If sharp criticism disappears entirely, mild criticism will become harsh. If mild criticism is also not allowed, silence will be considered ulterior motives. If silence is no longer allowed, it would be a crime to praise not enough effort. If only one voice is allowed to exist, then the only voice that exists is a lie.
Sharp or strong criticism is always welcome, as long as it's the truth!! The problem is if those criticism are based on lies and BS!! So?? Do you think it's ok to use lies and BS to criticize??? Hahaha... hahaha.... what a shame!!
This should not surprise anyone. Most of the elite business class in hong kong already left Hong kong back in the late 1990s after the transition. They all mostly left to get citizenships from other English speaking nations in the pacific. Most now simply travel to hong kong for their business needs while maintaining their families and assets overseas. Meaning they have no skin in the game when it came to Hong kong sovereignty, so selling the place out to the mainlanders so they can improve their connection was simply a business transaction. Such a state of affairs was a mortal blow to Hong kong. If you want to experience what hong kong was like you now need to travel to Singapore.
Yet truth be told, isn't fully reunifying Hong Kong into the mainland is the poison pill curse, that's already accelerating China's rapid decline--even mass secessionist collapse, given how Hong Kong has always been the mainland's ONLY legitimate avenue for accepting foreign direct investment, i.e., the ONLY real reason why China became the 2nd largest economy in the world--NOT primarily because of indigenously Chinese hard work?
The wealthy people that left were wise. It was always obvious to anyone that was awake that Hong Kong had no future where it wouldn't be totally controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was always the most obvious outcome in the universe. The agreement was already signed and sealed, and it was just a matter of when. Fighting that trajectory was always futile and useless. Hongkongers who weren't destitute or very poor that didn't leave have themselves or their parents to blame. Leaving was the wise thing to do, and there was two whole decades to do it. Fighting to maintain the sovereignty of Taiwan, on the other hand, is very reasonable, as the CCP has never had any legitimate claim on Taiwan.
@@fupopanda And maybe that's why in China--as it is in Hong Kong, it can be argued the working underclass are the real bad guys here, i.e., those that can't hack it on their own initiative, will use 'patriotism' as an excuse for not making not only meaningful change in their own lives, but also making sure everybody else is as miserable of a failure as they are.
@@fupopanda it was naively expected that the CCP would liberalize to an extent, at least to the point where it would be tolerable for hong kong to exist under its jurisdiction. the process was already underway under deng xiaoping and jiang zemin. but after xi jinping took over power, any liberalization was reversed. china is now going back to mao's time. its tragic not just for hong kong but for the mainland as well.
There is a strong economic element to this situation. The wealthiest families in HK and the wealthy Hongs (large HK business conglomerates like HK Land, Jardines, etc) have supported China and magnified their wealth. They are people and institutions that don’t have a sense of fairness, only an ambition for more wealth and power. In a way that’s Confucian because they are doing it for their families and future generations. So there is a very stark distribution of wealth issue with virtually ZERO upward mobility for the have-nots. That sets the tone for the political unrest. I love HK. I love the people. I lived there for 15 years in total, on and off between 1986 to 2010. I hope for a middle road that will keep peace and balance out the situation.
[[Slaves shall serve]]. Protesting has never done anything to stop strong parties. Protesting is a game for slaves to feel like they are doing something, apart of something bigger than themselves. False hope that is snuffed out by any strong party. Slaves shall serve and this will always be the way until the sun freezes and the moon catches ablaze.
I'm sorry to point this out. I've been to Hong Kong eight times. It's one of my favorite cities at least before the Communist party took over, but Ching Cheong is an unfortunate name for a Chinese activist.
@@themans8226 Cantonese is literally the only variety of Chinese other than Mandarin that is widely recognised as an official language in the world, and we also have our own words that aren’t just spoken verbally. It’s not something you should just treat facetiously.
Problem is, if Hong Kong's not able to accept China's much needed foreign direct investment, so as to hyper-financed their struggling economy--or for that matter, their interior security apparatus (e.g., social credit system), then won't this imply it's ALL China's fault for incompetently controlling the very goose/Hong Kong that's been laying its golden eggs. You do recall that Aesopian fable thereof, right?
Hong Kong never had a general election in Britain Colonial era. UK just sent a random guy to be Hong Kong mayor. not sure how Hong Kong had democracy if they can't even elect a mayor.
Yah they also didn't have smart phones back then so I guess they don't want them now..... oh wait wanting democracy had nothing to do with the British, it was because HK was an open society where even the British could be criticized
@@Blaze6432 nobody had smart phone back then dumba$$. The Brits never wanted to give HK democrazy cause they saw HKers as slaves. But as soon as they left they just use democrazy to claim moral high grounds over the new gov.
HongKong and Macau. If you compare these two cities, then you will realize how Hong Kong's ruin cannot solely attributed to CCP. There are so many other factors at play.
Macau was a tiny island leased to Portugal in 1557 for tradding porpuse. It was never taken by force or as a result of a war deal like hong kong. "...both parties were interested in the role Macau would play as a trade and culture gateway. China also wanted Portuguese help in fighting piracy"
Sounds like typical wumao logic: deflect any and all responsibilities for mistakes onto others, which I find to be a very typical Chinese trait. I guess that too explains why China epitomizes what The Lord of The Rings stated, of how evil can never create; it can only corrupt.
@@paulskiye6930 If a Portuguese/British fathers turning the Chinese people into a highly productive, civilized, forward-thinking/responsible society--even self-governing/independent, Christian capitalist, democratic state is wrong, then I don't want to be right.
I am born and raised in Hong Kong, I was a RHKP officer briefly up until the take over. In 2019 I took part in the protests most days for 7 months up until the end of November 2019 when I had no choice but to leave Hong Kong and I haven't been able to go back ever since.. Prior to the take over you could feel things were changing and we were warned that the police will be flooded with mainlanders and pro-CCP officers. I never imagined things would get as bad as it has in such a short time. It was heartbreaking to see what had come of the once world respected HKPF, they were now a lawless pack of thugs very similar to Mao's Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. The whole experience during the protests left me traumatized, I couldn't sleep for months and I've only just been able to watch footage of the protests. I dream of the day all exiled Hong Kongers can return home and meet again.
I am sorry to hear that my friend, sincerely many of us in the West even't realised this has happened. I found out today through a podcast! I come from Russia and Cuba, and those countries are both infected by Communism, I feel you and understand you more than noone! Stay strong, the freedom will come one day.
I'm not even Chinese, but Hong Kong and Taiwan is indeed part of China since the beginning. Something that Western (especially for US & UK) hard to accept till today with various reasons (Hongkong was the playing-ground of Western Oligarch & Big Corporates in Asia's financial sector, while Taiwan is just because of Semi-Counductor industry)
That makes no sense. China was part of Mongolia empire. So should they give it back too? Your comment doesn't justify China taking back lands they had centuries ago.
What Hong Kongers seem not to see is that their prosperity and previlige are based on mainland china as Hong Kong is the sole joint that connected mainland and rest of the world for four decades.
2:37 Other things aside, would you just listen to this commentary glorifying "The UK invaded China and colonized Hong Kong". And now "China's ambition to take full control of Hong Kong goes back many years". No kidding I'm so confused...
@@quyenluong3705 And yet, isn't that China's last big mistake (to forcibly take back HK), given how much money is lost in enforcing the NSL there, hence consequently choking out the mainland's much needed foreign direct investment, tourist money? The only way China can make forcibly retaking HK back a lesser mistake now, is to invade Taiwan--which I take it as a challenge in stupidity for China.
@@RexKo but 20 years ago, Things are different. There were some local separate movements between 2009-2012 change people's mind. I am not sure the exactly date and events. But after that, you can feel the different.
while everyone was busy with the Russian invasion in Ukraine. people forgot Hong Kong and now China has done their invasion of Hong Kong with little to no outrage in the western countries
Do you even know what the protest was about? You don't know what the local people request, you don't understand their history, some how you think you are qualified to intervene. Classic colonizer mindset. We are very sick of it, leave us alone. Play with Ukraine in Europe, don't ever step your foot back to Asia, it's not colonization time anymore.
Thank you to Britain for giving Hong Kong the freedom and democratic right to choose their Governor and their local MP..........wait my bad. That never happened.
@@pctong5387 The declassified documents of the UK government show that, as far back as the 1950s, Britain floated democratic reforms in Hong Kong only to be firmly rebuffed by the People's Republic of China.
There is tremendous hope for Hong Kong to be rejuvenated by interagration with the greater bay area project. This will make Hong Kong a central part of what will be the strongest economic hub in the world.
I can't thank you enough for telling the story only true Hongkongers know but very difficult to explain to other people in the world. Thank you very much!
just show your rejection and say no to China mainland's help when there are an increasing number of people infected by and died from Covid-19 in Hongkong.
It's really distressing to see what the communist's party does... I guess no country is without faults, but it's reassuring to see that there are countries that are able realize where they have erred, own it up and correct themselves. Hope that China one day becomes one of those countries.
Don’t believe this anti-china propaganda just because it’s the Economist. This “journalist” Sue Ling is known to be a liar presenting one sided story. Ordinary HK citizens suffered from two years of violence from these “pro democracy” protestors
Oh my, how arrogant you are! So what an advanced country you are living in? The US? What you don’t see is the role that the us played behind all those chaos! Shame on you..
China has 1 party and Australia has 2 party system. Hardly any difference in real life. Last time when I visited China looked capitalists oriented. Trying to convert or influence China to fit into some Western democracy model is laughable.
As a Singaporean, I find Hongkongers' democratic idealism rather naive, and also the fact that many demonstrators didn't seem to appreciate the national security aspects of China's worries. Any country, big or small, national security is always and will always be a priority above everything else, and this includes USA. You think the FBI and CIA fully respect the rule of law when it comes to treating its own citizens, deemed as a threat to national security?
Democracy for Hong Kong is one thing but there is also a geopolitical angle to this. British did not give Hong Kongers democracy. They ask the Hong Kongers to get it from the communists. I will be very careful when someone who didn't give me the freedom I deserve and ask me to fight with others for it.
Ironically…Mark Young helped design such a democratic model soon after the war, but 🇨🇳 threatened to march in if it were implemented, as that would likely give power to their staunchest opponents.
I now know how right wing media works, I ve been HK 2 times and I remember I received a lot of kindness from HK people, they tried to communicate with me in not fluent mandarin. And when they saw me lost my way, they even walked me to that place.I don’t know why those medias want to divide Chinese and Hong Kong people into different groups.
If people in the United States protested at a LAX, delaying all the flights, I bet you everyone of those people will get dragged out of that airport within 2 days max by military operatives. I'm surprise China actually let those protestors stayed that long.
@@ericp1139 finally a lucid person who isn’t blinded by the lopsided views in news articles or of people of the left wing who did nothing but jeopardised and smeared Hong Kong’s future
Finally a lucid person who isn’t blinded by the lopsided views in news articles or of people of the left wing who did nothing but smeared and jeopardised Hong Kong’s future
@@NoxForest I have a feeling that you don't know Tibet run feudalism before communist? And Inner Mongolia was brought into China's map because Mongol ran China for a dynastic, some 100+ years.
I’m a Korean that lives in Hong Kong, and I do have to say that at one time the protests in 2019 got so bad that school shut down, and I remember being so devastated when tiktok got banned.. We are slowly starting to worship China and loose our freedom.
Did I miss the footage of the protestors setting on fire a man who disagreed with them who is disabled forever more? Or the scenes off the storming of Legco and defacing of the building inside and out? Did I miss the smashing of the MRT and the terror of ordinary citizens at the hands of the demons who took to the streets and terrorised them. To be sure, the cops were tough and often brutal, but I am unsure that a cuddle was the answer. Where are those components in your report? The intonation in your voice and delivery indicates a lack of neutrality as does the format of the telling of the story
That’s how this type of seditious video gains views. People just don’t realise how these lopsided views and beliefs of the leftists (or the yellow circle), like how there was ostensibly a decimation of protesters inside Prince Edward MTR station, or how those flagellants in white shirts were moles of the police, have jeopardised the reputation and future of Hong Kong. Dumbfounding.
Nothing tyrannical whatsoever, Hong Kong is better than ever and hopefully the US and UK take in all the treasonous dregs of society, bit like the Cuban boat lift of the 80's. China would do well to make note of all the BNO now useless idiots, and rescind their citizenship.
@@taikonautaparawara : *Yes*---Hong Kong just like other territories that fell under the iron fist of the British Empire faced fierce oppression and lack of individual/civilian rights. Same goes for India under British rule.
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong is not tighter than Washington’s grip on the Korean Republic and Japan. After all, the foreign judges in HK have not been kicked out of HK. But Washington controls the prosecutorial systems of Korea and Japan and uses them to topple anti-US administrations.
20 years old, when i was born as the third kid in my family. My family was fined 10k RMB, the sad fact is that my family only make 3k RMB per year at the same time.
You spoke to the 'exiled' - why don't you speak to ones who are happy to stay and glad that it's now ruled by the Chinese? Get both sides of the story.
The contents and opinions conveyed by this video are biased. Why didn't speak to those who enjoy the better life of getting back to China and are happy to stay? Get both sides of the story.
U sure? I see many of them in China trying to leave China, yesterday Shenzhen is in lock down again, the real estate bubble is bursting in China, and 河南 bank paying gangster to beat up normal citizen
And the situation now is that millions of Hong Kong people swarmed into Shenzhen every year to enjoy value for the money housing, restaurants and infrastructure. They clearly are not worrying about the police state. Can Economist(should be re-named "Politicians") explain this?
I really think the China gov is nice enough to treat what happen back in 2019. I was supporting the activity till early July, after that the whole protest in my opinion has gone too far. I would say it is not safe to live in HK in the late 2019. The protest will come at anytime. The Chinese gov actually wait for half year to launch the national security law as well as tgt with the Covid outbreak. Ppl only see how the hk police treat the protesters, yet the protesters were dangerous to the society too. Just my little opinion in what happen for the 2019 la.
what? did u see what's going in HK? becoming a police state government, no freedom of speech and basically govenrment can now put u into jail for whatever reason they make up
@@angelayip7357 now you see there is no freedom of speech, yet isnt this the result of what the yellow ribbon has done to hk? everyday everynight going out to the street, in the beginning they were asking for stopping the law, later on become asking independence from China, violence happen everyday on the street, shops and malls were being destroyed. before those freedom thing, is HK a safe place to live back then? now there is no freedom of speech, but this is the consequence of the over half year violence. in another way, how can the protest end without the national security law, independence of hk or returning hk to the UK? 魚和熊掌不可兼得. HK cannot go back what it used to be after the protest
Tibet? Is it wrong that China takes back its land? Tiananmen massacre? Is it wrong to suppress anti government protests ? Any country wouldn’t allow such protests to overthrow the govnt. Hk? It was returned to China because most of it was leased. Sounds right to me. Uyghurs ? They live on Chinese land. They’re Chinese Taiwan? Also part of China So what’s your problem?
I couldn't agree more with this video. I am from Hong Kong and I'm currently studying university in Australia. It is very concerning to see how the Chinese Communist Party employs different methods to manipulate and take control of Hong Kong. Although the methods used are not as violent as the Tianamen Square Crackdown scandal yet, but that could change very soon. And who said violent methods are the most dangerous? It is the unseen methods that cause the most damage. A very important point I think is the topic of identity. I'm sure many people born in Hong Kong will introduce themselves as "Hong Kong people" or "Hong Konger". Why is that? It's because of the special circumstances we Hong Kongers live in. Our way of life is quite different from that of mainland China, that's all because of the treaty China signed - to respect Hong Kong's way of life for at least 50 years. Comparing to mainland China, the obvious difference of the way of life in Hong Kong is that we are primarily a democracy (although that might not be true now). It is clear that Hong Kong people are proud of being a democracy, respecting basic human rights and freedoms. This is why we identify as "Hong Kong people". Of course, it's not that simple. Although most would identify as " Hong Kong people", that is not the entire story. Historically and geographically, Hong Kong is part of China (although I don't want to admit this, it is factually correct). What makes Hong Kong special is out separate way of life. This means the people of Hong Kong have dual identity. Hong Kong people are not just Hong Kong people, we are Chinese. Hong Kong shares the same culture and ethnicity with mainland China. We are undoubtedly Chinese. Many people think the mainland and Hong Kong as having no relationship at all, but that is not true. The true difference of what separates us from being the same as mainland China is our WAY OF LIFE. This is why I am so disgusted to see the CCP slowly break the promise to respect Hong Kong's way of life and use illegal and unethical ways to take control by force. Does that sound like a rational government to you? No. As an additional point and "fun" fact, China's army - the People's Liberation Army (PLA) actually has a presence on Hong Kong soil. Near the government office buildings in Central, there is actually a small military base with soilders from the PLA stationed there. Now, the government did provide a reason of why they are stationed there, it is because they can potentially respond to major threats that cannot be handled by the HK police force posed to the Hong Kong government. I do not have enough info to judge whether it is true or not, but it does seems that the base acts as a transport hub. Certainly suspicious.
Hong Kong isn't Chinese. Because what exactly IS Chinese? The identity of the Chinese is a new one. The borders of China have always changed and have stabilized within the last 80 so-ish years. That's like saying Portugal is France because they were both part of the Roman Empire.... The history is there sure, but Hong Kong had it been given the right to, would've became a separate country like any other former colony.
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong is not tighter than Washington’s grip on the Korean Republic and Japan. After all, the foreign judges in HK have not been kicked out of HK. But Washington controls the prosecutorial systems of Korea and Japan and uses them to topple anti-US administrations.
This video should explain more about the agreement that stated HK would remain autonomous until 2047. I'm watching it wondering why hong Kongers expect so much (which is the exact line of the CCP).
Exactly, the agreement was no changes for 50 years. To remain a status quo. But instead some pushed their luck. Everyone knew this agreement was for a transition period.
Hong Kongers just like the rest of the western leaders natively believed CCP would follow what they agreed on such as the Sino-British Joint Declaration on HK future, the WTO promising the openness of china’s market, the verbal agreement with President Obama to not militarize the reefs in South China Sea.
1990s while Eastern Europe getting rid of the communist and Soviet colonialism to move forward to freedom and democracy Hong Kong has been deteriorating itself from a liberate country to a communist Chinese colony. Biggest mistake since ww2 ever
I wish you would do documentaries about how black people suffer in some white countries and how The British treated Africans and how we are still under neo-colonialism. China has done some crazy things, but to the people who see this comment,i would be friend someone who tells me he has plans to destroy me that someone who smiles with me and destroys me secretly. A lot of countires are bad and doing a lot of bad things, but everyone always mentions China,China,China. Im not chinese but honestly its annoying when you are not pointing your hands at the other countries.
I believe the failed Beijing (Peking) Jun 4 1989 uprising inspired Eastern Europe's successful revolt against Communist rule. Eastern Europe was also inspired by religious faith, and support from UK, Western Europe and USA. May God's blessing . . . shower on Hong Kong . . China . .
Full of bias, without interviewing different people's views, including merchants and citizens in Hong Kong. The reporter has her pre set own view and value before produced it.
Great Britain do not respect treir promises for 5 years . and want others to respect promises for 50 years . i am glad that China take back Hong Kong . it was a huge humiliation for China . now fixed some what .
Wrong. You're still in the age of 50's using Moorse Code. China CCP don't recruit any body to do propaganda. They abolished that almost twenty years. Their achievements in the past 40 years, including the most recent Tiangong Space Station is a statement to the world how organized and powerful they are. This is also why Heritage did a survey in 2018 that over 88% of China population trust their CCP government. China produces 4 million of STEM graduates each year. China economic power will exceed the US by 2030.
And how did the CCP treat the Chinese people during the cultural revolution? You know… when they all fled to Hong Kong and made it what it was pre 1997?
@@kevindst That definitely sounds like a scam. I don't know him well but I have met people who talks about him non-stop, and have invested in his causes.
absolutely once Hong Kong was considered as one of the most advanced cities of the world like Singapore, London, New York. Today its just another city of China.
@@TheMiddleFiddle who are you to say Chinese cities are unsustainable? Oh so the cities like New York and London are advanced when you have poor and old looking structures and lots of homeless people? Maybe someone else is delusional.
@@Drooblemeister Where it's broken deserves a documentary in itself. Systems interact with each other and they cannot be completely independent. Just like a US legislation on money laundering impacts global systems.
Please Stop put the Hongkonger or hongkongese in Chinese group. We must know Hong Kong and China are different ethnic groups with different cultures since the Qing dynasty is Ended over than 200 years. We must to be fair to the Hongkonger. Before the hongkong people did not have the choices to choose their identity , they are being called Chinese in outside the Asian countries, Because of the words Hongkonger and Hongkongese just appeared in few years ago. But in almost of Asian countries, almost of Asian people never put Hongkonger/hongkongese to the Chinese group. Never call them Chinese. The concept is very simple, just like the relationship of Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Please don’t call the Hongkonger and hongkonese as Chinese. They already got so much hurt by China and Chinese like Russia and Ukraine. And the Hong Kong Cantonese are different than Malaysia, Guangdong and Singapore. The words, grammar and tones are so different. If there’s has a chance, it can be called hongkongese. What’s the different? You can just see their name on ID card. They can use their owned spelling system to talk to each other, and it’s only the Hongkonger can understand. For example, Diu Nei Lo Mo is mean fxxk you mother fxxker.
I just came back from HK and discovered that not many people actually feel the affects of this National Security Law. In fact, most HK people take the train and bus up to China on the weekends for leisure because everything is so much cheaper, the land is bigger, you don't feel like you are in a rush, and the attitude of the people are better. My friends and I were able to talk about the government wherever and whenever we want, we just didn't make a huge protest about it. Since when did protests in a modern countries ever work? Western Ideology claims that protest is done meant to push change but I can't remember when something significant was changed for any economic or political issues due to a protest in the modernized or westernized country.
Protests NEVER worked. All those bs like the French Revolution, Bolshevik revolution or Arab springs are just coups organized by the CAPITAL because there was something to gain from changing regimes. Protests/revolutions are fairytales for the masses.
Totally inaccurate!! Shame on this journalistic report. The extradition bills actually proposed: "individuals suspected of committed crimes in China should be allowed to extradite to China for trial ....". I see nothing wrong with this in principle. People suspected of committed crimes in the U.S. are very often extradited to the U.S. for trial. We can debate the fine prints in the policy paper to address the common concerns. You twisted it to become "suspects can be sent to China for trial" which is a big deviation from the spirit of the bills. This was exactly how the rioters twisted it to justify their violence. Shame on you as a journalist.
Can i have a video about how the British colonized hong kong. Compare the democracy before and after? Oh wait ,are there any democracy during british colonisation?
Then again, how many Chinese at the time, pre-1980s, were ever interested in democracy--given how subhuman they've been indoctrinated/lied to by their so-called people, by their so-called family, in a so-called nation called China? How can you have Chinese HKers be ready for democracy, when you're working with a people that believed in the 2nd greatest lie, Satan has ever told to the world, i.e., there's such a homogeneous ethnicity/civilization for 5000 years called The Chinese. To tell kids to remember, you are still Chinese, is gaslighting, pure and simple.
Nobody mentioned the petrol bombs, road blocks, street violence and property destruction.... carried on for months and months, remember when the international airport was paralyzed for days, thousands and thousands of travellers were stranded? Weddings funerals were missed, .. so on and so forth.. frankly, when the national security law came out, many breathed a sigh of relief, including the business community. After all, no one wants to live in a war zone for months on end!
Thank you for telling the truth that no western media is willing to! Before 2019 I would not have believed the western media was being controlled- but since 2019 from the coordinated way that the narrative is being controlled from top to bottom, Left and right - I am now 100% convinced.
@@tobes1902 absolutely!💝it opened up my eyes. These days, I take everything with a big pinch of salt. 😂 after all, the media is owned by the 1%, for the 1%. 🤷 Who knows what the 1% wants us to know.🤷
@@margaretliu3409 cant agree more! It's textbook divide and conquer by the 1%...using narrative manipulation to divide the population into roughly 50/50 ideological split - and then ensure they take control of both factions (Caitlin Johnstone) The population gets so preoccupied fighting each other in the election theatrics to notice the 1% playing both sides!
I really wonder how people expect expect UK to direct china on what ro do. They have to get over the hangover of colonial power britain. Now it is nothing compared to china.
Well, actually HK STILL DOES have something to direct China with: being a legitimate avenue for foreign direct investment--something CCP China now desperately needs to not only sustain/hyper-finance the 2nd largest economy in the world, BUT EVEN their (tofu dreg?) expensive, social credit system, interior security force. The poison pill of forcibly making HK into yet another Chinese city, is turning every Chinese city into Hong Kong in the summer 2019.
If sharp criticism disappears entirely, mild criticism will become harsh. If mild criticism is also not allowed, silence will be considered ulterior motives. If silence is no longer allowed, it would be a crime to praise not enough effort. If only one voice is allowed to exist, then the only voice that exists is a lie.
Voice of Indian PM now
Sharp or strong criticism is always welcome, as long as it's the truth!! The problem is if those criticism are based on lies and BS!! So?? Do you think it's ok to use lies and BS to criticize??? Hahaha... hahaha.... what a shame!!
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@@drumpfdon760 are you having a seizure?
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I think Portugal handled this case very well by just giving full citizenship of Portugal.
A citizen of first world to a third world country.....99 % don't speak Portuguese !
Portugal is such a poor country to begin with. But I guess it's still better than mainland Chyna though.
The british did the same. Many sent their children.
Went to Macau a few years back, barely heard cantonese in the street.
@@BritskNguyen Only proves that you're lying that you've been there... LOL😂
This should not surprise anyone. Most of the elite business class in hong kong already left Hong kong back in the late 1990s after the transition. They all mostly left to get citizenships from other English speaking nations in the pacific. Most now simply travel to hong kong for their business needs while maintaining their families and assets overseas. Meaning they have no skin in the game when it came to Hong kong sovereignty, so selling the place out to the mainlanders so they can improve their connection was simply a business transaction. Such a state of affairs was a mortal blow to Hong kong. If you want to experience what hong kong was like you now need to travel to Singapore.
Yet truth be told, isn't fully reunifying Hong Kong into the mainland is the poison pill curse, that's already accelerating China's rapid decline--even mass secessionist collapse, given how Hong Kong has always been the mainland's ONLY legitimate avenue for accepting foreign direct investment, i.e., the ONLY real reason why China became the 2nd largest economy in the world--NOT primarily because of indigenously Chinese hard work?
The wealthy people that left were wise. It was always obvious to anyone that was awake that Hong Kong had no future where it wouldn't be totally controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was always the most obvious outcome in the universe. The agreement was already signed and sealed, and it was just a matter of when. Fighting that trajectory was always futile and useless.
Hongkongers who weren't destitute or very poor that didn't leave have themselves or their parents to blame. Leaving was the wise thing to do, and there was two whole decades to do it.
Fighting to maintain the sovereignty of Taiwan, on the other hand, is very reasonable, as the CCP has never had any legitimate claim on Taiwan.
@@fupopanda And maybe that's why in China--as it is in Hong Kong, it can be argued the working underclass are the real bad guys here, i.e., those that can't hack it on their own initiative, will use 'patriotism' as an excuse for not making not only meaningful change in their own lives, but also making sure everybody else is as miserable of a failure as they are.
@@fupopanda it was naively expected that the CCP would liberalize to an extent, at least to the point where it would be tolerable for hong kong to exist under its jurisdiction. the process was already underway under deng xiaoping and jiang zemin. but after xi jinping took over power, any liberalization was reversed. china is now going back to mao's time. its tragic not just for hong kong but for the mainland as well.
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If there is a method to do so, it would be pertinent to attempt to remove the age restriction so this can be used as study material for schools.
There is a strong economic element to this situation. The wealthiest families in HK and the wealthy Hongs (large HK business conglomerates like HK Land, Jardines, etc) have supported China and magnified their wealth. They are people and institutions that don’t have a sense of fairness, only an ambition for more wealth and power. In a way that’s Confucian because they are doing it for their families and future generations. So there is a very stark distribution of wealth issue with virtually ZERO upward mobility for the have-nots. That sets the tone for the political unrest. I love HK. I love the people. I lived there for 15 years in total, on and off between 1986 to 2010. I hope for a middle road that will keep peace and balance out the situation.
Not Confucian at all. Confucianism always look down on merchants of all forms
There is no middle road, the constitutional settlement of Hong Kong is causing a great deal of crisis because it is inauthentic.
Interesting, do you think there is no gap between the rich and poor in western countries let’s say the Great United KINGDOM? 😅😅😅
[[Slaves shall serve]]. Protesting has never done anything to stop strong parties. Protesting is a game for slaves to feel like they are doing something, apart of something bigger than themselves. False hope that is snuffed out by any strong party. Slaves shall serve and this will always be the way until the sun freezes and the moon catches ablaze.
So capitalists are bad?
I'm sorry to point this out. I've been to Hong Kong eight times. It's one of my favorite cities at least before the Communist party took over, but Ching Cheong is an unfortunate name for a Chinese activist.
你是dog🐶 可怜的垃圾
I'm sorry to point this out, don't like it, stay away. No nobody forced Neanderthal.
And you shut up scum@@darth.severuss
Sorry, but I don’t understand? What is so unfortunate about the name Ching Cheong?
@@ClaudiaC-du5xroh, Ching Cheong also sounds almost the same as ching chong with a soft tonal change on the e
2:56 there’s no way that’s his name 💀
They can at least pronounce it properly
Thats cantonese for you. Unserious language.
@@themans8226 Cantonese is literally the only variety of Chinese other than Mandarin that is widely recognised as an official language in the world, and we also have our own words that aren’t just spoken verbally. It’s not something you should just treat facetiously.
China is fully controlling Hong Kong not will control Hong Kong but every realistic person saw that coming.
Problem is, if Hong Kong's not able to accept China's much needed foreign direct investment, so as to hyper-financed their struggling economy--or for that matter, their interior security apparatus (e.g., social credit system), then won't this imply it's ALL China's fault for incompetently controlling the very goose/Hong Kong that's been laying its golden eggs. You do recall that Aesopian fable thereof, right?
Hong Kong to me always seemed so colourful and flourishing economically and culturally
Hong Kong never had a general election in Britain Colonial era. UK just sent a random guy to be Hong Kong mayor. not sure how Hong Kong had democracy if they can't even elect a mayor.
Yah they also didn't have smart phones back then so I guess they don't want them now..... oh wait wanting democracy had nothing to do with the British, it was because HK was an open society where even the British could be criticized
@@Blaze6432 Your mum would have had the same job though. Now, go back to the sewer.
@@Blaze6432 And I guess now US is an open prison where Israel cannot be criticized?
@@Blaze6432 nobody had smart phone back then dumba$$. The Brits never wanted to give HK democrazy cause they saw HKers as slaves. But as soon as they left they just use democrazy to claim moral high grounds over the new gov.
China was never respected by other countries
I guess they don't need it now...
HongKong and Macau. If you compare these two cities, then you will realize how Hong Kong's ruin cannot solely attributed to CCP. There are so many other factors at play.
Macau and Hong Kong can't be compared, they had different fathers who raise them very differently.
@@Blaze6432 So you are assuming that it's "father's fault"
Macau was a tiny island leased to Portugal in 1557 for tradding porpuse. It was never taken by force or as a result of a war deal like hong kong.
"...both parties were interested in the role Macau would play as a trade and culture gateway. China also wanted Portuguese help in fighting piracy"
Sounds like typical wumao logic: deflect any and all responsibilities for mistakes onto others, which I find to be a very typical Chinese trait.
I guess that too explains why China epitomizes what The Lord of The Rings stated, of how evil can never create; it can only corrupt.
@@paulskiye6930 If a Portuguese/British fathers turning the Chinese people into a highly productive, civilized, forward-thinking/responsible society--even self-governing/independent, Christian capitalist, democratic state is wrong, then I don't want to be right.
I am born and raised in Hong Kong, I was a RHKP officer briefly up until the take over. In 2019 I took part in the protests most days for 7 months up until the end of November 2019 when I had no choice but to leave Hong Kong and I haven't been able to go back ever since.. Prior to the take over you could feel things were changing and we were warned that the police will be flooded with mainlanders and pro-CCP officers. I never imagined things would get as bad as it has in such a short time. It was heartbreaking to see what had come of the once world respected HKPF, they were now a lawless pack of thugs very similar to Mao's Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. The whole experience during the protests left me traumatized, I couldn't sleep for months and I've only just been able to watch footage of the protests. I dream of the day all exiled Hong Kongers can return home and meet again.
I am sorry to hear that my friend, sincerely many of us in the West even't realised this has happened. I found out today through a podcast! I come from Russia and Cuba, and those countries are both infected by Communism, I feel you and understand you more than noone!
Stay strong, the freedom will come one day.
@@AleWestQ nothing is impossible, plan for next 30-40 years like your leader did.
别抹黑了 一只蟑螂屎 你们是白皮肤的狗而已 可怜的蟑螂屎
Honestly I would want some Hong kongers to instead stay in Switzerland.
At least you will get better public transport and food without seed oils
You’re a loser. No loss for HK. Only cowards run away
2:56 I’m sorry but that journalist’s name just cracks me up
我只能说希望香港人自己毁了香港😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, too stereotypical
Chein Choong from Hong Kong. Nothing stereotypical about his name
@@rayw4589 Looolll
😂 lol fufu
I'm not even Chinese, but Hong Kong and Taiwan is indeed part of China since the beginning. Something that Western (especially for US & UK) hard to accept till today with various reasons (Hongkong was the playing-ground of Western Oligarch & Big Corporates in Asia's financial sector, while Taiwan is just because of Semi-Counductor industry)
That makes no sense. China was part of Mongolia empire. So should they give it back too? Your comment doesn't justify China taking back lands they had centuries ago.
Taiwan is part of china but not the ccp china. If 1 day the ccp no longer rule china. Then perhaps taiwan will rejoin China
@@vincentramirez6967 If you say so, why UK gives HK back to China if not belong to China?
What Hong Kongers seem not to see is that their prosperity and previlige are based on mainland china as Hong Kong is the sole joint that connected mainland and rest of the world for four decades.
exactly
2:37 Other things aside, would you just listen to this commentary glorifying "The UK invaded China and colonized Hong Kong". And now "China's ambition to take full control of Hong Kong goes back many years". No kidding I'm so confused...
Yes doesn’t make sense. It’s obvious that hk will return if it was taken by force.
Sometimes places can be free, you know.
@@quyenluong3705 it didn't have to be returned by force
@@user-qo4kb4dr1i no one will give you for free esp if it wasn’t yours to begin with
@@quyenluong3705 And yet, isn't that China's last big mistake (to forcibly take back HK), given how much money is lost in enforcing the NSL there, hence consequently choking out the mainland's much needed foreign direct investment, tourist money? The only way China can make forcibly retaking HK back a lesser mistake now, is to invade Taiwan--which I take it as a challenge in stupidity for China.
How Chinese central government crushed Hong Kong separator
You’re the sepearator,
No one ever say there were separators before 2019.
The CCP propaganda made it up.
@@RexKo but 20 years ago, Things are different. There were some local separate movements between 2009-2012 change people's mind. I am not sure the exactly date and events. But after that, you can feel the different.
while everyone was busy with the Russian invasion in Ukraine. people forgot Hong Kong and now China has done their invasion of Hong Kong with little to no outrage in the western countries
Hong Kong is part of China. No invasion occurred. China did renegade on its agreement to allow HK autonomy for 50yrs.
Invasion? How can one country invaded its own land?
Do you even know what the protest was about? You don't know what the local people request, you don't understand their history, some how you think you are qualified to intervene.
Classic colonizer mindset. We are very sick of it, leave us alone. Play with Ukraine in Europe, don't ever step your foot back to Asia, it's not colonization time anymore.
无知
Thank you to Britain for giving Hong Kong the freedom and democratic right to choose their Governor and their local MP..........wait my bad. That never happened.
They did-and Peking made threats of invasion if these designs were implemented. Thus were we stuck at 訓政, excellent though it was.
@@lrt_unimog8316 evidence please
@@pctong5387 I’ve somewhere else to go, but hopefully you’ll find everything at Kew.
@@pctong5387 The declassified documents of the UK government show that, as far back as the 1950s, Britain floated democratic reforms in Hong Kong only to be firmly rebuffed by the People's Republic of China.
@@lrt_unimog8316 Stop hiding 🤡🤡
Although HK is hopeless, I still appreciate that you make this video.
Never loose hope
There is tremendous hope for Hong Kong to be rejuvenated by interagration with the greater bay area project. This will make Hong Kong a central part of what will be the strongest economic hub in the world.
@@Arangggg : ¡ Yes !
@@Arangggg imagine being this delusional
It is just hopeless in your eyes, not hopeless in Chinese's eyes.
I can't thank you enough for telling the story only true Hongkongers know but very difficult to explain to other people in the world. Thank you very much!
All lies. That's why you find it hard to explain. Even these video is all lies.
@@saikauleung1198 you must be someone who support ccp or to seek controversy 😑
As a true Hong konger, i should agree that this is respect.
@@JessiIsHere It doesn't matter what they think. Doesn't matter what you think. Its Chinese land.
@@A1Kira yeah, and that’s sad
just show your rejection and say no to China mainland's help when there are an increasing number of people infected by and died from Covid-19 in Hongkong.
What's the music at minute 4?
I’m from Hong Kong and I’m glad to hear that you guys care for us so much ❤❤❤
Hey, I'm from Guatemala and I'm really interested in Hong Kong, how are things going right now?? Any recent news or updates??
@@salvadorpericullo7 Not much has changed but we still need to put on masks we have an app that is basically tracking everywhere we go
As a British I respect your people
Thanks you ❤️
@@McScaramoche wow, that's worrying. Have there been any protests recently?? Because sadly I haven't heard anything on the media
It's really distressing to see what the communist's party does... I guess no country is without faults, but it's reassuring to see that there are countries that are able realize where they have erred, own it up and correct themselves. Hope that China one day becomes one of those countries.
Don’t believe this anti-china propaganda just because it’s the Economist. This “journalist” Sue Ling is known to be a liar presenting one sided story. Ordinary HK citizens suffered from two years of violence from these “pro democracy” protestors
Nobody except brain dead liberals look up to the west in China anymore.
There is a large-scale gunfight in America every day. I hope your country can achieve it yourself
Oh my, how arrogant you are! So what an advanced country you are living in? The US? What you don’t see is the role that the us played behind all those chaos! Shame on you..
China has 1 party and Australia has 2 party system. Hardly any difference in real life. Last time when I visited China looked capitalists oriented.
Trying to convert or influence China to fit into some Western democracy model is laughable.
As a Singaporean, I find Hongkongers' democratic idealism rather naive, and also the fact that many demonstrators didn't seem to appreciate the national security aspects of China's worries. Any country, big or small, national security is always and will always be a priority above everything else, and this includes USA. You think the FBI and CIA fully respect the rule of law when it comes to treating its own citizens, deemed as a threat to national security?
As an American I agree with you 100 percent.
CIA especially is EEEEVVVIIILLLLL
Democracy for Hong Kong is one thing but there is also a geopolitical angle to this. British did not give Hong Kongers democracy. They ask the Hong Kongers to get it from the communists. I will be very careful when someone who didn't give me the freedom I deserve and ask me to fight with others for it.
@Event Horizon, it is the CCP who stopped the UK government to give HKgers democracy before 1997.
Communists kept on stopping the Br to give HKers democracy from behind.
Ironically…Mark Young helped design such a democratic model soon after the war, but 🇨🇳 threatened to march in if it were implemented, as that would likely give power to their staunchest opponents.
@@lrt_unimog8316 That's rich
I now know how right wing media works, I ve been HK 2 times and I remember I received a lot of kindness from HK people, they tried to communicate with me in not fluent mandarin. And when they saw me lost my way, they even walked me to that place.I don’t know why those medias want to divide Chinese and Hong Kong people into different groups.
If people in the United States protested at a LAX, delaying all the flights, I bet you everyone of those people will get dragged out of that airport within 2 days max by military operatives. I'm surprise China actually let those protestors stayed that long.
HK cops were very patient and restrained, actually. Look anywhere else like France right now. Or the BLM summer in the US.
@@ericp1139 I agree
@@ericp1139 finally a lucid person who isn’t blinded by the lopsided views in news articles or of people of the left wing who did nothing but jeopardised and smeared Hong Kong’s future
Finally a lucid person who isn’t blinded by the lopsided views in news articles or of people of the left wing who did nothing but smeared and jeopardised Hong Kong’s future
Free Northern Ireland, Free Malvinas, Free Gibraltar, Free Scotland...
滚去你英格兰宗主的岛上搞运动去
No problem. At least they have the right to protest or referendum. But now it is against the National Security Law in Hong Kong. Ironic enough.
@@antoniuschan77hk indeed
Free Palestine, Free Kashmir, Free Tibet, Free Xinjiang, Free Inner Mongolia
@@NoxForest I have a feeling that you don't know Tibet run feudalism before communist? And Inner Mongolia was brought into China's map because Mongol ran China for a dynastic, some 100+ years.
Totally one sided story. I stopped subscribing to the economist after 25 years. The double standards are just unbearable
oh i love how you put method on your background music 😁
Are you in China Mainland? People deceived by CCP are pretty much like this.😂
did the British give Hong Kong democracy? NO, it was a crown colony
I’m a Korean that lives in Hong Kong, and I do have to say that at one time the protests in 2019 got so bad that school shut down, and I remember being so devastated when tiktok got banned.. We are slowly starting to worship China and loose our freedom.
19年那些人就是在搞破坏。
Yup hong kong banned tiktok, best thing ever
@@andytherobloxian2151 sarcasm?
Why did you move to HK ? I feel Korea is much better .
@@27thAndBethany I did not move, I was born in HK. My parents got jobs here, that’s why they moved.
Did I miss the footage of the protestors setting on fire a man who disagreed with them who is disabled forever more? Or the scenes off the storming of Legco and defacing of the building inside and out? Did I miss the smashing of the MRT and the terror of ordinary citizens at the hands of the demons who took to the streets and terrorised them. To be sure, the cops were tough and often brutal, but I am unsure that a cuddle was the answer. Where are those components in your report? The intonation in your voice and delivery indicates a lack of neutrality as does the format of the telling of the story
How can you prove that is was not an inside job? Like those people in white shirts that organized an attack at the mtr station
Absolutely, I wasn’t arrested because I didn’t throw petrol bombs, bricks to police and set people on fire for not supporting the riot
I also missed all that. What about those who spoke mandarin and were harassed ?
That’s how this type of seditious video gains views. People just don’t realise how these lopsided views and beliefs of the leftists (or the yellow circle), like how there was ostensibly a decimation of protesters inside Prince Edward MTR station, or how those flagellants in white shirts were moles of the police, have jeopardised the reputation and future of Hong Kong. Dumbfounding.
Thank you for reporting China tyrannical suppression on Hong Kong to English speaking viewer.
Nothing tyrannical whatsoever, Hong Kong is better than ever and hopefully the US and UK take in all the treasonous dregs of society, bit like the Cuban boat lift of the 80's. China would do well to make note of all the BNO now useless idiots, and rescind their citizenship.
do you know what the UK did to China??
@@taikonautaparawara : *Yes*---Hong Kong just like other territories that fell under the iron fist of the British Empire faced fierce oppression and lack of individual/civilian rights. Same goes for India under British rule.
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong is not tighter than Washington’s grip on the Korean Republic and Japan. After all, the foreign judges in HK have not been kicked out of HK. But Washington controls the prosecutorial systems of Korea and Japan and uses them to topple anti-US administrations.
@@taikonautaparawarayea UK was trying to save those who want live in freedom. unlike evil CCP
20 years old, when i was born as the third kid in my family. My family was fined 10k RMB, the sad fact is that my family only make 3k RMB per year at the same time.
You were a mistake… your family shouldn’t have had you. You costed your parents so much money 💀
I thought they increased the limit to 3 kids
One family one kid by law a d policy even Xi and many CCP high levels , but your family has three. What's wrong about the fine?
Singapore had stop at two kids restrictions or you are fined and faced many restrictions.
Your family made 3k a month and tried to raise 3 kids????
You spoke to the 'exiled' - why don't you speak to ones who are happy to stay and glad that it's now ruled by the Chinese? Get both sides of the story.
Pretty sure no one would willing want to live under CCP
A former colonist of HK now criticise how undemocratic HK is. What an irony!
the word "crush" as used in the title is already a biased one, no wonder the content is even worse
The contents and opinions conveyed by this video are biased. Why didn't speak to those who enjoy the better life of getting back to China and are happy to stay? Get both sides of the story.
U sure? I see many of them in China trying to leave China, yesterday Shenzhen is in lock down again, the real estate bubble is bursting in China, and 河南 bank paying gangster to beat up normal citizen
Because our lives got even worse. Genius.
As a UK media, you should cover more about UK’s history of invading other countries including China
yes the invasion was wrong, its just ironic that the territory Britain ruled prospered and did not want to return to china
Yes, China also invaded Europe 800yrs ago
Ccp should feel sorry about that and compensate to all the European Countries.
@@lichipong +10000 chinese crediits😁😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘
How about China's invation to Korea and Vietnam?
@@lichipong It was the Mongols, not the Chinese. In fact, the Mongols conquered all of China and ruled China for 89 years as the Yuan Dynasty.
And the situation now is that millions of Hong Kong people swarmed into Shenzhen every year to enjoy value for the money housing, restaurants and infrastructure. They clearly are not worrying about the police state. Can Economist(should be re-named "Politicians") explain this?
That’s the epitome of duplicity for you
Didn't Dr. Zhong escape to the UK for his own benefit?
why he has to be a perfect victim?
@@husbandfishable if you knew what foreign countries did to China, you may ask yourself why China has to be a perfect victim
The Economics again. You don't need to be listened to, because whatever you say, it is all negative about China.
Because China is all negative and fake 😂
yesssss i don't get it bruhhhhhh
This is why journalists are despised 😂
I really think the China gov is nice enough to treat what happen back in 2019. I was supporting the activity till early July, after that the whole protest in my opinion has gone too far. I would say it is not safe to live in HK in the late 2019. The protest will come at anytime. The Chinese gov actually wait for half year to launch the national security law as well as tgt with the Covid outbreak. Ppl only see how the hk police treat the protesters, yet the protesters were dangerous to the society too. Just my little opinion in what happen for the 2019 la.
I couldn't agree with you anymore.
what? did u see what's going in HK? becoming a police state government, no freedom of speech and basically govenrment can now put u into jail for whatever reason they make up
@@angelayip7357 now you see there is no freedom of speech, yet isnt this the result of what the yellow ribbon has done to hk? everyday everynight going out to the street, in the beginning they were asking for stopping the law, later on become asking independence from China, violence happen everyday on the street, shops and malls were being destroyed. before those freedom thing, is HK a safe place to live back then? now there is no freedom of speech, but this is the consequence of the over half year violence. in another way, how can the protest end without the national security law, independence of hk or returning hk to the UK? 魚和熊掌不可兼得. HK cannot go back what it used to be after the protest
the protest is supported sponsored and organized by foreign forces. like every other 颜色革命 around the world.
What was the name of the renowned journalist name again? I forgot.🤔
I would not dare to show my face knowing how China would track one down for assassination...
Seriously no, life is not like that here.
It's an erroneous and biased video title. A more accurate title may be 'How China crushed the Western-engineered rebellion in Hong Kong'.
now collect your 50 cent!
Seriously you got a Chinese journalist with the name of Ching Cheong? That’s pure gold.
Thank you for telling the story of Hong Kong.
西方的媒体在误导你的思想！没看出来吗？！
You did not mention how US and UK invaded and crushed countries in the middle east.
It's your own state you clown.
In a episode focusing on Hong Kong… Christ, what kind of education did you received.
@@Jnbsksbsgcvn From the east but studied in the west, so I can see the dark side of both world.
Hong Kong isn’t located in the Middle East.
Was the journalist really called "Ching Chong"? Sounds like a prank to me.
And Taiwan is next watch out.
@oti Opondo ArinaitweSadly true..
Taiwan is part of China
Looking forward to it
so misleading report!
Tibet, Tiananmen Massacre, Hong Kong, Uyghurs, Who is next ? Taiwan ?
All Chinese 😂
I guess the hawaiians, the american indians are next. Better run from US daddy!
Tibet? Is it wrong that China takes back its land?
Tiananmen massacre? Is it wrong to suppress anti government protests ? Any country wouldn’t allow such protests to overthrow the govnt.
Hk? It was returned to China because most of it was leased. Sounds right to me.
Uyghurs ? They live on Chinese land. They’re Chinese
Taiwan? Also part of China
So what’s your problem?
All China.
This is one of the most embarrassing defenses of colonialism. The UK never owned Hong Kong, it was ALWAYS Chinese territory.
Agreed.
exactly, although hating the Chi gov, many Hong Kongners even before 1997 thought that they're born as Chinese
I agree that many Western people have such distorted perspective
@@杜玄浦people are becoming backward lol
I couldn't agree more with this video. I am from Hong Kong and I'm currently studying university in Australia. It is very concerning to see how the Chinese Communist Party employs different methods to manipulate and take control of Hong Kong. Although the methods used are not as violent as the Tianamen Square Crackdown scandal yet, but that could change very soon. And who said violent methods are the most dangerous? It is the unseen methods that cause the most damage.
A very important point I think is the topic of identity. I'm sure many people born in Hong Kong will introduce themselves as "Hong Kong people" or "Hong Konger". Why is that? It's because of the special circumstances we Hong Kongers live in. Our way of life is quite different from that of mainland China, that's all because of the treaty China signed - to respect Hong Kong's way of life for at least 50 years. Comparing to mainland China, the obvious difference of the way of life in Hong Kong is that we are primarily a democracy (although that might not be true now). It is clear that Hong Kong people are proud of being a democracy, respecting basic human rights and freedoms. This is why we identify as "Hong Kong people".
Of course, it's not that simple. Although most would identify as " Hong Kong people", that is not the entire story. Historically and geographically, Hong Kong is part of China (although I don't want to admit this, it is factually correct). What makes Hong Kong special is out separate way of life. This means the people of Hong Kong have dual identity. Hong Kong people are not just Hong Kong people, we are Chinese. Hong Kong shares the same culture and ethnicity with mainland China. We are undoubtedly Chinese. Many people think the mainland and Hong Kong as having no relationship at all, but that is not true. The true difference of what separates us from being the same as mainland China is our WAY OF LIFE.
This is why I am so disgusted to see the CCP slowly break the promise to respect Hong Kong's way of life and use illegal and unethical ways to take control by force. Does that sound like a rational government to you? No.
As an additional point and "fun" fact, China's army - the People's Liberation Army (PLA) actually has a presence on Hong Kong soil. Near the government office buildings in Central, there is actually a small military base with soilders from the PLA stationed there. Now, the government did provide a reason of why they are stationed there, it is because they can potentially respond to major threats that cannot be handled by the HK police force posed to the Hong Kong government. I do not have enough info to judge whether it is true or not, but it does seems that the base acts as a transport hub. Certainly suspicious.
what a joke Hong Kong was a democracy under British rule
Hong Kong isn't Chinese. Because what exactly IS Chinese? The identity of the Chinese is a new one. The borders of China have always changed and have stabilized within the last 80 so-ish years. That's like saying Portugal is France because they were both part of the Roman Empire....
The history is there sure, but Hong Kong had it been given the right to, would've became a separate country like any other former colony.
Whatever you have done to Hong Kong failed us who are still living there. I think you should also have the courage to think deeper on what went wrong!
I’ve been searching for this footage for couple of weeks, thanks Economist.
Do you know any Hong Kong vlogger?
Thank you for creating such informative work that explains the root of the malaise in Hong Kong.
我地出便啲人睇到你地辛苦，都心知肚明， really take care and I wish Hong Kongers all the best. We stand with you.
@Tong zijyun 有港独天天上街游行展示暴力。
Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong is not tighter than Washington’s grip on the Korean Republic and Japan. After all, the foreign judges in HK have not been kicked out of HK. But Washington controls the prosecutorial systems of Korea and Japan and uses them to topple anti-US administrations.
Call it only "malaise" ....
This video should explain more about the agreement that stated HK would remain autonomous until 2047. I'm watching it wondering why hong Kongers expect so much (which is the exact line of the CCP).
Exactly, the agreement was no changes for 50 years. To remain a status quo. But instead some pushed their luck. Everyone knew this agreement was for a transition period.
Now that China has the strength, it doesn't need to make any agreement with the West. Europe is still at war, and China should be very happy.
Beijing will not Genuinely abolish “one country, two systems” even after 2047, because HK serves as a hub for the money laundering of Chinese bigwigs.
Hong Kongers just like the rest of the western leaders natively believed CCP would follow what they agreed on such as the Sino-British Joint Declaration on HK future, the WTO promising the openness of china’s market, the verbal agreement with President Obama to not militarize the reefs in South China Sea.
1990s while Eastern Europe getting rid of the communist and Soviet colonialism to move forward to freedom and democracy Hong Kong has been deteriorating itself from a liberate country to a communist Chinese colony. Biggest mistake since ww2 ever
To be honest,the reason Hongkong China being crushed shouldn’t blame to China mainland,because every country in this world is crushing now
3:07 never thought the C-word was really a name.
Let's change the title: How Hong Kong crushed a mob riot and a plot to overthrow the government.
I wish you would do documentaries about how black people suffer in some white countries and how The British treated Africans and how we are still under neo-colonialism. China has done some crazy things, but to the people who see this comment,i would be friend someone who tells me he has plans to destroy me that someone who smiles with me and destroys me secretly. A lot of countires are bad and doing a lot of bad things, but everyone always mentions China,China,China. Im not chinese but honestly its annoying when you are not pointing your hands at the other countries.
@@stereomachine more than they talk about china??? next joke please.
@@stereomachine no one is winning,but I get it,there is no morality in politics.
You are not Chinese? lol sure
@@F1derful. Yes. I'm not.
If you compare HK and Macau you will realise that the problem is not actually just CCP.
Actually, it is! The CCP promised a 2 systems, 1 state solution and broke their promise. Hong Kong was supposed to have autonomy and no longer does.
CCP is the biggest to China and the 🌎
I believe the failed Beijing (Peking) Jun 4 1989 uprising inspired Eastern Europe's successful revolt against Communist rule. Eastern Europe was also inspired by religious faith, and support from UK, Western Europe and USA. May God's blessing . . . shower on Hong Kong . . China . .
You believe? You better study history lar, dxxk hxxd
Clearly a biased report. Why not include why the West require Hong Kong to be independent?
Go away you silly man
@@nigelralphmurphy2852 how silly can it be? Hahahaha
@@nigelralphmurphy2852 idiotic
Full of bias, without interviewing different people's views, including merchants and citizens in Hong Kong. The reporter has her pre set own view and value before produced it.
They are blind to fatal violence from protesters and their illegal attacks to people
Totally agree
Mainlander? Mad?
Great Britain do not respect treir promises for 5 years . and want others to respect promises for 50 years .
i am glad that China take back Hong Kong . it was a huge humiliation for China . now fixed some what .
I hope the signal is clear for Taiwan : resist or be crushed by Chinese dictatorship.
Is it true Hong Kong never had democracy under British rule?
CCP bots working extra hours from concentration camps in the comment section
Thank goodness someone else noticed
Wrong. You're still in the age of 50's using Moorse Code. China CCP don't recruit any body to do propaganda. They abolished that almost twenty years. Their achievements in the past 40 years, including the most recent Tiangong Space Station is a statement to the world how organized and powerful they are. This is also why Heritage did a survey in 2018 that over 88% of China population trust their CCP government. China produces 4 million of STEM graduates each year. China economic power will exceed the US by 2030.
@@cklam8722 "China doesn't recruit anyone for propaganda" 😂
Winnie-the-Pooh deploying his army of minions to sound tough behind the computer screens
These Hong Kong activists was quite like a mouse under British occupation Chinese were treated worse than dogs
And how did the CCP treat the Chinese people during the cultural revolution?
You know… when they all fled to Hong Kong and made it what it was pre 1997?
Great reporting, just curious if you are aware of Miles Kwok / Gui Wengui. Is he actually helping hong kong or a con man?
He launched a cryptocurrency where you can only put your money in but can't get it out
@@kevindst That definitely sounds like a scam. I don't know him well but I have met people who talks about him non-stop, and have invested in his causes.
HE IS A CON MAN! SPIT CRAZY THINGS TO GAIN ATTENTION
absolutely once Hong Kong was considered as one of the most advanced cities of the world like Singapore, London, New York. Today its just another city of China.
An advanced city which many of the common folks are living in a coffin size room.. NO THANKS.
This the idea, we want to make it as another city in China. It's working as intended.
And Chinese cities are also one of the most advanced ones out there. So hk is the same
@@quyenluong3705 the unsustainable illusion of advanced? Yeah
@@TheMiddleFiddle who are you to say Chinese cities are unsustainable?
Oh so the cities like New York and London are advanced when you have poor and old looking structures and lots of homeless people? Maybe someone else is delusional.
As a Hong Konger, thank you. At least we are being noticed.
The game hong kong 97 is this stuff
香港是中国的
Same
a lot of these simplistic narratives are not helpful... they're missing historical context, global comparisons, and sufficient detail.
You mean how in 1997 China agreed to a 1 country, 2 systems arrangement and in 2020 broke their promise?
@@Drooblemeister Where it's broken deserves a documentary in itself. Systems interact with each other and they cannot be completely independent. Just like a US legislation on money laundering impacts global systems.
@@Drooblemeister how is it broken exactly?
without mao there is no china today.
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This is the true power of media, speaking for justice.
This is the true power of Western propaganda
So powerful as it only says what ppl want to hear
@@ccmulder5870
Only means tons of lies!!
Truth? Told by one side only. Not even one person from the silent majority of Hongkongers who disapproved the riot was interviewed.
History repeats on & on
Korea get played by Japan and China over and over again
@@derekwampum8861 :(
korean 😂😂😂
@@nitaseely6830 ???
@@nitaseely6830 ?ㅇㅉㄹㄱ
Please Stop put the Hongkonger or hongkongese in Chinese group.
We must know Hong Kong and China are different ethnic groups with different cultures since the Qing dynasty is Ended over than 200 years.
We must to be fair to the Hongkonger.
Before the hongkong people did not have the choices to choose their identity , they are being called Chinese in outside the Asian countries, Because of the words Hongkonger and Hongkongese just appeared in few years ago. But in almost of Asian countries, almost of Asian people never put Hongkonger/hongkongese to the Chinese group. Never call them Chinese.
The concept is very simple, just like the relationship of Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Please don’t call the Hongkonger and hongkonese as Chinese. They already got so much hurt by China and Chinese like Russia and Ukraine.
And the Hong Kong Cantonese are different than Malaysia, Guangdong and Singapore. The words, grammar and tones are so different. If there’s has a chance, it can be called hongkongese. What’s the different? You can just see their name on ID card. They can use their owned spelling system to talk to each other, and it’s only the Hongkonger can understand.
For example, Diu Nei Lo Mo is mean fxxk you mother fxxker.
I just came back from HK and discovered that not many people actually feel the affects of this National Security Law. In fact, most HK people take the train and bus up to China on the weekends for leisure because everything is so much cheaper, the land is bigger, you don't feel like you are in a rush, and the attitude of the people are better.
My friends and I were able to talk about the government wherever and whenever we want, we just didn't make a huge protest about it. Since when did protests in a modern countries ever work? Western Ideology claims that protest is done meant to push change but I can't remember when something significant was changed for any economic or political issues due to a protest in the modernized or westernized country.
It is so true❤
Protests NEVER worked. All those bs like the French Revolution, Bolshevik revolution or Arab springs are just coups organized by the CAPITAL because there was something to gain from changing regimes. Protests/revolutions are fairytales for the masses.
I am from Hong Kong and I know how it feels
Hong Kong is still great..
As a British I respect your people
Thanks for covering this. Hongkonger forever!
Totally inaccurate!! Shame on this journalistic report. The extradition bills actually proposed: "individuals suspected of committed crimes in China should be allowed to extradite to China for trial ....". I see nothing wrong with this in principle. People suspected of committed crimes in the U.S. are very often extradited to the U.S. for trial. We can debate the fine prints in the policy paper to address the common concerns. You twisted it to become "suspects can be sent to China for trial" which is a big deviation from the spirit of the bills. This was exactly how the rioters twisted it to justify their violence. Shame on you as a journalist.
Hong Kong is currently at its best, I'm looking forward to the future.
Take note on how it’s going down on every global index.
@@RexKo which global index ? Population ? Gdp ?
The economist can't even get economics right, now they are trying to be political?
A heart-breaking video
A propaganda video. Don't totally believe what you see in the video.
Pure propaganda.
SUprise surprise ...HK was is and will forever be China.
Can i have a video about how the British colonized hong kong. Compare the democracy before and after? Oh wait ,are there any democracy during british colonisation?
Then again, how many Chinese at the time, pre-1980s, were ever interested in democracy--given how subhuman they've been indoctrinated/lied to by their so-called people, by their so-called family, in a so-called nation called China?
How can you have Chinese HKers be ready for democracy, when you're working with a people that believed in the 2nd greatest lie, Satan has ever told to the world, i.e., there's such a homogeneous ethnicity/civilization for 5000 years called The Chinese.
To tell kids to remember, you are still Chinese, is gaslighting, pure and simple.
One side story
No as a native HKer this video is spot on
Seriously 😂 do you have any evidence to support what you said, and what is the source of these so called data?
Hope Taiwan doesn't give up
Taiwan is part of China, read the Cairo Declaration
The measures taken to control the spread of Covid 19 helped to subdue Hong Kong. The resistance was crushed with the onset of the pandemic.
Nobody mentioned the petrol bombs, road blocks, street violence and property destruction.... carried on for months and months, remember when the international airport was paralyzed for days, thousands and thousands of travellers were stranded? Weddings funerals were missed, .. so on and so forth.. frankly, when the national security law came out, many breathed a sigh of relief, including the business community. After all, no one wants to live in a war zone for months on end!
In America, they are riots as the guys in Capitol, but in HK, they are fighting for freedom and democracy.
@@jaysonwhite8494 I agree with you 💝 it's so unfair.
Thank you for telling the truth that no western media is willing to! Before 2019 I would not have believed the western media was being controlled- but since 2019 from the coordinated way that the narrative is being controlled from top to bottom, Left and right - I am now 100% convinced.
@@tobes1902 absolutely!💝it opened up my eyes. These days, I take everything with a big pinch of salt. 😂 after all, the media is owned by the 1%, for the 1%. 🤷
Who knows what the 1% wants us to know.🤷
@@margaretliu3409 cant agree more! It's textbook divide and conquer by the 1%...using narrative manipulation to divide the population into roughly 50/50 ideological split - and then ensure they take control of both factions (Caitlin Johnstone)
The population gets so preoccupied fighting each other in the election theatrics to notice the 1% playing both sides!
I really wonder how people expect expect UK to direct china on what ro do. They have to get over the hangover of colonial power britain. Now it is nothing compared to china.
Well, actually HK STILL DOES have something to direct China with: being a legitimate avenue for foreign direct investment--something CCP China now desperately needs to not only sustain/hyper-finance the 2nd largest economy in the world, BUT EVEN their (tofu dreg?) expensive, social credit system, interior security force.
The poison pill of forcibly making HK into yet another Chinese city, is turning every Chinese city into Hong Kong in the summer 2019.
Free Hong Kong!
Fee Hawaii