How China Is Remaking Hong Kong in Its Own Image

It’s been five years since pro-democracy protests rocked Hong Kong. Since then, China has tightened its grip on the territory, restricting civil liberties, arresting dozens of opposition figures and passing sweeping changes to its political system. These days, the Asian financial hub is looking increasingly similar to the mainland. So what does that mean for the city’s future?
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00:41 Hong Kong’s handover
1:19 Protests over civil liberties
2:42 Beijing pushes ahead
4:46 Infrastructure to the mainland
7:14 Outlook for city
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[@fernr9496]

How come Britain never let Hong Kongers choose their leader? I thought they believed in democracy

[@jetli740]

and vote......

[@Rav01508]

Only white leader

[@AlphaCookies]

Britain leader for hundred year was always white men appointed by UK.. n now they cry democracy?? Hypocrisy

[@blooddemonart3860]

Because hhongkong was taken illegally from cchina

[@levelazn]

it was white supremacy.

[@somerandomfella]

It's crazy that HK was given up to the Brits as a drug debt

[@andreastano7920]

It was the British insisted to do so

[@user-gm8rk7uz2s]

Open ur eyes wide for the western colonialism 😊😊😊

[@hajjimubarak]

Let's not sugar coat it, it was colonization

[@yogi9631]

It was a parking spot for their ships. Nothing more back then.

[@EbuzzNYC]

It's crazy how everyone hates the CCP

[@canto_v12]

Hong Kong has never been a forgiving place for the working class, even in its 1980s heyday it was a place where the global elite come and go. Pretty typical of a small, closed city-state-type territory, and nor was it ever democratic under Britain. At a macro level, its economic fortunes have been tied to those of China since the 1980s when it gained a monopoly over the export of Chinese goods. That monopoly already waned by the early 2000s and is now long gone. We can't just wish Hong Kong back to a time when China didn't know how to build and run a seaport. The political crisis in 2019 was just a red herring for Hong Kong's bigger problems of decreasing relevance as a trade port. Locally, the biggest problems are the lack of living space and a lack of career diversity. Time will tell how quickly John Lee's administration can help prop up the subsidised housing supply which has dwindled since the Tung Chee-hwa administration more than 20 years ago.

[@Trgn]

Even for the rich. Back then it was heavy segregation like Apartheid. Hong Kongers werent allowed to live in the same area as British or buried in same cemetaries, schools, sport clubs were of course also segregated for all social classes in Hong Kong.

[@Amidat]

Great comment!! They should have interviewed you! But you don't fit the narrative they want to create.

[@richardchak696]

@@Trgn You need to add in for example in Shell a British MNC they are segregated toilet for British expat from local Hongkongers.

[@daniellin569]

Wow an actual intelligent comment.

[@canto_v12]

@@daniellin569 appreciate the flattery but in all honesty. I think I developed my views after experiencing a more democratic (but questionably accountable) government working in California. Honestly there isn’t an easy way for HK to fix its very deep special interest groups (which control the housing situation). I also doubt that all the “democracy” in the world could magically fix its lack of economic diversity because mainland China is just so far ahead in science and tech. Interestingly, John Lee is all about KPIs, so hopefully his housing KPIs are met in the next few years and HKers will have some nice hard numbers to look at before going back to their blame game.

[@dbrzy8989]

"But at what cost?" - BBC😂

[@linus631]

Oh no! China is remaking Hong Kong (which is part of China & 95% ethnically Chinese) in its own image! 😂 The hypocrisy from Western media is unreal. 😮

[@linus631]

Oh no! China is remaking Hong Kong (which is part of China & 95% ethnically Chinese) in its own image! 😂 The hypocrisy is unreal. 😮

[@Game_Hero]

they're not the BBC? Should have added all silenced activists for Hong Kong as saying so.

[@mikemlejnek4194]

Valid question. Can't name one innovation, song, movie, drama, product, or anything contributing to humanity since the handover. That is an astronomical cost.

[@linus631]

@@mikemlejnek4194 You got to be kdding me, I don't know what fatansy world you're living in, but Hong Kong is doing so much better than 2019.

[@moyoyo7575]

China makes HK in its own image, but, at what cost??????

[@BarsonlineOrg2013]

It will prosper and develop and life will get better. This is the cost, but also the advantage. It will be not a colony of foreing Hedge Funds anymore, which is great!

[@jaihindersingh]

​@@BarsonlineOrg2013HK beloongs to Britiss an Amerikka. Remembur Joshuua woong? He waiv Amerikkan an Britiss fleg to faight for freedam

[@user-xi2ru4bu9f]

HAHAHA nothing, but the sour words from the west🤣

[@InterStelarVoid]

dont worry about it

[@jaegar2004]

​@@BarsonlineOrg2013why can't communist accept that most people dont wanna live in a social credit system

[@dingdr9290]

An Englishman can be found behind every conflict on this earth

[@ailo8964]

I found China and Russia to be behind the conflicts nowadays.

[@user-hb9jq7wb7l]

现在是美国人

[@williamcarter3933]

Or an American (basically British offspring)

[@user-qd8yg1fp7i]

Pretty much

[@ailo8964]

China and Russia can be found in every conflict nowadays.

[@sili7270]

The vlogger said Hong Kong will only get better in the future because for sure Hong Kong will become a city just the same as any other mainland cities. And what makes Hong Kong unique will no longer exist. So depending on what you define on “better”…..

[@Amidat]

get over it... Hong Kong was RETURNED to China. It is supposed to become part of China again. The break in period being set for 50 years. Whoever didn't want to be China should have left. Only people who worship western culture see it as a problem.

[@RickBlaine]

Go to China and visit a few cities. You could even do some research on KZbin because of the number of Westerners who post about their visits. While on your way you might like to visit Hong Kong and talk to the locals.

[@yomajo]

she knows the dangers of stepping on partys line. She choose ignorance and obedience. Anything a puppy says on geopolitics shall then be ignored.

[@Justspinwin]

The way HONGKONG was unique is because it was the only port to go outseas. To reach ur definition of "unique-hHongkong" will make the life harder for 1.4biliion Chinese . But u wouldn't care about Them right? Only when u bash the ccp then u will care about the "oppressed" Chinese people.

[@Davik.N]

@@yomajo look like enter the parliament building America: riots overthrow the government Hong Kong and Ukraine: voices of freedom

[@dt21467]

Haha this comment section is flooded with Chinese bots. It's actually impressive to look at.

[@sirtrollalot7762]

Yes the wumao are out in force

[@hahaliu2001]

one big difference between people in HK and people in mainland is that, mainlander think the occupation of HK by British is a big humiliation , while many HKer are proud of those history

[@Hengdacaifu]

港支会感到自豪

[@linus631]

Oh no! China is remaking Hong Kong (which is part of China & 95% ethnically Chinese) in its own image! 😂 The hypocrisy is unreal. 😮

[@baha3alshamari152]

They can go to London and enjoy their pride there

[@Amidat]

@@baha3alshamari152 exactly

[@TaylorCrane1312]

Independent people vs Conquered people

[@hosackies]

Hk has always been the only place in the world where it produces highly sophisticated, hard working and educated refugees for other countries to prosper off with.

[@StanleyAu]

Canada and Australia say hi.

[@riadyl3311]

Hahah what a joke

[@poodledoodle2416]

You meant the whole of East Asia?

[@hello855]

They aren't technically refugees. There are immigration pathways specifically designed for them.

[@hello855]

@@StanleyAu When did Canadians and Australians become refugees?

[@amunra5330]

The governor of HK was ALWAYS appointed by the UK- never elected.

[@PZ7537]

...and still performed better than the Chinese-appointed ones. Makes you think...

[@user-nr2uw5mb5z]

@@PZ7537 Of course, the British or the BBC tell you to uphold Hong Kong's freedom and democracy, and by the way, appoint a leader! Well, it's always best under democracy!😂

[@loneranger9376]

@@PZ7537 where is the evidence?

[@dnn32]

​@@PZ7537😂😂😂😂. Go sleep!!

[@Bk6346]

@@PZ7537You must be white Englishman

[@Amidat]

Very telling that the woman who moved to the UK was already an English speaker. The woman who moved to Mainland China only speaks Chinese dialects. Shows you right there the difference in mind and attitude. One wants to be western and one is fine being Chinese.

[@vincenttay2812]

A Chinese will always be a Chinese regardless of how many times she shed her skin😅

[@AuraSanatrix]

she can be a westerner. Westerners have no issue with that. But the chinese have a massive xenophic attitude to the west and its values.

[@loongdechuanren1008]

So, you mean English is superior, One that speaks English is a genius? Which country has the most STEM students? What the 500 years old multi branded Anglo Saxon Modern English is, as compared with the 3000 years old non stop history of Chinese, both spoken and written? Lol, the difference in mind and attitude from a dying WEST!

[@xw8462]

​@@AuraSanatrix lol u been to China before? you sound like a whitehouse expert on China. 😂

[@roygu3308]

@@AuraSanatrix hahaha, so funny. please open your eyes la.

[@unclerukmer]

This is so sad. I used to visit Hong Kong all the time. Truly a remarkable place. Now, I'm not sure I would go back.

[@binbindu6159]

dont go then, visit japan

[@CWLOUISLAW]

Wait, did Hong Kong were allowed to choose their own governor or were they all appointed by the British? From what read, it was only recently prior to the hand over that they had limited amount of voting rights (but never has equal rights as British subjects.).

[@FatheredPuma81]

Imagine someone gives you a car. Then after 20 years of you driving it everywhere they tell you you're not allowed to drive it anywhere they don't want you to. I mean they didn't have a car 20 years ago SOOOOOO! You're argument is????

[@RickBlaine]

No, they weren't. There was a British-appointed Governor and the courts were British appointed. HK was a colony with second class citizens below the British. For a long time English was the only official language!

[@RickBlaine]

@@FatheredPuma81 Image a drug dealer stole your car at gun point and drove it for 150 years.............

[@leohedrick1624]

@@FatheredPuma81😂😂😂😂 what car 😂

[@de.ne.bo.1a]

Yep! And now the CCP is doing the same thing! those people really can't catch a break.

[@gabej.y.2271]

China should have learned from British by not giving Hong Kongers any right to vote.

[@tonipwneroni9846]

"I don't care about politics" is code for "I care only about myself"

[@will_do7616]

bruh

[@JKSelama]

"I care about politics" is code for "I don't care about anyone else"

[@dragonviruz]

Lotta of China bots and Whata-aboutisms going on in these comments...

[@chanmk4041]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="422">7:02</a> How honest of her. I would go further to say that all of what she has been doing is because of money. Bloomberg taking a sly dig these groups of people in Hong Kong who are nothing but short-sighted. Shame that it seems there will be only more of them as time goes on.

[@SYED_SHAH07]

Hong Kong is an integral part of the People’s republic of China 🇨🇳.

[@killbot86]

She represents most young people in the west nowadays who have no idea about politics….They just care about money and social media…..

[@milosuwa]

Yup, „deoi zingzi ⋯ ngo hai mou gam care” means „I’m scared to talk about politics” in Cantonese afaik.

[@canto_v12]

@@milosuwa Hong Kongers have never been very political, even before the handover. That's why when China allowed investment from Hong Kong to flow in and exploit the newly liberalised labour pool, all the factories in Hong Kong packed up and moved across the border in the early 1980s.

[@dariomaricic2031]

@@milosuwa She meant she doesn't care, you heard it wrong

[@soonpohtay4794]

Another White Anglo Saxon speaks..".we rule the world. Only we can make countries in our own image."

[@thegoodexplorer105]

Literally

[@abduljalilalmarzooq3673]

Anglos rule the waves

[@PotatoSalad614]

its an anglo world

[@abduljalilalmarzooq3673]

@@PotatoSalad614 Anglo it is. from Arabia

[@danielyates9055]

Speaking as an anglo american. No we don't. We just invite others to be equals in our society, which makes us stand out globally. Disagree? Go to London or New York and tell me what is different about our capitals vs the rest of the world

[@jasonmelbaus9077]

I expect the demograpics of tourists to HK has changed significantly in the last couple of years.

[@canto_v12]

In fact, mainland Chinese tourism to Hong Kong fell the most immediately after the pandemic. I'm sure it will come back, but the 2019 unrest really targeted mainlanders (regardless of how appropriate or inappropriate you believe that mindset to be).

[@user-qe1pp5wy9s]

It doesn't matter, as long as Hong Kong belongs to China. You should know that there are more than 20 million people in Shenzhen and more than one billion in Guangdong.

[@starshiphopper7044]

@@canto_v12 targeting anyone isn't appropriate

[@Drownedinblood]

Wouldn't it be more like British remade hk in its image in the first place? But not really cuz they didn't see the chinese that resided on it as equals?

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

Britain was surprisedly hands off when it came to the data running off Hong Kong not in a liberal way more like ancap.

[@ericwong4213]

british gov just forced some of their law makers to exit HK. looks like Brits also love to take part shapping HK into more Chinese image.

[@TeeHee-vo1bn]

Without the British, HK would still be a small fishing town and Shenzhen would still be a rural village.

[@TeeHee-vo1bn]

@@ordenmanvrn7685 Lol, that means it was being opened up for foreign investment. Face it, socialist China learned capitalism from Singapore and HK.

[@kimeli]

@@TeeHee-vo1bn hong kong success is not because of britain but because of the chinese,

[@dimascennel2075]

Dinasti qing membayar narkoba(UK) dengan memberikan hongkong kepada inggris selama 100tahun. Ini sudah di luar akal sehat🤣. Benar-benar pembodohan😂

[@k.w5804]

To those of you who have been to HK, what's your impressions of the place? To me, it's a bird cage crowded with bittering and rude people. HK's prime time has long gone, and it'll never come back again with mainland develops by the minute. I don't think HK can't get any worse, so hoping it'll change for the better in the future.

[@alexhm2411]

"Seems we are losing our war in MidEast" "Time to play the Hongkong Card"

[@brettb8290]

I live in Hong Kong, and love it still. I think it'll be hard for others not to see that who frequented it before as the years go on.

[@user-hb3gx1zp6m]

难道不是香港自己的衰落吗？别把时代的机遇当成自己努力的结果，70-90年代是因为大陆对外窗口只有香港，所有贸易走必须走这条线，想想吧一个十多亿人口的国家所有物流贸易都必须走一个城市，这个城市会不发达吗？现在风口时代过去了而已，

[@brettb8290]

@@user-hb3gx1zp6m I think you misinterpreted what I’m saying

[@canto_v12]

Anyone who physically steps foot in Hong Kong will find it hard to believe all the fabrications made up by the 2019 "protest movement," and the fallacious idea that it is "just another Chinese city now" simply because of some new laws that the salty movement would never dare to test in any other country.

[@MS113MS]

Before, it was How Britain was remaking Hong Kong in its own image. Now, it is How China is remaking Hong Kong in its own image. Looks like the former master is not very happy.... 😅😅😅

[@mrm2204]

Looks like the people in Hong Kong arent either

[@XJLCA]

@@mrm2204 Well, that is because you looked through tinted glasses!

[@canto_v12]

@@XJLCA So do those salty people in Hong Kong. Only looking back at the peak economic growth in the 1980s and associating it with "freedom" and "democracy." In reality it was just a trade monopoly that was destined to sunset. And it did, long ago in the early 2000s.

[@cobytang]

The 500,000 + who emigrated would say otherwise, the locals are not happy

[@AuraSanatrix]

you realize that the people of hong kong hate the CCP and wish the English could return.

[@de.ne.bo.1a]

From the British to the CCP, these people have never had a break.

[@segelHoch]

but at what cost I'v never thought that it could be a meme😂

[@sombrerogalaxy1]

British colonizers made North America, Australia and New Zealand in its own image and killed the native people off. At least HK is Chinese land.

[@jontalbot1]

I think you mean countries people try to live in not escape

[@PotatoSalad614]

Much better places now, no longer stone age.

[@jaegar2004]

Why can't Hong kongers decide what they want? If the people of China love xi jinping soo much why dont they have elections? Oooo wait they dont😂

[@covfefe1787]

its actually not Chinese. Hong Kong never ever in its history spoke Mandarin or Han chinese. Hong Kong was a Cantonese port and it has specific Cantonese cuisine and culture. The Han have been trying to colonize the Cantonese for thousands of years who are a distinct civlization from the middle kingdom.

[@kafka310]

​@@covfefe1787​What？Cantonese are not han chinese？As a Cantonese,why i don't know about this?we just say a dialect，that not means we are different race！粵人也是漢族！

[@fhd89234n8f43n7]

The most interesting part of this report is a 26 year old graduate student who has to be a vlogger in order to make a living. It says more about the job market in China than anything else.

[@timinghourglass58]

你知道作为一名视频博主，如果成功了，一年能赚多少钱😂

[@Mirmirlau]

@@timinghourglass58你都會說了，要成功嘛，這年頭多少人想不勞而獲，一起床就成名啊

[@fhd89234n8f43n7]

​@@timinghourglass58 惜玉怜香

[@Topchoprest]

Speak about the US where everyone is a KZbinr

[@fhd89234n8f43n7]

@@Topchoprest “Everyone”??? Have you met anyone in America who makes money off of KZbin? I haven’t. Your comment isn’t even a Faulty Generalization fallacy because you don’t even supply a sample to generalize from.

[@halleyoey9535]

Canada freezes bank account of protester. A country right next to america 😂

[@TheChaosblock]

nice try china bot

[@user-kt6um5ws3j]

@@TheChaosblock We are patriots. We love China! Hong Kong is one part of China and it is impossible to separete it from China. You west countries are losing the cold war against China. Hahaha!

[@denismarin6827]

​@TheChaosblock He is right tho😂

[@hfhfhf11]

so glad didn't stay and moved to UK

[@yannickammann534]

Bs!

[@ohhi6344]

Quite sad really, to see how Hong Kong has changed in the past 10 years

[@ensteffo]

China having rooted the UK/US agents and most of their ability to interfere and meddle is cause for celebration.

[@hegehypo5914]

The future of HK means no more CIA & MI6 far east center residing there, no more US NED organized activities/crimes there, diminishing British and western biased judges there and most important of all no more riots and protests there. HongKongs can live their normal lives

[@Dihorse371]

there were 2000+ ppl. in Hong Kong's US consulate. Now it's only less a 1000 left after the National Security Laws. What have the 1000 Americans been doing?

[@matthewducote8442]

Lol what have the Chinese been doing?

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

It was foolish for anyone to take communists at their word.

[@cookie12986]

The dragon swallows the tiger. If China starts to regulate the SEHK and capital markets like they do for BJSE, SSE and SZSE, HK can wave goodbye to their prosperity because they will be even less valuable than Shenzhen, which is at the very least a manufacturing powerhouse When the lady says one day she'll return, I sure hope she doesn't mean returning to Hong Kong as a retirement location 😂

[@90taetaeya]

Remember the days when Hong Kong was arrogant enough to lecture others about freedom?? 😂😂😂

[@nmew6926]

Hong Kong is just another Chinese city. PRC don't need HK more than they need Hangzhou, Dalian or Tianjin

[@notusneo]

If they don't it why they want it so bad?

[@Salvinorin]

​@@notusneoread the history about hongkong takeover, a drug dealer 100 years ago came and take ur land ilegally ofc u want it back

[@notusneo]

@@Salvinorin but he said chinese government doesnt need it, if they didnt need it why they want it so bad? Im just questioning his logic here

[@willl237]

@@notusneo so china would just give up its own land?

[@notusneo]

@@willl237 never said that like i said im just questioning his logic or should i say wording here, the best result is that Hongkong maintaining its autonomy but eh we are talking about the ccp there

[@alexanderrrr628]

In what world is HK not China. Just because the British got control of the territory for some time doesn't mean anything, China's borders have barely changed for thousands of years.

[@user-ij9je7uy1k]

When American fund left, the local boom ended.

[@Sojourner88]

Remaking? Turning it into a political, economic and social basket case isn’t ‘remaking’ it’s just destruction. That’s why so many investors have left. Why would Taiwan want to even consider joining China having seen how Hong Kong a once vibrant beacon of Asia has been trashed. So much talent and investment has left Hong Kong for other countries like Singapore.

[@hughmungus2760]

funny I don't see HK a basketcase today. In fact I'd argue its much nicer now than in 2019

[@DubboU]

Finally the millions of honest, hardworking HKers gets a chance to own a property when the exorbitant prices comes down. HK is turning into a place where regular people can live, instead of a place for low taxes on the rich, and heaven for crimes.

[@chanmk4041]

@@DubboU ​ I honestly doubt whether you've had a look at the mortgages that people are still having to pay off in 2024. Just because prices fall doesn't mean it's affordable. Look at the data and stop living in a fantasy.

[@Sojourner88]

@@DubboU lol, less investment equals less development, less jobs, lower paying jobs, poorer infrastructure and so on. It’s this kind of anti-investment kind of thinking that keeps people like you poor.

[@fangliyu2497]

You can learn about how Li Ka-shing and the British government behind him harvested the wealth of ordinary people in Hong Kong, and then discuss how this mess came about.

[@xilefx]

the whole thing is so unnecessary. Just a power move from old men.

[@transformerstuff7029]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="424">7:04</a> freely admitting you dont care about your own wellbeing is amazing.

[@philipwong895]

Anywhere in the world, if there is a border dispute, it is usually the result of a line drawn by an Englishman; if it is an internal dispute, it is usually the US that is fueling it. Difference in implementation of divide and conquer strategy.

[@h1t0k1r1]

Hong Kongers knew this was coming. Sad and shameful what they did to the protestors

[@SpyFromMarsZeus]

Yeah, totally controlled and professional. Kudos to the HK police.

[@AL-sj2dx]

Are you referring to how the police reacted to the peaceful civilian and student protestors in the western countries?

[@h1t0k1r1]

@@AL-sj2dx shameful in the west too.

[@alvarez6487]

Cope, Hong Kong is a territory of China

[@Rav01508]

No more CIA operation😢😢

[@BalrogSlayer666]

if you look at any other cities in china, HK feels very abandoned, zero progress and development, it was like a ghost town there

[@jewellui]

In what sense? It’s one of the most developed cities in Asia…

[@Freetogone]

If she really believe that HK will have a bright future. Why doesn’t she buy some real estate right away.

[@msh104utube]

Wonder if Kaka knows what her name sounds like in English.

[@pbworld7858]

Or in French!

[@hallowwin2721]

or in German💀

[@Valgarv100]

Or in Spanish

[@Harz604]

Why should she care?

[@pbworld7858]

@@Harz604 Well, I suppose some people don't mind if their name sounds like 💩

[@thegoodexplorer105]

I’m not comparing Hawaii with China, the facts are clear, Hawaii is no longer the land of Hawaiians (native indigenous Polynesians), they are basically in extinction, and… democracy and freedom?… you must be extremely innocent, the US does exactly what China does, the only difference is that we have a different old bureaucratic face every four years.

[@Game_Hero]

what a deeply racist condesceding comment against native hawaiians. Innocence being the right to protest what you want in the street without persecution or publishing an opinion piece criticizing the leader without being censored, there in Hawaii, used to be there in Hong Kong, is not there in China.

[@happyinthehouse9899]

They basically water it down and blend it in

[@metchandara]

I’m glad that HK now is way safer than under US agenda. Thank China for rescuing HK.

[@Samuelkings]

Haha , HK is part of China stolen by Britain , what do u think was gonna happen ?

[@NotGoldenboi]

Brits gave it back because old china was weak

[@DDM_08]

@@NotGoldenboibrits didn’t even have the capability to keep it, their military is 10x worser then China

[@Gameinger16]

Right? UK gets to conquer India, Australia, New Zealand, remake these countries to their demographics and people, force everyone to speak their language, hold onto military bases across the planet, but when China attempts to reincorporate an old part of their country that A COUNTRY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTINENT STOLE, suddenly it's ebil China.

[@robertbenitez3647]

you don't "steal" land. if you conquer it you own it. britain is the only state in the history of mankind who has willingly given up so much of its territory. china should be grateful

[@binbindu6159]

... The UK was no longer an empire afyer WWII

[@dojdjie]

It has been 5 years and you still HK for your propaganda campaign. Don't you have anything more meaningful in your life? Focus on building your own country.

[@iam_joshua_bcxvii]

Couldnt blame them, HK is afterall part of China, unlike South China sea which is disputed across many ASEAN countries.

[@muhammadyunan2811]

The western worries cz they can not colonize the HK anymore, i think that is the main message of this video

[@_Ank33_]

The west worries because a population is getting less rights and is being unlawfully taken over by a dictatorship

[@DarylSpykerman]

HK 🇭🇰 was returned to China in 1997, it’s been 27yrs already. What western worry are you taking about?

[@_Ank33_]

@@DarylSpykerman Read the history on it and then come back. It’s not my job to educate brainwashed people.

[@DarylSpykerman]

@@_Ank33_ you don’t know much do you

[@_Ank33_]

@@DarylSpykerman did you read the history? Comment when you have read it and try not to make pointless remarks.

[@disco1974ever]

How China is remaking China

[@Trgn]

pretty much

[@cpapymlee14]

Guys...Hong Kong is China.....whats the problem...? Stop picking on others and stand up for yourselves in your own country......we are doing fine.

[@Sjalabais]

Smart, vigilant and involved people moving to the UK, Canada and the US is the real loss for Hong Kong.

[@kimeli]

that is true for a western hong kong but not for a chinese hong kong.

[@tritium1998]

Plenty of British moved out of Britain.

[@Game_Hero]

@@kimeli in other words a hongkongese Hong Kong versus a washed out average chinese city?

[@Amidat]

@@Game_Hero Hong Kong was always a part of china before being robbed by the Brits. your arrogance towards Chinese people knows no bounds.

[@Game_Hero]

@@Amidat My support toward the will of the hongkongese people knows no bound indeed, as I do for the scottish and welsh peoples as well.

[@chingompiew1]

Was just in HK for a week two weeks ago. The city is a lot cleaner now than it was in 2003 when I last went. The air is clean. You can lean on walls and handrails and not be covered in soot like it would have been 20 years ago. Granted it was slower. Restaurants weren't full and hotel prices were quite low. The hustle and bustle is now a calm but still diverse city. Bus drivers used to race each other for the right to merge and vehicles had the right or way. Now drivers are quite respectful of pedestrians which was a nice change.

[@yu-jd5jg]

HKSAR has only 23 years left to integrate fully with the Motherland to survive especially after the GBA is fully in operation. The Imperial West Countries and their agents and media based in HKSAR will desperately try to prevent that

[@archangelgabrielstone]

Better to be United than divided.

[@kongkong334]

From Hong Kong: Sorry, we aren't allowed to make comment about this anymore.

[@sic8098]

Gikce

[@unchangingtask]

By Hong Kong I assume you meant South Shenzhen?

[@victorchan9581]

To Jarita: Glad to hear that you now live in a country that protects human rights, freedom and rule of law

[@dxelson]

the protesters are gone, spending their money in mainland China xDD

[@CC-lq8st]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. HK has always been a Chinese territory, until it was unjustly seized by the British empire. Honestly, most of these young protestors were born after the handover and never experienced colonial days. Did we have universal suffrage before the handover? Of course not. The governors were directly appointed by the UK without consulting Hong Kong people's opinions during the colonial days. It wasn't until the 1980s that we had local elections and a Legislative Council to choose. Anyways, these protests before have been blown out of proportion and largely funded by foreign powers to destabilize the local region.

[@grapesurgeon]

Bro loves it when dictatorships spread their influence

[@Drownedinblood]

I hear it's because they have a new education system that glorified the British past and denigrated chinese culture and history. Seems British loyalists ended up in positions of power to influence cirroculum.

[@user-wx5ks2mp4n]

It was Chinese territory but a small fishing village. I think this is pretty to do with this activity.

[@Justspinwin]

​@@user-wx5ks2mp4n NO. the name HongKong “香港” actually means fragment port , It was a very busy and important port back then. Why do u think a colonizer would pick it as a colony if it's just a fishing village?

[@zijianfeng]

How UK Is Remaking Northern Ireland and Scotland in Its Own Image

[@Game_Hero]

As a scottish independence activist, legit, but still a whataboutism irrelevant to the video's subject.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@Game_Hero UK? More like israel

[@Game_Hero]

@@longiusaescius2537 a whataboutism to reply to a comment replying about a whataboutism.

[@anonyfamous42]

The western would have prefered that it stayed as a colony of the british empire 🤣😂🤣 What a bunch of hypocrites

[@lowkatherine]

UK isn't doing well, pride comes before the fall.. Best be aware, take charge, bashing others do not help make matters better

[@jerrylau5548]

When the locals would rather prefer a colonizer to rule, you know you have done something very wrong..

[@DubboU]

It means the colonizer did their cultural washing successfully, that's what's wrong. They made them hate their own kind, what kind of evil does that?

[@huanhaiqiutu]

Colonial masochists could choose to go to the UK. No one is stopping them.

[@Bk6346]

Some of the locals but not all.

[@DubboU]

@@jerrylau5548 yeah, somethings are very wrong with those people.

[@MaaKapono]

colonial mentality, u got it

[@aira4739]

British can keep Hong Kong Island and Kowloon but most of its infrastructures are in New Territories which have to be returned per the lease agreement

[@Ausf]

They could have, but China told them to give them the whole thing, or they'd take it, and so they gave it all back.

[@Bk6346]

Portugal refused to return Gao to India and India took it back by force in 1961.

[@alanfriesen9837]

I guess that decoupling is killing that city, no?

[@ABDIYUKO]

Am I the only one who thinks China Released COVID-19 just to curb Honkong protest

[@Game_Hero]

Sometimes coincidences can deeply be utilized to one's advantage

[@concernedcitizens4110]

This is what Taiwan is trying to avoid. If Taiwan is reunified with mainland China, I am pretty sure it would turn out just like HK.

[@giombi15]

You do know the leader of Taiwan is pro China right ? 😅

[@liaky0089]

Disagree.

[@olnbgy4444]

@@liaky0089it’s pretty obvious that it will turn out the same . China said they would let honk Kong stay the same but they changed it forcibly

[@jasonsoo6138]

Those people in Taiwan are lying lol. It's more than that, with a much bigger agenda behind.

[@bernbern47]

Colonise…

[@iitsEfnisien]

and it's worse than before

[@agentbananauk]

A vlogger / influencer is what most children want to be thesedays. If you're in the 0.01% that succeeds it's easy money and paid thousands to post that you love X brand who are paying you. Most don't make it.

[@Davik.N]

into the parliament building America: riots overthrow the government Hong Kong and Ukraine: voices of freedom

[@Pong_ping95]

I mean it was china's city afterall??? the british took it from them and now its theirs so whats the problem

[@jol166]

roc's city

[@ensteffo]

@@jol166 Roc lost the civil war.

[@jol166]

@@ensteffo reality check for you, ROC still exists. 🤡

[@robertbenitez3647]

it was swampland before the british took it and transformed it into one of the greatest cities in the world. now china wants it back after britain improved it

[@jol166]

@@robertbenitez3647 well said

[@dr.zschanel3671]

Hang Kong is changing from a gate between China and the west to a gate way between China and the global south. It is still an international hub, it takes time though.

[@ernestkj]

Now.. its just another Chinese city just like other cities in China.

[@RickBlaine]

@@ernestkj Lucky them. I take it you have visited a few Chinese cities?

[@ernestkj]

@@RickBlaine its more of unlucky HK.. they are no different from other Chinese cities and HKers have no more advantages over the rest as well. Yes, I have been to quite a few Chinese cities.

[@RickBlaine]

@@ernestkj You will understand then how their future will be, Wouldn't you say "Lucky Hong Kong?"

[@TheDanLevy]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="46">0:46</a> the on screen identification of then Prince Charles as King Charles III is incredibly misleading. He wouldn’t become King for decades after this clip. Bloomberg needs better editors or maybe less lazy ones or maybe ones more in touch with the real world. This is just bad journalism. Do better.

[@bristoled93]

It's still correct as he is now the King and no longer the price of Wales.

[@anonanon7235]

So what? Hong Kong is a city in China....why can't you people just mind your own business? Jesus Christ

[@Abraham-uk4xy]

The British held HK for centuries. They didnt give HK democracy. why? No one seemed to complain. All their senior officials were appointed. Now that its gone back to China suddenly the people want democracy. why? You can see its being stirred from outside. If you are not doing anything wrong or illegal why should you be scared of the extradition bill?

[@MrCorky911]

We all know the British would've have eventually given Hong Kong independence just like all their other colonies or at least given them a referendum. Would China do the same hmmm? Why didn't the British give Hong Kong independence by 1997? Because of the 99 year lease. There was no point giving independence just for it to be gobbled up by its neighbour.

[@elainetamika4822]

@@MrCorky911 Give independence? so you think these things are gifts gave by benevolent imperial masters? Or you are dishonest or you need study history alot more. Not a single Brit colony recieved independence freely. Best example is India.

[@bristoled93]

Britain did not have democracy 100s of years ago.

[@x0xyumingx0x]

@@elainetamika4822 Singapore got its independent through negotiation with British. If British didn't sign the lease with Qing China they sure can give Hong Kong their independence as they had win Hong Kong from Qing China. If not for the lease I believe part of China occupied by Eight-Nation Alliance may had been independent from their colony countries.

[@klexypuncher6963]

Hong Kong was remade to a British colony. What is the difference now?

[@liebfraumilch3518]

what's the difference? you must be blind. hope your next life will be born in Communist China to enjoy your happy life,

[@AL-sj2dx]

Sounds like you want to remain second class citizen in a colony!

[@ngfookkwai6096]

The only difference is that now China flag fly beside the HK flag, can't see any British flag flying gone with the wind.

[@embracinger3428]

Times are different. And the difference is so big and massive.

[@bernbern47]

How dare you compare the Chinese Communist Party to imperial colonists?

[@jameswitzen7487]

Let's not be mistaken. The Chinese empire is also a 'colonizer' just a non-liberal one. The early inhabitants were Austronesians, then Yue people, then the Qin dynasty conquered the indigenous Baiyue. Most of the early Han population were settlers from nearby provinces that migrated to Kowloon throughout the Ming dynasty After the Qing conquest of Hong Kong in the 17th century, the population of most of the area forming present day Hong Kong was cleared under the Great Clearance, turning the region into a wasteland. Then most Han settlement occurred after it became a British colony. If conquest, settlement, and imperial rule is not colonialism than what on Earth is? When a ruler's skin colour is very different? How different? Clown takes from the bots here.

[@minghuiwang9315]

Why HK? Because China's developing needed. Why not HK? Because China no more needed.

[@zzzman68]

NED Agents

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

You are right. This so-called news article is propaganda and full of lies. How is throwing petrol bombs and burning the shops of Mainland immigrants Democracy? Beijing offered Hong Kong democracy in 2019 and it was rejected. In 2019 things just went wild and there is no way Beijing will trust Hong Kong again.

[@qake2021]

👌

[@saretgnasoh7351]

agree

[@Game_Hero]

or people supporting the rights of people to elect their leader and protest as they wish, idk

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

@@Game_Hero Beijing offered Hong Kong people the right to elect our own leader. The Democratic Party voted down greater democracy!

[@Seicks]

Bloomberg journalists not knowing what they're talking about as usual. HK's problem has always been its turbo capitalism and impossible cost of living, forcing a large part of its population to live in cage-homes and tight spaces. This unhappyness just found a valve in the protests. A lot of people interviewed during the protest said that they were unhappy with the social economic situation of the city. The integration with Shenzhen actually helped ease the economic pressure because it allowed Hongkongers to access cheaper goods and services from mainland and improve the quality of their life.

[@bernbern47]

😂😂😂😂

[@linus631]

Oh no! China is remaking Hong Kong (which is part of China & 95% ethnically Chinese) in its own image! 😂 The hypocrisy is unreal. 😮

[@canto_v12]

"Communism ruined this place." - news report about one of the most capitalist places in the world.

[@linus631]

@@canto_v12 Ruined? You got to be kidding! Don't worry about it, Hong Kong are doing fine, now all the Western lapdog ran for UK joined their former Master.

[@linus631]

@@canto_v12 Runied? You got to be kidding! HK is doing fine!

[@kolviczd6885]

There is a saying: "If you see two fish fighting in water, you can be sure an Englishman passed by five minutes ago". Hong Kong is one of the fish here. The biggest legacy of Western/British Colonialism has been - the unending conflicts of former colonies around the world. Even India-China border conflicts or India-Pakistan conflicts are legacy of British colonization. When US congressmen are openly saying - they should take down the Chinese government and installed their own puppet government in China (like Ukraine in 2014), It's a no brainier for Chinese government to take strict control of those region and people that are potential tools for the west to executed their plans. It's not just the Chinese Communist government, any government in the world, including democratic governments, would take similar actions/control in such cases in order to protect their own country. Its not even a secrete anymore that such protest and secessionist movement are heavily sponsored by organizations like C*A and N*D in many parts of the world.

[@guguigugu]

if the british are gone why are they still fighting

[@LivinginHongkong1]

Lol i remember walking down the road and see all the throwing stuff and all thenpolice , my arse turned around and went back home lol

[@Te-nl2cf]

😂Go Singapore Go😂

[@stevewu9372]

Singapore is hot humid and hot... The only thing makes me happy in SG is that I can speak English like anywhere...

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

The US/UK/Canada/Australia attempt at an orange revolution in Hong Kong failed miserably despite 16 months of riots. At one time there were about 3000 foreign agents operating within Hong Kong and supported by the entire western media apparatus.

[@andreandree4384]

I just came back from HK two days ago, can mostly see chinese mainland people there now, only hear mandarin speaking 😢. Feel very strange. Definitely HK is gone

[@user-fb4ph4dd2k]

Hong Kong is gone amidst the indifference of the politically correct west.

[@my_pronoun_is_your_excellency]

The one country two system arrangement was never sustainable to begin with, but the speed at which HK is "mainlandized" is nothing short of amazement. With that, HK will lose her status of international financial center, to be replaced by Singapore for the Asia Pacific region.

[@littlewhiterabbit7363]

Had HK not had the out of control violent riot, it would've maintained its international financial center status. Mainlandizing HK is not in the interests of HK or China. If China wanted to, it would have done so many years ago. Even the corrupted Chinese officials lost their means to launder money via HK. One can only assume who promoted it, judging by who sits to gain from HK's misfortune... go figure

[@gamh03]

Cry more, crypto is big in HK and they're getting more important in international trade now because ban from US. Gold also getting big in HK. I don't think financial status going anywhere soon with China's help.

[@outman1923]

When China is the world's largest market, it will be the Chinese who decide which city is the financial center... or perhaps you can spend the worthless paper you print yourselves?

[@my_pronoun_is_your_excellency]

@@outman1923 🤣🤣🤣

[@vlhc4642]

lol China is the international financial centre, Hong Kong is just China's designated gateway.

[@jinxedpenguin]

Surely this comment section will be normal and not full of social credit rent seekers and bots. I really just wish channels would learn to disable their comments when they make videos about China.

[@kolviczd6885]

Disable comments? why? afraid of the truth? afraid of your own lies?? Freedom of expression went for vacation? LOL

[@tanbyik]

Funny thing, Britain did not have to give up Hong Kong and Kowloon Peninsula in 1997. It was given in perpetuity to British East India Company (which was later nationalized). They only have to give up New Territories in 1997. Why didn't they surrender New Territories only? Is it because it may not be profitable to so. I guess it is more profitable to hang on to Falklands Islands or Gibraltar. In addition to emptying Hong Kong treasury in 1997. They also awarded big infrastructure projects to British companies before you leave. Britain has proven to be lair and thief but western media will not mention it.

[@Remitonov]

Because (1) Hong Kong would become even more nigh-unlivable without the New Territories and (2) it wasn't like Britain can defend Hong Kong _with_ the New Territories from the PLA anyway, much less without it. It was merely a matter of choosing between a peaceful handover and signing a surrender document.

[@robertbenitez3647]

britain rightfully conquered the city. they can do anything they want.

[@TreDogOfficial]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="25">0:25</a> no, Hong Kong showed something much more brilliant than that. It demonstrated how economic freedom can transform a small fishing village into a global powerhouse. It showed that free market capitalism is the most potent economic system for improving the standard of living of an entire society.

[@nadheem420]

it wasnt a fishing village. It just had fishing because it was near the sea. Hong kong has always been an important trading post but business took it to a higher level

[@nulnoh219]

What, the cage homes?

[@levelazn]

if it was just a fishing village it wouldn't have been a colony.

[@DDDrumpf]

​@@levelaznSo?? They had already many cities in the mainland!! HK is just a place in China's territory. Do you even know the history of NYC?? It was called New Amsterdam, few centuries ago!!

[@ghostv6416]

Shenzhen: yep

[@MaGioZal]

In 1982 the UK fought a war thousands of kilometers of distance away from the British Archipelago to get back the Falkland Islands from Argentina. And then two years later, it gave Hong Kong to China for £0, and without consulting the local population about it…

[@AlphaCookies]

U dare not to return it to China?? UK is third tier country, a shell of its former glory.. dare not to return what they take forcefully from China?? 😂 U r living in a fantasy land kiddo

[@kingyang728]

UK did not consulting local people before they take HongKong either.

[@andrean2247]

Colonizer washing 😂

[@gr33nytherevengemaster26]

The UK was up against a few thousand argentine naval troops defending a tiny desolate/empty island. On the other hand, the UK was going to face 3.6million Chinese troops in a land invasion fighting in mountainous and extremely dense urban environments. The resources and troops needed to be sacrificed would be astronmical and not worth the economic and political destruction. The UK would've needed to develop a supplyline thousands of miles across the ocean, meanwhile the Chinese had access to everything right at home.

[@CC-lq8st]

So a drug dealer takes your flat and takes your family as well and brainwashes them for 150 years. After those 150 years, the drug dealer demands you to give him money so that you can take back what is yours originally. Do you hear yourself? 😂😂

[@ndwolfwood09]

That National Security Law + Covid... did a number on HK... and I am sad that this happened, since China didn't keep their word on the 50 years of 1 country 2 systems...

[@matpk]

Hong Kong Dollar=Turkish Lira 🎉