Exactly. Those politicians are the real cancer. They want divide to get your votes. These HK youngsters have no idea how HK was under British rule. The Brits treated HKers like 3rd class citizens. All the wealth was stolen from HK and taken back to England. All the high colonial government officials, including the governors, all retired very rich men. The early governors even took part in opium smuggling. There were all sorts of draconian laws like Emergency Regulation 31, which allowed the governor to order anyone to be imprisoned without trial, for one year renewable. If the riots we're seeing today had happened under Britain, they would have been shut down immediately under the Public Order Ordinance, which allowed the Brits to ban demonstrations and arrest anyone before they even started the protest. The public did not get to vote for the governor, he was appointed by the UK prime minister. At least now, there is a limited election to elect the Chief Executive. Only in the last 20 years of rule did Britain give HK more freedom, and that's only because they knew they were leaving. -- Flux Mulder UA-cam SUPPRESSED my HK video - How the 5 Eyes control what you see ua-cam.com/video/_LPEif9xyiw/v-deo.html Source Hong Kong People better than Chinese? ua-cam.com/video/NiqueUJkFJw/v-deo.html If the British imperialism can sell you drug (opium) and steal your land Hong Kong and hold you ransom what else can they not do but lie and be arrogant. HK citizens had no democracy during British rule. British believe in slavery so what’s new. Good for China to be strong and put the facts right. -Jo Cheah Why is BBC making fake news against China ua-cam.com/video/tcKw5jiT6wg/v-deo.html
That was completely wrong on "your" part. You twisted the facts. Read the development of the event carefully. The Taiwanese Government and Police had approached the Hong Kong Police and Government to waive the restriction to 'extradite' Chan for the murder of Poon in Taiwan. They requested it no less than three times. It was Carrie Lam who refused flatly. Furthermore, it was the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Police who obstructed justice for the Poon family and Taiwan Police itself. This was a political ploy by Carrie Lam to be sneaky, under the pretenses that if the Chan's murder case could be allowed to Taiwan, then the same conditions could also be done to the PRC as well. With Rule of Law legislated countries who have similar transparent and open rules, usually this is understandable. However, the push for Article 23 under "Broomhead" Ip back in 2003, Hong Kongers knew the danger and went on huge rallies. PRC with the "Rule by Law" would be completely different and Hong Kongers knew the danger where laws are murky and anything goes with the CCP. In fact, it was the HKP and the HKG to protect Chan. He only went to jail for minor offenses with theft of Poon and using her funds. Afterwards, Chan was protected by the HKP at a luxury flat for a while. So please, get the facts right and not misleading others.
@Bb Cb Get lost Wumao! Your account speaks for itself! VPN is against the law in the PRC. Should I report you to the PRC authorities so you can get fined or go to jail? It is second class felony!
Beijing should totally exhonorate Chan for his crime, not only to prove a point... that people of Hong Kong wants freedom to murder without taking any responsibilities or be extradited for murder... and to point fingers at Taiwan for snowball of Hong Kong protest. Since president of Taiwan is also not supporting the extradition of murder in Taiwan!!!
This documentary only tells one side of the story. As a retired Hong Kong person, I have the luxury to watch several TV direct broadcasts every day from 2019 - 2020. The scenes I watch were much different from those reported in this video, obviously, it is being selected with a political purpose. The interviewees appearing on-screen were again selected with bias. My advice for our audients is that "you need to understand more before you take what is reported here for granted." Remarks: GeoPolitics are more complex than an average person can imagine.
I absolutely agree with what you have said. I too have followed (daily) the events in hk since 2019. There are far more sinister geopolitics at play in hk than is being told by the main stream media This is a ONE SIDED reporting. There are always 3 sides to a story, Side A, Side B and THE TRUTH. I am neither a hk resident nor a china citizen.
You can go to England. Make sure bring all your money because England needs your contribution. And for sure you going to have a very long and wonderful holiday.
I know some who thought life will be great having the freedom of speech overseas, now resort to janitorial work , supermarket warehouse workers, selling cooked food, frying noodles, being waiters, opening nail saloons.. etc. but that is not to say their children or their grandchildren won't have a good life... People must choose the path for themselves and their families.
You weren't going to go anyway. For the rest of us who are vested in its future, we work with what we have, and without the "opposition for the sake of opposition" we have a better chance at fixing the housing problems than we did five years ago. Hong Kong has never been a good home to its locals, even as a colony. The rapid overpopulation from the Chinese Civil War sealed that fate.
Hong Kongers were standing up for themselves finally, so many movements like the umbrella movement was taking over Hong Kong. Xi Jinping (Winnie the Pooh) and his cronies we’re trying to pass new laws to silence anyone who doesn’t play by the rules. Hong Kong’s use did not stand for it and riots broke out throughout parts of Hong Kong the CCP had no control at all they were running out of options to gain control back of the people in the city. That’s why I believe the Wuhan virus was released by the CCP on purpose so they can gain control back of the city but it got out of control too fast it’s spread too quickly and they tried to keep it in China but it got out and the CCP was no longer in control and now the whole world is still suffering from the Wuhan virus. Many years from now you will see that I am speaking the truth the Chinese people are wonderful intelligent people The young people will not put up for this for very long Hong Kong is not the city it used to be anymore and the CCP is to blame just like Carrie Lam and all those crooked officials America loves you Hong Kong and America does love the Chinese people the CCP doesn’t want the Chinese people to know that America is NOT the enemy, The enemy has always been there right in front of you guys the whole time. The CCP that’s the enemy of the Chinese people, the CCP makes your lives miserable cameras everywhere watching you know freedom to go wherever you want it’s a shame Hong Kong is not the same and will never be the same like it used to be but I have faith in the young people of Hong Kong and one day I will go back to visit my Hong Kong friends
I don't believe God will help for this. Hong Kong need to fight himself. We should help of course. People in Hong Kong so far have more human rights than people in China, and they can escape easily if they want , correct? I think so far they can also talk freely and they can vist youtube and google freely, while we are not. But they are lossing more and more human rights. If we don't help HongKong, Taiwan may become the next.
I didn’t realize how free was Hong Kong, until the rioters forced us lockdown in 2019. It is not the freest moment of Hong Kong, but at least I feel safer now. No security no freedom.
You’re wrong, you cannot have security and freedom it’s one or the other, that’s why people that escape North Korea from the Kim regime say that they are afraid of freedom, it’s too risky you have to be responsible for yourself! Security is the opposite go live with uyghurs if you want security
That the problem of people under colonized era, the British not only come in to take resources and money from your country, they will brainwash you through education to make you think like the British. But the fact is you are Chinese that imprinted in your DNA no matter what you think you are. If you study the history, Hong Kong was part of China not matter from the past even presently.
@@kennethwong6912 which part of your DNA says you need to kowtow to the government? Is that an identifier of your Chinese DNA? I for sure don't have that. 🇹🇼 For freedom and democracy.
@@lesliegrace8360 I am telling the fact that no matter what you think you are whether you are pro-democracy or pro-Beijing or whatever you want to call yourself. Majority of the Hong Kongers still Chinese bloodline by DNA itself. In short, your mind is white thinking but skin still yellow (Asian).
@@ChnesRep中華民國OfTaiwan you do not understand what I tried to bring up. Whatever you call yourself you are still Chinese (if you are by ethnicity). You do not like where you stay, just leave the place. Why destroy the infra? Do you know that those protesters destroy a lot of people's ricebowl? People in Hong Kong most of them are jobless. Who feed you when you yourself think very proudly, I am pro-democracy but instead of playing with the rules on landsliding winning the election, you go protest, destroy and hit people that have different opinions that you are. Then this is not democracy, this is hypocrite.
Its really Funny as the City of Singapore is Far more Restrictive and Draconian when Compared to Hong Kong to judge whether Hong Kong is still free. Reminds me of Al Jazeera that is a Feudal Kingdom network TV judging Freedom level of Countries far far more progressive than itself.
@@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617 Singapore consistently finds itself on the bottom rungs of the Press Freedom Index - last year (2019), it took the 151th spot out of 180 countries - and the authorities are infamous for wielding legal threats against journalists and publications. 2020 - 158; 2021 - 160 HK 2019 - 73; 2020 - 80, 2021 - 80 Not far more restrictive and draconian?
@@jaytee4482 so what? If you defame me and I will sue you too. If you like recalcitrant fake news degeneracy like CNN, InfoWar, fox news just move to America. Singapore doesn't tolerate slander and racist outlets. BTW, lawsuits against the media is not uncommon in the West. Hongkees voted by their feet and wallets to mass immigrate to Singapore and hardly any Singapore immigrate to the PRC SAR despotic totalitarian island.
@Charlie Woo The problem with HK is about direct election towards the ppl who govern the territory. It turned to riots because of the hk gov is more willing to listen to beijing than its ppl, hence ppl are turning helpless in voicing their opinion. In a universal democracy, a free election is important to ensure a good feedback loop between the gov and its ppl.
Let me see, how about the internal security acts in Malaysia and Singapore? I am sure there are numerous other legislations on national security in the US, UK, Australian and Europe too.
Malaysia Internal Security Act was written by British. The government can put you in jail without any reason and without any order from court. No court can overturn the decisions. They can lock you in the jail for......Until the government is happy.
LOLS.. I heard many youth migrated to UK and now they're jobless..well..they can enroll themselves as protesters in UK though..good job for them and good luck..
No matter which country we are talking about, secessionist activities are not allow, it is considered to be a violation to the national security of that country. Sounds like some of the HK people want to start an independent moment and don't seems to understand the consequences of their actions. Free does not means people can do whatever, you still have to act within the law, if not all action will be considered lawless.
@@Jonosan For the record, there was no soviet government in China, I don't know what you mean by soviet government in China, when PRC was established, the soviet were acting as adversor from time to time until the death of Stalin. If you pay attention to the Chinese history from 1912 to 1921, many of the Chinese intellect turn to communism following the bolshevik revolution, the Chinese were hoping by starting a revolution in China it will make China strong. It is clear that these intellects hope that communism is their solution to build a strong, better, and a unified China. They never agree to the interference from USSR. What Soviet did to China are no different from those imperial powers who invaded China.
Chinese law is made for the "emperor" to rule. A country lack of any senses of the spirit of law are not qualified to speak about law. The law your country made is corrupted and untrustworthy. The government fabricate different charges against people they don't like. Chinese citizen don't have any rights to supervise and question the government. And the Chinese law is nothing but a means for the party to eradicate any opponents against them.
If you are a rightful democratic country then secessionist activities are no problem. They can even vote if they want to get independence or remain in the former country. This was the case in Scotland some years ago and also in New Caledonia some days ago. Both Greate Britain and France granted their territories the right to vote themselves if they want to get independence. Thus, the people voted. Why can´t China do the same in HK?
@@Alternatives_Universum I'm not sure where you learnt your history from, but let me put it this way. In the case of New Caledonia, it was a french colony taken by force and the indigenous people of that land have the right to get their independence. With the case of Scotland, the so called United Kingdom is not a single country, it is made up of multiple nations called England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Back in the days all of them fought the british red coat, but lost. The independence movement in those places have never stop, it is only a matter of time, even if they choice not to is because of self interest. When comes to HK, it was never a nation, HK was taken by the british at the end of the opium war and was leased for 99 years. All these have nothing to do with democratic system, not a single nation on Earth will allow for secessionist activities. Take Spain and Catalonia for example, Spain is part of EU and with a democratic system, both EU and Spain does not accept Catalonia independence, and imprison any who start a secessionist activities. In the case of HK, that place never went through decolonization. During the early 1912 there was a language moment at mainland China and the governor of HK at the time fear for a uprising so they changed the HK language education to split the people of HK from their home land. To answer your question why can't China do the same, is simply because HK first will need to go through a decolonization process, and after that if they still want to be independent, then there is nothing more to say for China. Another perspective is that think about all these as US China power play, both party have cards on the table during negotiations, what China been doing is slowly taking away the cards US have and leaving the Americans nothing when they come to the negotiation table. Therefore the US have to find some ways to come up with new bargaining chip if they want to talk with the Chinese. Again all these have nothing to do with democratic system.
Do you remember how how the cocky westerners used to talk about how authoritarian Singapore is? No press freedom? Now there is the quesiton: Is Singapore free?
Why dont you those voters who voted by their feet and wallets to reside in Singapore? Coming close to 50% of us are foreign born. The cream of the crop from all walks of life and from all corners of the world, the best and brightest, wealthiest of the wealthy and multi trillion dollar conglomerates DEMOCRATICALLY AND CONSENTUALLY VOTED by their feet and wallets to live and work in Singapore! I wonder why? Maybe its because of our HUGE land size and RICH in natural resources especially our abundance of drinking water. Maybe they like our hot and humid weather?
HK having security laws similar to the USA. Pls compare the security laws in USA. Which country would allow secessionist activities and allowing a foreign imperial power to intervene in part of their country?
The HK national security law is in no way anything close to the national security law in the USA, which is way way more strict, and one can say, draconian.
Even Switzerland does not tolerate secessionists activities. She even waged an anti-secessionist war (Sonderbundskrieg) against breakaway territories in 1847. No country tolerates sedition and secession.
the national security law set in hong kong is completely under China's direction. although China has the right to under the term Hong Kong belongs to China, there were literally no public communications in the first place before it was directly set and enforced. didn't pass through the Legislative Council, no debates, no opinions allowed, nothing. even worse, it was meant to punish a minority until very recently more netizens are arrested and charged with this.
Under Chinese law, visiting UA-cam makes you guilty of violating national security law, yet you still come to this western site to post pro-Chinese propaganda... Ironic how the irony is lost on 五毛
@@WEIHONGDU Are you a small child or just incredibly ignorant? This is common knowledge and is written into their public law, which is why China created alternatives to Western web applications like bilibili and baidu. Please educate yourself.
Our media didn’t mention million of people are moving from Hong Kong, Taiwan or western countries to China to find jobs, especially young graduates. They also didn’t mention Chinese mainland increased water supply to Taiwan to ease drought in Taiwan and Taiwanese people received free vaccinations for Covid-19 in China. "Russia invades Ukraine at the same time as China attacks Taiwan" - Isn't that nothing more than wishful thinking? “One of the basic lessons of foreign policy is that you don't march on Moscow, and you do not bluff Beijing. If you do, your bluff is always, at some point, going to be caught."
ROFLMAO! What I'd like to *REALLY* know is how the hell did "Chinese mainland increased water supply to Taiwan to ease drought in Taiwan" when the PRC is facing water insecurity itself? So the CCP ease Taiwan's drought by building a water pipe hundreds of km long across the Taiwan Straits, or send water via Cargo ships? Both are equally insane and goes to show that the CCP supporters are Deluded & Braindead! LOL!
@@joewu7534 lol I was gonna say exactly what you said. Socialism is what the Scandinavian countries have. Democratic socialism is what politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were trying to achieve in the US. But what China has isn’t socialism. I may be biased to call it authoritarian capitalism. It’s capitalism based on how wealth is distributed in China. Maybe it’s privatization isn’t at the same level as the west but people are definitely more consumerism driven, especially in big cities. But people complain too in China. But the narrative control as well as its economic success have helped the sitch. Everyone, from the bottom feeders to the ultra wealthy, have all been getting a bigger slice of the pie.
@@marg8315 Not so much these days. A lot more of the lower to middle income people in china are struggling in the last 3-4 years as compared to when china was booming. The pandemic has obviously impacted the poor more than those who have high incomes and are rich enough to withstand a long term crisis as well.
CNA as a part of Singapore Public Broadcasting, what can we take away from your report here compare to what Singapore democratic and national security law historic facts to now? And how will you compare with the late Singapore founder leader historic success in building up Singapore progress to the Singapore people and society which also under a very strict Law in controlling and directing the Singaporean way of life and opposition parties members were put in jail too? As I think LKY did a great job and is one the political leaders in Asia. Will CNA be allow doing a same report on your late founding father LKY and the Singapore government ?
Singapore has become freer since LKY stepped down as PM. We have a viable opposition now but without the political and social chaos as predicted by LKY. Btw the harsh control of LKY seems rather mild compare to the security law imposed by the CCP.
As a Hong Kong citizen, I'm deeply shocked by the absurdity of the terrible acts taking places in my affectionate hometown. This documentary is a comprehensive, multifarious and transparent. Many people said that moving overseas for the "freedom" and "democracy" Their interpretations for these core values are totally wrong and they should understand more about them. Nowadays, many medias produce the worriesome and fearmongerings about the freedoms people have and the special status the city deserves. Over the past two years, the protesters incited violence, including smashing police vehicles, throwing firebombs to the police guards and blocking the public roads every saturday and sunday. As a teen, I can't really bear with their flatigious and fiendlish acts. The dissoluteness of the violence have been seen by the majority of Hong Kong. Hong Kong needs to return to normalcy inmediately.
@Lala: I don't know what you are talking about. Hong Kong is back to normal without these agitators and traitors. No country should tolerate its citizens to collude with foreign power. That is what these so called "freedom fighters" did. They called for US gov't to send military to Hong Kong. They went to meet with US Congress and ask them to intervene. That is an act treason. A matter of fact, Joshua Wong should go to jail for life.
a lot of negative comments here. I was a Hong Kong resident and lived there for 13 years. i attended the July 1 protests for over ten years. The zeitgeist that was the HK democracy movement was, in my mind, the most purely intended, absolutely principled movement, and a movement with incredibly massive support that got nothing. HK could have presented to mainland China a model for a better social form and legal system that could take root there. China could have seen that civil society and contented citizens expressing themselves freely could happen within a Chinese city. However, they instead gave in to the traditional Chinese fear expressed in the first lines of the classic novel The Three Kingdom - "a nation too long apart longs to come together, a nation too long together will fall apart". the fear that one crack will bring the whole house of cards down. true enough though, if you all HK to be a free society, it will come about in the mainland too, as it rightly should
@@alcheung405 Do they really? Or is it just incredibly dangerous to openly not support the chinese government? I'm rather sure critique does not gain you many social points. Even protests against the current real estate scams are hidden by the chinese government and worldfamous atheltes can completly vanish from the chinese internet after one wrong comment. China is basically North Korea with more money.
CCP allowed HK people to elect their own government, something the British colonialist never ever did in the 100 years of occupation. I was born and lived in HK for many years, my father would tell me stories of how the white police would kick him up the arse on the street for no reason. All senior government positions were only offered to British white people. I think the HK'ers and the world are quick to forget this history. Not to mention the very existence of HK was the result of the Treaty of Nanking, as result of the Opium war. A humiliating and shameful historical event and example of overt western bullying of China. HK today under CCP is still one of the best places in the world to live. The HK'ers who listen to this type of western media propaganda and are lured to a new life in western countries for a better life should keep this in mind. My mother who's in her 80's was abused publically on the street for being responsible for COVID by a middle aged white woman in Sydney Australia.
@@therealrobinc no I am not a wumao, I am a real person who used to believe in whatever I read in the media but started to do my own research on the truth and found something I didn't expect. Now I am angry of all the lies and propaganda we are fed everyday and can't help speaking up.
@@johnwayne8475 why aren't you angry at the CCP for what they did to the hapless people of China? The Human Costs of Mao's Great Leap Forward. Mao's Great Famine ua-cam.com/video/AHR15JxckZg/v-deo.html The Tiananmen Square Massacre ua-cam.com/video/SACHK-W4o1E/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/kMKvxJ-Js3A/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mXqLLWl8X34/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Schd86HVMs0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/QE6z2QgI9c8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/YeFzeNAHEhU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/wNEW1Uh0lz0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/WEdme5wT1Fs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/fHMZmthg-Vk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/tsN6vbzTgRE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/iDEtzM62nK0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/S3RzKKfNkTk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/KrYGiwhOuBo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mhoXEe8aqgU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PRxgjT6QGvQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/lXJ6gHFME0w/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/6ZQdBA0MDks/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Af14Ksv79uk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/6TMYVOTzE1k/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/r9AvUuEPgvA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PE_1VGdDI5Q/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/lcuLZDHLFt8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gOQCtU2GxDo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/bIwZEBe4UhQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ExqqdUXXdgA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/DbqN5r_PTo8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/CAJNgWpiP3Q/v-deo.html
This is not fair report from CNA. In Singapore, the PAP government also wouldn't tolerate violent protesters who intimidate people with different political views and go around rampaging public and commercial properties. Which independent and free country in this world will allow foreign country to interfere in their domestic affairs. Remembered in 1994 how Singapore caned Michael P Fay, an American after he stole and vandalised 18 cars over 10 days despite of US attempts to free him from facing punishment and local Singapore law.
@@默-c1r exactly. people like to say singapore is no different than hk, but they neglected (intentionally or unintentionally) that the government in singapore is ELECTED by whole of its citizens every 5 years, whereas the executive chief of hk is SELECTED by small group of 1200 people with the prior blessing of the central government.
@@TheMightyBeer That's not what I said, nor is it what I am implying. I am saying that if you have free and fair elections, riots are not warranted. The Jan 6 Trumpster riot was illegal and immoral for protesting against a free and fair election. The people in HK are protesting for the basic right to have elections and be heard by a government that can't provide affordable housing. The SG government has free but unfair elections, but at least it works in the interest of its citizens and listens to them rather than the foreign powers in Beijing.
People in Hong Kong definitely are still free to choose what they do and what they want to say, but no one should have the freedom to destroy public assets, create chaos in the society, as well as hurt and even kill others like the rioters did in order to express their views. Not in Hong Kong and not even the US or any western countries, this kind of illegal and immoral behaviours disguised as “non-violent protests” are tolerated.
I really don’t understand why HK is fighting to be ‘different’ to China as this is a foreseeable future. The merge is going to come and you have 50 years to prepare mentally, financially~ and to embrace more opportunities for living..instead of stuck in a tiny space~ why are the visions so narrow? Yes democracy is a bigger picture, but you can’t change this with total resistance and ignorant of what the future picture is going to be. Man… wake up! This is 2022~~~
Because Hong Kong's education let many generation haven't the concept of the national conditions and they don't understand China's progress. Other sides, there may be many role of mind control is come from U.K or USA. So Hong Kong becomes their way to fight China. Many Hong Kong people don't understand politics, they imagined it too simply. Because Hong Kong people used to rarely talk about politics, just work every day. So now, they are not very know politics, just echo what others say. Hong Kong has always been a very economically developed city, and many Hong Kong people are accustomed to a prosperous life. I mean there are some people who are wealthy. So the next generation of that part of the people needs more and more. They won't cherish what they have now and think other places are heaven.....
As a Cantonese, even though I speak Cantonese sometimes English in HK, several years ago, every time I transferred the flight from HK airport, I felt discriminated and insulted even when I just wanted to grab a coffee in the convenient stores, I knew that something’s rotten in their minds. So I was not surprised when some people went for violence. Thanks for everything done by HK and central government. There’s no room anywhere in the world for these racist-like crazy people
Too many rude and arrogant Hong Kong youths, they have been brainwashed by a biased educational system and westerner dogs and CIA funded fake news. Never worked an day in their lives and already to go out and destroy what their parents spent a lifetime building. Now USA and the West are increasingly hostile to businesses in Hong Kong, looking to destroy the very fabric for success that their parents worked so hard to build.
Yea mate for sure you can say the same for people in tibet, xingjiang and manchuria, funny how you call us racist but internally you would think yourself to be better than others so nah your argument is invalid
@@Nathan-tn4qi Nether do i think im supreior but too bad your government think they are so they went down and dragged away those that question don't you think thats a little bit cruel for that that a person to be arrested due to doubts about the governments believe?
did you see the chaos in Hongkong in 2019? and also the damage for Hongkong's economy? these people were saying fighting for democracy, but you guys push normal people's normal life to hell. You clam for better future of Hongkong. Truth is you destroy the future of Hongkong!
Because it is China or more specifically it's government. At least even with how bad the problem of racism and discrimination against the LGBT are you do not hear people in the US being thrown into concentration camps. China has also committed many other atrocities.
@@aldrichheine5912 Your info about China was based on the faked report from BBC's written by (paid by BBC) Adrian Zeng and ASPI based on Google satellite map. Both reports were debunked by Gray Zone and others. In the name of human rights, how many wars did the US start, and how many innocent civilians did the US kill? China did not start a single war against other countries. Do you know China lifted over 100 million population out of extreme poverty? Debunk Xinjiang geneocide:ua-cam.com/video/qZkxaEC1xjY/v-deo.html The true intention of the US on Xinjiang: ua-cam.com/video/4N385vKhXYQ/v-deo.html
They do the same thing in the United States the government doesn't ask anyone for permission to check your emails or text messages or phone calls they do it all the time
Indeed they do, thanks to the criminals Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld and the feckless coward who followed in their footsteps and chose to betray his followers and take over a half a billion dollars worth of bribes instead of reversing the policies he was elected to overturn
Free in what sense??? Free to physically attack others with different political views. If this is what the west claims to be Democracy then forget it. We HK people don't want this type of "freedom" that ignores other innocent people's rights.
Glad to see stability returns to Hong Kong and common citizens can enjoy their freedom and safety from those crazy rioters attacking innocent people with no due respect.
Our media didn’t mention million of people are moving from Hong Kong, Taiwan or western countries to China to find jobs, especially young graduates. For these people, China doesn't seem to be the one to take their "freedom" away. Many foreigners are working in China and so far, not many of them started rushing for the exit doors.
Prior to the handover, Hong Kong was a city full of prosperity, freedom, hope, and life. Now, daily life is hopeless and dreadful. You see and feel it on people’s faces, attitudes, and tone. Everyone must self censor and live in fear of the government. Don’t believe me? Come to Hong Kong and sing “Glory to Hong Kong” then see what happens to you. To Taiwan: you’ve witnessed a once great city being completely ruined by the CCP. May you have the strength to never fall for the “One Country Two Systems” gimmick and fight off the commies.
Isn’t it a pretty big provocation that HK protestors have smashed up, broken into a parliament building and raised a BRITISH flag inside HK’s parliament which is part of China? This becomes a foreign sponsored provocation and China are right to be very angry about it. If someone broke into the parliament building in the UK, trashed the building and raised the RUSSIAN flag, there’ll be all kinds of international outcry and trouble about it. But we've got a very great deal of interest here and what's happening all the way in Hong Kong in China.
Well you have conveniently forgotten WHY the HK protesters attacked the HK legislation building and raised the Union Jack. It was the consequence of the HK police violent attacks against the until then peaceful protestors (I have watched the live reportings across different TV channels both in Singapore as well as in Europe) as well as its reluctance to have an independent board of inquiry into police brutality. In short it was the erosion of various freedoms that triggered the democracy movements. One must remember the unique position of HK's One country two systems which guarantees HK's freedoms for 50 years. The majority of the Hong Kongers has no love for the CCP as shown in the overwhelming support for the pro democratic movement.
a side story. a friend of mine from HK once told me her parents still had to work for living in HK while their relatives around similar age in mainland had already retired. they migrated from mainland to HK in 80s.
@GC: You are correct. People can retire at age 50 in mainland. I think, they are raising the retirement age to 55. In Hong Kong, you can retire at 65. As all pension, it is only supplement your living expenses. It does not pay for all your expenses. Those with no additional savings, I guess they have to work until whenever.
No, but the freedom and democratic elements are way higher than what it is now and Singapore. Some democratic states don't actually democratic and free. Bare in mind for those who wants to discredit Hong Kong when many of those out there love to compare communist Hong Kong and British Hong Kong time. Use common sense to view and understand why are there tones of people leaving Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's protesters need some sort of leadership so that all the protesting / violence has some sort of planning and order such as tactics think about it from a point of view as a war general
Strangely a documentary from CNA on the Hongkong NSL. Perhaps Hongkong should consider the Internal Security Act adopted by Singapore in dealing with subversive elements.
@@batuapi4340 China would have been more prosperous MUCH earlier had it not been for the CCP. Instead, it was cursed with history's WORST mass murderer Mao Zedong who was responsible for the death's of MORE people than Stalin & Hitler COMBINED as a result of the DISASTROUS FAMINE during the Great Leap Forward and DESTROYING ane ENTIRE GENERATION during the Cultural Revolution. And they were all his OWN countrymen! ua-cam.com/video/AHR15JxckZg/v-deo.html The great EVIL of the CCP continues with the Tiananmen Square Massacre! ua-cam.com/video/SACHK-W4o1E/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/kMKvxJ-Js3A/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mXqLLWl8X34/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Schd86HVMs0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/QE6z2QgI9c8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/YeFzeNAHEhU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/wNEW1Uh0lz0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/WEdme5wT1Fs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/fHMZmthg-Vk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/tsN6vbzTgRE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/iDEtzM62nK0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/S3RzKKfNkTk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/KrYGiwhOuBo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mhoXEe8aqgU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PRxgjT6QGvQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/lXJ6gHFME0w/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/6ZQdBA0MDks/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Af14Ksv79uk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/6TMYVOTzE1k/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/r9AvUuEPgvA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PE_1VGdDI5Q/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/lcuLZDHLFt8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gOQCtU2GxDo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/bIwZEBe4UhQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ExqqdUXXdgA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/DbqN5r_PTo8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/CAJNgWpiP3Q/v-deo.html
@Batu Api: Hong Kong gov't was very lenient on these traitors. They only sentenced to a few months of jail time. The ring leaders like Joshua Wong should be tried for treason. These young people couldn't even support themselves, what do they know about governance.
May I quote Tomtube1012 who posted in another video's comment section : "I'm pretty sure they didn't agree to wait 99 years to get their city back from the British only to let Hong Kong declare independence. The 50 year period was suppose to be a transitional period for Hong Kong. After the 50 years, they would've been just another city of China. For 20 years, China honored that agreement, then came talks of independence. I'm pretty sure any government would take action under these circumstances. The 99 year lease ended in 1997, so the British had to return Hong Kong to China whether or not they agreed to a transitional period. To negotiate a transitional period and then use that period to separate basically means China waited for 99 years to get back nothing. If they allowed this, this would be the biggest scam in history."
I don't even know why they agreed to the transition period. It's like a thief coming into your house and spank your wife and then ask you to treat your wife well when he leaves.
@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 Its because all the money, companies and people would of left in 1997 if they didn't. There also the matter that only Kowloon was required to be turned over after 99 years. Hong Kong Island was signed over forever, not 99 years. China got HK island back in exchange. UK has shown it is willing to go to war for an island if anybody tries to take it by force, even if its in the other side of the world (Falklands War 1982).
UK never pay any rent to China. UK occupied Hong Kong in 3 steps: In 1842, UK defeated China in the 1st Opium War. China was forced to sign the Nanking Treaty. Hong Kong Island was ceded to UK. China had to pay for tons of silver for indemnity. (Hong Kong city is consisted of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories.) In 1860, the Anglo-French allied force defeated China in the 2nd Opium War. The imperial summer palace (Yuanming Palace) in Beijing was robbed and burnt down. China was forced to sign the Peking (Beijing) Treaty. Kowloon Peninsula was ceded to UK. China had to pay for tons of silver for indemnity to UK and France. In 1898, China promised to lease the New Territories to UK for 99 years (1898~1997). However, UK never pay any rent. In the 1980's, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping wanted to take over Hong Kong (Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories) in 1997. Deng denied the Treaties because China was forced to sign the Treaties. China is much stronger than UK militarily in the 1980's. From Hong Kong
You repeat the mantra ‘leading business and financial hub’ ad nauseam ; but also admit that for China, Hong Kong is not that important anymore. And in any case a hub works both ways.
For sure one party regime's leaders can work concentrately everyday for the people of the nation. Don't have to be busy with the election for personal gain. And again one party regime's country will never have the idiots leaders like Trump, Bush, and the present Biden. Tell me in current world which 2 parties country's strength is in a rising condition? We are used to not only one party political system, we also used to one person lead the country. Same as a commercial business after 8 years you want to change a very good CEO ? I would like a good leader work all his life .
Hong Kong is still freer than any city in Asia, and freer than Washington DC, New York City, Los Angeles etc. and that's the fact. What country doesn't have national security laws? Ask the citizens in Taiwan or Singapore if they can "freely" collude with foreign powers to subvert the government and hurt the interest of Taiwan or Singapore. Looks to me, 2 millions of the 7.5 million in Hong Kong are spoiled ignorant people, and they went to the protests to sheild the subsequent riots, over half of the protesters look like they are under the age of 16.
It’s too bad. I use to live in Shenzhen and went to HK to get away. You could tell right away when you were in HK, the people are more open and easier to talk with. That’s not to say that there aren’t friendly people in the mainland, there certainly are. The difference are enough to tell. For one thing, they drive on the other side of the street. How you going to change that, huh Xi? You big baby.
Wasn’t the HK extradition bill’s brought up by the HK police after a man from HK killed his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan before fled back to HK? Without the extradition bill, the murder will let go free. That isn’t acceptable. If people protest at the expense of other law-abiding citizens commuting to work or to school and if violent riots happen in London or Washington, the police in the UK will charge you with a crime. No one has the right to break into other's house and smash all the personal things and leaving by saying “I don't like you”.
You are right, letting the murderer go is never acceptable. That's exactly why the extradition bill should not be amended cuz the Taiwanese authority had already stated that they would not accept the extradition under this new amendment. *mate, have a look at the news
so basically hong kong got to be separate from China for a while, they enjoyed their freedom and democracy, and now they're being dragged, kicking and screaming, back into the dystopia which is the Chinese political system. They got to experience freedom and democracy, and took it in a heartbeat, but now it's getting ripped away from them and it's pretty clear the people of hong kong very much do **not* want to go through with their transitionary deal. The people of hong kong aren't cattle, nobody has the right to own them. They should be able to make their own decisions and vote on their own future.
Hong Kong has never been democratic, but now that it's Chinese, you have to ask nicely. Rioting won't work. We came close to significant democratic reform in 2015, but those "pro-democracy" geniuses voted it down.
@@kylemin1384 They have it. Oh wait, let me explain. British bring a truth hegemony for Hong Kong and support it’s grow. CCP is the one stopping it. But are u talking abou the past? Politic party has been involved into the better form till today. It used to be feudalism and now democracy is the best way for people to get their human rights. Do u know that communism country is just like feudalism party because the strongest power person is the leader and the country lives depend on him. Not like democracy, the truth power is in people hand. That’s why communism is feudalism. The cycle of the world:” the better replace the weaker”. CCP will be replace by the higher tier of hegemony, democracy. No doubt and it is going to be. Sooner than your mind thinking, just in this decade only.
Emily Lau say that Beijing has gone too far to imposed the National Security Law Did she tell black clad rioters that they has gone too far by terrorising Hong Kong businesses and residents?
Do u even know the real story or blindly following the media? The socalled HK police made the first violent moves on a peaceful protest, every action will get a similar opposite reaction
@@derekwong2565 Yes I well aware the truth The rioters started the riots first by throwing bricks toward the police Subsequently Police only reacted to disperse the crowds Nothing peaceful about the HK rioters
Hong Kong kicked out it's colonial opium drug dealing oppressors 24 years ago. Hong Kong to Kowloon is 9km. New Zealand North Island to South Island is 24km. How close does a country need to be one country?
Shirley, u should leave. You trust in the people, but what can you do with the government? The day that people can't trust each other has happened in mainland before in the 50s-70s. It can happen again.
So why didnt CNA go investigate who funded the HK protestors with their masks, equipment, etc... I find it really hard to understand that behind the organized protests there was no $$$$ behind it. So where did the funds come from?
Deng was the one who personally approved of the Tiananmen Square Massacre at the behest of hardliners like Li Peng, etc. Without his ok, no bullet nor tank could be unleashed. Deng's hands are full of blood.
@@therealrobinc If my memory serves me right , two HK newspapers reported there was such a will. The reports said Deng expressed remorse about the shooting of students during the military crackdown and that he apologized to families of the dead but, the PRC denied it.
I do not know why anyone in China does not understand why HK people want their independence in some degree. Yes they are Chinese but while it was under the British a lot of the people who lived there, ended up there was because they did not like the communist. The ones who could not get to Taiwan with the nationalist ran the other way and crossed over into HK. Lets not forget, many of the now HK people are the descendants of people who did not like main land Chinas' political system that was being implemented there right from the start or the starvation that it caused. It would be like asking a couple of those African nations that were formed after slavery ended and they were able to return to Africa and form new countries if they wanted to return to the States who inflected so much pain on their ancestors. Baring the economics factor do you really believe their resounding answer would be YES??
You can have all the money and prosperity you like , but with out freedom , you are dead already , you just do not realize it ! I wish Hong Kong all the luck in the world.
HK was prosperous because it had freedom of press, ideas & association. This was more than enough to make up for the lack of political freedom as a colony for entrepreneurship. After ICAC, corruption was also kept the at bay. It also had robust rule of law in commerce, unlike rule BY Law in the PRC. Corruption at all levels of government is endemic & widespread in the PRC. They themselves admitted so in their many indictments. Even family members of officials are involved. No less than senior PLA appointments are for sale to the highest bidder. This is right out of Lee Rock era in HK before ICAC! Thus we can take some comfort that any military action by the PLA in the South China Sea will not succeed as the PLA is simply not a professional enough armed force.
What freedom in Hong Kong means ? Freedom in Hong Kong means Freedom to storm and vandalise the Parliament Freedom to beat up whoever not agree with you Freedom to take away other people's freedom Freedom hurt and kill innocent people Freedom to disregard law and order Freedom.........🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
Folks like Regina Ip fail to begin to explain why it is that if positions of power in Hong Kong SAR were occupied by those not toeing the lines drawn by Beijing, the one country two systems doctrine would fall apart. In other words, if the HKSAR, elected by the popular vote, adopted a series of policies in contravention to Beijing’s views but does not declare independence from it, such that with HK still part of China but with a distinct system of policies, how does that arrangement exactly run up against China’s or HK’s constitution? Folks like Regina Ip cannot explain it, because they are lying through their teeth. All they want to do is suppress political dissent and stay in power like the communists in China, against the wishes of the people.
You conveniently left out the fact that Jimmy had financial and political backing of the US and his senior staff was ex CIA. Hong Kong had more freedom than the US. Majority of Hong Kong people are against the violence.
fake news and information that you have NO evidence to prove such a backing. Second, Hong Kong people are against POLICE violence that you hide. Poor comment!
Best way for people in Hong Kong having different opinion of CCP is to sell your property and migrant to other countries like Canada, Australia, UK, US, just like Lee Ka Shing did, so that you will still have the freedom to express negative opinions of CCP. I mean Hong Kong is at the end of the day a city in China, it will have to compromise if something is conflicting the central government's interest, some fanatic zealot rioters will not change this fact. I'm not arguing who is right or wrong, a lot of rioters have shown their courage and bravery defending what they believe is right, risking their safety and career, but people failed to realize the truth is within the range of gun fire, the fight against CCP is a fall since the beginning.
So far, Democracy is alive and strong in HK people are having a great time and enjoying their freedom and don’t have to live with the reality of school mass shootings like those ones in the US.
The title asks whether HK is still free, which assumes it was free before 1997. My question is when in the 150 years of colonial rule, was HK given universal suffrage? The HK governer was dictated to HK from UK (or British Empire)。 One more question, if UK continued to rule HK, you think UK would have granted universal suffrage to HK?
If that would give them more freedom and democracy why not? it seems like Hong Kongers had more freedom when they were under UK than now. There is a reason that they are protesting only real Hong Kongers can speak for themselves since it is their own experience. They are not saying that they want to be under UK, they want China to honor what was promised them. Not doing that is exactly enough proof for HKengers that the Chinese government does not respect them at all.
I returned to live in Hong Kong before 1997, before that, I live in England. I love to be back to Hong Kong, and I think life is good here. Sorry I did not go along with the revolution. I do not even think this was necessary
yeah blame on yourself, what Hongkongers did in 2019 was exactly why they end up here, you turned the protest into violent, chaos catastrophy and this security law is what you get
Our media didn’t mention that most of the rich and famous celebrity from Hong Kong or from Taiwan prefer to live or to spend their holidays in China. But we’re expected to believe they’re constantly living in fears because their "freedom" has being taken away from them.
It is not balanced. Still too much false information about what “democracy” and “freedom” really is. The right to riot is not a freedom you should have
@@Vermilion2049 exactly. They didn't show an elderly getting kill got clearing the road block set by the protesters. These HK youngsters have no idea how HK was under British rule. The Brits treated HKers like 3rd class citizens. All the wealth was stolen from HK and taken back to England. All the high colonial government officials, including the governors, all retired very rich men. The early governors even took part in opium smuggling. There were all sorts of draconian laws like Emergency Regulation 31, which allowed the governor to order anyone to be imprisoned without trial, for one year renewable. If the riots we're seeing today had happened under Britain, they would have been shut down immediately under the Public Order Ordinance, which allowed the Brits to ban demonstrations and arrest anyone before they even started the protest. The public did not get to vote for the governor, he was appointed by the UK prime minister. At least now, there is a limited election to elect the Chief Executive. Only in the last 20 years of rule did Britain give HK more freedom, and that's only because they knew they were leaving. -- Flux Mulder UA-cam SUPPRESSED my HK video - How the 5 Eyes control what you see ua-cam.com/video/_LPEif9xyiw/v-deo.html Source Hong Kong People better than Chinese? ua-cam.com/video/NiqueUJkFJw/v-deo.html If the British imperialism can sell you drug (opium) and steal your land Hong Kong and hold you ransom what else can they not do but lie and be arrogant. HK citizens had no democracy during British rule. British believe in slavery so what’s new. Good for China to be strong and put the facts right. -Jo Cheah Why is BBC making fake news against China ua-cam.com/video/tcKw5jiT6wg/v-deo.html
Is Hong Kong free for anti-China forces? No. And that is a good thing. Majority of Hong Kong people enjoy the peaceful, stable and prosper society that the anti-China forces don't want Hong Kong to have. Remember, the US government is still tracking down the demonstrators to the Capital Hills even it has captured and jailed more than 400 people and killed at least 4 people to death. The police who shot the demonstrator to death is not guilty. Hong Kong law enforcement is too weak and should take some lessons from the US law enforcement in dealing with violent rioters and anti-China elements.
Autonomy was the exchange made for sovereignty that was the quid quo pro of the handover agreement. When protesters endangered Chinese sovereignty, autonomy was itself also endangered. The only freedom the British gave Hong Kong was the freedom to make money.
Well...I never heard honkonger who protested UK that have been dragged to UK prison. UK rule wasnt perfect but offered much more freedom then china will ever allow. I mean until recently hongkong had memorial day for tianem square...not anymore.
@@Willxdiana no, it is rather that I prefer absence of Hk style racism toward those that speaks mandarin, thugs burning down telephone booth, banks, railway carriage, block the roads.
What freedom in Hong Kong means ? Freedom in Hong Kong means Freedom to storm and vandalise the Parliament Freedom to beat up whoever not agree with you Freedom to take away other people's freedom Freedom hurt and kill innocent people Freedom to disregard law and order Freedom.........🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
The People's Republic of China was actually very patient. Try something like this in Switzerland or the United States and you'll have to deal with the military right away.
if PRC was very patient, explain why recently they had to... exterminate Apple Daily. ban all political books from the book fair. blatantly limit departure. arrest people based on little speech without any influence on forum (provably including me).
@@lottery248 apple daily ran out of money because it was running on Jimmy Lai’s assets and could not turn a profit. The government didn’t force it to shut down. All the employees bailed because they were about to stop getting pay checks. And what is this BS about limiting departure? Sure, if you committed a violent crime you might get denied bail. But that’s true anywhere.
@CNA Insider, You should do a documentary on HK freedom, right, equality, and democracy under UK ruled for 100+ years, so more people understand local HK people lived... Major focus... Under UK ruled HK... Did local HK people had the same right as white people? How many local HK people got paid the same as white people? Why local HK people cannot go to certain places that were exclusive to white people only? Was there equality for the local HK people compared to the white people? Can local HK people vote under UK ruled? When did local HK people got more freedom, right, equality, and democracy? How? Why? Compare the national security law of the UK and USA to the China. What are the pros and cons? Who really started the riot in HK? How did Apple Daily violated the national security law? Why did Jimmy Lai flew to the white house? Purpose? Was there constitution ever written for local HK people during UK ruled, since so many of these so called local HK people called out the constitution? How does the China 2 sessions work? Is a protest supposed to be peaceful? So why and how did it turn into a riot and even burned a man alive? What kind of freedom, right, equality, and democracy is this? Is this what local HK people want? How many local HK people agreed with the Chinese government vs against? How many changed their mind about the Chinese government and vice versa? What is freedom, right, equality, and democracy in different countries? How does China provide freedom, right, equality, and democracy to Chinese compare to other countries? Can there be freedom right, equality, and democracy in a none liberal democracy capitalism country?
It's basically a joke when i hear HK people say that they had more freedom under the British Colonial times!! Have they forgot about the Opium War and how did Britain gained power and acess to the city from China century ago??
Did you forget that it was Imperial China that refused to modernize and lost TWO wars because of it? When the United States threaten Japan, it accepted immediately accepted modernization and industrialization. Bought guns, hired foreign experts and sent students abroad to learn. And within 1 generation, it grew powerful enough to attack the USA that threaten it before.
Seriously how do you define free or freedom? Freedom to live or freedom from becoming a citizen of China? When you don’t have a clear idea of what freedom is, you will end up with nothing. Best solution is to leave HK and find your idea of freedom elsewhere.
That unfortunately is some misplaced sense of entitlement. A place never truly belongs to an individual or a group of individuals no matter how entitled they think they are.
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No one talks about how these riots helped a murderer walk free the streets of Hk after murdering his gf in Taiwan
Exactly.
Those politicians are the real cancer.
They want divide to get your votes.
These HK youngsters have no idea how HK was under British rule.
The Brits treated HKers like 3rd class citizens. All the wealth was stolen from HK and taken back to England.
All the high colonial government officials, including the governors, all retired very rich men.
The early governors even took part in opium smuggling. There were all sorts of draconian laws like Emergency Regulation 31, which allowed the governor to order anyone to be imprisoned without trial, for one year renewable. If the riots we're seeing today had happened under Britain, they would have been shut down immediately under the Public Order Ordinance, which allowed the Brits to ban demonstrations and arrest anyone before they even started the protest.
The public did not get to vote for the governor, he was appointed by the UK prime minister. At least now, there is a limited election to elect the Chief Executive.
Only in the last 20 years of rule did Britain give HK more freedom, and that's only because they knew they were leaving. -- Flux Mulder
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If the British imperialism can sell you drug (opium) and steal your land Hong Kong and hold you ransom what else can they not do but lie and be arrogant. HK citizens had no democracy during British rule. British believe in slavery so what’s new. Good for China to be strong and put the facts right.
-Jo Cheah
Why is BBC making fake news against China
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That was completely wrong on "your" part. You twisted the facts. Read the development of the event carefully. The Taiwanese Government and Police had approached the Hong Kong Police and Government to waive the restriction to 'extradite' Chan for the murder of Poon in Taiwan. They requested it no less than three times. It was Carrie Lam who refused flatly. Furthermore, it was the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Police who obstructed justice for the Poon family and Taiwan Police itself.
This was a political ploy by Carrie Lam to be sneaky, under the pretenses that if the Chan's murder case could be allowed to Taiwan, then the same conditions could also be done to the PRC as well. With Rule of Law legislated countries who have similar transparent and open rules, usually this is understandable. However, the push for Article 23 under "Broomhead" Ip back in 2003, Hong Kongers knew the danger and went on huge rallies. PRC with the "Rule by Law" would be completely different and Hong Kongers knew the danger where laws are murky and anything goes with the CCP.
In fact, it was the HKP and the HKG to protect Chan. He only went to jail for minor offenses with theft of Poon and using her funds. Afterwards, Chan was protected by the HKP at a luxury flat for a while. So please, get the facts right and not misleading others.
@Bb Cb Get lost Wumao! Your account speaks for itself! VPN is against the law in the PRC. Should I report you to the PRC authorities so you can get fined or go to jail? It is second class felony!
Beijing should totally exhonorate Chan for his crime, not only to prove a point... that people of Hong Kong wants freedom to murder without taking any responsibilities or be extradited for murder... and to point fingers at Taiwan for snowball of Hong Kong protest. Since president of Taiwan is also not supporting the extradition of murder in Taiwan!!!
@@AllTimeNoobie Another Wumao!
This documentary only tells one side of the story. As a retired Hong Kong person, I have the luxury to watch several TV direct broadcasts every day from 2019 - 2020. The scenes I watch were much different from those reported in this video, obviously, it is being selected with a political purpose. The interviewees appearing on-screen were again selected with bias.
My advice for our audients is that "you need to understand more before you take what is reported here for granted."
Remarks: GeoPolitics are more complex than an average person can imagine.
How many social credits did you get for writing that?
Your idea is good but many ppl keep on to follow those rumours stories from Taiwan n USA sources.
I absolutely agree with what you have said.
I too have followed (daily) the events in hk since 2019.
There are far more sinister geopolitics at play in hk than is being told by the main stream media
This is a ONE SIDED reporting.
There are always 3 sides to a story, Side A, Side B and THE TRUTH.
I am neither a hk resident nor a china citizen.
They have interviewed Regina Ip tho who is a pro-communist
@@euckb : You work for CIA?
I once considered moving there, but I will never go back to Hong Kong, the life has been crushed out of it. RIP HK
You can go to England. Make sure bring all your money because England needs your contribution. And for sure you going to have a very long and wonderful holiday.
Down with the ccp
I know some who thought life will be great having the freedom of speech overseas, now resort to janitorial work , supermarket warehouse workers, selling cooked food, frying noodles, being waiters, opening nail saloons.. etc. but that is not to say their children or their grandchildren won't have a good life... People must choose the path for themselves and their families.
You weren't going to go anyway. For the rest of us who are vested in its future, we work with what we have, and without the "opposition for the sake of opposition" we have a better chance at fixing the housing problems than we did five years ago. Hong Kong has never been a good home to its locals, even as a colony. The rapid overpopulation from the Chinese Civil War sealed that fate.
@@canto_v12 so, how are you going to spend your 50c?
God bless Hong Kong 🇭🇰
God is going to hell
Hong Kongers were standing up for themselves finally, so many movements like the umbrella movement was taking over Hong Kong. Xi Jinping (Winnie the Pooh) and his cronies we’re trying to pass new laws to silence anyone who doesn’t play by the rules. Hong Kong’s use did not stand for it and riots broke out throughout parts of Hong Kong the CCP had no control at all they were running out of options to gain control back of the people in the city. That’s why I believe the Wuhan virus was released by the CCP on purpose so they can gain control back of the city but it got out of control too fast it’s spread too quickly and they tried to keep it in China but it got out and the CCP was no longer in control and now the whole world is still suffering from the Wuhan virus. Many years from now you will see that I am speaking the truth the Chinese people are wonderful intelligent people The young people will not put up for this for very long Hong Kong is not the city it used to be anymore and the CCP is to blame just like Carrie Lam and all those crooked officials America loves you Hong Kong and America does love the Chinese people the CCP doesn’t want the Chinese people to know that America is NOT the enemy, The enemy has always been there right in front of you guys the whole time. The CCP that’s the enemy of the Chinese people, the CCP makes your lives miserable cameras everywhere watching you know freedom to go wherever you want it’s a shame Hong Kong is not the same and will never be the same like it used to be but I have faith in the young people of Hong Kong and one day I will go back to visit my Hong Kong friends
Budda blessed hk
I don't believe God will help for this. Hong Kong need to fight himself. We should help of course. People in Hong Kong so far have more human rights than people in China, and they can escape easily if they want , correct? I think so far they can also talk freely and they can vist youtube and google freely, while we are not. But they are lossing more and more human rights. If we don't help HongKong, Taiwan may become the next.
I didn’t realize how free was Hong Kong, until the rioters forced us lockdown in 2019. It is not the freest moment of Hong Kong, but at least I feel safer now. No security no freedom.
The whole city was unmake by china
You’re wrong, you cannot have security and freedom it’s one or the other, that’s why people that escape North Korea from the Kim regime say that they are afraid of freedom, it’s too risky you have to be responsible for yourself! Security is the opposite go live with uyghurs if you want security
@@EntertheDragonChild that’s why I said HK was unmade by china
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2022 ? TO THE HONG KONG TERRITORY? INCLUDING TAIWAN ? WILL CHINA RULE OVER ?
i always wonder that why HK people never asked British Colonial government for democracy as they ask mainland China for it?
That the problem of people under colonized era, the British not only come in to take resources and money from your country, they will brainwash you through education to make you think like the British. But the fact is you are Chinese that imprinted in your DNA no matter what you think you are. If you study the history, Hong Kong was part of China not matter from the past even presently.
@@kennethwong6912 Are you playing the race card here?
@@kennethwong6912 which part of your DNA says you need to kowtow to the government? Is that an identifier of your Chinese DNA? I for sure don't have that. 🇹🇼 For freedom and democracy.
@@lesliegrace8360 I am telling the fact that no matter what you think you are whether you are pro-democracy or pro-Beijing or whatever you want to call yourself. Majority of the Hong Kongers still Chinese bloodline by DNA itself. In short, your mind is white thinking but skin still yellow (Asian).
@@ChnesRep中華民國OfTaiwan you do not understand what I tried to bring up. Whatever you call yourself you are still Chinese (if you are by ethnicity). You do not like where you stay, just leave the place. Why destroy the infra? Do you know that those protesters destroy a lot of people's ricebowl? People in Hong Kong most of them are jobless. Who feed you when you yourself think very proudly, I am pro-democracy but instead of playing with the rules on landsliding winning the election, you go protest, destroy and hit people that have different opinions that you are. Then this is not democracy, this is hypocrite.
Its really Funny as the City of Singapore is Far more Restrictive and Draconian when Compared to Hong Kong to judge whether Hong Kong is still free. Reminds me of Al Jazeera that is a Feudal Kingdom network TV judging Freedom level of Countries far far more progressive than itself.
Far more Restrictive and Draconian ? We get to elect our government. HK got what democracy after 2 years long of rioting and violence?
@@praisethelegendarymessiahs2617 Singapore consistently finds itself on the bottom rungs of the Press Freedom Index - last year (2019), it took the 151th spot out of 180 countries - and the authorities are infamous for wielding legal threats against journalists and publications. 2020 - 158; 2021 - 160
HK 2019 - 73; 2020 - 80, 2021 - 80
Not far more restrictive and draconian?
@@jaytee4482 so what? If you defame me and I will sue you too. If you like recalcitrant fake news degeneracy like CNN, InfoWar, fox news just move to America. Singapore doesn't tolerate slander and racist outlets. BTW, lawsuits against the media is not uncommon in the West.
Hongkees voted by their feet and wallets to mass immigrate to Singapore and hardly any Singapore immigrate to the PRC SAR despotic totalitarian island.
@Charlie Woo The problem with HK is about direct election towards the ppl who govern the territory. It turned to riots because of the hk gov is more willing to listen to beijing than its ppl, hence ppl are turning helpless in voicing their opinion. In a universal democracy, a free election is important to ensure a good feedback loop between the gov and its ppl.
Yooo. SG gonna get testicular on that comment.
It might be a good thing for these hkr to go aboard to realize the reality.
They are welcome.
That it's way freer out there than China. Hope mainlanders realize it soon too.
Let me see, how about the internal security acts in Malaysia and Singapore? I am sure there are numerous other legislations on national security in the US, UK, Australian and Europe too.
Malaysia Internal Security Act was written by British. The government can put you in jail without any reason and without any order from court. No court can overturn the decisions. They can lock you in the jail for......Until the government is happy.
@@kytoh3373just like in hong kong
Well malaysia is far from free! It is an islamic state that restricts peoples freedoms!
The national security laws in the West are not aimed at suffocating democracy, in fact the opposite is true.
And they are more serious than HK
LOLS.. I heard many youth migrated to UK and now they're jobless..well..they can enroll themselves as protesters in UK though..good job for them and good luck..
ah yes, because everyone gets a job immediately on arrival
They can easily get janitorial and grocery jobs in the UK. Good for them.
No matter which country we are talking about, secessionist activities are not allow, it is considered to be a violation to the national security of that country. Sounds like some of the HK people want to start an independent moment and don't seems to understand the consequences of their actions. Free does not means people can do whatever, you still have to act within the law, if not all action will be considered lawless.
@@Jonosan For the record, there was no soviet government in China, I don't know what you mean by soviet government in China, when PRC was established, the soviet were acting as adversor from time to time until the death of Stalin. If you pay attention to the Chinese history from 1912 to 1921, many of the Chinese intellect turn to communism following the bolshevik revolution, the Chinese were hoping by starting a revolution in China it will make China strong. It is clear that these intellects hope that communism is their solution to build a strong, better, and a unified China. They never agree to the interference from USSR. What Soviet did to China are no different from those imperial powers who invaded China.
@@twood2032 Jonoson is totally zero o n history
Chinese law is made for the "emperor" to rule. A country lack of any senses of the spirit of law are not qualified to speak about law. The law your country made is corrupted and untrustworthy. The government fabricate different charges against people they don't like. Chinese citizen don't have any rights to supervise and question the government. And the Chinese law is nothing but a means for the party to eradicate any opponents against them.
If you are a rightful democratic country then secessionist activities are no problem. They can even vote if they want to get independence or remain in the former country. This was the case in Scotland some years ago and also in New Caledonia some days ago. Both Greate Britain and France granted their territories the right to vote themselves if they want to get independence. Thus, the people voted. Why can´t China do the same in HK?
@@Alternatives_Universum I'm not sure where you learnt your history from, but let me put it this way. In the case of New Caledonia, it was a french colony taken by force and the indigenous people of that land have the right to get their independence. With the case of Scotland, the so called United Kingdom is not a single country, it is made up of multiple nations called England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Back in the days all of them fought the british red coat, but lost. The independence movement in those places have never stop, it is only a matter of time, even if they choice not to is because of self interest. When comes to HK, it was never a nation, HK was taken by the british at the end of the opium war and was leased for 99 years. All these have nothing to do with democratic system, not a single nation on Earth will allow for secessionist activities. Take Spain and Catalonia for example, Spain is part of EU and with a democratic system, both EU and Spain does not accept Catalonia independence, and imprison any who start a secessionist activities. In the case of HK, that place never went through decolonization. During the early 1912 there was a language moment at mainland China and the governor of HK at the time fear for a uprising so they changed the HK language education to split the people of HK from their home land. To answer your question why can't China do the same, is simply because HK first will need to go through a decolonization process, and after that if they still want to be independent, then there is nothing more to say for China. Another perspective is that think about all these as US China power play, both party have cards on the table during negotiations, what China been doing is slowly taking away the cards US have and leaving the Americans nothing when they come to the negotiation table. Therefore the US have to find some ways to come up with new bargaining chip if they want to talk with the Chinese. Again all these have nothing to do with democratic system.
Do you remember how how the cocky westerners used to talk about how authoritarian Singapore is? No press freedom? Now there is the quesiton: Is Singapore free?
@@GavinGill07 It almost 1 party rule which is democratic 😂
Singapore has great political system
@@GavinGill07 In fact, its none of my business.
Singapore is control by Chinese....so their role model is main- land China..... only the degree is different.....
Why dont you those voters who voted by their feet and wallets to reside in Singapore? Coming close to 50% of us are foreign born. The cream of the crop from all walks of life and from all corners of the world, the best and brightest, wealthiest of the wealthy and multi trillion dollar conglomerates DEMOCRATICALLY AND CONSENTUALLY VOTED by their feet and wallets to live and work in Singapore! I wonder why? Maybe its because of our HUGE land size and RICH in natural resources especially our abundance of drinking water. Maybe they like our hot and humid weather?
HK having security laws similar to the USA. Pls compare the security laws in USA. Which country would allow secessionist activities and allowing a foreign imperial power to intervene in part of their country?
The HK national security law is in no way anything close to the national security law in the USA, which is way way more strict, and one can say, draconian.
Those who don't listen to people would be terminated by people.
Even Switzerland does not tolerate secessionists activities. She even waged an anti-secessionist war (Sonderbundskrieg) against breakaway territories in 1847. No country tolerates sedition and secession.
the national security law set in hong kong is completely under China's direction. although China has the right to under the term Hong Kong belongs to China, there were literally no public communications in the first place before it was directly set and enforced. didn't pass through the Legislative Council, no debates, no opinions allowed, nothing.
even worse, it was meant to punish a minority until very recently more netizens are arrested and charged with this.
Hong Kong NSL is 100000% stricter than the USA. Destroying a traffic light is considered terrorism lmao... and subject to life imprisonment.
I well remembered when rioter is throwing stone at police and setting fire everywhere, CNA report those as peaceful protestor on the very same day.
CNA is a illegitimate child of CNN, parroting western anti-Chinese narratives are in the blood of these Sinkies reporters.
Under Chinese law, visiting UA-cam makes you guilty of violating national security law, yet you still come to this western site to post pro-Chinese propaganda... Ironic how the irony is lost on 五毛
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js No. It is not. It can still be accessed through VPN and VPN is not illegal.
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js heard that from your uncle sam?
@@WEIHONGDU Are you a small child or just incredibly ignorant? This is common knowledge and is written into their public law, which is why China created alternatives to Western web applications like bilibili and baidu. Please educate yourself.
Our media didn’t mention million of people are moving from Hong Kong, Taiwan or western countries to China to find jobs, especially young graduates.
They also didn’t mention Chinese mainland increased water supply to Taiwan to ease drought in Taiwan and Taiwanese people received free vaccinations for Covid-19 in China.
"Russia invades Ukraine at the same time as China attacks Taiwan" - Isn't that nothing more than wishful thinking?
“One of the basic lessons of foreign policy is that you don't march on Moscow, and you do not bluff Beijing. If you do, your bluff is always, at some point, going to be caught."
This aged poorly.
ROFLMAO!
What I'd like to *REALLY* know is how the hell did "Chinese mainland increased water supply to Taiwan to ease drought in Taiwan" when the PRC is facing water insecurity itself?
So the CCP ease Taiwan's drought by building a water pipe hundreds of km long across the Taiwan Straits, or send water via Cargo ships?
Both are equally insane and goes to show that the CCP supporters are Deluded & Braindead! LOL!
Give them democratic capitalism they complain market exploitation.
Give them socialism, they complain freedom restriction.
It's not socialism, it's Chinese feudalism, with Xi as the emperor.
@@joewu7534 lol I was gonna say exactly what you said. Socialism is what the Scandinavian countries have. Democratic socialism is what politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were trying to achieve in the US. But what China has isn’t socialism. I may be biased to call it authoritarian capitalism. It’s capitalism based on how wealth is distributed in China. Maybe it’s privatization isn’t at the same level as the west but people are definitely more consumerism driven, especially in big cities.
But people complain too in China. But the narrative control as well as its economic success have helped the sitch. Everyone, from the bottom feeders to the ultra wealthy, have all been getting a bigger slice of the pie.
@@marg8315 Not so much these days. A lot more of the lower to middle income people in china are struggling in the last 3-4 years as compared to when china was booming. The pandemic has obviously impacted the poor more than those who have high incomes and are rich enough to withstand a long term crisis as well.
@@joewu7534 slap on few random words and everyone thinks they are a expert on Chinese political system. How exactly is China a fedualism?
@@魂-m8y China is ruled by a class of red feudal lord
CNA as a part of Singapore Public Broadcasting, what can we take away from your report here compare to what Singapore democratic and national security law historic facts to now? And how will you compare with the late Singapore founder leader historic success in building up Singapore progress to the Singapore people and society which also under a very strict Law in controlling and directing the Singaporean way of life and opposition parties members were put in jail too? As I think LKY did a great job and is one the political leaders in Asia. Will CNA be allow doing a same report on your late founding father LKY and the Singapore government ?
Singapore has become freer since LKY stepped down as PM. We have a viable opposition now but without the political and social chaos as predicted by LKY. Btw the harsh control of LKY seems rather mild compare to the security law imposed by the CCP.
Always deflect. It's never your fault. 不知改進
As a Hong Kong citizen, I'm deeply shocked by the absurdity of the terrible acts taking places in my affectionate hometown. This documentary is a comprehensive, multifarious and transparent. Many people said that moving overseas for the "freedom" and "democracy" Their interpretations for these core values are totally wrong and they should understand more about them. Nowadays, many medias produce the worriesome and fearmongerings about the freedoms people have and the special status the city deserves. Over the past two years, the protesters incited violence, including smashing police vehicles, throwing firebombs to the police guards and blocking the public roads every saturday and sunday. As a teen, I can't really bear with their flatigious and fiendlish acts. The dissoluteness of the violence have been seen by the majority of Hong Kong. Hong Kong needs to return to normalcy inmediately.
Pro Ccp bozo
Are you wearing your Mao cap & jacket with a tied red handkerchief around your neck as you type this?
I regret not having visited Hong Kong again before everything went downhill. The place I visited years ago is gone now.
Oh yeah, I use to live in Shenzhen and went to HK to escape the mainland. I see those days are over, as well as my time in China.
@Lala: I don't know what you are talking about. Hong Kong is back to normal without these agitators and traitors. No country should tolerate its citizens to collude with foreign power. That is what these so called "freedom fighters" did. They called for US gov't to send military to Hong Kong. They went to meet with US Congress and ask them to intervene. That is an act treason. A matter of fact, Joshua Wong should go to jail for life.
a lot of negative comments here. I was a Hong Kong resident and lived there for 13 years. i attended the July 1 protests for over ten years. The zeitgeist that was the HK democracy movement was, in my mind, the most purely intended, absolutely principled movement, and a movement with incredibly massive support that got nothing. HK could have presented to mainland China a model for a better social form and legal system that could take root there. China could have seen that civil society and contented citizens expressing themselves freely could happen within a Chinese city. However, they instead gave in to the traditional Chinese fear expressed in the first lines of the classic novel The Three Kingdom - "a nation too long apart longs to come together, a nation too long together will fall apart". the fear that one crack will bring the whole house of cards down. true enough though, if you all HK to be a free society, it will come about in the mainland too, as it rightly should
it wont be there
The Chinese government has over 90% support from its citizens. They're doing just fine and they don't need to learn from HK!
Lies these terrorist were being finance and directed by the white supremist colonizers who had occupied China because Hong Kong is china.
@@alcheung405 Do they really? Or is it just incredibly dangerous to openly not support the chinese government? I'm rather sure critique does not gain you many social points. Even protests against the current real estate scams are hidden by the chinese government and worldfamous atheltes can completly vanish from the chinese internet after one wrong comment.
China is basically North Korea with more money.
@@alcheung405 : To be honest, I think some Hong Kongers are too arrogant and self righteous. Lot of them don't understand geopolitics or governance.
CCP allowed HK people to elect their own government, something the British colonialist never ever did in the 100 years of occupation. I was born and lived in HK for many years, my father would tell me stories of how the white police would kick him up the arse on the street for no reason. All senior government positions were only offered to British white people. I think the HK'ers and the world are quick to forget this history. Not to mention the very existence of HK was the result of the Treaty of Nanking, as result of the Opium war. A humiliating and shameful historical event and example of overt western bullying of China. HK today under CCP is still one of the best places in the world to live. The HK'ers who listen to this type of western media propaganda and are lured to a new life in western countries for a better life should keep this in mind. My mother who's in her 80's was abused publically on the street for being responsible for COVID by a middle aged white woman in Sydney Australia.
Here's your 50¢, wumao.
@@therealrobinc no I am not a wumao, I am a real person who used to believe in whatever I read in the media but started to do my own research on the truth and found something I didn't expect. Now I am angry of all the lies and propaganda we are fed everyday and can't help speaking up.
@@johnwayne8475 why aren't you angry at the CCP for what they did to the hapless people of China?
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This is not fair report from CNA. In Singapore, the PAP government also wouldn't tolerate violent protesters who intimidate people with different political views and go around rampaging public and commercial properties. Which independent and free country in this world will allow foreign country to interfere in their domestic affairs. Remembered in 1994 how Singapore caned Michael P Fay, an American after he stole and vandalised 18 cars over 10 days despite of US attempts to free him from facing punishment and local Singapore law.
Free Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Again?
Imagine Singapore having the same kinda riot and demonstration, would you call them freedom fighters? democratic protest?
Except SG has elections and self-autonomy, so such riots are not needed, and that's the only reason you could make such a hypothetical
@@默-c1r exactly. people like to say singapore is no different than hk, but they neglected (intentionally or unintentionally) that the government in singapore is ELECTED by whole of its citizens every 5 years, whereas the executive chief of hk is SELECTED by small group of 1200 people with the prior blessing of the central government.
@@blackhatson13 But pior to 1997... the governor of Hong Kong was also selected by a bunch of people thousands of miles away.. Whats the difference?
@@默-c1r are you telling me with election there is no riots?? USA as example no riots?
@@TheMightyBeer That's not what I said, nor is it what I am implying. I am saying that if you have free and fair elections, riots are not warranted. The Jan 6 Trumpster riot was illegal and immoral for protesting against a free and fair election. The people in HK are protesting for the basic right to have elections and be heard by a government that can't provide affordable housing. The SG government has free but unfair elections, but at least it works in the interest of its citizens and listens to them rather than the foreign powers in Beijing.
People in Hong Kong definitely are still free to choose what they do and what they want to say, but no one should have the freedom to destroy public assets, create chaos in the society, as well as hurt and even kill others like the rioters did in order to express their views. Not in Hong Kong and not even the US or any western countries, this kind of illegal and immoral behaviours disguised as “non-violent protests” are tolerated.
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I really don’t understand why HK is fighting to be ‘different’ to China as this is a foreseeable future. The merge is going to come and you have 50 years to prepare mentally, financially~ and to embrace more opportunities for living..instead of stuck in a tiny space~ why are the visions so narrow? Yes democracy is a bigger picture, but you can’t change this with total resistance and ignorant of what the future picture is going to be. Man… wake up! This is 2022~~~
Because Hong Kong's education let many generation haven't the concept of the national conditions and they don't understand China's progress. Other sides, there may be many role of mind control is come from U.K or USA. So Hong Kong becomes their way to fight China. Many Hong Kong people don't understand politics, they imagined it too simply. Because Hong Kong people used to rarely talk about politics, just work every day. So now, they are not very know politics, just echo what others say. Hong Kong has always been a very economically developed city, and many Hong Kong people are accustomed to a prosperous life. I mean there are some people who are wealthy. So the next generation of that part of the people needs more and more. They won't cherish what they have now and think other places are heaven.....
That's why the PRC must be freed from the CCP, so all Chinese can have freedom.
As a Cantonese, even though I speak Cantonese sometimes English in HK, several years ago, every time I transferred the flight from HK airport, I felt discriminated and insulted even when I just wanted to grab a coffee in the convenient stores, I knew that something’s rotten in their minds. So I was not surprised when some people went for violence. Thanks for everything done by HK and central government. There’s no room anywhere in the world for these racist-like crazy people
Too many rude and arrogant Hong Kong youths, they have been brainwashed by a biased educational system and westerner dogs and CIA funded fake news. Never worked an day in their lives and already to go out and destroy what their parents spent a lifetime building. Now USA and the West are increasingly hostile to businesses in Hong Kong, looking to destroy the very fabric for success that their parents worked so hard to build.
Yea mate for sure you can say the same for people in tibet, xingjiang and manchuria, funny how you call us racist but internally you would think yourself to be better than others so nah your argument is invalid
@@tliew3846 and your system of education is not biased and brainwashing? i mean if not why don't you talk about what happened at Tianamen square
@@ERROROVER9K If you're a HK citizen, you deserve sth bigger, better, brighter than that. I never thought I was superior to anyone.
@@Nathan-tn4qi Nether do i think im supreior but too bad your government think they are so they went down and dragged away those that question don't you think thats a little bit cruel for that that a person to be arrested due to doubts about the governments believe?
did you see the chaos in Hongkong in 2019? and also the damage for Hongkong's economy? these people were saying fighting for democracy, but you guys push normal people's normal life to hell. You clam for better future of Hongkong. Truth is you destroy the future of Hongkong!
we dont speak the truth here buddy
10:40 Is there universal suffrage before 1997 ?
No.
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I really wonder how many security law are in Singapore, UK, the EU, and the USA? Why does no one complain about it?
Here in the US, as far as security goes - it's not a problem as long as it doesn't impact NRA. LOL
there's one michael law
because it’s not as vague and they don’t get charged for being an opposition
Because it is China or more specifically it's government.
At least even with how bad the problem of racism and discrimination against the LGBT are you do not hear people in the US being thrown into concentration camps. China has also committed many other atrocities.
@@aldrichheine5912 Your info about China was based on the faked report from BBC's written by (paid by BBC) Adrian Zeng and ASPI based on Google satellite map. Both reports were debunked by Gray Zone and others.
In the name of human rights, how many wars did the US start, and how many innocent civilians did the US kill? China did not start a single war against other countries. Do you know China lifted over 100 million population out of extreme poverty?
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They do the same thing in the United States the government doesn't ask anyone for permission to check your emails or text messages or phone calls they do it all the time
Indeed they do, thanks to the criminals Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld and the feckless coward who followed in their footsteps and chose to betray his followers and take over a half a billion dollars worth of bribes instead of reversing the policies he was elected to overturn
Exactly! Give US its freedom back!
Free in what sense??? Free to physically attack others with different political views. If this is what the west claims to be Democracy then forget it. We HK people don't want this type of "freedom" that ignores other innocent people's rights.
Wumao
Glad to see stability returns to Hong Kong and common citizens can enjoy their freedom and safety from those crazy rioters attacking innocent people with no due respect.
Our media didn’t mention million of people are moving from Hong Kong, Taiwan or western countries to China to find jobs, especially young graduates.
For these people, China doesn't seem to be the one to take their "freedom" away.
Many foreigners are working in China and so far, not many of them started rushing for the exit doors.
How are they enjoying their rolling lockdowns now?
No they don't, rofl
Prior to the handover, Hong Kong was a city full of prosperity, freedom, hope, and life. Now, daily life is hopeless and dreadful. You see and feel it on people’s faces, attitudes, and tone. Everyone must self censor and live in fear of the government. Don’t believe me? Come to Hong Kong and sing “Glory to Hong Kong” then see what happens to you. To Taiwan: you’ve witnessed a once great city being completely ruined by the CCP. May you have the strength to never fall for the “One Country Two Systems” gimmick and fight off the commies.
Isn’t it a pretty big provocation that HK protestors have smashed up, broken into a parliament building
and raised a BRITISH flag inside HK’s parliament which is part of China?
This becomes a foreign sponsored provocation and China are right to be very angry about it.
If someone broke into the parliament building in the UK, trashed the building and raised the RUSSIAN flag,
there’ll be all kinds of international outcry and trouble about it.
But we've got a very great deal of interest here and what's happening all the way in Hong Kong in China.
Well you have conveniently forgotten WHY the HK protesters attacked the HK legislation building and raised the Union Jack. It was the consequence of the HK police violent attacks against the until then peaceful protestors (I have watched the live reportings across different TV channels both in Singapore as well as in Europe) as well as its reluctance to have an independent board of inquiry into police brutality. In short it was the erosion of various freedoms that triggered the democracy movements. One must remember the unique position of HK's One country two systems which guarantees HK's freedoms for 50 years. The majority of the Hong Kongers has no love for the CCP as shown in the overwhelming support for the pro democratic movement.
a side story. a friend of mine from HK once told me her parents still had to work for living in HK while their relatives around similar age in mainland had already retired. they migrated from mainland to HK in 80s.
wumau
How are you enjoying your lockdowns in the mainland now?
@GC: You are correct. People can retire at age 50 in mainland. I think, they are raising the retirement age to 55. In Hong Kong, you can retire at 65. As all pension, it is only supplement your living expenses. It does not pay for all your expenses. Those with no additional savings, I guess they have to work until whenever.
I just have one simple question, did Hong Kong have universal suffrage when ruled by the UK. Can any one tell me?
no BUT WE HAD FREEDOM WE HAD RULE OF LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, but the freedom and democratic elements are way higher than what it is now and Singapore.
Some democratic states don't actually democratic and free.
Bare in mind for those who wants to discredit Hong Kong when many of those out there love to compare communist Hong Kong and British Hong Kong time.
Use common sense to view and understand why are there tones of people leaving Hong Kong.
@@4309eee what is "rule of law" and "freedom"
Hong Kong's protesters need some sort of leadership so that all the protesting / violence has some sort of planning and order such as tactics think about it from a point of view as a war general
Lack of strategy and leadership meant that they did not know when to declare victory, and when to negotiate a compromise. And that was their downfall.
Leadership is good, but most of the leaders in hongkong pro democracy party are suck. You better have no leader than a leader like that.
@Madara Uchiha: What are you? You work for CIA?
Do Hongkong has freedom under British rule before 1997…??
Definitely much more than now, that's for sure.
Strangely a documentary from CNA on the Hongkong NSL.
Perhaps Hongkong should consider the Internal Security Act adopted by Singapore in dealing with subversive elements.
The CCP is the subversive here.
The PRC needs to be freed from the CCP.
@@therealrobinc without the CPC there won't be a new, prosperous and strong China.
@@batuapi4340 China would have been more prosperous MUCH earlier had it not been for the CCP.
Instead, it was cursed with history's WORST mass murderer Mao Zedong who was responsible for the death's of MORE people than Stalin & Hitler COMBINED as a result of the DISASTROUS FAMINE during the Great Leap Forward and DESTROYING ane ENTIRE GENERATION during the Cultural Revolution. And they were all his OWN countrymen!
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@Batu Api: Hong Kong gov't was very lenient on these traitors. They only sentenced to a few months of jail time. The ring leaders like Joshua Wong should be tried for treason. These young people couldn't even support themselves, what do they know about governance.
May I quote Tomtube1012 who posted in another video's comment section :
"I'm pretty sure they didn't agree to wait 99 years to get their city back from the British only to let Hong Kong declare independence. The 50 year period was suppose to be a transitional period for Hong Kong. After the 50 years, they would've been just another city of China. For 20 years, China honored that agreement, then came talks of independence. I'm pretty sure any government would take action under these circumstances. The 99 year lease ended in 1997, so the British had to return Hong Kong to China whether or not they agreed to a transitional period. To negotiate a transitional period and then use that period to separate basically means China waited for 99 years to get back nothing. If they allowed this, this would be the biggest scam in history."
I don't even know why they agreed to the transition period. It's like a thief coming into your house and spank your wife and then ask you to treat your wife well when he leaves.
@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 Its because all the money, companies and people would of left in 1997 if they didn't. There also the matter that only Kowloon was required to be turned over after 99 years. Hong Kong Island was signed over forever, not 99 years. China got HK island back in exchange. UK has shown it is willing to go to war for an island if anybody tries to take it by force, even if its in the other side of the world (Falklands War 1982).
UK never pay any rent to China.
UK occupied Hong Kong in 3 steps:
In 1842, UK defeated China in the 1st Opium War. China was forced to sign the Nanking Treaty. Hong Kong Island was ceded to UK. China had to pay for tons of silver for indemnity. (Hong Kong city is consisted of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories.)
In 1860, the Anglo-French allied force defeated China in the 2nd Opium War. The imperial summer palace (Yuanming Palace) in Beijing was robbed and burnt down. China was forced to sign the Peking (Beijing) Treaty. Kowloon Peninsula was ceded to UK. China had to pay for tons of silver for indemnity to UK and France.
In 1898, China promised to lease the New Territories to UK for 99 years (1898~1997). However, UK never pay any rent.
In the 1980's, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping wanted to take over Hong Kong (Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories) in 1997. Deng denied the Treaties because China was forced to sign the Treaties. China is much stronger than UK militarily in the 1980's.
From Hong Kong
@@beo456
UK took Hong Kong in 3 steps. Please read my message above.
@@beo456
I am from Hong Kong
You repeat the mantra ‘leading business and financial hub’ ad nauseam ; but also admit that for China, Hong Kong is not that important anymore. And in any case a hub works both ways.
Emily Lau: Fight for Hong Kong, in a peaceful and non-violent way. Democracy will finally defeat the one party regime.
Sure, have fun with that.
For sure one party regime's leaders can work concentrately everyday for the people of the nation. Don't have to be busy with the election for personal gain. And again one party regime's country will never have the idiots leaders like Trump, Bush, and the present
Biden. Tell me in current world which 2 parties country's strength is in a rising condition? We are used to not only one party political system, we also used to one person lead the country. Same as a commercial business
after 8 years you want to change a very good
CEO ? I would like a good leader work all his life .
That’s what losers say
you could get sensored, or banned from china for saying that because they can see you, but sure FIGHT FOR HONG KONG.
@@simonvisage738 Thank you!
revolution is not speech and dinner， it is war and fight，need blood，dont be so naive
Hong Kong is still freer than any city in Asia, and freer than Washington DC, New York City, Los Angeles etc. and that's the fact. What country doesn't have national security laws? Ask the citizens in Taiwan or Singapore if they can "freely" collude with foreign powers to subvert the government and hurt the interest of Taiwan or Singapore. Looks to me, 2 millions of the 7.5 million in Hong Kong are spoiled ignorant people, and they went to the protests to sheild the subsequent riots, over half of the protesters look like they are under the age of 16.
It’s too bad. I use to live in Shenzhen and went to HK to get away. You could tell right away when you were in HK, the people are more open and easier to talk with. That’s not to say that there aren’t friendly people in the mainland, there certainly are. The difference are enough to tell. For one thing, they drive on the other side of the street. How you going to change that, huh Xi? You big baby.
6:23 see, the mainlander's English is better than Hongkonger's . I believe HK would be a normal city in China.
Wasn’t the HK extradition bill’s brought up by the HK police
after a man from HK killed his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan
before fled back to HK?
Without the extradition bill, the murder will let go free.
That isn’t acceptable.
If people protest at the expense of other law-abiding citizens
commuting to work or to school
and if violent riots happen in London or Washington,
the police in the UK will charge you with a crime.
No one has the right to break into other's house
and smash all the personal things and leaving by saying “I don't like you”.
You are right, letting the murderer go is never acceptable. That's exactly why the extradition bill should not be amended cuz the Taiwanese authority had already stated that they would not accept the extradition under this new amendment.
*mate, have a look at the news
@@smallj1169 Haven't checked on CNA channel for a while because this channel delete comments if they don't meet their narrative. it's sad.
so basically hong kong got to be separate from China for a while, they enjoyed their freedom and democracy, and now they're being dragged, kicking and screaming, back into the dystopia which is the Chinese political system.
They got to experience freedom and democracy, and took it in a heartbeat, but now it's getting ripped away from them and it's pretty clear the people of hong kong very much do **not* want to go through with their transitionary deal. The people of hong kong aren't cattle, nobody has the right to own them. They should be able to make their own decisions and vote on their own future.
Hong Kong has never been democratic, but now that it's Chinese, you have to ask nicely. Rioting won't work. We came close to significant democratic reform in 2015, but those "pro-democracy" geniuses voted it down.
They fight for democracy.
they never had democracy when the British ruled
@@kylemin1384 They have it. Oh wait, let me explain. British bring a truth hegemony for Hong Kong and support it’s grow. CCP is the one stopping it. But are u talking abou the past? Politic party has been involved into the better form till today. It used to be feudalism and now democracy is the best way for people to get their human rights. Do u know that communism country is just like feudalism party because the strongest power person is the leader and the country lives depend on him. Not like democracy, the truth power is in people hand. That’s why communism is feudalism. The cycle of the world:” the better replace the weaker”. CCP will be replace by the higher tier of hegemony, democracy. No doubt and it is going to be. Sooner than your mind thinking, just in this decade only.
Emily Lau say that Beijing has gone too far to imposed the National Security Law
Did she tell black clad rioters that they has gone too far by terrorising Hong Kong businesses and residents?
Do u even know the real story or blindly following the media? The socalled HK police made the first violent moves on a peaceful protest, every
action will get a similar opposite reaction
@@derekwong2565 Yes I well aware the truth
The rioters started the riots first by throwing bricks toward the police
Subsequently Police only reacted to disperse the crowds
Nothing peaceful about the HK rioters
@@weilee1155 hahahhaa sure if u think that was really what happened. :)
CNA's definition of free city...Lawless city
NO， cuz you are CNA！chillwcat
when USA loot begins，USA stil free，cuz you are CNA!
I like this program.
Hong Kong kicked out it's colonial opium drug dealing oppressors 24 years ago.
Hong Kong to Kowloon is 9km. New Zealand North Island to South Island is 24km.
How close does a country need to be one country?
Its about sovereign claims 🙄
Shirley, u should leave. You trust in the people, but what can you do with the government? The day that people can't trust each other has happened in mainland before in the 50s-70s. It can happen again.
So why didnt CNA go investigate who funded the HK protestors with their masks, equipment, etc... I find it really hard to understand that behind the organized protests there was no $$$$ behind it. So where did the funds come from?
HK democratic norms and Taiwan status quo eroded since the death of a Chinese good leader, Deng Xiapong.
Deng was the one who personally approved of the Tiananmen Square Massacre at the behest of hardliners like Li Peng, etc.
Without his ok, no bullet nor tank could be unleashed.
Deng's hands are full of blood.
@@therealrobinc If my memory serves me right , two HK newspapers reported there was such a will. The reports said Deng expressed remorse about the shooting of students during the military crackdown and that he apologized to families of the dead but, the PRC denied it.
i didn't see any result from capitol and yellow vest protest
free-er compared to when they were ruled by the Brits.
As a Hong Kong resident, it is sad to watch Hong Kong fallling into the fault line between the great power struggle between China and the US.
Without watching the film, I already knew the answer: Of course it is...... in theory.
your surname suck
I do not know why anyone in China does not understand why HK people want their independence in some degree. Yes they are Chinese but while it was under the British a lot of the people who lived there, ended up there was because they did not like the communist. The ones who could not get to Taiwan with the nationalist ran the other way and crossed over into HK. Lets not forget, many of the now HK people are the descendants of people who did not like main land Chinas' political system that was being implemented there right from the start or the starvation that it caused. It would be like asking a couple of those African nations that were formed after slavery ended and they were able to return to Africa and form new countries if they wanted to return to the States who inflected so much pain on their ancestors. Baring the economics factor do you really believe their resounding answer would be YES??
You can have all the money and prosperity you like , but with out freedom , you are dead already , you just do not realize it ! I wish Hong Kong all the luck in the world.
HK was prosperous because it had freedom of press, ideas & association.
This was more than enough to make up for the lack of political freedom as a colony for entrepreneurship.
After ICAC, corruption was also kept the at bay.
It also had robust rule of law in commerce, unlike rule BY Law in the PRC.
Corruption at all levels of government is endemic & widespread in the PRC.
They themselves admitted so in their many indictments.
Even family members of officials are involved.
No less than senior PLA appointments are for sale to the highest bidder.
This is right out of Lee Rock era in HK before ICAC!
Thus we can take some comfort that any military action by the PLA in the South China Sea will not succeed as the PLA is simply not a professional enough armed force.
Hong Kong is a fabulous city. I’m so pleased to be a resident.
*was*
@@therealrobinc yep
What freedom do they want? Free not to wear masks, or free to own guns and firing on the street at will?
Today, I praise the lord. The path the truth the life. Amen!
But the growth rate of Hong-Kong increased after the security law
man if you think economics is the leading factor to a prosperous society you have issues to sort out
Violence should not be encouraged.
Let me save you 47 minutes.
Is Hong Kong still free ? No
What freedom in Hong Kong means ?
Freedom in Hong Kong means
Freedom to storm and vandalise the Parliament
Freedom to beat up whoever not agree with you
Freedom to take away other people's freedom
Freedom hurt and kill innocent people
Freedom to disregard law and order Freedom.........🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
@@swearwern4286 That is exactly what freedom is. Take your bullshit commie propaganda and shove it. Taiwan is the real CHINA
@@romangeneral23 Ask the world that and let's see who is bullshit
@@swearwern4286 You left out porn. They want to be free to watch porn.
You are still FREE to leave HK :)
Folks like Regina Ip fail to begin to explain why it is that if positions of power in Hong Kong SAR were occupied by those not toeing the lines drawn by Beijing, the one country two systems doctrine would fall apart. In other words, if the HKSAR, elected by the popular vote, adopted a series of policies in contravention to Beijing’s views but does not declare independence from it, such that with HK still part of China but with a distinct system of policies, how does that arrangement exactly run up against China’s or HK’s constitution?
Folks like Regina Ip cannot explain it, because they are lying through their teeth. All they want to do is suppress political dissent and stay in power like the communists in China, against the wishes of the people.
Can anybody name one governor come from universal suffrage during the 100 years long colonial ruling?
Lord Louis Mountbatten.
The Uk released from their archives that made it clear that China would invade if the U introduced elections in hong kong
Free of molotov and brick throwing? no more already.
Like your sarcasm.
To answer you - NO.
@@wongcy713 Look farward to see you appear in court
@@limyoyo3066 farward
You conveniently left out the fact that Jimmy had financial and political backing of the US and his senior staff was ex CIA. Hong Kong had more freedom than the US. Majority of Hong Kong people are against the violence.
fake news and information that you have NO evidence to prove such a backing. Second, Hong Kong people are against POLICE violence that you hide. Poor comment!
Best way for people in Hong Kong having different opinion of CCP is to sell your property and migrant to other countries like Canada, Australia, UK, US, just like Lee Ka Shing did, so that you will still have the freedom to express negative opinions of CCP. I mean Hong Kong is at the end of the day a city in China, it will have to compromise if something is conflicting the central government's interest, some fanatic zealot rioters will not change this fact. I'm not arguing who is right or wrong, a lot of rioters have shown their courage and bravery defending what they believe is right, risking their safety and career, but people failed to realize the truth is within the range of gun fire, the fight against CCP is a fall since the beginning.
Give Tibet back to their rightful owners, the Tibetans!!
Hong Kong is free is like saying Russia holds democratic elections
do you want to bring democrasy to russia? you sure you can?
@@КракенИляев Democracy and Russia don't go together. Let's just keep it the way it is. I don't want to be poisoned.
Remember that Xi Jinping has a 71% approval among Singapore citizens . Maybe you should think about that?
who reported that？
@@yestomor7673 see pew research
Every body loves a dictator....until the bastard comes to their neighborhood..
Don't twist words, the study talked about positive opinion towards China, nothing about Xi or the CCP.
@@eehkoh7935 No ,See the question " Trust in Xj Jinping to do the right thing". It is 70% for Singapore
Why is Singapore talking about freedom in Hong kong😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
Is that your way to shut the other side down?
So far, Democracy is alive and strong in HK
people are having a great time and enjoying their freedom
and don’t have to live with the reality of school mass shootings
like those ones in the US.
Hongkie Tongs are free to travel using his BNOs. How many countries allow their residents travel on foreign passports?
u won't believe, many! bcos u can't or dunno.. doesn't mean it doesn't exist
almost every country allows their residents to travel on foreign passports probably including the country of which you are connecting to on your vpn
What a strange and erroneous statement.
Singapore does not allow dual citizenship..
@@rationalthinker2200 Some countries don't, a lot more do.
The title asks whether HK is still free, which assumes it was free before 1997. My question is when in the 150 years of colonial rule, was HK given universal suffrage? The HK governer was dictated to HK from UK (or British Empire)。 One more question, if UK continued to rule HK, you think UK would have granted universal suffrage to HK?
Teach these tool of the white supremist colonizers the real Truth.
If that would give them more freedom and democracy why not? it seems like Hong Kongers had more freedom when they were under UK than now. There is a reason that they are protesting only real Hong Kongers can speak for themselves since it is their own experience. They are not saying that they want to be under UK, they want China to honor what was promised them. Not doing that is exactly enough proof for HKengers that the Chinese government does not respect them at all.
@@musikeradaw the small minority who want to destroy because of their selfishness,like the barbarian white supremist colonizers who control them.
Is the PRC free?
Why don't the CCP allow free multi-party elections?
Unless it's afraid...
I returned to live in Hong Kong before 1997, before that, I live in England. I love to be back to Hong Kong, and I think life is good here. Sorry I did not go along with the revolution. I do not even think this was necessary
cia and ngo thought it was necessary :)
yeah blame on yourself, what Hongkongers did in 2019 was exactly why they end up here, you turned the protest into violent, chaos catastrophy and this security law is what you get
This is more than two years news it make no sense now for the HK going fine
Our media didn’t mention that most of the rich and famous celebrity from Hong Kong or from Taiwan prefer to live or to spend their holidays in China.
But we’re expected to believe they’re constantly living in fears because their "freedom" has being taken away from them.
Do you get rich collecting those 50¢, wumao?
No they don't rofl, what a lie
Free from US troublemakers.
CNA, balanced and informative.
It is not balanced. Still too much false information about what “democracy” and “freedom” really is. The right to riot is not a freedom you should have
@@Vermilion2049 exactly.
They didn't show an elderly getting kill got clearing the road block set by the protesters.
These HK youngsters have no idea how HK was under British rule.
The Brits treated HKers like 3rd class citizens. All the wealth was stolen from HK and taken back to England.
All the high colonial government officials, including the governors, all retired very rich men.
The early governors even took part in opium smuggling. There were all sorts of draconian laws like Emergency Regulation 31, which allowed the governor to order anyone to be imprisoned without trial, for one year renewable. If the riots we're seeing today had happened under Britain, they would have been shut down immediately under the Public Order Ordinance, which allowed the Brits to ban demonstrations and arrest anyone before they even started the protest.
The public did not get to vote for the governor, he was appointed by the UK prime minister. At least now, there is a limited election to elect the Chief Executive.
Only in the last 20 years of rule did Britain give HK more freedom, and that's only because they knew they were leaving. -- Flux Mulder
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If the British imperialism can sell you drug (opium) and steal your land Hong Kong and hold you ransom what else can they not do but lie and be arrogant. HK citizens had no democracy during British rule. British believe in slavery so what’s new. Good for China to be strong and put the facts right.
-Jo Cheah
Why is BBC making fake news against China
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You're so ignorant. It's a mini-BBC.
They'd never dare do a video about freedom and democracy in Singapore.
Is Hong Kong free for anti-China forces? No. And that is a good thing. Majority of Hong Kong people enjoy the peaceful, stable and prosper society that the anti-China forces don't want Hong Kong to have. Remember, the US government is still tracking down the demonstrators to the Capital Hills even it has captured and jailed more than 400 people and killed at least 4 people to death. The police who shot the demonstrator to death is not guilty. Hong Kong law enforcement is too weak and should take some lessons from the US law enforcement in dealing with violent rioters and anti-China elements.
Hong Kong has freedom economic, but it doesn’t have real democracy for citizens. ( But well, if you want compare with mainland Hong Kong dose.)
Autonomy was the exchange made for sovereignty that was the quid quo pro of the handover agreement. When protesters endangered Chinese sovereignty, autonomy was itself also endangered.
The only freedom the British gave Hong Kong was the freedom to make money.
Well...I never heard honkonger who protested UK that have been dragged to UK prison.
UK rule wasnt perfect but offered much more freedom then china will ever allow.
I mean until recently hongkong had memorial day for tianem square...not anymore.
You are not from Hong Kong . Stay in china
@@Slithermotion Were you in HK in 1960 or 70?
@@jliang70you must like conformity
@@Willxdiana no, it is rather that I prefer absence of Hk style racism toward those that speaks mandarin, thugs burning down telephone booth, banks, railway carriage, block the roads.
"Is the city still Free"? The title should go "Is the city free again".
What freedom in Hong Kong means ?
Freedom in Hong Kong means
Freedom to storm and vandalise the Parliament
Freedom to beat up whoever not agree with you
Freedom to take away other people's freedom
Freedom hurt and kill innocent people
Freedom to disregard law and order Freedom.........🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
Not servant of the government but servant of the Party for the Party's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China was actually very patient. Try something like this in Switzerland or the United States and you'll have to deal with the military right away.
if PRC was very patient, explain why recently they had to...
exterminate Apple Daily.
ban all political books from the book fair.
blatantly limit departure.
arrest people based on little speech without any influence on forum (provably including me).
@@lottery248 they were indeed patience
HKSAR had 23 fking years to implement a NSL (art 23) and didn't
@@lottery248 apple daily ran out of money because it was running on Jimmy Lai’s assets and could not turn a profit. The government didn’t force it to shut down. All the employees bailed because they were about to stop getting pay checks.
And what is this BS about limiting departure? Sure, if you committed a violent crime you might get denied bail. But that’s true anywhere.
Now HK is as Free as Singapore!
This pukkima is jealous of Singapore’s economic prosperity.
Sucks to be independent longer yet poorer because losers like to play racial politics.
@CNA Insider, You should do a documentary on HK freedom, right, equality, and democracy under UK ruled for 100+ years, so more people understand local HK people lived...
Major focus...
Under UK ruled HK...
Did local HK people had the same right as white people?
How many local HK people got paid the same as white people?
Why local HK people cannot go to certain places that were exclusive to white people only?
Was there equality for the local HK people compared to the white people?
Can local HK people vote under UK ruled?
When did local HK people got more freedom, right, equality, and democracy? How? Why?
Compare the national security law of the UK and USA to the China. What are the pros and cons?
Who really started the riot in HK?
How did Apple Daily violated the national security law?
Why did Jimmy Lai flew to the white house? Purpose?
Was there constitution ever written for local HK people during UK ruled, since so many of these so called local HK people called out the constitution?
How does the China 2 sessions work?
Is a protest supposed to be peaceful? So why and how did it turn into a riot and even burned a man alive? What kind of freedom, right, equality, and democracy is this? Is this what local HK people want?
How many local HK people agreed with the Chinese government vs against? How many changed their mind about the Chinese government and vice versa?
What is freedom, right, equality, and democracy in different countries? How does China provide freedom, right, equality, and democracy to Chinese compare to other countries? Can there be freedom right, equality, and democracy in a none liberal democracy capitalism country?
u r hker there that time?
CCP bot
@@JacksOLantern if i am a bot, then you must be ignorant and blind on denial that doesnt know what is really happening around the world...
It's basically a joke when i hear HK people say that they had more freedom under the British Colonial times!! Have they forgot about the Opium War and how did Britain gained power and acess to the city from China century ago??
Did you forget that it was Imperial China that refused to modernize and lost TWO wars because of it? When the United States threaten Japan, it accepted immediately accepted modernization and industrialization. Bought guns, hired foreign experts and sent students abroad to learn. And within 1 generation, it grew powerful enough to attack the USA that threaten it before.
Seriously how do you define free or freedom? Freedom to live or freedom from becoming a citizen of China? When you don’t have a clear idea of what freedom is, you will end up with nothing. Best solution is to leave HK and find your idea of freedom elsewhere.
That unfortunately is some misplaced sense of entitlement. A place never truly belongs to an individual or a group of individuals no matter how entitled they think they are.
Exactly. Just look at Israel.
How much freedom of press does Singapore has?