China is erasing its border with Hong Kong

[@Vox]

We've released a video explaining the recent demonstrations rocking Hong Kong, as citizens there protest against the government's proposed bill that would allow extradition to China. To get the latest on the current situation, you can watch the video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJC1laGMqcuNhrs

[@johnprescott7389]

Thanks :)

[@penguinwithwifi]

To Johnny @Vox: Incredibly well done, informative video.

[@penguinwithwifi]

djpaulhannon I agree. VOX is evil, but I think this guy does really good work.

[@okaysure915]

Is there a video on rss and bjp in India?

[@simonsun3530]

U R DOG

[@Yourdadsfavourite]

Imagine having an expiration date on freedom

[@billyjoel7996]

Man... I just wished there was another place like Hong Kong I would give everything just to live there

[@Inquiring]

Billy Joel ...Singapore.

[@regg32457]

Yeah, who would ratify a treaty like that? Expiration date?

[@23kj75]

@@lauraqueentint tf u mean we dont speak the same language? Hong Kong uses Cantonese which came from Guangdong. get ur fax str8

[@23kj75]

@@lauraqueentint watever u say. HongKong is part of China regardless

[@Lucas-qy7qz]

"Single party rule" is a fancy way of saying dictatorship

[@sans_bear]

single party isnt necessarily dictatorship. if that was the case countries with 2 parties would be a step away from either being anarchists or dictatorships

[@shinnwong5995]

If a dictator can make people live their life safe,get jobs,do business,make people rich and happy,yeah sure dictatorship why not

[@boruizou4285]

2 parties lying to get positions every 4 years suddenly become the opposite of dictatorship.

[@ilikemathematics1590]

I’m sorry but it isn’t, George Washington himself wanted people to vote for individual people rather than parties as he understood that his nation would be split.

[@victorc8855]

Maybe, but the sole difference between them and countries like the U.S. is that they don't care about giving you an illusion of choice

[@misterburkes8364]

That bridge is an engineering marvel. The geopolitics of it is not.

[@wangda3199]

Every governor in Hong Kong is directly elected by the British, and there is no election. It is ridiculous for Westerners to mention elections. Isn’t there a lot of fraud in the West?

[@trumpetperson11]

I feel like if there was ever a way between the two, the bridge would be the easiest target in the world for HK. Kind of an odd way to try and ease into another country.

[@kevray]

Don’t even praise them. They love any and all good feedback

[@teikhongtai4570]

@@trumpetperson11 poking kino

[@icantbebotheredwithnames]

@Abhinav Banerjee since when is anything built by businessmen and officials? do tell? ppl work because they usually need money, so hard working Chinese ppl and all over the world, people work for big business. U HAVE IT BACKWARDS MY FRIEND!! THE OPERATIVE WORD BEING LABOURERS, NOT BUSINESS MAN!! GOOD GRIEF!!

[@kvzhdist]

Fun fact: Since Hong Kong still drives on the left there's a clever lane switcher on the bridge from Hong Kong to Mainland China.

[@magnuswu1129]

another fun fact for you : barely no one drives on that bridge comparing with the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.

[@RetardskillMe]

Another Fun Fact: Opium was the reason why that bridge even exists.

[@bagel4944]

Fun fact: the bridge wasted millions of taxpayers money

[@celeron_cn]

@@bagel4944today more and more HKers are driving their cars to the mainland through this bridge😅

[@baskpro8232]

⁠@@RetardskillMe Wasn’t it a certain country that invaded in order to maintain their opium profits ? 😂😅 I think they also took some pieces of art for their museums.

[@veekey16]

Not just Hong Kong, the whole world is feeling a new level of influence from China in some way or the other Edit 2020 April 3rd : Holy f**k . Wasn't expecting this kind of influence from China :(

[@SS-tr6ei]

the influence is grabbing, abuses and robbing daily.

[@cashibacamrin]

China has risen and it's scary

[@The_Yosh]

Bermsy Fructa hopefully not, China will take over the world, taking away all our rights, I hope the US never falls, because they are the only country who can stop China.

[@phantomdrac]

@@naynay1139 wouldn't go counting us out of the race there bub...that's what we Americans do best...we COMEBACK, and when we do...oh boy..it's a doozie..🤙😎🇺🇸🦇

[@godisawesomeasalways6004]

@@naynay1139 yeah because it's awesome in China right? I mean don't get me wrong I know we have our problems over here in the United States but not even comparable

[@spring802007]

It looks like Britain has created complexities amongst many nations.

[@milonydausier4179]

Britain Used to be the Ruler of Many Nations for some reason ( Diplomacy at its peak).

[@milonydausier4179]

@@wissemaljazairi Yeah Clever Diplomacy lol

[@kalaln323]

Blu€D@c0l0r would have not would of

[@okaysure915]

Guys If you would just look up the opium wars you won't use the word diplomacy

[@junior7841]

Classic divide and conquer

[@XoADREADNOUGHT]

Oh look, turns out that China broke its promise. Didn't see that one coming...

[@atomic4650]

@ What do you mean? Or are you just another Chinese bot?

[@barrylo3027]

@@atomic4650 XD what do you think ;p

[@lesterthien2330]

@@atomic4650 Hong Kong protester are very violent even the people there scared that they may died,so China have to take action

[@XoADREADNOUGHT]

@ Like when all the protests started directly because of a Chinese extradition law that effectively dissolved Hong Kong special status? So actually it is 100% China's fault... Your 50 cent army badge is showing though.

[@kaibibi]

Xin Yue “Hong Kong is a threat to their security and sovereignty” they want freedom from the tyrannical Chinese government , how does that impact Chinese sovereignty

[@Axis.]

Interesting thing to note: Claudia Mo, the legislator in this video is currently in a jail cell since for about a year after denied bail for violating the China national security law. Horrific what’s going on

[@Anna_Tang]

yes and scmp doesn't accept her husband's column pieces anymore

[@Anna_Tang]

god we loved claudia mo, the young ones called her "auntie mo", she showed so much bravery, dignity, class and self restraint

[@TheSucram729]

I was thinking exactly that “how many people in this video have been arrested?”

[@carinaleung2564]

Probably everyone who didn’t stay anonymous

[@claudia-uy5gk]

Poor lady

[@Healingson]

How come when my history teacher tries to tell me about this in school I almost fall asleep but when I search for it on KZbin I find myself thoroughly interested 😂

[@nuqmanmursyid569]

the power of youtube I guess

[@ianofliverpool7701]

Bad teacher

[@WarpedBlinds]

Probably because you like the pretty lights and sounds

[@shinozaaakiii]

@@WarpedBlinds Yes. The quality is like infinity / 100

[@pattyburchwell4037]

Teachers are boaring lol 😁

[@wilianrodrigues5280]

Hong Kong: *slowly identifies itself as Chinese* China: *begins trying to speed up the rate they become Chinese* Hong Kong:*identifies itself as Hong Kong* China: *Surprise Pikachu Face*

[@Paulo-zr5zo]

@Maggie Taiwan is chinese too but they dont want the china government what's your point?

[@laMoria]

Mr Xi : Angry winnie the pooh face

[@jakelaw9768]

This video is purely one-sided, why never talk about how the British broke there treaty with the Chinese!!!

[@laMoria]

@@jakelaw9768 because this video doesn't deal with the UK at all, only with Hong Kong. Unless you're implying HK is still a British colony ;-)

[@orlameehan1123]

@@jakelaw9768 explain

[@DralhaEureka]

Calling the US a "multi-party system" is quite a stretch.

[@doktorhypebeast]

yeah, cuz it's bipartisan, which is the worst out of the bunch. Only polarizing people to solely 2 opposites, alienating those whose views are moderate and centrist.

[@briannk3720]

@@doktorhypebeast JESUS IS COMING SOON PLEASE BELIEVE THIS AND Say this prayer AND BE SAVED Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord In Jesus name AMEN free

[@DralhaEureka]

@@doktorhypebeast, the Republican and Democratic Parties are not polar opposites, they are barely opposites. Both parties are economically to the right of nearly every European party, and the Republican's nationalism is only matched by a few relevant European parties.

[@DralhaEureka]

@@briannk3720, God is dead, go forth and think freely.

[@austinbyrd4164]

Give me an approval voting system

[@depufull]

As a Kid with both Chinese parents and born in Hong Kong, i feel like i'm not going to be here in the internet for a while.

[@ed_cmntonly]

o7

[@REALGUCHENG]

@@CRT_YT是不是又回来了？😂

[@tomascinnsealeach9979]

This week the US declared that Hong Kong is no longer an autonomous region and shall be treated the same as the rest of China, The UK will be accepting refugees from Hong Kong

[@JoeMama-cl1br]

English please.

[@SudaneseChamp]

Wanna see if the EDL complain. Or is just problem when Muslims enter.

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

Kenny McCormick Do you think they can even tell the difference?

[@Gromst3rr]

does it really matter what the land of biggots say :?

[@antoniorsoftware]

Will Hong Kong people be second class citizens in UK just like they were during British rule and colonialism ?

[@p3achee]

And as with all border disputes, it started with a British guy drawing a line on a map

[@SublimeHurdle]

Is this a joke from Indian border disputes ?

[@cp12298]

Yup the biggest mess of the british... The Indian Subcontinent

[@BRIDKIE]

Thank you British Empire. Very cool.

[@eon5180]

@@cp12298 well africa as as much of a colonial power mess

[@shriram5494]

@@SublimeHurdle Also Israel

[@davemcg2344]

To be fair, the US is not really a multi-party system. It's a two-party system.

[@titanforce1808]

It’s better than nothing and they keep the other in check. We do have other parties but most of them aren’t realistic and the ones that are don’t get enough traction. They exist but nobody really listens to them. Blame the media for that one

[@ziren.]

im not from us .... but even in 2016 u could vote for 3 candidates for presidency wich means there are not only 2 parties ... Americans are just like that one team winning another losing simple is that

[@davemcg2344]

@@titanforce1808 "It's better than nothing" shouldn't be what the supposed best republic on the planet should aspire to.

[@antoniorsoftware]

@Elvis Ameb There are actually 9 parties in China plus Hong Kong and Macao have multi-party systems.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@davemcg2344 shut up

[@lou-by8uj]

gen z's will be the last generation to witness hong kong with the freedoms it had and the current generation of kids (gen alpha) wont be able to experience that with the new laws that were set last year. many parents are sending their children abroad for studies just so they could get another country's passport before its too late.

[@Zonary306]

I did for the last time

[@howardshi]

Today, over a million people in HongKong poured into streets and protested. 2019.6.9

[@ramaabdulrahman9475]

Howard Shi bro after 2047 are Hong Kong going to be in China control or independence

[@ldslee3175]

Around 183K people, not a million. Don't ask me why I know this.

[@haydentse6526]

继续闹吧，内地都进入5G时代了，你们还在住70尺不到的塘房，搞文革，等真正变成臭港了，你们去英国住，土地留下

[@Kalohe56]

@mtopper66 I was there, and it took me 7 hours to get from point A to B. The governments police force was doing everything to choke off the protest by blocking street access and shutting down some subway access points because of so many people. I’ve seen large crowds, it was definitely a million protestors. The police are the worst at giving factual account of large crowds, they lowball it to control the narrative.

[@bootchan6383]

@@ldslee3175 sorry, the China office in Hong Kong just admit today that the there were over one million people...

[@hannanhoney7273]

theres a saying in turks whenever fishes of same pond fight with eachother means british were here

[@erdniealinik]

Was that a Turkish saying wow didnt know

[@twitchizle]

@Harry Harry colony

[@ossef9712]

hannan honey The British colony made it great

[@SuperAbhi234]

Exactly -from India.

[@Neyobe]

Oh my gosh 😂

[@FloralShoppingCard]

"multi-party-system like the United States..." Europe is breaking in laughter.

[@dexterwestin3747]

Why? the Green Party and Libertarian Party are legit but just don't get very many votes.

[@FloralShoppingCard]

​@@dexterwestin3747 Are minor parties even represented in the Senate? I dont think so. In Germany its 5% of the votes and you are represented in the parlament. In many countries you have coalitions of parties to form a governtment. The is US basically a two party system corrupted by many many many lobbies to all politicians. The US is more like a huge corporation. But dont get me wrong, the EU has a problem with lobbys as well.

[@tomasvrabec1845]

@@dexterwestin3747 Us has a less of a multiparty system than UK, and UK already has more or less two party system. Most people never even heard about those parties. At the same, @Duffy63, the us parties don't form coalitions because they do not need to.... because us basically doesn't have any other party to challenge them so they keep meddling between each other, probably why it seems to be around 50s/50s for them. When it comes to most of Europe, the multiparty system is a true multiparty system where there isn't one or two major parties but 4/5, and they end up at the same levels, so they form alliances and are forced to cooperate.

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@sumabhattacharya3944]

India has more than 700 parties 😂😂😂

[@liberte1829]

People should note that, the UK never gave the right of universal suffrage to the people of Hongkong, and neither does China. 2047 is not an expiration of democracy since the people of Hongkong never ever acquired that.

[@mito88]

good observation

[@zohandvir7606]

I'm 100% sure the forced him to "confess"

[@StandForTruth08]

Why is this channel not mentioning how China lost Hongkong to british? CAN YOU DISCUSS ABOUT THE OPIUM WAR????

[@roberthouse38]

​@@StandForTruth08 Because this video is about Hong Kong's democracy, and not China's so-called "100 years of humiliation"? Also, the most humiliating years of China was during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.

[@leo3334]

sure like,as if you know. but the western view is if its China its evil and bad. Wake up and smell the coffee. If you want to know China, go to China and have a look for yourself. Stop being an armchair speculator?

[@xinyichen8443]

Zerq no, not really

[@akut1793]

@Leo L china isn’t evil or bad, but some things the country does aren’t exactly ethical or “good” and im not an armchair speculator or whatever. Just because people believe china is constantly being misjudged and isn’t that bad, doesn’t mean it’s not actually not bad and a nice country. But uh you have your own perspective to what is defined as bad so I’m just disagreeing with some parts of your comment because i have different views. (i am sorry if this bothered you)

[@britney901]

Vox: Take a look at this bridge. KZbin: Nah. I'd rather show a commercial.

[@Its_Stunt]

XD same thing happened to me

[@originalg8511]

Ikr

[@Its_Stunt]

@@nathanielholmes79 i do but yt finds loopholes and makes the ad a part of the video lol

[@justaguy1951]

Two words: *uBlock Origin*

[@aidenisweirdok123]

Oh yeah lol

[@awediomusic2137]

"Britain and China fought a couple of wars." Understatement of the year.

[@dinghaoroyhu7516]

Another way to describe an invasion.

[@High_lord_of_Formosa]

A war that occupied land and paid a lot of reparations has been forgotten, not to mention the drug trafficking that the British engaged in here. More and more people will recognize these people's faces.

[@刘越石-y1l]

因为他们掌握了话语权，他能把自己在香港的殖民美化为发展经济。

[@cunninr2]

And Americans and several other nations wanted in on it too.

[@馒馒头]

一群强盗占了你的地，试图给你讲道理。好有道理啊😅

[@DingaOmondi]

Migrants who live in Hong Kong are the worried lot. Hong Kong is Chinese and the Chinese ethnic groups have already adapted. Well done China. Taiwan too belongs to China.

[@Shadow-xb2ce]

Who here watched because of the 2019 protests?

[@daymi7300]

im here because of the 2019 protests and south park and blizzard

[@deliri0um]

I bet the views went up a lot.

[@allenduckburgermizmowitz7157]

I have predicted the 2019 protest because of this clip

[@kyb7795]

After the blizzard saga I had to really see what this was about

[@deeznutz3712]

It still going on.

[@burningstar3466]

I don't like it when freedom is taken from people. That is criminal

[@boyar1978]

in 1776 my family;s freedom was taken from the 13 colonies.

[@Maxwell-jn4te]

Gain freedom as an individual, lost freedom as a civilization.

[@Nobody1991]

Freedom never existed. So freedom can't be taken because we never had it.

[@jackli6557]

Colonies said Freedom. Shame on you. Yankee colonies

[@j800q]

sky 5 and yet look at how they treated the native americans.

[@sasorishino]

I admire their passion for their democracy even if we all know, how little they can do.

[@pattheegreat]

Chinese paid bot, Samantha... Keep your ideology to yourself, pls and thanks. No one, absolutely no one has asked for it

[@rrune]

@@pattheegreat I mean... I agree with you! But I think using the term "Ideology" is complicated, because at the end everything, including democracy, is an ideology too. Imo it makes more sense to argue with arguments instead of saying, someone should shut up. Because that's what China does. If you say something against the government you're life won't be that nice anymore. So maybe try actually arguing why China's form of government is bad instead of just saying it's bad and everyone else should shut up

[@danielyang5175]

@@pattheegreat Why is someone sharing their thoughts, paid bot?

[@pattheegreat]

@@rrune true...

[@muffinandcake5247]

The fist east german who arrived the Berlin wall before the fall it doesn't know what they can accomplish too.

[@alaynaxmichelle]

I just came home from Hong Kong after visiting family out there! The sea bridge is astonishing, and the Macau crossing was almost exactly like that to mainland China, an odd border crossing to enter the same country. Although Macau has a different passport and currency.

[@Yukho-Playz]

Macau mop is the exact same to Hong Kong dollars. They have the exact same value and HKD can be used in Macau

[@shantanu925]

China has done same with, Taiwan & Tibet

[@May04bwu]

It never stops

[@alfira333]

And please don't forget the uyghurs suffering under 1984 like circumstances, exploited and brutalized by the chinese regime ...

[@cyer_]

And they all are suffering now

[@jashmodi]

Now it's aiming for Nepal

[@GL-Broz]

Also with j&k

[@SubscriberswithnovideosC-ok7wv]

1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a reality.

[@nitheeshperam1296]

Right, I felt the same too.

[@a83ru83]

Sadly, it comes. Please protect your democracy from China's erosion. Those freedom you have like the air, people might not notice it, but it's critical to live a life. God bless you.

[@김우진-l8q3k]

1984 really came bro lol you cant pray for jesus in China

[@caulifex]

Oof

[@Applezauxe]

can you explain your comment to me

[@radry100]

"Multi-party system like the US"... I lol'd. Having two parties is hardly worth calling "multi-party". Try any other democratic country.

[@reinhardofavercland7448]

Yeah they could have mentioned another country like Germany, Italy, or even Taiwan.

[@zandovic]

You have a lot of parties, but only two are relevant nowadays. In the early 20th century, the progressive party performed pretty well too, but since WW2, only the Republican and the Democratic party ever gained enough support to win a state in an election. You have the choice to vote differently though.

[@drummerdog546]

How much do you wanna bet that the US is gonna step in and start some stupid war though?

[@aron6998]

Drummer Dog let’s hope

[@MMarcobose]

Multi party systems like the US (the country with the strongest economy, military, and most free rights) simply don’t work

[@QianGong-b2n]

时隔六年再看这个视频真是很讽刺，真相并不会因为某些人歪曲事实而被掩盖，时间说明一切。

[@btsinyourarea7299]

Vox, get this man Johnny a salary hike!

[@davidsong9241]

bts in your area you look like a girl, baby

[@llkk290]

Britain is just a small country and it is really small.

[@QTBrooklyn]

thats a member from a kpop band, not actually them lmfao

[@Prometheukles]

What for? Taking bad ass trips around the world ontop of his regular pay should be more then enough

[@importantguycommenting8156]

bts is Indian guy from Malaysia

[@N_i_k-16]

"The Bookstore Employee" story seems straight out of the book 1984.

[@toasttyy]

He definitely saw his fellow employees being mutilated and tortured

[@rjfaber1991]

Ironically, I suspect 1984 is a banned book in mainland China...

[@cyer_]

He really looked traumatized like he was forced to say all this (which maybe is true)

[@crappyslippers6917]

@@cyer_ Vox failed to mention that those employees left their passports at home 👀 how did they get across the border pray tell?

[@mingoyuan9338]

@@rjfaber1991 actually...it's not banned

[@greghuang2314]

When I studied abroad in Hong Kong last summer I had no idea I would be witnessing such a unique city in its last few months :(

[@iDelta77]

Heart breaking

[@foodlover_pastaspecialist]

Hong Kong government is putting brain wash national education in text books

[@opalclear2407]

23條反對 so does China. Kids nowadays in China mainland still hates Japan and they think foreigners are sorts of monsters. Chinese version TikTok (douyin) tries to brainwash the Chinese citizens by filming short movies about the bad manner of people after traveling abroad.

[@harrypenrose2949]

This is so true, I travelled to Hong Kong on my way back from Australia to the UK in Easter. If I had known then what was going to happen

[@shanghainese7198]

Opal Clear also people dance on the Chinese tiktok. They aren’t brainwashing. Stop spreading lies

[@Colenin.]

9:35 Since when does do the US have a multi party system? Having to choose between two is barely democracy.

[@ucwer]

Add to that the fact that you can be elected by majority of population and still lose the elections 😂

[@amlesion9142]

Since it's technically possible to create multi parties in the US and it still is. Now... which parties the people prefer is a different story. There are interesting theories about how multi parties will eventually become 2 parties if the country practices democracy long enough.

[@Shanoyu19271]

bro then how to prevent it? Sure you can create more parties but at the end of the day you're not going to change the people's choice

[@bushwhakked]

Correction. Has erased the border with Hong Kong.

[@bcafcconnor7518]

Its funny that people say thing the North Korean government is horrible when China literally do the same and we still trade with them, i mean they both have gulags/ "working camps", they both have no freedom of speech.

[@bushwhakked]

@@bcafcconnor7518 I was naive enough to believe that trading would open the door to democracy.

[@cyer_]

@@bcafcconnor7518 ikr! We still have time to take matters into our hands before it becomes a superpower and we become dependent on it for everything

[@adrianatgaming8640]

@@bushwhakked hindsight is 20/20 but in the future if we are to think this way we better try to think out the path of how a country heads towards a democracy via free trade.

[@TempKPG]

@@bcafcconnor7518 I mean to be fair North Korea is another level of it. No countries could reach their level.

[@RogerShi14]

This is a breathtaking video. Thanks vox for speaking out for Hongkong people

[@KOKOBC]

It’s actually not vox, it just feels like vox because he helps produce their videos I think

[@Bugneedfix]

Thank Johnny Harris. He’s way better than Vox and has stories like these until today.

[@techysubham1939]

@@Rishi6901 no hongkong is a sovereign country

[@techysubham1939]

@Tees Man no it's a sovereign state

[@SureshSharma-zw2ju]

No Hong Kong is my property

[@CoinOpTV]

This video was ...... made in Hong Kong

[@garciabeto760]

CoinOpTV actually!!!! technically made in china ! lol

[@prismbolt2203]

Seeing that on something is better than seeing it as “made in China”

[@brenna5316]

pelos 26 no. Made in Hong Kong.

[@ChristianGeske-yn3mr]

CoinOpTV 在香港制造

[@zharfanrazin4362]

CoinOpTV XD

[@bubbaries]

December 2021: In the middle of the night the Chinese government removes the statue memorializing the Tiananmen Square Massacre from Hong Kong. Slowly chipping away more and more.

[@perialis2970]

“Im in china, but i was in china” Confused china

[@pranshukumar8339]

Now all of china knows that you are here.

[@kimbaldun]

I used to be chinese but now i'm chinese

[@Chen-mb1lv]

Wonder which country did that in the first place?

[@hedpets2175]

the real china was the china we made along the way

[@eliteek916]

China here? China there? I am confusion

[@allxtae9366]

As a Hong Kong citizen, I can tell you that Hong Kong cannot be independent from China. Not that I’m against it, but we don’t have the ability to. It is true that there’s a huge flaw in our legislative system. The party supporting China in our Legislative Council will win the argument no matter what citizens or other parties say. Do you know how the chief executive is “selected”? The Chinese government chooses puppets they deem suitable and tell Hong Kong citizens to “vote”. We’re just trying to pick the best out of the worst. We want universal suffrage, that’s why there’s the umbrella movement. But it only brought chaos, triggering China to become more controlling over Hong Kong. As students we learn about Hong Kong and China during Liberal Studies class. When we attempt to ask our teacher about touchy topics, all she can do is smile sadly and say we don’t have a choice. That’s right, Hong Kong doesn’t have a choice, we depend too much on China. Other country leaders might be supporting Hong Kong but many citizens know, if Hong Kong becomes independent from China, no country can nor will help us. China is too strong. The 64 incident already proves how China can “alter” reality. After the 20th anniversary of returning to China, we Hong Kong can only dread the future ahead of us. I’m only speaking for a portion of Hong Kong people, don’t be offended if your opinions are different.

[@Unsarcastic]

shoxkazu im really sorry to hear this.

[@poppymoon]

This is so heartbreaking 💔

[@天下大同-p7u]

I'm from mainland China, I think it's good as long as we deal with whatever problems we're facing peacefully and be nice to each other, I think that's all that matters. And based on your comment, I think you're a very nice person.

[@MrJabertaz]

chun he nah in reality the big one will always bully the smaller one, always. US has been doing this fir decades now and china are now starting to follow suit. Look at taiwan, hongkong, japan and some asean countries they were bullying. That is just the beginning, soon their appetite will be like the US. If they can claim the entire sea as their own how could think they will give up hongkong?

[@melopc]

大多數香港人都認同自己係中國人，所謂港獨運動只會搞亂香港。到時中央提早取消一國兩制更加得不償失。

[@spookaj6261]

China: We will give them 50 years of independence. Also China: GAS GAS GAS

[@aldanyiu4352]

@Alan Xue True that Macao is rather rich for the casinos that were built and operated for decades. Yet the importance of HK is not to be diminished. For a city that holds the title for being a recognized financial center that possesses a relatively prestigious education system, trading centre but most importantly the only source to convert currency from RMB to USD for trading purposes, it's clear and goes without saying that HK and Macao are 2 cities that are incomparable. Still Importance of hk would remain to be prior to that of macao.

[@aldanyiu4352]

@Alan Xue macao is a rich and peaceful place you say? you might want to reconsider the chosen words of yours. For a place that stays afloat with their reliance being based on the entertainment sectors like the aforementioned casinos. The city itself still struggles to construct a well connected railway of its own till this very day. And if I remembered correctly, most of the projects that includes the participation of both cities would often have their bills paid by HK

[@ivanlam2662]

1997-2020 (Xi : 50 years is over)

[@gghdkkliam3390]

Alan Xue lol now we have conspiracy, come on give me another one

[@garmenlin5990]

Funny. The other day, it was the American police that was throwing tear gas.

[@LapNguyen-rq8zt]

Claudia Mo in this video has been arrested in February. She may face a life sentence under HK's new National Security Law. Let us not forget her fight and the fight of countless others for a free Hong Kong!

[@s87343jim]

And then there is Taiwan.....another complicated matter.

[@jadogs6292]

Not really its a whole other country.

[@s87343jim]

@@jadogs6292 Well, here is the thing, republic of china/Taiwan has NEVER declared independence. People's republic of China (mainland China) and Republic of China(Taiwan) are technically sharing the same border. However, it currently has two governments. Also, even though there is cease fire agreement, but a peace treaty has never been signed. They are still in the state of war. To make things even more complicated, PRoC has declared it itself being a country 70 years ago (1949). So in a sense, yeah, you could say they are separate, but they are still together because they both claim they own both "China"

[@s87343jim]

​@Hyun Kim Which China or should I say...which part of China? Anyways, I was born in Taiwan and currently live in New Zealand. You can use VPN in mainland China and that works fine. That's how I access FB and youtube while I was there. Each VPN may work for a few days or a couple of years then it'll be blocked.

[@duxiao5121]

你可以猜猜呀。

[@s87343jim]

@@duxiao5121 Guess what?

[@lightningrunner1423]

To anyone wondering who Hong Kong truly belongs to, the answer is simple. Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong. It belongs to its people.

[@exenderlloyd7750]

The treaty by Britain says otherwise, laws say otherwise, History says otherwise

[@progamerkidoo2482]

Lightning Runner TRUE!!!!

[@georgewilson5638]

belongs to China of course. HK is not a country. be awake and stop dreaming.

[@roshnipal3583]

I am neither from HK nor from China but looking at this comment and it's replies I am more clear what's happening than the entire video above itself and thats making me sad 🙄

[@wally2gen]

exenderlloyd documents also said the 13 colonies were part of Britain but look what happened.....

[@yko137]

I just find it bizarre that all of this things happens cause of Tea

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

It's not bizarre at all when the center of the Earth (China) happens to be obviously way more richer than the British Empire at that time. It'd even gotten to the point that the British got jealous and end up looking like a complete loser. That's why they thrown a tantrum like a toddler and decided to deliberately destroyed China's territories

[@User-357dgjkitdvkkoohgj]

Jealousy is burning now.

[@plastic_cleopatra]

Tea is addictive that's why. They're feeding addiction, same as coffee.

[@trasher84]

The Brits didn't have enough money for tea, or were starting to feel the pressure of low resources available since they had pretty much nothing to trade in exchange of tea, so they chose mass murder of civilians

[@yungchangsta]

Profile picture sauce pls @Concon Martin

[@harrywotter7120]

4 years later, watching this video again and those flashbacks are so haunting… what a great video tho but i miss so much the early 21 century when things were more pacific

[@zzzmadx7617]

在总督大人的靴子下和平自由民主对吧

[@ch3ry11]

It’s already September of 2019, I really fear for the worst for my city

[@nancythan2398]

「 SugaCube 」 Oh no how are you doing right now?

[@petar380]

United Kingdom must do something about Hong Kong.

[@namkedi]

Me:protest? IDC protest: arrives at my doorstep Me:*welp*

[@Josh-mc6cb]

@@namkedi Huh?

[@frenchbull423]

「 SugaCube 」 what are you afraid of? Being confident of who you really are?

[@cruxdraloor8950]

"Britain and China fought a couple of wars over trade in the 1800s" what an understatement

[@annarboriter]

Uh, it's called a synopsis.

[@JovenAlbarida]

Thats what im talking about ahah you got it bro

[@panzhu9836]

Britain invaded China and occupied HK as one of its colonies just as what they did on the continent of Africa.

[@annarboriter]

And it was good for the Qing regime that they did. As the Taiping rebellion split the empire in half, the British were put into the position of administering the customs and import duties on their behalf throughout the civil war.

[@evan4856]

Wasn't china ransacked by pretty much every major country at that time?

[@TheHoodmailbox]

I suspect this is all going to end very badly.

[@phildo1737]

why so optimistic

[@DTL0VER]

Agreed. This ain’t going to be good

[@HariiBTV]

Worse than TIANANMEN ... matter of time

[@leeshaayo285]

If Hong Kong is 3 percent. Why just leave them the f alone?

[@mirunapopescu]

@@leeshaayo285 because they're a symbol. If they gain their autonomy, the mainland Chinese will start thinking that maybe they can too. That's how communism fell in eastern Europe. It was a domino effect. The stories we tell ourselves are more important than any weapon, and Chinese officials know that.

[@feigned3030]

"Disappeared"...I think you meant "tortured and killed"

[@黎勇輝]

He came back on Mainland TV so you're wrong.

[@唐不易-x4d]

if u don’t know much about China and Hong Kong , i am pleased to invite you come to Hong Kong and China for a travel .The western media always say China isn’t democratic because of Ideological confrontation.

[@osiris_blanche]

@@唐不易-x4d I've been to China and Hong Kong (this was in the late 90s), things look even BIGGER AND BETTER in China now! I don't understand why everyone here is screaming /fearing joining Team China? HK screaming for Help - makes no sense to me.

[@qiyuanhuang6174]

if that one was you, then i will feel happy

[@altrshakib9449]

Well,How about I tell you that all of the sudden China is part of North korea. However, North korea is very democratic in this scenario of our. So now, would u not fight for china to be independent. This is what Hong Kongers are fighting for. Their language. Their land. Their freedom to vote

9:36 "a MULTI-party system, like the United States has" *I'm gonna laugh in European.*

[@randomdude9135]

Yup, I too laughed. If you don't have an opposition party, the ruling party can become dictatorial. I'm glad we have democracy.

[@peacefulamerican8803]

Yassine Saïdi Well we do have a multi party system, it’s just that very few people vote for the other parties.

@@peacefulamerican8803 of course, I know about those "third parties" (like the Socialist Party of America). But apart from the two times Ross Perot actually mattered or the barely noticeable Libertarians, US politics are basically a two party system, the others are below 1%. While in Europe, there's some countries in which 5 or more parties are close together around 15% in an election !

[@brackenscorner2292]

Yassine Saïdi cries in American

@Hakan Akpinar I wasn't aware France all of a sudden secceded from Europe. My apologies.

[@AeaaudioAEA]

"People willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both." -- Thomas Jefferson. Fight to stay free Hong Kong!

[@asmith2406]

In all the time Britain ruled Hong Kong where were the protests for independence? That tells you what the Han are like.

[@Foreigntourist]

They are

[@jbb2660]

@@asmith2406 Search "1967 riot in Hong Kong", that's what gave dawn to this marvelous city.

[@skmc6915]

Free people create their own security.

[@j-bonkers1887]

Analog Engineering Associates, Inc. Love this quote

[@batgirlp5561]

Why are there so many downvotes? I learned so much.

[@zoenayru]

*Hands down best series yet*

[@keysersoze7558]

ur the next justin y i swear, remember me when u become big :D

[@vyentro29]

Trueeee.

[@Cee2TheZee]

Agreed. Vox is definitely one of the best news sources we have on KZbin. Covers their subjects with lots of detail and little bias.

[@zoenayru]

郑智林 - agreed , but they did have thing with American politics tho haha, I'd like for then to stick to the kinds of videos like this.

[@ilickspam]

it's 2018 and china's still scary. i grew up with chinese news reporting people being taken away at night. it's still a thing? i'm glad i live in the states.

[@arjunnarayanan7063]

Man you r lucky, if u shoot this video now u would have been in prison and never see the world again.

[@Ghost98172]

@KZbin authorities What are they?

[@叶桂鸿-j1n]

why?

[@叶桂鸿-j1n]

就像美国暗杀伊朗将军一样？

[@cyer_]

@@叶桂鸿-j1n dictatorship

[@chaotang1415]

you just kidding. if you put this video on a Chinese Internet website. you won't get arrested. the biggest dangerous thing might happen is the video will be delete by the website owner.

[@swedemartyrsonswade]

People in hongkong should be wary about their future after 2047

[@reneelaicecreamxx4179]

We are

[@Lbozo23691]

definitely see some sort of civil war in the future. Hong Kong will want to become its own country and break off of China. While I agree that China his a horrible country and communism is a terrible idea, China has every right to keep them from seceding. They also have Russia as their ally which will cause a lot of tension between the other world powers. All in All the day this comes will be felt around the world.

[@satanlovesu]

Karen Aguilar sis...a decade is 10 years, 3 decades is 30 years...smh

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Oh they won’t wait til then... of course officially they will but we all know they won’t - happening already!

[@kadogo7712]

@@Lbozo23691 exactly ....Taiwan too

[@diditallgowrong6572]

I love how they had to make Deng Xiaoping taller in the wax sculpture 04:43

[@simone9516]

As a Hongkonger, thank you for making this series.

[@IMRANKhan-ft7jq]

U people chines colony coming soon😂😂😂😂😂

[@ED_667]

@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq first of all, why are u acting pro chinese? Secondly, it is their future, their HK, they can fight. If they fail, they will move to Taiwan, the last fortress of the democracy system.

[@IMRANKhan-ft7jq]

@@ED_667@one day china capture your Land and your freedom.... Same like Tibet.. 😂😂😂

[@sfguzmani]

Is youtube even allowed in hong kong?

[@nguyenkhoanam8930]

@@IMRANKhan-ft7jq If you have studied history, China and Vietnam have a lot of wars, and they (China) never win, the closest war happened in 1979.

[@slinger420]

these guys already predicted the Fall, more than a year ago!

[@rositaledesmamataromenorca1361]

Please do a series about West Philippine Sea and expose how the chinese navies are robbing and massacaring Filipino fishermen there.

[@JonathanBuclay]

And how they are taking Malaysian and Vietnamese waters even if those countries have won the law on their territories

[@dankmheems290]

That's because they were fishing in Chinese waters. They don't f around those guys.

[@dankmheems290]

@@JonathanBuclay They site a very old map, 1000s of years that shows China owning all of what they call the SE Chinese sea. That's why they built bases and launch pads for jets in the water.

[@nil981]

As if the US in all its incompetent glory can help.

[@hy128]

Shut up and sell ur bananas

[@hdhr00]

Litterally rockstar connecting 2 islands 500km away IRL in one of their games.

[@100RAmen]

"Britannia and China fought a couple wars in the 19 century Over trade " oh How nice of a way to describe the two opium war

[@100RAmen]

Vox seems to be miss leading people on multiple issues here, the way he presents HongKong history narrative is astounding.

[@Aezere54]

He made another video talking about those wars. Within 15 minutes you have to make shortcuts

[@ashleycarvell7221]

Yeah, screw them for summarising the relevant information so they can talk about what they wanted to talk about. Who cares if they just did a 10 minute episode exclusively about it?!?!

[@100RAmen]

YEAH, Saying "Opium War" instead of "Britannia and China fought a couple wars in the 19 century Over trade " would take way toooo much time for the precious wise words from Vox. and Never mind the shameful backstory, how about we start the history where white people looks good, like when the other side is commies? great timing! sure 10 or 15 mins you can't put everything in. but where you left out in history is exactly how history gets edited to propaganda, not the out right mad lies.

[@ashleycarvell7221]

Other video anyone?? ... People just love hyperbole I guess

[@bowenyu1266]

Britain and China fought a couple of wars over "trade" Opium: Am I a joke to you?

[@perthrockskinda2946]

this is a 2 part video, he went through the history of the opium war in part 1, this is part 2

[@hkseller007]

@@perthrockskinda2946 Why hide Opium?

[@ecofuturista9065]

@@perthrockskinda2946 yeah but still, they really should've somehow managed to squeeze the word OPIUM into that sentence

[@domwarner4323]

I hope Hong Kong can find away to keep their freedon

[@cyer_]

I also pray the same

[@anushka1223]

@@cassablanca148 Imagine no internet .JUST IMAGINE.

[@Zephyv7]

Sunghoon ._. No internet? What are you talking about

[@anushka1223]

@@Zephyv7 i mean if HK is under China .They'll have no google.

[@capncake8837]

@@anushka1223 Oh, they’ll have the Internet, just a censored and bad version of it.

[@David-lr2vi]

Literally nobody: China: Builds a 55km bridge the connect itself to a territory it’s already connected to!

[@oshing2841]

In China is ban the KZbin In HK can use KZbin

[@---rc3iz]

o shing In China there are ways to get around the fire wall (I belief they call it). Technically it is illigale, but so many people do it. It is like downloading music: It is illigale, but everyone does it and nobody cares.

[@futurefighter2008]

Therefore, youtube = freedom.

[@yilongliu2353]

go and learn English

[@TheSubway103]

Living in Shanghai right now, incredibly easy to use youtube or any other blocked site and everyone does it. However locals often use Chinese alternatives - given that is what the great firewall is actually meant for.

[@who_bought_this837]

This is true in other place like Iraq. They banned KZbin, to prevent the riot to spread

[@paxtonlin3776]

My mom is Hong Kong and I feel like one too. Vox isn’t being biased, they’re telling their story in the point of view of a HK who’s culture is slowly being suppressed and torn away.

[@tocrob]

Paxton Lin - one example?

[@xiaohan4181]

Paxton Lin so sad

[@jonlim8228]

Every city in china facing that. Nothing wrong for demanding locality, but very wrong for saying unfair within the system.

[@elkinshiner5066]

It’s not only HK’s culture that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to eradicate. Take any minority groups in China and you will see a trail of suppression. As a matter of fact, alot of dialects/languages of minority groups are already in grave danger of going extinct. Shanghainese is already predicted to be completely erased in two generations time.

[@inesdelahoya2045]

Paxton Lin For a 3-year-old, you've done well. You'll get smarter when you grow up...

[@lazyperfectionist1]

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

[@leodarksam6230]

lazyperfectionist1 how about you mind your own business?

[@earthling_parth]

Leodark Sam would you say the same if you were being tortured publicly in a park and everyone just minded their own business? Yeah, thought so....

[@generalkenobi9782]

"What's the point of fighting when you're bound to lose? We're not taking things lying down."

[@101fcthingstodo9]

Hahah you bunch of mongs

[@leodarksam6230]

Parth Patel this is not about me. This about a sovereign nation dealing with its internal problems. People think expressing their pseudo-intelectual philosophy bs on the Internet is going to solve everything. Give me a break...

[@samiraschafer2533]

Nobody becomes a millionaire or a billionaire by working for others and depending on them, good investment bring millions of dollars, and consistency brings billions, the market is all about BTC at the moment now....

[@billysandoval1892]

speaking of investing, forex trading is the best business in the world right now I know a couple of friends who make a lot of money weekly trading the financial markets

[@billysandoval1892]

people are scared of investing because of high rate of scammers on the market.

[@johnryan5173]

@@billysandoval1892 You’re right Sir

[@johnryan5173]

@@billysandoval1892 But of a truth they are scammers but real brokers there too waiting for investors

[@nicholasgarza4979]

@@johnryan5173 That is why I had to start forex trading 2months ago and now am making benefits from it

[@Toshfunk]

As an Irishman it's bizarre to see Thatcher even mention the word 'freedom'.....

[@stxfdt1240]

Dr T Why may I ask.I mean you Irish folks helped us to against the British.

[@Tsogoh]

People thought Thatcher would fight war for Hong Kong just like what she did for the Falkland Islands

[@JakeTheRake1000]

It's weird to see an Irish person mention freedom when you bombed my homeland and terrorised us over a part of the island that CHOSE to stay in the united kingdom.

[@JakeTheRake1000]

Thatcher respected an agreement, maybe your IRA leader should have done the same.

[@trippysnow3791]

Dr T Execute Order 66

[@georgvonfrundsberg2221]

They almost talked about Gui Minhai but they can’t say his name 13:10 he is a swedish citizen kidnapped by China

[@jakelaw9768]

This video is purely one-sided, why never talk about how the British broke there treaty with the Chinese!!!

[@ladymacbethofmtsensk]

Ground Zero stop spamming this on every comment you disagree with. Pls.

[@phantasmaleye3879]

@@jakelaw9768 What do you mean? What treaty? China totally broke the Sino-British Joint Declaration!

[@garretlover9402]

@@phantasmaleye3879 look at his most recent comments "simple because the CIA brings virus to destroy china"

[@phantasmaleye3879]

@@garretlover9402 Conspiracy theories so no

[@gabiii-739]

when you live in hong kong and you are highkey worried about 2047

[@kookokooko-xg5uo]

Dtf?

[@soulsreaper7145]

get ready to move to usa the whole city should just leave everyone pack up and go

[@blitzn00dle50]

How about not school shooter land?

[@sadam666666]

wtf

[@SameerHameedy]

Soulsreaper Hong Kongers would probably be closer to the British because of the long British occupation

[@Treeexe-cv8mf]

When you are in Hong Kong and you identify yourself as Chinese: Everyone: why can you access the internet

[@seiko090]

I cry watching this, Hong Kong is not just a place, is a HOME for us. People are living in this land.

[@sharon12223]

I am with you, Bonnie. Maybe its time for us to move on and to accept that Hong Kong will never get better under China's ruling. But before doing that, let's fight for the last time against the extradition law and see how that will goes. That might not help much for Hong Kong in this stage but definitely helping Taiwan to see what the "one country two systems" really means!

[@user-wu6xl4wq5q]

You poor things.

[@Scott-by9ks]

So China is just trying to reunite all it's people?

[@CKkkei]

Yeah!! It's my precious home... I love Hong Kong... how could china want to take away our home, the place a lot of us have grown up and lived in...

[@Scott-by9ks]

@@CKkkei it's because China has territorial and economic expansion ambitions.

[@roywalker4K]

I live in hong kong for 12 years. Everyday, I can feel the magic moment of hong kong. And I also learn to record hong kong by dji pocket 2.

[@Milk-wm3uu]

Nice

[@eeja2155]

Dji is made in China.

[@roywalker4K]

@@eeja2155 DJI is in Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong

[@roywalker4K]

@@kendraduli6806 I am in business travel in China mainland

[@sasufreqchann]

the protest gave me ggoosebumps omg

[@nhabalkom]

@3:43 of corse its Britain the main problem in every conflict in the world

[@1houroflove186]

🇭🇰🌂🌂. I love Hong Kong. 11:26 _"We're not taking things lying down."_

[@derek400004]

1hourOfLove HK REPRESENT!

[@user-jh3kz7dp2z]

as a resident of hong kong, and an adolescent, i find it shameful that i pretty much have to migrate to another country if i want to stay out of mainland china's disgusting and dangerous environment

[@YihangLeng]

Luk Yat Ming WHO CARES?

[@likeabunnie]

I care! I think it's great that Hong Kong isn't simply allowing China to walk all over them, and I think it is really upsetting that China has overwhelmingly greater power... I can't say I know the solution, but I at least want to hear from people living it!

[@donkeykongfederersucks66]

1hourOfLove People like u just dont get it You cant win against drug cartels You cant win against trump You cant win against putin You cant win against china!! Protest all you want,we will crush u

[@calibursoul9039]

Sorry for spotting an issue in this video: It is overly simplistic to say "Hong Kong's evening new speaks Mandarin". The full picture is this: The Hong Kong evening news programme mentioned in this video is produced by TVB (Television Broadcasting Co), which has two main channels, Jade and Pearl. Jade is a Cantonese-oriented channel whereas Pearl is an English-oriented channel. At 6:30 pm, Jade airs the Cantonese version of the news programme while Pearl airs the Mandarin version. Pearl also airs the English version at 7:30 pm. As a majority of Hong Kong's population is Cantonese-speaking, it can be said that the Cantonese version is the most-watched one. The Mandarin version could be targeted to immigrants from Mainland China. The English version targets an English-speaking audience consisting of expats, domestic helpers from ASEAN countries (mainly Philippines and Indonesia) and immigrants from the South Asian sub-continent (India, Nepal, Pakistan etc).

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

I noticed that immediately. I visit Hong Kong monthly and there is plenty of Cantonese language news and other programming available in Hong Kong. The Mandarin programming is for the large number of Mandarin speakers living there now, as you rightly point out.

[@canto_v12]

That part really misled the audience. Hong Kong's news media is still OVERWHELMINGLY Cantonese. The Mandarin/Putonghua programming is for new immigrants who have not learned Cantonese. Even the written media uses Cantonese words which will throw off a native Mandarin speaker. A glaring oversight--I hope it was not intentional.

[@A.i.r_K]

As a local, majority of news are still Cantonese. Mandarin aren't on tv 24/7. We did see an increase in Mandarin news, but it seems it has died down decently, or my tv has been off for a little too long

[@bookbutterfly6613]

From Hong Kong and can confirm

[@jewellui]

The video should have also mentioned many HKers know Mandarin and regularly consume Mainland content. Perhaps it should also make clear most of the population come from the mainland and there are many Cantonese speakers in the Mainland.

[@eve4191]

I live in Shenzhen, right next to the border between mainland China and Hong Kong and I’ve crossed this border many many times and even though it seems like China is trying to erase the border, China is much more strict about the border crossing then Hong Kong. Basically the border is separated into two sides, you have to go through Chinese immigration as well as Hong Kong immigration in order to cross the border. The Chinese immigration is much stricter about letting people through (ex: if you’re crossing the border by car to go to Hong Kong you must leave the car and cross the border by foot, but if you’re going to China from Hong Kong you can stay in your car). So China wants to slowly take control over Hong Kong and make Hong Kong feel like it’s Chinese but they are definitely not trying to erase the border, they are trying to reinforce the border. Another thing is that China definitely doesn’t want anyone to know about Tiananmen Square, anytime there is information about it on TV, the screen goes black (I was watching BBC on my tv in China and when there was a documentary about Tiananmen Square, the screen went completely black) They are extremely strict about what information is spread to Chinese people (for example we were supposed to read George Orwell’s animal farm in school but couldn’t because it got banned in China), and being someone who has lived in Shenzhen for so many years I feel scared to talk about things like Tiananmen Square because the government is so controlling about the information that is spread in China and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this video was banned in China as well. In 2047 when Hong Kong will officially be a part of China there is no doubt that a lot of conflict will arise because people from Hong Kong will essentially lose their freedom of speech and their culture is very different from that of China.

[@RaymondHng]

All of KZbin is blocked in China.

[@eve4191]

RaymondHng Yea I forgot about that because most people use a VPN but that kind of just proves my point that China literally sensors everything because they don’t want Chinese citizens to think China is bad.

[@chriss7196]

Alex Y In terms of these things, like free press and free speech, it's bad. But your life won't be only filled with all these "freedom" stuff, do you? Many Chinese people and foreigners are rather apolitical, and in many other aspects of life, China is doing pretty good especially in Eastern China and Tier-1/2 cities.

[@palmsshaw1058]

这位老阿姨，你要不要这么夸张，我可是记得我们中学历史老师和我们说过天安门事件的，大学同学之间也有互相说过，我觉得你们有些老外真是戏精，浮夸到自己亲妈都不认识了 i think you just exaggerate Tiananmen Square，my middle school teacher taught us the event，and even my college mates discussed that，my teacher said the students were stupid used by "法轮功”a heresy to split our country just like your western media does.we can say this event and no police get to my house at all.

[@colinyan1556]

At the end of your comment, you actually wrote " culture is very different from that of China." Come on, you've lived for so many years in Shenzhen and how did you come to this absurd conclusion? Either you know nothing about Chinese culture, or you don't actually stay in China for that long...Many people in Hong Kong have relatives in Shenzhen. And many Shenzhen citizens fled to Hong Kong during 1950-1980, so why the hell would the people from both sides have VERY DIFFERENT CULTURE? I mean, how different could that be? About Tiananmen Square event, that was definitely a tragedy. The Western media has shown tons of videos which captured Chinese soldiers firing weapons. BUT, have you ever seen any video which shows the so called peaceful protesting students killing the soldiers brutally? Do you know how many soldiers were beaten to death, or set on fire, or shot by guns which were taken from them? I guess you don't. You know why? Because the Western media only shows how brutal and heartless the Chinese army was. And on the other side, the Chinese media only wanted to tell its people how violent and brutal these protesters were. So to get the full truth of that terrible event, you have to see things from BOTH sides. If the chaos didn't end and China became a so-called democratic country, would things really be better for the people? I don't think so. Just see what happens to the people of Russia and the economy of the country after the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s. So we're lucky that we didn't end up like Russia. But that doesn't mean we're not sorry for the people who lost their lives during that tragic event on June 4th, 1989. Those young people wanted the country to be better but they did it in a wrong way and ended up paying their lives for it.

[@nataliatdgaino1941]

I work at a tourist destination. We sell lots of postcards and stamps too. When i ask which country the stamp is to, I've had many people say Hong Kong.

[@chetank2169]

It really amazes me to see problems almost everywhere in the world. I just hope one day every single person in the world can live peacefully.

[@magicgluestoneny2487]

Chetan K same here I really like chaos like Venezuela crisis and this one

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Me too but I'm afraid it will never happen because The Human Race is very defective and is just another animal in the kingdom.

[@spandanpuri2990]

That's never gonna happen don't even try to keep hope

[@周建仁-l3j]

America do not approve

[@bsherman8236]

When humans and machines become one there will be no more emotions and we can live forever in peace!

[@CinnamonMuffinz]

Claudia Mo, the democracy politician interviewed in this video, has since been arrested.

[@ClaraTunwin]

For what?

[@turkishsamurai]

@@ClaraTunwin for wanting freedom

[@ClaraTunwin]

@@turkishsamurai I guess China is arresting all democracy activists 😔

[@shaiii_life]

@@ClaraTunwin that's.... too much! I mean power is what China wants and maybe, just maybe dominate the world! Oh my gosh that's freaky aight

[@raahimkhan7461]

Liberals*

[@Rynkexx]

watched one video on this channel now i cant stop

[@abdullahimohamedalishire5522]

ME too but why 😂😂

[@lossantoscustoms4854]

Same bruh 😭😭😭

[@shubhamrane0]

Because this time it's fr.

[@alex5704zh]

"Chinese influence flooded into Hong Kong" isn't people in Hong Kong Chinese? And people still speak cantonese, too. But not only in Hong Kong only, also many cities in the province of Guangzhou

[@trex_bear]

we are chinese but like a bit different from mainland ig? id put it like that im no expert tho

[@sflum4824]

By that logic, aren’t caucasians from the US technically British?

[@lostaris]

This has not aged well, china is doing this much much faster.

[@am1017]

its over lol. all of hong kong has electoral system has been replaced

[@Mari-eq8rx]

@@am1017 «lol»? how is this funny?

[@sweetenlemons8659]

@@Mari-eq8rx maybe its an awkward laugh? Like "haha 😬 its over"

[@Mari-eq8rx]

@@sweetenlemons8659 maybe, i just don’t see it as appropriate to joke about this yk. over 7,5 million people just lost their freedom

[@sweetenlemons8659]

@@Mari-eq8rx yeah, I got a odd feeling about it too. I usually just try to give the benefit of the doubt.

[@farian379]

This is in a way a breach of contract, where’s Britain in all these

[@notreal3164]

farhan ibrahim gone and a mess

[@rollingthunder8630]

farhan ibrahim Giving money to terrorists in Syria

[@VexLooter]

Why does Britian always ruin every country they “colonize”?

[@khalee95]

It's too late now. Britain took the step forward, but can't take any step back because there's only one way forward.

[@prismbolt2203]

ᚨᛚᚲᛟᚢᛖᚲᛋ actually they made Hong Kong into a beautiful country it is now, it’s just being ruined by china

[@scandy7518]

US doesnt have multi party system. It has bi-party system. India has multi party system.

[@tanishqsinghbajwa4542]

😂😂what a joke

[@blixx9556]

Nice joke 😂😂😂

[@shivansh709]

Sort of bjp only now 😂

[@suryaag8387]

@@shivansh709 That is called Power. (Government doesn't ban any other party like china did. This is because lack of opposition.)

[@bhavyajm7485]

@@suryaag8387 yes

[@jiaqichen7335]

As a mainlander, I personally hate Xi Jinping and his policies. He became president in 2008 and ended the golden age both in HK and Mainland.

[@nadlisse9055]

Shenzhen is the definition of "watch who you bully in middle school."

[@BlownMacTruck]

This is a comment that on the surface seems insightful, but then you look past it’s superficialities and realize it makes zero sense.

[@noahlbecker]

Not really....

[@davidlu458]

@@BlownMacTruck It’s hard to understand this comment without knowing both Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Shenzhen was not as affluent as Hong Kong back in the days, and people always compared it to HK to show HK’s superiority. However, Shenzhen’s GDP overtook HK’s by around 10 billion USD. This comment is just pointing out Shenzhen isn’t the city people used to think it was and Shenzhen is growing at a tremendous rate.

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@davidlu458 I get that. But Hong Kong never “bullied” Shenzhen, and Shenzhen doesn’t harbor any kind of weird animosity towards Hong Kong. So the analogy doesn’t make sense.

[@davidlu458]

@@BlownMacTruck Well it’s not like Hong Kong as a city bullied Shenzhen. It’s just people didn’t have good opinions about Shenzhen way back in the days

[@bearyboy9088]

It's really cool how the US thinks a two-party system is the same as a multi-party system. Or at least vox said that

[@LAZYLAM]

Beary Boy Whats the matters with the US?

[@theuglykwan]

While the US system has many problems, I think it is sad that the usual CCP talking point is that because the US or some newly regime changed democracy sucks, all democratic systems must suck. That they compare with low hanging fruit really shows they lack confidence in their own system.

[@Debre.]

+Wilson But the system makes sure that they will never be significant.

[@mm9mvo]

Beary Boy z.

[@kingjamestres]

The US is a multi-party system the 2 big parties are just the most well known ones. If you are an american you should know this if your not from the US you should learn a little before you speak.

[@prithvisomasundaram1307]

Fought over “trade”😂. British wanted to dump opium into China which led to the “trade” war

[@89qwyg9yqa34t]

"the Opium Wars." Honestly, I feel like that jab at China was intentional. If you want your message to be meaningful, it has to have something for all parties. In fact, as 2047 is the hard deadline where all of this stops mattering anyways, this means the only opinion that matters is, actually, mainland China's. By evading that, they've probably just nullified any potential value of this video.

[@aadi8568]

@Prithvi Somasundaram someone who is not fooled by the western lies

[@TheNewAtlas]

Vox and others prey on people's ignorance of history to try to make things like China finally asserting itself over foreign conquerors and their parting demands look "evil."

[@duatia5315]

Prithvi somasundaram, as an American living in gujarat, ive found that colonizers of all stripes, be they french or british or german, did horrible things. In fact, when sweden tried to colonize, and realized how horrible they would have to be to make a decent profit, they left vinland, or america as the british would say.

[@aadi8568]

@@TheNewAtlas exactly

[@talghow-i2326]

They stole the film industry of Hong Kong and moved it to 🇨🇳...

[@Infinitexz]

Borders episodes are really well made! Favorite Vox series, no doubt.

[@DarthReggie]

Infinite couldn't have said it better myself

[@m3tam0rphical50]

The only good vox series to be honest..

[@johnmurphy8220]

these videos are stupid

[@DarthReggie]

John Murphy how so?

[@MrJealousone]

Garbage video made for clink bait from dumbasses

[@sample.text.]

Pretty informative piece. Good work.

[@jameskirk3912]

yet, the idiots at vox misrepresent the importance of a strong US military presence in the region. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines will all be screaming for the US to save them in the near future.

[@trubadyr99]

Tell me what you call "informative," and I would know how smart you are.

[@lahhtoota]

Are you implying small country are weak? Well, that's where you are wrong, kiddo.

[@aljoschalong625]

I don't think a piece about HK which doesn't even mention the Opium wars is not really informative.

[@gabrieldayot4921]

This should awaken many countries having connections with China. just like the Philippines.

[@scpting7503]

As a child in hong kong,this video make learn very more, thanks, excellent content!