How Hong Kong Changed Countries
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@Wendoverproductions 5 жыл бұрын
Hey all, in case you don't know already, the numbers in the bottom, left corner of the video correspond to the sources of information at the bottom of the description. Many of those are good further reading on the topic. Also, I just want to acknowledge one small narration slip-up. At 7:14 I say, "What was known was that the event would be centered around midnight on the night of July 30th, 1997." That should be *June* 30th, 1997.
@AxxLAfriku 5 жыл бұрын
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@LegendofA 5 жыл бұрын
Hey, I love your videos. Keep it up!
@helicorn7902 5 жыл бұрын
As a HK citizen I'm really glad to see a video of us by one of my favorite KZfaqr :)
@uptoon8096 5 жыл бұрын
Wendover do you like the British or not...?
@isaacpreece2120 5 жыл бұрын
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@TheLittleColumbus 5 жыл бұрын
I am one of the 110,000 that moved to Vancouver. I was 3 at the time. It's so fascinating how a seemingly arbitrary number, 99 years, shaped my whole life. Wonder how my life would be different if the number were 80, or 120.
@5464654135756 5 жыл бұрын
捕捉野生Columbus lol.
@toy4tao 5 жыл бұрын
Sweatshops
@mfgJoseph 5 жыл бұрын
99 doesn't really look arbitrary...
@NightcorEDM 5 жыл бұрын
you hongkoners should've thought of that 99 years ago
@L_ky 5 жыл бұрын
@@davidsi5376 yikes.
@pauld.b7129 4 жыл бұрын
I guarantee whoever signed that 99 year deal never expected the Brits to actually ever give it back lol. They probably thought it would be forgotten in 100 years 😂
@crystalwolcott4744 4 жыл бұрын
Then they greatly misunderstood the Chinese people. Like look at China's history. They don't seem like the type of people to just give land up. No shade.
@mutesafezone 4 жыл бұрын
Chinese always remember, especially things with numbers
@NickBailuc 4 жыл бұрын
...Pakistan...
@innosam123 4 жыл бұрын
Budget Bikes There were serious proposals to negotiate to make the lease permanent by the Governor of Hong Kong.
@MrHistory269 4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@okidoke4822 4 жыл бұрын
I went to Europe for a holiday via Hong Kong in 1997. It was British on my way there and Chinese on my way back :)
@channelofrandom7731 4 жыл бұрын
it was technically an invasion
@crodsbye 3 жыл бұрын
@@starshiphopper7044 at least mass protests were fruitful back then and ppl actually trusted the police
@nuzayerov 3 жыл бұрын
@Sakkra101 , but Beijing is the rightful owner of Hong Kong.
@turnpike9680 3 жыл бұрын
@@nuzayerov No, Hong Kong is the rightful owner of Hong Kong.
@brijeshjangra655 3 жыл бұрын
@@turnpike9680 scotland is the rightful owner of scotland Wales is the rightful owner of wales Ireland is the rightful owner of whole Ireland And the list goes on🙂
@yoursinisterdoge2785 4 жыл бұрын
I really thought China would replace "royal" with "The people's"
@davidfreeman3083 4 жыл бұрын
I think it's part of the 'one country two systems' framework? I think that China or whoever involved in this process recognized that 'the People's' has been more or less same as socialism or communism, especially during the cold war (most E. European communists that the USSR installed call themselves 'people's'), although literally it's not really true.
@ripp3ifyy 4 жыл бұрын
That would be a worse circumstance...
@user-gj7mz7ej5l 4 жыл бұрын
nah, more likely 'our'
@ViolaGMidi 4 жыл бұрын
David Freeman unlike the Ameritards, who didn’t claim themselves as people’s in the first people.
@jonme225 4 жыл бұрын
@@ViolaGMidi what country are you from fam?
@nissenlam 5 жыл бұрын
As a Hongkonger, I really really appreciate that you devoted an entire video to us. I was not old enough to witness British Hong Kong myself. This video made me know just a little more, and it is kind of emotional for me. Thank you.
@tmarritt 5 жыл бұрын
Being British, I'm interested to know what you think about both the past and the future?
@SparxSA 5 жыл бұрын
@@tmarritt I second this, being British also.
@WRGOP 5 жыл бұрын
If you had the option of making Hong Kong British again, would you?
@nissenlam 5 жыл бұрын
Well I’m not really qualified to say this, I was born after the handover. But I think I can be quite confident to say that people are divided here. Most young people (like me) are against the Chinese. If given the chance, I’d probably want to make Hong Kong British again. But will it actually be better? Probably, but I cannot tell you.
@yinli4306 5 жыл бұрын
@@WRGOP I am also a Hong Konger but ain't old enough to experience the British era. But I will say I want to go back to the British time because they gave us a lot, like business fortunes and sublime infrastructures, turning us from a small fishing village into a vibrant global city.
@TommoCarroll 5 жыл бұрын
Such an interesting history of a region! Thanks for sharing the story as always Wendover!!!
@frontiermusic5187 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@MGLMINECRAFTER 5 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more
@jimmychoo1661 5 жыл бұрын
Got to give up opium forever. Damn!!
@andersyu4464 5 жыл бұрын
Population of Hong Kong Island: 1842: 7,450 2011: 1,270,876
@el9007 5 жыл бұрын
@@interestingusername2633 Urm Hong Kong Island is a region in Hong Kong. The population of HK is more than 7 million already. Research before you swear lol
@Secret123890 5 жыл бұрын
@@interestingusername2633 you are absurd. Hong Kong Island is part of Hong Kong.
@lukeland6741 5 жыл бұрын
Don't Mine Me, I'm Just Watching Freyals Getting Toasted
@jeanbethencourt1506 5 жыл бұрын
@mharris1270 Fun Fact: Hong Kong Island was not part of the 99 year lease and was ceded to the British "in perpetuity"(forever) but Margaret Thatcher was too cowardly to put up a fight against Communist China. She couldn't even muster the courage to let them do a self determination vote because we all know how those results would have turned out.
@OryAlle 4 жыл бұрын
@@JH-dl6vu "stolen" The word is 'conquered'. It's not our fault only white people are competent at waging war, it's everyone else's fault for being shit in comparison.
@tudorifarcas 5 жыл бұрын
You should do a similar video with Macau
@SirFaceFone 5 жыл бұрын
Yes plz
@user-et6fj9po1d 4 жыл бұрын
That's Good 👍👍👍 👏👏👏, I Want To See That As Well
@ranelgallardo7031 4 жыл бұрын
It’s kind of the same, just substitute the UK with Portugal
@uwu_senpai 4 жыл бұрын
Macau was not as symbolic. Macau was already controlled by Chinese loyalists since the Chinese riots in the 70s. That's why you never heard about Macau. Because there is actually nothing for the western media to complain about.
@davidfreeman3083 4 жыл бұрын
@@ranelgallardo7031 Except that it was overall smaller and less attention-grabbing. However what's noticeable for the Macau one was a very young girl that was invited to sing an emotional patriotic song, 'the song of 7 sons: Macau' (HK should have its version originally, but I don't think it went famous and was thus not performed)
@SD78 5 жыл бұрын
"99 years? We'll be dead by then anyway, LOL!"
@LapisPebble 4 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what they were thinking
@DB-ug3pe 4 жыл бұрын
@@LapisPebble more likely they thought that in 99 years the ever mighty British empire would just threaten them for an extension. They should have listened to Kipling
@JasonStevens 4 жыл бұрын
99 years is commonly used in the UK for 'forever'. It's a royal pain in the ass for those picking up the pieces.
@gwho 4 жыл бұрын
- said every Keynesian, myoptically.
@dinamosflams 4 жыл бұрын
@@gwho "lets party now, whomever got to pay the bills is fucked, though, lol" -they
@lemon-hp1yo 5 жыл бұрын
I remembered my school taught us the 'new' national anthem. "What happened to the old one?" My classmate asked. "Oh, we stopped singing that." My teacher answered. Just like that. I guess that's why I never feel like I'm British nor Chinese; my nationality changed faster than I can change my mobile carrier.
@BoHan92 5 жыл бұрын
You're Hong Kong Chinese. No one in the Anglosphere will mistake you for a Brit.
@thadiussean9133 5 жыл бұрын
@AzerGhost16 Lol. Is that why the British amended their laws several times to make sure Hong Kong citizens would never have the right of abode in the UK, or a become British citizens, while granting it to the white Falklanders? The fact has been created by the White Brits, not by "the mainlanders".
@smackerlacker8708 5 жыл бұрын
Or, maybe you realized how meaningless it all was. Being British or Chinese means nothing more to you than the song they make you sing in class.
@redacted2754 5 жыл бұрын
Oof, just be thankful if China considers you Chinese because Britain sure as hell won't see you as one of theirs
@witty2898 5 жыл бұрын
@AzerGhost16 Nah
@Aaron-ir4he 4 жыл бұрын
Only 18 more years of being able to access KZfaq my Hong Kong brothers.
@supawathorsuwan9306 4 жыл бұрын
A bit longer than that, it supposed to be 28 more years.
@stevenm8970 4 жыл бұрын
@@supawathorsuwan9306 1 2 3 quick maffs!
@OryAlle 4 жыл бұрын
You'll be lucky to get another 2 years at the rate things are going. Never trust the Chinese to honour a deal.
@Julio974 4 жыл бұрын
Only a few more months*
@teerificbitch 4 жыл бұрын
@@OryAlle Honour what deaL? The deal's already long gone the moment the protest for the security act became a riot for independence. I like how you only hold one side accountable for honouring a deal. The HKers who did not want to return to China, simply grew too desperate as the time neared. China doesn't even needa rush man. Just sit and wait till 2041, what's so hard about that? LOL. Even now, they can just let HK riot till 2041. They're already replacing HK as a financial hub for access into Chinese markets. And HK's already lost its special trading status. What need is there to rush into HK? lol. Pity the Hkers all you want. But none of us get to choose where we are born.
@occultbass 4 жыл бұрын
That must have been so stressful for so many people...
@ripp3ifyy 4 жыл бұрын
And terrified.
@Zeratulmit 4 жыл бұрын
for losers.
@MostlyPennyCat 4 жыл бұрын
Bet is wasn't as stressful as right now in HK.
@Rayblondie 4 жыл бұрын
The rich left and the poor become opressed. The Chinese Communists are evil.
@mumflrpumble21 4 жыл бұрын
ØCCULT Bass extradition
@thejesuschrist 5 жыл бұрын
I can always count on Wendover Productions to produce a fascinating video. Love you.
@whitetree3856 5 жыл бұрын
jesus is on hongkongers side😂
@robert_mcmxciv 5 жыл бұрын
Wendover is better than you
@p.taylor981 5 жыл бұрын
Holy Crap I wasn’t expecting to see you here Jesus.
@seanbrosnan2074 5 жыл бұрын
jesus forgive my sins
@sp1nks248 5 жыл бұрын
Boy I see you to much on YT. Get outta here lolol
@Napsteraspx 5 жыл бұрын
Kinda cool that Hong Kong still has double-decker buses.
@aguamalone7615 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just not human rights or democracy or any of the other British things they used to have sadly.
@alexlo7708 5 жыл бұрын
@@aguamalone7615 HK never have democracy , man. It was rule by British. HK citizen never have right to vote for their destiny until the time UK had to return approach , So the Brit start a Lego council election plan. They never want HK democracy while they were ruler by Governer.
@isaacng123456789 5 жыл бұрын
@@alexlo7708 Get history right. Britain wanted to give Hong Kong democracy even back in the 60s, but China threatened war with Britain.
@gordon4672 5 жыл бұрын
isaac ng hey, I know this is probably the truth cuz I've heard this before. But is there any specific words or term I can search about the British government actually suggested the ...democracy ? Cuz I wanna hv my prove next time I hear anyone say the British didn't have us democracy too bullshit. Btw hker here
@isaacng123456789 5 жыл бұрын
@@gordon4672 An article (with pictures of the actual documents) about Britain trying to push for democracy in HK but "China wished the present colonial status of Hong Kong to continue with no change whatever" talk.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/2134476 Lord Patten also pushed for democracy in the final years of Hong Kong, including stepping down as the president of the legco and let legco elect its own president, and pushing for the first ever election for legco in 1995 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AE%96%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%B0%E6%99%82%E6%9C%9F%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%88%B6%E5%BA%A6%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9#%E5%BD%AD%E5%AE%9A%E5%BA%B7%E6%94%BF%E6%94%B9%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E5%B9%B4%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E5%B1%80%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89
@anspailpinfanach7887 3 жыл бұрын
'The Hong Kong Handover' why does that sound like it should be the name of a gta mission
@zuhairmustafa8234 3 жыл бұрын
there is already a hong kong combat game called sleeping dogs
@ayh0210 3 жыл бұрын
Those 35% who were uncertain about Hong Kong's future were right
@edward101277 5 жыл бұрын
As a Hong Konger (my ancestors were actually one of the 7450), I thank you for this amazing video!
@DigitaIBot 5 жыл бұрын
there will be no youtube for you soon.
@victorious5906 5 жыл бұрын
@@DigitaIBot just 18 years and 4 months
@megarboh790 5 жыл бұрын
I’m a Hong Konger too!
@nomnommoon1001 5 жыл бұрын
Lol enjoy the freedom of internet while you can! 12 years and counting
@aerofpv2109 5 жыл бұрын
Get a Tattoo of "7450" to honor them all and let me know if you do. Would be interesting .. Cheers.
@ArneCamPro 5 жыл бұрын
The girl at 10:25 looking back one last time to her former home sums it all up really.
@nsshing 5 жыл бұрын
That girl is the daughter of Chris Patten.
@francikaa1 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad others have noticed her too. Have the same thoughts. How terrible can be knowing that it will turn to a s#!thole over time.
@jeanbethencourt1506 5 жыл бұрын
The end of Hong Kong's white ruling class. Whether that's a good or a bad thing probably depends on where you're from.
@ArneCamPro 5 жыл бұрын
@@jeanbethencourt1506 i'm not sure why you made this a race thing but i can guess you're a lefty bot hehe.
@andresr.viguera9791 5 жыл бұрын
@@jeanbethencourt1506 As it is. There´s always an asshole putting the race bullshit everywhere.
@ianaddis9829 4 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong: "Lets be independent." China: "Oh I don't think so."
@TPerm-hj4sf 4 жыл бұрын
Scottish: “ Let us be independent” England: “ not so fast...” Irish: “ we want to reunite with our Irish brother and sisters” England: “ I don’t think so...” Islanders thousands miles away from England all over the world :” we like independence” England: “How dare you?!”
@soulblade1326 4 жыл бұрын
Left anti pc It’s funny because they were referendums in both Scotland and Ireland but they the majority voted to stay in the U.K. So a minority resorted to blowing up school buses.
@TPerm-hj4sf 4 жыл бұрын
Your mum Is gay The funny one is you trying to confuse people. Referendum in both states need to be done frequently even annually. The false narrative UK feed Scotland was “you leave UK, you lost EU membership” look who has lost EU membership now. The scariest part of your democracy is Lies, uncontrollable lie and confusions from people like you feeding the public. Conduct referendums in all UK cities now, Scotland, Northern Ireland, even London will be independent.
@TPerm-hj4sf 4 жыл бұрын
Marek Tužák You really don’t know much about any political system. To be both counted as only one vote with you is an insult.
@georgehornsby2075 4 жыл бұрын
@@TPerm-hj4sf I'm not really following. So you should have a referendum every year in Scotland and Northern Ireland for independence. So let's say they vote no for the next 5 years and then vote yes in the 6th year. Do you then have a referendum every year after that to see if they want to rejoin? What happens then? Depending on the mood they'll just rejoin and leave the rest of the UK over and over again. Doesn't make much sense to me...
@bow900 5 жыл бұрын
A correction: you don’t have to be born in HK to hold British National (overseas) passport But if one of your parents is Hong konger by origin and you were born before July 1st 97 then you are eligible to hold BNO passport I’m saying this cause my dad is Hong konger and I wasn’t born in HK and I got BNO passport....
@spacebjorn Жыл бұрын
Useless piece of paper
@GG-ir1hw Жыл бұрын
@@spacebjorn Useless? It allows you to live in a different country.
@evaristegalois6282 5 жыл бұрын
Level 1 : Person emigrates from country Level 100 : Entire City emigrates from country _That’s how Hong Kong works_
@rock3tcatU233 5 жыл бұрын
Asians are better at everything.
@pleasecallmetomato4924 5 жыл бұрын
@@rock3tcatU233 except having big pp
@aysheep 5 жыл бұрын
Level 999: Entire country emigrates from country That’s how Hong Kong _really_ works now
@rock3tcatU233 5 жыл бұрын
@@pleasecallmetomato4924 With new advances in genetic engineering they'll soon beat us at that too.
@senselessnothing 5 жыл бұрын
@@rock3tcatU233 no.
@durianhead 5 жыл бұрын
having gone for a literary exchange trip to hong kong with significant focus on this exact event, this is a really good goddamn video edit: the political and social impacts of the turnover in the years that followed are also really interesting as well. this video isn't exactly about that but hong kong's resultant dual identity is a very unique predicament that has some really interesting long term effects that extend past the turnover itself into present day.
@Fiilme 5 жыл бұрын
Hey I'm currently doing the same thing! In Hong Kong studying political science and taking some interesting courses on Hong Kong Politics!
@ellistolfvenstam1508 5 жыл бұрын
Wendover! If you see this, please consider the following: I’m sure many people would love to see a follow up video on Hong Kong’s complex political and cultural situation ever since. It’s a topic that is both incredibly interesting and relevant. Hope you consider it! As always, a fantastic video, can’t wait to see what you do next.
@murrayjones694 5 жыл бұрын
@@ellistolfvenstam1508 oh yeah yeah
@Wattywattybangbang 5 жыл бұрын
Hey you make good Geometry Dash levels
@mchvz_ 5 жыл бұрын
In case you guys are interested, Vox did a pretty good short series called Borders in Hong Kong, feel free to check it out.
@franklinclinton4539 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao i first read: The Hong Kong Hangover
@andrew55944 3 жыл бұрын
So alcoholic of you
@deanjordan6053 3 жыл бұрын
“The story of Carrie Lam getting drunk on Baijiu.”
@farhysthunterz6654 3 жыл бұрын
As long as its not Hongkong Wendover
@jevinday 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite videos of yours. Your channel rocks!
@HappyGrower 5 жыл бұрын
My mom was a domestic worker in Hong Kong and was there to witness the handover. She brought home pictures of the parade and festivities from the streets of Kawloon. As a child I never really understood how significant how significant the event is but I'm glad I we got to keep a little piece of history in those pictures.
@famch9031 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the passport. Nearly 2 million Hongkongers have a British Passport (BNO) but this passport does not allow the holder to live in the UK indefinitely. BUT, all ethnically non - Chinese residents of Hong Kong were given British citizenship. And now EU passport holders can live in the UK, including Macauese, a former Portuguese colony.
@randomcow505 4 ай бұрын
Something I do find funny is it does let you run for government positions in the UK as well as work in public sector roles such as police and military
@mrnnhnz Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I love how you get into the nitty gritty. Could've been so much more of that though I reckon. I'd've gladly watched an episode an hour long about this.
@CosmicDalmatian 5 жыл бұрын
Pre-1997 - Britain 1997- Britain't
@ecthelionyoou8231 5 жыл бұрын
pre~1841-China 1842~1997-Britain 1997~ China
@CosmicDalmatian 5 жыл бұрын
@@ecthelionyoou8231 pre-1841 *Gong Jin-ou playing* 1842-1997 *God save the queen starts playing* 1997 *March of vollounteirs bass booster earrape plays* I know that góng jin'ou was adopted in 1911, I needed something for Qing
@ecthelionyoou8231 5 жыл бұрын
@@CosmicDalmatian you're disrespectful to an anthem
@CosmicDalmatian 5 жыл бұрын
@@ecthelionyoou8231 What do you mean?
@ecthelionyoou8231 5 жыл бұрын
@@CosmicDalmatian maybe I misunderstood the "earrape"?
@arcvortech5629 5 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in Hong Kong myself I am very grateful that you have dedicated an entire video to this small Asian powerhouse that often gets overlooked by most of the world Thank you for sharing and explaining in detail about one the most significant events in our history to the wider world
@aandwdabest 5 жыл бұрын
Arc Vortech HK was once the Asian tigers
@simonenoli4418 5 жыл бұрын
Nobody overlooks HKG ever.
@Verbekee 5 жыл бұрын
What's the public sentiment since the handover? Generally good? Anything bad? or due to the 50 year extension, no effects yet?
@braveninja111 5 жыл бұрын
If it’s all good to ask, woukd you say this change is for the better, or would Hong Kong be better independent or as a British Overseas Territory
@NeoSoldner 5 жыл бұрын
To think that it would still be the number #1 city in Asia if this handover hadn't happened that caused it to fade into obscurity.
@brilliant888 5 жыл бұрын
I love how you use the satellite image from 1997 in order to accurately reflect what had happened
@npskjfreecity1380 4 жыл бұрын
"Britain was gone from Hong Kong, for good" in February 2019 "B R U H" in June, 2019
@Sleepyhead101 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh revolution moment wait is that the police NO-
@1310beth 5 жыл бұрын
I'll be very curious to see what happens in 2047 when Hong Kong ceases to be semi-autonomous and is fully in the control of mainland China. How will it impact business and the citizens living there?
@Lachata62 5 жыл бұрын
Well in fact Hong Kong is already changing in the past few years where the city is becoming more and more Chinese and less and less Hong Kong
@CutieZalbu 5 жыл бұрын
That’s even if we make it to 2047 considering Hong Kong is already being oppressed as we speak!
@lauraqueentint 5 жыл бұрын
china will absorb hong kong and hong kong will lose its way of life and its status. just another chinese city which will be the same as Guangzhou, shenzhen, and other chinese megacities. I believe that will be little to no negotiation as China has begin to absorb hong kong already, and with china's power on the rise, there will be no hope.
@battledroid224 5 жыл бұрын
@@lauraqueentint There's always hope. It is the matter of the people, if people change, systems will change
@lauraqueentint 5 жыл бұрын
@@battledroid224 I want to believe in Hong Kong, I do. after all, I live there. It's just that no matter what the people do, there's no escaping china or its system. China has become too powerful in the last 30 years or so that nobody, not even the US could stand up to China. The communist system is likely to stay, at least for another 60 years. At least in my lifetime, I don't think there will be any big scale change in the systems currently in place.Particularly seen as the Communist system doesn't give the people a voice in how the elites are running the country.
@xH4WK556 5 жыл бұрын
That thumbnail is amazing.
@itsjustjoel28 5 жыл бұрын
I know, right?
@musty4273 4 жыл бұрын
I've never learned so much about Hong Kong as I did today. Thank you so much for this video.
@higztv1166 10 ай бұрын
wait 'til you learn about hong kong protests
@CubeRazn 3 жыл бұрын
‘At 7:11, the sunset for the last time in British Hong Kong’ *Saddest Phrase Ever*
@heatherswanson1664 3 жыл бұрын
Didn't realize ending colonialism is sad but okay
@Infern0121 3 жыл бұрын
@@heatherswanson1664 yeah because they are doing SO WELL NOW aren't they you Liberal berk
@turnpike9680 3 жыл бұрын
@@Infern0121 Colonialism is fine so long as authoritarian dictatorships are doing it, apparently.
@maxsmodels 5 жыл бұрын
The look on Prince Charles's face pretty much says it all.
@HumalDiscover 4 жыл бұрын
@Jay Saenz "seems"
@aliuli657 4 жыл бұрын
"Oh shit, we can't keep occupying land we robbed through drug trade and aggressive war" I guess it says that?
@amcghie7 4 жыл бұрын
@@aliuli657 I mean Charles doesn't rule anything, he's a) a prince, and b) only going to be a King who's a figurehead not really a head of state. Also from what I've read Charles is quite liberally minded so he probably didn't exactly agree with the British colonies either.
@sonarbuge7958 4 жыл бұрын
ali uli Lol salty
@QemeH 4 жыл бұрын
I think the face of the governor's daughter says quite a bit more, but ... **shrug**
@jvmgang 5 жыл бұрын
200 years ago: people fight for drugs Today: people fight for drugs We have evolved so much as a society
@PurushNahiMahaPurush 5 жыл бұрын
Today: people fight for drugs with modern guns*
@carcinogenicthalidomide3057 5 жыл бұрын
We live in a society
@webdevelopereducation785 5 жыл бұрын
Marcus Young so true
@amcghie7 5 жыл бұрын
I think the real difference was that in the past we (the British) fought for the right to be international drug dealers and now that is _slightly_ more frowned upon....
@behemoth6141 5 жыл бұрын
So proud of this community
@snowlynx1585 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Hong Kong and even though this place is getting more and more messed up I'm still super excited to see a video with so much views about us -A-
@rankingresearchdata 3 жыл бұрын
As always fascinating Narration and content creation. Subbed you
@HaydenLau. 5 жыл бұрын
And so the sun truly set on the British Empire
@ankitchoudhary9858 5 жыл бұрын
They still have some scattered territories(colonies) in Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean and Indian ocean
@HaydenLau. 5 жыл бұрын
@@ankitchoudhary9858 A handful of nigh uninhabited islands an Empire does not make
@alexanderhowarth6460 5 жыл бұрын
@@HaydenLau. no, the name does. Japan has an Emperor.
@HaydenLau. 5 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderhowarth6460 1. Does Japan have an empire anymore? 2.The Japanese word for emperor has no "empire" within it. 天皇 means heavenly king, not emperor. There's no implication that there is an empire.
@idtyu 5 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderhowarth6460 the only East Asian emperor was the Chinese one, as others agreed about 2000 to 1000 years ago, and so they took the Chinese language, some Chinese culture and develop their own. That's why royals in Bhutan, and Japan uses 4 claw dragon, not 5. Because 5 claws is the "true dragon" is for the emperor only.
@18snitram 5 жыл бұрын
Can you make a similar video about the Macau Handover?
@cheer7635 5 жыл бұрын
YES
@brandenr6073 5 жыл бұрын
jesus christ what is up with this profile pic
@olympia5758 5 жыл бұрын
@@brandenr6073 I thought I was the ONLY one who noticed, everyone using that ugly ass profile pic.
@GewalfofWivia 5 жыл бұрын
Macau didn't quite have the significance that Hong Kong did. It is a very tiny bit of land.
@krashd 5 жыл бұрын
@@olympia5758 It's not ugly, it's JC Denton from Deus Ex, one of the coolest videogame characters of all time. I do agree though that it's really fucking unoriginal that every 12 year old and his brother is using it as an avatar but humans are turning into sheep, everyone wants to be identical to everyone else.
@Pan_Torcha 3 жыл бұрын
this is a very good video i am from hong kong and i didn't know this. This is so useful thank you very much wendover productions This deservers a sub
@mrmoomooface1662 5 жыл бұрын
This was a very good video, you should do one on Macau next!
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
Why is this so sad... I'm not even part of the UK or Hong Kong
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
@jappie jappo I'm not even part of China...
@sagichdirdochnicht4653 5 жыл бұрын
Because in the past it was British Terretory and the People of Hong Kong had basically their own country. No Censorship, free speach, human rights, freedom of religion, and since there is no Censorship, not even a VPN is required. And now it is more and more becomming Part of China. Meaning, while they now still heve priviledges, they will pass. They will loose anything they loved about their country.
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
@jappie jappo Are you just guessing my nationality at this point?
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
@jappie jappo What does your 'we' refer to?
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
@jappie jappo Also, I think you're the one that needs to be re-educated
@toast1797 5 жыл бұрын
Hey Wendover big fan of your channel here I want to thank you for covering this! I'm from Hong Kong and I really appreciate the effort you've put into this video!
@JWarrior_81 5 жыл бұрын
Than how are you watching this?
@toast1797 5 жыл бұрын
@@JWarrior_81 Hong Kong is a SAR and is not subject to internet censorship just Google it. Also I'm living in the UK so that's irrelevant.
@jcxkzhgco3050 4 жыл бұрын
Title should be: ‘Why Hong Kong residents won’t have Internet after a few years’
@wongizzie9587 4 жыл бұрын
mean as fuck bro
@CKSGames 4 жыл бұрын
@@wongizzie9587 it is true though? why get upset at a fact?
@hitnailhalfway2485 4 жыл бұрын
they will. china has internet you dumbo. It has banned just social media.
@jcxkzhgco3050 4 жыл бұрын
hitnail halfway Tf? That's what I was saying. Social media doesn't sound as catchy as internet
@flashstar1234 4 жыл бұрын
Just use a vpn
@buda3d2007 4 жыл бұрын
I remember the handover, I was watching Jackie Chan movies on the lead up to the event, I am a massive HK cinema buff of the 70's - 90's era
@randomperson1614 5 жыл бұрын
I love how it is specified as Air China 747, British triple seven, rather than just calling them planes. Truly makes the video seem alot more professional.
@DecibelPt 5 жыл бұрын
Do one about Macau and how it became the Gambling capital of china
@Brick-Life 5 жыл бұрын
Macau became richer under Chinese Rule than Portagise Rule
@teixeira476 5 жыл бұрын
if it wasnt for the portuguese, macau would be a fishing village
@teixeira476 5 жыл бұрын
@Lin J opium is a British thing, the Portuguese didn't even use force. They bought it
@yourtubeNmytube 5 жыл бұрын
@@teixeira476 Wrong! If it wasn't for the Portuguese, Macau would have been better than Shenzhen and Shanghai.
@bensonkuok 5 жыл бұрын
I’m Macanese, I ❤️ Portugal
@theshadow1812 7 ай бұрын
The expansion of Hong Kong into the Kowloon peninsula it was only ever leased for like 6 months but really was was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain in October 1860 with Boundary Street marking the southern part of Kowloon that was ceded- in essence only the New Territories were ever leased by Britain!
@finding_aether 5 жыл бұрын
I can see why Taiwan says "no thanks" to China
@finding_aether 5 жыл бұрын
@王志贤 Its interesting that your govt bans most of the internet to her own people. And yet here we are talking about truth.
@JPMatty 5 жыл бұрын
Boi Boi China just banned the social media platform from US. You think the ban is not helpful to China? If you know the top 20 Internet companies in the world, and 11 is from US and 9 is from China, you will know why the ban is helpful to China. The rest of world are all forced to accept the American values while only China develop its own modernization model. Are you still thinking only being able to use American media platforms and searching engine is of advantages to other countries? I wish you know, the era after IT technology is DT, which is Data technology and obviously it is based on quantities of data. So now only China and US have their own searching engine and media platforms to collect data, and this is why only China and America dominated in Internet and Communication tech. Now if you a citizen which not belongs to US, you should be sad. Because the leading competition in the future has nothing to do with your country.
@FirstLast-bo7ef 5 жыл бұрын
lol but considering that so many people who voices their unique political opinion go to prison who in the world is going to believe that chinese's internet is an awesome source of truth. yo you clearly never use google in the different countries to see for yourself that there are little america shit on the so called america platform
@finding_aether 5 жыл бұрын
@@JPMatty nobody is forced to accept American values. What is "American values" anyway? Openess or closeness? Freedom or Socialism? It changes every 4-8 years. Atheism or Christian? Chinese populace should have the right to access the web and to choose for themselves
@FirstLast-bo7ef 5 жыл бұрын
@@finding_aether I'm confused you promoted that people choose the info for themself and yet promote that internet is to be regulated at the same time?
@InspectHistory 5 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong, from the product of Opium War, to "One of the Four Asian Tigers" :)
@jackyeung3677 5 жыл бұрын
Sadly, after the hangover, HK is just a normal city of China, without much power and autonomy. In the past, HK was f--ked by British, now HK is f--ked by Chinese Communist Party and people from mainland China We simply don't need sex cuz we are f--ked everyday. (Before and after 1997) And HK keeps deteriorating in terms of economy, freedom, corruption etc. - a HK citizen born and raised in HK.
@mikeoxsmal8022 5 жыл бұрын
@@jackyeung3677 do you wanna go independent, go Independant wih macau, go with the ROC, join up with Macau, Singapore as a single nation join the usa, join Israel, join Kosovo?
@salonichandwaney2635 5 жыл бұрын
@@mikeoxsmal8022 The thing is we can't. Us citizens can't make these decisions, and the president of Hong Kong is pro-Beijing, she supports what China is doing to us and isn't trying to stop it. So yes, although many citizens want independence, there's really not much we can do about it unfortunately.
@bluexecutor6635 5 жыл бұрын
@@mikeoxsmal8022 I can't imagine Hong Kong ever becoming a single nation with Singapore lol. But I do hope that the two countries can continue being good allies with one another whilst fostering a healthy competition between each other
@oizys6381 5 жыл бұрын
for your reference, the tiger is dead now
@luxeproultimate360 5 жыл бұрын
I've been living in Hong Kong for 5 years now, you can really feel the British influence.
@middleman3165 5 жыл бұрын
Águila701 If you’re not British you won’t notice it as much. Just things on the surface like red busses etc. If you are British though you’ll pick up more things. Like the exact same ice cream vans you see as a kid. Post boxes, plug sockets, driving on the left, street names are identical than ones found in London, pubs etc. It’s really quite bizarre as a Brit visiting Hong Kong because it’s so different than you’re used to but also exactly the same, if you get my meaning.
@sosoable 5 жыл бұрын
you can really feel the china influence.
@FrankFanghk 5 жыл бұрын
@Águila701 I lived in HK for 9years, UK for 5 years and AU for 1 year... I can tell you that there are a lot of similarities you could find between these places, almost like if you are living in the same country, there is almost no difference on how the society works, how people behave, people's core value and so on...
@cheungavery1403 3 жыл бұрын
Weirdly, as a Hong Konger who went to college in UK felts more or less the same. I know it’s the British influence, but somehow my brain tricked me into thinking “wow, the brits do this and that exactly the same way as us in HK” lol ps. I wish HK the best and away from commies.
@liamporter6243 4 жыл бұрын
I was there in 1997. As a British expatriate teenager. We left the next year. I never thought China would change the way it worked. They just had to leave it as it was. Notice how Britain has no comment on the protests now.
@bakersmileyface 4 жыл бұрын
It can't have a comment. It's none of Britain's business. Britain has no claim or responsibility over Hong Kong anymore. Most Hong Kongers don't even want Britain back. So what's the point of making a comment on it? It's just going to unnecessarily rile up China and cause problems for Britain that aren't worth it. Especially while we're dealing with brexit.
@skilkiller10 4 жыл бұрын
@@bakersmileyfaceyeah,Hong Kong is great under Chinese rules,so great that it caused 2 out of 7 people in the city protests against China for trying to destroy their system also the Hong Kong rules should remain same until 2047 yet the Chinese already trying to change it. Most Hong Kongers don't even want Britain back? sorry but you mainland Chinese dont speak for the Hong Kongers and the Hong Kongers actually tried to reach UK to do something about the extradition bill but they were ignored.
@bakersmileyface 4 жыл бұрын
@@skilkiller10 I'm English as a starter my man. Not Chinese. But hey you can believe whatever you want. But what I'm saying is that the UK has given up all rights to Hong Kong. It is genuinely not our place to get involved unless someone with a British passport has their human rights violated. Even then, unless it gets to our mainstream media and the public feel strongly enough about it, the government will probably just ignore it. Especially while we have our own problems to deal with. Even if Hong Kongers try to get in touch with the UK for assistance, there's not a lot we can do. And the majority of Hong Kongers genuinely do not want the UK back in Hong Kong. They just want us to help keep the Chinese out. The majority of Hong Kongers want independence, not British rule. Even if they did want it, it's not like we can just roll in there because they said they want us there. There's political implications. The UK just is not in a position to get involved. That's all I'm saying. But don't get me wrong, I still consider Hong Kongers to be British in a sense. Even if they're not under British rule, I still consider them like brothers and sisters. I'd love to have them back and I'd love to help them out, but we just simply can't. The British government really threw Hong Kong under the bus to please China when we handed them over.
@bakersmileyface 4 жыл бұрын
@@skilkiller10 Yah I can understand that.
@donaldlee8249 4 жыл бұрын
Why should UK have any comment other countries internal affairs? The empire era has long gone, check your calendar and admit the facts
@carpo719 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Where's all that bass coming from though around 8:00 on... ? Wait, it just stopped. Whew! :) That was loud. I suppose most folks just use phones so won't notice.
@valentins.2637 5 жыл бұрын
Ok when is the first plane reference? Edit: 9:15
@matth4926 5 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong could have kept communism out by using Dashlane
@SniperBoy-hp6xr 5 жыл бұрын
Or use nordvpn
@richtigmann1 5 жыл бұрын
wut...
@codysdepository3725 5 жыл бұрын
jack chung holy shit mate, calm down, it’s just a joke
@yangguan4070 5 жыл бұрын
Even by brute force
@VintageToiletsRock 5 жыл бұрын
@@SniperBoy-hp6xr Hong Kongers gotta escape the Great Censorwall of China somehow to regain their dignity.
@Kikilu7552 3 жыл бұрын
i finally know why my family has decided to move to nz now. history is amazing!
@burningisis 4 жыл бұрын
That really made me emotional seeing the British leave Hong Kong. I remember when the handover took place but I dont remember seeing the flags lowering and raising and all of the symbolism involved.
@zhiliaop3616 4 жыл бұрын
Represents the revival of China.
@hugostiglitz9149 4 жыл бұрын
The day democracy died in Hong Kong
@berin4427 4 жыл бұрын
@@hugostiglitz9149 British HK has no democracy. White governors were directly sent from U.K. Get your facts right
@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi 4 жыл бұрын
Though Britain has been a plague to its colonies. Still it's better than China
@limechecksout 3 жыл бұрын
@@zhiliaop3616 "revival"
@Briller5 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, excellent job!!!
@nabeelwork2747 5 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time there was an empire on which the sun never set, then the sun set. The End.
@Wanderer628 5 жыл бұрын
Actually considering the UK still owns territories across the world the sun still technically hasn't set...
@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn 5 жыл бұрын
@Lo C LOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
@luciuspaullus1948 5 жыл бұрын
@Wanderer628 it metaphorically set a long time ago.
@luciuspaullus1948 5 жыл бұрын
@british intelligence, oh please, the British Empire met its inglorious end.
@tetragon2137 5 жыл бұрын
what-if.xkcd.com/48/ Relevant XKCD The Sun never sets on the British Empire!! R U L E B R I T A N N I A
@Vibranium603 5 жыл бұрын
Really well made video!
@rileywags 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly one of your best videos
@gordonkwan9217 5 жыл бұрын
It was a great cover of Hong Kong even as a Hongkonger! Great job!
@keithwatson1384 5 жыл бұрын
If given a referendum tomorrow, would you vote to become British again(and I assume eventual independence) or remain part of China? As a Brit I would love to have you guys back! But it should of course go to the people, as it should of in the 90s!
@cd1051 5 жыл бұрын
Keith Watson my parents are hongkonger and i know that they would vote for british rule over chinese rule, but all three of us would vote for independence if that rederendum was a thing which it isint and never will be, home island is fimly under china’s thumb and there isnt much we can do about it, it is a simular situation to Norther Ireland you know so yeah.
@DavBlc7 5 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, The Chinese would not allow any referendums to be held and that is their policy right from the handover!
@keithwatson1384 5 жыл бұрын
Mike wangsama what?
@mikewangsama1127 5 жыл бұрын
@@keithwatson1384 "We would love to have you guys back..." Jesus, do you have any idea what the outcome could be? Anyone who possess a working brain wouldn't want that. Despite the immediate worse foreign diplomacy UK will have with China which will have a major impact on Britain's trade, UK simply can't afford to maintain HK's social welfare system such as Healthcare and the monetary contribution from HK will be significantly less than you expected since China does not rely on them anymore which really is now the opposite. Like it or not, HK need China more than their people imagined.
@anothermediocreuser6422 5 жыл бұрын
Vancouver Productions
@quark-eisernunion4111 5 жыл бұрын
Handover Productions
@anothermediocreuser6422 5 жыл бұрын
@@quark-eisernunion4111 *Hilarious and Original*
@defaultmesh 5 жыл бұрын
Opium Production
@bryan89wr 5 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nN6fiLGr19qWZoU.html 1989 documentary on the early effects of the Hong Kong migration in Vancouver.
@MustraOrdo 5 жыл бұрын
China Uncensored
@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 4 жыл бұрын
i love the sources in the description
@justnoah2073 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it's been fifty years since 1997.
@Fiilme 5 жыл бұрын
What a great timing for this video! Currently studying abroad here in Hong Kong, at Hong Kong university taking some political science classes that go into great detail on this day. This is a very good description of it. The only thing slightly misleading is the fact you said Hong Kong was/is a democracy. Hong Kong has never been able to achieve full democracy, as the CE (kind of like a president) is not elected by the people, only some of the legislative branch is. Either way, interesting video!
@senselessnothing 5 жыл бұрын
Did they tell you that democracy is the worst system of all?
@adrianlau11 5 жыл бұрын
B Davis yup, you're absolutely correct. The CE was elected by a small amount of super rich people or people have special status and China forced/ threatened them to vote for certain candidates. So basically the CE was elected by China not the HK citizen.
@chungonion 5 жыл бұрын
@@senselessnothing Those "democracy is the worst system of all" are bullshits argument But unfortunately some stupid guys in Hong Kong do believe that P.S. Hongkonger
@senselessnothing 5 жыл бұрын
@@chungonion This is not a matter of debate, every classical writer other than crazy rousseau knew that democracy was a trash system, including the founders of the US, that's why they didn't make a democracy.
@juch3 5 жыл бұрын
@@senselessnothing man Switzerland must look like a shithole then with their direct democracy and multiple referendums every year. Oh wait...
@Pikachu0071000CS 5 жыл бұрын
As a Hong Konger, thanks for this video. It's a topic which although has been talked about for several times, is still very interesting and something which is needed to be covered to understand the current situation with Hong Kong.
@DaveGamesRoom 3 жыл бұрын
One of the most detailed explanations of Hong Kong handover to China on KZfaq one of my family friend moved Hong Kong to Toronto Canada during the handover in 1997.
@thutran1426 3 жыл бұрын
This is really amazing video WP
@just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 жыл бұрын
>change team?
@Renwoxing13 5 жыл бұрын
Not at all, a change in the teams leadership, which a minimum of half the team was unsatisfied with, amd scared of!
@Eira_ 5 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE NOW ON RED! The teams have been auto-balanced
@sonnyhuimingzhou418 5 жыл бұрын
@@Eira_ AAAahaHHhHaHAHhHhhHHHHH
@Santiago-lb5md 5 жыл бұрын
Like italy
@TDenterpriser 5 жыл бұрын
What if the UK gave Hong Kong to Taiwan
@Odinsday 5 жыл бұрын
@@GL-xe5vx So is that why Hong Kong has one of the highest inequality indexes in the entire world (Outranking even the USA and Singapore) and why so many people live in shitty box homes?
@REA987 5 жыл бұрын
WWIII.
@CHL41993 5 жыл бұрын
@@Odinsday because they choose to. They can move up to mainland and live in big empty houses. But HK is a city full of opportunities, so they choose to live in a cage instead.
@ThePsychicFish 5 жыл бұрын
That would be like England spitting in China's face and may have started a war lol.
@noitanatonnawiat8817 5 жыл бұрын
Then you won't be here and typing this innocent sentence.
@dgomez611 4 жыл бұрын
My parents immigrated to the US from Hong Kong in 2001 a couple of years after the handover. They always talk about that day that Britain left and how it was one of the saddest moments of their life. After that they did everything possible to leave the country and moved to San Diego, and a couple of years later I was born here :)
@donjames3349 4 жыл бұрын
America still represents freedom to people like your family and yourself even though so many people here complain about it unfortunately, but yet again that's their freedom to do so.
@dodovomitory3496 4 жыл бұрын
Don James i'd hate being born in the US. yuk
@donjames3349 4 жыл бұрын
@@dodovomitory3496 What would be your preferred country?
@dodovomitory3496 4 жыл бұрын
Don James somewhere in Europe
@donjames3349 4 жыл бұрын
@@dodovomitory3496 Of Europe I would pick either Switzerland, Monaco, or the Netherlands, top three pick from that continent.
@millie.fletcher 5 жыл бұрын
Hi love your videos! Just a small point, the Union flag is only known as the 'Union Jack' when it's on a boat!!
@aaronchow4800 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! My family was part of that immigration wave from Hong Kong to Australia in the early 80s. The year I moved Madonna’s like a Virgin LP came out :)
@xiaoleichen3694 5 жыл бұрын
why the British royals sailed instead of fly in 1997? because they arrived a hundred years ago in ships?
@badabada4251 5 жыл бұрын
Yes they arrived in Canton as trading ships in 18th century
@Tom-eq7eh 5 жыл бұрын
Because they are the british royals, why fly when they own the waves. It's just a waste.
@jeanbethencourt1506 5 жыл бұрын
@@Tom-eq7eh they don't own the waves. The waves belong to the United States Navy.
@brandiquesenberry2292 5 жыл бұрын
Jean Bethencourt it is called, a joke -fellow US citizen
@scythal 5 жыл бұрын
**RULE BRITTANIA plays** that's why
@JiajuChen 3 жыл бұрын
Nice, objective Video. Well done!
@yoeltogarmikael3278 3 жыл бұрын
I almost cry this is so sad :'(
@Masquerola 5 жыл бұрын
9:24 that's probably the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen.
@sawoodahmad2970 5 жыл бұрын
Really?
@Blitzblazer90009 5 жыл бұрын
@@lifeinpast999 lol its not usually like that over here, its pretty average
@danschmidt1 5 жыл бұрын
You need to get out more
@leaderofthelewishpeople6382 5 жыл бұрын
Go to Manila on a clear day then wait for the sunset.
@campkira 5 жыл бұрын
You mean saddest one.
@kieronreid6757 5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else kinda feel sad watching this?
@benjamins6219 5 жыл бұрын
Kieron Reid nope, think it like this, 1.britain op takes a piece of china 2.china recover his own land 3. britain becomes the victim
@knguyennguyen5559 5 жыл бұрын
Just a bit
@tw-ij3kc 5 жыл бұрын
The Chinese government are already starting to become oppressive over the people of Hong Kong. Particularly on freedom of speech. Someone who published a book about the Tiananmen Square Massacre was taken away by Chinese authorities in the middle of night and never seen again.
@rock3tcatU233 5 жыл бұрын
The same way I feel sad when watching a burglar having to return a TV he stole.
@whoareyou1034 5 жыл бұрын
One could argue the CCP is not the rightful government of China and making the treaties null for the CCP. It would make sense for Taiwan to get Hong Kong instead... idk that is something I heard. I find it interresting to think about.
@oldcat87 3 жыл бұрын
Very well produced
@Spanish_Patriot 4 жыл бұрын
This comment is to appreciate the interesting old footage of Hong Kong. Thank you!
@hichamkhamlichi6987 5 жыл бұрын
Wow. That's an damn excellent video!
@lego501stTrigger 5 жыл бұрын
idk why, but this video made me really sad
@Fuzzsaphire 5 жыл бұрын
brainwashing does that to people. maybe consume less western propaganda and there's still hope for you
@lego501stTrigger 5 жыл бұрын
@@Fuzzsaphire I'm not gonna argue with a Chinese troll account.
@kwleung5883 5 жыл бұрын
@@lego501stTrigger Shame i haven't born under the period of british hong kong.
@Fuzzsaphire 5 жыл бұрын
@@lego501stTrigger i'm not even chinese dumbass lol
@caerdroia7530 5 жыл бұрын
Same, Exter.
@capcompass9298 4 жыл бұрын
The day after Handover was a little weird, quiet and expectant as everyone waited to see what would happen next. The PLA were confined to barracks but looked very curious to find out what HK was like.
@davidhamilton4182 4 жыл бұрын
Wendover really does have a video on every crisis of 2020
@GeorgTheGr8 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, you're good at Cities: Skylines!
@JoMiMi_h 5 жыл бұрын
yesdrop
@dxelson 5 жыл бұрын
ahhahaha only we get it xD
@qutaibaabumatar6015 5 жыл бұрын
lmaooo
@muhammadhafiz_h4 5 жыл бұрын
wait what
@Izmael1310 5 жыл бұрын
I dont get it and I play CSL :(
@CB0408 5 жыл бұрын
Hong kong is such a unique place. Unfortunatly, it is geting less so.
@Matanumi 5 жыл бұрын
Major China cites copied the Hong Kong model since the hand over and Hong Kong Is slowly losing their sovereignity
@campkira 5 жыл бұрын
Never like there when it was under uk. never like it there when it a chinese.
@WengMarco 5 жыл бұрын
Shanghai Shenzhen MUCH BETTER than Hong-Kong
@kwanpuilau8607 5 жыл бұрын
Born in HK, seeing how China spoil HK
@chenghotung 5 жыл бұрын
@@Matanumi china always copying other stuffs
@nuzayerov 3 жыл бұрын
Wendover forgot Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) was fighting gangs on the harbour, on the same night of the handover.
@lucashuang1320 4 жыл бұрын
Starting at 4:00, I thought the background music keeps sounding like the Cantonese song 有誰共鳴 by 張國榮
@Nexxarian 5 жыл бұрын
2047 is going to be chaos
@micaelgarcia1576 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree with you. It's going to be chaos.
@goochchuang 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t think we need to wait till 2047 😔
@jeanbethencourt1506 5 жыл бұрын
They already took it back. There's no waiting. Mandarin has already surpassed English over there.
@richtigmann1 5 жыл бұрын
how many immigrants do you think?
@johnwick-uo8vt 5 жыл бұрын
No, I don't think so. By 2047, China will be the most powerful country in the world, exceeding the US. And China's GDP per capita will be as high as HongKong. China will be a developed nation and people will change their opinions about China.
@jerry3790 5 жыл бұрын
One of the few times being a colony was preferable, at least to some.
@keithwatson1384 5 жыл бұрын
If you look at many colonies at the time of independence, particularly in the Caribbean and surprisingly in Africa, many had thriving economies its just that they have declined since then and have gotten into the hands of socialists and dictators!
@natheniel 5 жыл бұрын
A referendum pre-Thatcher-Tang talk shows > 80% prefer status quo, only < 10% looks forward to a then hypothetical handover.
@dropit7694 5 жыл бұрын
Colonies are stable because they are colonies, they use some of the stolen resources by the colonisers. However the UK doesn't have the money to hold these colonies anymore, that money has dried up and the new powers have stepped in.
@koverpy426 5 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong isn't just a "colony". It is as autonomous as a "Republic of Hong Kong" remarked in humor by the Colonial Office. HK could have gone in the same path to full formal self-governence, democracy and independence as other dominions and Singapore, if not for the opposition from PRC and the CPC-staged 1967 Riots (basically state-sponsored terrorism) in the shadows of Cold War.
@frankwang6715 5 жыл бұрын
@@koverpy426 We run like dominion or a semi-state if you may. But all thanks to China, we are now going down.
@konsticraft1028 4 жыл бұрын
that was.... interesting in the light of what is currently happening in Hong Kong
@kat39422 5 жыл бұрын
You have got a subscriber from Hong Kong :)
@JH-dl6vu 4 жыл бұрын
They didnt even talk about HOW Hong Kong was stolen by the British by poisoning Chinese. Their Psyops is really strong in HK when tricked the people living there to wave their colonial flag. Wow just wow. Stockholm syndrome. HKers being treated as second class citizens. And yeah I lived here for 10 years. It's sad. HKers need to be free from both but sticking with imperialists that killed your ancestors and poisoned them through hate, greed and racism? Learn your history!
@mwtrolle 4 жыл бұрын
@@JH-dl6vu So you are part of the CCP's infiltration? Sure sounds like it!
@JH-dl6vu 4 жыл бұрын
@@mwtrolle Anything that contradicts to your belief must be :gasp: communists! lmao go pound sand, fitting as it comes from mw"troll". A danish dolt that trolls the internet that hasn't even stepped foot defending what europeans did to the rest of the world. HKers deserve freedom against against people like you and the chinese. Funny how only europeans could call the kettle black while killing the rest of the world full of brown and black people then wave their fingers at china and HK pretending to be on their side. Theyre pretending to be on their side because they hate the chinese more than anything and want to have the only threat for global hegemony eliminated. Do HKers really believe that theyre fighting for "democracy"? lol These countries arent even democratic (British, America) Consitutional Monarchy and US is a constitutional republic. Chinese couldnt even vote under british rule! lol Once this settles, it'll be something else. Being second class citizens in your own country because some white folks bombed them. Learn from brown and black people, theyre here to destroy your country from within as they have been doing for centuries and look at how they do the rest of us in the UK and US. Their whole country is founded on theft murder and exploitation of brown, yellow and black people around the world through colonization. This is them fighting against the one power that could possibly topple western white supremacy. That's why theyre fighting so hard, it isn't about democracy lol, since when were we ever a democracy. Lies that your teacher told ya!
@hwh1986 4 жыл бұрын
A westerner would normally quickly point finger and say "you must be funded by CCP", to avoid a complete world view collapse, because deep down inside, they know they are evil.
@stephen-gi9uz 4 жыл бұрын
Stockholm syndrome?
@trumanhw 5 жыл бұрын
You SO should have talked about how people feel about it after - the accuracy of predictions, the effects it has on geo-politics to this day, and the percent of people who're happy -- who live in HK. No matter... thank you again, for an excellent episode within your excellent series. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's curious as to whether you [write] your scripts yourself..
@capcompass9298 4 жыл бұрын
My Hong Konese friends are very worried.They trusted the communists.
@bs2801 4 жыл бұрын
@@capcompass9298 They are yellow skin black hair, the white doesn't give a shit about them but just use them to constraint China.
@ZiggyMercury Жыл бұрын
@@bs2801 I'm pretty sure Hong-Kongers would have loved to have the Brits - and democracy/freedom - back. It's unfortunate for everyone - except the Chinese government - that the UK had to give up on Hong-Kong.
@odzergaming 5 ай бұрын
@@ZiggyMercuryHong Kong is like 90% dependent on mainland
@Raina_Vi 5 жыл бұрын
My family is one of the 999,999+ people who moved to Vancouver just before the handover. My dad *loves* to rabble on about the HK of his childhood and having visited HK a few years ago, nostalgia aside, I see why he loves it so. I hope to be able to visit again before the total takeover (2047? Pfft ya rite, more like 2020)
@scottkrafft6830 5 жыл бұрын
One day the Communists in China will fall. You can't hide the truth forever. You can conceal it for 10, 15, 20, even 100 years or more but eventually it will come out.
@taygadesign 4 жыл бұрын
@@scottkrafft6830 True, no country or system lasts forever. The same will happen to countries like the United States, Russia, etc. They will fall in future. All countries have their flaws.
@zuboy4272 4 жыл бұрын
@@scottkrafft6830 CCP :- No , I dont think i will They said China will fall in 1960 when Communist took all over Asia they said China will fall in 1980 when Dao Xi ping introduced Capitalism they said China will fall in 1991 after fall of another commie USSR they said China will fall in 2010 due to economic recession and pollution they still say China will fall in 2020 due to democracy movement in HK or Xinjing or Tibet
@zuboy4272 4 жыл бұрын
@@scottkrafft6830 You speak like ur government never hides the truth
@stevenyu1649 4 жыл бұрын
@@scottkrafft6830 OMG how many times do i have to tell u peeps, china does not any communism left after the 21th century lol.
@upper8975 3 жыл бұрын
10:24 Her look says it all
@Boypogikami132 4 жыл бұрын
My aunt lives at Hong Kong, AND I WISH TO GO THERE JUST TO RIDE THE MTR ALL DAY EVERYDAY 365 DAYS A YEAR