensive are ubiquitous, tons of hiking trails and sea water for boat parties, beautiful women :) there's a lot to appreciate here. I just hope Hong Kongers can see that side more and appreciate how lucky we are to live here, compared other less fortunate countries.
@@xxyanlixx thank you :) stay safe!
@@xxyanlixx 很客观，目前香港是处于中西方思想碰撞的矛盾时期
你应该去英国或者美国体验
I'm Spanish and have been studying about the independence movement in Catalonia and thought that was violent, little did I know that was literally a picnic compared to Hong Kong.
El movimiento independentista catalán nunca ha sido agresivo a excepción de algunos payasos. El realmente agresivo fue ETA
it's because catalonia is an independent interest and nobody really cares... whereas 5 eyes plays their national interesting inciting this rebellion...
Never been more proud of strangers in my life
I live in California an I'm watching this thinking. The people in America have no true idea of what a protest is. I mean there were hundreds of thousands of people in this of all age groups. In some ways it's sad an in other ways I have this feeling of pride because all those people stood up for what they believed in as one voice for the right just thing.
It's because they understand how truly evil Communism is
Many are pro-independant groups with agenda backed and supported in ever way by the hypocritical NED and the US and some Western governments to Demonize China.
The CCP doesn’t need any foreign governments to interfere to demonize them. Their actions speak for themselves
You first begin to know what real protest is, when the law becomes injustice. There were protests in every country of the USSR. And they were all beaten by military force...
The thing is, protestors in the USA are protesting to have this kind of government. The protestors in the U.S. want communism and they don’t even really seem to know what it is they’re fighting for. BLM doesn’t care about black people. They only care when the black persons life represents their movement. A real shame the radical left took another amazing movement and turned it into a hateful cult.
I like the fact that both sides get to talk in that video, but the arguments of the police forces and gov are just fking outrageous. They almost make it look like it's the "'rioters" fault.
I agree some actions were unecessary but in the end that whole situation is the fault of the gov, they started it and people responded peacefuly at first, it needs to be remembered.
It was the governments inaction which led to everything ,hopefully they learn not to cover there eyes and ears next time
These people are not the first time try to overthrow the government they have try it before in the occupation of central Movement but this time they went all out because they believe Donald Trump will support them
They are just a bunch of dictator they want to control all other hong Kong people who disagree with them
Most of them are very young people they are controlled by other people Who is controlled by the America this young people because of no experience in the real world they are easy controlled by the people whos real intention is to destroy Hong kong
get off white man, 2 of your color revoltuions failed...try again you colonizer
Like the Tiananmen Square
I think the biggest problem with these protests is just that the government did not take their request seriously. The police can stall, disperse crowds and minimalise the damage done, but as long as the underlying problems exist, the protests will stay. The points requested by the protesters need to be seriously discussed by the government, even if not all of them can be addressed, but the more of the demands can somehow be taken care off, the fewer people will see a need to protest, which will inevitably slow down the protest to a point where the police can reasonably deal with it.
It’s china they want nothing more than to control and subjugate they will never seriously discuss HK freedom unfortunately
一国两制懂？不承认一国，休想两制
CCP has a hard time accepting this, unless you can assure them that you didn't mean to overthrow its power. Apparantly guys in HK wanted more than simply their five demands, and this is unacceptable for CCP.
@@wenyichen5515 Hong kong is their city located in their country, west shouldn't be stocking tensions there. It was long time coming and was supposed to happen.....now its gone and people have accepted their fate.
The core of the conflicts are that people in 21st century can not accept and tolerant 19th century tyranny
One of the best documentry i have seen in my life.
That British police officer guy is a piece of work, right?
What do you mean by that
@James Wyatt The white cop was defending police brutality, He also said the peaceful protests are borderline terrorism.
@Moka For what reason
@@thechaoticlemon9559 They weren't peaceful protests. If you call throwing molotovs, breaking and looting, assaulting officers, etc "peaceful," you are mistaken. As for Police Brutality, it's a very thin line. You have to realize that this could be the day that you die, where you don't return home. In that situation fight or flight takes over and almost impossible to control. Put yourself in the Police shoes, it's really scary. I do believe that the Police SHOULD have the right to defend themselves, but I find it absolutely unacceptable that the police working with triads along with the hospitalization of bystanders and innocent civilians.
@@cowcha7065 In the beginning what started was peaceful, The Hong Kong police force escalated by using extreme force as it is illegal to protest ( even peacefully.) In Hong Kong and china it can actually result in a five year sentence. So seeing this extreme amount of forced used on civilians who just walking down a street with umbrella's, they decided that if the police force use's force we use force, and so they did, when the police escalated the People of Hong Hong did too.
i feel bad for both police force and the protester bc im pretty sure not all the policeman agree with the extradition thingy but they are forced to do it
And even if they were to quit their job they would not have money to support their family
There are a lot of police that have same beliefs as the protesters but there is a need in enforcement
extradition thingy was due to a murderer running loose in HK
And thats the critical problem in this whole situation...there are many many protesters that wanted to let the government know they are unhappy with the situation they live in and with the laws and on the other side police force that wanted to keep the demonstrations quiet so it doesnt disturb regular people that want to get to work and keep the city safe....but on both sides there are always individuals or small groups that take this to higher level, on one side you have petrol bombs, makeshift weapons, destroying and raiding the city streets and shops and the police using excessive violence and the worst one - live rounds
And from that moment when that happens, its a cycle of violence that never ends....some rioters destroying something and using fire weapons makes the police hit harder...because police hits harder gives a weapon and reason for rioters to use more violent weapons and be more aggresive...because of that police is more brutal - etc etc...and it escalates like this
Also in my humble opinion, the storming of Legislative Council where even the police chief said they were ready to stop the raid with more than enough numbers in the building and all around and suddenly they were pulled back and that led to the smaller more radical group to destroy the place....I think that was strategic move from the higher ups to have reason to use more drastic procedures against the demonstrations and protesters as that was indeed very criminal action...there is no way to justify that however unhappy people are...thats just too much
On the other hand police firing live rounds into people and sometimes rushing too violently against people isnt justifiable as well.....both sides have their wrongs and they try to justify acts that were just wrong, like saying "protesters were throwing molotov cocktails on the ground the stop the police, it was more harmless than what police was doing" (even tho there were many footages of people throwing those fire bombs into crowd of police men as well)...just seeing the footage makes you see how from peaceful protest it became a warzone...
Don't feel bad for the homophobic lgbt haters.
If anyone's curious, when the subtitles say "add oil," it means keep going. This is a chinese slang word and the video provided a direct translation, which may have been confusing
Technically the same thing, adding oil to the rebelion fire *putting on gas mask* aight cya
not sure if im mixing up things here because english isnt my main language but dont you also say "dont add oil to this discussion (for example)"? as far as i know to add oil to something is the opposite of deescalating things.
Thank you for this, I was certainly wondering what the actual meaning was behind that.
@@tintschi2049 they arent saying add oil as in to escalate things, but like in korean culture ppl say fighting or japanese, hwaiting, "add oil" means the same but when translated as literally as it sounds, it sounds like add oil
@@kaussiesvt7302 yeah i think i confused it with the german saying "öl in's feuer gießen" which translate to "poor oil into fire" and means to make things worse.
"I don't think in any other jurisdiction, any other country. I don't think they would let the seat of government be vandilised or destroyed."
He was right.
Until the capitol riots of January 6th.
Interesting how the title doesn't even bother recognizing Hong Kong's sovereignity. It just outright states that Hong Kong is a rebel city of China.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Then I saw it who it was made by and went 'ah, that explains it'
Well it’s a propaganda newspaper (every Chinese one is censored) so what do you expect. I just watch this to laugh at the narrative they’ll paint.
Taiwan 🇹🇼 be freeeee
china taipei!!!!
I mean, this is the South China Morning Post
It’s kinda scary to think about how something like this can happen in any country, all of this practically happened over night.
Provocative behaviour from police
They promised they would allow peaceful protests but when on 12/6 they fired on protestors that changed everything
Yeah, it terrifies me, I just hope the HK Police defeated them, oh wait they did
@@ChinaBallOfficial yeah killing protestors, beating and gassing them
While the protests started off peacefully
@@anonymousanonymous2590 no protesters died 🙄 we arent American Cops
@@ChinaBallOfficial yes
For example Chow Tsz Lok whose death is claimed to be suicide but very likely to be killed by police
Or just the many incidents of violence that were horrific in even if they were not mortal
Such as the shooting of Patrick Chow
"I don't think that any other country you would allow the seat of government to be invaded"
America: Jan 6 capital riots
Accidentally copied P Ws comment sorry 😐.
Nonsense.
But Hong Kong was much more violent and brutal
@@senatorcatotheelder7530 one was the capitol of city and the other was the capitol of a country. Which was bigger
@bruh bruh still isn’t as big as the US Capitol
Why does the world not care, about the injustice...
That’s because of people constantly moving from country’s issues to another’s. First China, now Palestine, and who knows what people will talk about next?
Best documentary ever,I sat down and actually watched the whole thing. Crazy how people lived through such conditions
Mhm, agreed. There was actually a "One COuntry Two System" law when hong Kong was handed to China and basically China had no control over Hong Kong until 2047. But CHina didn't wait and kept on pushing so...... 💣🤬🧨💥
This is all false! Do not believe!
@@wondercat3516 how is it false??
@@wondercat3516ur funny this is alsoulute true said by a hong konger(me)
Living doesnt exist in HK.
HK is a place of suffering
As a American, my people take their freedom for granted and laugh at other countries and their people as a joke until it happen to them. It’s easy to judge, but my people are soft and are not brave as these Hong Kong citizens fighting for their reasons.
Some of them were paid quite well too
@@truth4293 You paid them?
The protester Actually attack ordinary citizen
They are not brave
They are all bully
They always six or seven people attack one person
@@wingkeungkong415 the HK problem is not just about attacking with weapons. But also about attacking others with money. I will let you guys think about that.
@@truth4293 there are a lot of money for the protester
Some student leader have enough money to by themselves a house
I am not surprise if the very rich in Hong Kong have something to do
With it
This is disgusting. The fact I can’t do anything to stop this kind of thing from happening makes me profoundly sad, brings tears to my eyes. In a sane world, this would happen to no one. Because it shouldn’t.
You can spread the word m8. At least many people will know and the people won’t ignore what has happened. If I would offer a solution, the people should have a voice.
You can stop using Chinese products. But can you?
@@alansolomon2064 :troll:
@@beanmanbutchina what is your point?
@@alansolomon2064 he can't, you can't either.
i am a Hong Konger. I hope the best for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Ukraine❤😢 May everyone enjoy peace and freedom🙏🏻
about four or five decades ago my grandma and my great grandma fled Hong Kong because they knew that the Chinese were gonna take over in the next 20 to 30 years. My great grandma who has recently passed was always anti-communist but oddly enough, my grandma supports the CCP. I’m not sure if it’s just because that they’re Chinese and she happened to be born in a British colony that happened to be in China or some other reason. My best wishes to Hong Kong.
Long live China.
@@sorosxushut up bot
imagine if this took place in the United States. Anyone could have access to a firearm.
that would be civil war.
Armed people are the reason it doesn’t happen in the USA.
@Mr. Dr. Prof. Skulhedface this literally a battle strategy.
Move to the us > spark hong kong again > sell guns > War profiteering
It did happen in the US. On a smaller scale and not that well supported by the general population, on January the 6th people stormed the Capitol. The rioters pretty much though the same thing, that they are defending their freedom against an overreaching, not legitimized government, many even believe to be socialist.
I must say that this documentary deserves the nomination, aside from the fact that this topic is massive. The presentation of information and cinematography are so mind- blowing. Applause to the person/s who went to the field of action risking their lives just to get the scoop.
yeah except for the fact he's calling a group of protesters " radicals" So what's the group from the government is called?
@@FediMayn gamers
@@FediMayn the government
@@FediMayn The usage of the word "radicals" is proper in the context it's used and I don't see how the documentary is against the protesters. It seems to be coming from a neutral and informative standpoint.
@@FediMayn In USA when the same thing happened, they call those protesters criminal.
"You cannot say achieving justice by violating the law is okay"
So you agree the law is not just?
nope, he was making a point.
@@ArashRezaee yes breaking the law the to achive justice is ok as long as its within a line
@@shawty5381 What law is unjust?
The fact that the entire democracy opposition party being arrested right after this is crazy 😧
really creepy, feel very sorry for China, hope this never happens here
In the U.S we don’t get to see this type of video in the mainstream media. Thank you for making this video.
you realize that the channel that made this is partially owned by the Chinese government and essentially is a mouthpiece for the ccp
@@northstar7459 A lot of people don't read the description that says "This channel is funded by so and so country". The same thing with RT, people think that they are getting honest news but really it's (insert government) disinformation.
Well, for one U.S. media is entirely self-centered trying to get as much profit with as little work as possible. 24 hour news has to make something up because news isn’t always happening, so they make up dumb and pointless controversies. Whilst across the Pacific, real important news is happening.
@@northstar7459 they are literally against the CCP--- They even mention Taiwan as a country, while if they were a CCP mouthpiece they wouldn't be allowed to do.
Our news doesn't want to show the evils of Communism
43:20 was honestly impressive how they managed to fortify all that in such a short time
The woman lawmaker said these people were trained (and probably funded by the US government blah blah blah). In fact, they're trained because those people who built it were construction workers or somewhat trained in the respective specialty, but they participated in the protest with their own talent and skills.
@@SiriPod597 the protesters equipment Sometimes is better than the police
@C Fah in fact my dad uses bamboo in his daily work! With all the different talents protestors have... (intelligence, musical, art, writing, speaking etc etc)... I wouldn't be surprised if they were well-versed in the art of construction too HAHA
Son asiáticos que esperabas
I live in hk and it was a disaster. Students couldn’t go to school,shouts outside your apartment,then tear gas, people running, fire-just scary,I can barely go out safely
Just like two years ago blm in minisona lol
true,i got stuck in thailand when i travel in 2019 because the airport was closed because protesters occupied it😭
We even had to wear a mask because there was tear gas near our school
@@toshingchoy9065 me too
The United States and the United Kingdom are behind the plot to incite young people to commit violence.
This might be one of the best coverages of the protests, highlighting all sides of the protests
As a person in HK and was born in HK, it was a very tough time for us. Then, a national security law was made by China and almost all masterminds behind this was arrested and sent to prison and there was no more protests in less then a few weeks.
yes... for sure. The passion is gone - personally it was only reading my boss's articles (which were pro china ofc) which awakened my own political voice again and led me to look for videos like these to remind myself of that time and what it means to be a HongKonger.
作为内地人 我告诉你们。任何地区的抗议 共党是不会妥协的。因为中共的心脏在内地 香港抗议只是皮外伤不疼不痒。除非是我们内地发生大规模抗议政府才会妥协。因为那是心脏，当然了在内地是不可能发生的，因为内地人被洗脑的很严重。已经是奴隶了！
换个角度看 你们香港人只是为了香港。你们还是不够聪明 口号你们应该喊着为整个中国自由而抗议，这样说可能会引起内地人的共鸣。你们没有大局观 或者你们不了解内地人。这也是很多内地人喷你们的原因之一。内地很多人只是为了活着或者为了吃饱内地工资只能维持生活 穷人最少6亿人。
抗议就是打仗。需要很多自己人的支持才能胜利。比如国共内战、共利用了人心赢得了比赛。
😂
If they didn't introduce that bill in the first place then we wouldn't have a problem
Even after they discarded the bill the protests continued hongkong is not a battle ground it a home for millions who had to leave because of the terrorising rioters
Please read what I commented
I didn't say discarded
But introduced
@@ohlookitsadumbperson1169 There would be always some excuse they can find, this one or anything else. When the violent rioters waved British colonial flags and asked for their previous masters’ interference, they showed their true color.
@@rulin4962 wow china's so bad people want colonial rule back?
@@emmypacer1700 yes but actually no mostly just hong kong
Hi, I live in France, I must admit that I am impressed by the courage, the will and the determination of the Hong Kong students to defend their ideals. My heart goes out to you and to all Hong Kongers
If even a french is impressed about their revolution, they are clearly doing it right ;)
@@barraspaziatrice7816
The French love their riots. Seems they have one every week/month.
@@teflerchina.2987 yeah but i was thinking more of the big one... you know, the one they did back then
Your crazy you don't live in Hong Kong it is getting crazy and not under control everybody is injured don't say anything you don't understand
@@kikiyuz
I live a few hours bus ride from H.K and I know people as well as ex students who live there so I reckon I do know what is going on.
Who remembers the group chat where protesters were sharing tactics. We need more of that
34:35 Seriously? The journalist shut the door?
@PaulPerhaps he is angry, thats why he staring at him
@Paul again,victim is guilty speech. Shame on you
@@LawrenceTam0408 They are not self press. They ARE the black riots. All of them in green vest
@Paul Woah victim blaming much?
I'm sure he is not a journalist, but a CIA agent.
15:56 this one aged like fine wine
Aged like milk
yup jan 6 2021 almost exactly a month later
You have horrible taste lol
He's cute. I wonder what his name is.
Literally
"People making this kind of statement is irresponsible"
All the revolutions that had happened in history: yeah you have no idea
As an American, I love it when a people decide to fight back against tyrannical governments. I applaud and commend the people of Hong Kong for fighting so passionately for their freedom. Never give up fighting, no matter how many lives it may cost you. Freedom has a price, but if you're willing to pay that price, you'll eventually succeed.
As an albanian you are saying hong kong citizens to destroy themselves and their society by protesting and you say that they are fighting for their freedom freedom of what destroying business and shops and making damage to hong kong economy what freedom is this this doesn't look like freedom but as a vandalism the police are just keeping the city and the control of the laws and look at American eivl empire that has killed more than 20 million people after the end of ww2 so look at your country first that has done hundreds of genocide and destroy nations around the world than you can point to China
@@olsiontoska9520 Seems as though you missed the whole point
@@m36489 Albania has fought to be colonized by America
@@m36489 no men we built those bunkers during communists time 1975 to 1985 after ww2 was finished
"Fighting no matter how many lives it may cost you". That's so funny. I just feel sorry for the millions of people died in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan who were finally liberated by American bombs. I guess they just forgot that 'To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal'.
I was in that situation. Trapped among protesters when pick my employer up from his office. Smoke Gas everywhere.. What a terrible experience.
0/5 uber rating
where are you from btw
@@ZFanz You really gonna do that? _Oh a non-Chinese name?_
@@terrified057t4 not all Hong Kong people are of the same race
@@ZFanz Tsuen Wan
My heart goes for the true Hongkongers.
As long as we remember that not all Hong Kongers think alike.
Huam beings are born with different capacities, if they are free, they are not equal, and if they are equal, they are not free. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Free and not equal. I can live with that.
I’d rather be free and broke than rich and oppressed.
I feel like this shouldn't be a binary choice.
Equality as a concept was never reffered like that. Equality mean equal opportunities for people(at least try to). Ill never run as fast as usain bolt or be as smart as einstein. Equality meams giving opportunities to everyone not that everyoje should be equally smart athletic etc.
Nobody's born with different capacities beyond those linked with gender, it's about the situation you're born into instead
Fantastic power to the brave people of Hong Kong the country of my youth 🙏
This deserves millions of views
I remember learning about what was going on in Hong Kong in my geography class in 2019, these people deserve their freedom.
similar to me, except my class was called global connections, and we didnt really have a proper talk about it. it was just something that the teacher mentioned as an example for an activity for current events. i really wish that i was taught more about what was going on for a bunch of different reasons. one being that i literally *just* watched this video on it, 2 years after they started so now when i bring it up at the dinner table my parents are like "meh, old news". but just like the video said, im waiting for when covid is pronounced "officially over" and the protests start up again. at least then when it happens it wont be "old news" anymore and i can talk about it.
Did they have freedom under British rule?
Not allowed to choose the governers so no voting allowed for non British.
Had to live where the rulers said and also had segregation. There were riots under British rule and they were harshly dealt with.
@@teflerchina.2987 im a bit confused how that's relevant. mind kindly explaining?
@@eternallyidyll
Chris was saying they deserve their freedom.
When did they ever have freedom?
Not much has changed
@@teflerchina.2987 ok, they've never had freedom. you don't think they should have it? just because they've never had freedom doesn't mean they should never get it. that just doesn't make any sense.
15:29 "I don't think any other jurisdiction, any other country, you would allow the seat of government to be invaded, vandalised, literally destroyed."
DC: Bet
Very true
In an apparent democracy where people's voices are ignored, this is inevitable
@@MusicU-zg8yv it's possible not inevitable.
@Julz De I'm sure that you have never been to Xinjiang.
@Julz De I'd like to know how you think you know better when you just checked another channel, not even from a neutral third party, pretend you know the truth? Use what's on top of your head don't just listen and repeat random words
watching this again 2 years down the road really makes you really think...