‘I have relinquished the administration of this government. God save the Queen.”

Here is the joke "1 country 2 systems" !!

@francis802us

2 ай бұрын

communism itself is a f**king joke!

@user-nv6ww7kg8g

2 ай бұрын

这确实是个笑话，因为两边都是资本主义。。。

@balkanleopard9728

Ай бұрын

Please be explicit. In which ways is the one country, two systems concept not being faithfully implemented? Examples please.

@carr16k

7 күн бұрын

Hk people always like to focus on the "2 system" but choose to ignore the "1 country"

"And then the Prince and the Governor boarded the Britannia and sailed off into the night. Just before leaving, Patten sent a short cable to London, it read; 'I have relinquished the administration of this government - God save the Queen'."

I remembered this when I was a kid, I watched it before heading off to school. It was a good history lesson in the making.

One of the defining moments of my childhood, standing on soil that changed countries overnight!

@thomasrussell4674

5 ай бұрын

I remember this well, living in Australia, telling myself this is a once in century event. Or rather, 99 years

I love the archives. Everything about them makes me happy. The reminder of days gone by and the nostalgia of it all.

@balkanleopard9728

Ай бұрын

Why the nostalgia for a violent, genocidal, imperialist regime? By all means remember its inhumanity but nostalgia?

1:24 File this under "Didnt age well" folder

@mainakdey3893

6 күн бұрын

damn

Such a sad day in Hong Kong’s history…

@djslybacon

6 ай бұрын

100% - biggest British foreign policy failure in 25 years. Should never have given HK to the CCP.

@TheTraveler2222

4 ай бұрын

Indeed, watching this still makes me cry, its like the tyranny of the British over the Chinese people has finally come to an end and Hong Kong is finally free

@akend4426

3 ай бұрын

@TheTraveler2222 British rule looks like the Garden of Eden compared to what China’s been doing to Hong Kong!

@musicguy327

3 ай бұрын

@@akend4426 british rule improved over decades. it was until the handover where hong kong is losing it's autonomy

@akend4426

2 ай бұрын

@musicguy327 That’s what I’m saying

Can’t believe this happened that long ago , it doesn’t feel like it was that long ago at all! I bet being the first baby born to hang Kong is still a big deal today ! Such a turning point in the world.

This hits hard and I have no relationship to this just a Canadian and seen all the hurt in bc and fear for the future

Madeleine Albright, what a terrible Secretary of State.

I love how this video comes up as a search result if you type in “hong kong is dead”

The beautiful Patten daughters!!

One Country Two systems This is the cornerstone for HK, If you doubt or challenge one Country, the two systems collapse

@ElusiveTy

2 ай бұрын

HK hasn't had a separate system in a long time.

Lots of cops today, on HK streets. Hkers love the ccp, or forced to 'love' the ccp?

@loneranger9376

Жыл бұрын

yeah riots, anarchists, arsonists

@jackytang3683

Жыл бұрын

Hk is a city by rule of law.

@BSPBuilder

Жыл бұрын

You prefer the cockroaches who burnt down the city?

@canto_v12

9 ай бұрын

As a HKer with experience living in America, I like seeing cops. It means I am less likely to get robbed. Some cops are not as nice as you would like. That's just life.

@Bk6346

9 ай бұрын

I bet you never been to Hong Kong. It’s the USA where the police carry guns.

Big back lash in Hk in time to come

I wonder if that baby that were born in Chinese times ever watched that footage?

@balkanleopard9728

Ай бұрын

Grammar please!

Thoes were the days. The good old days.

@chang-liu89

Жыл бұрын

Actually the "good old days" for Hong Kong were between 1997 and 2019, when Hong Kong people had real freedom and democracy FOR THE FIRST TIME and UNDER CHINA'S RULE. Back when British ruled Hong Kong, Hong Kong was only a colony. It DID not have democracy, elections, or even free speech. Hong Kong people were NOT allowed to choose their own government or governor, which were appointed by the British. And, in the 156 years when British ruled Hong Kong, the British had always appointed WHITE MEN as governors to lord and rule over the local Hong Kongers. The British had NEVER ONCE appointed a Chinese or Hong Kongers to be the governor. Chinese in Hong Kong were really just SECOND CLASS under British rule. In the 1960s and 1970s, British sent troops to massacre Hong Kong protestors. Yet young people in Hong Kong do not remember any of that, how Chinese were treated like second class and could NOT vote or speak freely under British rule. They had a fantasy of British-ruled Hong Kong that did not actually exist. The British only forced China to "give" Hong Kongers the right to vote and elect their own government AFTER the transferring Hong Kong back to China, as a term of transfer. The real intention of British was NOT to give democracy or freedom to Hong Kongers, but to sow the seed of chaos in Hong Kong. If the British was serious about giving democracy and freedom Hong Kongers, why didn't they give it to Hong Kong during the 156 years when they colonized and ruled over Hong Kong? Not saying Hong Kong under Xi Jinping's rule is any better than Hong Kong under British rule... Hong Kong really just reverts to what it was like before when it was under British rule. The only "good time" that Hong Kong had was really between 1997, after the handover, until 2019 when the CCP finally had enough of Hong Kong's insolence (and ignorance of its own history.) And that "good time" happened UNDER the CCP, NOT under British rule.

@dannykwan7581

Жыл бұрын

colonists' wet dream.

@Bk6346

10 ай бұрын

You mean the good old days for the British.

@willy_gooseling69

10 ай бұрын

@@chang-liu89 The only fair elections were in 1995

@solconcordia4315

9 ай бұрын

​@@chang-liu89 Hong Kong under Red China's rule lost the Freedom of Press and its Rule of Law. Hong Kongers were riled by the arson and murders of journalist 林彬 and his driver enroute to work and decisively chose the Rule of Law, not the Rule of Man. 林彬's 欲罷不能 radio 📻 broadcast programme incensed the Leftist arsonists and murderers. The subsequent British crackdown and talks with Red China set Hong Kong on a path of great reforms: cleaning up corruption, making Chinese into official language, forming district councils to gather the people's wishes, great infrastructure buildups, etc. The new Governor had a reputation of benevolent neglect policy and largely let Hong Kongers run the show. I understand this style of leadership: how can a Patriarchy be a de facto Matriarchy ? My Dad who set the strategic direction knew the power of his last word: 喺 Hai 是的 ！😊

How that working out for you?

What tf is that lady talking?, Hong Kong will preserve its democracy??, there is no democracy in british hong kong, The queen appoints the Governor general

Sp much for Chinese promises, I hope the world remembers this!

@ElusiveTy

2 ай бұрын

They won't, of course. People will just keep buying and supporting Chinese, sticking their heads in the sand and making up excuses.

3:55 I think we all know who won that contest!

finished watching season 5 of the Crown on netflix, and came to see this. lots to think about, since its tragetic democratic movement from few years ago....

@ElusiveTy

2 ай бұрын

It's incredibly sad.

1997...back when Hong Kong loves China

20 plus years later is Hong Kong better off? I seriously doubt it.

Bring back Emperor Pu Yi

Damn ! Damn damn !! Damn damn damn !!!

Huge mistake

Nothing must have hurt Margaret Thatcher than this handover.

@stanleypines1026

5 ай бұрын

Seeing as she negotiated the handover, I doubt it.

@jesusbermudez6775

5 ай бұрын

of course it hurt her. She was money, money, money, possessions, and we British are the best. The Chinese taught her a lesson.@@stanleypines1026

@Bk6346

6 күн бұрын

The Chinese gave her no choice. The 99 lease was up and the Chinese were not interested in renewing.

@jesusbermudez6775

6 күн бұрын

@@Bk6346 Nevertheless it still hurt her.

I’m really sorry about HK atm, the rules of laws gone, the packages for their business gone unfortunately as well , it’s like another Chinese city atm which is a rule by man society, the govt is a supreme authority, they can do anything whatever they wanted

@spider6660

11 ай бұрын

Pro-democracy fools destroyed that territory.

@canto_v12

9 ай бұрын

Do you have any examples where "rule of law" is gone and "rule of man" applies? It seems that Hong Kongers still freely critique their government throughout the pandemic and even through the aftermath of the political unrest. Also, are you saying other Chinese cities do not have laws and police that enforce them? Any examples?

@timc.5591

9 ай бұрын

The British should’ve never give out Hong Kong in the first place… The Chinese will never honour real democracy and the Hongkongese identity. God save the King🇬🇧

@canto_v12

9 ай бұрын

@@timc.5591 the Brits did many good things there but an actual democracy was not one of them.

@timc.5591

9 ай бұрын

@@canto_v12 I always think people talking about British Hong Kong's "democracy" are barking up the wrong tree. Although the Brits gave HK nearly full democracy by as late as 1995, it's the "sub-sovereignty" that matters the most to the HKers. The local government of BHK and the Colonial Department can say no to the UK Home Office's policies in London - which happened quite a few times if you know the history deep enough. The local HK government, even though led by Brits, are fending for the interest of HK and the HKers. We are also largely unaffected by the UK domestic politics. The same can't be said for Beijing nowadays when the Chinese HK government is a total muppet, imagine they actually say no to Xi lmao

The good old days .🇺🇲🇮🇳

As a result of the British illegally exporting Opium from India to China, and the resulting widespread addiction, two Opium wars were fought to cease British importation of the Narcotic. With China losing and signing the treaty of Nanjing, Hong Kong was ceded to the British on a 99 year lease.

@robk5159

Жыл бұрын

Opium was shipped all over the world at the time....but it was not illegal. I could care less about your opinion, but get your facts right, more opium was shipped to the UK as it was used for pain relief in hospitals.

@chengyangzhou8785

Жыл бұрын

@@robk5159 China banned opium trade wdym

@robk5159

Жыл бұрын

@@chengyangzhou8785 China made it illegal in 1800, it was legalised again in 1843...that's what I mean!

@chengyangzhou8785

Жыл бұрын

@@robk5159 britain forced china to grant extraterritorial rights to British citizens that year but opium wasn’t legalized

@robk5159

Жыл бұрын

@@chengyangzhou8785 I see you want to single out Britain as the cause of the perceived injustice, you fail to mention Germany, France and the USA together with several other trading nations. I would suggest you try to come to terms with your sense of injustice as the worlds history has moved on.

the saddest day in HK history

This still makes me cry, its like the tyranny of the British over the Chinese people has finally come to an end and Hong Kong is finally free

@Blindswordsman1994

4 ай бұрын

Chinese people and freedom in the same sentence😂 Don’t make me laugh!

@TheTraveler2222

4 ай бұрын

@@Blindswordsman1994Exactly, Chinese people had no freedom under Britain

@ericyuen5946

3 ай бұрын

As a Hong Konger, I didn’t agree with your words.

@TheTraveler2222

3 ай бұрын

@@ericyuen5946 As a Hong Konger born in the 1970s who had experienced British oppression, I strongly disagree with you

@ericyuen5946

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTraveler2222 Totally ludicrous, the past generation of Hong Kong People are mostly refugees which are escaping from CCP control, it is totally non-sense for saying UK gov are Tyranny, you are just one of the opportunist.

jaja😂 puro gente drogado aquí hay

Prince Charles "Britain learnt long ago, hk people know what is best for hk. we have no doubt hk people can run hk" yet Britain decided to never let hk run itself or have democracy in the UKs 156 years Britain ruled it. Says a lot about the level of hypocrisy that comes out the mouth of Western nations. 😂😂😂

@ElusiveTy

2 ай бұрын

That was a statement explaining why they let it go, so your comment makes no sense... That was admitting that they didn't have much control for themselves and that they know what's best, which was why it was handed over.

@tab5e53

2 ай бұрын

@@ElusiveTy keep lying to yourself. if chine wasn't a superpower with nukes, they never would have let hk go to them. remember Falklands.

Freezing Cold Takes.

😂so many china’s 50 cent army here

Hong Kong was never a democracy under the British colonizers

@jude_the_apostle

10 ай бұрын

Not a democracy but it practiced liberalism. Britain grew Hong Kong into one of the most successful cities in the world under autocratic liberalism. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were not under the 99-year lease like the New Terrirotires, but Britain gave them up in exchange that China respect the freedoms that Hong Konger's had under the British.

@keroro1562

6 ай бұрын

But at least we had our freedoms

@edwardsnowden8821

6 ай бұрын

@@keroro1562 🤡🤡

@user-gn2wp8wp2i

6 ай бұрын

Clearly a democracy under the CCP 25 years on 🙄. So much for the 50 years then agreed autonomy!

@samuelbcn

5 ай бұрын

However, the colony provided the opportunity for literally millions of Chinese to vote with their feet and escape the CCP. There is someting democratic about that.

The saddest day of Hong Kong😢. I remember well.

@baha3alshamari152

29 күн бұрын

It was going to happen either peacefully or forcibly like Goa It was inevitable and the British were smart enough to negotiate a peaceful handover instead

@dawnnadir

29 күн бұрын

@@baha3alshamari152 Goa should forever be the Portuguese! Look at the host country India now.... No one wants their regime.

@baha3alshamari152

28 күн бұрын

@@dawnnadir The Portuguese and their slaves in Goa also believed that but 36 hours of bombardment by the Indian army convinced them to surrender UK didn't want to go through this in Hong Kong and decided to negotiate a peaceful handover instead Hong Kong was going to join the mainland anyway and so will Taiwan The only question is what will the reunification process be ?

Hong Kong has fallen because of the western level flawed democracy, but Shenzhen thrives because they avoided politics and focused on innovation.

@ethanyang5833

Жыл бұрын

You call copycat innovation?😵‍💫

@spider6660

Жыл бұрын

@@ethanyang5833 What copycat is there in DJI an Huawei idiot?

@zohramartini9425

Жыл бұрын

Mmm.. As of now, the situation in China is not that bright.

@spider6660

11 ай бұрын

@@zohramartini9425 Far more brighter than US led western bloc including Japan and South Korea where youth smoking meth with high homeless rate and LGBTQ propaganda

@yggvv7570

6 ай бұрын

Hong Kong has fallen because of the strong political interference from China. They over-focus on "national security" and made the redline unpredictable; the Hong Kong SAR government was acting like a Chinese colonial government more than a local government, all the policies tended to be beneficial for China, too much cultural integration, causing a significant impact to the Hong Kong society. Citizens of Hong Kong were not happy with that.

When the British Colonist got bullied, they cried like a cry babie ... XD

@4catsnow

Жыл бұрын

They had this zen-like appetite for colonizing countries they had no business being in.. Sometimes the locals got a serious attitude..and it landed on British troops like ten tall building..

@silentperspective7984

7 ай бұрын

Sad Communists corner lol

I just wish western media had, at the very least, a smattering of historical knowledge. The ignorance of these people in this report is stunning. After invading and seizing HK, when the Chinese refused to take British opium as payment for Chinese goods, the British imperialists ruled Hong Kong with an iron fist from London for 150 odd years. Except for a year or two when the die of 1997 Chinese sovereignty was cast, no Chinese citizen ever voted for anything under British rule. And Taiwan is by all legal definitions part of one China - unless of course you wish to return it to those indigenous people left after the Nationalist KMT massacres (supported by the USA) during their reign of terror. A few US, Canadian, NZ, and Australian citizens may feel a bit uneasy with that concept, after all they have a very similar settler colonialist past. I suggest you leave fear mongering over this issue alone and leave this Chinese matter to the Chinese.

@silentperspective7984

7 ай бұрын

Your ignorance of your own Opinion is Stunning, China has been a Imperialism power for thousands of years, Can't just moan and cry about it.

@c4t650

3 ай бұрын

We are so looking forward to dealing with the Chinese expansion soon...lets see how well Chinese military fares...It's not going to be like Korea...

@ElusiveTy

2 ай бұрын

'Leave this Chinese matter to the Chinese' as China consistently breaks international laws by invading other countries' sovereign maritime territories and politically interfering with numerous otherwise. How ignorant.

@balkanleopard9728

Ай бұрын

@@c4t650 Not so. Unfortunately a lack of knowledge of Chinese civilizational history is only too common in the West. I don't blame you, it is the Western system. And the US genocidal behaviour in Korea in the early 1950's is hardly something to celebrate. Fought to a draw there and then defeated in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. And now being defeated in Ukraine and Gaza. Yes, I fear the US hegemon. As it goes down it will flail out in its failure.

@c4t650

27 күн бұрын

@@balkanleopard9728 dream on...

It is sad darkly day for Hong kong ever.

Hi CBS