How 156 years of British rule shaped Hong Kong

Hong Kong has British DNA.
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Even though Britain gave Hong Kong back to China 21 years ago, today when you walk around the city you can see British fingerprints everywhere. From statues of Queen Victoria to double decker buses, British culture and lifestyle is baked into the culture at every turn.
Both the history and the current-day British influence are visually fascinating stories and in this episode I show it all -- exploring Britain’s imperial history, which includes opioid trade, discrimination and a divided city, and then showing the effects of that history, resulting in a city that is unlike any I’ve visited.
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[@IKNFLY666]

The Opium War was the first War on Drug in human history, and the British government was the biggest drug smuggler in human history.

[@user-mn3pb7mj9i]

actually that would be the americans

[@augnkn93043]

IKNFLY666 The British simply took over what the Indians and the Chinese were already doing. The British didn’t ban opium in Britain until the 1920s .

[@emomales5782]

and chinese was the biggest consumer of it what is supply and demand

[@scooterstudios123]

Except that's false. The British simply gave the Opium to Chinese smugglers. There was no guns pointed anywhere, that's completely non-sensical and eradicates the point of ''Smuggling''.

[@IKNFLY666]

Hippopotamoose no guns? Haha why do u think it’s called “opium war”? I should make correction it was not guns, but gunboats! British Empire was built by gun boat diplomacy, colonisation, slavery and genocide, and their opium smuggling is just a small part of their shameful history and crime against humanity, the list can go on forever.

[@ElSeto93]

Going to war for tea is about the most British thing you could do.

[@donwackyaids1771]

Bongorraunoch Totelonotel they should and find them selfs in massive debt (not Ireland)

[@maxhall2086]

@Bongorraunoch Totelonotel Scotland voted no to independence, Ireland is independent, and the isle of man is also independent. Where are you from?

[@Mjk10957]

@Bongorraunoch Totelonotel most scottish people i know what to stay part off great britain and to be honest i bet hong kong would rather be under british rule than chinese rule

[@AndrewArminRyan]

Bongorraunoch Totelonotel I can tell you live in a largely metropolitan area.

[@questworldmatrix]

@@Mjk10957 You must have missed the protests during their rule.

[@kadalijo2806]

The British guy who agreed and said 99 years is forever must be high from opium flavored tea.

[@orangekeita]

Haha you are a screamer lol

[@soonlytaing1708]

Anggong FX He should’ve asked fo 4ever

[@juwu3447]

Doesn't matter, the Hong Kong island (the core part) was given to the british permanently, china got it back anyway

[@Normalguy1690]

Kadal Ijo we actually still had control of a part of it but still gave it back I don’t know why Hong Kong was one of our jewels

[@ivanigorpollick6690]

@@Normalguy1690 brits imperialists,hands off of china

[@lnanters]

Pablo Escobar: "I had the most extensive drug empire " Colonial Britain: "Hold my kettle"

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

*hold my TEA

[@manjulanilsson6011]

The opium came from India

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@manjulanilsson6011 Yes, but when the Opium War happened, India was under Company rule. So yes even though opium came from India, the Company and eventually Britain got the profits.

[@manjulanilsson6011]

@@kamanashiskar9203 yes I know 😊 👍🏾

[@Chicodon008]

@@manjulanilsson6011 India was a British colony back then.

[@michaelh4227]

Imagine being so addicted to tea that you'd sell opium for it.

[@badterrorist9384]

I think it's not about getting tea from it's about showing of their power

[@zaco21_]

Michael H classic brits

[@ufoash440]

Well, caffeine is a highly addictive drug. People forget that because it's legal

[@saadwaheed465]

@@ufoash440 tea has no caffeine

[@ufoash440]

@@saadwaheed465 It does. Caffeine occurs naturally in the tea plant. Any tea brew that hasn't been decaffeinated contains caffeine.

[@salokin3087]

Honestly, Borders is the absolute best of Vox

[@golgarisoul]

Agreed.

[@Jvksiew]

For me it's Almanac, but I love Borders too

[@allabouthewaves4354]

Almanac and Atlas is good to me too.

[@benedictus8996]

I prefer Atlas but borders is good too

[@cyclops336]

Earworm >>

[@josefgunter4238]

I really like their accents. It's an interesting mix between British and "Asian" English.

[@isaacyuen6452]

Yep English Hong Kong is more likely the American English

[@lawrencewei3583]

they sound like south east asian immigrants to south east australia

[@Jacckac]

Isaac Yuen they speak English. (British English).

[@SomeoneCookAChicken]

Gray Kin actually HKers sound more like British. They teach British English there.

[@alexcao2158]

More accurately speaking, it's a mix between British and Cantonese.

[@milan6782]

Some country: *throws British products into the sea* Britain: And I took that personally.

[@poweredbysalt5786]

I'll delete this comment but 'sea' takes an 'a' Aight, I'll begone

[@dylanmurphy572]

The see....really? 😭

[@bruhz_089]

Sea*

[@milan6782]

@@poweredbysalt5786 I changed it -_- sorry if you were hurt, you must have a lot of free time.

[@milan6782]

@@bruhz_089 I changed it -_- sorry if you were hurt, you must have a lot of free time.

[@the_socialphobic_girl]

Honestly the British Empire is pretty much the only empire that had shaped many countries over trivial things like TeA lol

[@firedskull5015]

And spices, spices the most valuable Indian resource.

[@williemherbert1456]

@@firedskull5015 Ehm, don't forget the Dutch too

[@user-jo1bs9hl5x]

@@williemherbert1456 Dutch are irrelevant kid people only care about UK and USA

[@williemherbert1456]

@@user-jo1bs9hl5x well, i live in the country which was once most valuable colonies of Dutch, colonizing our country through diplomacy, bribery, or war by VOC, only because want to monopolizing the spice market, especially nutmeg for hundred of years, even after VOC dissolve they still choose our country to be recolonized after Napoleonic War rather having South Africa that at least had permanent settlement of Dutch people, even after declaring independence after WW2, they still want us to be part of their colony, this all start because their frenzy with spices in our country, especially nutmeg. Because of us and our country being colonized, it help established the achievement of founding most profitable private trade corporation that function as state for Dutch, VOC

[@user-jo1bs9hl5x]

@@williemherbert1456 shut up kid your country is irrelevant

[@w2385-i2s]

"99 years as good as forever" The Brits didn't think China would become a superpower again in 99 years.

[@ez30yearsago48]

Had there not been two world war, maybe Hong Kong would still be British.

[@TheEarlyMornin]

w23857980 China wasn’t exactly a superpower in the 80s when the term to return HK was negotiated.

[@bttrade6286]

They thought China would just be so poor and so weak that they would never have any chance to negotiate with Britain to get Hong Kong back. Never say never!!

[@dogma308]

it doesn't matter how long they agreed on. As long as china gets its power, it would invade nearby countries, e.g. Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, East Turkestan. So Hong Kong would eventually be conquered anyway.

[@fychow6553]

@@dogma308 So damn bias, like The US got all its land from GOD. No, even US kill locals and take their lands, every country did the same thing in their history, but history is history, Tibet belongs to China thousands of years ago, so please stop being so bias.

[@mirr1984]

Only Britain would go to war over a cup of tea xD

[@bakersmileyface]

I'm pretty sure India would too to be honest. Scones however... If something happened to my scones there would be a nuclear winter. And god-forbid if someone mispronounces the word 'scone' then they should expect me to throw my glove at their feet and we shall meet at dawn.

[@James-nm6jb]

bakersmileyface Make sure to wear thy fighting for scone clothing, made by India’s cloth!

[@lettuce8635]

Meh.

[@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan]

Tea duties made up 10% of the UK's budget. And yes, the UK financed the empire, not the other way round.

[@PreethaPaul]

Haha good one😄

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

The 99 year lease was for the New Territories. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were given in perpituity. But the island could not survive without the New Territories, so it was all handed back. I have been there quite a few times and lived and worked there briefly in the 1980s. Its was great, as a Brit you could turn up, look for work and stay as long as you wanted, no visas, no work permits etc. One of the many things I found amazing was all phone calls withing Hong Kong were free. This was pre mobile phone days. You could walk into a bar and just pick up the phone on the bar top and make a call.

[@dougedoug2105]

Always wanted to visit Hong Kong, even as a child. After seeing how it was depicted in one of my favorite childhood movies, Double Impact starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, ironically taking place in the early 1990’s, HK just seemed like such an interesting and unique place to visit. I shop in a local Asian food store several times a month now, and each shopping trip envelops me in Asian Culture, almost as if I’m actually experiencing HK like in the movies. You were so lucky to have visited that amazing place 👍🏽

[@michaelbarker2988]

In Canada, where I grew up, all calls within about a 50 mile radius were free. So being in Toronto, I could call a few million people for free. I was astounded when I moved to the UK in 1993 that I had to pay for local calls!

[@团圆舞]

@Keyboard Emperor But Chinese can not enter without a kind of document like passport.. To strange.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@Keyboard Emperor It’s reciprocal, people from hong kong can also come to Britain

[@Bk6346]

@@团圆舞 It’s to prevent mainland Chinese from staying in Hong Kong illegally. Hong Kong has limited land and can’t take anymore people.

[@RealEngineering]

Now do Ireland 😂

[@migueloros891]

What? Real Engineering! I didn’t except to see you here!

[@mfaizsyahmi]

> Real Engineering using the crying emoji in the same platform he uploads his content on My mind is confused trying to parse this

[@Br.igoe.]

We are still under occupation

[@MrAizatazmi]

how long ireland had been colonized by the british? like a thousand years?

[@drewdurnilisdaddy6075]

Prime Arch well fully from 1603 to 1641 and again from 1651 to 1919/21

[@bluesea6838]

"How 300 years of Spanish rule shaped the Philippines" A video idea^^

[@generalkenobi5173]

@Alias Sobriquet none expects the spanish inquistion.

[@generalkenobi5173]

@aeon *Ah you are a bold one*

[@blankeyed67]

The thing is, Philippines was simply Philippines the natives, until the Spaniards came in. And now, there’s barely any pre-colonial culture left, unlike Hongkong. Hongkong is China, and had Chinese influence until the Britons came. Hongkong managed to blend these two cultures together, while Philippines still tries to ignore all the pre colonial indigenuities. Local museum anthropologies would know. Very bad analogy there, bud.

[@watisoninata5150]

Poverty and religion

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

300+ years of Spanish rule and 40+ years of American rule...

[@todayiglowup4286]

tbh as a cantonese living in hk, i think many of us are still feeling the effects of british rule. and many of us are still trying to find hong kongs identity, whether it should return to china, whether it should go back to british rule, wherher it should go independent. in many ways the british really did do hong kong a lot of good. it westernized us, many of us know english and are educated. but sadly hong kong is more divided than ever since we returned back to china

[@alanmak984]

i personally would prefer to describe us as modernised, globalised and taught to think for ourselves.

[@lettuce8635]

True. There is a culture clash between us and the Main-landers.

[@donnahong5188]

I have lived in Singapore and Hong Kong, I’m sorry I have to say Hong Kong people s English s not that good...

[@Beautyloverabbit]

@@donnahong5188 as a a hker, i agree, it's true that alot of us can communicate in english are so used to seeing it everywhere, yes we can use it but most of us arent that prolific tho

[@icebaby6714]

@Pearlie Grace Forget about the past and move forward with new identity, British Empire is long gone. When Brits left Shanghai in 1940s and handed over the settlement to Chinese government after nearly 100 years, no Shanghainese complained. After Britain left Singapore after 100 plus year rule, Singapore built up its own identity and never begged British master to come back to recolonize Singapore. Hongkongers have to change their mindset rather than living in the glory of the past, after all you are yellow-skinned Chinese, Britain doesn't own Hongkong, it is a 99 year lease only. If you don't feel like you are a Chinese, reluctant to learn Mandarin and sing Chinese national anthem, you might as well move to Britain, Canada and elsewhere, as simple as that.

[@englishpigdog]

Americans: 'Hey Britain, that's not fair you said 99 years give it back' Also Americans: 'Sorry native Americans no givsies backsies'

[@gumballgtr1478]

Which the natives stole from other natives

[@caidensexy]

@@gumballgtr1478 someone’s a patriot eh?

[@adampaul5237]

@@gumballgtr1478 even if natives took from other natives there still natives nonetheless 🤦‍♂️

[@AG-kp8es]

@@gumballgtr1478 Your neighbor stole your TV. I stole it from your neighbor, then I got caught. But I still get to keep the TV because I didn't steal it from you...

[@janema6828]

YOU’RE TRYING TO KIDNAP WHAT I’VE RIGHTFULLY STOLEN

[@michaelfreeze2949]

Do a video on Hawaii and how the Americans invaded it and made it a state of the USA when a lot of the native Hawaiians aren't happy about the invasion.

[@NoctLightCloud]

ikr? a criminally often ignored issue!

[@legionoffollowers6843]

Invade? They sold their land of there own volition. How is it our fault the kingdom was corrupt with nepotism.

[@tinyelephant1533]

Yes! That would be a great idea. Its still sad how so many people overlook the fact that Hawaii was once its own sovereign nation.

[@Ja_ck00]

And how Hawaii was never part of the British empire but put our flag on theirs to put off any foreign invaders.

[@1313-s3v]

Im from Hawaii and i love being part of the USA

[@rtrupp1984]

Lol, you know you're a true Brit when you're ready to exhaust your silver reserves for tea.

[@orangekeita]

Haha

[@MrPear40]

You know you a real American when you prop up dictatorships for cheaper bananas.

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@MrPear40 and oil

[@seiko090]

I'm a Hong Konger born in 90's, your video make me very emotional.....

[@raymondlo1764]

真心好睇 :)

[@aperture0]

@@raymondlo1764 You guys play cricket?

[@raymondlo1764]

@@aperture0 We do have people playing cricket here ,but not me xd

[@aperture0]

@@raymondlo1764 Woah! Didn't know that. BTW, who will you support in today's match? India or Pakistan?

[@terilloss]

makes*

[@Rubycon99]

Just a nitpick: The 99 year lease only applied to the New Territories, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were ceded in perpetuity. They technically could have just returned the New Territories (which they briefly attempted to get an extension on the lease for) and kept the Island and Kowloon while being within the terms of the treaties, but China wanted everything returned and Britain wasn't particularly interested in maintaining a much smaller "rump" colony.

[@TheRealIronMan]

Lets not be mistaken, international treaties are nothing but "gentlemen agreements", the moment you start to do lawfare tricks you better have the superior military might to back it up, its not the 1800s and the British def don't match well against the PLA now, hence they gave up HK without a fight, not because they "want to", because they "have to".

[@bitcoinmaster3634]

Britain didn't think China was going to grow so powerful.

[@lnidux]

Britain didn't think FTFY

[@orangekeita]

Britain cannot even say no to China when it's not very strong date back to Deng's time which was 30,40 years ago.

[@alexfan3816]

@@mickeygoh25 then nothing, it is uncertain, I am trying to say, dont feel uncomfortable with a strong China because it has been always strong in the past.

[@unmea69l8er]

China didn't think Hong Kongers would want to remain independent.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

china is a third world nation gb is a first rate nation

[@RXUUU21]

*and that’s the tea*

[@whatyasurchinforyt8653]

,sis

[@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129]

Please stop

[@whoami5960]

no s t o p

[@alexc5656]

opium, you destroy everyone

[@unpopularpinion5459]

Brilliant

[@cleocleo7590]

you guys should do "How 333 years of Spanish rule shaped the Philippines"

[@SupremeLeader2011]

Ceuta and melilla

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

Well for one an unhealthy obsession with beauty pageants.

[@nm2000]

Pretty much only the Spanish names remained in the Philippines as well as some old people and many academics still being able to speak Spanish. However, the American influence is much stronger in the Philippines than the Spanish, except of the very strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church.

[@GalluZ]

Or how the Dutch shaped Indonesia in roughly the same amount of years.

[@Justin1an]

​@@nm2000 This! I got second hand embarrasment seeing when some ignorant western people said that the Phillipines and Filipino is Latin and Latino. Phillipines is Asian with Spanish influence of colonization. It's 300 years of colonization!

[@pizzaboi2822]

2047 Hong Kong: Mr Britain, I don’t feel so good.

[@emperordemon8605]

OneManShow 2052 Britain declares on America China: I am inevitable Britain: I am Britannia

[@boleung6076]

*2020

[@cojxzionh3733]

Already happening in 2019

[@maridreaming]

Don’t feel so good in 2019

[@dumbnoodle8327]

fs in the chat

[@misscandy2873]

In Hong Kong, there are many restaurants in Hong Kong do have the traditional both British and Chinese, For example we have milk tea, egg tarts but also fried rice or beef noodles with omelette at the same time We usually have these for breakfast and it’s pretty popular among Hong Kong people Also Hong Kong has many British style building as they were built during the colony time It’s really rare to see a place with two traditions combine together and makes this place,without one and another,Hong Kong wouldn’t be Hong Kong Thank you for visiting Hong Kong 🇭🇰 :)

[@deathtrooper199]

They also have different food from different cultures and countries too!

[@kagenlim5271]

Dont forget that pastry is also an important part of HK dim sum.

[@peeks7165]

I very much want to visit Hong Kong but unfortunately it is not safe now with the protests. I hope the protestors can come to an agreement with mainland China and get more freedoms!

[@AWEDO]

oi remeber the pineapple bun?

[@dicksonluiakitperday2532]

We here in Hong Kong call it the "Usual Meal" In which consists omlette with bread toast, ramen noodles with satay beef or pork including a drink either coffee milk tea and ice lemon tea is served.

[@cup_check_official]

Glad you uploaded. I was bored in the bathroom

[@carloscalderon3530]

Software Man lol same still here

[@acikacika]

Hahah totally the same

[@RichyJ1991]

Same, like, right now 😂

[@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII]

Software Man Please elaborate

[@IisKryptic]

I'm literally on the toilet right now aha

[@leefrancis4565]

In the 1970's l saw more Royal Royce's in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world.

[@leealex24]

Wow, how old are you now? 99 years?

[@StreetDrilla]

@@leealex24 70s of age. See plenty 70s war veterans in youtube comments like Vietnam or Bangla Desh.

[@valiatus6719]

Here after Hong kong wants to be with Britian over China.

[@basilsiraad4757]

We'd welcome you back at any time

[@tambakoverlanders]

I'd would argue that HK wants it's way of life, culture and uniqueness retained as oppose to being a regular Chinese city. If you go there, and compare with Shanghai or Beijing, Hong Kong is very much different due to British influence.

[@joanneofarc.]

they may be influenced by britain, but they are china. you know, they were ruled as simply "colony subjects", and not british citizens.

[@angelali5502]

I hope so

[@kamikaze1888]

not HK, but some HKers, China is very happy to ship all of them back to UK.

[@SottoLwrence]

As a local hongkonger myself, i love milk tea,,hehe

[@Ethan-vj5mt]

Who doesn’t?

[@dogeater3091]

mee tooo

[@JKMT]

the milk for our milktea is different to British tho

[@brokentilebench]

瓜 not a fan of the hot leaf water. I prefer the hot bean water.

[@emsontopno5603]

@@Theactualstoic truly said😂😂👍

[@la_chanarchiste]

I can’t believe how well directed this video is!! This is just awesome!!!

[@miltonchoudhury4195]

This is exactly what i was thinking. The story telling and the graphics is absolutely gem.

[@HMSDaring1]

I think HK has genuinely been one of Britain’s best colonies, and once the arrogance and superiority attitude of the British disappeared it allowed a peaceful and enjoyable cultural infusion between the two. I’d be really interested to hear the opinions of people from HK about which culture you prefer and if you do agree that you felt betrayed by Britain leaving in 1997...

[@lowinglok2002]

Hongkonger here. I would say the entire way of doing things. In the British way, there are rule of law and systematic reasoning. In the chinese way, there are rule by law. They rule with emotional reasoning,namely "人冶". the ruling official hold a god like position. Every penny they spend on the people is gift not the right.

[@tirkizs]

As a Hong Kong-er I do appreciate what the British colonial government have done for Hong Kong in the later half of the 20th century. The British were not very concerned with the wellbeing and demand of local Chinese during their early rule, but housing crisis and social problems became serious in the 50s, which resulted in riots and protests in the 60s. In response the British government actually reflected upon their administration and initiated a series of social policy reform, such as the introduction of free compulsory education, public housing programme, anti-corruption committee, etc. These efforts have laid the important foundation for the framework of a responsive government. In the 80s and 90s during the sovereign transition and negotiation period, our last British governor Chris Patten also introduced more democratic reforms and direct elections to us. This has important implication for our expectations on political development in this city. I would say Hong Kong people have a stronger awareness and desire for democracy and government accountability than other cities in China. And the colonial experience is an important factor in influencing these differences in values. These differences in political and social outlook however created contradictions and conflicts that are quite difficult to reconcile with the authoritarian Central government to this day. So while some may say the British exploited colonies and all those democratic reform efforts are just political manoeuvres, I personally appreciate what they had done for this city, for without them I would not understand the importance of democracy and why we should continue to fight for it.

[@HMSDaring1]

Hmm, very interesting. I think regarding social reform in the 50's and 60's the UK was coming to the realisation that it wasn't socially acceptable to repress the citizens anymore and that it's power was slowly disappearing. I'm glad the decision was made to react properly and seek to improve things for the locals, afterall if they're part of the Empire they're citizens too. I find it quite sad that HK was given a glimpse at a democratic government only to have China regress on it all. Comments below have said that China is looking to wipe this history out, and "standardise" a culture which seems quite oppressive frankly. Seeing Prince Charles talking at 8:18 is quite humbling as well, I felt it was very genuine and sorrowful handover, and I think HK was one of the few successful stories coming from the English Empire, unfortunately illtreatment of citizens and controversial decisions will always surround the English Empire. I almost wish we could have renewed the lease and maintained a more localised authority government, so still being a British Overseas Territory but governed by the people of HK.

[@lowinglok2002]

This will be ideal I think. Just like Gibraltar.

[@ktjfssblock2]

they don't really have to if they don't want to. In the first two treaty, the term is "perpetuity" except for the lease agreement of the New Territories (99 years). However, during the talk in 1984 Deng Xiaoping threaten Thatcher that they could takeover Hong Kong in a day, so making no choice for the cabinet.

[@TheKingArchon]

Correction Hong Kong was given in perpetuity not 99 years, if that was the case then Hong Kong would of been returned in 1940, not 1997. It was the rest of the territory that was leased for 99 years in 1898. But when it came to 1997 Britain realised that it could do nothing to stop China from taking the whole of Hong Kong so they decided to return it under "One country, Two Systems". Other than that, good video, rather enjoyed !

[@davidrenton]

it was more, the majority of HK workforce lived in the New Territories, so China could basically close the Border making it impossible for people to get to their Jobs, Hence whats the point.

[@jifa17]

@@davidrenton Nah, it's true that many people live in the New Territories, but the most important thing is, Deng Xiaopeng said to Thucheter, we can take HK back overnight if you don't plan to return it in 1997 as a whole.

[@davidrenton]

@@jifa17 China could say what they want , I have a remarkably low opinion of Chinese military capability. For the most populous nation they are damm awful at war. China esp in late 90's would no way invade HK, it would put them back 50 years. It would be a mess, they would of been N Korea. The reality is simple , the British did a deal and kept to it. The NT needed to be handed over, but the only consequences for not doing so would off been diplomatic, reputation.

[@lofiandchill6062]

But the British never left. Their doctrine was still taught in schools, and British politicians still served in government. Today, they indoctrinate the HK youth with hateful anticommunist/antichina content using the media.

[@cletus2921]

@@lofiandchill6062 Good.

[@Mmvarto]

When the World Cup doesn’t come home so you make half the world home

[@crosehl236]

too soon, man too soon

[@urmum3773]

lol

[@Jobe-13]

Bruh 😂

[@theturkanabus3610]

A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet..

[@learningagain4094]

I'm still getting over it!

[@chadproudfoot7563]

It’s a shame that the two countries couldn’t give Hong Kong an option to become independent, or to function under some sort of joint administrative support from both the UK and China. I feel like the people there really got the raw end of the deal.

[@jonsong4592]

I mean think about it this way, China considers HK a lost territory, why would they give it independence and lose the territory forever instead of re-integrating it?

[@iloveblackmentwerking]

@@jonsong4592 Also because they know that they’re basically their enemy, those people there have a expiration date on freedom and I bet if China could, they would arrest the seven million living there.

[@goopguy548]

The UK would have wanted to, but they said they would give it back, and if they didn't China was just going to march into Hong Kong

[@jakechinn6561]

@@goopguy548 They controlled most of the infrastructure in Hong Kong, so rather then matching in they would have just cut off water and electricity to the city until it capitulated. It's one of the reasons why any attempt to keep it out of Chinese hands was doomed from the start.

[@Bk6346]

Margaret Thatcher wanted to keep Hong Kong or given the right to manage it after 1997. But the Chinese would have none of it. The return of Hong Kong to China was one of national pride and indeed there would have been a war if the British refused. One only has to look at Taiwan to see how the Chinese views what it considers lost territory.

[@Camerongalexander]

This video is quite misleading: Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had been ceded to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by the Treaty of Nanking and the Convention of Peking. This meant they were British under international law and the UK was under no obligation or expectation to ever return them. The 99 year lease that this video refers only to the New Territorries and thus not the rest of the UK- controlled area. This was established at a later date than the aforementioned HK island and Kowloon at the 2nd convention of Peking.

[@adrianatgaming8640]

it'd be pretty weird if you had to cross a border to go between, for example, sha tin and mong kok. they are the same city, you can't seperate them with an international border

[@Camerongalexander]

AdrianAtGaming I’m not saying that separating the city was the rightful solution, I’m simply stating that the video is misleading as it implies that the whole area was under a 99- year lease

[@adrianatgaming8640]

lol you're right, but actually all of hongkongers say brits said the whole city was 99 years nowadays

[@Eric-ye5yz]

I agree Cameron, Hong Kong was seeded in perpetuity about 1840, new territories were leased 57 years later, in 1897, they needed a supply of water because the population was increasing. The author needs to look this up and confirm for himself.

[@HakingMC]

No Anime No. It was in both countries' interest to have Hong Kong as a whole to be returned to China. China's being to succeed in restoring HK and to remove the insulting scar from what they call as unfair treaties. Britain instead thought that HK must be whole to work. Imagine what problems that they would need to address if HK was to split in two.

[@Tom-lm2tc]

I love how surprised when he finds a bowling club as if they're archaic and not even played anymore, even though they're so common in Aus, NZ and the UK

[@taiyonatiare7918]

Lone Fondler really? Ive lived in NZ for 18+ years and ive only seen 1

[@canto_v12]

Bowling alleys are hard to find in HK because they take up a lot of space.

[@iidkwhatnameuse]

i hope he gets to where ever he's walking to

[@poachedsalmon8655]

who’s just rewatching Borders after it’s cancelled

[@jelenamitrovic1265]

meeeee 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@badabingbadaboom9251]

Cancelled?

[@soukaryasamanta8073]

@@badabingbadaboom9251 I'm not sure, but I think this year's Borders season might had been cancelled due to various travel restrictions around the world.

[@violahui]

I am from Hong Kong and history does play a big part of our culture. I would love for it to stay the way it is. We are a tiny lucky island where east meets west. A lot of HongKongers are immigrating overseas due to the fear of china's political pressure and to be honest, it scares me too. (As china is growing stronger and wealthier) I am currently working overseas in Australia, and I'd hear friends say that they want to become a permanent resident here. However,I've always identify HK as a home that I'm proud of. I genuinely hope that HK can stay special and liberal as it is. 💓

[@obsidianstatue]

then learn more from Macau, they are law abiding citizens who dont make any trouble for their local government, millennial HKers are spoiled brats, the more some of them push for so called independence, the faster the integration process with the mainland. One country Two system is built on the concept of ONE country, if they reject that then it'll be one country one system.

[@300blackcats]

lmao what Macau is right now doesn't look that good. also one country two systems will end by 2047 whether the notion of "hk independence" caught on anyhow and all this "hong kong independence" isn't even that popular of an idea in hong kong (nor does it have any substance to it imho), it's just propaganda spread by the ccp as an excuse to inflame the mainlanders and hasten the "integration" process, as you put it so nicely

[@crosehl236]

As you said the "two system one country" allow Macau to stay democratic, and be and political independent from Chinese government. But the truth is, the Macau government is basically a puppet of the Chinese government, I don't see any political independence in Macau government, and the people are bribed by the government every year by benefits (literally giving them money each year) to stay quiet and obedient. Unlike Hong Kong, if the officials want the so called radical to shut up, please first improve the living quality of HK (e.g. Housing or benefits) so people will be willing to give up their rights and listen to the government.

[@obsidianstatue]

cloudnine Macau is doing just fine, much higher per capita income than HK, much lower Gini Coefficient score, meaning on top of being richer, Macau's wealth is also more evenly distributed. Macau is more leisurely they just have a better quality of life than HK, you rarely see the masses of the underclass crammed into cages like what you see in HK.

[@obsidianstatue]

Crose here's where the likes of you contradicts your own argument. if HK SAR government is the puppet of Beijing, then why isn't Beijing dictating the terms of housing policies of HK? if it is in Beijing's benefit to keep HKers happy and content then why aren't they dictating policies in HK? like as you claim they are doing in Macau. Also 2 system does not mean political independence, that would mean 2 country 2 systems.

[@Marina-wi3rs]

7:50 In hong kong they have solved the problem of whether the milk should go first or last!

[@4403323]

The guy making milk tea in the video poured both in at the same time. No argument for him.

[@td370]

I put milk last

[@chankatie1114]

Speaking as a HKer, I don’t want HK to change, ever. But over the past 20 years it has certainly changed so much to be China alike (I’m not sure how to put it in words). We’re scared of what HK would become after the next 30 years, and I think there will be another migration wave when it’s time.

[@maeryan6883]

Katie Chan I also live in Hong Kong and mainlander migration keeps growing and growing

[@Regimeshifts]

Migration is part of life, in fact why the very place exist in the way it does. Deal with it

[@acarrot9868]

EliteXtasy The british obviously, seriously to hell with the mainland. Motherland my ass China.

[@acarrot9868]

I'm a HKer as well though I don't understand the situation as well since i was born in the 2000's but I've already moved to Canada. Very jealous of the lucky ones who got BNO like my dad and grandma on the dad's side

[@lingbotang9546]

A Carrot You are still born to be a Chinese, you can’t deny that because that’s your DNA. I was born in mainland China and I am in Canada now. I will always embrace my culture even though I don’t agree with the current politics. If you don’t like it, you can choose to live in a different place. Discriminating your motherland is discriminating yourself.

[@justnoah2073]

I believe Hong Kong was actually ceded to Britain practically forever. The ninety nine years refers to the lands immediately surrounding Hong Kong that was ceded to Britain in years after the first Opium War. However it was clear to the British that Hong Kong would inevitably return to Chinese rule, and Hong Kong was given back to China along with the other lands in the deal.

[@leaderunith4l324]

Colonies tend to become cultural time capsules of their founding nations, which is why Hong Kong adopted old traditions that aren’t really found in Britain anymore

[@leaderunith4l324]

Rowan O'Mullane I know we’re an exception, but I’m just saying that most of the time, colonies normally become time capsules of an older version of a culture. Besides, Britain didn’t try to tear Hong Kong’s culture away by force, it just kind of settled in over time

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

like what?

[@p1rice]

The most similar feature is the lack of space and expensive housing lol

[@robspunk]

Only since allowing mainlanders to buy all the houses

[@someernie6179]

actually Hongkong is not that small, housing is expensive just because people buy them for investment

[@penguin-tc1cx]

@@someernie6179"not that small" it's literally so overpopulated... over 7 million people living in approx 1000km^2 of space

[@tracese54321]

Hong Kong is a spectacular place, easily one of the coolest place you can visit! I’m Taiwanese and I still remember my visit to Hong Kong as a child.

[@vitadude5004]

Taiwan is not a country, it's china

[@tracese54321]

@@vitadude5004 yeah, just keep thinking that. It's not like we have our own president, currency, legislations, and diplomatic ties.

[@vitadude5004]

@@tracese54321 still u cannot ignore the fact that taiwan in under PRC.. And America signed one china policy 2 times..

[@Bk6346]

@@tracese54321 But the ROC and Chiang Kai Shek says that Taiwan is a part of China. Taiwan’s status is still a gray area. Even the USA does not recognize Taiwan or have an embassy in Taipei.

[@dinamosflams]

6:30 - "but lets talk about tea again" -United Kingdom

[@thebahooplamaster]

5:10 I love how the narrator specifically mentions that China is communist.

[@Ryderere]

That's because at the time most Western countries recognized Taiwan as the true legitimate successor to the Chinese state and referred to Taiwan as simply "China". BTW because of that it was Taiwan, who for the longest time (until 1971) held the Chinese seat on the UN Security Council despite it being much smaller and less influential in the region compared to the PRC ("Communist China").

[@deathless3518]

Communist Captalist

[@johnnyrico7104]

"Communist China" is a common, if a little outdated term to differentiate between the PRC and Taiwan.

[@deathless3518]

Shane W yes China is an economic powerhouse because its communist. Gonna roll my eye on this one

[@aaronconlon3880]

Deathless That's completely untrue. China's economy was backwards and in tatters until they relaxed government control on the economy and allowed private industry.

[@Earendil_bright_star]

wasn't Hongkong island itself was given to UK forever? rest of the land was 99 years lease.

[@imma584]

J andy you are right , Hong Kong island and Kowloon were ceded to Britain

[@stephanielee5804]

You’re right, but UK literally gave whole hk back to China

[@frozenpelt967]

They gave the entire city back when they returned the other parts

[@fightormon]

With most of the Hong Kong population on the mainland and power and water coming to from mainland they thought it wasn't feasible to keep it. That and there were under pressure by the UN to return it to my understanding.

[@DrBiBeatz]

lee that's sad from my country. I believe its politics and trade deals with China, England, wants to do so, CCP told them give back, Hong Kong and you can have your trade deal

[@jnusslein6301]

UK: Opium for tea China: Not Opium, pay in silver UK: so you have chosen war

[@btsinyourarea7299]

Vox borders is aesthetic at it's best!

[@martinhenriksson8617]

"its"

[@atlocal]

It really is!

[@qutaibaabumatar6015]

@@martinhenriksson8617 Uhh, no?

[@reyhanalexander3574]

British : 99 years is as good as forever, this island is ours now *After 99 years, special administrative region China: this 50 years will take forever, it must be ours now

[@JL_hahaha0303]

Reyhan Alexander welcome to another round of colonisation

[@samthong3305]

hahaha

[@justaretardwithinternetacc2859]

@@Theactualstoic its Hong Kong they are different now go away with your authoritisation

[@tris7]

Bet HK is missing the British now.

[@wulfherecyning1282]

The 99 year thing has an interesting root. In Britain, all land is *technically* owned by the Crown on long special leases to whomever "owns" it. Historically those leases were 99 years, but when you reached 100 years it automatically renewed. This led to a common law equivalence between 99 and forever, because whatever the law said, you still owned your land. The 99 years was fictional. In British lands, 99 years really was "forever". So when making the agreement with China, especially given the world at the time, that 99 year agreement was probably made with the idea that it would be ongoing, that it would stay in British hands, just as was the custom in Britain. And besides, 99 years is a long time, borders change, governments collapse. But then the world changed, and China asked for it back. This was unexpected for good reason. Even today, if you're British, outside some very specific exceptions, your land belongs to the Crown. If you strike oil in your backyard, you don't own the oil rights, the Crown does. But for the vast majority of scenarios, your lease from the Crown is equal to ownership, so people just sort of ignore it. It's not like the Queen is going to frog March you out of your living room.

[@VICTAAAA]

Thank you for selecting Hong Kong as the latest border’s location; its my second home and a place very near and dear to me. The times are a changing and HK is all about change. For you and Vox to: discuss its past, documents it’s present and deliberate about its future, it’s so very necessary for so many who merely think of HK as China. I really enjoyed (AND SHARED!!) the last season and needless to say am immensely looking forward to this one.

[@mertkocabas7604]

1:10 those old Hong Kong ferries look very much like ferries we have in Istanbul. The reason is that we bought ferries from the UK around the same time when we established our ferry company(Sirket-i Hayriye). Interesting to see similar ferries in a place so far and so unrelated!

[@mertkocabas7604]

Trams too, though our trams are single-decker

[@Bas_Lightyear]

If I lived in HK I'd go and have English afternoon tea one day and Chinese tea & dim sum the next, repeat that every day!! Love them both

[@4IN14094]

Bas_ Lightyear One of the best thing living in the city is the fact that I can have Chinese food as breakfast, Japanese food as lunch and Italian food as dinner.

[@coolspot18]

You can have that in Vancouver or Toronto, probably why so many HKers moved here.

[@grail68]

Bas_ Lightyear It's not quite that English.

[@gozuam1617]

4IN14094 ....couldn't you do that in most cities?

[@Bas_Lightyear]

Gozua M haha yeah you’re right, and I live in London! Video just got me hungry for tea is all 😅

[@GeniusLad32]

If you haven't been to Hong Kong, put it on your list of must visit places. It's incredible.

[@kimiesta]

Words cannot express just how much I love Borders. Honestly my favorite thing in the world right now.

[@HG_1879]

Weirdly, I’m a Brit, they were one of the few colonies that were saddened to see us go

[@nodrinkfortequila]

I mean even if supporting independence is better than asking Brit to stay

[@xxzhang6387]

因为他们感到所谓的自由，很大一部分香港人已经认为自己应该是英国人，应该享受和英国人一样富足的生活，所以他们要独立，但很可笑，就如进击的巨人中，这群人就是荣誉马莱人或是三体中的eto，but they are just jokers

[@timbat5324]

Well I’m assuming the Brits weren’t as brutal to Hong Kong compared to let’s say the Indian Sub continent. However, Chinese living there were still given a secondary citizen status, so that part still haunts many Hong Kongers today.

[@austerity476]

@@timbat5324 britain made India.

[@Dushmann_]

​​@@timbat5324 How is British people building their own segregated communities in HK any different to Chinese people building Chinatowns in Western cities? People just prefer to be around their own kind. I'm sure Hong Kongers in the past preferred that British people live in separate neighbourhoods instead of moving into their neighbourhoods. People typically really don't like it when people from vastly different cultures move into their neighbourhoods.

[@kaich369]

I have mixed feelings seeing this as a HongKonger.

[@icebaby6714]

Leave HK and go elsewhere...

[@kaich369]

@@icebaby6714 Sometimes its not as easy as "if you don't like it, leave" ;(

[@ichidan1633]

@@kaich369 Yeah I live in a city with problems and when a bring up stuff about online people say "just leave" (sometimes like "love or leave"). I don't have even money to pay a trip to the closer states.

[@alexso820]

l P no need to be rude mate

[@DrBiBeatz]

England will take u no problem

[@JustinY.]

Gotta give props to the guys who made the thumbnail.

[@himanshusinghal1412]

Justin Y. A bit too late

[@vwvwvvvw4519]

Hey ninja-sama.

[@sikadeer9872]

Holy cow you're everywhere

[@johnnyharris]

Justin Y. It was actually a lady. And her name is dion and she’s the art director on our team and she’s amazing!

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

Justin Y. Wow, your likes are in decline.

[@xoxoluna606]

Thanks so much for doing this HK series. Words cannot express my appreciation on that.. You speak for us by filming these videos and tell people the stories about HK. I'm so grateful. I hope more and more ppl will understand HK more.

[@DrBiBeatz]

4 months after Hong Kong is turmoil

[@RADICALFLOAT95]

​@@DrBiBeatzl actually agree

[@microwavedchocolate1248]

And Hong Kong has been living in fear ever since.

[@awc6007]

Nobody gonna do anything cause Chinese money. I feel sad for Hong Kongers and their culture.

[@adrienne-ukulelecraftsandm559]

I had to write a report for my history homework so this really helped a lot

[@crissw2471]

The only problem with basing your understanding of history or anything for that matter on a youtube video, is that most if not all have not been reviewed for accuracy but more than the creator of the video. This means, you could just be accepting as fact something that could be made up. I don't think this video or Vox in general are unreliable sources for research, but it's always better to just get information from books that have gone through a more stringent editing and fact checking process. Wikepedia too is suspect, as it is written by whomever decides to take their time to submit information. Be smart and discerning or you will be easily manipulated.

[@Dan-gd6zz]

@Aiden Jackson almost never

[@PatheticTV]

Hi from Hong Kong! I’d be interested to know what you got for your project?

[@Hatbot-vn4py]

@@crissw2471 this video let alone is better than any of the websites the teacher gives you

[@jimbolic0809]

@@Hatbot-vn4py Lazy attempt. Seriously.

[@Huskie]

Kinda ironic how Hong Kong is older than the PRC by a century

[@kevng88]

lol, yea and the PRC thinks PRC = China with over 3000 years of history

[@juch3]

Killzone Slayer lol why did you just assume he's American? Isn't stereotyping people from their behaviour an "american thing" too? And I doubt you're an actual Korean.

[@therealnoodles7638]

Taiwan is older than PRC

[@74.0]

Killzone Slayer people with anime profile pictures are not allowed to have opinions

[@warhammer8403]

CHINA IS THE OLDEST

[@BoxTunnel]

As an English tea addict, I was genuinely concerned by the amount of milk being put into that tea. We'd call that dishwater. When asked if I'd like milk in my tea (and adding it myself is not an option) I say "think of the smallest amount of milk you could add to that beautifully brewed cup of tea. Half it. Half it again. Oops, you've put too much in". No sugar thank you. A perfectly brewed cup of tea with milk is a dark orange colour but there are many Brits who like half a gallon of milk and loads of sugar, like most of the UK armed forces and my sister. Bleuch! In fact I am so fussy about my tea that even my dear old Mum refuses to make me a cup!

[@Huskie]

Actually, they had two leases during the first and second opium war, the second extending the lease of HK.

[@LordDice1]

If you'll do the math from the first lease to when Britain turned it back over to China it's very obvious something is off. 😁

[@johnnyharris]

Huskie indeed! I put a map during the history section that shows the three levels of concession of Hong Kong over time. The original script had more detail about all the treaties and timing but I streamlined it because it felt like to kick detail that didn’t really add to the story. So I went with the map.

[@HakingMC]

It was 2 treaties to cede HK Island and Kowloon. But it was a lease to give NT to Britain.

[@davidmichaels5238]

I completely understand the need for brevity to keep people interested and make the video as entertaining as possible. Except the way you portray it in the video makes it seem like the British were just incompetent for getting a 99-year lease. When the guy who negotiated the 99-year lease (Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald) wasn't even alive at the time when the Treaty of Nanking was negotiated to end the first opium war. Both Kowloon and Hong Kong were granted 'in perpetuity' to the British in their initial treaties. I know it's difficult to fit in, but it might have been worth mentioning that the Americans and other Europeans were also involved in the opium trade, and their competition helped bring the price down, making it more available. Granted that's nowhere near as significant as the actions of the British. Also, by saying: "Eventually the Chinese government caught on to this illegal drug trade", you sort of make the Chinese seem completely incompetent by making it seem like they were completely unaware of what was going on. When their initial efforts to fight the opium trade preceded the beginning of the opium war by almost 60 years, well before the trade reached its zenith. They issued edicts against the opium trade in 1780 and a ban in 1796. Again, I understand that you need to keep the video streamlined and the video can't be 30 minutes long, but as it stands it doesn't really present a full picture.

[@Maka556]

Jesus Christ, you people are the worst.

[@kaseyavariellelow]

i just found this series and its so intriguing. The way the stories are being told, the cinematography, editing and music it all flows so well and its so good quality. Love this series! Gonna keep watching

[@LawyerPanda]

Both my parents were born in HK-ers. I remember as a kid, I asked them about he opium wars and awful tactics used by the British leading up to the wars. While they admitted it was very underhanded of the British, my mom nevertheless told me something in Cantonese, something about how a vibrant lotus grows from the mud; I've often interpreted that as meaning despite the bad, something good ultimately came from it. I don't know if that saying applies universally across everything in life, but it seems to have applied here.

[@robspunk]

It lasted 3 hours

[@davidle4936]

I'm from Vietnam and I'm looking forward to visit Hong Kong one day!

[@Dekoyy]

It’s 5 in the morning and I’m on a KZbin binge. Nice. Update: still not asleep.

[@xander178]

Dormious same

[@metoidionasty]

3 am here

[@chriskayser5798]

12 am :)

[@Banom7a]

5 pm in Hong Kong :)

[@sven8947]

12 am 😊

[@PabloPerroPerro]

4:21 the British showed up with huge boats. With guns. (gunboats)

[@williamflores2079]

Pablo T.V. history of Japan video

[@earthandwind820]

Pablo T.V. ....all because China didn’t accept their highly addictive, illegal drug trade. And there are people on this thread calling them the “civilized ones”... And no, I’m not a fan of the Chinese regime either...but come onnnnnn with the whitewashing of imperialism.

[@blitzcreak2728]

keep blazin 420 fam, chillllllllllll

[@satoshiketchump]

Ahahahha

[@zacharywilson9596]

Ka Gala, no, you don’t get it. He’s making a reference to a KZbin video created by a man named “Bill Wurtz.”

[@theunknownuser3634]

4:21 Knock Knock, it’s the British with huge boats with guns... *GUNBOATS* Love Borders 💗

[@aussieboy4090]

Gunboat Diplomacy

[@matthewnggametime2537]

UK 👎

[@pickledpanino2013]

Hong Kong’s brilliance was very much shaped by Britain, it has a sense of natural beauty that consisted of 2 cultures but merged so well. Places like Shenzhen try to do the same but it’s impossible, that’s what I love so much about Hong Kong, the natural beauty of it.

[@quitebad459]

I've been waiting for this. :)

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

2:50 that's Japanese lol. And at 2:33(thanks JennaTH)

[@Mathewbagels45]

Lmao thought that seemed strange when I saw it. Made me do a bit of a double take

[@bakachocolate]

Bernard's Channel Yes that's a Japanese drawing. It can be found here: www.ukiyo-e.co.jp/wp-content/themes/standard_black_cmspro/img/IMG_0269.jpg They almost get this video perfect.

[@rediponto9588]

2:33 this one as well

[@cherryslat5702]

Jena TH no the stuff in thr box is Chinese the rest isn't tho

[@RubberFacee]

Yooooooooooooooooooo...

[@dragoncurveenthusiast]

So, why was it 156 instead of 99 years?

[@oGsZeroFourZero]

Because he messed up that part of the video. What we now call Hong Kong was acquired by the British in three different treaties. Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula were not on 99 year leases - they were ceded forever. The 99 year time limit only applied to the third treaty, which covered the New Territories (basically the northern area of modern HK and some outlying islands). In 1997 all three areas were given to China, 99 years after the New Territories was acquired, even though the UK actually had every right to hold onto HK island and Kowloon. The reason is because China said they would conduct a military invasion if the UK did not agree to give them all three areas.

[@Otter-Destruction]

After the first Opium War in 1841, Britain took a part of it, and that the Second Opium War happened and its was after that the 99 year lease happened.

[@deathless3518]

oGsZeroFourZero oh sorry that we took back our territory. cry more

[@apieceofcheese1779]

Vox messed up Hong Kong and Kowloon forever NT is 99 years

[@apieceofcheese1779]

Deathless technically is not the CCP Chinese land belongs to the imperial dynasty Mao wasn't even born get your facts straight

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

It's sad that the British honored the deal and gave it back after 99 years, while China broke its promise to keep everything the same in Hong Kong for 50 years after the 20 year mark.... maybe that's why we see Hong Kong people fly British and American flags in the street....

[@a224kkk]

yes.

[@a224kkk]

freedom of speech becomes a joke now

[@abeatlesfan6603]

1842-1997 is 155 years

[@nutpeg6915]

they had no choice, they got themselves into this situation, and China would have invaded hong kong/embargoed britain otherwise.

[@DanielleMoren]

I can browse KZbin and visit international news site when I'm in Hong Kong, that says a lot about what kind of country it is to be honest

[@CuriosityCulture]

Haha you can see the impacts of British rule everywhere in the world 😅

[@_helmi]

Harshil Patel and the impact in Malaysia is actually a negative one where they have put racial segregation or barrier between us Malaysians.

[@Sammakko7]

Harshil Patel not everywhere.

[@vickymc9695]

Yer sorry guys, our ancestors were dicks. :-)

[@hachij_]

exactly! even on my land Malaysia :D

[@vksepe]

Both good and bad. SORRY FOR MAKING AMERICA xD

[@rikordosennin]

You should do a similar video on Portuguese influence over Macau. In the same way Portugal had Macau as a chinese colony, but hand it over to mainland china in 1999

[@share_accidental]

singapore was a formal british colony too, i think we took it a step further by making english our first language. my family & i went to hong kong for a day trip from guangzhou, we were surprised at how long the customs were. you can see how different hong kong is from mainland china...

[@MissesWitch]

hahahaha, I thought Britain's obsession of tea was just a cultural thing, Like "British love to drink tea" ~ I never imagined they started a war over it!

[@maximsotsky2239]

How did you think America was formed?

[@SerBallister]

@@maximsotsky2239 Nothing to do with tea ?

[@user-jo1bs9hl5x]

Nah fam tea is everything if we didn't start a full blown nuclear war over a cup of tea I would be disappointed make sure next time Boris Johnson comes to USA you have at least left the tea bag in the cup for at least 30 seconds or expect new York to be in flames

[@pseudonymshqipe854]

@@user-jo1bs9hl5x I love tea. I drink it every day. Greetings from New Jersey!

[@user-jo1bs9hl5x]

@@pseudonymshqipe854 guaranteed UK citizenship that mate the way our country works come on over we got a lot more to offer than America at the moment we may not have florida man but we got Ronny pickering and big Dave at the local pub who'll take you for a pint of stella and show you how to have a bare knuckle

[@AssertiontoThrone]

I'll be excited to see the next episode on Hong Kong. The resistence between Hong Kongers and mainland chinese is something that has become more and more apparent within the last decade, with the mainland goverment forcing more and more of their influence prematurely onto our hong kong culture and politics. I am one of many native Hong Kongers who do not agree with mainland goverment decisions, and hope that native Hong Kongers will continue to be proud of their unique culture even when the SAR is over.

[@ornature5324]

Sylly u think you are superior to mainland?

[@AssertiontoThrone]

What? So being proud of Hong Kong culture is somehow indicative of feeling superior to mainland now? It's called freedom of speech, don't be so egoistic.

[@迎风布阵-z1r]

Sylly 滚出中国婊子养的

[@AssertiontoThrone]

If all you can do is insult me in chinese for my pride and refuse to give me any sort of constructive critisism, then why don't you get off of youtube? You're wasting the privilange that many people living in the mainland China don't get by actually being here, 小孩子.

[@rosinalui474]

honestly there's no point arguing with the hotheaded person who's using simplified Chinese; you can't debate/converse productively with people who only want to use vile and hateful speech instead of sane arguments. It's like trying to teach an aggressive animal respect.

[@someernie6179]

I LOVE HK Milk Tea!!!

[@PatheticTV]

And we LOVE when people love our Milk Tea!!! As a Hker thanks for your support!

[@weyjey2768]

They have already done it dude. Hong Kong is gone.

[@SnakePlissken-gk7ix]

Sadly...

[@blackgold754]

Hong Kong is still there. Quit exaggerating

[@martinmendl1399]

@Acul Mar There’s no hope for anybody. CCP has already won.

[@karrie710]

@@blackgold754 well let’s see about that

[@gabrielchan4420]

Hong Kong always belongs to China. While the British had developed HK, they have also milk the place dry from trade income etc

[@Lemontea345]

The moment my dad knew HK is returning back to China...he decided to immigrate to somewhere else...

[@icebaby6714]

Many did that but some returned to HK a few years later.

[@徐浩程-c7l]

Joyce Tsang 赶紧滚，不送。

[@mrflyingsourcer3515]

Should've come to Britain

[@charlenew4038]

@@徐浩程-c7l 🐖

[@hinchan354]

徐浩程 🦗

[@NLLHW]

As a Hong Kong-ese American, I got so excited when the narrative brought up HK style milk tea! One of my favorite drinks (:

[@bl5776]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the quality of this series. Hats off to Johnny for telling these tales in such a engaging, thought provoking way.

[@geoffreyhui830]

Filming locations are very well chosen. Left Hong Kong many years ago, but all of them are recognisable and iconic.

[@srajandikshit7590]

Destroyed our bengali farms with this opium

[@srajandikshit7590]

ejsdotalt well it doesn't mean what you think.To phonetically match I write in this way.Itherwise I could go with Dixit. Btw my surname means Graduated in sanskrit

[@JaniceEadie]

I went to Hong Kong and loved it so much💙..I was surprised how much some streets reminded me of England and lots of stores I figured would only be in the UK were there...just me being ignorant I guess...but definitely a fascinating place to visit and the best skyline I have ever seen!! you almost feel like a little ant there -the skyscrapers are insane. I just feel so bad for people living in coffin homes there though 😢

[@Haannibal777]

Just saying hi from Hong Kong. Come more often!

[@elkinshiner5066]

Housing prices in HK are absolute hell. Fun place to visit, but moving and buying a house there will put you in a lifetime debt 💀

[@alexkatz8869]

You actually get quite used to the small living and it becomes very comfortable pretty quickly :D and the view is often nice from up high

[@gundism]

Don't it make you feel sorry for anyone if people find out that not everyone from the West is evil it might color their opinion of us differently and they might stop blaming all the world's woes on white people

[@michellecatindig8713]

Janice Eadie e

[@Uzi-ro1mm]

When I tell you that us Brits are serious about our tea this is what I mean

[@Whattwa]

The British Empire has the some of the best examples of human cunning and depravity.

[@cyberbird451]

Like it or not but in those times that was the norm and only the most cunning and depraved rose to the top.

[@rarehary3277]

Different time, different norms

[@rakuu9843]

Eat or get eaten I guess.

[@vicentecarreira]

You need to talk about Macau

[@jayng2885]

Agreed, many people often skip over Macau when talking about China's S.A.R's :(

[@migueloros891]

The Las Vegas of Asia.

[@MultiGreatNinja]

their Spain though.

[@AdeSarp8996]

Hope that they will make a sub-episode about Macau

[@VinyZikss]

Great Ninja. Spain my ass It was Portugal's

[@ksamuel9]

Imagine if the diplomat just wrote in 'for an indefinite period of time' instead of 99 years

[@theobuniel9643]

Then Hong Kong would basically just be Asian Gibraltar. Although this time, "taking back" HK would be a major point of contention between China and the UK.

[@ed_cmntonly]

​@@theobuniel9643 tbf it's way better than 99 years, it's just sad how HK pretty much became less democratic over the years

[@anastasiagriswoldthean4541]

@@ed_cmntonlyHong Kong wasn’t even the UK’s to begin with. It was only given to the UK because the UK stupidly went to war for tea.

[@teddytadd7457]

Hong Kong was more settled and peaceful until China took over. As soon as Hong Kong people learned that they would be tried by the mainland courts , they rose up with a strong protest of two million strong. How can mainland believe the NEW LAW AFREED BY CARRIE LAM WOULD PASS WITH THE NEW GENERATION FROM THE HONG PEOPLE.

[@btsinyourarea7299]

India was under British rule but nothing like this happened. Lol

[@hydrogencyanide4999]

Exactly what I wanted to say.

[@SquishyAcePilot]

I know right!

[@SoAS26]

Because the whole of India was under the British rule. That to was annexed through divide and rule strategy and not peacefully handed over. There was also the revolt of 1857, followed by many other forms of resistance. Understand that India as a whole was under the British. Whereas China was an independent strong country

[@ladhkay]

Because UK started their own plantations in Assam and Darjeeling and that is why Indians also love tea and enjoy it with milk

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

That's what I was thinking.

[@Bram06]

"Open the opium war" "Stop having it be closed"

[@dylanhilton8431]

Giving Hong Kong back was the worst thing we have done in the last 40 years

[@jameslegrand848]

It was either give it back or lose it like goa :/

[@dreamer2260]

We had no choice, for better or worse.

[@cirilla1923]

Return or war, both of the results are return, hypocritical British

[@Bk6346]

99 years lease was up and the Chinese were not going to renew. British had no choice unless they wanted to fight a war.

[@Conv3ctionDUD]

Britan the first Pablo Escobar

[@Rich_Cranium]

Shout out to Britain, the OG narcos.