China is erasing its border with Hong Kong 

We've released a video explaining the recent demonstrations rocking Hong Kong, as citizens there protest against the government's proposed bill that would allow extradition to China. To get the latest on the current situation, you can watch the video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_RdnVtfZPY.html

Imagine having an expiration date on freedom

"Single party rule" is a fancy way of saying dictatorship

Hong Kong: *slowly identifies itself as Chinese* China: *begins trying to speed up the rate they become Chinese* Hong Kong:*identifies itself as Hong Kong* China: *Surprise Pikachu Face*

"multi-party-system like the United States..." Europe is breaking in laughter.

Calling the US a "multi-party system" is quite a stretch.

How come when my history teacher tries to tell me about this in school I almost fall asleep but when I search for it on RU-vid I find myself thoroughly interested 😂

That bridge is an engineering marvel. The geopolitics of it is not.

Fun fact: Since Hong Kong still drives on the left there's a clever lane switcher on the bridge from Hong Kong to Mainland China.

To be fair, the US is not really a multi-party system. It's a two-party system.

Oh look, turns out that China broke its promise. Didn't see that one coming...

Not just Hong Kong, the whole world is feeling a new level of influence from China in some way or the other Edit 2020 April 3rd : Holy f**k . Wasn't expecting this kind of influence from China :(

Interesting thing to note: Claudia Mo, the legislator in this video is currently in a jail cell since for about a year after denied bail for violating the China national security law. Horrific what’s going on

And as with all border disputes, it started with a British guy drawing a line on a map

It looks like Britain has created complexities amongst many nations.

This week the US declared that Hong Kong is no longer an autonomous region and shall be treated the same as the rest of China, The UK will be accepting refugees from Hong Kong

As a Kid with both Chinese parents and born in Hong Kong, i feel like i'm not going to be here in the internet for a while.

Vox: Take a look at this bridge. RU-vid: Nah. I'd rather show a commercial.

Who here watched because of the 2019 protests?

theres a saying in turks whenever fishes of same pond fight with eachother means british were here

gen z's will be the last generation to witness hong kong with the freedoms it had and the current generation of kids (gen alpha) wont be able to experience that with the new laws that were set last year. many parents are sending their children abroad for studies just so they could get another country's passport before its too late.

Today, over a million people in HongKong poured into streets and protested. 2019.6.9

This video was ...... made in Hong Kong

I'm 100% sure the forced him to "confess"

As a ukranian the "dialect" part hit hard

"Britain and China fought a couple of wars." Understatement of the year.

“Im in china, but i was in china” Confused china

Vox, get this man Johnny a salary hike!

9:35 Since when does do the US have a multi party system? Having to choose between two is barely democracy.

Correction. Has erased the border with Hong Kong.

China: We will give them 50 years of independence. Also China: GAS GAS GAS

I admire their passion for their democracy even if we all know, how little they can do.

People should note that, the UK never gave the right of universal suffrage to the people of Hongkong, and neither does China. 2047 is not an expiration of democracy since the people of Hongkong never ever acquired that.

I don't like it when freedom is taken from people. That is criminal

1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a reality.

"The Bookstore Employee" story seems straight out of the book 1984.

I just came home from Hong Kong after visiting family out there! The sea bridge is astonishing, and the Macau crossing was almost exactly like that to mainland China, an odd border crossing to enter the same country. Although Macau has a different passport and currency.

I just find it bizarre that all of this things happens cause of Tea

And then there is Taiwan.....another complicated matter.

"Multi-party system like the US"... I lol'd. Having two parties is hardly worth calling "multi-party". Try any other democratic country.

When I studied abroad in Hong Kong last summer I had no idea I would be witnessing such a unique city in its last few months :(

China has done same with, Taiwan & Tibet

"Britain and China fought a couple of wars over trade in the 1800s" what an understatement

December 2021: In the middle of the night the Chinese government removes the statue memorializing the Tiananmen Square Massacre from Hong Kong. Slowly chipping away more and more.

when you live in hong kong and you are highkey worried about 2047

Britain and China fought a couple of wars over "trade" Opium: Am I a joke to you?

To anyone wondering who Hong Kong truly belongs to, the answer is simple. Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong. It belongs to its people.

I love how they had to make Deng Xiaoping taller in the wax sculpture 04:43

People in hongkong should be wary about their future after 2047

This is a breathtaking video. Thanks vox for speaking out for Hongkong people

US doesnt have multi party system. It has bi-party system. India has multi party system.

Claudia Mo in this video has been arrested in February. She may face a life sentence under HK's new National Security Law. Let us not forget her fight and the fight of countless others for a free Hong Kong!

9:36 "a MULTI-party system, like the United States has" *I'm gonna laugh in European.*

I suspect this is all going to end very badly.

Man you r lucky, if u shoot this video now u would have been in prison and never see the world again.

Litterally rockstar connecting 2 islands 500km away IRL in one of their games.

"Disappeared"...I think you meant "tortured and killed"

As a Hongkonger, thank you for making this series.

"People willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both." -- Thomas Jefferson. Fight to stay free Hong Kong!

4 years later, watching this video again and those flashbacks are so haunting… what a great video tho but i miss so much the early 21 century when things were more pacific

It’s already September of 2019, I really fear for the worst for my city

As an Irishman it's bizarre to see Thatcher even mention the word 'freedom'.....

As a Hong Kong citizen, I can tell you that Hong Kong cannot be independent from China. Not that I’m against it, but we don’t have the ability to. It is true that there’s a huge flaw in our legislative system. The party supporting China in our Legislative Council will win the argument no matter what citizens or other parties say. Do you know how the chief executive is “selected”? The Chinese government chooses puppets they deem suitable and tell Hong Kong citizens to “vote”. We’re just trying to pick the best out of the worst. We want universal suffrage, that’s why there’s the umbrella movement. But it only brought chaos, triggering China to become more controlling over Hong Kong. As students we learn about Hong Kong and China during Liberal Studies class. When we attempt to ask our teacher about touchy topics, all she can do is smile sadly and say we don’t have a choice. That’s right, Hong Kong doesn’t have a choice, we depend too much on China. Other country leaders might be supporting Hong Kong but many citizens know, if Hong Kong becomes independent from China, no country can nor will help us. China is too strong. The 64 incident already proves how China can “alter” reality. After the 20th anniversary of returning to China, we Hong Kong can only dread the future ahead of us. I’m only speaking for a portion of Hong Kong people, don’t be offended if your opinions are different.

China is literally 1984

Sorry for spotting an issue in this video: It is overly simplistic to say "Hong Kong's evening new speaks Mandarin". The full picture is this: The Hong Kong evening news programme mentioned in this video is produced by TVB (Television Broadcasting Co), which has two main channels, Jade and Pearl. Jade is a Cantonese-oriented channel whereas Pearl is an English-oriented channel. At 6:30 pm, Jade airs the Cantonese version of the news programme while Pearl airs the Mandarin version. Pearl also airs the English version at 7:30 pm. As a majority of Hong Kong's population is Cantonese-speaking, it can be said that the Cantonese version is the most-watched one. The Mandarin version could be targeted to immigrants from Mainland China. The English version targets an English-speaking audience consisting of expats, domestic helpers from ASEAN countries (mainly Philippines and Indonesia) and immigrants from the South Asian sub-continent (India, Nepal, Pakistan etc).

Shenzhen is the definition of "watch who you bully in middle school."

these guys already predicted the Fall, more than a year ago!

I work at a tourist destination. We sell lots of postcards and stamps too. When i ask which country the stamp is to, I've had many people say Hong Kong.

This has not aged well, china is doing this much much faster.

*Hands down best series yet*

Please do a series about West Philippine Sea and expose how the chinese navies are robbing and massacaring Filipino fishermen there.

They stole the film industry of Hong Kong and moved it to 🇨🇳...

Fought over “trade”😂. British wanted to dump opium into China which led to the “trade” war

In China is ban the RU-vid In HK can use RU-vid

My mom is Hong Kong and I feel like one too. Vox isn’t being biased, they’re telling their story in the point of view of a HK who’s culture is slowly being suppressed and torn away.

I don't understand why mainland chinese don't protest like these hongonkers against ccp.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

"Britannia and China fought a couple wars in the 19 century Over trade " oh How nice of a way to describe the two opium war

Who's watching in July 2020 when China just implemented the Security Law

As a mainlander, I personally hate Xi Jinping and his policies. He became president in 2008 and ended the golden age both in HK and Mainland.

How many disputes do you wanna create? Britain: Yes

I hope Hong Kong can find away to keep their freedon

Claudia Mo, the democracy politician interviewed in this video, has since been arrested.

Literally nobody: China: Builds a 55km bridge the connect itself to a territory it’s already connected to!

the protest gave me ggoosebumps omg

It really amazes me to see problems almost everywhere in the world. I just hope one day every single person in the world can live peacefully.

13:31 the graffiti reads "香港加油!" which literally means "add oil, Hong Kong!" but figuratively means "Go for it, Hong Kong!" or "You can do it, Hong Kong!" So, basically even though the bookstore was shut down, there are definitely still people sympathetic to their struggle.

I am wondering if Vox can make a video about how Hong Kong human right was looks like when it was under British.

I live in Shenzhen, right next to the border between mainland China and Hong Kong and I’ve crossed this border many many times and even though it seems like China is trying to erase the border, China is much more strict about the border crossing then Hong Kong. Basically the border is separated into two sides, you have to go through Chinese immigration as well as Hong Kong immigration in order to cross the border. The Chinese immigration is much stricter about letting people through (ex: if you’re crossing the border by car to go to Hong Kong you must leave the car and cross the border by foot, but if you’re going to China from Hong Kong you can stay in your car). So China wants to slowly take control over Hong Kong and make Hong Kong feel like it’s Chinese but they are definitely not trying to erase the border, they are trying to reinforce the border. Another thing is that China definitely doesn’t want anyone to know about Tiananmen Square, anytime there is information about it on TV, the screen goes black (I was watching BBC on my tv in China and when there was a documentary about Tiananmen Square, the screen went completely black) They are extremely strict about what information is spread to Chinese people (for example we were supposed to read George Orwell’s animal farm in school but couldn’t because it got banned in China), and being someone who has lived in Shenzhen for so many years I feel scared to talk about things like Tiananmen Square because the government is so controlling about the information that is spread in China and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this video was banned in China as well. In 2047 when Hong Kong will officially be a part of China there is no doubt that a lot of conflict will arise because people from Hong Kong will essentially lose their freedom of speech and their culture is very different from that of China.

This should awaken many countries having connections with China. just like the Philippines.

I cry watching this, Hong Kong is not just a place, is a HOME for us. People are living in this land.

It hurts to see this & I don’t even what to say anymore it’s just sad to see what’s happening right now

The wackest wax sculpture of a that moment between Thatcher and Xiaoping is on the 69th floor Coincidence? I think NOT

Imagine having an expiration date on your freedom...

You forgot to mention that the Hong Kong border wall with the barbed wire on top was constructed to keep millions of mainland Chinese out of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong should be independent

This is in a way a breach of contract, where’s Britain in all these

Boarders MATTER , Identity MATTERS, Language MATTERS!!

🇭🇰🌂🌂. I love Hong Kong. 11:26 _"We're not taking things lying down."_

Protecting HK Democracy? Funny. i do not recall any "democracy" in HK while the Biriths were in charge