Inside America’s Secret Plan to Destroy Hong Kong

Hong Kong is Asia's World City and has been through a lot the past few years. In 2019 Hong Kong protests rocked the city, threatening its future. Jimmy Lai was one of the main people behind the protests and is currently on trial faces charges of sedition and colluding with foreign governments. The case of Jimmy Lai is important for the future of Hong Kong, but what really happened during these protests and is the trial of Jimmy Lai legit? Or is this a shame trial from China who is targeting an innocent victim? Let's break down the truth of Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong in today's video.
0:00 - Intro to Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong
1:38 - Jimmy Lai and Sedition
2:32 - Jimmy Lai Asking the US to Fight China
3:30 - Truth About Apple Daily
4:27 - How US Senators Became Involved
5:53 - What Happens to Sedition in the US?
7:26 - Truth About Press Freedom
8:18 - Truth About National Security Law
9:40 - Will 1 Country, 2 Systems Continue?
10:33 - Were the Hong Kong Protests Peaceful?
11:58 - Hong Kong Rioters Refuse to Condemn Violence
13:20 - The Truth About Joshua Wong
15:29 - UK's Top Lawyer Speaks Out on the Protests
18:26 - Final Thoughts
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[@CyrusJanssen]

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[@Shenzhou.]

Thanks to the National Security Law, peace has finally returned to Hong Kong after a year of protests and riots that wrecked Hong Kong's economy.

[@plfong22]

Who cares what the US, UK or the West thinks or says. The West is an Axis of Evil and a disgrace to humanity, period.

[@TheScarp21]

cyrus from deepest of my heart i thank you to stand with china and speak the truth to many new generation that often being blinded by local politician.

[@hockchweeong9883]

These Days Many Overseas Chinese Do Not Sympathise With Any Chinese Siding With Westerners Especially USA And UK Against China.

[@loktom4068]

Just a heads up, your channel has been highly monitored by this very same app platform owner yt on comments.

[@michaelshaw7652]

Appealing foreign government to use nuclear weapon to destroy his own country? This guy deserves life in prison.

[@carolchian2806]

Life in prison is too good for him! I wish I can say something stronger, but Cyrus said we have to be respectful

[@milexiangyangli5666]

Capital Punishment - is - A - (Fair - Judgement) - ✋️✋️✋️✋️✋️ -

[@Designer_TopG]

​@remmyjr8983 Yeah that's messed up. That guy is messed up.

[@foxfire5235]

He is 1000 times more evil than you thought, since he knew China is a major nuke power in this world.

[@charliecheng3340]

This guy committed treason and will be tried in accordance with the PRC law.

[@user-eq3my6lh8y]

As a Hong Kong citizen. We condemn Jimmy Lai for bringing havoc in our home

[@CyrusJanssen]

100% I know many Hong Kong people who feel the same!

[@Moeflyer6213]

+1

[@kabysummit5801]

He's not only a disgrace. He only cares about his own pocket. US is shameful in trying to invade HK.

[@yaqiwang5242]

I don’t know he said that publicly maybe just because I am living in the us. A lunartic 🤮

[@loktom4068]

Jim-bot Lie is a traitor to his homeland.

[@hayatilun3979]

This guy is absolutely evil. Destroyed Hong Kong and many families and youngers in HK.

[@foxfire5235]

It will also destroyed many families of the country that launch the nuke, China is a major nuke power too. That is why I always suspicious this guy intention, he meant to destroy the world, not fighting for freedom.

[@katong1953]

Lai asked the US to use its moral authority. What moral authority does the US have?

[@alanweiss1288]

That clip of J Lai speaking in a conference is prove of his crime. He deserves to go behind bars for life.

[@katong1953]

There is no doubt Lai became rich with US empire money.

[@annkristoff4303]

Hong Kong was NOT democratic under the British. The Chinese did NOT have equal rights.

[@jackqiu839]

​@@ianxyoutubeno, the British were higher class before HK' return and had superior rights over regular HKer.

[@loneranger9376]

@@ianxyoutube That all senior government positions were given to white Caucasians for example

[@enzoh7763]

​@@ianxyoutube ,, You must be a extremely great comic . As usual, Extremely is always bad . Forget the great , It's a throw away to wipe your butt from the burn .

[@kc2213]

@@ianxyoutube nice try troll.

[@44bett]

Correct

[@vincenttay2812]

The world is sick of the US government

[@Holyspace305]

Do you think Arab countries like uae Qatar and Saudi prefer china over USA though

[@user-ij7gc5cw3o]

👍👍

[@MADDENCN]

​@@Holyspace305yes they are.. they are about to join brics.. go google it.

[@katong1953]

Hong Kongers have a superiority complex, at least they used to. They used to think they were superior to mainlanders, as well as the Chinese diaspora who didn't originate from Hong Kong.

[@Holyspace305]

@@katong1953 but are they tho

[@Lisa-de2xd]

Never asked other country to destroy your motherland.

[@FrankiePo89]

He's of the worst kind.

[@thedigitalsnake]

The ultimate hypocrisy is the UK supporting 'democracy' for HK when they never introduced it in 152 years of colonial rule. In 1967, HK anti colonial riots ended in the shooting of rioters, and I remember being teargassed in our apartment as a child. Young HK need to learn more history. Foreign interference is anathema to any country.

[@loktom4068]

Let's hope those HK BNO can replace that UK scammer 🇬🇧 PM Sundick in their yellow vest dream.

[@loktom4068]

HK people under British empire can't freely live in UK and its other colonies outside HK. Fact checked ✅️

[@cfc9086]

@@loktom4068 When I finally read the tiny prints on my HK birth certificate, I was so angry that I tossed the certificate somewhere that I still couldn't find it. It said "... subject of British Colony ...".

[@davidwong5197]

@@cfc9086 That is not too bad. You used to be a British national oversea and has the right to vote in UK. Now you have BNO British NO, not even allowed to stay in UK. I used to get ballot in the the mail. I was so angry that I have to go to a different British citizen line while in UK, I threw my passport away and entered UK with my US passport.

[@loktom4068]

@cfc9086 When I landed on one of the mostly white majority British Colony, they treated my parents and my siblings as inferior race. Apply for good jobs that the regular white local has are frustrating and definitely not equal opportunity.

[@truthsower4560]

Hong Kongers never had the right to vote or who to pick for their leaders until China took the reign from the British colonizers!

[@loneranger9376]

All senior government positions were given to white Caucasians

[@CyrusJanssen]

100% correct, most people don't know this fact

[@coffeebreak100]

@@zejiang120that’s what truth sower was trying to say, there was none.

[@mission9195]

Thank you for making this obvious but essential point.

[@mokhtarrekada6578]

😂😂😂 All Chinese citizens voted for uncle Xi

[@relaxwhc]

If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive country, raise your hand ✋👍🙋

[@romanhrobot9347]

Start believing and you are doomed. Stay Vigilant!

[@rockstove]

🙋🏻‍♂️

[@PrimeChaosVC]

@@romanhrobot9347 So far, China has displayed nothing but peaceful and progression, their response has been mostly due to Western, mainly Murica's provocation. So... you need to get your head checked.

[@Comradeblucher312]

✋

[@KinWong-uw5xz]

🤚

[@jz-fr1us]

I’m an expat who was living in HK during the protest. Watching how the western media portrayed black to white and white to black about what’s actually happening on the ground, witnessed by all of us living in the city with our own eyes, it made me doubt what else was complete lie. I wouldn’t have doubted about what happened in Tiananmen in 1989 before my HK experience. But now I would.

[@davidwong5197]

I was in HK at that time. After that I fact checked all MSM. I know what I found out. Dalai Lama said Tibet is part of China, Tianenman Sq did not happen, The students have left the square. There is violence that day. Two hundred soldiers were killed, It is a long complicated story. Basically MSM are all lies. Why? US has a $500M fund to discredit China nad Taiwan has a slush fund to bribe US congressman. Pelosi got $2.3M. No I do not read MSM any more.

[@michael511128]

American freedom, democracy and human rights are the biggest lies. Tianmen Square were also CIA. The rioting protesters were summoned, organised and paid in southeastern China near Taiwan.

[@therealarchstanton3343]

And you will find the West completely misrepresents or outrights lies about what happened there also.

[@Dude_bruh]

It did happen and some people did die, and china tried to censor it. So what happened was bad. The true extent is contested though.

[@PaulMitchell-uj1uu]

I have had the same experience. Visiting Beijing in 2014 made me realise that the BBC had lied to me for years, being in HK in 2019 made me start to hate the USA, and not believe anything from main stream media.

[@jimmychoi5219]

Imagine if Hong Kong lawmakers visit the US during J6 or BLM riots and openly support the rioters 😂😂😂

[@tommyhuang8059]

If HK officials join the J6 rally, they will be in big trouble. Don't forget the US government has double standards. Lol

[@danlan3433]

I was just going to say that America has DOUBLE STANDARDS!

[@xhosagibran370]

This reminds me of Ai Weiwei. He was the celebrated and promoted everywhere for criticizing China and “wokeness” but once he criticized Israel all his upcoming shows pulled, art exhibits cancelled, book sales slowed and he became censored which was similar to that of China as he proclaimed; the irony of it all.

[@CyrusJanssen]

True irony there, and now he admits that censorship in the West is just as bad, if not sometimes worse, than Beijing. He has officially been cancelled

[@pikachus5m166]

"Darling" of the West became a pariah in the blink of an eye.

[@suckmemore]

Karma is a bitch!😂😂😂

[@suckmemore]

​@CyrusJanssen Cyrus, you should do a episode on that turd too!😂

[@BonganiMagadu]

​@@suckmemore😅

[@akiyamayusuke]

Jimmy Lai had it coming. In fact, I can't believe the Chinese government put up with him for so long. I admire their level of restraint.

[@david50665]

in russia, he died pretty fast from mysterious radiation poisoning

[@kgbgb3663]

@@david50665 Stop spreading MI6 talking points.

[@kgbgb3663]

@@david50665 Stop spreading MI6 talking points.

[@wchen315]

He serve as great exhibit to HongKong people, right? How else would they know, the ignorant public?

[@dimsumyen4034]

I am a HongKonger. Thank you so much for setting the record straight! All the western media had twisted the whole truth! It’s heartbreaking to see our beautiful city being destroyed by such dirty political scheme! However Hongkongers are resilient and hardworking people. We will bounce back! In my opinion, our city is still one of the most dynamic, efficient, diversified … and most importantly safe cities in the world.

[@kennywong4239]

There are even more disgusting facts going around this. In 2018, a Hong Kong couple went to Taiwan for vacation. During a quarrel, the guy killed the girl and after disposing the body, he flew back to Hong Kong. The Taiwanese police through video footages, found the culprit, but were unable to extradite the guy as there were no extradition law between Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. In fact, not only that, there is also no complete extradition law between Mainland China, Macao SAR, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. The Hong Kong Legislative Council decides to plug the loopholes once and for all and came up with a comprehensive Extradition bill (draft) to be passed. This is where Jimmy Lai came in. He falsified the content of the bill, claiming that with this, the Mainland police will be able to roam freely in Hong Kong to arrest anyone who badmouth the CPC. This stroked fear in the Hong Kongers and all came out to protest. Jimmy continued to spread lies, which ended up with the whole violent episode in Hong Kong. The Extradition bill (draft) has since been rescinded. Alas, up till today, the murderer is still unpunished, the victim could not rest in peace. Jimmy Lai's hand is stained with the blood of the victim and her unborned. Where is the justice for the victim?

[@wchen315]

They don't care about justice, even though it is all what they talk about. They want China DEAD!

[@tyoong719]

Hypocrisy is indeed the right label for many western governments.

[@glendakirby5579]

Western governments are out of control, and not representative of the people. I don't think they ever really were.

[@ZweiZwolf]

Rules for thee, but not for me.

[@slimjim394]

Western governments are king of double standards.

[@ItopaAl]

Hypocrisy no longer adequately describes the egregiousness of the west.

[@kenho-wr5ul2rh7m]

Lai was taking money from US congress through his assistance, former CIA agent

[@babypoet7083]

Mark Simon

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

I remember one guy said that the dollar should have never been weaponized @@tag4789

[@alexlo7708]

His companies all ran at loss and they were fed lives with CIA money. How can he not pay back the US?

[@clarencego4725]

I am not surprised. Most Chinese can’t trust him.

[@tigerlily6668]

He can spend the money in jail now 😂

[@purpleearth2767]

The problem with majority of the people in Hong Kong is that they see themselves as equal to the whites in the UK and US hence more superior than Chinese from the Mainland; but then to the American and British, they are just Asian who can never be white. This kind of delusion is what gave Jimmy Lai the audacity to beg US to nuke China which is totally ludicrous. The only reason the US and UK are interfering in HK is that it brings political advantage to them in their effort to deter China as a growing global superpower. Throughout the 100-year of British reign, Hong kongers who emigrated to the UK for work or study were never considered 'one of us' by the British, they have always been regarded as the outsiders who were ridiculed for their ethnic look and strong accent. In fact the earliest mockery of Chinese accent in the West came from how Cantonese or Hong Kong people sounded when they spoke English. This is also reflected in a lot of early western movies, not to mention the shady characters they have been portrayed as. I believe it's now time for people of Hong Kong to rethink/realign their identity and understand that after all these years, they are still Chinese.

[@demonslayer1196]

Well said

[@tigerlily6668]

This guy should be locked up in jail for ever.

[@frankwang4318]

You, Cryus, are the only one, who dares to tell the world the truth about China.

[@spidermann1256]

What about Jerry Grey, FerMuBe, Carl Zha, Daniel Dumbrill, Nathan Rich, Nury Vittachi, Robbie Barwick/Australian Citizens Party, etc etc?

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

carl zha/ reportefy does

[@CyrusJanssen]

Appreciate your support Frank! Can't wait to go back this summer and record more vlogs from the streets of China

[@spidermann1256]

@@CyrusJanssen Cyrus - my bad. I did not mean to down play nor demean your efforts as I've long respected & supported your advocacy for better US/China relations, as with your exceptional piece here on JL. It was a light hearted response to Frank's to say that you are not alone, & keep up the good work. However, I do not share your views on Zio's slaughter of Palestinians nor Russia protecting ethnic Russians in the Donbas via their SMO.

[@BeijingBuzzz-China-Travel]

Ben Norton and Brian Berletic are also awesome.@@spidermann1256

[@wanalan9958]

Jimmy is a running dog

[@alexman8800]

jau kau.

[@loktom4068]

​​@@alexman8800 Jim-bot Lie has gone from $ billionaire to 0 SUM Bot-fly of Uncle Simon Ache's plot. He's feeling the ACHES & PAINS of his Vampire Empire of King Charlie's illegitimate cowchild son "Uncle Simon Ache."

[@antonioribeiro2818]

don't offend dogs 😂😂👍👍

[@VashtheStampede007]

Lapdog. “Running dog” is Chinglish 😂

[@ZweiZwolf]

Hanjian.

[@sodazman]

My relatives were afraid to even go to the shops in HK when the riots happened. Shattered windows, acts of vandalism, Molotov cocktails and attacking the elderly were all common place. I'm glad they put a security law in place and stopped the insanity once and for all.

[@hectorteodosio8315]

Cyrus, thank you. I'm a lawyer and I find you very credible.i wish there's lot of Americans like you.

[@Shenzhou.]

Mainland China is arguably the only one in the world that truly cares for Hong Kong. We know that the United States clearly doesn't, and mainland Chinese have been taught to regard the people of Hong Kong as part of the same family. It's a shame that this feeling is not always reciprocated by the people of Hong Kong towards the mainland.

[@Elfan97-ec1uk]

Being a Hongkong citizen I have to agree! Despite what happened to my city in 19, many HKers especially the younger generation , still oppose anything Chinese!😢

[@MarkYeung1]

Since the lifting of COVID restrictions, many Hong Kong people have more opportunities to go across the border to spend time and spend money in China. This is good for the integration of HongKongers and mainlanders.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@Elfan97-ec1uk There are instances where I spoke Mandarin (mainland dialect) in Hong Kong and some of the locals treated me coldly. But when I switch to speaking English, many Hong Kongers started warming up to me.

[@JackJill-lv2xm]

Yeah, that's why you appoint leaders who do not have standing with the people, and try to undermine democratic processes there. China agreed to a different system in. Hong Kong, now trying to. Subvert it. You went back on your promise.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@JackJill-lv2xm The appointment of leaders is in accordance with _Hong Kong Basic Law Article 45,_ which states that: _"The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be selected by election or through consultations held locally and _*_be appointed_*_ by the Central People's Government."_ - Article 45, Hong Kong Basic Law Therefore, Beijing (aka the Central's People's Government) reserves the right to appoint the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as per Article 45 of Hong Kong Basic Law.

[@michaelloong964]

Jimmy Lai is citizen of UK but he wants to get US to help him to get independence for UK. This is a strange situation for a foreigner to help HK be independent.

[@HLC64]

Being a foreigner causing / leading riot in another country should be dealt with with American law.....

[@suckmemore]

​@@HLC64merikkka do these all the time. 😅😂

[@jossdionne9810]

Independence for UK, is a Great idea!!

[@kabysummit5801]

Jimmy belongs in jail

[@Elfan97-ec1uk]

Obviously he's the US n UK proxy in HKs Colour Revolution !

[@DaNi-nx1me]

Cyrus, you fully understand and describe the situation in Hong Kong during 2019 - 2020. Hong Kong was then a lawless place and vandalism was a daily routine. I was born in Hong Kong and received colonial education to distance ourselves from our mother land. I marched to the Xinhua News Agency to protest the crack down of student movement in Beijing on June 4th. But what have come to light thereafter in the past decades prove to me that China is not necessarily a bad or evil country as asserted by western countries. China is always ruthlessly attacked by western smearing campaigns and disinformation. The 2019 riot in Hong Kong fully convinced me that only our mother land will wholeheartedly stand on our side and take care of our interest. When Hong Kong faces trouble, our mother land will be at our back. Thanks Cyrus for telling the world the true story and facts about Hong Kong.

[@davidt02]

The HK government tolerated this guy's foreign bootlicking for 25 years.

[@multipolarworldorder]

Thanks to Cyrus for exposing the truth about the Hong Kong protests. Vast majority of Hong Kong citizens reject the Hong Kong protests.

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

UK kangaroo court which is trying send INNOCENT ASSANGE BUT, THE SAME UK official is so duplicious.

[@davidwong5197]

What is disgusting is they violated their own law. The UK extradition requires criminal duality meaning the crime has to be proven in UK court. US will have to prove its case in court with UK law. This means a trial. However UK court cited US is a TRUSTED country and waived the trial. Shameful.

[@jwong952004]

Will never forget the negative impact that Jimmy has brought us in HK over the decades.

[@joelwong1883]

Thanks for doing this program. I grew up in HK under British rule. The narrative that HKers lived in democracy under British rule is total hogwash.

[@cabbyw]

Thanks for compiling the fact and reminding us what really happened in Hong Kong

[@CyrusJanssen]

Absolute tragedy

[@hongqingxiang3374]

🙏+1🙏

[@didiermontagnier6114]

@@CyrusJanssen👈🏻🤡

[@chiam1000]

A outright traitor nothing more to say

[@jeffrey7cp992]

Hope you are not too young. Do you know what happen to the running dogs, and traitors , during WW11, in the hands of the Japanese. I consider J. Lai should thank his lucky stars. Same apply to Joshua Wong.

[@Holyspace305]

​@jeffrey7cp992 yep especially nanjing massacre and unit 731 I am only 18 btw

[@xiaoyunchen8337]

thank you so much for this well-researched reporting! it's really appalling to see the US double standards.

[@davidrichards1741]

Being Asian in British-colonial Hong Kong was like being black in the southern US during slavery

[@AnnelieseLabaja]

You are right??America/UK/Europe democracy goverment is worst than the communist China ,as per Jims Roger narrative

[@silverbeernuts4229]

Excellent journalism Mr. Janssen! I lived in HK and Shenzhen from 2011 to 2020 and saw and heard from locals on both sides about Mr Lai and the truth behind who was pulling his strings, yep. Bannon, Congressmen, and US private business. Many knew HK people were being misled during the yellow umbrella movement.

[@CyrusJanssen]

100% it was absolutely the result of a tremendous amount of foreign interference

[@TSS-yy5tx]

westerners esp Americans must never forget what they have churned up in today 's geopolitics, neither will people from all continents of the world.

[@silverbeernuts4229]

@TSS-yy5tx let me tell you about the west, Americans, or Brits, they don't give a sh!+ what they say or offend. Imperialism, colonial minded and bullsh!+ supremacy don't think about how we feel or any repercussions down the road. They don't give a sh!+!

[@kanestalin7246]

Imagine if China did this to the US

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

U$ will declare War . The hypocrisy !

[@williamyung4597]

Thank you Cyrus. Thank you for your fair comments, which are supported by solid grounds and evidences. The world needs more of such voices.

[@topherno]

This video is 100% the truth about what really happened in Hong Kong. Very well said Cyrus and thank you for speaking the truth!

[@Arhenius100]

Jimmy Lai's assistant Mark Simon is a (former ) CIA.

[@davidwong5197]

I think he pleaded guilty.

[@williamrager]

He probably won't change just do the same things under cover for the CIA AND OTHERS!!

[@redpanda416]

It's all American's fault!

[@superkd7030]

@user-enter-here What history lessons? Do they include the two Opium INVASIONS done by the American, British and friends, that stole all China's fortune, made quarter of the country drugged addicts and/or prostitutes and stole many cities including Hong Kong? THAT history? At best HK is a lease that has expired, therefore must be returned to their rightful owners, at worse it was stolen by an criminal cabal and must be returned to their rightful owners. Learn some history and to have some morals before you talk about China.

[@aftereffects00]

​@@user-enter-here Nah, you are the one who needs some history lessons instead of him. How many innocent people died after the US invaded their country?

[@cuteandfunnyearthlings2863]

US is always a opportunist, they say never let any situation go to waste and we must take advantage of it.

[@suckmemore]

​@@user-enter-hereu funny 😂😂😂😂

[@cabdriver4103]

@@user-enter-here if it is history, history, it shall be, perhaps you should look into the opium wars.. Perhaps the Golden triangle, and that will lead you to Afghanistan.. And of course, always trust your government..

[@d.hammer8119]

Noticed the Hong Kong protest signs had the word "Democracy" on them, written in English. That term alone is a dead give away the U.S. was instigating and supporting the protests. But, why is it the U.S. is always trying to sell other countries the idea of "Democracy", when in fact it doesn't practice it at home. OECD ranks the U.S. in 29th place as a "Flawed Democracy", (a nice way of saying a failed Democracy).

[@davidwong5197]

Because in US, democracy means destablizing a country. US put Shah in power in Iran and he is not even close.

[@barbarawojcik2382]

“The hypocrisy of Collective West” is quite impressive.

[@SuhandiWijaya]

Jimmy Lie, his name speaks for itself 🤫🤐🤣

[@lucyblueeyes3858]

Good one! 😂

[@ryanlai8951]

Talent😂👍

[@pcstar123]

Thanks for spelling his name correctly, his masters know that!

[@loktom4068]

End GAME for that Jim-bot Lies. Played stupid game 🎮 and wins stupid prize🐄💩. ✅️

[@aiyang8585]

CIA played a big part of the Hong Kong protest

[@jeffrey7cp992]

The bigger part, not only CIA, IS NED and M16 . All these organisations are doing exactly the same in Taiwan at the moment.

[@bopian8913]

Not just a big part but the leading part.

[@reivell3699]

You can also search on google "Ukrainian group during HK riot", luckily some of them have lost their limb in their battle against Russia.

[@XY-rh3if]

Same way they played tye whole part in BREXIT

[@Hoo88846]

And the Tiananmen Square Event and the Xinjiang riot.

[@awandrew11]

As a Hong Konger, I'll endorse all you said about Jimmy Lai through my own eyes!

[@MikeCrawch]

As soon as he said “Jimmy Lai sitting down with John Bolton”, that’s when I knew who’s already behind it all and how messy things will get lol

[@OO7sMom]

John Bolton is proud of his ability to regime change countries to place U S operatives to bring down systems that he thinks should be ruled by America !! Taiwan should take a look at Ukraine and see how John Bolton works!! Taiwan will be the next Ukraine!! IMO it's a losing plan for the people !!

[@loneranger9376]

Some Taiwanese women were also attacked because the rioters could not distinguish their mandarin from mainlanders.

[@ZariainYT]

Fact is that haters in both Hong Kong & Taiwan would simply being allies just because they have the same Anti-China idealogy - It doesn't either side really appreciate each other in terms of language/culture to the extent either side would even show disgust against each other

[@44bett]

including many seniors citizens

[@gwent5914]

@@jessicasmith5728 when you have conversations you can tell but those rioters just attacked when they heard mandarins. Even a Japanese was attacked because they thought he from mainland

[@davidwong5197]

@@gwent5914 That is because he can't speak Cantonese. The only way to avoid trouble is to stay home. I was visiting during that time and it wasn't pleasant.

[@edwinchan5603]

​@@jessicasmith5728 Taiwanese speak Mandarin with a slightly different accent from the mainland so if you listen carefully, you can tell if someone is from Taiwan.

[@tuppenceworth5485]

Jimmy Lai : "You have nuclear weapons...you can finish them off in a minute." He has obviously never heard of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction).

[@user-fu8zq6is4d]

Can't believe someone who runs a newspaper is so naive and unethical.

[@pikachus5m166]

The people in that neocon audience must have thought "He must love us long time!".

[@suckmemore]

​@@user-fu8zq6is4du must meant toilet paper! Ha......

[@aungaisum8654]

He thinks America is stupid 😅

[@streetman6661]

@@user-fu8zq6is4d jimmy lai has been immoral from the beginning of apple daily. that trash paper pioneered the downfall of journalistic standards in hong kong by spreading across it's front pages everyday for decades with bloody corpses in violence crimes to sell papers through cheap sensationalism.

[@simonlee4551]

Cyrus, you are so brave to tell the truth of the 2019 Colour Revolution happened in HK for which I am one of the millions of witnesses as law abiding HK citizens. ❤

[@kyblack123]

What a traitor and disgrace he is to the Chinese people. Kiwi-born Chinese here. Keep up the good work, Cyrus😊

[@j.d.3269]

Lai is a traitor.

[@davidlazarus67]

As are all the protest leaders.

[@michaelliew88]

Agreed

[@dragondescendant1]

Jimmy LIE is the name. Jimmy should rot in jail.

[@anniecharles]

Thank you Cyrus for an in-depth and impartial report on the HK riots, the rule of law and Jimmy Lai’s case based on FACTs. What you have described is exactly what I had seen and experienced in Hong Kong during 2019 when violence and chaos were daily occurrences. The smearing by the western media and politicians is choking our lives and your comments are a breath of fresh air to me and the people of Hong Kong. Thank you again Cyrus for your courage and righteousness.

[@Shenzhou.]

Many in Hong Kong (but not all of them) tend to have the colonial mentality. Colonial mentality is the internalized perception of ethnic or cultural inferiority felt by people as a result of colonization. Such people tend to display a preference for the cultures of Anglo-Saxons, while harboring a disdain for any "non-Anglo" culture, including their own.

[@adamiskandar5107]

We have to be thankful what happened unfolded as it did. It all boils down to the patience and strategic competence of the Mainland government. They let event run its course and the final results revealed the true intents of those who were traitors and their treacherous foreign backers. This gives Hong Kongers a chance to recover their Chinese identity and dissociate themselves from foreign culture.

[@mamacryright5740]

Usually I don't blame the people West ,Anglo Saxon or none West , I put the blame entirely on the "Western leaders" themselves which advocate for Hegemony imperialism mentality

[@loneranger9376]

Ironically, many rioters were born after 1997 who did not experience what life was under British colonial rule and basically took for granted that it was much better

[@dreamfly555]

Some Taiwaneses to Japanese as well.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@adamiskandar5107 Indeed. Had the mainland government taken rash action, it could have resulted in people getting hurt unnecessarily, as well as spooked the foreign backers into running away without ever revealing themselves. The government's patience paid off in the end.

[@desmondho9567]

In the summer of 1998, as a financial earthquake devastated Asia's economy, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government won a hard-fought battle to defend the Hong Kong dollar and Hang Seng Index (HSI) against speculative attacks led by American billionaire investor George Soros. George Soros walk away with massive losses. Backed by Beijing, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) made the controversial decision on August 14 to enter the market, buying up 118 billion HK dollars' (15 billion U.S. dollars) worth of stocks and futures in two breathtaking weeks of trading, and eventually driving out international speculators. China, have to defend and counter those elites like George Soros (finance speculators) and Rupert Murdoch (Mainstream media giant) these are evil people who are out to destroy peace, destabilize countries economy by using corporate control business and using false democracy narrative, like freedom of speech and human rights and to regime change. These people are the worse violators of all those atrocities of this century.

[@glendakirby5579]

Never truer words spoken, and something the whole world should be able to agree on, and that is something to celebrate.

[@44bett]

Important history, thank you for sharing.

[@ZweiZwolf]

Taking Soros down is arguably China's biggest win in the stock market. Soros is a ghoul who devastated Asian economies in 1997, creating a huge financial crisis via currency speculation.

[@jeffrey7cp992]

@ desmondho: Thank you for the very important aspect of H.K. stock exchange during the financial crisis. This guy, G. Soros is a ruthless recketeer, can't wait for to go, the same to R. MURDOCK.

[@wichaipongthadaporn2026]

I totally agreed with you.

[@yumichow4375]

I come from Hong Kong. Thanks for telling the truth! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@jazung]

Thank you Cyrus for your important work! Love from Hong Kong

[@treday1886]

I am going to Chime in. Hong Kong now has more freedom under Chinese rule! Hong Kongers had to bow to the British and stand for their National Anthem. They were treated like second rate citizens. They need to lock this guy up forever!

[@OP-mz3hr]

You mean British rule?

[@treday1886]

@@OP-mz3hr British rule for what? It is a fact that Hong Kongers had to stand for The British National Anthem. That was an actual law. British came before all Hong Kong people.

[@Humax918]

Yeah, but they were very racist and thought being a British dog is better than being a normal mainland Chinese person

[@treday1886]

@@Humax918 What do you know Mainland China? Could you give us all refresher course on Mainland China? Can you educate us on your Mainland experience? Where did you work in Mainland China?

[@davidwong5197]

@@treday1886 You should stand for ANY national anthem to show respect. But I understand what you mean, I have to sing god bless the queen every month in school assembly.

[@taffyandbeanz]

Thank you so much for this 🙏🙏🙏. We were all so shaken and thought that our beloved city would be completely destroyed. We feared leaving our homes for almost a year

[@K3nM3g]

I watched a HK youtuber and want to ask you, Is it true that many of those who protested last time actually regret it now? As in life in HK before the protests was actually better if they had not made a mess out of it.

[@supahsmashbro]

@K3nM3g I too am curious. Do they realize how they were played and what role they played? Do they get the bigger picture and what happens? I hope some awareness of real history was spread afterwards

[@therealarchstanton3343]

"if you are against this trial, then you simply don't understand what the rule of law means. And you have double standards for different countries around the world." - Nailed it Cyrus!

[@delsol1967]

Joshua can now tell everyone how USA has denied his request for asylum.

[@DK-ev9dg]

Joshua Wong is living in Canada now.

[@suckmemore]

​@@DK-ev9dgguess canada is a garbage collector!

[@thomaslong8448]

He is in jail in Hong Kong.

[@DK-ev9dg]

@@thomaslong8448 that's good to know.

[@godwindracing6056]

@@DK-ev9dgthat’s Chow Ting, not Wong Chi-Fung

[@leechangming700]

The west in general and US in particular are really sick.

[@glendakirby5579]

If you think we in the West are not Colonies, think again, and the more powerful the Nation the more parasitic are those who are really in charge.

[@slimjim394]

That is the sad truth especially when nations look up to for leadership.

[@zzzanon]

This is interesting, and slowly convincing me to change my opinion. I'll continue to watch your videos. Thanks. I enjoy your direct, well-spoken, logical presentation style.

[@CyrusJanssen]

Thanks for watching!

[@thepottercommunity3529]

Thank you so much for telling the truth about my home, we appreciate it a lot. 🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰

[@CyrusJanssen]

It's my pleasure! HK had some rough years, I’m glad things have stabilized a bit after those protests

[@damnedseagull6194]

You’ve nailed it with facts and reasons. Thank you so much from one who was born in HK and now lives abroad.

[@CyrusJanssen]

My pleasure! Thanks for the support

[@cindychan8748]

Thank you again Cyrus for repeating the truth. Another master piece that it should be preserved in history for the record.

[@44bett]

Including Jimmy Lai very careless idea about using nuclear weapons.

[@motowntaiwan9079]

Joshua Wong is a hypocrate. In 2019 in an interview with the BBC he justified the rioter trashing of Hong Kong's Legislative Council building on the basis that they were not a fully elected body. The day after the interview he flew to Taiwan and was hosted by the student rioters of the Sunflower Movement who had earlier trashed Taipei's Legislative Yuan building because they were against a trade agreemenmt with mainland China. The ironic fact is that the ROC Legislature in Taipei is 100 percent elected yet Joshua Wong condoned these rioters' un-democratic actions.. Joshua Wong is just a tool of the colonialist UK who are in turn just lapdogs of the USA.

[@davidwong5197]

I see he is a Trump supporter.

[@L98fiero]

The world is infested with hypocrites. Last evening I had a discussion with someone over the goings on in Gaza, even after explaining the 8+ decades of violence against the indigenous Palestinians, he figured the incident on October 7 was justification to 'kill them all'. I could barely believe what I was hearing but, without saying so, I think my wife agreed.

[@davidwong5197]

It is MSM/US brain washing. How many people know Dalai Lama said Tibet is part of China? No one will report on that and it is in the first paragraph of his web site. How many people Mongolia despite twice the size of inner Mongolia has half the population? Mongolia independent my ass. If there are a million Uyghurs interned, how come we don't see any prison guard? Are they that well behaved. China needs better PR.

[@Shenzhou.]

The colonizer not only colonize territory, but they also colonized the local people's minds, through promoting their own culture over theirs, and also devising education systems to inculcate their values into the local children. Even after the colonizer left, the minds of the people may remain enslaved and loyal to their former masters. This _"colonial mentality"_ is remains predominate in Hong Kong, India, the Philippines and other former colonies.

[@loneranger9376]

Some teachers were responsible too, for example the one who taught it was the British who tried to help t stop the Chinese from being opium addicts during the opium war and the ones whose biased teaching portrayed China as a dirty and backward country for ecample

[@adamiskandar5107]

What you said is true but the positive side of this is that this could lead to the eventual collapse of the hegemonic regime. I remembered a time maybe 30-40 years ago, Western culture had been very progressive. They were the first to help people struck by natural disasters around the world and they produced academicians and thinkers who were pro-Human civilization. They somehow lost it for some reasons (due to greed of their political/business elites.... etc?) which led to our current situation. Hopefully, the alternative system which would replace this blatantly unfair system, would be more humanistic because we learnt lessons to avoid such inhuman leadership (the PTB ruling the world today).

[@MansMan42069]

I'm glad Malays have generally been very resistant to this mental colonialism thanks to our identity as muslims.

[@skoppensboer2027]

It is true. Even among South Africans.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@adamiskandar5107 The Western aid given to countries struck by natural disasters around the world was not given freely as often presumed, and such aid sometimes come with strings attached. For example, the recipient country might had to meet the requirement of being a "liberal democracy" in order to qualify for receiving aid. Academicians, thinkers and other philosophers also existed in other parts of the world, like for example Confucius. Confucius had a dream of a _Great Unity_ (大同) in which he describes the ideal human to human relationship for the whole world.

[@hankxu3457]

Jimmy said "We are fighting for you " ?????? Who is you ? Apparently addressing the US audience

[@anitahsiao4505]

👍

[@44bett]

Same views used in Ukraine.

[@nurainiarsad7395]

he is praying to his gods, asking them to smite his enemies because after all, he is following the teachings of the USA which makes him of the chosen people, and is faithfully carrying out the rites of worship, ie reject and attack the lesser nonwhite people.

[@felixlaupc]

I have no pity on HK. You're an adult, you should know the consequences of acting violent during a protest. Moreover so when you're manipulated by other countries to destroy your own government. Today HK has lost its no.1 financial centre to Singapore or even Shanghai. The youngsters who involved in the protest literally destroyed their home, their future.

[@user-iv1cp1gu3u]

Good job in revealing the truth of the so called "Peaceful" Hongkong protestors! I can tell you that I am from Hongkong and witnessed all these so called "Peaceful" protests. These protesters making Hongkong chaos.

[@jevgeniardassov]

US and UK are the inventors of double standard… 😂

[@leesiewoo5116]

UK are very weak just pretend to be powerful,just follow what US do

[@arthurchu4491]

US/UK: What are you talking about? We are the embodiment of it! We ARE the double standard itself!

[@slimjim394]

Ain't that the truth.

[@jevgeniardassov]

@@arthurchu4491 sorry, my bad oh great Masters of Double Standards… 😂

[@nyw6699]

Absolutely true! Thank you, Cyrus.👍

[@user-ze5zk7eu6j]

There was no democracy in Hong Kong during British era.... Governor was appointed by the crown

[@monipenny408]

Lai is unlucky if found guilty in HK. Assange is so lucky to be caught in the UK, he is luckier because in the UK, Assange is given "freedom" incarceration and "freedom" torture which is makes it ok, because his punishment is based western "freedom".

[@wooandrewft]

Cyrus, what you said is all true. I witnessed it and I saw many so-called protesters; they were really rioters and monsters who beat, threatened or killed people who disagreed with them. They bumped into me and didn't say sorry. t is odd that the rioters looked down on the Chinese from China, and many people in Hong Kong still do. Good (or bad) examples are the several Cathy Pacific flight attendants who were rude to mainland Chinese passengers last year. What a shame. Many in the West, including the media, are blind to all these. Worse than hypocrisy. Rather it is lack of conscience and moral standards.

[@laichufloraleung1503]

They were paid rioters. I know some of the riot leaders earned millions for taking protestors to the streets. They had a price list for doing different kinds of acts and vandalism.

[@ronaldlee4067]

They are badly influenced by US/UK and acted as though they are Whites and despise the Mainland Chinese

[@arostwocents]

How would you find out about a flight attendant being rude? It does sound like a VERY strange society if someone being nasty to your rulers is newsworthy

[@arostwocents]

Sounds VERY colonial. I bet rudeness to people from HK does not make the news.

[@vincenttay2812]

Treason Jimmy Lai

[@allwinyay6085]

Jimmy Lier...shud be PUNISHED accordingly

[@dmitryfomin2671]

I’ve spent last few days in Hong Kong. I visit it every year a few times, as I live right next to it. Last night I got scolded in a bar for speaking mandarin, by the waitress. I was using mandarin to communicate with bartender because he didn’t understand my English. She said - this is not China! Ironically, the bar was called “China Bar” 😅

[@treedillon]

🤣🤣

[@davidwong5197]

And in Taiwan you need the correct Mandarin.

[@dannyboy8850]

Cyrus, excellent presentation. 👍👍👍

[@gunsumwong3948]

Jimmy Lai is the US preferred and chosen leader for Kong Kong and then China. That is why he was paraded in Congress. If that is not coercing with a foreign power to destabilize Hong Kong then I don't know what is! Jimmy Lai is the American/British asset financially backed for decades. Of course US and UK want their asset to be freed and not have their dirt displayed in the open. The nice part of Jimmy Lai's prosecution is that he is being charged by a British legal system that has nothing to do with China.

[@eheartbeat]

thanks for this, I was wanting to see the motivations behind Jimmy Lai. Do you know where one can find more information about his ties and who he answers to? Thanks!

[@gunsumwong3948]

@@eheartbeat If you can read/write Chinese you would have all the information from his court proceedings broadcast daily in Cantonese! His business partner is a CIA ex-agent so it would be this agent he has been answered to. The court procedding detailed the money exhanged hands between all the relevant parties.

[@david50665]

if jimmy lai became the imperial emperor of china then america would be the imperial empire with china under its full control

[@jiejiang4201]

you mean colluding, right?😂

[@gunsumwong3948]

@@jiejiang4201 Colluding is equally applicable but the national security law uses the word coerce.

[@rog4464]

I am from Macau and his publications were some of the most read papers and magazines here as well. People here (including me), though to lesser extent, were also influenced by those publications. What Cyrus says about him and his media kingdom is absolutely correct.

[@Lex-wy9ru]

His publications are like Epoch Times; good for pet cage liners and nothing else.

[@fdjw88]

Can you imagine if Tucker Carlson goes to China, and ask China to interfere in the independence movement of Texas, and ask China to use nuclear weapons on the US?

[@captainjayc9217]

Exactly. The young leader of the so called "freedom and democracy" movement didn't condemn the violence against people who had different opinion. All he said was that his movement was new and young and was trying different "things" to advance his movement. WTF. We actually didn't even need to hear what he said. All we need to know is that the political slogan of this political movement is "die together". This political movement was not constructive, and actually was highly destructive; hence, this political movement had no future. I am very glad that they were all sent to jail.

[@mspetiteerlis]

Gosh! China is being too lenient

[@jeffrey7cp992]

China has 5000 years of civilization, acted very wisely with restrain. If it were to be in the USA, many of the rioters would not be here now. So for the rioters sake, there won't be a next time.

[@hamburger86]

Thank you Cyrus for showing the facts.

[@SuperDexteroo]

The rioters were duped with payments for specific crimes, some got paid, some didn't. They have videos of foreign agents directing the riot. But the hate involve is HK's superiority complex towards mainlanders. It's like city folks vs country bumpkins.

[@perkymt]

Sent Jimmy Lai and his gang to 100 years jail term.

[@donaldshang6750]

Cyrus, we need more people like you in this world. ❤❤

[@user-ll2pw9xc5n]

Happy to see someone still has some clear mind in the western world.

[@pjtam2]

Thank you Cyrus for your rightful and timely call of justice to report on the facts of the 2019 protests, and the legitimate needs and responsibilities of the Hong Kong Government under the Basic Law to complete security legislations to protect its citizens and way of life, free from foreign interferences and evil plots.

[@XY-rh3if]

😂It's only foolish people from other countries who really think or believe that America is a friend 😅

[@w.z.6062]

Thank you , Cyrus! This is the truth that the world needs to know.

[@bin-siewlim2191]

Just a few inconvenient truths: 1. There was no democracy during the 150 years when UK ruled Hong Kong. All senior positions were appointed by the queen. 2. Many of Hong Kong's judges were foreigners. Ask yourself how many of US or UK judges are foreigners? 3. Many Hong Kong residents did not support the demostrators. My Hong Kong friends are some of them. 4. Extradiction law are common in most countries. 5. National security laws are common in most countries. Singapore and Malaysia have Internal Security Act which the government use to put opposition people away without charges. This is the legacy from the previous UK colonial administration. US and Canada have similar laws.

[@davidwong5197]

A better question is what freedom was taken away. Not a single person can answered that.

[@kenchan5624]

Thank you for telling the truth to the world.

[@sleo3720]

What happened in Hong Kong for over a year was repeated in miniature form on January 6th at the Capital riots, the difference: the Capital riots was deemed an attack on democracy whilst the HK riots were deemed ‘a beautiful sight to behold’ If this isn’t Hypocrisy what is? Shameless

[@manhaysit]

Thank you for speaking the truth of what happened in Hong Kong.