'I just want to know' - UK woman's search for missing Chinese father

[@shenzhendrake2429]

my grandfather was a Hokkien Chinese Seafarer.. he was a hero to his Asian Costa Rican Wife, my Mother and his grandchildren, me.. love you grandfather and deep respect to the Chinese Community.

[@jsc3417]

when was that?

[@antwango]

Minorities sticking up for minorities! YNWA!!!

[@etloo1971]

Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia had ethnic Chinese of Hokkien tribe.

[@ppaz1956]

The Chinese seamen were heroes during the war but once they were no longer useful they were deported. Why must their families suffered because some one in power decide so?

[@grouchypatch9185]

Britian was racial discriminating particularly towards East Asians. I hold them in utter contempt for they did those seamen and their families.

[@davidwong4821]

Once they were no longer useful then White peoples’ racism set in. It’s like the US Chinese exclusion act that they passed, Chinese people suffered a lot of racism from white people in the past and still today. Stop racism, promote equality.

[@yndiiatecow2536]

Whar's new, the west always dump asians or african or latino or any other race when they are no longer needed. Syria, iraq afghan, vietnam, venezuela.....etc...

[@sungai447]

They did that everywhere, even in Borneo.

[@haniahannslew4108]

Britain did that to their own people too. They expelled their people to Kangaroo land & Virginia in uSam.

[@davidwong4821]

Why did the UK forcibly deport Chinese men/seamen who had family in the UK? How many of these Chinese men did they deport? Their children and partners should know who their fathers are and where they went.

[@dylanmurphy9389]

Because they aren’t English

[@ritarossi1805]

UK where are the children of ""Orange and sunshine "???

[@florencechan1184]

They literary kidnapped them overnight

[@harryrlaw]

Because they were a yellow peril as they are considered as a threat to the western world

[@kelllefae3026]

Yes we campaigning for answers now and trying dna tests etc...

[@user-sm3ru1fm6g]

They also did the same racially prejudicial policy in 2018 against Caribbean who come to UK in 1948 (Windrush generation) wrongly detain, deny them legal rights and threaten with deportation! Things have not changed it would seem.😡

[@BetterSmartTech0813]

Black and yellow!!!

[@BenjiSun]

looks like the 100 years of humiliation still has more and more terrible secrets to be revealed, the 2 main anglo countries competing for the top spot as the biggest villain while rewriting history books to seem like they're heroes.

[@oguejiofordavid2299]

Thank you sir, you made my day.🤣🤣🤣evil imperialists teaching the world democracy. Nonsense.

[@RayMak]

May she be strong and healthy always

[@moeomeohuyenmeo1883]

you everywhere

[@discoverchina1885]

Forced relocation happened in UK, but not in China. UK has to apologise to the victims and its family

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

Chinese virus killing chinese people no america is died

[@ozymandiasking8406]

If the uk had to apologize for every wrong thing they did the last hundred years they die out of exhaustion call it the anglo burden

[@joshmcinnesart]

Lmao no relocation ever?

[@panyaboonc5621]

@@ozymandiasking8406 , they have done much worse to India. But Indians still see them as master today.

[@vincenttubes4449]

My wife is Chinese and I can’t get a visa to live in China now, every few months I had to visit HonkKong.

[@moonwalk6896]

The British government will do nothing to help these families.

[@panyaboonc5621]

But they will do whatever they could to help Ukraine fight the war with Russia.

[@alexm890]

How many Chinese Muslims separated from their families even today killing their fathers

[@SaretGnasoh]

@@alexm890 other than terrorists, not a single one. Please educate yourself, and stop watching western dirty propaganda.

[@MetaView7]

@@alexm890 Islam has been in China for 1,400 years. Islam is practiced by multiple ethnic groups all over China. Thousand-year-old mosques are still standing in many places, still being used as a place of worship, not as a tourist attraction. Many western media/govt have tried to paint a picture of religious prosecution in China, but failed. Chinese mentality is different from Western mentality; They never had a religious war. People of all faith live side-by-side in peace and harmony for thousands of years. This is a strange concept to the western mind. Those ignorant scheming western propagandists do not realize that. Only if they would go to China and see it for themselves.

[@vennsim71]

@@panyaboonc5621 they are merely in for the fight and looting. Nothing about development nor value add to the lives of the people they claimed over

[@DDDarkz]

Whatever the British did to other nations in the past, will be paid in full, just the matter of time.

[@Octavus5]

They're paying for it now. All Europe is paying for it. Soon the UK will be majority non-native British.

[@BenLiuChungHin]

I highly doubt this will be paid in any shape or way. Unfortunately Karma just doesn't work in this way.

[@britishvader2438]

What about what China has done?

[@fatdoi003]

the country is broke... this winter it will be more broke.... happy Brexit

[@maskva-u6f]

@@britishvader2438 what do you mean?

[@pbworld7858]

Happened to the Chinese who built the American railroads. After they served their purpose, they were either killed or kicked out of the country.

[@elainelee2491]

Some were thrown in the well when payday came around to avoid paying them. It's so say!

[@taitoufeiguo]

Smae for those built rails in Canada

[@patrickchong6579]

Needed, used, and then discarded. Need I say more?

[@sungai447]

American might do the same to Japan.. Be minsful Japan!

[@florencechan1184]

No justice too late . Worse discrimination ever .

[@vennsim71]

Britain’s brand of democracy. Hypocritical at its best

[@fatcatst]

Sad.....

[@thetreekeeper143]

The white Australia policy did similar things too. No apology has been give to the Chinese community.

[@gordonsek]

Hi Judy, Do not give up looking for your Chinese father. He may be in Singapore or Malaysia or China. My son in law is a English Gentleman. I am a Malaysian Chinese. We send you our Loving Kindness.

[@wilsonng911]

After 100 years of humiliation never again will the Chinese be bullied.

[@georgewong1837]

And humiliated.

[@storm7090]

@@georgewong1837 What did that old hag Nancy pelosi do again? Oh that's right, humiliation to the CCP

[@jari2018]

they bullied themselves and neighbours for 1000 of years - peace

[@BKLau70]

The bullying never stopped since Opium War. 100 years of Humiliation was simply the worst of it, but not the end of it

[@PatrickVeira]

But the shameless hongkees would flock to England despite being oppressed during British occupation of HK

[@thndrngest]

The u s regime did similar ugly act of after the Chinese workers completed the Transcontinental Railways. You see, colonizer hegemonies were and still are the ugliest form of human evil activities, the world cannot really have meaningful development without genuinely addressing to these atrocities by those perpetrators.

[@PatrickVeira]

Nothing has changed, they abandoned the Kurds and the Afghans. Learn from the Indians support the Russians. Slavia Russia

[@independentvoice6686]

Shameful to the UK.

[@SpikeOuu]

During the World War Ⅰ,the Chinese army supported the European army, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work. After the end of World War I, the Chinese army returned to China, and the Chinese government and people demanded that European countries give up their aggression interests in China. But it was rejected, and instead, the German sphere of influence in China was divided into Japan. It's ridiculous...During the World War II, the Chinese army and people pinned down a large number of Japanese troops, countless men were slaughtered, countless women and children were raped or killed (some became comfort women, tools to vent their sexual desires, an estimated 200,000 women), countless air bombing and germ warfare. The Japanese war of aggression against China last counted about 35 million Chinese dead. Will the imperialist countries have any pity on the Chinese? If Japan does not attack Pearl Harbor, will the US continue to be a spectator who likes to make war money? The imperialist policy of appeasement is still playing out around the world. China's contribution to the world anti-fascist war is worthless in the eyes of some imperialist countries, because the Chinese are yellow people,and the notion that the Chinese in a disadvantaged position are not worth remembering and mentioning in their eyes is deeply rooted. I think Ms. Judy should not have too much hope for the local government, you can come and walk along the southeast coast of China and experience the places where your father once lived, such as Guangdong and Fujian province. I wish the two interviewees good health and all the best.

[@sungai447]

The world just turn their blind eyes. Now Americans think Japan did not committed atrocities to South East Asian included.

[@SpikeOuu]

Thanks for your further explanations.😊

[@tenghooihwang2469]

During World War II, the Chinese pinned down almost 5 million Japanese invaders in China alone and fought them in Burma too. While the British, American and Australian forces fought less than a million other Japanese troops which were spread out in the Pacific and South East Asia.

[@karllarsen8797]

Mike麦客 I am not British. The sad fact is this far more Chinese people have died at the hands of the Chinese communists than at the hands of the Japanese and other European imperialists. And 1.4 billion Chinese are still suffering great injustices, are still denied their basic human rights by the Chinese communists to this day. Chinese people living outside of China today, whether in the UK, the US, continental Europe, Japan are treated with much greater fairness and and enjoy far more human rights than they could in communist China. I hope you and other Chinese will devote far more of your time and energy fighting against the communist dictatorship led by criminal thugs like Xi Jinping than against past injustices perpetrated by European colonial powers. One must fight against present injustices perpetrated by communist thugs like Xi Jinping whilst remembering past injustices to prevent future repetition of such injustices. Furthermore, if the communist Chinese leadership condemns past invasion of China by Imperial Japan and other European colonial powers, then the communist leadership must also refrain from invading and stealing land and sea belonging to other Asian countries.

[@ahkoy973]

The truth always comes out eventually... sadly the damage already done... let it be a lesson for present and future leaders

[@yttean98]

Only after I saw the Metal Plaque did I understand the background story of this report. Really the reporter should start off by telling the viewers the context of this story first then the viewers will understand the story better.

[@arewealone9969]

It’s sad but let’s be honest it really isn’t surprising that it happened.

[@antwango]

Agreed....

[@tkyap2524]

Use them and then discard them after use. Bad moral.

[@whyareamericansiqssolow3951]

The British even abandoned their allies in WWII😅

[@ongkimchoon7383]

Understand and sympathize your situation but the apology may never come. It was done as is always said, "we did what we think was best for the country and security that time" (typical High Office press release).

[@PatrickVeira]

May God avenge the Chinese and do to the British what he did to the Egyptians during the Passover

[@pkchow2580]

There so much bad things the British government did and still to date they have not change .

[@user-fv4kv7gm7y]

Racism, pure and simple no matter how you slice and dice it.

[@h02ctn]

Western racism always been and always will be.

[@nickl5658]

Some of these chinese seamen move to south east asian nations like Malaysia and Singapore.

[@lulalala_]

我第一次知道还有这样的事😭太可怕了，大英帝国的脚底永远淌着第三世界的血😭

[@BenLiuChungHin]

@CGTN - maybe Chinese Govt can help with this to bring some closure? I know it is a bit far fetched, but maybe some records can be found on immigration papers or dock/shipping information that might give a clue?

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

America should cancel old and higer denomination dollars to capture black money...

[@syamkumarkaturi9761]

ALL EQUITY STOCKS WILL FALL..BY SELLING OPTIONS IN STOCK MARKET WE GET MORE MONEY .SO MANY COMPANIES ARE GONE TO BANKRUPT ...

[@jon_nomad]

Most likely those men were sent to Far East Commonwealth nations like Malaysia, Singapore and HongKong.

[@ppaz1956]

The British government at that time thought about the deportation very carefully. There were no records of the deportees, shipping lines, etc. , very sad ending for their families.

[@gumonmyshu]

@@jon_nomad Knowing White people, they were dumped off at sea.

[@ysgoh1981]

The BBC and some current Tory leaders may be anti-China, but there are many citizens in the UK who are fair-minded and good people. We can hope that relations between the two nations will get back to an even keel soon.

[@kelllefae3026]

my grandad one of these men too

[@DADFENG]

对于他们以及他们的家人来说，是一场悲剧。

[@alf7326]

.. and some HK rioters flee to the UK, where if there wasn't a need of a political narrative, would also have received similar treatment. 😂

[@mahbrum]

An apology and reparations are needed for these people.

[@lionelwong5842]

I can feel for their bitterness and sadness for losing their Chinese fathers, being forcibly deported without their knowledge. If I ever get to meet them, I would like to give them a big hug and tell them that they're our brothers and sisters, part of China's big family.

[@hpmoxie4660]

submit a DNA sample! companies such as 23&me in China may have a shot in locating her father's hometown area. then she can appeal to local volunteers /social media to further her search

[@kelllefae3026]

im taking this route at mo as my grandad one of these guys too.... its the only route left with clarity to us, as government "lost the files" ...

[@hpmoxie4660]

@@kelllefae3026 it's an amazing technology and wish you good luck! On the other hand, the result may become inconclusive. However, as the database becomes bigger and technology improves, you will be surprised!

[@taitoufeiguo]

“Required to leave" What a nice way to say "kicked out those help them during war"!

[@hakkalogin]

好片

[@nelson2020]

really sad for these families - these people would have been thrown into the ocean. because they would be consider as spies living in the UK. we need more ocean depth search machines - it is where many answers to mysteries would be found!

[@BKLau70]

Many more crimes not revealed, with many more crimes continue and being committed still ...

[@DADFENG]

之前就知道这个事情了！！！！

[@seans5586]

Why were soldiers of African and Indian background allowed to stay and not deported? Sorry guys not trying to downplay the plight of the deported soldiers of Chinese background in this context. Was the Indians and Africans next in the list or was it logistically and politically too challenging to deport the Indian and African soldiers then? I suspect that the Chinese were easier targets as they were fewer in numbers

[@Mr_LH1980]

The Chinese dock workers threatened a unionised industry. Africans and Indians didn't threaten unionised industries.

[@seans5586]

@@Mr_LH1980 did the Indians and African Dock workers join the unions?

[@Mr_LH1980]

@@seans5586 No, those groups typically weren't dock workers.

[@suecollins8199]

​@@Mr_LH1980 there were a lot of Indians who worked on the ships. I believe some were referred to as mulato & Mohemedan

[@pooi-hoongchan8680]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@antwango]

YNWA!!!!

[@MrBlurpBlurp-hg3dj]

I longed to see my long lost British family again...sob sob sob

[@makuohua3071]

Terrific Tragedy haunt life long memory in Conscience waiting to meet Once again forever to refresh the Happy moment of lifetime in Serendipity . They can check in China from immigration department in China or deportation back to China .

[@algung2522]

Vincent Tubes Your marriage to a Chinese citizen, was your private and personal choice, it didn't automatically equate that act of marriage to your rights of Chinese citizenship. Having sex with a Chinese citizen in MARRIAGE, doesn't automatically make one a CHINESE citizen. 😄 For MARRIAGE and CITIZENSHIP are two different departments!

[@edmurks236]

Be good if a trace could be done through DNA tests.

[@inkbold8511]

It maybe a good choice for her mother to not tell her of her father cause if she look any more Chinese she will be discriminated against by those living beside her.

[@gayatrisardana6076]

Love ❤️💎🔥🦁🤟

[@徐智源-v5i]

mark

[@Kiyoone]

how do chinese people say: "your father said he was going out to buy cigarettes, but never came back..."? Jokes aside, hope she finds where her father gone.

[@southlondon86]

Any Chinese Liverpudlians on here who would like to take part in research for a movie? It’s centred around identity.

[@etloo1971]

I do noticed that the offsprings of Chinese father with Caucasian mother tend to look more Caucasian. While the offsprings of Caucasian father with Chinese mother look more Oriental.

[@bohu1701]

maybe children always look more like their mother.

[@Bk6346]

Usually they end up looking Italian

[@clarissagafoor5222]

rubbish! both of my sons look more Asian! One looks like his Chinese grandfather!

[@5Lion5ofGod7]

@@Bk6346 And what's that? Some Italians look Hispanic and some look European. Are you inferring the Hispanic look?

[@dylanmurphy9389]

For anyone interested, this is located in Liverpool. A city that boos the national anthem of the UK at sporting events and claim to be “Scouse, not English”. I live on the other side of the river.

[@fungames24]

What has that got to do with the lady looking for her father? Hope you are not saying a person in a scouse area is not deserving of a father. I think the only way to make people want to belong to a country is make it attractive to them.

[@prettypurple7175]

LONG LOST FAMILY/////DAVINA M?

[@Lulu-mj6ie]

👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@pisablavatski4876]

€VILANGL0REGIME NEVER CHANGED

[@8est8its89]

Peter Fool Fixed for you

[@PatrickVeira]

Well they did it to the Afghans and Indians as well. Maybe the Chinese need to learn from the Indians. In WW2., they sided with the Japanese and now they support the Russians.

[@ngrobert5054]

Wrong race

[@virgiliomateus4239]

There is missing people all over the world. For instance, about that in US, search Missing 411 in yutub.

[@web3wizard381]

he smashed and dashed

[@BetterSmartTech0813]

He smashed someone who he can’t stay with.

[@BetterSmartTech0813]

Same happened to Indians and black Americans too

[@bobsoutar6253]

Judy is not the mixed blood child of a Caucasian mother and a Han Chinese father. The gene pool in China is so dominated by black hair and dark eyes that it's almost impossible for a mixed blood kid to not have those features. Her father was Caucasian. The only Caucasians in China are in Xinjiang, and it being a desert region doesn't produce too many sailors. I know that the CGTN viewership is a tad sensitive, to the point of being paranoid, and if you disagree with anything it's taken as being an insult to the 1.4 billion Chinese people ( you hurt their feelings), but that's not my aim here. I'm simply stating the obvious. That woman's father was not Han Chinese, so probably not from China.

[@wyewye6375]

I have seen in my extended family that a child looks Caucasian when the parentage is a mix of Han Chinese and white British.

[@bobsoutar6253]

@@moonwalk6896 So what can you tell me about it that will debunk my theory?

[@bboystretch7788]

@@bobsoutar6253 your “theory” is merely opinion. But I accept that you can have this, albeit I don’t agree with it. Siblings of mixed race can look vastly different wrt to the genetic traits and appearance from each parent.

[@dylanmurphy9389]

Caucasian doesn’t exist, outdated term. We aren’t from the Caucasus. Only Americans use this term.

[@thewelshdragon.5979]

You are talking BS bob, based on typical racist views

[@scamcentrebomber2551]

She should travel overseas for a remote chance?

[@fatdoi003]

no chance.. unless she knows where's her father's ancestral village in China, just armed with a name and photo won't do her much help

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

She's 79...her father probably long gone, the one she probably can find is if her father has offspring there, but even so, the offspring would be at least 60 or 70 something, not everyone can live to that age or healthy enough to stay aware of her searching effort. Her chances to meet with her father's family there is very slim, except there is grandkids that would aware of it.

[@fatdoi003]

also recording keeping back during wartime was next to nothing as most of China was occupied and people were fleeing from the invading Japanese... unless those super remote places not even Japanese would go there might have a chance but i really don't think so

[@fatdoi003]

my father had many brothers and sisters but most of them were given away to rich families so they could just stay alive.... after the war, all contacts were lost.... that's how messed up China was back then...