History of Hong Kong - From Pre-Historic Village to British Colony

[@placeholder8768]

Holy crap, this is interesting. I never knew about the history of Hong Kong past the British, but I’m barely a few minutes in and this is already gripping me.

[@InvictaHistory]

Excellent! When I started the video I first expected to start with the British colony but ended up making a whole video just explaining that lol. So glad I did as this early period is quite fascinating as welll.

[@megarboh790]

@@InvictaHistory As a Hongkonger myself, thank you for making this wonderful video

[@UKchronics]

@@709zzy fuck china !!!!!!

[@SirFaceFone]

Yikes. Someone needs a chill pill.

[@veeli1106]

@@709zzy ...I am ethnic Chinese...(look at the name)

[@Mattk48_]

I think Squarespace alone funds my entire sub box.

[@peter320vn]

That and all the VPN.

[@hughbowden5696]

-Nord VPN -Skillshare -Audible -Squarespace -Brilliant -Mobile games, oh so many mobile games

[@pyronical]

@@hughbowden5696 Invicta needs to do a video on the great KZbin advert market share wars of 2019

[@hughbowden5696]

@@709zzy Remember when nothing happened in Tienanmen square?

[@hughbowden5696]

@No Name Ok but can we tone down the racism a bit though?

[@royriley6282]

I'm glad you understand that these kind of long view perspectives can never be done well with a single upload and I respect the effort you're putting in for the sake of a detailed and nuanced picture of events.

[@jacobgibson5319]

I really need Invicta to do a battle strategy of the siege of Area 51 in September.

[@pithecophagajefferyi7460]

​@@709zzy Leave west Philippine sea and islands aka spratlys islands, demolish your fake islands, end your illegal occupation of the sea and reefs., stop destroying the nature there. Don't be an Imperialist yourselves, or you would be hypocritical too.

[@pithecophagajefferyi7460]

@@709zzy Says who? Duterte? He says he will plant our flag there and shoot your sailors. Later on, he says he loves Xi jin ping. He has no credibility, and a lapdog you can be proud of

[@davidkelly4210]

@@709zzy racist Chinese are funny.

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

@@709zzy Might I point out that the Hong Kong legislative council was democratic after 1995, only a few years, but still, saying that there was no democracy in Hong Kong during the entire colonial period is a bit ignorant.

[@jaymay7957]

法轮功李洪志大天师麾下右护法兼囼囲蛙研究所副院长--槑窑湾 there aren’t enough of them to make a strong come back. There’s only a few million of em

[@gurukimci]

You didn't mention the role of the pork bun. A man without pork bun is never a whole man.

[@luckyloonies4378]

An uneducated Asian who have not ate a bun from the Eight Immortals Restaurant/八仙飯店 isn't a real undeducated Asian.

[@WOOYUM]

The Uneducated Asian how could we live without cha siu bao?

[@fencingmitch]

Why don't you have a pork bun in your hand?

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

I love to slap them thick pork buns

[@charlielee5906]

I’m more of a dim sum person 😂

[@bandit5272]

"Now for a quick and dirty review of Hong Kong's history..." Yo that was quick but I'm still waiting for that dirty part.

[@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4]

It's China

[@rokmare]

The CCP sent undercover commies to Hong Kong under British rule and staged riots that killed police and civilians years later after the handover those rioters were praised as heroes for "fighting" foreign oppressors and the CCP refuse to acknowledge any involvement in the riots.

[@cbrtdgh4210]

@@rokmare It's pretty obvious when the Bank of China Hong Kong building was covered in communist propaganda and the rioters came from across the border to kill policemen stationed at border posts.

[@Charok1]

dirty part is at least slave decendents get to live in a better society than where they would have been born otherwise, while Hong Kong is going back to dirty and worse off.

[@slickwillie7598]

Pretty much the British took Hong Kong from China because be British wanted to sell its opium to the Chinese. Then the British installed a colony to oversea their "interests" and held it for 100 years.

[@benc640]

There’s a great exhibition in the Hong Kong history museum detailing its Neolithic history - there’s loads of artefacts from human settlement around the time of the European Stone Age. It also houses some cool photographs of early british settlement and a full-sized replica of a colonial high street. Nice to see a new style of video. Very much enjoyed watching that.

[@SeeIAmDead]

This is seriously the greatest timing in my life! Just arrived in Hong Kong for a short vacation, this video certainly helped with the understanding of Hong Kong and the museum that's located there too!

[@BiscuitGodHK]

Thanks Invicta. From a HKer.

[@aprilisthecruellestfool]

Hong Kong and Canton were cradles of revolutions (or rebellions) in the early modern China. Would love to see more of that side of the story!

[@canman5060]

The proximity to seaport and commercial trade open the eyes of many people from that region of China compare to the static , corrupt , and controlled Northern region where the capital is. This is one of the major reason for the revolution.

[@Wanderer628]

Fun fact, seeing as Hong Kong was to be given to the UK in perpetuity, they were, technically speaking, under no obligation to give it back to the Chinese. However much of Hong Kong's critical infrastructure such as water treatment planets were built in the New Territories, which were under the ninety nine year lease, making any thought of keeping Hong Kong proper and only giving the new territories back rather untenable as the Chinese could simply shut off supplies to the city.

[@Coleorton7]

Should've gave Hong Kong to Taiwan as a massive troll to PRC xD

[@gameoflife9576]

@@Coleorton7 and then China declares war.

[@Coleorton7]

@@gameoflife9576 And then the US declares war :P

[@hughbowden5696]

@@Coleorton7 Taiwan #1 lol

[@hanchiman]

I remember Maggie Thatcher suggested this to Deng Xiaoping during the 1980 meeting, Maggie, just felt a victory rush after the Falkland war, asked Deng only returning NT but not HK as she plan to make HK island like Singapore. Deng told her to "Fuck off" basically and threatened that he can take it back one way or another, like shutting off the supply route. Pretty sure Deng wasn't scared of Maggie, as a man who survived the revolutionary war, WW2 and the Civil War.

[@arokjuata3365]

Qing:"You call this a diplomatic solution?" Brit:"no, i call this an aggresive negotiation"

[@animewatch4213]

It is Qing Dynasty. Ming is gone already by then.

[@TheSaneHatter]

@@animewatch4213 It is Star Wars joke. LAUGH.

[@arokjuata3365]

Anime watch I fixed it.

[@VWYL900802]

It’s like, you can’t give me cheaper teas and porcelain, I’ll become a drug dealer. You think you can fight me? I’ve been to so many vicious battles, you? You’ve got only a few high tech units! I can crush you with just one ship! True story.

[@wakuzaki]

Can you add the year you're talking about to the corner of the video, so it's easier to remember how much time has passed with each new development you bring up?

[@ayaskyewalker347]

yes please!!

[@yungfaas6688]

Hitting it with the frequent uploads, love it man!

[@InvictaHistory]

trying my best now that I'm full time : )

[@yungfaas6688]

Commander Pinochet bruh

[@lf2abc123]

Actually, Portuguese has occupied a part of Hong Kong for a brief period from 1514 to 1522. They only went to Macau because they were defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

[@dreadjack117]

Hey man just wanted to say, you're my favorite history KZbin channel by far

[@goodbanter4427]

@Commander Pinochet Boohoo

[@jandevries1300]

Thx. Amazing content. Hong Kong is a very interesting subject. I am looking forward for the next episode.

[@flipflierefluiter5665]

mooi man

[@sal8686]

@Commander Pinochet you still crying everywhere ?

[@johnkelley9877]

What a interesting tutorial. I had no idea how Hong Kong came about but this answers a lot of my questions. Thanks for sharing this.

[@johnkelley9877]

@@eduardgherasim2896 Well as I said in my comment, I really did not know much about how Hong Kong was started but I do appreciate Invicta taking the time to educate all of us on the basic knowledge of this topic. I am certain a great deal of time was spent in learning, writing and uploading this tutorial so thanks again for posting this Invicta.

[@timchiu501]

I’ve been subscribed for a long time and I am so impressed that there’s a video about my home! The video is quite accurate but however missed out the fundamental issues that caused all these chaos in these days-distrust of the Hong Kong people towards the PRC due to their ancestral roots. Most of the Hong Kong people are descendants of refugees, asylum seekers and capitalists who fled from China after 1949. Many of them had suffered during the early days of the reign of Communist China, where the nightmare of famine, political prosecutions and confiscation of private properties still haunted them.

[@GAndreC]

It’s pretty good but soon enough the ¥50 army will show up and claim only they have the right to make videos related to controversial issues

[@pettypractice7872]

@@GAndreC huh i didn't know i got promoted to earn 50 yuan per comment

[@GAndreC]

You can’t even buy anything with less than a buck with most currency so kind of silly to go by the other name

[@冬-01]

thats really funny, HKers keep on saying that they are fighting against the “communist regime” but the same regime is already long gone

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

@@冬-01 They mean in reference to the CCP Of course it's not actually Communist but neither is North Korea democratic

[@ness5372]

You've made a pretty nice overview which helps me a lot while writing my academic papers, thank you for it! Only one correction though: around 11:40 you mentioned that the second convention of Peking was held in 1868 when you've probably misread "1898". Maybe you could add some type of caption for future viewers. All else is great, good job!

[@canman5060]

1898 is when the 99 year lease came in.

[@fun7256]

Just landed in Hong Kong airport thanks for the information

[@SleepingDrag0n]

I like how you skipped over the illegal drug smuggling part of the Opium Wars and justified it as British protecting their own interest.

[@catazxy]

aaaaaaan like most colonies, after they liberate themselves they regret it, hard

[@katemikeamberjasonoliviaqi2449]

Well…this video is supported by PBS…

[@archiehickox6518]

ReeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEeeeEee social injustice triggggggeerrrrredddd

[@afroawesome]

@catazxy They don't regret it , the west hold and control the trade and banking system. They make sure your economy fail throufh various illegal actions like sanctions to discourage others who might want to liberate themselves. Why do you think the brics nations are gaining momentum?

[@caplevi112]

Don't wanna be that guy but I'ma do it anyways...... when is part 4 of the Jewish revolt gonna come out? Just curious

[@yugatrasclart4439]

@Commander Pinochet >his channel is shit >calls himself Commander Pinochet like a 16 Year old r/TheDonald user

[@BigBazz-Clips]

@Commander Pinochet don't like it? don't watch it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@JagmasterGeneral12374]

@@yugatrasclart4439 nah he isn't 16 his more like 12

[@yugatrasclart4439]

@Commander Pinochet just go to the library and read about it yourself if you can't wait a couple of months. I myself am bored of all the "battle historians", its refreshing to see something else once in a while that shows these ancient people still had the same habits as us, which humanizes them more than a 100 battle videos

[@yugatrasclart4439]

@Commander Pinochet you're probably one of the Total war players that thinks Battles are all there is to history

[@CannibaLouiST]

The last emperor of Song was enthroned around Mui Wo, Lantau Island.

[@Crash_Steel_]

well played Invicta.... great forethought, many people don't understand why Hong Kong is how it is... and this is perfect in giving people something to think about and a reason why.

[@lauravoho7426]

Hey there! I appreciate this video very much, as it summarizes this complex bit of history pretty concisely. I noticed, however, that there's a mistake in figures: around 11:40, you are stating that the Second Convention of Peking took place in 1868, which doesn't make sense if we take into account that it's there and then that the 99-year lease was signed (and it was due 1997).

[@YeenMage]

Emperor Zhao Bing of Song was NOT given the news that the last remnants of the Song fleet was defeated. He was there in the naval battle himself, and after the situation prove unwinnable against the Mongols, the chief minister hugged the boy emperor and they jumped into the sea to drown.

[@0MVR_0]

This the story I recall.

[@psycho-analyticgamer7452]

Heads up, there's a slight error at 11:41. The Second Convention of Peking occurred in 1898, not 1868 :)

[@unknownmf2599]

Hi Invicta! At 6:50 you showed the Turkic migration from the Altai mountains in the Ergenekon valley and, not the Mongolians.

[@antzlai6532]

Thank you for your video about Hong Kong

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

Video made it sound like southern China were not mixed up with the rest of China until the Han dynasty Look up King Goujian of Yue and his nemesis King Fuchai of Wu Wu and Yue were firmly players in Spring and Autumn politics by that time Even earlier, Fuchai's father King Helu of Wu, together with Wu Zixu, an exile from state of Chu, built Wu into such a prominent state that King Helu was sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons of that era In fact, Wu was on the verge of subjugating Chu, a state located near present day Hubei and Hunan provinces in China, before Chu managed to beat them back by asking and getting help from the state of Qin (yes, THAT Qin)

[@aprilisthecruellestfool]

Val Kueh kingdom of Yue is not the Yue in modern terms.

[@aprilisthecruellestfool]

Val Kueh see the map 3g.163.com/dy/article/EF8OR0L805238DGE.html

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

@@aprilisthecruellestfool @Terence So They are related The Kingdom of Yue was located in present day Zhejiang The Yue people mentioned in the video went on to establish other kingdoms such as Minyue and Nanyue, which geographically is right at the backyard of the Kingdom of Yue The truth of the matter is that China is an incredibly diverse place and the Chinese as a people is an incredibly diverse people It is silly to that say the Chinese is some kind of monolithical race of people where everyone shares the exact same cultural traditions At the same time, trying to say the opposite, such as "so and so are not Chinese" is equally silly I was simply pointing out that the video made it sound like southern China is a distinct and separate entity, which had nothing to do with northern China, is inaccurate as people there had been involved in the political system of China all the while since even the Spring and Autumn times

[@aprilisthecruellestfool]

Val Kueh No. They were not in any way related. Yue in Han Dynasty preceded from Baiyue in which has nothing to do with Kingdom of Yue. As for the concept of Chinese, national identity has only been born since modern era. It doesn’t really apply into studying Chinese history anytime before the 19th century.

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

I assume this will tie with the 4th video of the Great Jewish revolt somehow down the line

[@derwiedzmin3226]

Oh man I've been waiting for this one!

[@ruochenliu414]

The lease of the new territories were in 1898, not 1868 as in the video.

[@RickyOneEye]

Love you vidoes! Don't stop

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

great video...enjoyed the look at deep history.

[@mickemike2148]

I read about this in school and now it finally makes sense! Thank you!

[@igodreamer7096]

Great video, man! =)

[@lucasjames7524]

Overly Sarcastic Productions... Now Kings and Generals will put up a Hong Kong video, maybe. :-)

[@Yajna007]

L.O.L..

[@uncommonsense_3602]

Commander Pinochet Why is this channel disgraced? Serious question, I'm not a subscriber of either but have been watching both channels videos that popped up in my recommended.

[@BigBazz-Clips]

@Commander Pinochet oh hai again, maybe... just don't watch it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@BigBazz-Clips]

@Commander Pinochet nice b8 m8, have a good day

[@BigBazz-Clips]

@Commander Pinochet it's okay dude don't cry

[@cheftang9358]

Yeeeeeeeeeees thank you for this video. I always wanted to know more about H.K.

[@DislikeThisCommentNow]

Good job

[@JOAOPENICHE]

now do one about Macau

[@matthewentwistle9368]

Mistake in the video at 11:38: Invicta meant to say 1898, not 1868, for when the Second Convention of Peking happened.

[@testthis7745]

What a cool look at Hong Kong's history

[@napolien1310]

Beautiful video Can we have how they did it video plz

[@lovebugsleephere]

Accidentally unsubscribed then this video is recommended and immediately I subscribe back! Thank goodness, keep up the great work!

[@peytonbrown5394]

Awesome vid! can't wait for the next one about Hong Kong

[@BigBazz-Clips]

great vid

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

I didn’t know most of this! Thanks

[@mercer4038]

Thanks for making this video about my home! My family and I were part of the last British Colonists and seeing how things have changed have deeply saddened us.

[@pettypractice7872]

Seeing how things have changed have deeply elated us. Ain't life funny.

[@swordofhan]

A colonist must return to where he came from

[@mercer4038]

@@swordofhan No, I don’t think we do or that we will. We have way more love for Hong Kong, and Asia as a whole than the West. I have a deep respect for what the CCP have achieved, mostly respecting the HUGE middle finger to the racist westerners who looked down on Asians (especially during years of colonization). I understand how you feel though, as Hong Kong has always been a part of China. But the clamp down on freedoms is saddening no matter the context or time.

[@HhhVhh-xo6uy]

Oh you're so proud of being part of the Glorious Colonist British, how wonderful :)

[@mercer4038]

@@HhhVhh-xo6uy yeah I am proud. I have nothing to be guilty about as we gave more to Hong Kong than China ever has or will 🙌

[@phairecouchpotato3912]

I can't wait to play Empire 2 Total War

[@tcleung4228]

Just two small errors: Kowloon and Stonecutters Island were ceded in 1860, not leased, while the New Territories and the other small islands were leased in 1898 for 99 years.

[@julielowyc8324]

Good speak well 👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏✌✌✌

[@JustHackingAround]

This must have taken a while to put together!

[@Berkana]

I have a question. Is the "Yue" that was used to refer to the people along the southern coast of China the same term as is used to describe Vietnam? (Yue nan, 越南 in Chinese). At 4:24, where you mention the fellow who make himself of Nanyue, are the characters for that the same as Vietnam, but flipped? (南越) This character for 'nan' usually indicates "south", as in Nanking, Hunan, etc. Were the people in this region the same people group as those in Vietnam?

[@user-RanSolo]

Très bien fait

[@seek3n]

History=depression for me and the future=depressing

[@johanneswalsh9691]

Holy shit I got hooked on your series about the second Punic war. Obviously a bit late (but aren't we all) but God damn I hope you're a professional historian because you should be

[@scipioafricanus6417]

He isn't, he works with solar energy (last i checked at least)

[@thevioletskull8158]

I know that China and Britain use to have this trade,where China would give Britain tea in Exchange for silver. the British however,ran out of sliver and the country really wanted there tea. (I don't know what century this was but it was a long time ago) So Britain secretly stole the sliver form China and they give it back. Eventually China realise this and some war happened (I don't know about the war) and after it China and Britain agreed on the Hong Kong exchange, basically Britain would keep Hong Kong for I think 100 to 200 years then Britain would give it back to China. That's what I know so far. (I almost forgot about the fact that the British gave Opium to China even though it's not safe,I think the opium was meant to be a drink even though I think it's not safe,I think for some reason the British wanted the Chinese to be addicted to the opium.)

[@VWYL900802]

HK has a few phases, it was only a small dinky place with a few people living before southern Song. After Southern Song, that’s when it’s actually part of Guangzhou. Li Shimin, the founder of Tang, which was before Song, had a few units stationed here but it’s not named a place yet. HK since being recognized and part of guangzhou in Southern Song, just a dinky little fishing harbour until Ming when Europeans started to stop by here on the way to India or Persia. Then in Qing, started a trade route for tea and porcelain. However, with Europe entering the height of their Colonial Era, trade goods here seem like a rip off since all the other goods they got from other places were “a lot cheaper”. So they tried to negotiate with Kangxi and Yongzheng. In Kangxi Era, they tried to gain influence by having many missionaries and giving interesting things like a Western clock to the Emperor. But since China had already an established culture and religion, getting people to understand Western Science and religion was a long stretch and Kangxi was annoyed and didn’t like Westerners pestering him on religion and trade. And his son Yongzheng even closed off trade to the West and tried to burn churches that were building at the time. What hit the nail in the coffin was Qianlong, Yongzheng’s son, who responded to George III by saying we’ve got everything we need we don’t need to change anything to accommodate to your needs. That’s when England decided to set up posts with merchants in Guangzhou and mass produce Opium from the East India Company so that they can really make a profit off of local Chinese. China after Qianlong was struggling massively on corruption and losing money fast. Qianlong’s grandson, Daoguang, has to pick up his dad, Jiaqing, corruption mess and continue the ban on Opium while dens and brothel still on the rise. By then, it’s too little too late, the dumping of boxes of Opium, the bad foreign relations and translation, meant China has to pay debt. So for the first time Daoguang had to not only pay back England, he had to for the first time give a piece of land to England. It was very humiliating. But, at the same time, all of that could’ve been prevented had China been more open minded to learning other nations. For example, Daoguang wasn’t aware that at the time, England wasn’t just a small isle off of Europe, at the time England already took 1/4 of the world’s land mass and put a flag on it. If he had been more aware and had been more willing to learn, none of this would’ve happened. However, for the relations with England, it’s an entire learning opportunity open for them to choose but they didn’t, HK later did though, you know, during the Cold War era.

[@yungfaas6688]

Can I ask when there will be a new big moments episode and what will the subject be? Thanks.

[@InvictaHistory]

Got several in the works which include The Islamic Golden Age, Julius Caesar, and Heroes of the Siege of Jerusalem

[@yungfaas6688]

Invicta epic, can't wait!

[@alex-dq8br]

I love this video Just wondering where you found all the photos for this video and the chingnshi one?

[@flyboyjin]

The Baiyue are not just around the locality of Guangdong. The Qin had to fight the Wu and Yue kingdoms which were considered part of Baiyue tribes. Southern China is not clear but can be considered as south of the Huai river at the time (Not the southern part of what China is currently).

[@蔡徐坤油管分坤]

Let's talk about 百越(100 Yue Tribes). 百（100）, means "many" in ancient Chinese. So there aren't 100 tirbes in fact.

[@golden_smaug]

Britain should have pushed for a perpetual grant of the land instead of the 99 years lease

[@slickwillie7598]

Seems like they were more so after a post to sell opium than hold the land.

[@jascrandom9855]

They didn't think the power balance would shift to the Chinese so much.

[@aaronleung8809]

Love live Hong Kong

[@gerardogalvan7635]

Serious Question: What's happening in Hong Kong lately? I haven't watched any news on it and it starting to show up everywhere

[@jakechinn6561]

China is taking away the autonomy of the region. A Hong Kong bill almost passed that basically allowed them to give criminals to China who is well known for breaking human rights laws. The democratically elected leaders of Hong Kong were thrown out by China without good reason. The Hong Kong people said screw that and protested with almost 1/4 of the population protesting, ringleaders were imprisoned for public order crimes, police brutality all over the shop, smear campaigns in pro-chinese newspapers. Some protesters even stormed the Government building for a little while. Protesting has carried on since then but with threats of arrests and prison time has forced everyone into being more careful. There is violence between those who say the protests will just lead to a faster anexation by China and the protesters. From what I know protesting is carrying on even today, basically its a massive shit show.

[@gerardogalvan7635]

@@jakechinn6561 Thank you for telling me now I know why there's so many videos about Hong Kong :D

[@thegoodgeneral]

Super interesting, well researched, good visuals-but you could do with better narration. Someone that enunciates a little more clearly, doesn't stumble on syllables here and there, and has a better understanding of foreign pronunciation. Thanks for the interesting video!

[@hansonku2804]

English speakers always striving to pronounce other European languages in their native pronunciation as sign of sophistication. High time to apply same mindset on non European languages!

[@kyabatsu]

Is this a reupload?

[@InvictaHistory]

nope, maybe you saw a video from another channel

[@basedboi3956]

Overly Sarcastic Productions uploaded a video on the topic recently

[@al-uc7cb]

without even watching ik this video will be great :)

[@Yajna007]

Well yes, that's how much great reputation this KZbin channel has been able to build, owing to its superb videos!

[@pseudo.account]

At 3:48- "a concerted effort to citicize the area" Citicize? Do you mean civilize?

[@InvictaHistory]

Sinicize

[@endingalaporte]

nothing about the British and French burning the Beijing Summer Palace and destroying stealing art there, whereas the chinese government politely said "we don't want you there, in our country". Biased video

[@colus13]

As a hongkonger. Thanks

[@mctielpresidente]

Wish I could give this one thousand likes.

[@taylovakchism1565]

Hey. Did you Do a video on the amazons? You should

[@tlaiful]

very nicely done. Do more east asian videos

[@diogovalente3209]

Do Macau pls

[@JinTaoJun]

Have in mind that Nanyue (Nam Việt) was where the the Vietnamese Kinh people originally came from. All of that land was theirs before the Chinese pressured then to move south to today’s northern Vietnam.

[@Sjohof99]

Second conventionof Pekin is 1897, you said 1868, it was 2 am i thought math was failing me 😅

[@simonmarkussen]

Why dont you mention why it was called “The opium wars”? I feel it’s quite relevant to the background of this. I feel you present this as piracy and protectionism alone was the reason for the war. Obviously the Local government was to blame; but I do feel the Brits’ actions leading up to the opium wars should be presented.

[@kightsun]

Indeed. He failed to point out that the Brave Freedom loving British fought against an evil War on Drugs.

[@lewistsao3279]

The key reason for the opium war was totally glossed over.

[@teraz76]

Being colonized by the British is the best thing ever happened to Hong Kong. Hongkonger here who despise the authoritatrian Chinese government.

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

@@alanchen5637 dude,WTF you talking about? Personally i see Hongkong as a richer( per capita), democratic, version of China. The British rule looked like it helped in the end for Hong Kong

[@teraz76]

@Gamingsites 你同緊邊個講 lol

[@Vienna3080]

I did always find it interesting how many Hong Kongers have a positive outlook to the British years But hey I’m not one to say what Hong Kongers should like, I just want them to be free and choose there path

[@Mirokuofnite]

I suspect going from a backwater to a economic powerhouse has something to do with it. Couple that with being stable compared to the rest of China in the 20th century.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Mirokuofnite Plus free speech, education and individual rights that mainland china communists now want to take away

[@Cythil]

Should be noted a lot of people flocked to Hong Kong due to is special colonial status. So you find a lot of Anti-Imperialist and later Anti-communist flocking to the region. Now not all of them where positive towards Britain but a lot of them saw it as a land of opportunity. So is not that odd that they might still harbour the same views of the even generations later about the city. Also remember that the population before it was a colony was rather modest and that the region had always been in the outskirts of the empire. Meaning you have a population that is not super loyal to the imperial court to being with and on top of that get all those migrations I mentioned before. And that not even mentioning the many migrations that had been to the region before colonial rule mixing up the population. Say what you will about British colonial area. In some ways it very much made Hong Kong form is own identity.

[@omni5640]

Only the young who didn't even live under British rule actually want British rule 'back', the old knew the British were oppressors who didn't respect the Chinese populace and while Beijing's adminstration is scary, would prefer to stay out of the imperialist British hands

[@Cythil]

@@omni5640 Not the general impression I have gotten. But I might be wrong. And I am willing to change my mind if I am presented with enough information that supports you claim. But what I feel most people of Hong Kong want is mainly continued self government and deciding there on fate. Not really go back to the British way of doing it. After all they was a colony. But to have more repesentation in there government. Right now the influence is not directly in people hand but in a ruling elite. A lot of old companies having a lot of power. Feels a bit like how City of London works plus some Beijing influence on top of that. (If your not familiar with how City of London works then I recommend you look it up. Is a very archaic structure that dates back to the middle ages which also give companies and guilds a lot of power.)

[@Fedetk]

A video about the history of Hong Kong and I saw that a video of Ching Shih was made too. Why wasn't I subscribed to this channel?

[@joaovictorciacco4918]

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[@lokimorginstjarna33]

Love the videos. Can we see some Japanese history? :D

[@Cythil]

As I understand it, the 99 year lease on the New Territory's was intended to be for perpetuity to by the British. The 99 years where seen at the time as good as perpetuity. I am sure that the Chines did not think so however. But is interesting to note as what mindset the British had when they conquered these areas. And yeah. It really was a conquest like is noted in the video. The fancy language they use to support there claim is just that.

[@itrthho]

Cythil only the New Territory’s had the 99 year lease in the treaty.

[@Cythil]

@@itrthho Yep. That is true. Which was mentioned in the video to. Sorry if I was not clear but I though given the context it would be clear enough. I will change my message a bit to see if it can be made a bit clear.

[@allomyself]

I see a lot of people arguing over whether HK is better off being ruled by the British or the CCP, my view is that both of them are terrible, and independence is probably the best option

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

One thing to understand is that the Chinese view the concept of "race" quite differently from the West Throughout most of its history, Chinese people are loyal to the place or state that they and their ancestors were born in Before China was unified by the Qin dynasty, there was no such thing as a Chinese or Han or whatever race People simply thought of themselves as 趙人，燕人，楚人，etc Meaning people of Zhao, people of Yan, people of Chu, etc Even after the unification of China under Qin and also the subsequent Han dynasty, people still thought of themselves as ethnically belonging to those kingdoms of old There was, again, no such concept as a Chinese race It was only during the Tang dynasty (after China had gone through centuries of upheaval which saw unprecedented displacement of people due to warfare and waves and waves of human migration and assimilation - which rendered the concept of someone belonging to one of the olden kingdoms obsolete) that a semblence of "Chinese" identity was forged, in this case as 唐人，or people of Tang This was perhaps the first time in Chinese history that people living in China started considering themselves as being ethically similar This trend continued with the Song dynasty, where people thought of themselves as 大宋子民 or children of Great Song Even then, their concept of "race" was still tied to statedom - consider that the people Song hated the Jurchens from the Great Jin dynasty which occupied northern China, although racially speaking, there wasn't too much that was radically different between them As you can see, Chinese people placed much more importance in the state that one belonged to, rather than some kind of racial identity based on skin colour, eye shape, hair type, or whatever So, in current times, when someone wants to argue that something is or isn't Chinese, well, that person is simultaneously right and wrong

[@christso2330]

Accurate. Like Italians wouldn’t claim sovereignty over the lands in Europe just because the Roman Empire had conquered them long ago.

[@IhateCCP]

Very good post. 'China' is a very modern concept. As I understand Hong Kong (at least 177 years old ) is much older than 'China'(100 years old or 70 years old),

[@MapMonkeyTube]

Thank you for moving away from Europe. It is nice to see history related channels moving off the overly trodden historic paths of one small section to the wider expanse of the world.

[@Yamamotoseto]

Great video. Do one on Taiwan

[@codyshi4743]

You didn’t create enough information about what cause the Opuim war.

[@colttodd522]

hong Kong should stay independent. it has its own heart and soul

[@SebAnders]

Hmm aggressive negotiations? I like that, I'll use it.

[@InvictaHistory]

Pretty sure I stole that line from the star wars prequels

[@SloopADoopy]

Send in Flash Gordon to reclaim it all for king and crown

[@kashual]

chinese man: lets all be friends China: ok Chinese man dies* Aww shi** here we go again...

[@andrewcham2977]

Yeah, pretty much sums up chinese history, 5000 years of infighting.

[@rob6927]

In Vietnamese the "100 Yue" is pronounced as the "100 Viet". Then the kingdom of Nan Yue = Nam Viet, which is where the name of Vietnam comes from. Present day southern China was conquered, colonized and sinicized by the Chinese empires, just as in Europe the present day France or Spain was "barbarian" and then conquered and romanized by the Roman empire.

[@mitismee]

can you please also indicate 100 yue which literally translated to 100 viet tribe. the modern day vietnamese are one of the last "yue" people left out of the 100 . and Nan yue king dom which also translate to south viet kingdom aswell. and the modern viet people nowaday does recognize it as one of their first dynasty .

[@darknessesdarknesses2492]

This was informative. Before this, everything I knew about Hong Kong was from Jackie Chan, and other Hong Kong action films.🤣 Which means, it looked like a mighty good time.

[@jacksonthesyndicalist2771]

I wonder what might have happened if the British transferred Hong Kong to the Republic of China aka Taiwan.

[@kindleaccountkindleaccount4706]

@@709zzy where can I find this video😂