A P hey don’t forget what what was the cause of the opium war. It was because the British and other foreign powers were selling drugs in China and the Chinese Government decided to stop the continued sale of drugs and getting more Chinese citizens from being addicted to these drugs. So the foreign powers started the war saying that it is not fair for the Chinese Government to stop them from selling drugs. Would you like some foreign powers to come and sell drugs freely in your country?
@A P hey China hater and anti China sociopath. HK belongs to China now that's the political reality too. Period. Stop chanting free HK and HK is not China. You are delusional loser.
@@CL-zu2pe Boris should keep going like Trump very soon there will be no Great Britain anymore. We will have England, Scotland and Ireland all independent countries. Congratulations Brit. Your Imperial Queen cant rest in her tomb soon.
Kevin Bayen No right to protest and vote and only the governor choose most of the members of the committee . The power was highly concentrated in the governor hand inthe British colonial era where as China give Hong Kong right to vote and protest.
@@kevinbayen1426 not in Hong Kong. People in Hong Kong enjoy the most freedom (including the Internet) and democracy. Much more than in the era of British colony.
Hong Kong's economy is very free. That's true. But that isn't necessarily a good thing. The 10 richest Chinese make up 1.5% of its GDP. The 10 richest people in HK make up 35% of HK's GDP. Sure there's a lot of money in HK, but not in people's hands. The protesters are up against the wrong target.
A prudent move for HK Special Region government is to very rapidly change the minimum wage from the current HKD $ 38 / USD $ 4.8 to HKD $ 52-55 range, get it effective within next 2 years.
@Jase Crother just because others have different opinions and you are accusing them of being commie and brainwashed? And you are screaming freedom of speech? Look at yourself pathetic loser. Free HK? On what basis? What does HK have to be self sustainable? Without mainland China, HK cant even survive for one day! HK has no waste processing, no fresh water, and no protective force. Free HK? You are either delusional or stupid.
Hong Kong is a beautify territory. I was there few months ago 😁can't wait to go back again! Definitely worth visiting. I love to travel; love to take pics and videos and share my experience😁
Totally agreed. If someone occupied my garden, and do something in there, no matter good or bad, a big apologize is required, then go away, and take responsibility.
CNBC never showed any interest in HK’s plight during its 100+ yrs colonisation by Britain who treated HKers as colonial subject w/o any right to democracy.
Very misleading statement. MANY documents showed Britian wanted to introduce democratic system to HK 2 times, one is after WWII, another is in the 80s. The ONLY reason that was unsucessful is Chinese intervention. Chinese government claimed they will 'liberate' HK forcefully if Britian give people in HK democracy.
Tim Mang What a lie! After WWII, CCP and KMP were a in civil War. How could they possibly intervened Hongkong? Geez, if you guys would like to make up something, at least put some effort
There is a strange logic in HK. Mainland China's Intervention in Hong Kong's Economy: One Country, Two Systems is dead Mainland China does not interfere in Hong Kong's economy: Corrupt government does not care about Hong Kong Hong Kong's economy goes down - the mainland's governance is incompetent, one country, two systems make Hong Kong fall into the abyss Hong Kong's in good economy - Hong Kong people administer Hong Kong, Hong Kong's achievements are precisely due to its different system from that of the mainland, and have nothing to do with the mainland. Wechat, Mobile Payment: Economic Invasion, Destroying One Country, Two Systems Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge-Corruption Project, Wasting the People's money High-speed rail, which can be accessed at 2013, was delayed due to "democratic" until the end of 2018.Costs have been raised by tens of billions Then they attacked the "incompetence" of the "pro-Communist" ruling party with the increased cost. Every time the economic data is bad, the mainland government is blamed for its inaction. Once the mainland government does something, it immediately undermines democracy and one country, two systems. Thats why HK is dying
@Michael Li But the real thing here is you can't stop Chinese government take over step by step. Are you expact on 2047, when One country two system officially ended, then the Chinese government just suddently take over everything? HK will fk up real hard on that time. I am not saying that HK people should not go for freedom or anything, my point is they need a process to end the One country two system. Plus, there is no evidence to prove Chinese government appoint any leaders, and of course the leader who elected needs to passed by the Chinese government because there is no countries wants to elected a leader that make their homeland divided into two parts, and CCP wants to make sure of it. Think about it, if the CCP intervent HK, do you think CCP will allow laws to be recalled?
Funny you should bring that up, New York was originally founded as New Amsterdam by the dutch republic, when the british took over they kept many of the dutch laws in place, as well as allowing trade with the Netherlands to continue. When New York became part of the USA some of those laws became american laws. Who knows, maybe by 2047 some of Hong Kong's laws will become Chinese laws.. though I doubt it.
Hongkong people should realize that Hongkong ia just a city of China, nothing special about who they are , what special is waht we give them all the time, like taxes free, power/ water support ........
I respect your point of view. I disagree some points you mentioned. there is pass between HongKong and Mainland of China, it is to make sure not too many mainland people goes to Hong Kong at one time. you know we have a big population. Chinese government encourage mainland people travel to HK and shopping there which to help HK's economy. The bridge is built which to help HK has more connection with mainland and more convenient to travel to mainland as well. transportation is not one way. Chinese government provides a lot of benefit to HK for free. One country two systems, One country first. Chinese government and Chinese people treat people in HK as a family not colony, because mainland people have a same ancestor with local HK people.
The treaty between Britain and China does not guarantee Hong Kong's status as an haven for criminals. There is no legal justification for objections to extradition agreements. There is even much less legal justification for large scale organized destruction during demonstrations.
I think the concern lied more with the unreliability of the Chinese legal system against the backdrop of a larger trend of erosion of the ‘Two Systems’.
江秉哲 Interesting, you aren’t Chinese, but the characters you write are called Chinese characters, the language you speak is called Chinese. I’m confused, could you help me to understand the logic here? Why there isn’t a type of characters called Taiwanese characters?
Xu Zhang the language we use called mandarin, not Chinese. Besides, Americans & British are use the same language called English. Will you call a U.S man a British rather than American?? Brain is a very useful stuff, Please use it properly.
potatomato :p No, it is not. The British took Hong Kong from China around 1839-1840AD after defeating China in the Opium War with her 8 Allies, plus cleaning up the whole treasury of silver and treasures from the Imperial palace as War compensation. And The British and her Allies force China to give them 99 years lease. Prior to Opium War, China was no.1 in the world. Hong Kong was return to China in 1997, With one country and two systems.
In past several decades Hong Kong's neighboring city ShenZheng built a major tech industry that can soon rival silicon valley while HongKong has done almost nothing in Science and Technology in that period. Hong Kong needs to do some soul searching.
As a HKer I think agree the HK gov is short sighted. We have lost our own industry and turned into a tertiary-only economy that rely too much on China. Knowing that China will not put HK in the eye should be a sign that HK should focus more on its own. The HK gov is so corrupted and HKers want to elect a head who will do things for HK. Mainlanders will often persuade HK to merge with Shenzhen which is putting things too simply.
@@bababaghanoush when i was young hk movies were epic af. Stephen chow etc. Then what happened?! China movies only became better recently. There were like 10 years gap with China and Taiwan. Now i dont watch hk movies at all zzzz.
Douglas Teo that is objectively true, I can agree on that. One major reason is that since more Chinese people can afford tickets, and to build more cinemas, the audience base is huge in China which draws many local producers and technicians from Hong Kong. The only obstacle is that restrictions/ censorship is still a thing, many topics are banned in the mainland. If it becomes more open, I can guarantee you it is possible to have a Chinese Hollywood. It is an understandable production shift. Hong Kong has few stars now even Hong Kongers don’t quite have hope for that. But we still have some great movie crew members. I would say in the greater entertainment business, there will still be some involvement of Hong Kong crew members.
What he didn't mention is that how hongkong's resident to get a live when the UK dominated. Is there freedom or democracy in hongkong? Scotland independent!
I do need to point out that the wealth of Hong Kong was 1. Hong Kong improvement at the 1980s was because of the China open door for trading, and HK was the stepping stone for the western country., not because of British. ( anyone can compare what was happen in last 100's years of British colonial., the freedom and human right., we had the British passport but can not live in British, Hong Kong governor was assigned by the Queen, not elected.) 2. British had left behind a group of opposition, they opposed anything that the new government suggested, it is not good for the peoples, they are also leading the protest... that wrong. Hong Kong is no longer British colonial, please also keep in mind that for the last 100s year, China continues to support Hong Kong ... because of Hong Kong and China is one family., without China, will western news at Hong Kong as it is?
Do y'all know that shanghai as a city, hand over over 100 billion us dollar to the central government every year while Hong kong paid nothing. Not mention 1/4 of the power supply for Hong kong is provided from mainland China for free just because it's a special region.
Hong Kong's significance to China was that it acted as a gateway to an other-wisely inaccessible country. This was true ever since the Qing dynasty signed it away until the 21th century. China have since then opened up significantly - diplomats no longer need to discuss backroom deals in HK in fear of looking like traitors, nor do western firms have to use HK as a intermediary to access the Chinese market. HK have lost it's primary use to China and anyone who needs access to it. Sure HK is flourishing, but that has more to do with China having flourished in the same time and HK merely cashing in. China now wants HK to just be another city that it is, that's what is happening right now. I suspect that China is trying to prevent a mass exodus of people and capital like in 1997, and is trying to reel in HK in a more gradual fashion. Whether this course of action will achieve its intended result we'll never know.
Good basic facts, but lacking depth. Should look for Martin Jacque video and book for better understanding. - HK was robbed / kidnapped from China due to Opium War. - HK's special position of gateway to China lasted from around 30 years till China joined WTO, after which HK returned to its true potential. Naturally, blamed China for its decline, forgetting it prospered due to China.
When Britain put head on anything this will happen , they show kindness by giving the land and freedom to their colony by simply make a problem with neighborhood countries and can see this scenario in all the British colony which got freedom from their hand
www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1936/11/x01.htm In an interview with American reporter Edgar Snow, Chairman Mao said: It is the immediate task of China to regain all our lost territories, not merely to defend our sovereignty below the Great Wall. This means that Manchuria must be regained. We do not, however, include Korea, formerly a Chinese colony, but when we have re-established the independence of the lost territories of China, and if the Koreans wish to break away from the chains of Japanese imperialism, we will extend them our enthusiastic help in their struggle for independence. The same thing applies to Formosa. As for Inner Mongolia, which is populated by both Chinese and Mongolians, we will struggle to drive Japan from there and help Inner Mongolia to establish an autonomous state." (p. 110 in Red Star over China, by Edgar Snow). Formosa, unlike South Korea, was arbitrarily infused with 2 million non-productive armed Chinese gangsters between 1945-50. After killing off most of the native intelligentsia in 1947, their upper echelon not only occupied non-productive government posts, but through their control of media, education, religion, usurped whatever advances that could have been made. Unlike South Africa, where national anthem, flag, emblem were changed in the Olympic games immediately after the end of White Minority government. Formosa is still under Chinese Colonial Mafia rule. The 2 million Chinese gangsters US 7th Fleet shipped onto Formosa between 1945-50 have been busy moving their children and assets to Canada, Australia, USA, Britain, Singapore while they continue capital destruction on the island. It is inevitable, as in South Africa, that the native will naturally reassert themselves politically and militarily. The misguided and misinformed US thinktanks' assessment simply cannot withstand the test of time. p.s. Empirically, both China and USA ruling classes cannot be trusted. India is very smart to be equidistant from both. #1 enemy of PLA is the 80% of Chinese 'low level' population. Japan, Vietnam, Formosa, India are just distractions.
@@cyberkinderful Objection: p.s. Empirically, both China and USA ruling classes cannot be trusted. India is very smart to be equidistant from both. #1 enemy of PLA is the 80% of Chinese 'low level' population. Japan, Vietnam, Formosa, India are just distractions. If you are the mother of 10 sons and daughters, preparing dinner for thems, It is impossible to prepare all the dishes that the kids want, even you wish., but make you decision base on what you can give and what is good for them, maybe today is pork that the boys like and tomorrow is the fish that the girls like. it dosn't means that the mother didn't care her own children.
Just realize the logo of CNBC is quite similar to Huawei's. Be careful. Thanks for this rational report. Just want to speak to some Hongkongers which want Hong Kong independent: Don't need to seek for other excuses. Say it if you want it. Let's prepare the blood and lives. Or just like Trump says "if you don't like our country, just leave. You can go back to UK."
For more than two decades Hong Kong had benefited from the rising of China. Standing alone with just the freedom economic trade without being the gateway to China market, I don't think Hong Kong will be anywhere as prosperous as it is now.
Sour felling will grow if you were the star player in the team, but soon, other players starts to play better you and replace your place. That’s why Hongkong is angry. Envy of others success but do not want to change its way of training.
It depends on Hongkong itself. Policies for Hong Kong is like an extra salary, and employee should prove he is worth with it, otherwise other good employees like Shanghai or Shenzhen will take more salary. This is Involution.
HongKong has been promised 50 years economic independence, nothing more or less. HongKong special district was formed under China constitution 31,HK base law was also made and approved by Chinese legislation without British government involved。 under the base law, China can completely take over HK with one nation and one system if foreigners invade, riot without control and other conditions. In fact, one China is the key in the whole relationship, two systems just for transition period.
For 150 years every HK British governor was appointed by the UK government and not elected by the HK people / now that HK is back under China rule the UK government is supporting democracy in HK why is that ?
I totally agree with you. People just don't remember or want to remember. Democracy is great to an extent. Look at the US now and their president even with democracy. No political system is 100% perfect and not fool proof either.
Mainland builds this amazing bridge, an engineering marvel, to connect with HongKong island, and people are criticizing that? Do they prefer not to have bridges & roads? What kind of lunatic is that?
If now you are saying the hypocritical economy in China, yes you are right, of communism and “socialism”, also don’t forget the planned economy without “capitalism”. haha
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@@davidjym All Chinese can not denial their ethnicity , does not matter what year Hong Kong goes back to the motherland. Sooner the better especially US ‘s CIA stir up trouble by using the young Chinese to do their dirty work . Funded them to protest and destroy Hong Kong. Telling them lies about China of no freedom. US wants to contain China so to depress their growth and developments. When China is great ,it will make the Chinese great to have a stand in the world or otherwise they will be bullied . All Chinese should aware this and stand united. All the young Hong Kong should learn about the Chines history that I am sure they were taken out of school system by the British . To see how the Chinese rise from the humiliation years to become a great country . They should learn how Hong Kong become a British Colony and why the motherland country wants to reunited Hong Kong back from the British.
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Hong Kong has been more democratic under Chinese rule than British rule. When Hong Kong was under British rule, it was ruled by a white governor appointed by a bunch of people on the other side of the continental landmass as opposed to a person from Hong Kong elected by the Hong Kong people. They were considered 2nd class citizens who had no right to vote, no human rights whatsoever.
The modern cored democratic system that Hong Kong has was developed under British rule. All China wants to do is take away that right. For example in China you cannot protest you get shot (Tiananmen Square). Whilst in Hong Kong the protests are vast and wide. If China is so Democratic why can't people in the mainland stand up against the government?
@@Alaois Democratic system, protest, free press were legalized two year before British hand over. 99% of the time under British rule was not democratic at all.
Kingketo Windsor Royal so you mean under democratic (signing so papers and show it to news) makes it legal to do what ever they want including other country’s business? back then hongkong had to pay taxes to British and now hongkong can keep all of it by them self. Tell me how China is trying to take their rights. British never gave hongkong democracy NEVER! They started talking about democracy is because they know hongkong will return to China, British did it few years before the handover so that in the future they can keep their hands in hongkong.
stop missing information please. Why do you guys intentionally miss out the part where a murder happened in Taiwan as the cause of the extradition bill.
Nope. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was just for arrangements of Hong Kong handover in 1997. After the handover Britain has no right to Hong Kong anymore. And it is no excuse for Britain to interfere HK affairs. 50 years is a guarantee written in the Basic Law of Hong Kong, which is the constitution law for HK. China has no intention to break it, not because of Sino-British Joint Declaration, but for the Basic Law.
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Because u just know what the western medias want you know, absolutely, you know nothing about China.Many people shadowed too, and ridiculously, they think they know everything as you.
its chilling to think in retrospect how human beings has been fighting since time memorial for freedom. as if we are all bounded up like an animal with no food and no pleasure. after finding freedom, we continue to fight the authority that we elect to governs our lives for security measures still, in the name of freedom. a structural issue that will never be solved, or is the freedom we perceive, an delusion afterall? personally, i think we just need to fight afterall. long gone are the days where we fight an animal to survive and bring back dinner. we channel our aggression through delusion we created to properly justify the violence we all desperately seek deep inside us.
As far as I understand from this video, Hong kong is already an autonomous region like the others in China having the political rights to legislate his own constitution, no hard feelings...
@@AishThaks1I can't see any relevance of your remarks with the video but In the wild past, each country of today's modern world might have suffered from such incidences. For example, the same blood exists in the union jack of the Australian flag 🇦🇺. As I noted as "wild past" above, Aboriginals played provocative roles in such incidences too such as the Indian tribes setting the settlers towns on fire in USA.
@@onderozenc4470 this doesn’t change the fact that Canada is a typical Genocide State. I understand wild past was brutal but y’all have those concentration schools for aboriginals still running in the late 90s, of which mass graves are now getting discovered, how do you justify that?
@@AishThaks1 In Canadian cultural system, there is one province which is officially catholics which is Quebec. In Quebec nothing like the Residential School scam in B.C had ever happened. I think that this incidence was because of cultural strains since no one exactly knows the real motives behind, maybe the a protestant organization like Ku Klux Klan. Please mind your genocide history...