They have never really lived under the colony age. They've just heard about it and they think whatever BS they heard from others are true. They're a sheltered generation who has low capabilities and high expectations. They all want high paying, easy office jobs. They look down at the service industry and they think it's their birth right to have better life than the mainlanders. So when they realised many mainlanders are more skilled than they are, have better jobs than they are, and living a better life, they can't handle it and started blaming Beijing & HK govt. A bunch of unskilled cry baby.
@@bassereric I have lived through the 70s, 80s and 90s in Hong Kong so I hope it gives me some degree of credibility (but still, you don't have to trust me because lots of Internet identities are fake anyway). But there is a huge disconnect between how the world sees "being a colony" and how Hong Kong people (at least the ones interviewed here) see being a colony. In most other cases in history in the world, colonies were heavily exploited and continued to remain a low class settlement, until they found independence. Hong Kong, by a string of historical events, managed to begin with nothing more than a fishing village in the year 1842 into a world class international city that rivals London and New York. There aren't that many examples like this one and so Hong Kong people in general are quite proud of their the colonial past, and rightfully so. Another world class example was Singapore, which was a British colony also, BUT the main difference was it was Lee Kuan Yew (he is a truly great leader by the way) who brought Singapore into today's fantastic status, not the British. If I were a Singaporean, I would be really proud of Lee Kuan Yew as well but I would not feel proud of the colonial past. So Hong Kong's case is extremely unique and one should be viewed with a special lens.
The years when HK was under British control, HongKong people were not passionate about politics because they knew they had no chance. The new generation didn’t know how life was being a British colony, all high level government positions were held by the British, the absolute freedom was limited to the master, not normal Hong Kong people.
Christina, given that you've obviously led a successful life, can you please tell me what successful policies have been implemented during Chinese rule? Moreover, please tell us what freedoms we've gained from becoming Chinese?
It's irony that UK gov never offer HK residents the right to elect their governer before 1997. And just a few years before the handover the UK gov is eager to advocate the democracy in HK.
@@pntlam2515 you are ridiculous. What government? It's the central government and the local government. Plus. It's the central government that granted HK democracy and autonomy, which HK never got under British colony. Shame on you
because younger generation did not experience what it is like to live in a colony as pre-1997. They thought colony is filled with unicorns and sweet lollipops
Come on! Democracy! Freedom! For the sake of the priceless "democracy" and "freedom", isn't it worthy of the efforts/sacrifice? China is such a disgusting place to them, why still dont leave?
Older generation mostly support the HK government. The new generation born after 1990 with little to no experience under British rule dislike the HK government. It's one of those moments when the people who were colonized, dislike colonization but the generation after would love to be colonized. Everyone has opinions but just try to live their lives.
@@AIR-Dmnshn it's absolutely the best attitude. You can't expect people to form communities if others can't adopt your basic values and respect your traditions. They're not gonna fit in, they will just form their own groups of foreigners abroad and make sections of the country completely cut off from the rest in all but legal status.
@@star24ize Evidence please and don't just quote the BBC like a good little sheep. Just to point out China has ended poverty, donated ventilators to the UK and US, and are serious about climate change but of course that kind of news never get a mention because it doesn't meet the Xenophobic narrative the west likes to perpetuate, cherry picking cases to fit their predetermined narrative.
@ユジン Hong Kong wouldn't have any significance today if it weren't for British occupation. don't talk like history or "the past" has no effect on today whatsoever.
Would y'all be able to conduct this interview with the older generations in Hong Kong? I feel like their opinions and memories might differ from others.
It's for her own safety. She was the most passionate person out the all of the people they interviewed and people like her are big targets for CCP dogs in HK...
@@Nastyxjoker tell that to the many Asians getting robbed and assaulted as of lately. Ignorant racists wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a Hong konger and a mainland Chinese from looks, and would discriminate HKers for the fault of the Chinese government even though the victim is from HK. not that anyone can tell the difference between HKers and Chinese by appearance because they are same DNA. There’s many better western countries they could move to apart from the US. She doesn’t need to move to the US and no one does. This isn’t Hollywood, US isn’t a messiah. Stop with that white saviour narrative
Sorry but there are glaring realities that most of them are oblivious to. 1) As the UK is experiencing the impact of Brexit where blue and white collar EU workers are returning home, they need to fill the labour gap and to compensate for the tax losses. They are turning to Hong Kongers thanks to the stereotype of East Asians being hard workers. It's purely an economical stop-gap workaround for the UK. Anything else it's just marketing and propaganda. 2) UK feeling responsible for their former colonies? What a joke. If an African from a former British colony hears this, he will be rolling on the ground laughing. Even a Singaporean will giggle. 3) Having an outspoken different political opinion in the public sector and getting fired? That's the same everywhere in this world even in the EU. They will let you go by covert means. For example, if you are working in the ministry headed by a far-right minister and you are outspoken against his political views, do you seriously think he will let it slide? Best case scenario is that you will never be promoted while he is in-charged. Worst case scenario is work environment will be hell which might lead to your resignation. 4) Like one of the interviewees stated, it is not cheap to get UK citizenship. You need to prove that you can support yourself for 5 years without governmental benefits. They only want the rich or highly skilled talents to come in. They are not being your white saviours. It's purely business. See point 1). 5) Racism. Do they really think the people can differentiate mainland Chinese and Hong Kongers on the streets? Hilarious. Some people are still lumping all Eastern Europeans as Russians despite them being closer neighbours. 6) If millions do migrate to the UK, get ready to be the next scapegoat in their upcoming elections. Good luck.
right! the uk never does nothing for free or out of good will! we we''re paid by other countries to take on immigration and now brexit has happened we need the next load to come in! i feel sorry for those who come because this country is a mess! there's nothing great about Britain anymore and nothing is improving only getting worse whats it going to be like when the dust of brexit and the pandemic settles that's whats worrisome
Exactly, ppl really be thinking the UK is this glory land... first, ylthe uk needs to fix the pit holes on the floor and the homeless. Then, fix the government and brexit and whatnot, before adding more ppl to UK. Also, why come to uk, the houses are midget. I could get a whole mansion in the US, for the amount I could get 1 midget house in the UK....
@@velyvely6479 beats being under CCP rule though dude. I use to live in Mainland China. I'm American sure, but any country where at the blink of an eye a law is made that makes your status criminal or unsavory to the powers that be is not a country you want to live in. China currently interning Uighurs in concentration camps. Hong Kong residents understand that sure they may be Han, but they're Han-Cantonese speakers. They will face discrimination in mainland China. Especially since they're use to living in a free and open society unlike Mainland China. The UK I think has seen worse days (Falkland Wars), and so I think in the long run the UK is going to be fine post-Brexit. The EU needs countries to be aboard it more than the countries need the EU to exist. Norway isn't in the EU, neither is Switzerland.
Migrants from Hongkong alone wouldn't cover the lack of migrants from the EU due to Brexit so the UK will also look towards other commonwealth nations plus the Philippines, Hongkong is a major financial hub in the world that the British have a big stake in and they have concerns about what goes on there especially since they signed that treaty with China that was suppose to maintain their democracy till 2047 & since China has breached that the UK is stepping in along with other major democracies like Canada, the struggles Hongkongers would face in the UK pale in comparison to what life would be under the CCPs thumb
you guys might feel like immigrating to uk is the best choice for the hong kongers but have you ever consider how are the british people treating asians particulary chinese in the street?
What do you mean by “how British people treating Asians in the street”? I’m curious to hear your stories. I’ve been working in London for 7 years as an Asian, and none of my Asian friends or myself and my family have been hurt or cursed. There are racism, but not to a point where it’s common. Not that I’ve seen
@@otakujesus6686 things on the internet are ALWAYS magnified, don't say anything abt it unless you've experienced it yourself to the point where it's common asf
@@legendarypussydestroyer6943 ever heard of the Uyghurs concentration camps in xinjiang china. i dont see people of the west shutting their mouth about this matter maybe they enter one of them themselves
I don't understand why Hong Kong people like to talk about freedom and democracy while expressing their gratitude for the British colonization of Hong Kong. Don't they understand what colonization means? Don't they understand that colonization means economic exploitation, cultural invasion and political enslavement？
Because under the CCP's ruling, it's like we're back in the hands of another colonizer, which is more restricting and oppressing than the previous one.
You guys should diversify your interviewee, like the elderly for example (people before the 1997) maybe we'd see a better difference between the British colonial era and the current situation. The ones in the video look like the privileged ones who lived during China and HK 1-Country-2-System.
Notice that the reason they were able to get the demographic they got to do the interview might be because not very many people accepted, with young people it’s okay but elderly people would definitely not accept to do these kinds of interviews
@@aaronmoiche330 Good guess except it isn't the reality. You will be surprised how outspoken many of the elderly Hongkong actually are when being interviewed. The sampling frame is definitely biased.
@@vincenttheo8841 Many comments seem to echo your sentiment, but judging from HK election results in the last few years, the answers don't seem particularly biased.
@@vincenttheo8841 This interview is on the streets of mong kok and elderly doesn't hang out in mong kok as much as young people do.The outspoken elderlies probably like to hang out in parks in stead of the busy streets of mong kok
Interestingly, when I heard the girl's words, why UK is trying to 'help' them 20 yrs after HK returned to China while they didn't during the times they ruled HK. Just because they care about HK people? meh
The UK and Western Europe has changed their values. You can be as scornful as you want about the past, and judge present day people based on what their ancestors did. But just know that this makes _you_ the biggot here, and not them.
In US and UK, the authorities have the right to define what threatens national security. Everywhere is the same.... every country is trying to protect it's sovereign integrity..... U go to UK, u better respect it's national security and also uphold its sovereign integrity!!!
In the UK home nations have the right achieve independence if they ever wanted to. Unless you have been living under the rock for the past decade i'm sure you have been aware of the Scottish independent referendum in 2014?
@@ignatiuschua5268 They weren't arrested because they said something, especially in the case of Julian, they stole government records and released them. Were they justified? Maybe. But they certainly weren't criminalized for simply speaking their mind an criticizing the government. Snowden is a better example but he did sign many, many NDA's to work where he was.
One of the interviewees clearly say HK is splitted into two camps. Perhaps, you should try to interview another side. Especially the side that doesn't care about UK citizenship.
@@blueskyngaki Even before China fiasco, HK were already white worshippers who held their nose up high and looked down on their fellow Chinese 🤭 Colonized mindset
@@nomoresunforever3695 I think Hong Kongers treat non-white foreigners (like Indians) even worse than in China, so I doubt they'd care. Besides, I haven't seen any videos of foreigners being violently attacked and murdered in China.
Freedom from CCP which forces families to pay extra unless they want their child murdered (one child policy, two child policy). Any Hong Konger witv siblings should realize their sister or brother wouldve been murdered by the CCP
This interview conflated two issues: the new UK citizenship and the HK national security law. The UK citizenship should have been offered to the people of HK while HK was a British colony before the handover 1997. It is twenty, thirty years too late. Only a small number of HK people would actually move to UK but many would consider having an option. But read the small prints: the UK government charges premium, NHS is not free, and the 5+1-year hoops are set very high. With the UK economy suffering after Brexit, the Hong Kong migrants are viewed as easy cash cows.
I think its a good strategic move by the UK because they need the manpower and investment to boost the british economy, as well as appearing humane to the international community. Also a tough stance to show its allegiance to the US against the CCP government. What they are charging hongkongers for the citizenship is insane for most upper-middle class in HK...
Hongkong kids were born to hate China, Hongkong,s education is rotten, actions must be taken. I'm sure these kids know almost nothing about China , even some very basic common things like the geography and national anthem. There is a guy on youtube (famous Hongkong youtuber), he was planning immigrate to Malaysia, after several times visiting to Malaysia, he found out most of the Chinese Malaysian and Chinese Singerporian are on the side of China ,now he is a UK resident . Crazy !!!!!
@@搅搅振 I think so, the teenagers in Hongkong don't know mainland well,.They received wrong education.I just want to say China's influence on international public opinion isn't enough.
You must be joking! The offering of BNO by the UK government to the Hongkees was purely a political move. The British government shouldn't be too concerned about democracy in Hong Kong after the handovet, for there were no democracy and freedom of speech during the nearly two hundred years of colonial rule. All the Governors were appointed by Britain and not elected by the the Hongkees! The British government has no moral right to talk about democracy in Hong Kong. Don't meddle with the internal affairs of China. If the British government were serious about offering permanent citizenships to the Hongkees, why should they have to wait for 5 or 6 years in order to be qualified with no assurance of making the mark? Why are there so many qualifying criteria to become a British citizen? There will be a few who, after generations of kneeling down in front of the British colonialist, couldn't stand up and continue to crawl back to their former master, seeking for their dominions. Shameless!! These Hongkees didn't know their own humiliating history.
I’m surprised they’ve not mentioned the ridiculous cost of housing as a reason to leave. Can’t imagine living in those shoebox apartments at those ridiculous prices.
@@pbc5137 if I'm used to the convenience of opportunities and public amenities, I probably wouldn't have much choices outside of London, plus the anti-China business and propaganda is going to be there for a while, not the safest place to move to...
@@jaymarx you’re welcome to pay silly premiums for “convenience” and “opportunities”. I could never understand why would anyone work harder and under more pressure to earn more only to piss it away on basic necessities and live on survival mode.
@@pbc5137 So you could never understand why would anyone work harder and under more pressure to earn more only to piss it away on basic necessities and live on survival mode in Central London？Go to live in the mountains, where everything is free
Are there any countries in the world that do not have a National Security Law? No. Every country has it. The US have 9 such laws. Australia has 4 from memory. Wake up HK youths. If you ever immigrate to another country, you better get use to adhering to the NSL. Macau set their NSL after 2 years of returning to China. It has been 24 years since HK returned and they still haven't established it. I think China has been too patient. And guess what, the likes of Joshua Wong did accept US resources in organising the riots. In any country, that would have been a violation of the NSL
@@minkeiken1283 the only thing controversial about it, was that it took HK over 20 years to finally set one up. But since it's now set up, everything is under control.
Everything under control ? 🤣 look at Shanghai in this Omicron, you know what is “under control” like in hell meant in China. It took 20 years to let the world knows the genuine face of China revealed. Yes, i wish this happened earlier. Shanghai nowadays is completely under control. You should go back to enjoy🤣
@@minkeiken1283 where you from? Or are you too ashamed to say? Shanghai is locked down which is what you need to do in order to beat this highly contagious virus.
Without discussing the legitimacy of the National Security Law, it's just sad to see some HK people regard the colonialism of Britain as a protection/pride... They can have opinions about the government, but they should never forget their origin and legacy
I'm British and I have to say colonialism was something to be ashamed of not proud of. It has left such a negative effect on so many countries and the attempts to decolonise are difficult. I do not envy the people of Hong Kong at all....although in some aspects I would gladly swap places...UK may have some attributes but it is not easy living here right now unless you fit certain demographical groups
Its a really disgusting interview! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded hk, China in Opium War! Now hundred year humiliation of China is over!
Those who are happy HK is part of China I strongly recommend you guys come to China for living and rejoiced at the prospect of being a Chinese citizen.
UK: "GIve us only your rich folks that have 5 years of living expenses + health care cost so you can inject 50k + a year into our economy annually per a family"
@@dekad5200 They can have dual citizenship but China doesn't recognize them. However, the other country does and would be accepted by that country since they issued the citizenship. Most would simply find a safe place to renounce their Chinese citizenship and proceed to the second country unimpeded.
@@dekad5200 I heard about only First class Chinese can have another citizenship. for example many Portuguese are Chinese Macau passport holder. many British and British National Overseas Passport holder are Chinese Hong Kong passport holder also. but if you are the second class citizens, sorry, only allowed to hold one. crazy.
mostly who complained much are just window shoppers. they don't represent majority. majority knows they need China to prosper. and behold they are selfish hiding behind democracy. I don't see their same vigor defending Myanmar. all are just facades
Regarding the promise of One country two system, literally based on "One country", it won't work if you don't treat your country as your country and don't want to interact with other parts of the country, what makes it worse is you treat other country as your country, and the worst is you wish your country to collapse and hence opportunity for your independency. Please ask yourself honestly if you fit into any of these 3 situation, if the answer is positive, may be it's time for you to move on, just migrate to where ever suit you the most.
It's not a matter of system , it is the matter of "having the best interest for your people" , which for the past 20 years are absent. It is true that Hong Kong is started out as an invasion , but it is also true that people have changed and become a unique place of our own.
Please we, Thai, want you to conduct an interview regarding our situation in Thailand. We seem to be misunderstood that we are fine with Junta government ruled by our king but actually we are not... wanna let the world know what we are continuously facing here 🙏🙏
Thailand is getting worse because of military governance. It may seem like they have parliament and democracy, but that is an illusion to show at the international stage. It is a foreign policy game. The world knew about it, but play along with their game.
The Thai royalty is very disgusting. You have to crawl on the floor to reach the royal family. Beside Thai royalty, you have to kneel no matter who you are.
2:05 The guy said uk still have the responsibility to monitor Hong Kong's democracy. UK colonized Hong Kong for 156 years, I don't remember Hong Kong people ever had democracy. And they believe UK suddenly cares Hong Kong people's democracy now. Watching them saying that is sad, apparently they don't have a clue about how to make their situation better.
I mean, if you want to make a good argument, at least consider what personal or political freedoms the people of Hong Kong have now, in comparison to 1997, and when it was under Britain. I guarantee you that in all cases they had more freedom than the citizens of mainland China.
@@劉润平 no, it needs due diligence by the people if it concerns the public, but yeah government affairs stays in government interpretation, normal public people dont know the workings of it, and are easily led by people who paints a nice picture good or bad, truth or fake.
@@zeiitgeist dont u think AB is biased on this reporting...? dont ever underestimate the media.! Just look at how BBC, CNN, ABC n others western msm stages coups n even wages wars on other countries with their lies.!
@@劉润平 bias as it maybe, i believe a better system should be design on that is verifiable without opinions being thrown in by gov or the people. I like clear facts and actionable task.
It's interesting, but there are national security laws in Britain. All countries in the world have national security laws, while Hong Kong does not. Macao is also one country, two systems. However, after their return to China, the Macao government immediately implemented 23 basic laws. How many years has Hong Kong returned to China? Hong Kong people always have only two systems in their eyes, but they never see one country ahead. Thinking of what a friend of mine in Japan said, the act of splitting the country in Japan is punishable by death
Under one country, two system; HK can self-govern without the interference by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) for 50 years from the date of the handover and that self-governance will be removed in 2047. Hong Kong youth can't follow the trend of being tied down to a socialist environment; most communist country practise marxism or socialism..
@@RoyLimisAw3s0me yes, one country first then two systems. Do bear in mind that every country has security laws to protect the integrity of its territory.
@@lilianlil6716 Hong Kong is a territory of China (under the handover agreement was 50 years of no interference from CCP) but the fact that certain party (namely the CIA who have funded or aided the Umbrella Movement) which caused the updated Security Laws. How did the teenager at the time were able to secure a VISA to meet with the VIce President when Trump was in office? if you do some research and CIA has known to fund democracy leaning NGO and political party, I am not a big fan of CCP but certain ppl pushed CCP hands; not the other way around... of course I am not in HK and won't know as much as the local person but every action has it's consequences
@@Herr_Vorragender ::: In a major city such as Shanghai, you’ll be surprise how well Chinese and foreign workers work side by side. Why believe me. Go there yourself. The Chinese culture is more inclusive than the Western Europe which had been beset by tribal wars. You’re right as to global peace - never has been , and never will if history is instructive. The peace I’m referring to is peace of mind: from crime, social instability, political up rising. The immigration policy of all nations favors those with talent or valuable skills - China is no exception.
Bro in China the people are oppressed by their government , the CCP only cares for its on ideologies , I wish I was born in the UK there is more freedom there and peoples life are more important to the government than in China where more than 1 billion people live so f u China🥰
@@godzillamothra5983 What I actually mean is the old man knows what's the real problem that matters, while the youths have a completely different focus.
@@namelesssnitchy old and losers who live in cage house, of course will blame CCP for their misfortune, forgetting that it is capitalism that ate them and spitted their old bones to the trash can.
@@roroforo5092 I asked my white friends, do they care who is from China mainland and who is from Hong Kong or other countries? The answer is who cares all looks the same to us - pretty ones are exceptional haha what a laugh, good luck “Hongkongers”.
I think it’s better for everyone for those people who want to go to UK to leave Hong Kong. However, I don’t think UK will take them unless they are rich.
Currently, there are about 35,000 net loss in the Hong Kong population. Not the millions that UK expected. And of those 35,000, maybe 10-20% went to UK.
There are a few reasons why many countries offer citizenships and one of the common ones is the inflow of wealth. This is perhaps the main reason of offering citizenship to Hong Kong than the people of Rohingya.
You are telling the UK if it really does want to make a good action then "Also save the children in Africa!", they are different situations with different problems
I think the red line created by the new security law is actually very clear. 1. Any form of independence of HK is illegal. 2. Any attempt to change the indirect leadership of the Chinese government over HK is illegal.
How is that even clear? Are you even local? The entire government is a joke, i mean, do you even watch the news? Some retarted politician even claimed the proposal of coexisting with the virus is against the National Security Law, as long as you have the basic idea of disobeying or questioning the government's actions, you broke the law. It's not even a red line anymore, it's just flowing red liquid in all directions lol.
Don't the UK, US, and every other country have national security laws? I don't understand what is the big fuss about. Asian Boss is a mouthpiece of western governments and media.
@@michaelteng6076 absolutely correct When us uk have national security law they said ahh it’s very normal to have that law On the other hand when hk has that they said evil ccp try to control the entire hk people it’s very evil etc
1. There are two Middle Aged men in the interview. 2. The older generation escaped CCP to British Hong Kong. They hates China even more because they had seen the worst.
They do. Pakistan (which was part of India during the British Raj) is the #1 recipient of the British government's overseas aid budget. Bangladesh (also part of India at that time) is #6.
@@kugelblitzkrieg My point is that they equate the modern one with colonial one, which is historical revisionism. Hong Kongers may aspire to be "democratic" like the west but they shouldn't forget what the west has done for many generations (genocide, colonialism, imperialism).
What?? The worst scenario is that people turn patriotic about China? “One country, two systems" does not mean that it splits people by two nationalities. People loving their country should be more like a normalcy rather than denying it.
I agree, those in the videos talked a lot of nonsense, unrelated junk. Maybe that's how the young people are over there which I am not surprised either.
Dwayne Gu - Your comment is so true. At least reading the comments section, there is hope for humanity. If you just watch the video, it is all doom and gloom.
I don't think anyone in the interview cited a government regulation as their reason not to apply for BNO. It's OK to criticize government but let's be fair. If they want to leave, they can and should go.
The British people are very influential people. It's amazingly shocking how they easily influenced people's minds or we may say manipulate them is shocking by the no of countries they have colonized, loot and then divide the country and the people before freeing them from colonization. If the British people are now asked to pay reparation by all the countries they have colonized, enslave, loot, or divide people and the country then they'll be in debt forever and have to be at the mercy of all the countries they have exploit through colonization. It's shocking and shameful that instead of paying any reparation even today they'll still trying to influence people and make them revolt against one another just by sugarcoating them with their sweet but unrealistic promise.
So you prefer to be loyal dog of a Dictatorship. The British Government is not a Colonial power today. China is a Dictatorship. You choose. I'm sure you'll live to live with your lips closed all your life. You will only open them to criticize other Governments which are much better than yours.
Absolutely disgusting, dont they know they own history? Dont they know what the british did to get hong kong? NOT ONCE did the people of hong kong have a say when the British chose the governor of Hong Kong, democracy my ass.
I feel like the reporter was trying to only interview/show people who are part of the pro-democracy movement, but Hong Kong is pretty much divided half by half. There are a ton of people who support the National Security Law. But these people didn’t appear a single time in the video. Isn’t that weird? I don’t support the Law but I still think all voices should be heard equally.
Exactly... for example 14:48 when he says "the worst scenario is when people like to eat at HaiDiLao and using WeChat, or starting to like China"... so love to eat at Mcdonald's and using twitter are the best scenario? Hope he knows the reason why Asian people and business are getting attacked all the time in the countries with his ideal systems, are because of the same mindset he has...
But isnt the pro-democracy movement view the right one, why would you give attention to the other side ? Are you pro-democracy or pro- human rights? Or pro-censorship and dictatorship and pro-oppression?
@@v.8097 why would you not listen to others, how would you 100% know you're right if you only hear your own echo? using "pro-democracy" for far-right hatred towards different ideas and mainlander is the reason why this movement got to where it is today. isn't the democracy we are looking for needs to be based on basic respect to each other and some integrity?
@@v.8097 This is exactly the issue why all voices need to be heard. The National Security Law doesn’t directly mean it‘s pro dictatorship or pro oppression. There are many valid reasons why it‘s needed. And don‘t forget most of the western countries who are preaching how draconian this law is have quite similar laws themselves. Just look at Spain right now and what happens to the politicians who are pro-catalonian-independence.
So in conclusion, majority not gonna leave Hk? Why would they really unless they have family overseas already. Go to an unfamiliar place with no financial security. UK just doing it to boost its economy.
Majority can't really sell their place and easily move across to another country, for sure. You're talking about a lot of paperwork and legal laws and hoops to go through. But to say UK is just doing it specifically just for that reason is a nonsense.
@@WM-eg4gh i dont agree selling properties is not hard(if they have), and it will be at least 5m hkd paperwork is just $$ and its not costly even as hard as study overseas, hker can still manage that alonn, mostly
@@keepitprivate3856 Give me an example of an area in HK that isn't hard, because you are broadly speaking. There is always demand, yes but so many factors. I also look at properties in HK too.
@@WM-eg4gh I just submitted. there aren't a lot of paperwork. you can finish in one night for yourself. start on 23 march. you can even use app to submit BNO visa. and the IHS and visa fees are cheap. the requirement of savings for one person isn't high. but of course, during the pandemic it is hard to find jobs to survive.
Reporter : What is the future of hongkong. Hongkonger : The worst situation is hongkonger living like a chinese and no longer serve as a white's puppy. Me : ....
A disgusting interview! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded China in Opium War! But now hundred year humiliation of China is over!
UK must apologize and compensate for Chinese citizens becoz of invading China and took HK in Opium War! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded China, took hk and killed innocent people in Opium War!
@@angelinej8755 Let`s give Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Saudi MBS a one way ticket to Mars. Question: If I lived in Hong Kong, could I be arrested?
If these people think that Brittian, US or Australia is for them, then leave and don't try to do any more damage to the Hong Kong City. Action speaks louder than words.
This is such an one-sided interview, there is a large amount of HK citizens who have the completely opposite standpoints but you failed to give them a voice. I don't know if this is intentional or not, but it definitely sounds like the interviewers already have prejudice of the topics discussed. I am quite disappointed at you AsianBoss, you failed your promise of being objective when asking for the donation.
Asian boss need a hot topic to make money and future potential, u think he can make bunch viewer by making a video about dumpling? So disgusted by this channel now
Exaclty! Balantly obivious. I know people from Hong Kong City and even on TH-cam, many real youtubers strongly support the HK City NSL and against these rioters
They made a deal with China would guarantee HK independence. China overstep their boundaries so UK had to step in. I don't think every former British Colony had this deal in place.
@@zfranke3dome Are you kidding? That's autonomy, not independence... And it's "One country, two systems", do you understand what that "one country" means? National security law is the least HK should have.
The UK govt are quietly avoiding this discussion. Go look at the history books of all its colonies. HK is the one that makes them the most $ - hence the only one it “cares” about.
@Peter Mok When HK changes from a UK colony to a China city, there has to be some change no doubt. If you argue with your "old way of life".... just start your new life mate, or just move to UK, no one stops you.
Can't believe one of them said, HK orginally belong to Britain. LOL, obviously his history only began when Britain annexed HK as part of their territories..
I have to points to make. 1. The interview did not really address the question related to the title until about 08:00. 2. Only the middle-aged man seems to be pragmatic and realistic about the situation in Hong Kong.
@@Jimmy-wh1fd cause they all come from the same few sources or it was a collaborative effort, go check the owners of the news media and see for yourself. Also there are only a few companies that have a well rounded number of international respondents, most of the time the news gets published and the other media just buys it to show it on their own platform, which is why many of them share a lot of footage. It is known as the illusion of choice
Chinese government already announced that you can go, but it not easy come back, it's Hongkong citizens choice. In fact that if they go to UK, will they welcomed by UK citizens? create job competition is very serious issue. The global economy is not optimistic.
that's discounting the current Canzuk agreement in discussions, they would get access to Canada, New-Zeland, the UK, and Australia to find jobs and places to live. I don't know for the other 3 but in Canada we DESPERATELY need more workers.
No one cares about coming back, pointless to live with genocidal ccp. HK have IQ and entrepreneurs. An infusion into brit society instead of them sponging off the gov is a good thing.
It’s an interesting debate, I personally welcome them here to the UK, my three best friends immigrated/study abroad from China and South Korea. However in the future I guess job competition would come into play, though I’m not sure how broadly impactful it would be depending on how citizenship is given 🤔
We will welcome them all. Don't worry about job competition, that's the weakest argument I've ever heard. China is like a jealous ex girlfriend... "if you leave, don't come back" 😂😂😂 Pathetic!
Hong Kongers refer to themselves as such. Or with younger generations referring to themselves as British, similar to those living in the Falklands or Gibraltar
No one interviewed could precisely say how China may arbitrarily apply its own laws onto Hong Kong residents since the implementation of National Security Law, which has its legal framework under Basic Law article 23. HK is still governed under laws of the Special Admin Region.
That’s because a lot of Hong Kongers, like anyone else in the world, are easily swayed. Few people truly do deep research anymore. A lot of the HKers that were rioting were also young and never experienced life under Britain where racist policies were the norm and protests were crushed far more brutally than now. Their ancestors were mass murdered by white Europeans. Britain certainly gave no democracy to Hong Kong so it’s laughable they think Britain will do anything now, Britain just doesn’t like China and that’s why they’ll pretend to support “democracy” in Hong Kong. The reality is that Britain and the USA have been toppling and murdering democratically elected governments if those governments don’t listen to them. Hong Kong is a pawn between China and the USA / UK. Many HKers now in Britain have reported racial abuse and barely making a living by having to work in factories and restaurants.
They speak of the fear of prosecution for saying anything political. While they are freely talking about it in HK without being prosecuted. Where is the logic? Fear for nothing
That's because HK is still protected by the Basic Law system which will no longer be active in year 2047 and China will have complete power over Hong Kong by then. HK will definitely not stay the same as now if China alreadh has full control over HK. I doubt that HK people will be allowed to speak freely like this in 2047. If you're not familiar with the situation, learn before you criticise.
Wow, so many mainlanders in the comment section. You KNOW what the HKers are talking about when they say they’re afraid of saying political things. Stop diluting the issue.
I hope the UK government can really help those hongkongers who wishes to live in UK. Please don't disappoint them. Put your money where your mouth is, don't use them as political tools.
They only accept people born before the handover, when most people of those generations are pro - government and the protesters are largely teens and people in their 20s...
my nephew is a 2nd generation UK citizen & she is a qualified accountant! from her own mouth, "racism is rampant here in UK & discrimination is in all level of society". She don't feel safe in UK. welcome to UK to all you young UK migrants, you definitely enjoy UK.
Those who wants to go pls go and enjoy and those who wants to stay pls stay and enjoy... Peace to both.... No matter honor stay don't complain about it later , as its a choice you made......
British offering HK Chinese the path to UK citizenship is disingenuous and a political maneuver. During Britain’s 99 year rule over HK, the Englishman treated the Chinese as subhuman or beast of burden whose only importance is generating taxes to feed the White English hordes. For 99 years the White Englishman offered no democracy to HK , no UK citizenship, or recognition of HK Chinese as British subjects eligible for British citizenship or special passport privileges. And the most disgusting act inflicted against the HK Chinese is British colonial rulers’ utter indifference to the suffering of the poor HK people living in the shadow of modern high-rise buildings, despite collecting billions of British Pounds in taxes. The British Empire was built on the blood, flesh, and resources of colored people enslaved by British guns, opium, or treachery. Today, the British Empire is a legacy at best, a fantasy at worst. Why any HK Chinese would want a UK citizenship for immigration when just being Chinese of China offers so much more opportunity, prosperity, peace, dignity, and no racial discrimination.
I don't support the Chinese govt but the fact that i have a Hong kong friend who thinks rioting and looting changes for the better tells me a lot about her. Also when deng was brought up she said he killed a lot of people so i ask her "isn't he the one who opened up China's economy and made China to where it is right now?" She simply just ignored me and turned back.
There are points that are correct about the UK gov, I'll clarify my stance first saying that definitely HK is used as a taxing state for UK in the past, but compared to the CCP where you couldnt possibly predict if you would get caught or be treated fairly under law, a lot of people would rather be under UK's rule of law. Not colonialism, not conservationism, just personal interests.
Basically nobody is moving anywhere, it’s just all talk. Also UK only wants rich people as you can only immigrate there if you have enough assets to live there for 5 years from the start 👀 How many people can afford to do that? UK: We will stand with people of HK and welcome to UK! But only if you bring the $$$.
Thank you for the video! I am from mainland and glad to hear what ordinary HK people think. Nowadays there are just too much emotions and failed communication among people and hard to find respect, understanding and constructive discussions. Glad to hear what our HK friends think and hope for the best for them
As a Taiwan Chinese descendant who born and live in Indonesia and I ever live in the USA for 5 years during my study. My experience is to received a lot of discrimination there, not just by the people but also by the government, when you argue with the local people you will easily get beaten by them because they don't like Chinese. Luckily I found a mainland China wife so I can stay in China as long as I like, I used to do business in China and I stayed in Shanghai for 4 years. When I was in China I am so happy and feel very safe, I can walk on the street on midnight without being rob or beaten for being Chinese. I plan to stay in China for good after I retired in 4 years to come. So to whoever think that you will be more happy to live outside your country, think about it twice.
I as an outsider always find it puzzling that quite a few of these interviewees emphasize that they expect HK to have higher level of autonomy, and do NOT want to be like mainlanders who support China and are patriotic towards the country. And their choice of words makes it sound like China to them is totally a foreign country, and they are not its citizens. I can’t think of any country in the world that encourages its citizens to be against its government and be not patriotic towards it off the top of my head. I am under the impression after watching this video that these ppl only want “two systems” out of the “ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS” deal.
well, hk really isn't like other chinese cities with autonomy being emphasised, and our other westernised values (democracy, justice, impartiality, freedoms) are just things that sadly general chinese don't enjoy. one country two systems is a very bad idea to begin with, imo, it was made on the assumption that china will become more democratised over the years, while the situation is the entire opposite. hk people also enjoy freedom of speech and press, we refuse to be blindly patriotic - we'll look at the reality and see if the government is in the right or not.
@@stantalentstanastro4178 sounds to me that anything to do with China is unattractive to you. Neither ONE COUNTRY nor TWO SYSTEMS. Obviously westernised values matter to you more than anything else. I guess immigrating to UK probably works for you. Best of luck.
@@Deandzzzzzz not really, i like chinese traditions, just not its current dictatorial regime that doesn’t respect basic human rights. culture and government are two separate entities, just because people hate trump doesn’t mean they’re not patriotic. people in china don’t have free internet or free speech, you’re abroad i assume, and enjoy all of these things so you’re speaking from a place of privilege.
@@stantalentstanastro4178 totally agree that the culture and a country’s government are two different things. You are free to like or dislike the current government but I just personally do not think China will transform into a democratic political system as you expect, at least not in the near future. All I am trying to say is we normally citizens better makes some changes about our life rather than looking to change the regime. The harsh truth is you are just not that powerful enough. After all what we want in life is actually pretty simple - good living standards and a happy life.
@@Deandzzzzzz well i can understand where you’re coming from. but good living standards and a happy life are very subjective and vary among people. it’s one thing to grow up in a place without freedoms (of speech, press and assembly) like most chinese people under ccp, it’s another thing to grow up with these freedoms and have them taken away from you (like hk people right now). the resistance from hk people makes sense. also, the tremendous power the state has in china is worrying - one misstep and you can be coined the enemy of the state (look at jack ma, one of the richest in china yet now he’s disliked by the state because of his criticism on the system and has to go into hiding), meaning all your property could be confisticated and you could suddenly be thrown in jail for a crime you didn’t commit. material comfort without protection of people’s rights is an unstable thing. how can people be happy when there’s a constant fear that the government can get their property from them? how can people be happy when they could be poisoned by compromised products yet the state won’t even let them sue the companies due to corruption (i.e. the toxic milk powder in china - parents of victims who wanted to speak up were silenced and threatened by the police for ‘causing trouble’). a perfect regime doesn’t exist, but an authoritarian system with unlimited power of the state is definitely far from ideal.
True giving HK something generous will make the GBR look good. But don’t forget Britain just exited EU and they need labors to replace the leaving Europeans. Educated Asians are always top choice.
Asians have a different meaning in the UK. They are referring to people in the Indian sub-continent. East Asians are near invisible and not really represented. Live there a while and you will realise.
People asked here why the reporter didn't interview the older generation. Here I am in my 40s. I was born in the colonial period before 1997 and grew up under the British administration. I can tell you all the happiest moment of my life came from the period before 1997. Hong Kong was the freest society in Asia back then, the way of life was well protected by laws of western standard. I moved to North America a few years ago because the situation of Hong Kong was deteriorating, I don't want my kids to receive education that the truth, facts and history are seriously distorted by Chinese government. Justice no longer existed in Hong Kong and the city has already been destroyed. I urged the young generation to flee the city ASAP as the UK government has opened a window for you. It is not worthy to waste your lives and your next generation's lives in the hands of dictatorship.
I found it interesting that the guy at the beginning said "originally HK was originally a British Colony. Originally? Uh, no. China's Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong to the British in 1842 through the treaty of Nanjin, to end
@@EdwardNS1 Which CHINA prob. have no interest of back in 1980 LUL. They want HK back after seeing the prosperity and how much it could bring to the CCP after all those famine in china
Historically Taiwan was never part of China till they invaded. Also all of modern day northern china used to be the Goryeo kingdom till China invaded and took it. Northern China is historically Korean and Taiwan was never part of China.
before 1840 Hongkong is just a fishing village with few hundred native people and no history mention in any Chinese history documents before，it is correct that saying Hongkong is originated from British colony.
@@arsenalofdemocracy9985 incorrect, The Qin dynasty incorporated the Hong Kong area into China for the first time in 214 BCE, source: Wikipedia second: Yuedaji is a special record of Guangdong local deeds, characters and regulations written by Guo in Ming Dynasty. It began in the fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1577), and lasted 18 years to the twenty third year of Wanli (1595). The records of Hong Kong place names, such as Tsing Yi Island, Stanley, Shao Ji Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung, show that the population of Hong Kong in the Ming Dynasty had reached a certain level source: yuedaji, wikipedia
@@benedictlee1624 香港島在中原邊陲（hong kong island is far frontier of china），世居的蜑家人乃贱籍（natives are mainly Untouchables），元明清時被流放大海（from yuan to qing dynasty it is a place used for prisoner transportation），飽受歧視，在船舟不得上岸（people there faces discrimination from mainlanders and their fishing boat don't allow to dock at border）。而由於明鄭據台灣，清初遷界令強遷邊垂沿海百姓（during zheng chenggong‘s rebellion，qing court deported all the coastal residents to inland by force），官方記載香港島和九龍共120條村被強遷（total of 120 villages of Hongkong and kowlong vanished），廣東沿海成為「隻丁不留」的鬼鎮（coastal area of guangdong province became no man's land and ghost towns ），更成為華南海盜盜窟（only pirates wander around there） source：chinese wikipedia 杜臻、席柱，《粵閩巡視紀略》，轉引於魯金. 九龍城寨簡史. 三聯書店（香港）. 2018: 15-18. 谭元亨. 应对历史的挑战：客家文明从“耕山”到“开海”. 《惠州客家》 (惠州市客家文化经济促进会). 2009, (创刊号).
You are right. The grass may not be greener on the other side. At least in HK, you are Hongkong Chinese. In the UK you are always a perpetual foreigner, may be accepted but not always welcome.
Hong kong people side eye immigrants in Hong Kong many immigrants have kids in hong kong born there , hk people never accept them as hk people or rven welcome ao how can they expect to me treated without racism in uk, i see karma
@@aleeshashabir83 they'd be fine here though. There's tons of Pakistanis, Chinese and Arabians here already. The most worry you'll have is from other foreigners that don't respect British values. Hate crimes against Jews in London went up when Muslim population there went up, and police reports show it was majorly Muslims doing the crimes too. You don't worry about the locals, you worry about the people cheesing off the locals that don't want to change.
Compared to Jan 6 US capitol riot followed up with national guard deployment, Hong Kong and mainland government took relatively mild approach which let the turmoil lasted much longer than it should be. Mainland was pretty hands off, let Hong Kong dealt the issue. However when it crossed the red line, then it is pretty much over.
The young generation are embarassing in HK, im 34 and family from HK and they made me feel so embarassed when I saw them waving UK/US flags inside their city.
@@youngz13o me too. It is a sign of weakness that they would plead (beg) their former colonizers for help. It really sickens me. I hope many of them were arrested
@@rabbitazteca23 It's a sign of weakness? What's wrong with that? A city trying to shake off the overarching reach of a dystopian authoritarian state understands it's best chances are appealing to the powers that have the most interest in keeping its special status, it's the smart choice. You can think of it as pathetic or cowardly, but it's the smart decision over needlessly inciting slaughter.
I understand Hongkong people don't like National Security Law and not suprised many people misunderstand the law, but it seems no one realize that is the result that the Hongkong people failed to do what they promised to do when the deal is closed in 1984: establish a law themselves under Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23. It is like you just leave your roof leaking water for 23 yrs and now complaining about it collapsed on you with no warning.
The most interesting thing here is the contrast between what hongkongers and the people in the comments perceives about what a colony is. The outrage here is palpable.
Yup. These idiots are thinking back to British Empire colonies as opposed to what UK colonies consist of today. Take a look at Gibralter, Faulkland Islands. Why are all these brainlets insinuating that if HK become a colony, it'd look like when UK owned India? Obviously that won't be the case.
Most of the people who watch this channel are ABCs and weaboos, so It's not surprising that they're completely out of touch with the way Asians in Asia feel.
@@SWIFTIESCHN and more like china threathen if anything changed with satus quo and unlike india britan made honkong rich but tbh the recent crisis is caused by ccp itself they really can't wait for more years until hongkong expiry date but anyway in the end both britsh and china will do the same to honkkong criticize them you will be killed
@@thelongstory6395 I’d like to think you as an ignorant (nothing derogatory , it’s just an description) for not being able to see the difference between a so called British colony like Gibraltar and a Chinese colony like Hong Kong.
What are they fighting for? Do they know what are they actually fighting for? How would a youngster know the true meaning of democracy? They’re protesting for the sake of protesting. Do they actually felt threat on a personal level in their daily lives? The protest was pretty pointless. It was like a competition to show how macho they are, breaking windows, destroying shops in shopping malls, blocking the roads and destroying private owned properties
They were protesting against extradition bill that would alow citizens of Hong Kong to be sent to jails in China or be on trial in China. That extradition bill was removed and most people stopped protesting.
They also showed China that there is a price to pay and have also set Taiwan on path to potentially voting for independence, all of this is biggest threat to Chinese government and could even mean a war with US over Taiwan.
looking at all these comments from foreigners who don't understand the nuances of hong kong's socio-political context and the crux of the hongkonger's identity is so painful
It's funny to see many young people who never experienced the British colonial period in HK tend to show how they "appreciate" UK's "help" and "responsibility". People who have lived under UK's rule may share a different opinion. Fact is, HK people had fewer rights under UK's rule. But UK did a great job in brainwashing HK people after they left, and undermining China through HK. China should rethink the way it governs its own country and how it should incorporate HK's development with the fast development in mainland, rather than separating these two parts. UK should just give HK people who wish to become their citizen the citizenship rather than BNO so these people would be able to live in their dreamed place without any burden.
yea... people don’t know why there were so many mainlanders escaped from china to hongkong during that period. And they also don’t know why china always wanna spread its totalitarian claw to hk. If you’re allowed to think independently, bette think of why Chinese brainwashing to hk for more than 20 years but it’s still suck
@@poldev831ho The migration to HK and south east Asia was because of extreme poverty’s d hardship in China. HK was always regarded as a placed paved with gold and opportunities. Then the Chinese are more concerned in economic survival than political rights
@@poldev831ho I must add HK becomes prosperous not because of the British. It prospers because of its physical gateway to inland China. Without Chiba drinking water and food supply, hK will not last more than / weeks. So hk youths better wake up to truth
@@AB-gu9ui Democracy and freedom? Have you ever lived in mainland China? Without democracy and freedom, are all Chinese people living in prison?? Without democracy and freedom Chinese people can be so rich?? Don't they know what democracy and freedom is?? There is a difference between being freedom and doing whatever u wan. When you criticize others, it is better to live their life before you judge.
@@AB-gu9ui Do you know why they banned these apps? First, because of the all-American software. Second, others have the foresight to protect their own companies, rather than letting these American company monopolize the world. Let see nowadays that they have their own Baidu, Weibo, WeChat, QQ,Bilibili, Alibaba,TikTok…. if they did not ban, these companies would have become such a big company? And why would not using their American App mean not having freedom? Who stipulated it? Can I say that the America gov ban on TikTok, WeChat, etc has made Americans no longer free?? And why did China design a cyber firewall at that time, because they just established a new government society, hv a lot of security problems,anti-government groups, terrorists, foreign espionage. They set the firewall for a variety of reasons. And I need to tell you that millions of mainland Chinese are using those App every day like WhatsApp,Instagram,Twitter…. international trading company for example, and every university, government network and so on can use foreign network . Individuals need to download a VPN to use a foreign network if they want. And in China, it's not illegal to use a VPN, it's illegal to sell a VPN. Otherwise,How do you think so many foreigners in China use Instagram,Twitter,Facebook, etc?? So you know what? You know nothing . Get to know them clearly before you point fingers.Instead of listening to Western media brainwashing you all day,
People really don't realise that while British colonies rarely have autonomy to the people, the British drastically increased living conditions in colonised places
Its a lovely thought, yes just move to another country, but you are not just leaving your country, you are also leaving a big part of your family, friends and your community. As a Brit I would welcome anyone from Hong-Kong who has had to make that very hard decision.
@@tbarry2011 Because Hong Kong had bean a colony for more than 100 years. They forget that they belong to a country. Many HKer don't know how to be a CITIZEN. They only consider themselves stateless residents of the colony. To those stateless, the national security law is absurd.
Are we talking about UK citizenship or the new law? This is a very biased reporting and am very disappointed with Asian boss. How many percent of the people want UK citizenship ? It looks like only politics is talked about.
@@11lifesux 西方中心論. Asian Boss is a media company that stemmed from people who grew up in that environment. Doesn't surprise me that there will be bias because that's completely normal, but not at this kind of extent.
I feel like Canada would be a better fit than the UK for most HKers. There are parts of Toronto and Vancouver with lots of Cantonese speaking people and businesses. There were many who moved to Canada around 1997. People even call Vancouver "Hongcouver". EDIT: To answer some of the comments, I don't think there's much of a problem between mainland and Hong Kong people in Canada, based on my experience. When the dominant culture is non-Asian, it's easier to see shared commonalities than differences.
It's kind of "eye-opening" to see how people in Hong Kong actually think that UK is offering the citizenship pathway because they "care" about Hong Kong like a parent to child thing. Dude...We're talking about politics here, do you seriously think a country would do that out of love and faith for democracy or smth? They're just trying to weaken their political enemy there (in this case, China) by creating conflicting mindsets and so on. But whatever..What do I know, life is too short to care about politics anyways, I'm out.
The UK is a far different place than it was seventy years ago, and has less to do with attacking China and more to do with supporting the premise of democracy.
"Britain wants to be responsible to its colony".
-- The new generation has a totally different understanding of "the colony".
This is so ironic
They have never really lived under the colony age. They've just heard about it and they think whatever BS they heard from others are true. They're a sheltered generation who has low capabilities and high expectations. They all want high paying, easy office jobs. They look down at the service industry and they think it's their birth right to have better life than the mainlanders. So when they realised many mainlanders are more skilled than they are, have better jobs than they are, and living a better life, they can't handle it and started blaming Beijing & HK govt. A bunch of unskilled cry baby.
So true hah
@@bassereric I have lived through the 70s, 80s and 90s in Hong Kong so I hope it gives me some degree of credibility (but still, you don't have to trust me because lots of Internet identities are fake anyway).
But there is a huge disconnect between how the world sees "being a colony" and how Hong Kong people (at least the ones interviewed here) see being a colony. In most other cases in history in the world, colonies were heavily exploited and continued to remain a low class settlement, until they found independence. Hong Kong, by a string of historical events, managed to begin with nothing more than a fishing village in the year 1842 into a world class international city that rivals London and New York.
There aren't that many examples like this one and so Hong Kong people in general are quite proud of their the colonial past, and rightfully so. Another world class example was Singapore, which was a British colony also, BUT the main difference was it was Lee Kuan Yew (he is a truly great leader by the way) who brought Singapore into today's fantastic status, not the British. If I were a Singaporean, I would be really proud of Lee Kuan Yew as well but I would not feel proud of the colonial past.
So Hong Kong's case is extremely unique and one should be viewed with a special lens.
The world improves everyday, only CCP dosen't
The years when HK was under British control, HongKong people were not passionate about politics because they knew they had no chance. The new generation didn’t know how life was being a British colony, all high level government positions were held by the British, the absolute freedom was limited to the master, not normal Hong Kong people.
so true
Christina, given that you've obviously led a successful life, can you please tell me what successful policies have been implemented during Chinese rule? Moreover, please tell us what freedoms we've gained from becoming Chinese?
@@gorefinger845 Good for her. Beyond becoming Chinese again, can you name a successful flagship policy since 1997?
@John Chuang I'm simply asking a question. The fact that you're so bothered and hot by it implies the lack of a direct answer.
@John Chuang Are we to receive independence after the end of the USD/HKD peg?
It's irony that UK gov never offer HK residents the right to elect their governer before 1997. And just a few years before the handover the UK gov is eager to advocate the democracy in HK.
well its better than never i guess
@@themelon_1785 it's better to ruin the thing you can't keep forever.
@@themelon_1785 hypocrisy
OMG, you don't know the history. China Govt threatened HK not to do so.
@@pntlam2515 you are ridiculous. What government? It's the central government and the local government. Plus. It's the central government that granted HK democracy and autonomy, which HK never got under British colony. Shame on you
"The UK still has the responsibility to monitor Hong Kong's democracy".
Question: did the UK offer Hong Kong democracy before the handover?
At least that time HK still have freedom of speech 😹
@@MforEmme Good point. Once ya gots the freedoms, you don't want to live under supression of free speech.
@@-mle566 Ask some newspaper editors dude!
@@-mle566 THE MAN IS BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE HE IS A FREE-THINKER). He wasn't afraid of your dictator.
Joke's on you, they've actually given Hong Kong democracy before the handover.
It's quite ironic to hear "colony" and "responsible" these two words together. That guy said "colony" with a weirdly proud tone.
because younger generation did not experience what it is like to live in a colony as pre-1997. They thought colony is filled with unicorns and sweet lollipops
It's because the new conqueror is worse than the previous one.
@@EdwXD you mean the daily death cases of Covid? I’m sure the UK does pretty well that nails number 1 in the world in terms of death rate of Covid.
cuz the "colonial" status changed from an arguably better british one to a worse chinese colonial administration
The British Royals are more popular these days in Hong Kong than anywhere else.
Why do people think that it is easy for Hong Kong people to leave their own home? UK may be great, but it's still the unknown and a new start to them.
Come on! Democracy! Freedom! For the sake of the priceless "democracy" and "freedom", isn't it worthy of the efforts/sacrifice? China is such a disgusting place to them, why still dont leave?
@@jw1866 How would they at the moment anyway.....
@@jw1866 spoken like a true slave and a pawn
Who said that it is easy? I havent heard anyone saying that.
@@calvyncraven1141 Chill, man. That is just sarcasm. Maybe he needs to add a doge face lol
I'd like to hear the opinion from older generations as well
Agree
Older generation mostly support the HK government. The new generation born after 1990 with little to no experience under British rule dislike the HK government. It's one of those moments when the people who were colonized, dislike colonization but the generation after would love to be colonized. Everyone has opinions but just try to live their lives.
Yellow man wants become a white man but unfortunately white man don't accept yellow man and thinks yellow man should be a slave to them.
@@garyyang3485 even more interesting to hear their opinion so we can somehow see from diff perspective.
@@johnnycage558 More like Yellow man wants to control all Yellow men and thinks any Yellow men who don't listens to them are subpar to them.
Total respect to the guy who said if he moved to the UK he'd be committed to becoming British. Thats the best attitude to have when moving abroad.
Exactly
unfortunately many white people going abroad don't follow that rule
Yes ...u can keep this rubbish ... Thanks for helping china.. As an overseas Chinese let me thank you on china behalf
@@AIR-Dmnshn it's absolutely the best attitude. You can't expect people to form communities if others can't adopt your basic values and respect your traditions. They're not gonna fit in, they will just form their own groups of foreigners abroad and make sections of the country completely cut off from the rest in all but legal status.
@@kimchiba4570Oh, what a patriotic Chinese, why don't you stay in China
can you film an Episode on Hong Kongers who recently moved to UK?
Not now
@@jw1866 why not?
that may be interesting
@@jw1866 Spotted the CCP-BOT
@@windowguylol Yes, yes, I am a CCP-BOT. what is your point?
Uk cares about the colony, this is funny.
UK should give land back to Mauritius.
Special thanks to bbc for their great effort
if it involves money, then ofcourse
china cares about nothing
@@star24ize Evidence please and don't just quote the BBC like a good little sheep. Just to point out China has ended poverty, donated ventilators to the UK and US, and are serious about climate change but of course that kind of news never get a mention because it doesn't meet the Xenophobic narrative the west likes to perpetuate, cherry picking cases to fit their predetermined narrative.
hey Asian Boss, why don't you try asking people in Macao and Shenzhen to see how they viewed what happened in Hong Kong in 2019.
U expect everything done at once?
@ユジン and without the rise of European colonialism (British colonialism included), there'd probably be a lot less genocide.
@ユジン Have you been to Xinjiang to see the genocide? Probably not... But just falling for BBC fake news trap. :-P
@ユジン Hong Kong wouldn't have any significance today if it weren't for British occupation. don't talk like history or "the past" has no effect on today whatsoever.
@@addictedtodeers you stand with the ideals or the stuff done?
Would y'all be able to conduct this interview with the older generations in Hong Kong? I feel like their opinions and memories might differ from others.
Deleting my comments that point out the clear propaganda this channel is trying to push? Lmao ok.
WuMao
@@jonathanng138 busy manufacturing consent by calling every person that doesn’t agree with a certain narrative a wumao?
@@charles8769 WuMao again
@@szechanchan The Chinese government is pure evil, you dummy. All they do is opresss people.
The person who wanted their face blurred seemed very passionate
she needs to move to the US, we love that type of passion and asians are super successful here. we welcome your kind lol
She is articulate as well 👍🏻
It's for her own safety. She was the most passionate person out the all of the people they interviewed and people like her are big targets for CCP dogs in HK...
@@Nastyxjoker Let's not be racist for no reason, dude
@@Nastyxjoker tell that to the many Asians getting robbed and assaulted as of lately. Ignorant racists wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a Hong konger and a mainland Chinese from looks, and would discriminate HKers for the fault of the Chinese government even though the victim is from HK. not that anyone can tell the difference between HKers and Chinese by appearance because they are same DNA. There’s many better western countries they could move to apart from the US. She doesn’t need to move to the US and no one does. This isn’t Hollywood, US isn’t a messiah. Stop with that white saviour narrative
Sorry but there are glaring realities that most of them are oblivious to.
1) As the UK is experiencing the impact of Brexit where blue and white collar EU workers are returning home, they need to fill the labour gap and to compensate for the tax losses. They are turning to Hong Kongers thanks to the stereotype of East Asians being hard workers. It's purely an economical stop-gap workaround for the UK. Anything else it's just marketing and propaganda.
2) UK feeling responsible for their former colonies? What a joke. If an African from a former British colony hears this, he will be rolling on the ground laughing. Even a Singaporean will giggle.
3) Having an outspoken different political opinion in the public sector and getting fired? That's the same everywhere in this world even in the EU. They will let you go by covert means. For example, if you are working in the ministry headed by a far-right minister and you are outspoken against his political views, do you seriously think he will let it slide? Best case scenario is that you will never be promoted while he is in-charged. Worst case scenario is work environment will be hell which might lead to your resignation.
4) Like one of the interviewees stated, it is not cheap to get UK citizenship. You need to prove that you can support yourself for 5 years without governmental benefits. They only want the rich or highly skilled talents to come in. They are not being your white saviours. It's purely business. See point 1).
5) Racism. Do they really think the people can differentiate mainland Chinese and Hong Kongers on the streets? Hilarious. Some people are still lumping all Eastern Europeans as Russians despite them being closer neighbours.
6) If millions do migrate to the UK, get ready to be the next scapegoat in their upcoming elections. Good luck.
right! the uk never does nothing for free or out of good will! we we''re paid by other countries to take on immigration and now brexit has happened we need the next load to come in! i feel sorry for those who come because this country is a mess! there's nothing great about Britain anymore and nothing is improving only getting worse whats it going to be like when the dust of brexit and the pandemic settles that's whats worrisome
Well said. Some people are extremely wealthy in Hong Kong, and That's the people they want coming over to the UK.
Exactly, ppl really be thinking the UK is this glory land... first, ylthe uk needs to fix the pit holes on the floor and the homeless. Then, fix the government and brexit and whatnot, before adding more ppl to UK.
Also, why come to uk, the houses are midget. I could get a whole mansion in the US, for the amount I could get 1 midget house in the UK....
@@velyvely6479 beats being under CCP rule though dude. I use to live in Mainland China. I'm American sure, but any country where at the blink of an eye a law is made that makes your status criminal or unsavory to the powers that be is not a country you want to live in. China currently interning Uighurs in concentration camps. Hong Kong residents understand that sure they may be Han, but they're Han-Cantonese speakers. They will face discrimination in mainland China. Especially since they're use to living in a free and open society unlike Mainland China.
The UK I think has seen worse days (Falkland Wars), and so I think in the long run the UK is going to be fine post-Brexit. The EU needs countries to be aboard it more than the countries need the EU to exist. Norway isn't in the EU, neither is Switzerland.
Migrants from Hongkong alone wouldn't cover the lack of migrants from the EU due to Brexit so the UK will also look towards other commonwealth nations plus the Philippines, Hongkong is a major financial hub in the world that the British have a big stake in and they have concerns about what goes on there especially since they signed that treaty with China that was suppose to maintain their democracy till 2047 & since China has breached that the UK is stepping in along with other major democracies like Canada, the struggles Hongkongers would face in the UK pale in comparison to what life would be under the CCPs thumb
you guys might feel like immigrating to uk is the best choice for the hong kongers but have you ever consider how are the british people treating asians particulary chinese in the street?
What do you mean by “how British people treating Asians in the street”? I’m curious to hear your stories. I’ve been working in London for 7 years as an Asian, and none of my Asian friends or myself and my family have been hurt or cursed. There are racism, but not to a point where it’s common. Not that I’ve seen
@@angli9075 thats what i saw on the internet u can check for interviews on youtube regarding this matter. Not all asians but particularly chinese
@@otakujesus6686 things on the internet are ALWAYS magnified, don't say anything abt it unless you've experienced it yourself to the point where it's common asf
@@SoItGoes5how can you even differentiate hongkonger and mainland chinese? hongkongers are basically chinese
@@legendarypussydestroyer6943 ever heard of the Uyghurs concentration camps in xinjiang china. i dont see people of the west shutting their mouth about this matter maybe they enter one of them themselves
I don't understand why Hong Kong people like to talk about freedom and democracy while expressing their gratitude for the British colonization of Hong Kong. Don't they understand what colonization means? Don't they understand that colonization means economic exploitation, cultural invasion and political enslavement？
yes and thats why hong kong clearly became an impoverished and economically failed state. Lol
@@joemanton2340 上网多了确实会遇到各种傻逼，不过为殖民者说话的人还是头一次。你是不是还要支持希特勒呢？
Lol, Hong Kong was originally a British Colony... In the modern days, who else still want to be and still feel proud to be some country’s colony?
Then you know how bad is Chi-na
@@alanalan910 Then you know how racist are hongkongers.
Because under the CCP's ruling, it's like we're back in the hands of another colonizer, which is more restricting and oppressing than the previous one.
@@roroforo5092 enjoy your state served propaganda
Proud to be a british colony :)
You guys should diversify your interviewee, like the elderly for example (people before the 1997) maybe we'd see a better difference between the British colonial era and the current situation.
The ones in the video look like the privileged ones who lived during China and HK 1-Country-2-System.
Notice that the reason they were able to get the demographic they got to do the interview might be because not very many people accepted, with young people it’s okay but elderly people would definitely not accept to do these kinds of interviews
@@aaronmoiche330 Good guess except it isn't the reality. You will be surprised how outspoken many of the elderly Hongkong actually are when being interviewed. The sampling frame is definitely biased.
@@vincenttheo8841 Many comments seem to echo your sentiment, but judging from HK election results in the last few years, the answers don't seem particularly biased.
@@vincenttheo8841 Yup, totally biased sample pool.
@@vincenttheo8841 This interview is on the streets of mong kok and elderly doesn't hang out in mong kok as much as young people do.The outspoken elderlies probably like to hang out in parks in stead of the busy streets of mong kok
Interestingly, when I heard the girl's words, why UK is trying to 'help' them 20 yrs after HK returned to China while they didn't during the times they ruled HK. Just because they care about HK people? meh
The UK and Western Europe has changed their values.
You can be as scornful as you want about the past, and judge present day people based on what their ancestors did. But just know that this makes _you_ the biggot here, and not them.
@@Nabiummainland and HK we are family untill UK tear us apart, the BNO just keep add insult to injury.
@@bluemonk4238 you're stuck in history. we're talking about the rights of people living today, not what some people who're dead now did.
So China suddenly care about Hong Kong and want it back in the 1980s?
What will happen if Hong Kong is still that small fishing village 100years ago?🤔
coz China just recover from WWII in that time
In US and UK, the authorities have the right to define what threatens national security. Everywhere is the same.... every country is trying to protect it's sovereign integrity..... U go to UK, u better respect it's national security and also uphold its sovereign integrity!!!
Wait I think in US and UK people enjoy free speech, you won’t be arrested just because you SAY something, right?You can say whatever you want.
@@yongxiangzhang3089 What happened to Julian Assuage?
@@yongxiangzhang3089 also, what about Edward snowden?
In the UK home nations have the right achieve independence if they ever wanted to. Unless you have been living under the rock for the past decade i'm sure you have been aware of the Scottish independent referendum in 2014?
@@ignatiuschua5268 They weren't arrested because they said something, especially in the case of Julian, they stole government records and released them. Were they justified? Maybe. But they certainly weren't criminalized for simply speaking their mind an criticizing the government. Snowden is a better example but he did sign many, many NDA's to work where he was.
One of the interviewees clearly say HK is splitted into two camps. Perhaps, you should try to interview another side. Especially the side that doesn't care about UK citizenship.
haha...nice catch. apparently there is selective news reporting as in western news media, or negligent reporter. Common Asian Boss..
Yup, only the the interview who answered to the preset standing point are reported here.
this interview is so biased. They only interview people from one side.
Selective news reporting... Smells like Western Propaganda
Of course they won't. Asian boss is a Korean studio... Koreans really hate their neighbors, China, Japan, North Korea
It would be interesting to show videos of all the anti-Asian attacks in the West to people on the streets of Asia and see what they think.
Lmao dont. Let those asians that drool to come to the west experience it for themselves
Theyd still kiss the ground white ppl walk on. HK are huge white worshippers even by East Asian standards
@@user-pd9ju5dk5s u dunno much about HK. People go because they hate the pro China government
@@blueskyngaki Even before China fiasco, HK were already white worshippers who held their nose up high and looked down on their fellow Chinese 🤭 Colonized mindset
@@nomoresunforever3695 I think Hong Kongers treat non-white foreigners (like Indians) even worse than in China, so I doubt they'd care. Besides, I haven't seen any videos of foreigners being violently attacked and murdered in China.
Do they actually know what colony means?
well they are living in one
Freedom from CCP which forces families to pay extra unless they want their child murdered (one child policy, two child policy). Any Hong Konger witv siblings should realize their sister or brother wouldve been murdered by the CCP
@@chinesesparrows it is really funny , all your information comes from nowhere but your imagination
China came under Manchu's colony too.
they don't care whether they are colonized as long as they are fed well..
I'd like to see interviews asking UK people whether or not they'd like to accept hundreds and thousands of HKers to be in their towns and cities.
definitely not
Depends which generation you ask. Gen Z and Millennials will say yes.
😂this will be very embarrass
I can say for myself and the many people I’ve spoken to about it across the UK the answer is a outstanding Yes we would absolutely like to.
Hi, you ask me - my answer is absolutely yes. They are an asset here.
This interview conflated two issues: the new UK citizenship and the HK national security law. The UK citizenship should have been offered to the people of HK while HK was a British colony before the handover 1997. It is twenty, thirty years too late. Only a small number of HK people would actually move to UK but many would consider having an option. But read the small prints: the UK government charges premium, NHS is not free, and the 5+1-year hoops are set very high. With the UK economy suffering after Brexit, the Hong Kong migrants are viewed as easy cash cows.
Actually, the UK economy suffering much more from covid than Brexit.
I think its a good strategic move by the UK because they need the manpower and investment to boost the british economy, as well as appearing humane to the international community. Also a tough stance to show its allegiance to the US against the CCP government. What they are charging hongkongers for the citizenship is insane for most upper-middle class in HK...
Summary: they only want rich people. They do not want the poor sops to go over
Hongkong kids were born to hate China, Hongkong,s education is rotten, actions must be taken. I'm sure these kids know almost nothing about China , even some very basic common things like the geography and national anthem.
There is a guy on youtube (famous Hongkong youtuber), he was planning immigrate to Malaysia, after several times visiting to Malaysia, he found out most of the Chinese Malaysian and Chinese Singerporian are on the side of China ,now he is a UK resident .
Crazy !!!!!
@@搅搅振 I think so, the teenagers in Hongkong don't know mainland well,.They received wrong education.I just want to say China's influence on international public opinion isn't enough.
You must be joking! The offering of BNO by the UK government to the Hongkees was purely a political move. The British government shouldn't be too concerned about democracy in Hong Kong after the handovet, for there were no democracy and freedom of speech during the nearly two hundred years of colonial rule. All the Governors were appointed by Britain and not elected by the the Hongkees! The British government has no moral right to talk about democracy in Hong Kong.
Don't meddle with the internal affairs of China. If the British government were serious about offering permanent citizenships to the Hongkees, why should they have to wait for 5 or 6 years in order to be qualified with no assurance of making the mark? Why are there so many qualifying criteria to become a British citizen?
There will be a few who, after generations of kneeling down in front of the British colonialist, couldn't stand up and continue to crawl back to their former master, seeking for their dominions.
Shameless!! These Hongkees didn't know their own humiliating history.
I’m surprised they’ve not mentioned the ridiculous cost of housing as a reason to leave. Can’t imagine living in those shoebox apartments at those ridiculous prices.
Living in central London is not exactly cheap either... then again we earn more in HK compared to UK ...
@@dotherightthing259 ah yes ofcourse...because all there is to the U.K. is Central London.
@@pbc5137 if I'm used to the convenience of opportunities and public amenities, I probably wouldn't have much choices outside of London, plus the anti-China business and propaganda is going to be there for a while, not the safest place to move to...
@@jaymarx you’re welcome to pay silly premiums for “convenience” and “opportunities”. I could never understand why would anyone work harder and under more pressure to earn more only to piss it away on basic necessities and live on survival mode.
@@pbc5137 So you could never understand why would anyone work harder and under more pressure to earn more only to piss it away on basic necessities and live on survival mode in Central London？Go to live in the mountains, where everything is free
Are there any countries in the world that do not have a National Security Law? No. Every country has it. The US have 9 such laws. Australia has 4 from memory. Wake up HK youths. If you ever immigrate to another country, you better get use to adhering to the NSL.
Macau set their NSL after 2 years of returning to China. It has been 24 years since HK returned and they still haven't established it. I think China has been too patient.
And guess what, the likes of Joshua Wong did accept US resources in organising the riots. In any country, that would have been a violation of the NSL
every country has national security law, but not the controversial one in Hong Kong. :)
@@minkeiken1283 the only thing controversial about it, was that it took HK over 20 years to finally set one up. But since it's now set up, everything is under control.
Everything under control ? 🤣 look at Shanghai in this Omicron, you know what is “under control” like in hell meant in China.
It took 20 years to let the world knows the genuine face of China revealed. Yes, i wish this happened earlier.
Shanghai nowadays is completely under control. You should go back to enjoy🤣
@@minkeiken1283 where you from? Or are you too ashamed to say? Shanghai is locked down which is what you need to do in order to beat this highly contagious virus.
Without discussing the legitimacy of the National Security Law, it's just sad to see some HK people regard the colonialism of Britain as a protection/pride... They can have opinions about the government, but they should never forget their origin and legacy
I'm British and I have to say colonialism was something to be ashamed of not proud of. It has left such a negative effect on so many countries and the attempts to decolonise are difficult. I do not envy the people of Hong Kong at all....although in some aspects I would gladly swap places...UK may have some attributes but it is not easy living here right now unless you fit certain demographical groups
@@JanineAnita Wow, thanks for your perspective as a British citizen!
Its a really disgusting interview! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded hk, China in Opium War! Now hundred year humiliation of China is over!
@@lewistian7975 you're welcome, I'm open to answering anyone's questions in regard to the UK
Those who are happy HK is part of China I strongly recommend you guys come to China for living and rejoiced at the prospect of being a Chinese citizen.
UK: "GIve us only your rich folks that have 5 years of living expenses + health care cost so you can inject 50k + a year into our economy annually per a family"
The rich folks and their children already left in the 80s and 90s, and have dual-citizenships. At the first sign of real trouble, they are gone.
@@Obscurai i thought Chinese couldn't have double citizenship?
@@dekad5200 They can have dual citizenship but China doesn't recognize them. However, the other country does and would be accepted by that country since they issued the citizenship. Most would simply find a safe place to renounce their Chinese citizenship and proceed to the second country unimpeded.
@@dekad5200 I heard about only First class Chinese can have another citizenship. for example many Portuguese are Chinese Macau passport holder. many British and British National Overseas Passport holder are Chinese Hong Kong passport holder also. but if you are the second class citizens, sorry, only allowed to hold one. crazy.
@@dd3623 if i remember right it's only the mainland chinese who can't have another citizenship. it's not about from which class u are.
This was interesting to me as a British person. Share your opinions below 🔽
This is not news anymore. One month already, and only 5000 application. I am disappointed tbh.
@@jw1866 me too
@@jw1866 rest assured what comes out of the CCP is not how they feel, speaking the truth goes against their interests
@@nickp8423 as for all governments
mostly who complained much are just window shoppers. they don't represent majority. majority knows they need China to prosper. and behold they are selfish hiding behind democracy. I don't see their same vigor defending Myanmar. all are just facades
Regarding the promise of One country two system, literally based on "One country", it won't work if you don't treat your country as your country and don't want to interact with other parts of the country, what makes it worse is you treat other country as your country, and the worst is you wish your country to collapse and hence opportunity for your independency. Please ask yourself honestly if you fit into any of these 3 situation, if the answer is positive, may be it's time for you to move on, just migrate to where ever suit you the most.
Agree with you absolutely
Ever heard of Scotland?
It's hard...people being governed by someone else...for a long time.
It's not a matter of system , it is the matter of "having the best interest for your people" , which for the past 20 years are absent. It is true that Hong Kong is started out as an invasion , but it is also true that people have changed and become a unique place of our own.
@Vanessa Lai I'm not pro HK indipend but the fact that people have to censor themselves and can't talk about it, it's the problems in the first place.
Please we, Thai, want you to conduct an interview regarding our situation in Thailand. We seem to be misunderstood that we are fine with Junta government ruled by our king but actually we are not... wanna let the world know what we are continuously facing here 🙏🙏
Hong Kong people are still supporting Thailand's people against the government! please stay strong!!!
The power and money inequality in Thailand is so sad. I would love to visit again as soon as I can..
Thailand is getting worse because of military governance. It may seem like they have parliament and democracy, but that is an illusion to show at the international stage. It is a foreign policy game. The world knew about it, but play along with their game.
Ahahah another NED cheque deposited to Asian Boss right away
The Thai royalty is very disgusting. You have to crawl on the floor to reach the royal family. Beside Thai royalty, you have to kneel no matter who you are.
2:05 The guy said uk still have the responsibility to monitor Hong Kong's democracy.
UK colonized Hong Kong for 156 years, I don't remember Hong Kong people ever had democracy.
And they believe UK suddenly cares Hong Kong people's democracy now.
Watching them saying that is sad, apparently they don't have a clue about how to make their situation better.
I mean, if you want to make a good argument, at least consider what personal or political freedoms the people of Hong Kong have now, in comparison to 1997, and when it was under Britain. I guarantee you that in all cases they had more freedom than the citizens of mainland China.
Hk people had allways more freedom then chinese people
@@olcankanicok9125 british governor assigned by british queen lmao
@@olcankanicok9125 It’s your freedom to think that way
@@banq2878 uk is a parliamentary monarchy
Actually, one of the interviewee said the Hongkong people split into two groups. Unforuantely, AB only internew one side.
true
thats why ALL media must be regulated by the gov.!
@@劉润平 no, it needs due diligence by the people if it concerns the public, but yeah government affairs stays in government interpretation, normal public people dont know the workings of it, and are easily led by people who paints a nice picture good or bad, truth or fake.
@@zeiitgeist dont u think AB is biased on this reporting...? dont ever underestimate the media.! Just look at how BBC, CNN, ABC n others western msm stages coups n even wages wars on other countries with their lies.!
@@劉润平 bias as it maybe, i believe a better system should be design on that is verifiable without opinions being thrown in by gov or the people. I like clear facts and actionable task.
It's interesting, but there are national security laws in Britain. All countries in the world have national security laws, while Hong Kong does not. Macao is also one country, two systems. However, after their return to China, the Macao government immediately implemented 23 basic laws. How many years has Hong Kong returned to China? Hong Kong people always have only two systems in their eyes, but they never see one country ahead. Thinking of what a friend of mine in Japan said, the act of splitting the country in Japan is punishable by death
Do state uk political security laws
Under one country, two system; HK can self-govern without the interference by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) for 50 years from the date of the handover and that self-governance will be removed in 2047.
Hong Kong youth can't follow the trend of being tied down to a socialist environment; most communist country practise marxism or socialism..
@@RoyLimisAw3s0me than go Britain begging for food
@@RoyLimisAw3s0me yes, one country first then two systems. Do bear in mind that every country has security laws to protect the integrity of its territory.
@@lilianlil6716 Hong Kong is a territory of China (under the handover agreement was 50 years of no interference from CCP) but the fact that certain party (namely the CIA who have funded or aided the Umbrella Movement) which caused the updated Security Laws.
How did the teenager at the time were able to secure a VISA to meet with the VIce President when Trump was in office? if you do some research and CIA has known to fund democracy leaning NGO and political party,
I am not a big fan of CCP but certain ppl pushed CCP hands; not the other way around... of course I am not in HK and won't know as much as the local person but every action has it's consequences
And here's me, a relatively young man born in England with plans to leave the UK and be of use in Asia.
You’ll find more opportunity, earn more money, live better and in peace, and live longer in China than in UK.
@@Herr_Vorragender ::: In a major city such as Shanghai, you’ll be surprise how well Chinese and foreign workers work side by side. Why believe me. Go there yourself. The Chinese culture is more inclusive than the Western Europe which had been beset by tribal wars. You’re right as to global peace - never has been , and never will if history is instructive. The peace I’m referring to is peace of mind: from crime, social instability, political up rising. The immigration policy of all nations favors those with talent or valuable skills - China is no exception.
@@ubermenschen3636 Oh I forgot to say thank you for your answer. Sorry.
Thank you, good sir :)
@@ubermenschen3636
Do you know where I find information about China’s immigration policy?
Bro in China the people are oppressed by their government , the CCP only cares for its on ideologies , I wish I was born in the UK there is more freedom there and peoples life are more important to the government than in China where more than 1 billion people live so f u China🥰
Only one elder citizen was interviewed and see how his point differs from those of the youths.
older citizens know what its like to live under UK. The brats know nothing about it
Younger people in HK are brainwashed by biased social media and a large group of hypocrites!
@@godzillamothra5983 What I actually mean is the old man knows what's the real problem that matters, while the youths have a completely different focus.
Haha even old people don't like the ccp
@@namelesssnitchy
old and losers who live in cage house, of course will blame CCP for their misfortune, forgetting that it is capitalism that ate them and spitted their old bones to the trash can.
My brother was called a ch*nk at Tescos UK the other day and my local asian store window was smashed. Have a good time here Hong Kongers.
and I regularly had to wait 6 weeks for a GP appointment. The grass is greener on the other side
Liar
ssh, remember, they are not chinese. they are hongkongers. nobody will discriminate them in western countries cos they are not chinese.
@@roroforo5092 I asked my white friends, do they care who is from China mainland and who is from Hong Kong or other countries? The answer is who cares all looks the same to us - pretty ones are exceptional haha what a laugh, good luck “Hongkongers”.
Wow, someone in UK is so nice to HKers. HKers should move there.
'Worst scenario will be patriotic to China' Well said bro, clearly explained why Hongkong needs a national security law.
Lmao exactly 😂
one man said hong kong has divided in two groups, so what is the other side of the voice?
it's divided with anti china and pro china
That is the problem, the video is biased
The other group is government officials imported from China
@@onodera387 Thanks but I never expect another ex-colony citizen to answer that
@J lol, all your comments on this channel belittle people from other countries and praise china. Enjoy your 50 cents.
I think it’s better for everyone for those people who want to go to UK to leave Hong Kong. However, I don’t think UK will take them unless they are rich.
Currently, there are about 35,000 net loss in the Hong Kong population. Not the millions that UK expected. And of those 35,000, maybe 10-20% went to UK.
Would China take poor british people? I don't think so.
@@cooldude4643 your point is?
@@cooldude4643 nah they would as long as they speak english, you can see those teacher expats walking about.
I agree, if they want to go let them, i don't think anybody is forcing them to stay.
There are a few reasons why many countries offer citizenships and one of the common ones is the inflow of wealth. This is perhaps the main reason of offering citizenship to Hong Kong than the people of Rohingya.
And the ability of those people to be able to function in their new society.
You are telling the UK if it really does want to make a good action then "Also save the children in Africa!", they are different situations with different problems
Yes. And many young people rather pay more taxes to the west, than live under the control of a government that they hate
UK's main objective is to make Hong Kong people hate China.
I think the red line created by the new security law is actually very clear. 1. Any form of independence of HK is illegal. 2. Any attempt to change the indirect leadership of the Chinese government over HK is illegal.
I think these points are very very normal to most countries in the world.They’re just some basic laws
How is that even clear? Are you even local? The entire government is a joke, i mean, do you even watch the news? Some retarted politician even claimed the proposal of coexisting with the virus is against the National Security Law, as long as you have the basic idea of disobeying or questioning the government's actions, you broke the law. It's not even a red line anymore, it's just flowing red liquid in all directions lol.
Don't the UK, US, and every other country have national security laws? I don't understand what is the big fuss about. Asian Boss is a mouthpiece of western governments and media.
@@michaelteng6076 absolutely correct When us uk have national security law they said ahh it’s very normal to have that law
On the other hand when hk has that they said evil ccp try to control the entire hk people it’s very evil etc
@@mw_-rh2io The HKSAR government immediately discredited that comment about Covid and the NSL. It was a rogue politician running his mouth.
Should interview the HK'ers that has actually experienced colonization from UK
That's me, I have experienced colonization from UK and I am pro-china. They should have interviewed me to voice out the other side of the story.
@@joycelee1468 How old are you?
1. There are two Middle Aged men in the interview. 2. The older generation escaped CCP to British Hong Kong. They hates China even more because they had seen the worst.
@@User-vz4xm nope, I am in HK, know for a fact that's true
ph yea? if so, here is the chance you can tell us what you have experienced. come on, tell and show us.
These people are brainwashed. If the British really care about there former colonies,why don't they care about ppl of India and the other colonies?
They do. Pakistan (which was part of India during the British Raj) is the #1 recipient of the British government's overseas aid budget. Bangladesh (also part of India at that time) is #6.
@@excitingfruit true and we have a bunch of Indian and Pakistani etc. people who live in the UK too.
No, UK want young ppl to make great again the queen.... Lol
These people forgot what Hong Kong was like under British rule. smh
This is modern UK though, not the colonial one.
@@kugelblitzkrieg My point is that they equate the modern one with colonial one, which is historical revisionism. Hong Kongers may aspire to be "democratic" like the west but they shouldn't forget what the west has done for many generations (genocide, colonialism, imperialism).
@@kugelblitzkrieg Those UK bootlickers were mainly born after 1997 who have no actual memory of colonial period.
@@kugelblitzkrieg Colonial one or modern one.....same imperialist mind set
Well it was a lot better then, hence the feelings shown.
What?? The worst scenario is that people turn patriotic about China? “One country, two systems" does not mean that it splits people by two nationalities. People loving their country should be more like a normalcy rather than denying it.
The thing is not all of us love China..
Comments are much more interesting than the video.
You look like Jackie Chan
I agree, those in the videos talked a lot of nonsense, unrelated junk. Maybe that's how the young people are over there which I am not surprised either.
Stop beefing, my last advice. Politics is difficult to know. Different departments, different relations. Don't make a noodles in it.
@Aspire Wot Not at all...
Dwayne Gu - Your comment is so true. At least reading the comments section, there is hope for humanity.
If you just watch the video, it is all doom and gloom.
A good government makes their people want to stay, instead of trying to stop them from leaving.
Nah, HK young ppl can go UK n make great UK again.... LMAO
yeah，everybody in mainland China wants them to leave but sadly UK won’t take them.
@@chenyuwang6098 Exactly, I don't know why the government is complaining about now. These people want to leave, and China want them to go.
I don't think anyone in the interview cited a government regulation as their reason not to apply for BNO. It's OK to criticize government but let's be fair. If they want to leave, they can and should go.
People are not being kept in Hong Kong, or anywhere in China for that matter, from emigrating.
The British people are very influential people.
It's amazingly shocking how they easily influenced people's minds or we may say manipulate them is shocking by the no of countries they have colonized, loot and then divide the country and the people before freeing them from colonization.
If the British people are now asked to pay reparation by all the countries they have colonized, enslave, loot, or divide people and the country then they'll be in debt forever and have to be at the mercy of all the countries they have exploit through colonization.
It's shocking and shameful that instead of paying any reparation even today they'll still trying to influence people and make them revolt against one another just by sugarcoating them with their sweet but unrealistic promise.
So you prefer to be loyal dog of a Dictatorship. The British Government is not a Colonial power today. China is a Dictatorship. You choose. I'm sure you'll live to live with your lips closed all your life. You will only open them to criticize other Governments which are much better than yours.
Yes, those HongKongers should all move to India. Everything they like: Largest democracy and former colony of UK. They will feel right at home there.
The irony
Of your comment
Absolutely disgusting, dont they know they own history? Dont they know what the british did to get hong kong? NOT ONCE did the people of hong kong have a say when the British chose the governor of Hong Kong, democracy my ass.
I feel like the reporter was trying to only interview/show people who are part of the pro-democracy movement, but Hong Kong is pretty much divided half by half. There are a ton of people who support the National Security Law. But these people didn’t appear a single time in the video. Isn’t that weird? I don’t support the Law but I still think all voices should be heard equally.
Exactly... for example 14:48 when he says "the worst scenario is when people like to eat at HaiDiLao and using WeChat, or starting to like China"... so love to eat at Mcdonald's and using twitter are the best scenario? Hope he knows the reason why Asian people and business are getting attacked all the time in the countries with his ideal systems, are because of the same mindset he has...
But isnt the pro-democracy movement view the right one, why would you give attention to the other side ? Are you pro-democracy or pro- human rights? Or pro-censorship and dictatorship and pro-oppression?
@@v.8097 why would you not listen to others, how would you 100% know you're right if you only hear your own echo? using "pro-democracy" for far-right hatred towards different ideas and mainlander is the reason why this movement got to where it is today. isn't the democracy we are looking for needs to be based on basic respect to each other and some integrity?
@@v.8097 This is exactly the issue why all voices need to be heard. The National Security Law doesn’t directly mean it‘s pro dictatorship or pro oppression. There are many valid reasons why it‘s needed. And don‘t forget most of the western countries who are preaching how draconian this law is have quite similar laws themselves. Just look at Spain right now and what happens to the politicians who are pro-catalonian-independence.
So in conclusion, majority not gonna leave Hk? Why would they really unless they have family overseas already. Go to an unfamiliar place with no financial security. UK just doing it to boost its economy.
Majority can't really sell their place and easily move across to another country, for sure. You're talking about a lot of paperwork and legal laws and hoops to go through. But to say UK is just doing it specifically just for that reason is a nonsense.
@@WM-eg4gh i dont agree
selling properties is not hard(if they have), and it will be at least 5m hkd paperwork is just $$ and its not costly
even as hard as study overseas, hker can still manage that alonn, mostly
@@keepitprivate3856 Give me an example of an area in HK that isn't hard, because you are broadly speaking. There is always demand, yes but so many factors. I also look at properties in HK too.
@@WM-eg4gh I just submitted. there aren't a lot of paperwork. you can finish in one night for yourself. start on 23 march. you can even use app to submit BNO visa. and the IHS and visa fees are cheap. the requirement of savings for one person isn't high. but of course, during the pandemic it is hard to find jobs to survive.
@@hungcarl Submitted what? Selling your house/apartment in HK?
Reporter : What is the future of hongkong.
Hongkonger : The worst situation is hongkonger living like a chinese and no longer serve as a white's puppy.
Me : ....
A disgusting interview! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded China in Opium War! But now hundred year humiliation of China is over!
UK must apologize and compensate for Chinese citizens becoz of invading China and took HK in Opium War! Britain sold opium to China to exchange for TEA and PORCELAIN and invaded China, took hk and killed innocent people in Opium War!
@@angelinej8755 Let`s give Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Saudi MBS a one way ticket to Mars. Question: If I lived in Hong Kong, could I be arrested?
Lol, damn right!
LMAO.... thats good bro
If these people think that Brittian, US or Australia is for them, then leave and don't try to do any more damage to the Hong Kong City. Action speaks louder than words.
This is such an one-sided interview, there is a large amount of HK citizens who have the completely opposite standpoints but you failed to give them a voice. I don't know if this is intentional or not, but it definitely sounds like the interviewers already have prejudice of the topics discussed. I am quite disappointed at you AsianBoss, you failed your promise of being objective when asking for the donation.
Totally leaning to 1 sided interview, it's not neutral at all. When the interviewer started talking , you can smell something
That's how TH-camr makes money.
Asian boss need a hot topic to make money and future potential, u think he can make bunch viewer by making a video about dumpling? So disgusted by this channel now
Exaclty! Balantly obivious. I know people from Hong Kong City and even on TH-cam, many real youtubers strongly support the HK City NSL and against these rioters
Myanmar Rohingya were ruled under UK colony as well. Why UK only grant BNO to HK? Is it because they are rich? or they can be used against China?
They made a deal with China would guarantee HK independence. China overstep their boundaries so UK had to step in. I don't think every former British Colony had this deal in place.
@@zfranke3dome Are you kidding? That's autonomy, not independence... And it's "One country, two systems", do you understand what that "one country" means? National security law is the least HK should have.
The UK govt are quietly avoiding this discussion. Go look at the history books of all its colonies. HK is the one that makes them the most $ - hence the only one it “cares” about.
@@bboystretch7788 I thought in there colonial era India was most money making cow of British may be I should check details again
@Peter Mok When HK changes from a UK colony to a China city, there has to be some change no doubt. If you argue with your "old way of life".... just start your new life mate, or just move to UK, no one stops you.
Correction to the first interviewee: Hong Kong is originally China's territory.
Can't believe one of them said, HK orginally belong to Britain. LOL, obviously his history only began when Britain annexed HK as part of their territories..
I don’t see the Chinese do anything about the lands are taken by the Russian
I have to points to make.
1. The interview did not really address the question related to the title until about 08:00.
2. Only the middle-aged man seems to be pragmatic and realistic about the situation in Hong Kong.
Cuz he is the only one who actually knows British ruling....
There also so much BS, criticizing the government is something We can do freely. I’ve done it, my family has too. from hk bte
Cause kids think that the uk would help them out of moral values, brutish, moral. One sentence, lmao.
Cuz Asian Boss are amateurs....
@@ethanchan1620 Like that bookstore that got shut down ?
5:47 "It's like Hong Kong has been separated into Hong and Kong". Wow!
Divide and conquer, UK's favorite trick.
RIP Rational discussion
@@Wilson24678 lmao true
so why have we only heard voices from one side on all the western media?
@@Jimmy-wh1fd cause they all come from the same few sources or it was a collaborative effort, go check the owners of the news media and see for yourself. Also there are only a few companies that have a well rounded number of international respondents, most of the time the news gets published and the other media just buys it to show it on their own platform, which is why many of them share a lot of footage. It is known as the illusion of choice
Chinese government already announced that you can go, but it not easy come back, it's Hongkong citizens choice. In fact that if they go to UK, will they welcomed by UK citizens? create job competition is very serious issue. The global economy is not optimistic.
that's discounting the current Canzuk agreement in discussions, they would get access to Canada, New-Zeland, the UK, and Australia to find jobs and places to live. I don't know for the other 3 but in Canada we DESPERATELY need more workers.
No one cares about coming back, pointless to live with genocidal ccp.
HK have IQ and entrepreneurs. An infusion into brit society instead of them sponging off the gov is a good thing.
It’s an interesting debate, I personally welcome them here to the UK, my three best friends immigrated/study abroad from China and South Korea. However in the future I guess job competition would come into play, though I’m not sure how broadly impactful it would be depending on how citizenship is given 🤔
We will welcome them all.
Don't worry about job competition, that's the weakest argument I've ever heard.
China is like a jealous ex girlfriend... "if you leave, don't come back" 😂😂😂
Pathetic!
@@jacksonbrown4112 haha, well said
The ridiculous one is" the worst situation is amitted I'm a Chinese", so what you think you are? The special edition of Britsh??
I was speechless too.
That's how brainwashed they are 🤷♀️
真的可怜
Hong Kongers refer to themselves as such. Or with younger generations referring to themselves as British, similar to those living in the Falklands or Gibraltar
Would you want to be associated with mainlanders? LOL!
No one interviewed could precisely say how China may arbitrarily apply its own laws onto Hong Kong residents since the implementation of National Security Law, which has its legal framework under Basic Law article 23. HK is still governed under laws of the Special Admin Region.
That’s because a lot of Hong Kongers, like anyone else in the world, are easily swayed. Few people truly do deep research anymore. A lot of the HKers that were rioting were also young and never experienced life under Britain where racist policies were the norm and protests were crushed far more brutally than now. Their ancestors were mass murdered by white Europeans. Britain certainly gave no democracy to Hong Kong so it’s laughable they think Britain will do anything now, Britain just doesn’t like China and that’s why they’ll pretend to support “democracy” in Hong Kong. The reality is that Britain and the USA have been toppling and murdering democratically elected governments if those governments don’t listen to them. Hong Kong is a pawn between China and the USA / UK. Many HKers now in Britain have reported racial abuse and barely making a living by having to work in factories and restaurants.
They speak of the fear of prosecution for saying anything political. While they are freely talking about it in HK without being prosecuted. Where is the logic? Fear for nothing
That's because HK is still protected by the Basic Law system which will no longer be active in year 2047 and China will have complete power over Hong Kong by then. HK will definitely not stay the same as now if China alreadh has full control over HK. I doubt that HK people will be allowed to speak freely like this in 2047.
If you're not familiar with the situation, learn before you criticise.
Wow, so many mainlanders in the comment section. You KNOW what the HKers are talking about when they say they’re afraid of saying political things. Stop diluting the issue.
I hope the UK government can really help those hongkongers who wishes to live in UK. Please don't disappoint them. Put your money where your mouth is, don't use them as political tools.
Actually they are dealing it as tool for sure! How many of the HKer have been accepted by the UK government? Less than a thousand
UK needs them to buy houses to help economy, twice win.
They only accept people born before the handover, when most people of those generations are pro - government and the protesters are largely teens and people in their 20s...
@@nancyking3 to use the HKers money to pay back to EU for leaving EU Zone
a person who abandon his own hometown will abandon UK too
my nephew is a 2nd generation UK citizen & she is a qualified accountant! from her own mouth, "racism is rampant here in UK & discrimination is in all level of society". She don't feel safe in UK. welcome to UK to all you young UK migrants, you definitely enjoy UK.
Those who wants to go pls go and enjoy and those who wants to stay pls stay and enjoy... Peace to both.... No matter honor stay don't complain about it later , as its a choice you made......
Totally agree!! We need peace!!!
Yah yah so true...
no they will not go. the point is china bad, not uk good.
@@wuhao698592 ??
British offering HK Chinese the path to UK citizenship is disingenuous and a political maneuver. During Britain’s 99 year rule over HK, the Englishman treated the Chinese as subhuman or beast of burden whose only importance is generating taxes to feed the White English hordes. For 99 years the White Englishman offered no democracy to HK , no UK citizenship, or recognition of HK Chinese as British subjects eligible for British citizenship or special passport privileges. And the most disgusting act inflicted against the HK Chinese is British colonial rulers’ utter indifference to the suffering of the poor HK people living in the shadow of modern high-rise buildings, despite collecting billions of British Pounds in taxes. The British Empire was built on the blood, flesh, and resources of colored people enslaved by British guns, opium, or treachery. Today, the British Empire is a legacy at best, a fantasy at worst. Why any HK Chinese would want a UK citizenship for immigration when just being Chinese of China offers so much more opportunity, prosperity, peace, dignity, and no racial discrimination.
HK people are totally brainwashed!
I don't support the Chinese govt but the fact that i have a Hong kong friend who thinks rioting and looting changes for the better tells me a lot about her. Also when deng was brought up she said he killed a lot of people so i ask her "isn't he the one who opened up China's economy and made China to where it is right now?" She simply just ignored me and turned back.
There are points that are correct about the UK gov, I'll clarify my stance first saying that definitely HK is used as a taxing state for UK in the past, but compared to the CCP where you couldnt possibly predict if you would get caught or be treated fairly under law, a lot of people would rather be under UK's rule of law. Not colonialism, not conservationism, just personal interests.
Uber Menschen slightly one sided comment 😂
@Thunder Yeah17 yeah, people know about Kowloon Walled City, and?
Will those moved to the UK be able to criticize the governent, which motivated them to leave?
Yes. They would.
@@kamanashiskar9203 Britain just introduced 10 years jail for unlicensed protests or protesters 'that cause a nuisance'. So no, they won't.
@@VarietyGamerChannel Well, when you start tearing down statues, the fun and games are over.
@@VarietyGamerChannel that’ll never get passed relax
Being able to criticize doesn't mean we would do it just for the sake of doing it
Clony seems like the sweetest thing to them LOL
Then you know how fxxk up it is after China took over the place
@@irrinfo2011 It's because they have never experienced colonial rule.
@@irrinfo2011 no. ccp just have troops stationed in hk.
It is. Colonial age was our most glorious age.
@@irrinfo2011 So true.
Basically nobody is moving anywhere, it’s just all talk. Also UK only wants rich people as you can only immigrate there if you have enough assets to live there for 5 years from the start 👀 How many people can afford to do that?
UK: We will stand with people of HK and welcome to UK! But only if you bring the $$$.
Exactly... imagine being jobless for 5 years and you get the gist!
This is not true. The BNO visa grants right to work from day one. What it does not allow is claiming benefits for unemployment etc.
Thank you for the video! I am from mainland and glad to hear what ordinary HK people think. Nowadays there are just too much emotions and failed communication among people and hard to find respect, understanding and constructive discussions. Glad to hear what our HK friends think and hope for the best for them
I think this is literally the first comment I’ve ever seen from a mainland Chinese person that’s not a wumao
ab不是公正的媒体，采访对象明显全挑了黄人，只说香港人害怕共产党，却对香港暴乱背后的cia只字不提。
@@icegaming2862 if I say something good about China I'm wumao ?
On TH-cam, you can't sing praises to China
@@daychaos1967 agree. AB is not unbiased.
HKer is so proud to be British colony, nice.
Mainlanders are looking down at HKers, they call them "British slaves", 奴才😅
Because it’s much better to be the slaves of Chi-Nazi
@@ooo6845 蠢猪就是蠢猪
好多误解啊。。。
@@ooo6845 lmao Britain is just as bad they arrest you got making jokes there. The UK is just a diet China.
As a Taiwan Chinese descendant who born and live in Indonesia and I ever live in the USA for 5 years during my study. My experience is to received a lot of discrimination there, not just by the people but also by the government, when you argue with the local people you will easily get beaten by them because they don't like Chinese. Luckily I found a mainland China wife so I can stay in China as long as I like, I used to do business in China and I stayed in Shanghai for 4 years. When I was in China I am so happy and feel very safe, I can walk on the street on midnight without being rob or beaten for being Chinese. I plan to stay in China for good after I retired in 4 years to come. So to whoever think that you will be more happy to live outside your country, think about it twice.
Who cares about you? HK needs freedom! 🤣
I as an outsider always find it puzzling that quite a few of these interviewees emphasize that they expect HK to have higher level of autonomy, and do NOT want to be like mainlanders who support China and are patriotic towards the country. And their choice of words makes it sound like China to them is totally a foreign country, and they are not its citizens.
I can’t think of any country in the world that encourages its citizens to be against its government and be not patriotic towards it off the top of my head. I am under the impression after watching this video that these ppl only want “two systems” out of the “ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS” deal.
well, hk really isn't like other chinese cities with autonomy being emphasised, and our other westernised values (democracy, justice, impartiality, freedoms) are just things that sadly general chinese don't enjoy. one country two systems is a very bad idea to begin with, imo, it was made on the assumption that china will become more democratised over the years, while the situation is the entire opposite. hk people also enjoy freedom of speech and press, we refuse to be blindly patriotic - we'll look at the reality and see if the government is in the right or not.
@@stantalentstanastro4178 sounds to me that anything to do with China is unattractive to you. Neither ONE COUNTRY nor TWO SYSTEMS. Obviously westernised values matter to you more than anything else. I guess immigrating to UK probably works for you. Best of luck.
@@Deandzzzzzz not really, i like chinese traditions, just not its current dictatorial regime that doesn’t respect basic human rights. culture and government are two separate entities, just because people hate trump doesn’t mean they’re not patriotic. people in china don’t have free internet or free speech, you’re abroad i assume, and enjoy all of these things so you’re speaking from a place of privilege.
@@stantalentstanastro4178 totally agree that the culture and a country’s government are two different things. You are free to like or dislike the current government but I just personally do not think China will transform into a democratic political system as you expect, at least not in the near future. All I am trying to say is we normally citizens better makes some changes about our life rather than looking to change the regime. The harsh truth is you are just not that powerful enough. After all what we want in life is actually pretty simple - good living standards and a happy life.
@@Deandzzzzzz well i can understand where you’re coming from. but good living standards and a happy life are very subjective and vary among people. it’s one thing to grow up in a place without freedoms (of speech, press and assembly) like most chinese people under ccp, it’s another thing to grow up with these freedoms and have them taken away from you (like hk people right now). the resistance from hk people makes sense.
also, the tremendous power the state has in china is worrying - one misstep and you can be coined the enemy of the state (look at jack ma, one of the richest in china yet now he’s disliked by the state because of his criticism on the system and has to go into hiding), meaning all your property could be confisticated and you could suddenly be thrown in jail for a crime you didn’t commit.
material comfort without protection of people’s rights is an unstable thing. how can people be happy when there’s a constant fear that the government can get their property from them? how can people be happy when they could be poisoned by compromised products yet the state won’t even let them sue the companies due to corruption (i.e. the toxic milk powder in china - parents of victims who wanted to speak up were silenced and threatened by the police for ‘causing trouble’). a perfect regime doesn’t exist, but an authoritarian system with unlimited power of the state is definitely far from ideal.
In every content, it’s better to ask different generations to get more perspective in the issues. Appreciate the content you offer though.
This street interview is quite biased to only ask the new brainwashed generation
you don't know who they have interviewed. Asian Boss can choose which interview to be shown in this vid.
interviewees who support CCP wouldn't be shown here
True giving HK something generous will make the GBR look good. But don’t forget Britain just exited EU and they need labors to replace the leaving Europeans. Educated Asians are always top choice.
Yeah, they all forgetting what UK just did... food prices are gonna go up now ...uk is on its own....
UK is a garbage country
Asians have a different meaning in the UK. They are referring to people in the Indian sub-continent. East Asians are near invisible and not really represented. Live there a while and you will realise.
@@s._3560 yeah, jobs are hard to get. My mum has been searching for years...
@@sergiodelgado8762 waft of jealousy off you buddy.
People asked here why the reporter didn't interview the older generation. Here I am in my 40s. I was born in the colonial period before 1997 and grew up under the British administration. I can tell you all the happiest moment of my life came from the period before 1997. Hong Kong was the freest society in Asia back then, the way of life was well protected by laws of western standard. I moved to North America a few years ago because the situation of Hong Kong was deteriorating, I don't want my kids to receive education that the truth, facts and history are seriously distorted by Chinese government. Justice no longer existed in Hong Kong and the city has already been destroyed. I urged the young generation to flee the city ASAP as the UK government has opened a window for you. It is not worthy to waste your lives and your next generation's lives in the hands of dictatorship.
I found it interesting that the guy at the beginning said "originally HK was originally a British Colony. Originally? Uh, no.
China's Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong to the British in 1842 through the treaty of Nanjin, to end
HK history is longer than the current Chxxx government’s
You know what he meant lol the entire city was basically built from the ground up under British Administration
Yeah and at that time hong king was a small fishing village lmao
@@EdwardNS1 Which CHINA prob. have no interest of back in 1980 LUL. They want HK back after seeing the prosperity and how much it could bring to the CCP after all those famine in china
Historically Taiwan was never part of China till they invaded. Also all of modern day northern china used to be the Goryeo kingdom till China invaded and took it. Northern China is historically Korean and Taiwan was never part of China.
lmafo , HK used to be but not originally a british colony.
before 1840 Hongkong is just a fishing village with few hundred native people and no history mention in any Chinese history documents before，it is correct that saying Hongkong is originated from British colony.
@@arsenalofdemocracy9985 incorrect, The Qin dynasty incorporated the Hong Kong area into China for the first time in 214 BCE, source: Wikipedia
second: Yuedaji is a special record of Guangdong local deeds, characters and regulations written by Guo in Ming Dynasty. It began in the fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1577), and lasted 18 years to the twenty third year of Wanli (1595).
The records of Hong Kong place names, such as Tsing Yi Island, Stanley, Shao Ji Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung, show that the population of Hong Kong in the Ming Dynasty had reached a certain level
source: yuedaji, wikipedia
@@benedictlee1624 香港島在中原邊陲（hong kong island is far frontier of china），世居的蜑家人乃贱籍（natives are mainly Untouchables），元明清時被流放大海（from yuan to qing dynasty it is a place used for prisoner transportation），飽受歧視，在船舟不得上岸（people there faces discrimination from mainlanders and their fishing boat don't allow to dock at border）。而由於明鄭據台灣，清初遷界令強遷邊垂沿海百姓（during zheng chenggong‘s rebellion，qing court deported all the coastal residents to inland by force），官方記載香港島和九龍共120條村被強遷（total of 120 villages of Hongkong and kowlong vanished），廣東沿海成為「隻丁不留」的鬼鎮（coastal area of guangdong province became no man's land and ghost towns ），更成為華南海盜盜窟（only pirates wander around there）
source：chinese wikipedia
杜臻、席柱，《粵閩巡視紀略》，轉引於魯金. 九龍城寨簡史. 三聯書店（香港）. 2018: 15-18.
谭元亨. 应对历史的挑战：客家文明从“耕山”到“开海”. 《惠州客家》 (惠州市客家文化经济促进会). 2009, (创刊号).
@@arsenalofdemocracy9985 秦唐明清四代都有明確的歷史記錄香港係中國統治，中國人居住，講中國語：廣東話，用中文寫字。清朝因南京條約割讓香港島給英國。你同我講如果香港唔係中國嘅點樣割讓比人哋啊？如果香港並非中國的土地，點解香港係充滿中國文化？如果香港唔係中國人統治，點解我係華人啊？我唔知你本書其實噏緊啲乜嘢，但係香港最少有四代屬於漢人統治的中華國家。
@@arsenalofdemocracy9985 我費事嘥時間同口水直接喺維基百科抄段嘢嚟俾你睇，
香港開埠之前，明朝末年已經有香港此名稱，當時香港特指鐵坑對面的小島，即現今黃竹坑對面的鴨脷洲[39]，而非今日的香港仔。鴨脷洲上有隋唐時代開始已為人信奉的洪聖爺廟（鴨脷洲洪聖廟），而香港仔只有清初開始多人信奉的天后廟，故鴨脷洲的開發歷史應早於香港仔，而且現今黃竹坑、香港仔和田灣一帶，在100年前還是海灣，平地稀少，人口應該不多。香港地名來源有多種說法，其中一個故事是英軍最初登陸香港島赤柱時，漁民陳群帶領英軍到港島北群帶路一帶時告知英軍「香港」此名[40]。
Being a UK citizen might be easy, living a good life will be extremely hard over there for young HK guys. Make wise decisions.
You are right. The grass may not be greener on the other side. At least in HK, you are Hongkong Chinese. In the UK you are always a perpetual foreigner, may be accepted but not always welcome.
Nah, you are just spreading CCP propaganda to brainwash HKer :S
Well they the west wellcome invade other country liberated ...
Hong kong people side eye immigrants in Hong Kong many immigrants have kids in hong kong born there , hk people never accept them as hk people or rven welcome ao how can they expect to me treated without racism in uk, i see karma
@@aleeshashabir83 they'd be fine here though. There's tons of Pakistanis, Chinese and Arabians here already. The most worry you'll have is from other foreigners that don't respect British values. Hate crimes against Jews in London went up when Muslim population there went up, and police reports show it was majorly Muslims doing the crimes too. You don't worry about the locals, you worry about the people cheesing off the locals that don't want to change.
Compared to Jan 6 US capitol riot followed up with national guard deployment, Hong Kong and mainland government took relatively mild approach which let the turmoil lasted much longer than it should be. Mainland was pretty hands off, let Hong Kong dealt the issue. However when it crossed the red line, then it is pretty much over.
The young generation are embarassing in HK, im 34 and family from HK and they made me feel so embarassed when I saw them waving UK/US flags inside their city.
@@youngz13o me too. It is a sign of weakness that they would plead (beg) their former colonizers for help. It really sickens me. I hope many of them were arrested
@@rabbitazteca23 It's a sign of weakness? What's wrong with that? A city trying to shake off the overarching reach of a dystopian authoritarian state understands it's best chances are appealing to the powers that have the most interest in keeping its special status, it's the smart choice. You can think of it as pathetic or cowardly, but it's the smart decision over needlessly inciting slaughter.
I understand Hongkong people don't like National Security Law and not suprised many people misunderstand the law, but it seems no one realize that is the result that the Hongkong people failed to do what they promised to do when the deal is closed in 1984: establish a law themselves under Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23. It is like you just leave your roof leaking water for 23 yrs and now complaining about it collapsed on you with no warning.
100% agree. From an American who's lived in HK for nearly 3 decades.
Funny usa doesn't have national law🤔🤔🤔 oh they do lol
The most interesting thing here is the contrast between what hongkongers and the people in the comments perceives about what a colony is. The outrage here is palpable.
Yup. These idiots are thinking back to British Empire colonies as opposed to what UK colonies consist of today. Take a look at Gibralter, Faulkland Islands.
Why are all these brainlets insinuating that if HK become a colony, it'd look like when UK owned India? Obviously that won't be the case.
Most of the people who watch this channel are ABCs and weaboos, so It's not surprising that they're completely out of touch with the way Asians in Asia feel.
The truth is, the brits never gives Hong Kong people the right to vote in 98 years of occupation.
@@SWIFTIESCHN and more like china threathen if anything changed with satus quo and unlike india britan made honkong rich but tbh the recent crisis is caused by ccp itself they really can't wait for more years until hongkong expiry date but anyway in the end both britsh and china will do the same to honkkong criticize them you will be killed
@@thelongstory6395 I’d like to think you as an ignorant (nothing derogatory , it’s just an description) for not being able to see the difference between a so called British colony like Gibraltar and a Chinese colony like Hong Kong.
I don’t think people in UK will welcome so many people with open arms.
they just want hk money
Because HK people are rich, that's why Chinese govt don't want all these people to leave. China will put on restriction on leaving HK.
Of course they won't-- are you kidding me?? The UK is home to some of the most racist people on earth.
Can guarantee you no one in uk does , all the uk cares about are their money
@@Sackel100 HK people don't need UK people's money. In fact, HK people will bring alot of money and investment into UK!
What are they fighting for? Do they know what are they actually fighting for? How would a youngster know the true meaning of democracy? They’re protesting for the sake of protesting. Do they actually felt threat on a personal level in their daily lives? The protest was pretty pointless. It was like a competition to show how macho they are, breaking windows, destroying shops in shopping malls, blocking the roads and destroying private owned properties
They were protesting against extradition bill that would alow citizens of Hong Kong to be sent to jails in China or be on trial in China. That extradition bill was removed and most people stopped protesting.
They also showed China that there is a price to pay and have also set Taiwan on path to potentially voting for independence, all of this is biggest threat to Chinese government and could even mean a war with US over Taiwan.
looking at all these comments from foreigners who don't understand the nuances of hong kong's socio-political context and the crux of the hongkonger's identity is so painful
Yeah judging before understanding
Ikr
you mean the mainlander foreigners
It's funny to see many young people who never experienced the British colonial period in HK tend to show how they "appreciate" UK's "help" and "responsibility". People who have lived under UK's rule may share a different opinion. Fact is, HK people had fewer rights under UK's rule. But UK did a great job in brainwashing HK people after they left, and undermining China through HK. China should rethink the way it governs its own country and how it should incorporate HK's development with the fast development in mainland, rather than separating these two parts. UK should just give HK people who wish to become their citizen the citizenship rather than BNO so these people would be able to live in their dreamed place without any burden.
yea... people don’t know why there were so many mainlanders escaped from china to hongkong during that period. And they also don’t know why china always wanna spread its totalitarian claw to hk. If you’re allowed to think independently, bette think of why Chinese brainwashing to hk for more than 20 years but it’s still suck
@@poldev831ho The migration to HK and south east Asia was because of extreme poverty’s d hardship in China. HK was always regarded as a placed paved with gold and opportunities. Then the Chinese are more concerned in economic survival than political rights
@@poldev831ho I must add HK becomes prosperous not because of the British. It prospers because of its physical gateway to inland China. Without Chiba drinking water and food supply, hK will not last more than / weeks. So hk youths better wake up to truth
I’m so surprised how hk teachers taught them history. Do they know what the word colonization means?
@@AB-gu9ui Democracy and freedom? Have you ever lived in mainland China? Without democracy and freedom, are all Chinese people living in prison?? Without democracy and freedom Chinese people can be so rich?? Don't they know what democracy and freedom is?? There is a difference between being freedom and doing whatever u wan. When you criticize others, it is better to live their life before you judge.
@@chenghe9934 很简单，宪法是一个国家的根本，中国名义上说人大是最高权利机构，但在中国习近平可以控制人大修改宪法。一个人的权力无限大的一个国家，只能用恐怖形容。
@@AB-gu9ui Do you know why they banned these apps? First, because of the all-American software. Second, others have the foresight to protect their own companies, rather than letting these American company monopolize the world. Let see nowadays that they have their own Baidu, Weibo, WeChat, QQ,Bilibili, Alibaba,TikTok…. if they did not ban, these companies would have become such a big company? And why would not using their American App mean not having freedom? Who stipulated it? Can I say that the America gov ban on TikTok, WeChat, etc has made Americans no longer free?? And why did China design a cyber firewall at that time, because they just established a new government society, hv a lot of security problems,anti-government groups, terrorists, foreign espionage. They set the firewall for a variety of reasons. And I need to tell you that millions of mainland Chinese are using those App every day like WhatsApp,Instagram,Twitter…. international trading company for example, and every university, government network and so on can use foreign network . Individuals need to download a VPN to use a foreign network if they want. And in China, it's not illegal to use a VPN, it's illegal to sell a VPN. Otherwise,How do you think so many foreigners in China use Instagram,Twitter,Facebook, etc?? So you know what? You know nothing . Get to know them clearly before you point fingers.Instead of listening to Western media brainwashing you all day,
@@schaoli4961 是的，这一点无可厚非。但是只要是真的能让这个国家越来越好的政府。至于是一个人执政，还是一个党执政，还是十个党执政。对于普通老百姓真的没什么太多关系。虽然共产党某些方面确实是不妥。但是总体是好的就行了，没有一种体制是十全十美的。共产党的体制更适合整体国家发展，西方体制更适合个体享受生活。本就是不一样，如果觉得谁更适合自己，就努力换一个环境就行。
@@yoj8549 lol. Nvm. If u think that is fake. Then fake Loh.
People really don't realise that while British colonies rarely have autonomy to the people, the British drastically increased living conditions in colonised places
@Chan 160138 yeah like just look at the indian railways system
before it was nonexistent now its one of the best in the world
@@rayanrizwan9611 You forgot that India didn’t ask the British to colonize them and put their stupid trains in their own lands to begin with lol
Its a lovely thought, yes just move to another country, but you are not just leaving your country, you are also leaving a big part of your family, friends and your community. As a Brit I would welcome anyone from Hong-Kong who has had to make that very hard decision.
What about your neighbors?
They had showed their worries about being arrested for talking about political issues in public, while they are just doing it.
but they are not arrested tho
Has anyone in HK been arrested for discussing political issues in public? You find one to show me plz. Their worries? False worries are worthless.
@@kevinrich5222 They don't seem to realize that every other country has a National Security Law as well.
@@tbarry2011 Because Hong Kong had bean a colony for more than 100 years. They forget that they belong to a country. Many HKer don't know how to be a CITIZEN. They only consider themselves stateless residents of the colony. To those stateless, the national security law is absurd.
@@kevinrich5222 nah they didnt forget, this is all contemporary short term nonsense that is based around economics.
UK citizenship? BNO is not UK citizenship...
A path to citizenship. They get a 5 year visa to stay in order to obtain settled status and then stay for one more year to get citizenship.
@@CX6998 in which cost more then 400k pounds.
@@seanadver7311 that's their issue.
@@seanadver7311 sound not too much. If they have a house, sold it is good enough to have more then 400k pounds
Most young people had not idea how British rule Hong Kong. Chinese are never put into any high position and British had all say.
Are we talking about UK citizenship or the new law? This is a very biased reporting and am very disappointed with Asian boss.
How many percent of the people want UK citizenship ? It looks like only politics is talked about.
They choose how to talk not asian boss. You sad that they made a video showing opinions against CCP?
It depends on who they interview and there's just one side of the story.
I'm a hker that's why I'm really irked by this.
@@11lifesux 西方中心論. Asian Boss is a media company that stemmed from people who grew up in that environment. Doesn't surprise me that there will be bias because that's completely normal, but not at this kind of extent.
I'm a HKer too and I don't see why you'd be irked. Everyone I know pretty much has the same opinions.
kinda hope that hk doesn't loses it's uniqueness
I feel like Canada would be a better fit than the UK for most HKers. There are parts of Toronto and Vancouver with lots of Cantonese speaking people and businesses. There were many who moved to Canada around 1997. People even call Vancouver "Hongcouver".
EDIT:
To answer some of the comments, I don't think there's much of a problem between mainland and Hong Kong people in Canada, based on my experience. When the dominant culture is non-Asian, it's easier to see shared commonalities than differences.
No comparison, Canada is a much better choice but Canadians are moving out themselves also.
Canada has a citizenship pathway for them too. I’m Canadian and I know lots of cool Chinese people
I mean, as long as there is no see see pee mainland Chinese, that place will be a good place
I heard Canada racism towards Asian worse than U.S. ithat right?
@@mbank3832 What's wrong with mainland Chinese people?? Most of my friends from there are nice people :(
It's kind of "eye-opening" to see how people in Hong Kong actually think that UK is offering the citizenship pathway because they "care" about Hong Kong like a parent to child thing.
Dude...We're talking about politics here, do you seriously think a country would do that out of love and faith for democracy or smth? They're just trying to weaken their political enemy there (in this case, China) by creating conflicting mindsets and so on.
But whatever..What do I know, life is too short to care about politics anyways, I'm out.
The UK is a far different place than it was seventy years ago, and has less to do with attacking China and more to do with supporting the premise of democracy.
Many people in Hong Kong were born British subjects. The UK has a duty to protect them.