History Summarized: Hong Kong 

One might say his timing itself is...historical

@@itsvairen334 Very suspiciousss....... IS BLUE A TIME TRAVELER?!

42 Laxer yeah

Two more years and his 20 year rule will be all for naught.

Coincidence?? I think not.... Has Blue been to hong kong recently?

Good to see I am not alone here

I saw a video about bookstore owners critical of the government being disappeared then showing up on trial in China for treason and the like. Condolences you have to live under that.

@@TheKnizzine currently studying abroad (but I really want to join the protest tbh)

As a Brit I appreciate the recent shenanigans with our flag during the protests but I gotta agree with Blue here, the Orchid's pretty rad. Wish my nation was in less of a shambles so we could offer some kind of aid but we've got our own massive expansionist authoritarian superstate on our doorstep to worry about these days. I just hope y'all have as much success beating the Chinese as we did beating the Germans. (And the Chinese *dab*)

Yeehaw another Hong Konger

What does a cartoon bear have to do with communism? Who in their right mind would be offended by a cartoon bear? How on Earth could the simple mention of a cartoon bear have any bearing on the complex political machinations of such a powerful entity as China? That's crazy talk. -B

@@OverlySarcasticProductions in all seriousness I see no correlation with Pooh and xi like why were they so triggered lmfao

@@hermanlai6035 A quick explanation: seeing as mainland china has this almost knee-jerk reaction to anything that even resembles criticism against the Communist Party, anyone stuck in there needed ways to talk about Xi Jinping that wouldn't immediately raise alarm bells. There was a photo of Xi and Obama walking during political talks, it got compared to a picture of Pooh and Tigger walking with nearly the same positioning... And that's the story of how Winnie the Pooh became censored in Mainland China. Because apparently Emperor Xi cannot tolerate even juxtaposition.

@@Ultrapyre haha ok

If Xi Jinping is Winnie the Pooh, does that mean Kim Jong-un is Piglet?

The government in Macau give 1000dollor for no reason to every citizen each year.

It goes down to bigger pile of money diplomacy.

ikr more ppl should talk about macau!

Macanese here, I think the reason for that is because unless you’re into gambling (or investment of that)or history, or maybe you’re from Portugal or in the region, the tiny tiny city isn’t all that well known around world. When I told people I come from Macau, the most likely respond is “I haven’t heard of it or where is that”. Furthermore locals here don’t even care about its history, and most documents are either in Portuguese where most of the local don’t understand or in Chinese where others people don’t understand, not to mention those documents are hard to find online too.

Portugal

This comment has been removed on behalf of the Peoples Republic Of China Have a loyal day, Citizen.

Taiwan decides to make it their official motto.

[REDACTED]

That meme isn't actually censured in China

Drowns in Philippines.

They did that in Australia too (turns out they didn’t see a size limit to declaring land “free for the taking”)

It was all of Europe, they sorta operated on the principle that if there isn't a flag already there, it would be the perfect place to plant their flag. It didn't matter if people were already living there or not. As long as there wasn't a flag, it's the perfect location for a flag.

Great Britain 🇬🇧: looks at earth It’s free real estate

Let me guess the clones wanted to go home and rethink there whole life during the war huh

hello there !!!

Oh, I am not brave enough for deathsticks.

this wasn't the video you're looking for then

Or War of the Triple Alliance

Kermit Kenny if you have ever watched any videos from this channel you know Red and Blues opinions in Colonialism. Of course Britain very questionable...uuhhh.... acquisition of Hong Kong is highlighted, and it is clear they aren’t good here. However in an 8 minute video, not everything can be covered (especially when half is dedicated to modern Hong Kong). We can’t change the genocides of the past in a Hong Kong, but international awareness could prevent one in the future.

Somehow... I doubt this is anything else but a joke. However... just in case. *Waives at great leader, Depardieu style*. Good luck with the progress on creating a confederation of both ultra socialism and ultra corporatism. We'll probably be learning from the great social experiment of Korea in the next few centuries.

Onion with honey. How sweet, I'm actually crying...

Does that mean you are piglet?

X doubt

Very cool

Absolute mad lad!!!

Something Something [you need to not trash your social credit score dude] Something

you crazy man

Fight the power! Freedom is irrepressible!

This is youtube, the entire site is banned in China

The more I hear about Hong Kong, the more I worry for its future. China really doesn't mess around when it comes to their intolerance. Even got some "re-education" camps to stick muslims. Truly horrific stuff.

@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 Intolerance is disapproving of someone else's behaviour. China is not intolerant, it is a left-wing authoritarian nightmare-state like the Soviet Union. They don't disapprove of people's behaviour, they actively want to control all aspects of society, including the way people behave. Intolerance doesn't do China justice. It's literally tyranny.

@@Bushflare china is probably the most capitalist country in the world right now

@@yamiyomizuki Y'all don't know what capitalism is, fam. If you don't have private property rights then you don't have capitalism, you have Socialism. The Chinese government can and does commandeer property and assets at will. Lack of regulation does not make a system MORE capitalist. What is more, Communism isn't JUST Socialism. It's the politicisation of human life. Every aspect of life in China belongs to the state, and is essentially on lease to the population with the government free to retract access to it at any time for any reason. Speech? Money? Property? Socialisation? Transportation? Healthcare? Freedom? None of these things belong to the Chinese individual, they all belong to the Chinese state, headed by The Party, which means everything in China belongs to a handful of totalitarian ideological oligarchs. Get out of here with that "Most Capitalist country in the world" grade-school level political analysis. China's as Socialist as the dragon is long.

I think most Chinese people including those in Taiwan and Hong Kong would love that video as would us expats. But judging from his comments on Winnie the Pooh I'm going to guess that doesn't fall in line with Blue's opinion of China.

@@frankagizarro3069 Yeah for a sinophobe he was relatively unbiased in this video. He admitted that Hong Kong was never du jure independent from China, to be incorporated in 50 years, even admitted that the city is Chinese in origin. We gotta appreciate the small things these sinophobes can offer from time to time.

To say an entire generation identified as Japanese is an overstatement. Not all Taiwanese people were Lee Deng Hui lol. Majority of the Han settlers identified with their language like Hakkas and Hoklos. Sure there were people who were assimilated by Japan like the aformentioned Lee, but they weren't the majority. Moreover Japan didn't even try to assimilate them until 1937, but by that point only 8 years of their rule was left.

@@andro7862 honestly just covering the white terror incident would be enough. That said, I would really like to get his opinion on the de facto interpretation of the San Francisco peace treaty.

@@anqiren5345 Calling blue a sinophobe means you might be shill for the chinese government, which would entail supporting genocide. That or you are very uninformed. What you said is a bad take either way

I thought this channel was a city summarizing channel now too. We have all been duped.

hahaha

I mean it's not a city review except for how it's a video where he talks about how awesome Hong Kong is for 10 minutes...

@@roceb5009 exactly, they're completely different, there were no scores out of 10

We demand a hk city review!

I think it surprises many people to know just how much influence China's had on the west that their governments will never admit to. Even growing up I wasn't allowed to know that tea wasn't from Britain until it became a little too obvious that tea was only able to be imported to the country from China "of all places" and for some reason Britain needed to war with that country just to secure those tea imports. But even then I was taught that "black" tea was somehow some kind of evolution of the type of teas that the orientals drank.

Same with word “Ketchup”. In Cantonese, ketchup literally means tomato sauce. “Kowtow” and “long time no see” are also borrowed from Cantonese. Pretty awesome stuff

@@lloyd9500 I thought the origin of ketchup was a fish sauce called catsup.

@@thomaskirkness-little5809 think it’s disputed. But I find it far too convenient that “Keh” and “Tsup” mean “tomato” and “sauce” respectively, in Canto

@@lloyd9500 It's always more interesting when the answer is uncertain.

Look, if Pooh can't take a joke and some ribbing, he shouldn't have gone into politics. He brought it on himself by making it a deal.

@@CorvinTheSwasian But you can and/or should, though. (too much and you'll still be stopped by customs.) Regular chewing gum is just not able to be SOLD in Singapore. you can still possess it... and chew it. in fact, Singaporeans frequently cross over to Malaysia to get gum. (along with, you know, tourism).

Singapore would be an interesting topic because it's also (effectively), a one party city state where political dissenters are destroyed. Is the lack of protest due to a cultural difference in the local Chinese, is it because there are also lots of Malays and Indians there or is it because the Singaporean regime is more discreet in suppressing dissent?

Dave Sisson destroyed is a strong word, but the government doesn’t tolerate civil unrest of any sort, not that there really is a reason to (for now); racial harmony is taught and practiced in Singapore, and we have friends of different ethnic backgrounds and religions. I wouldn’t say everyone is like that, but the general populace is at least tolerant of other people’s customs and cultures.

@@Dave_Sisson I guess that is also that singaporeans have a really good quality of life, as long as you don't mess with the government: afforable healthcare and housing, one of the best educations in the world, economic freedom, high wages, safety, a perfectly clean city and modern infraestructure, etc.

@@Dave_Sisson It's economically very powerful and stable for its size, and there is really not much to complain about in the country, that's why there has been few, if any, political dissent.

*ships blasting Rule Britannia*

ᴾˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ

With the power of tea, anything is possible

*starts crying in indian*

This made me laugh harder then it should have -fellow HKer

@Electro_blob 2 *laughs in ROC

@Electro_blob 2 but singapore is a dictatorial country

Hong-Kong is not cyber punk, cyberpunk is Hong-Kong

@Electro_blob 2 HK is only free if you have money. Of course, in HK you are free to not have money too. It really Isaac libertarian utopia.

Also pretty sure they haven't broken into roits yet

@@nr5076 give it time

@@nr5076 hi from Hong Kong, and I'm pretty sure we're super close to a riot now, if not already

Well now its in full riot mode. Going on 6 whole months too. And just before Christmas at that. Congratulations HK. You ruined yourself.

Hey, I live a Skytrain ride away from Richmond! I also didn't know anything about that.

Nowadays, here in Richmond, it's mostly Mainlander, tho it does depend on the generation. Even the local Walmart have Chinese signs, Simplified Chinese mind you, not Traditional. Tho, I'm sure that, as the Mainland closes up, and as more of us move in, the place will become Hongkonger again.

The dragon gates were actually to let Bruce Lee pass peacefully through Hong Kong so that his utter power doesn't destroy the city with his presence.

Make sure to burn Incense after watching his movies so he favors thee

Bruce lee was a good actor and an interesting person, but as a martial artist he was not terribly impressive, even for the time when he lived.

@@yamiyomizuki have you see the video were he almost hits another person, but he did it so fast the guy didn't even flinch. Also there's the invention of the one inch punch, and more...

@@christopherrobinhood9802 bruce lee was a mediocre martial artist, his body mechanics were sub par and his speed was not exceptional, also didn't invent the inch punch, nor was he especially good at it.

Moth Moth, *MOTH*

Fuck the British drug enforcers, i would love to see them come back for round 3.

@@jasonchang8601 China sold Britain tea. Caffeine is also a drug, just a less harmful drug than opium. They got Brits hooked on caffeine, Britain got them hooked on opium. Fair's fair really.

@@walsh9080 Go fuck yourself. You seriously comparing tea to opium? They fucking plundered my peoples land and made majority of the people extremely addicted and poor as a result. The Brits didnt only get tea, they killed our people and stole hong kong and vaious other land from China. You dont jack shit about fair. If one day China ever gets strong enough to oppress your nation and do the same things to your people, i'll come tell you its fair since we got tea in return for fucking up your people.

Walsh 90 you, sir, are a disgusting human being. Would you say being a tea or coffee addict is the same as being a opium or meth addict? Even dumbasses know that that’s not true

No, but China is trying to get its hand legally on them

tragically

NOTICE: Please don't argue over the status of Hong Kong here.

@@River.s. yes its Chinese land

Hong Kong: kinda but not really.

With all the other modern reclaimed land most of Kowloon, the entire Shatin, most of HK Island's northern shoreline.

Is this an Oversimplified reference?

@@adrikrotten880 ...perhaps

@Rui Ying Koh i feel as though storming the legislatuire building qualifies as a riot plus some protesters actually attacked police, if it wasn't before July 1st i think it is now

Hong Kong: *Riot gently*

It's called a revolution France created them molded by it.

He will have to move out of his fishing shack, because of losing his job and move into a smaller fishing shack

History not approved by the People will be erased from the public mind

Whew I’m glad I left China before they implemented the social credit score

I want to laugh but I’m to scared

This is not funny.

russia and germany do it again

That’s the eaten part. They did that.

Idk how much of a video they could do on the history of polish. I mean you have shoe polish, silver polish, furniture polish and you're pretty much done

Yeah, there's even a song about that and everything. It's pretty great.

Poland Lithuania was kinda rad too

King Kong: Don't listen to this guy, he's a little strange about barrels.

I clicked so late that Hong Kong has already been Annexed

Your comment is as generic as the quality of products manufactured by China.

@@fawwazn.1244 So, like, now?

@@dominic4311 It didn't, the 99 years contract between China and British ended and British had to give Hong Kong back to China.

@@dominic4311 Accurate

seung hoi?

@@siekensou77 Sh in mandarin Chinese isn't pronounced like sh like it is in English but more like a s with I guess a lisp? is the closest I'm going to get describing it. Then the a sound in Shang is more like the a in Shawn instead of the a in Bang. It would sound more like if Sean Connery were to say the word sung so maybe like s-ah-ng high.

@@frankagizarro3069 seung hoi. fyi, canto reading of 上海

@@siekensou77 I know that. But it might be more confusing if you start throwing dialects around. lol

Our hearts are with you. Hopefully the bad actors will leave sooner or later and Hong Kong can start rebuilding. Its sad to see that it's been used by certain countries to destabilize China.

Fascists calling themselves "democratic dissidents (tm)" is nothing new. Gotta love the power of propaganda :D

Kuomintang at least tried some democracy in 1947

They tried to be democratic and held some general elections in 1947, but due to political turmoil before and after they were kinda forced to be a dictatorship to have any kind of stability

@@a-drewg1716 I don't agree with this argument, the same could be said in regard about the Communist Chinese Party. If the Kuomintang dictatorship is justified, why the communist dictatorship is not? Is interesting to read the thoughts and impressions of general Geroge Marshall about the Kuomintang during his mission in China in 1947.

ADR They were founded as a Democratic Party before Chiang took over and stagnated the movement through establishing a military regime.

Not always. Macau is sometimes also famous as a casino city like Las Vegas(well im from hk so i know that XD)

@@isaacwong1465 Isn't that a bit like saying Buffalo isn't overshadowed by New York City? They're both well-known among people familiar with the region, but one definitely still gets more attention and awareness.

@@timothymclean ermmm... you're right XDDD

It’s good tho. Macau is a lot less a crappy place than Hong Kong. It’s a lot more peaceful and clean

I thought _Macau_ was the big sister...?

Hey, Kuomintang did general elections in 1947. They reverted to dictatorship in Taiwan most because of the political turmoil

And HK didnt see democracy until it was handed back to China. Residents of colonial HK had no vote and were ruled by Govenors appointed ny London.

@Electro_blob 2 Kowloon

@@sisyphusvasilias3943 Mostly because Communist China repeatedly threatened to annex Hong Kong if Britain instituted a democracy there. The way you phrase it makes it sound like Britain just decided it and weren't pressured into it. This is evident by all the baby steps to democracy Britain had already instituted before 1997 such as allowing for half of the council to be elected (something mainland China scrapped after 1997).

@@walsh9080 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HORSESHIT Just so you know how stupid that lameass smear was. The System of Government UK used in HK was installed 50+ years BEFORE the CCP EXISTED. And what "the council"? There was no "The Council". There was a body of rich male land owners that was allowed to meet and talk with the HK Govenor but they had ZERO power Nada, ZILCH. Until the day he flew out the HK Govenor was ALWAYS a white male Brit appointed by Westminster who had 100% absolute rule. In the 1990s UKHK Police released a White Paper on control protests where Police were instructed to carry live ammunition rifles and shoot into the protestors.That was Britain HK's crowd control policy in the 1990s!!! Thanks for the lulz, fucking hilarious.

O dear. That is a headache....

*OH GOD-*

That's a interesting fact,where can I read more about the story

Our supreme leader kim jong-un excuse my disrespectfull actions but why arent we nuking the worst south korea.?

@transylvanian I cannot tell if you are being ironic or not.

@Timothy Wei It's quite sad and hilarious to see at the same time. Thankfully Taiwan at least has a chance of remaining independent after its date is up due to the threat of complete war breaking out. Hong Kong on the other hand is not so lucky. And Macau is too rich to care.

@Timothy Wei That's its name though. It is the Republic of China. Across the strait is the People's Republic of China. So as you can see, they are two separate nations.

Timothy Wei Uh no, because the CSA was never recognised and was then defeated in the American Civil War. Taiwan is recognised by other nations and de facto exists to everyone outside of China. Ask anyone outside of your bubble and they’ll say that Taiwan is independent, regardless of what China thinks.

@Timothy Wei No, you do not seem to understand that while the PRC says that Taiwan is its own (Chinese Taiping), literally no one else believes this. Almost every other nation as well as its people know Taiwan is its own country and laugh at how petty China is in terms of its foreign policy to 'reunite the motherland'. PRC and ROC are two distinct entities that exist side-by-side and not as one.

*Remembers documentary on the death of the Hong Kong neon industry... still cries.* These were real lights... They did not project single wavelength photons that hurt your eyes and eventually prevent clown fishes to reproduce... RIP the neon indeed.

Michael Wu What about Yellow? Or are we doing Primary colors of light instead of Primary Colors of Paint?

Nah, it's literally just called "Hong Kong style Milk tea" here, it's literally just a mixture of evaporated milk and lipton black tea.

and soon whatever history you learned up to this point will have to be forgotten or it's off to the camps with you... 2 + 2 = 5 n all that.

@@TheMindofRa I don't get it

@@loobh2070 it's a reference to some pretty horrible events in European if not global history. Ignore them.

great I’m in the 5th grade and everyone keeps trying to shove the extradition bills into daily prayers and speeches and also my classmates keeps trying to discuss it in the morning as if they actually really saw the law. Yay.

@@nickmalachai2227 no, it's a reference to the fact that mainland china sends people to camps

it was just an island

I don’t think you know what 50 cent army means. For example, people keep calling me 50 cent when I simply find places where most people lean toward one side and I go in to support the other. No, 50 cent army is people who are paid to create multiple accounts and reply to posts or videos in favour of their employee. A couple years back the going rate was 0.5yuan/comment. Hence the name. They aren’t always political either. When it was first exposed, they were mainly doing promotional works for products. As far as I’m aware, they still are. It’s just that westerners hear about people doing entrepreneurial work in China and decided to twist it toward secret police because they can’t imagine Chinese people being capitalist and explore into marketing strategy.

@@bowmanc.7439 thanks

@@bowmanc.7439 finally, someone knows whats up

That’s actually very well-written, and I have nothing to nitpick about your statement @Bowman.C , you’re a genuine and well-mannered member in The comments section and I thank god that people like you exist. What I meant was that the 50 cent army almost always target videos where foreign youtubers try to talk about HK, and call these hardworking creators’ content irrelevant or even useless, and I’m fed up with that crap and was just issuing that as a preliminary warning to those *actual* PRC sponsored 50 cent army

I understand most of them merely do promotional stuff for products, however I’ve encountered too many BS comments and aggressive mainlanders who force their will upon others in the comments sections of various videos, these are the actions that should be condemned more so than what I said