From the archives: China takes sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997

[@manan007]

‘I have relinquished the administration of this government. God save the Queen.”

[@dark_dante2663]

I remembered this when I was a kid, I watched it before heading off to school. It was a good history lesson in the making.

[@vincentho7919]

Here is the joke "1 country 2 systems" !!

[@francis802us]

communism itself is a f**king joke!

[@大和谐]

这确实是个笑话，因为两边都是资本主义。。。

[@balkanleopard9728]

Please be explicit. In which ways is the one country, two systems concept not being faithfully implemented? Examples please.

[@carr16k]

Hk people always like to focus on the "2 system" but choose to ignore the "1 country"

[@dfgh-ke8ch]

Yep, how can there be 2 political systems in one country in the first place? It’s a sad scar left by colonialism.

[@codyholt2358]

"And then the Prince and the Governor boarded the Britannia and sailed off into the night. Just before leaving, Patten sent a short cable to London, it read; 'I have relinquished the administration of this government - God save the Queen'."

[@sanimgurung87]

tell us how you got the island ?

[@marc44444]

​@@sanimgurung87 First Opium War 1839

[@canto_v12]

One of the defining moments of my childhood, standing on soil that changed countries overnight!

[@thomasrussell4674]

I remember this well, living in Australia, telling myself this is a once in century event. Or rather, 99 years

[@patrinaherringshaw7953]

I love the archives. Everything about them makes me happy. The reminder of days gone by and the nostalgia of it all.

[@balkanleopard9728]

Why the nostalgia for a violent, genocidal, imperialist regime? By all means remember its inhumanity but nostalgia?

[@mathejoh]

1:24 File this under "Didnt age well" folder

[@mainakdey3893]

damn

[@Addictedtoyoutube9]

hong kong was a monarchy ruled by uk monarchs.

[@Bk6346]

The PLA was never involved in the Hong Kong riots. It was the Hong Kong police.

[@devinschmidt3233]

This hits hard and I have no relationship to this just a Canadian and seen all the hurt in bc and fear for the future

[@Anonymoususer44569]

Such a sad day in Hong Kong’s history…

[@djslybacon]

100% - biggest British foreign policy failure in 25 years. Should never have given HK to the CCP.

[@TheTraveler2222]

Indeed, watching this still makes me cry, its like the tyranny of the British over the Chinese people has finally come to an end and Hong Kong is finally free

[@akend4426]

@TheTraveler2222 British rule looks like the Garden of Eden compared to what China’s been doing to Hong Kong!

[@musicguy327]

@@akend4426 british rule improved over decades. it was until the handover where hong kong is losing it's autonomy

[@akend4426]

@musicguy327 That’s what I’m saying

[@ebeyslough]

I love how this video comes up as a search result if you type in “hong kong is dead”

[@thatmessylife6427]

Can’t believe this happened that long ago , it doesn’t feel like it was that long ago at all! I bet being the first baby born to hang Kong is still a big deal today ! Such a turning point in the world.

[@cedude69]

HK should have remained under British control

[@lordrobert12]

The beautiful Patten daughters!!

[@xemo2896]

Madeleine Albright, what a terrible Secretary of State.

[@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood]

Lots of cops today, on HK streets. Hkers love the ccp, or forced to 'love' the ccp?

[@loneranger9376]

yeah riots, anarchists, arsonists

[@jackytang3683]

Hk is a city by rule of law.

[@BSPBuilder]

You prefer the cockroaches who burnt down the city?

[@canto_v12]

As a HKer with experience living in America, I like seeing cops. It means I am less likely to get robbed. Some cops are not as nice as you would like. That's just life.

[@Bk6346]

I bet you never been to Hong Kong. It’s the USA where the police carry guns.

[@tommytam3208]

Thoes were the days. The good old days.

[@dannykwan7581]

colonists' wet dream.

[@Bk6346]

You mean the good old days for the British.

[@willy_gooseling69]

@@chang-liu89 The only fair elections were in 1995

[@solconcordia4315]

​@@chang-liu89 Hong Kong under Red China's rule lost the Freedom of Press and its Rule of Law. Hong Kongers were riled by the arson and murders of journalist 林彬 and his driver enroute to work and decisively chose the Rule of Law, not the Rule of Man. 林彬's 欲罷不能 radio 📻 broadcast programme incensed the Leftist arsonists and murderers. The subsequent British crackdown and talks with Red China set Hong Kong on a path of great reforms: cleaning up corruption, making Chinese into official language, forming district councils to gather the people's wishes, great infrastructure buildups, etc. The new Governor had a reputation of benevolent neglect policy and largely let Hong Kongers run the show. I understand this style of leadership: how can a Patriarchy be a de facto Matriarchy ? My Dad who set the strategic direction knew the power of his last word: 喺 Hai 是的 ！😊

[@fzmoifzmoi2575]

​@@willy_gooseling69Right before the turnover. Poisoned pill strategy! 🙄

[@jackytang3683]

One Country Two systems This is the cornerstone for HK, If you doubt or challenge one Country, the two systems collapse

[@ElusiveTy]

HK hasn't had a separate system in a long time.

[@sucmydikbith2700]

Hi CBS

[@kkatpheiz]

I wonder if that baby that were born in Chinese times ever watched that footage?

[@balkanleopard9728]

Grammar please!

[@nicholaschance437]

Big back lash in Hk in time to come

[@charleswu1541]

3:55 I think we all know who won that contest!

[@HenriHattar]

Sp much for Chinese promises, I hope the world remembers this!

[@ElusiveTy]

They won't, of course. People will just keep buying and supporting Chinese, sticking their heads in the sand and making up excuses.

[@Bk6346]

The agreement between the UK and China allowed for a national security law to be passed which Hong Kong delayed for several years. Besides the agreement was only for 50 years and in 2047 China can do whatever it wants with Hong Kong.

[@charlzincharge2281]

20 plus years later is Hong Kong better off? I seriously doubt it.

[@BrianRamotar_1776]

27 years now

[@francis802us]

1997...back when Hong Kong loves China

[@sikhtraveller8860]

Now they don't want china😅

[@craigsouthern4793]

Didint end well............

[@mhiguchi7620]

finished watching season 5 of the Crown on netflix, and came to see this. lots to think about, since its tragetic democratic movement from few years ago....

[@ElusiveTy]

It's incredibly sad.

[@kenyup7936]

I’m really sorry about HK atm, the rules of laws gone, the packages for their business gone unfortunately as well , it’s like another Chinese city atm which is a rule by man society, the govt is a supreme authority, they can do anything whatever they wanted

[@spider6660]

Pro-democracy fools destroyed that territory.

[@canto_v12]

Do you have any examples where "rule of law" is gone and "rule of man" applies? It seems that Hong Kongers still freely critique their government throughout the pandemic and even through the aftermath of the political unrest. Also, are you saying other Chinese cities do not have laws and police that enforce them? Any examples?

[@timc.5591]

The British should’ve never give out Hong Kong in the first place… The Chinese will never honour real democracy and the Hongkongese identity. God save the King🇬🇧

[@canto_v12]

@@timc.5591 the Brits did many good things there but an actual democracy was not one of them.

[@timc.5591]

@@canto_v12 I always think people talking about British Hong Kong's "democracy" are barking up the wrong tree. Although the Brits gave HK nearly full democracy by as late as 1995, it's the "sub-sovereignty" that matters the most to the HKers. The local government of BHK and the Colonial Department can say no to the UK Home Office's policies in London - which happened quite a few times if you know the history deep enough. The local HK government, even though led by Brits, are fending for the interest of HK and the HKers. We are also largely unaffected by the UK domestic politics. The same can't be said for Beijing nowadays when the Chinese HK government is a total muppet, imagine they actually say no to Xi lmao

[@fastcars77loop89]

How that working out for you?

[@DP-8964]

It was a very sad sad day. The Brits turned a sleepy fishing village into a global financial center. The CCP turned a global financial center on a path back to a fishing village.

[@dawnnadir]

The saddest day of Hong Kong😢. I remember well.

[@baha3alshamari152]

It was going to happen either peacefully or forcibly like Goa It was inevitable and the British were smart enough to negotiate a peaceful handover instead

[@dawnnadir]

@@baha3alshamari152 Goa should forever be the Portuguese! Look at the host country India now.... No one wants their regime.

[@baha3alshamari152]

@@dawnnadir The Portuguese and their slaves in Goa also believed that but 36 hours of bombardment by the Indian army convinced them to surrender UK didn't want to go through this in Hong Kong and decided to negotiate a peaceful handover instead Hong Kong was going to join the mainland anyway and so will Taiwan The only question is what will the reunification process be ?

[@kevinjenner9502]

As a result of the British illegally exporting Opium from India to China, and the resulting widespread addiction, two Opium wars were fought to cease British importation of the Narcotic. With China losing and signing the treaty of Nanjing, Hong Kong was ceded to the British on a 99 year lease.

[@robk5159]

Opium was shipped all over the world at the time....but it was not illegal. I could care less about your opinion, but get your facts right, more opium was shipped to the UK as it was used for pain relief in hospitals.

[@chengyangzhou8785]

@@robk5159 China banned opium trade wdym

[@robk5159]

@@chengyangzhou8785 China made it illegal in 1800, it was legalised again in 1843...that's what I mean!

[@chengyangzhou8785]

@@robk5159 britain forced china to grant extraterritorial rights to British citizens that year but opium wasn’t legalized

[@robk5159]

@@chengyangzhou8785 I see you want to single out Britain as the cause of the perceived injustice, you fail to mention Germany, France and the USA together with several other trading nations. I would suggest you try to come to terms with your sense of injustice as the worlds history has moved on.

[@ianharvey8025]

I feel sorry fir the Hong Kongers

[@BeraubtWerden]

What tf is that lady talking?, Hong Kong will preserve its democracy??, there is no democracy in british hong kong, The queen appoints the Governor general

[@voiceofreason2674]

Bring back Emperor Pu Yi

[@野良猫スカイライン]

CBSのニュースキャスターだった、ダンダザーさんは今、どうしているのかな😿😿😿😿😿

[@野良猫スカイライン]

今後の香港は、現在も不安と心配です😿😿😿😿🙀

[@BasedHadrian]

Huge mistake

[@ehislqwezad316]

Hong Kong people never established two china, HK is not part of china

[@NeerajKumar-fv1vq]

The good old days .🇺🇲🇮🇳

[@JoeKasino1947]

Damn ! Damn damn !! Damn damn damn !!!

[@cmeichan]

😂so many china’s 50 cent army here

[@jeffreylee252]

the saddest day in HK history

[@cone6052]

It is sad darkly day for Hong kong ever.

[@spider6660]

Hong Kong has fallen because of the western level flawed democracy, but Shenzhen thrives because they avoided politics and focused on innovation.

[@Ethan-C-Yang]

You call copycat innovation?😵‍💫

[@spider6660]

@@Ethan-C-Yang What copycat is there in DJI an Huawei idiot?

[@zohramartini9425]

Mmm.. As of now, the situation in China is not that bright.

[@spider6660]

@@zohramartini9425 Far more brighter than US led western bloc including Japan and South Korea where youth smoking meth with high homeless rate and LGBTQ propaganda

[@yggvv7570]

Hong Kong has fallen because of the strong political interference from China. They over-focus on "national security" and made the redline unpredictable; the Hong Kong SAR government was acting like a Chinese colonial government more than a local government, all the policies tended to be beneficial for China, too much cultural integration, causing a significant impact to the Hong Kong society. Citizens of Hong Kong were not happy with that.

[@edwardsnowden8821]

Hong Kong was never a democracy under the British colonizers

[@jude_the_apostle]

Not a democracy but it practiced liberalism. Britain grew Hong Kong into one of the most successful cities in the world under autocratic liberalism. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were not under the 99-year lease like the New Terrirotires, but Britain gave them up in exchange that China respect the freedoms that Hong Konger's had under the British.

[@keroro1562]

But at least we had our freedoms

[@edwardsnowden8821]

@@keroro1562 🤡🤡

[@TED1980]

Clearly a democracy under the CCP 25 years on 🙄. So much for the 50 years then agreed autonomy!

[@samuelbcn]

However, the colony provided the opportunity for literally millions of Chinese to vote with their feet and escape the CCP. There is someting democratic about that.

[@jianqiangxie1525]

When the British Colonist got bullied, they cried like a cry babie ... XD

[@4catsnow]

They had this zen-like appetite for colonizing countries they had no business being in.. Sometimes the locals got a serious attitude..and it landed on British troops like ten tall building..

[@Constant_Of_Morality]

Sad Communists corner lol

[@TheTraveler2222]

This still makes me cry, its like the tyranny of the British over the Chinese people has finally come to an end and Hong Kong is finally free

[@Blindswordsman1994]

Chinese people and freedom in the same sentence😂 Don’t make me laugh!

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@Blindswordsman1994Exactly, Chinese people had no freedom under Britain

[@ericyuen5946]

As a Hong Konger, I didn’t agree with your words.

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@ericyuen5946 As a Hong Konger born in the 1970s who had experienced British oppression, I strongly disagree with you

[@ericyuen5946]

@@TheTraveler2222 Totally ludicrous, the past generation of Hong Kong People are mostly refugees which are escaping from CCP control, it is totally non-sense for saying UK gov are Tyranny, you are just one of the opportunist.

[@balkanleopard9728]

I just wish western media had, at the very least, a smattering of historical knowledge. The ignorance of these people in this report is stunning. After invading and seizing HK, when the Chinese refused to take British opium as payment for Chinese goods, the British imperialists ruled Hong Kong with an iron fist from London for 150 odd years. Except for a year or two when the die of 1997 Chinese sovereignty was cast, no Chinese citizen ever voted for anything under British rule. And Taiwan is by all legal definitions part of one China - unless of course you wish to return it to those indigenous people left after the Nationalist KMT massacres (supported by the USA) during their reign of terror. A few US, Canadian, NZ, and Australian citizens may feel a bit uneasy with that concept, after all they have a very similar settler colonialist past. I suggest you leave fear mongering over this issue alone and leave this Chinese matter to the Chinese.

[@Constant_Of_Morality]

Your ignorance of your own Opinion is Stunning, China has been a Imperialism power for thousands of years, Can't just moan and cry about it.

[@c4t650]

We are so looking forward to dealing with the Chinese expansion soon...lets see how well Chinese military fares...It's not going to be like Korea...

[@ElusiveTy]

'Leave this Chinese matter to the Chinese' as China consistently breaks international laws by invading other countries' sovereign maritime territories and politically interfering with numerous otherwise. How ignorant.

[@balkanleopard9728]

@@c4t650 Not so. Unfortunately a lack of knowledge of Chinese civilizational history is only too common in the West. I don't blame you, it is the Western system. And the US genocidal behaviour in Korea in the early 1950's is hardly something to celebrate. Fought to a draw there and then defeated in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. And now being defeated in Ukraine and Gaza. Yes, I fear the US hegemon. As it goes down it will flail out in its failure.

[@c4t650]

@@balkanleopard9728 dream on...

[@zenpapyrus]

Prince Charles "Britain learnt long ago, hk people know what is best for hk. we have no doubt hk people can run hk" yet Britain decided to never let hk run itself or have democracy in the UKs 156 years Britain ruled it. Says a lot about the level of hypocrisy that comes out the mouth of Western nations. 😂😂😂

[@ElusiveTy]

That was a statement explaining why they let it go, so your comment makes no sense... That was admitting that they didn't have much control for themselves and that they know what's best, which was why it was handed over.

[@zenpapyrus]

@@ElusiveTy keep lying to yourself. if chine wasn't a superpower with nukes, they never would have let hk go to them. remember Falklands.

[@victorhugovelasquezduran9453]

jaja😂 puro gente drogado aquí hay