there is a period where neither China nor Britain own Hong Kong for 10 seconds

@skylerwhiteyo

2 жыл бұрын

*The golden era*

@BenDover-st6gb

2 жыл бұрын

When Hong Kong was technically independent.

@ThePuma1707

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, it was just the ceremony, the handover happened on paper

@joaovitormatos8147

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePuma1707 yeah, that's how diplomacy works. But without the bells and whistles, would we even care for the pieces of paper?

@thecasbrawls6967

2 жыл бұрын

@G-TYPE how does that work

I'm really glad this footage is preserved. We need more 90s history around. So much that happened in that decade alone.

@dantaylor7344

7 жыл бұрын

Times they were a changing. Good decade overall.

@hegestratos2387

7 жыл бұрын

Not for us

@hegestratos2387

7 жыл бұрын

***** I guess, but tensions are still there

@KillerofWestoids

2 жыл бұрын

Not good for russia, Balkans, eastern europe but it was the peak of US hegemony.

@crusader2604

Жыл бұрын

@@KillerofWestoids not good for eastern Europe? We were finally free from communist regimes

With how dramatic this was you’d almost think this was like the symbolic end of the world’s most powerful empire or something...

@cx5954

4 жыл бұрын

Ert Gret it was the symbol of the end of the most powerful empire

@tiltondoig6769

4 жыл бұрын

C X your fun at parties

@VisulC

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it?

@holdenennis

3 жыл бұрын

Except it was not, the UK is still a world power, with a huge economy, overseas colonies, and nuclear weapons.

@bot-zq2bz

3 жыл бұрын

the end of freedom in Hongkong

Queen Elizabeth I saw the beginning of the British Empire. Queen Elizabeth II saw the end of it.

@zonzonsorry5135

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@BertRussie

3 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 yeah!

@zonzonsorry5135

3 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 yes really

@grayemn1409

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the UK is getting split up

@BertRussie

3 жыл бұрын

@@grayemn1409 UK is not the empire. The empire sprawled across the seas and the continents. From Egypt to New Zealand.The Empire ended with Hong Kong independence. UK is UK - United "Kingdom" not Empire.

this is truly a historical moment in history, i'm impressed that someone put this on here.

@siyacer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@vacciniumaugustifolium1420

2 жыл бұрын

@@siyacer the madlad

@pretinha718

Жыл бұрын

End of an Era for one empire and the kickoff for a global superpower for another empire.

I wonder if Prince Charles sings "God save me mum" when the national anthem is played.

@TheWhampoaClique

6 жыл бұрын

The Fonz , That Would be funny,

@bandarr3000

6 жыл бұрын

Sit on it, Fonzie.

@RaymondHng

5 жыл бұрын

No, he just sings "...save The Queen" like everybody else. In the future when he is King, he will not be singing it.

@bobjacobson858

5 жыл бұрын

...IF he is king..

@RaymondHng

5 жыл бұрын

Charles is the heir apparent. By law, he will be king on the moment the current monarch dies. The only exceptions are if he becomes Catholic (highly unlikely) or he predeceases the monarch.

The flagpoles had holes that allow for wind to be blown, which is why the flags were waving despite the ceremony being held indoors

@sieandknsproductions3491

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe like a ground fan

@sieandknsproductions3491

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah the wind drive flagpoles

@user-cx6fu4mj8v

Жыл бұрын

智慧的发明👍🏻

@threeminuteshate

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info. I was watching them in previous videos thinking “why are the flying so weird?”

@jl63023

Жыл бұрын

​@@threeminuteshate These types of flagpoles are also commonly seen at the Olympics Opening Ceremony to keep flags flying while in the stadium

This hits differently after Queen Elizabeth's death

@pretinha718

Жыл бұрын

Facts lol

@tadc345fan

Жыл бұрын

Welcome, Hong Kong! The new special administrative region has been founded to replace former British territory in Asia, British Hong Kong.

@alexeip6792

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? She couldn't even be arsed to show up at the ceremony, she just sent her son there and even he looks kind of bored.

@Freeaviator

10 ай бұрын

LIZZIES IN THE BOZ

RIP British Empire, this was the last nail in the coffin

@archievilliers5177

8 жыл бұрын

+Zhang Zhuisui well Hong Kong was purchased on a 150 year lease and it ran out in 1997 so not really like other British colonial possessions.

@StruanRobertson29

8 жыл бұрын

the new terrirories were on a 99 year lease. Kowloon and Hong Kong island were not on a lease - they were just british territory

@StruanRobertson29

8 жыл бұрын

I dont agree. There was a written agreement that the territory would change hands.

@StruanRobertson29

8 жыл бұрын

na - they people should have had the choice, either join China, have independence or stay with the UK. After what happened in Tianaman Square i doubt they would have voted to join China. HK was so beautiful - now is gone.

@archievilliers5177

8 жыл бұрын

+Zhang Zhuisui purchased in 1897 on a 100 year lease, gave back in 1997 after 100 year lease ended. Simplz.

Hong Kong 1997. Macau 1999. RIP British Empire and Portuguese Empire.

@joshfish2

7 жыл бұрын

the British Empire is arguably still around

@joshfish2

7 жыл бұрын

David Lu no, I mean British Overseas Territories

@alexanderstewart5892

7 жыл бұрын

True.

@theregalbeagle8855

7 жыл бұрын

As a US vassal state, yes.

@liang8255

6 жыл бұрын

Eh I thought they are just little island countries. Or you're from acient days maybe.

Me giving my homie the girl I’ve been talking to’s number after she said she likes him.

@jasmirmalveda7548

4 жыл бұрын

MOOD

@RVN-cz2lu

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@SrSander

4 жыл бұрын

bruh lmao

@TrialByDance

4 жыл бұрын

Oooooof

@legalduidriving

4 жыл бұрын

Bros before hoes

In the house, we also formally initiated a ceremony about the Handover of my Childhood toys to my Cousins as I leave for abroad. It was magical 😂

@stone1488

Жыл бұрын

Now that’s something

@goiabexp

Жыл бұрын

Toy Story 3 (2010)

@tadc345fan

Жыл бұрын

WELCOME ABOARD!, HONG KONG.

@regiltube7932

Жыл бұрын

@@tadc345fan It's Germany tho

A funeral for the British Empire

@NadaNada-ff4bg

5 жыл бұрын

# MORTE AO IMPÉRIO BRITÂNICO 😒

@jon782

5 жыл бұрын

@@j.4354 Churchill gave it away fighting a war, and a enemy that tried to work out peace with her. A enemy although powerful had no chance to invade england with the royal navy in the way. And a ally that took every advantage to dismantle the british empire and bankrupt her (Roosevelt). Churchill allowed it either because he was wasted half the time or because he couldnt make peace with the germans without knowing it would mean the end of his time in office.

@pricelessppp

4 жыл бұрын

trex kiro And the free world.

@ricolasbest6861

4 жыл бұрын

A funeral for Hong Kong.

@cynthiacheptoo4602

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattsmith1518 ok

That satisfaction on Jiang Zemin's face.

@cnmajulah7917

5 жыл бұрын

succeed is the better word other than satisfaction.

@alantan9863

5 жыл бұрын

Of course. He's remembered for that(one of his achievements).

@cnmajulah7917

5 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 it was not his, it belongs to Deng's credit, Deng is the one who negotiated with british PM

@alantan9863

5 жыл бұрын

@@cnmajulah7917 ok. Let me rephrase this. He's the lucky chap to witness the reversal of Qing's misfortune.

@cnmajulah7917

5 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 whatever. Anyway, we dont like that toad face guy, who has created alot of corrupt cases.

1:04 - PM Thatcher 3:02 - Prince Charles, PM Blair 3:18 - Chairman Jiang Zemen, Hu Jintao

@zhua2964

2 жыл бұрын

3:18 that man is not Hu Jintao, he is Li Peng

The same ceremony of lowering Union Jack happened in Tanah Melayu which now called Malaysia in 1957. That was the last time God Save the Queen was ever played not until Commonwealth game in Kuala Lumpur.

I remember watching this live on TV. Amazing moment in history.

@postitdude1

4 жыл бұрын

It was a very tragic moment in history. Britain should have refused to hand it over or forced major democratic concessions.

@yanzhenhuang9820

2 жыл бұрын

@@postitdude1tragic, but for Britain, not for HongKong nor China

@skylerwhiteyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@postitdude1 they couldn't do that because China forced the UK to give all of Hong Kong under limited freedom

@tailung9841

2 жыл бұрын

@@postitdude1 It was a glorious moment in history. China, the great saviour, liberated the city of Hong Kong from the British plague. Everyone in Hong Kong HATED living under British rule. Once the People's Liberation Army 🇨🇳 entered the city, the cheered and greeted them with joy. Democracy must be crushed. Long live socialism with Chinese and Confucian characteristics 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳

@JecanYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@tailung9841 now everyone in hong kong hates living under chinese rule

Seeing the Union Flag be lowered for the last time in HK with the national anthem being played at the same time. That's incredibly emotional for me.

@fay4154

4 жыл бұрын

Rosida Andriyana go to hell

@yuqingzhang1346

4 жыл бұрын

@Rosida Andriyana Shameless theives.

@YY-vs9pe

4 жыл бұрын

Rosida Andriyana you dare! Bitch!

@tk-5764

4 жыл бұрын

lmao imagine being emotional

@thatnorwegianguy1986

4 жыл бұрын

@Rosida Andriyana It already has several times ;)

It’s more like a funeral than a ceremony...

@brighthhh7457

5 жыл бұрын

Funeral of the British Empire

@TheKeith0072

5 жыл бұрын

Funeral for Hong Kong 😭

@mingliyi9511

5 жыл бұрын

飞赴俄 傻逼

@cyndie26

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious... how does the U.K. feel about handing Hong Kong over to a communist government?

@GordonLoJ

5 жыл бұрын

飞赴俄 啱啊

Who’s Here After The HongKong Protests

@naeagle1285

4 жыл бұрын

meh

@RAM-km8bx

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah sudden recommendation from youtube They should have just handed over it back to china formally for all the colonial crimes they did. Because of them now hk is suffering

@lavendelle_swift

4 жыл бұрын

Me

@chad9015

4 жыл бұрын

@@RAM-km8bx wtf do you even know what's happening? Chinese war crimes like gulags and stuff far exceed british ones

@chad9015

4 жыл бұрын

@@RAM-km8bx you are talking about the 19th century. I am talking about the 21st century.

6:38 - emotional. End of an era.

@barronhung8246

5 жыл бұрын

JOEL YANG why is that good? Just want to know your opinion

@abnerlittle5862

5 жыл бұрын

@@JOE-ft3gq you see nothing strange, that in China you'd have to use VPN and no access to the KZread?

@bentimpson5370

5 жыл бұрын

I stood for the British anthem. I sat for the Chinese.

@wanxiangchen2114

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Timpson the British empire was doomed from the start

@jasonicthelegend1658

5 жыл бұрын

A start of a new era

The first line of the Chinese national anthem is "Arise, all ye who refuse to be slaves."

@akzebraminer5679

5 жыл бұрын

tothemoon Neither countries have slaves. China does this by paying their citizens with cents....

@trystar-sl1mi

5 жыл бұрын

You don't even understand Chinese....

@Gloryky88

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. And They kill who refuse to be slave.

@Amelia_-qy9nz

5 жыл бұрын

A country who enslave it's own people telling it people not being slaves...

@nathanieong6212

5 жыл бұрын

WanXiang Chen says a slave

8:02 someone kissed the camera

@liamcraddock9539

4 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂

@tv-ll5vj

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@LegoNinjagoFan1233

3 жыл бұрын

its skipped

@Luca-wo5fq

3 жыл бұрын

Smooch

Where girls cried: *jack dying in titanic* Where men cried: 6:37

@HamzaAzouziGrimchou

3 жыл бұрын

Literally 😕😞

@idkboredlord1391

3 жыл бұрын

F in the chat

@malcolmx1932

3 жыл бұрын

F

@cricketman1322

3 жыл бұрын

True

@thejammydodger3350

3 жыл бұрын

The jack being lowered

i was like 6 months old when the change over happened, then my parents migrated to Australia. after talking to my parents about this, they said canada, US and UK handed out visa like crazy towards the end.

@SrGurkman

7 жыл бұрын

Jesse Holt people were calling Vancouver "Hongcouver" at the time.

@santiagorivera1924

7 жыл бұрын

I was 9 months old, but instead my family moved to Spain and I currently live in Barcelona

@andrewyung6599

5 жыл бұрын

Your parents had made a correct decision

@xiaoxingchen8559

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewyung6599 wrong choice

@haojunli917

5 жыл бұрын

@@jblake6145 lamo so true bruh

And thus the British Empire lies to rest.

@ranelgallardo7031

5 жыл бұрын

DJ Saidez They still own several small islands in the Caribbean. They have people living there so.

@Pelley4560

5 жыл бұрын

@@ranelgallardo7031 and protesters in HK have been flying their former flag.

@user-dz4hv2di3p

4 жыл бұрын

@@ranelgallardo7031 ft commonwealth of nations

@EvoSwatch

4 жыл бұрын

@Rosida Andriyana dreaming? Its a dream come true!

@cynthiacheptoo4602

4 жыл бұрын

They want Hong Kong minerals,,,farm produce.too

Everyone had a feeling the moment the British flag lowered: it's time to pack our bags and leave and no more trouble.

Love all my brothers and sisters in Hong Kong. Wish you guys the best of luck.

*top 10 anime mistakes*

@oaaisjdujsi

5 жыл бұрын

This is china and europe ceremony no Japan in this

@makaalbarn2910

5 жыл бұрын

Yamamoto Isoroku r/woooosh

@mysteriousmuffin6017

5 жыл бұрын

Maka Albarn r/whoooosh to you actually

@rerohero

4 жыл бұрын

@@oaaisjdujsi *_r/whoooooooooooooosh_*

@godzillaman2406

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysteriousmuffin6017 I wonder why

Poor Deng Xiaoping. This was the one event that he was determined to live long enough to see. He passed away six months prior =(

@estrogenizedbird9161

Жыл бұрын

rip bozo real marxist leninists stay winning

@walterclements_

Жыл бұрын

deng midping … imperialists stay coping

@estrogenizedbird9161

Жыл бұрын

@@walterclements_ imperialism is when you stop the british empire from occupying mainland china

@yakko7737

Жыл бұрын

damn y'all are so salty he was an actual decent chinese leader and a good man

@walterclements_

Жыл бұрын

@@yakko7737 “decent leader” “good man” dude sponsored pol pots genocide along with the us. he was literally a cia asset

The death of a old empire and the birth of a new one

@Lotus.F

3 жыл бұрын

It's a rejuvenation of an Empire.

@ziyeren5509

2 жыл бұрын

totalitarian dystopia

@KillerofWestoids

2 жыл бұрын

China has already peaked. China has been screwed by CCP.

@maxhongrys7567

Жыл бұрын

@@ziyeren5509 Yeah, and the British Empire was Democratic?

@Palestine4Ever169

Жыл бұрын

@@ziyeren5509 And???

At 6:09 it sounded like he was singing.

Awww what a beautiful ceremony, I’ll bet China will take *GREAT* care of Hong Kong and it’s people...

@datboi9389

2 жыл бұрын

Terrible.

@mythicalrp5642

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah about that...

@danielcarvalho9050

2 жыл бұрын

And it is taking a good care indeed

@skylerwhiteyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielcarvalho9050 mission failed

@heromat3400

2 жыл бұрын

It is

The (now) King of UK attended this ceremony so let that sink in.

Would love to see The Crown's take on this - November next year.

@e.p3509

Жыл бұрын

We do

6:37 Flag lowering 7:27 Flag Raising Thank me later

@HISMAJESTYTHEKING2107

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@bibekdas7449

2 жыл бұрын

I see this as a perfect win!

@HISMAJESTYTHEKING2107

2 жыл бұрын

@@bibekdas7449 ?

@jackpeipei820730

Жыл бұрын

@@bibekdas7449 falling of UK

@tadc345fan

Жыл бұрын

The handover ceremony was first broadcast on BBC One on 1 July 1997.

9:16 That face when you realized you've just become unemployed. lol

@dliu4827

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure his humble retirement to the House of Lords and Chancellorship of the University of Oxford cheered him right up.

Whether under Chinese or British rule, I want to visit Hong Kong.

@koko20467

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome

@tomracka8162

5 жыл бұрын

Wilson Fisk you can come to Hong Kong anytime

@almighty1299

5 жыл бұрын

Rudest people on earth. I had one experience with a restaurant owner who kept bugging us to leave " me just want your money". The taxi drivers are shit and also all other people please dnt go here it would ruin your trip. Go to korea or japan they are well mannered. Singapore and taiwan are well mannered also.

@spades911

5 жыл бұрын

Al Mighty - you just have to one up the rudeness. You’ll fit right in.

@SkiizmBeatz

5 жыл бұрын

Al Mighty same here, as a half Australian and half Filipino. They racist rude shits to us and especially to my mom and her friends as there full Filipino. We went to a bar and the guy also begged us to hurry up and order because he said the “chefs need to go home and it’s almost closing time” then 20 mins later a Chinese or hongkongese couple come in and what do u know? The waiter served food to them and the treat the Filipinos there like we are all domestic workers and poor.. but u know they treat us bad but they won’t treat Japanese bad, because Japanese will destroy them.

they didn't know what would happen on hong kong...

@numuves

4 жыл бұрын

That's true! They didn't know HK would become a world class city now equivalent to NYC, London, Paris and Tokyo. Too bad when that happens the working poor cannot afford to live there anymore.

@conorcorrigan765

4 жыл бұрын

@@numuves I think he was talking about the looming Communist dictatorship, but whatever...

@NewRepublic4137

4 жыл бұрын

both you guys are right, more money came in to hong kong, with tyranny. like as my profile logo "New Conglomerate", and my nickname "New Republic", hope true democracy happenes in hong kong, and beyond there, entire china should be restored their democracy.

@conorcorrigan765

4 жыл бұрын

@@NewRepublic4137 That would be nice, but it's kind of hard to "restore" China's democracy when China has literally never had democracy. Unless you count Taiwan...

@NewRepublic4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@conorcorrigan765 prc is just a single party dictationship, so anykind of vote means nothing to them. other parties are just a decoration. i don't like something like that, it looks like, dictatorship happened in RoK decades ago, voted by not a citizen but a some guys parachuted by president, in stadium. a.k.a 'Stadium Vote'. still better then DPRK, but still, lots of tyranny happenes on there, 1984 should be real in few yrs later on there.

I’m deeply touched and I only have two words: Bing chilling.

@Banbabna

10 ай бұрын

bo

After all these years I'm still reary-eyed Such a huge bit of history I was part of. I just wish I could turn back time

@masterofalltrades_

2 жыл бұрын

Why? The British Empire was the most brutal and exploitative empire in history.

@cavstro211

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofalltrades_ still better than Chinese rule tho

@kinewe1161

Жыл бұрын

@@cavstro211 A typical slave in feudal times.

@justamoroccandude2588

Жыл бұрын

@@cavstro211 no the chineese will never reach the brutality of what the British did in one month in africa

@Loppoz56

Жыл бұрын

@@justamoroccandude2588 true

1997 : Soon we will have a flying car. Let's work hard for our survival. 2019 : Excuse me, boys. Anti-extradition bill? LET'S PROTEST!!!

@naeagle1285

4 жыл бұрын

1997: Excuse me sir. Flying cars is a thing: Helicopter

@user-ci4yx3jd3b

4 жыл бұрын

those ass licking bastards deserved to be shot to death!

@conorcorrigan765

4 жыл бұрын

@@naeagle1285 It's a dumb name to begin. Cars are what you *drive* to go to the airport to *fly* an aircraft...

@naeagle1285

3 жыл бұрын

lol I was dumb kid back then so ignore dat

@charleskerruish6671

3 жыл бұрын

@@conorcorrigan765 calm down

A funeral for an old superpower and a birth of a new superpower

@elsonsti

Жыл бұрын

recover of old superpower not birth

@NotAGoodUsername360

Жыл бұрын

​@@elsonsti Hardly. CPC are usurpers. Hong Kong should've gone to Taiwan. The 99 year lease should've been nullified and gone back to British perpetuity it was under previously. Letting the CPC stop suckling off of Russia and giving them power of their own was an egregious mistake.

The British HK flag is so cute. That mini Union Jack :D

@blablabubles

5 жыл бұрын

Well it's not uncommon. Australia, NZ, Hawaii, etc.

@user-dz4hv2di3p

4 жыл бұрын

"cute"...

@nickryan6787

4 жыл бұрын

Malaysia had that kind of flag too, before

@johntrooper1153

4 жыл бұрын

australia and nz still have union jack on their flag

@rednova241

4 жыл бұрын

@@blablabubles Hawaii?

Looked like Prince Charles was crying at the end

20 years later: Hong Kong: Britain take me back

@pengteng3977

4 жыл бұрын

UK👎

@deenagara9151

4 жыл бұрын

The British NEVER promised the Hong Kongers Democracy!

@certifiedbruh2180

4 жыл бұрын

Dee Nagara Yes and the HK rioters are preaching the luxuries their parents experienced under British colonialism such as overpopulation, opium and racism

23 years later. The national security act has been passed. One country two systems has been cut short.

@user-ir4dq6hn5g

4 жыл бұрын

香港终于开始二次回归了！

@Fux704

4 жыл бұрын

A National Security Act was agreed upon in the handover agreement. The HK administration simply failed to enact one in over twenty years.

@cricketman1322

4 жыл бұрын

@@Fux704 Evidence? That's a complete lie. It undermines the basic law of Hong Kong.

@craigdorrian7391

4 жыл бұрын

We will stand with Hong Kong! The people there deserve to be free!🇬🇧

@user-ol4oq2pn7l

3 жыл бұрын

@@cricketman1322 Freedom to the Hong Kong! Freedom from the terror of communists!

Genuinely upsetting. Hong Kong should’ve been given a chance to vote, in fact to this day they still do

@TheSquirter

4 жыл бұрын

54Nt1460CD no the vote happened after the Falklands war and the handover happened in hope that China would become more democratic and capitalist

@numuves

4 жыл бұрын

They've never had that right and China, HK is a part, is not a Western democracy. If HK is demanding the whole of China change, that's a tall order.

@thepenisscrollstv6328

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidzhu3525 yea the british stole an unimhabited island from china and build a City in it. Now the city belongs to you somehow cause the Island its Build on is near your cost Hong kong rightfully belongs to britain.

Amazing discipline. Props to the honor guards!

@m-hqxio7783

2 жыл бұрын

커리안?

@MrDK0010

2 жыл бұрын

@@m-hqxio7783 안녕하세요

@tailung9841

2 жыл бұрын

@keemochee No, Hong Kong is better with China, nothing else. China is the saviour of Hong Kong 🇨🇳🐉🇭🇰

@tailung9841

2 жыл бұрын

@keemochee 中华人民共和国万岁！🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳

@AnonymousGamer07

2 жыл бұрын

@@tailung9841 중화민국 만세! 🇹🇼🇹🇼

Daily reminder the British Army would've lasted five minutes before being ousted from Hong Kong - resulting in an even worse deal for the local population.

@MrRooibos123

5 жыл бұрын

It would've ended in thermonuclear warfare which is certainly not beneficial.

@DrFish547

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrRooibos123 Nato isn't going to risk it for a small tiny piece of land that was destined to be part of China's anyway.

@maarten9272

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrFish547 Hong Kong doesn't even want to be a part of China.

@RMON2K98

4 жыл бұрын

Maarten they have no other choice

@V1NT0R3Z

3 жыл бұрын

@@maarten9272 CCP weren't interested in asking Hongkongers opinions anyway they just wanted to show off their evil presence

Even though this event was completely symbolic as the real changeover happened during negotiations that took place in the 80s and then was gradually prepared throughout the 90s, this is still a powerful moment in world history. With the lowering of the Union Jack's the British Empire was finally laid to rest, and the flag of the PRC rose over the commercial center of Asia, foreshadowing the century to come. Initially things went really well for Hong Kong during the handover, however the PRC was slowly consolidating its power over the city behind the scenes, and at the beginning of 2020 threw all pretenses out the window and blatantly tore the handover agreement into pieces.

@skylerwhiteyo

2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY, a comment I can fully agree with.

@Ussonan-Foderation2016

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it more beautifully and more true myself

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@CorporateShill

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao. Nice joke

@syrianball1875

3 жыл бұрын

Well it made me cry

RIP British Empire 1496-July 1, 1997

@cameronbeattie3087

5 жыл бұрын

Not really since Great Britain didn’t exist until 1707

@cameronbeattie3087

5 жыл бұрын

CZGFD um...Denmark owns the Faroe Islands, not Britain

@ThePalaeontologist

5 жыл бұрын

@@cameronbeattie3087 Prior to the formality that was the 1707 Act of Union (the official unification) the English and Scottish had been making their own navies, armies and had their own Empires. Both were, for a good while prior to 1707, at peace with each other, allied militarily and economically and generally speaking, quite friendly. The religious turmoil and civil warring that had defined much of the previous 16th and 17th centuries, had begun to (comparatively) fade into a secondary concern for European powers. Empire building, exploration and colonialism, had by now in the 18th century, come of age. In other words, they had bigger fish to fry rather than kick the shit out of each other over which type of religious denomination of the same overall faith they belonged to. Religious aspects to war and some outright religiously driven sectarian conflicts would still rumble away even up until the 20th century. But in general, there had been a paradigmatic shift from theocratically dominated societies obsessed with religious loyalties and religious texts, and the general rise of secularism, science and enlightenment. For instance, when the 1st Duke of Marlborough marched with his English dominated army down to the relief of Vienna in his successful campaign against the French Kingdom and French Empire, to save the Holy League from being shattered should Vienna's defences fall, the regiments of redcoat wearing infantry he marched with, tricornes, red tunics, muskets and all, carried banners/flags of England and Scotland, and English and Scottish regiments. The Battle of Blenheim in 1704, was of course 3 years prior to the 1707 Act of Union and it would be easily done to make a historical error and anachronism, by giving the British soldiers a British flag of the flag of Great Britain (1707 design) Nevertheless, the mistake had indeed been made by artists later on illustrating the events, painting redcoats marching off to battle with the 1707 flag of GB. However, in all fairness, the English Empire (as it is often forgotten to have been prior to 1707) with the Scottish Empire to the North of course, was virtually the British Empire in all but name already, even long before the time of the Act of Union. Ever since Tudor times, the English had laid the foundations for what would become the British Empire, united at last. The colonisation e.g. Jamestown colony 1604, English reaching Bermuda even before that, English being in the Caribbean and sending ships to navigate the world etc. long before 1707, can't be ignored. The Falklands are also first encountered by England long before 1707. Being the dominant bulk of the united British Empire, the English part of that which had formerly been the English Empire, just went to the next level. As for Scottish Imperialism prior to 1707? Well, that is least remember of all I'd argue. Ultimately, most of their colonies failed due to diseases and they obviously could never match the scale of English numerical superiority and military capability on their own. However, Scotland would provide a really important range of positive additions and beneficial contributions, to the British post-Act of Union. British history is complicated, remember that.

@Jimmy-lm2eg

4 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Stalin Also Rot In Hell Soviet Union lol. You will not be missed.

@Jimmy-lm2eg

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ou4ez6ne8v So... Watching Sherlock makes me a bad guy?

bro people really be sayin "freedom of Hong Kong" and "British Empire" i the same sentence

@RoyalKnightVIII

5 жыл бұрын

😂

Betcha a million people on the streets of Hong Kong are currently cussing at this happening...

@AcessDBpro

5 жыл бұрын

@@wanxiangchen2114 Ah, no. You either don't get the point, or more likely, you DO get the point but are intentionally lying. Most people in Hong Kong do NOT want to be ruled like sheep by Peking (I refuse to call it "Beijing" which is a communist-imposed term). And all they want to do in Peking is to plunder the resources that good, industrious Hong Kong producers have achieved.

@prkp7248

5 жыл бұрын

@@wanxiangchen2114 hey chinese man, nothing happened on Tianmen square 1989.

@AcessDBpro

5 жыл бұрын

@@wanxiangchen2114 How did they plunder it, when the average Hong Kong citizen makes 12x more than the average Red Chinese citizen? (The real Chinese government is based in Taipei, but I digress).

the handover of Hong Kong was supposed to mark a new era for the territory look at it now (this can be taken in a good or bad perspective)

@banban8481

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what you mean, but it's a really great for China. Look at it now, they will create the first mega city by combining Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Macau. China will prosper with a greater economy than before.

@skylerwhiteyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@banban8481 In that perspective yes, in a freedom and democracy one, not so much.

@haglasu1468

2 жыл бұрын

@@banban8481 Yeah... Who cares about democracy and human rights if the economy works

@banban8481

2 жыл бұрын

@@haglasu1468 True, just look at America, go to another country to send "democracy" and kill the inhabitants. Who even care about democracy and humans rights if the economy works!

@sunsunsunh

Жыл бұрын

@@haglasu1468 if u screw the population too bad economy will be affected as well

this is really emotional, when the British and British-Hong Kong flag were lowered i felt sadness and loss, and i wasn't even born at the time.

@throwfascistsintopits3062

Жыл бұрын

I felt joy and happiness

@insertsomethingfuni2617

Жыл бұрын

A colonial iron fist to the iron fist of a dictatorship.

@throwfascistsintopits3062

Жыл бұрын

@@insertsomethingfuni2617 Politics is a science of lesser evils. And China is a lesser evil in this situation.

@Ussonan-Foderation2016

Жыл бұрын

The fall of a great and the rise of a tyrant

@ramanathansaiganeshunityss7755

10 ай бұрын

@@Ussonan-Foderation2016 Na, its the fall of the tyrant and the rise of the great. Go and research about the British empire's horrible past. The British empire has enslaved millions of people in Africa, murdered millions of Indians in man made famines and massacres such as the jaliawabagh massacre, colonized half the globe where it exploited countries of their natural resources and stole 50 trillion dollars from India alone during British rule. The British empire has done so much horrible things such as slavery, man made famines, genocide, and theft in India, Africa and the Carribean.

Girls watching this: Ugh so boring Boys watching this: *intense crying noises*

The China that received Hong Kong was not the same China that ceded the territory to Britain. The people should have been asked for their future

@CaptainX2012

4 жыл бұрын

What if Taiwan got Hong Kong?

@user-vd9zv4qr1f

4 жыл бұрын

Monarchist 18 when uk took up the city they didn’t ask the people either.

@monarchist1838

4 жыл бұрын

CaptainX that would have been interesting

@monarchist1838

4 жыл бұрын

夏伟 Again it was a different day and age. The UK brought Hong Kong to glory and established democracy. The UK honoured it’s promise to return Hong Kong, China could have honoured it’s obligations rather than introduce tyranny over the people.

@kushastea3961

4 жыл бұрын

@@monarchist1838 such glory, they were second class citizens who couldn't go to parts of their own city cuz the brits wanted those to be white-only. I'll take ''chinese tyranny'' over colonial imperialism anyday.

Beautiful moment

Hong Kong is Hong Kong

I bet Mao Was laughing in his grave when the british handed hong kong back!

@rixille

8 жыл бұрын

+49er WildCat Yeah, he is laughing that the UK has grown into a bunch of soft, cuckold pussies.

@kevinwan401

5 жыл бұрын

He doesn't have a grave. His body is preserved and on display.

@kreteshi9788

5 жыл бұрын

all Chinese and their ancestors are laughing, which include Mao, for sure XD

@user-oz4qr9zy2f

5 жыл бұрын

Also, He will be laughing When Taiwan is back.

@jasonicthelegend1658

5 жыл бұрын

@@kreteshi9788 Be respectful please

This might be one of the worst diplomatic decision in the 90s

@thehorselesshussar9813

4 жыл бұрын

So was the whole "let's dismantle the British Empire" vibe after WW2 kinda f-cked up half the globe didn't it

@stephencressey1

4 жыл бұрын

Austin Dreyer The 90s?.The original decision was taken in the 80s.

@Vinnicombe1

4 жыл бұрын

The decision was made in 1898

@arnold3768

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vinnicombe1 no it wasn't.

@akashsasidharan9747

4 жыл бұрын

@@arnold3768 the original lease was 100 years

Well, the "long to rule over us" part kind of works seeing as we held it for a good amount of time.

And so the sun finaly set on the glorius empire of Britannia...

@mangodip2170

4 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace.

@dh1.369

3 жыл бұрын

Empire?! WHAT?? An "empire" that only controlled a bunch of f**ng PORTS! 🙄🤦‍♂️ It's ridiculous to be called an empire.

@scintillam_dei

3 жыл бұрын

British pirates stole that phrase first used for the greater Spanish Empire.

@yingyuanliu8664

2 жыл бұрын

@@dh1.369 You should look at the map of the British empire in its peak.

@jeffrey20

2 жыл бұрын

@@yingyuanliu8664 Agree

and here we are, at the peak of the hong kong protests...in 2019

@jinskyjoyous

4 жыл бұрын

港人乱港 高度自乱

@HUMBERTOCENTURION

4 жыл бұрын

Zoe I prefer the disease, before the communist I'm cuban

@fay4154

4 жыл бұрын

shame on you

@gandhi1945

4 жыл бұрын

@La Vie En Rose there is no jewish influence in hk, only china elites so there will be no liberal thoughts

@numuves

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, seems the Brits just couldn't let go.

If you play this backwards, it’s Hong Kong returning to its rightful place

@hwanyii

4 жыл бұрын

i did it

@RickusAstelius

4 жыл бұрын

U right there

@lee-lf4ew

4 жыл бұрын

stupid sahbi

@CorporateShill

4 жыл бұрын

Ugandan knuckles profile pic 🤦‍♂️

@Dyidyidyi

4 жыл бұрын

​@@lee-lf4ewBeing a British colony was better for hongkongers lol

I remember watching this on TV as a teenager

Not a HKer but me and my family were in HK during this time for vacation. It was pretty tense especially for Singaporeans who had business in HK like my father. Now its pretty stable but I hope HK could still maintain status quo w/ its own elected chief for political and business stability.

@nicoleliu2493

5 жыл бұрын

HK must be a nation of it's own.

@bigmanz9842

2 жыл бұрын

well this comment dipped

@RunningTurtle-ie7ku

8 ай бұрын

hk‘s CE was never elected by the hk people

A historic moment

I play this in reverse

@andreaduthie4507

4 жыл бұрын

The English Gentleman the handover of Hong Kong from China to Britain

@rameenaayan3248

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreaduthie4507 i wish this was true

I didn't know Territory Hand-overs are this glorious

The British Anthem was such a melody in that moment

@humanbeing4841

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, I've said this before. The UK national anthem has the most emotional and beautiful melody of any national anthem on the planet.

And this is how the British Empire collapsed.

I was born in 1988. It's wild how much has changed since then.

Top 10 biggest mistakes in history

I've never cryed so much seeing this

@pix3lpancake

2 жыл бұрын

@@zhua2964 Britain is the legitimate ruler of Hong Kong

@byblispersephone2.094

2 жыл бұрын

@@pix3lpancake 🤣

@haglasu1468

2 жыл бұрын

@@zhua2964 This is just cynic

@potatogirlcultist19

Жыл бұрын

@@pix3lpancake Hong Kong is the legitamate ruler of Hong Kong and should become its own seperate state known as the Based Republic of Hong Kong

@munnakhan8961

Жыл бұрын

​@@pix3lpancake then send the military, your teethless army won't get a chance against PLA😂

I can't stop crying. Long live Hong Kong😔

@Ussonan-Foderation2016

Жыл бұрын

Don't cry because it happened. Smile because it's over Hopefully this will be true about China's rule of Hong Kong. Rather sooner than later

Sadly, it only took 2 years for the Hong Kong police to adopt the Chinese goosestep over their traditional British style of marching.

@High_lord_of_Formosa

Жыл бұрын

bring order out of chaos

If only they knew that 22 years later the citizens would storm the legislative chamber and hang the colonial flag back up. The Brits may not have been so keen to hand it over if they knew what the future held for Hong Kong.

@user-zl3vi3rg7c

5 жыл бұрын

You know nothing，Britain never ”keen” to hand over Hong Kong, but they have to

@kevinzhu3389

5 жыл бұрын

賴清德 好好干，搞垮台湾就靠你了

@GlaringDiamon

5 жыл бұрын

And hold pro-democracy protests with 2+ million people attending.

@TheHolyMongolEmpire

4 жыл бұрын

If they hadn't handed it over it would have been illegal and caused a massive war, so yeah.

@fay4154

4 жыл бұрын

站起来吧。跪久了你

Comment: this is the end of an empire 😢 Commonwealth: 🌚

Free Hong Kong ✊

Endlessly fascinating

There lead a tear through my face

Do people not understand England did not own Hong Kong it was a lease and once that lease was up they had to hand it back over

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had been ceded to the United Kingdom *in perpetuity*. The control on only the New Territories was a 99-year lease. The finite nature of the 99-year lease did not hinder Hong Kong's development as the New Territories were combined as a part of Hong Kong. However, by 1997, it was impractical to separate the three territories and only return the New Territories. In addition, with the scarcity of land and natural resources in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, the New Territories were being developed with large-scale infrastructures and other developments.

@RoyalKnightVIII

5 жыл бұрын

@WRECKLESS SHOGUN be silent you Yankee obeying dog

@alantan9863

5 жыл бұрын

China did not recognize those treaty because it's imposed by force. Hence, even HK island and Kowloon must be returned to China, not just new territories.

@rizzyyu4898

4 жыл бұрын

WRECKLESS SHOGUN u can not just claim you the true heir right? U need to earn that shit bro...

@in-qk8bq

4 жыл бұрын

@WRECKLESS SHOGUN 你说你妈呢

I've always wanted to visit British Hong Kong..... Interesting combination of Chinese and British cultures.

Portugal ❤️England

not sure why I just watched this but I liked it

The day 100 years of Chinese humiliation ended. Some still salty about it lol.

@brighthhh7457

5 жыл бұрын

The day ends on Oct 1st, 1949

@hyltoniali257

5 жыл бұрын

Bright He Even before new China is established， the PLA blew up British battleships in YangZi River since then A stronger China ever exist stand before the world

@VietTimPhan

5 жыл бұрын

1989 Tiananmen Square

@oddjonsson2815

5 жыл бұрын

The chinese humiliation won't end until they become democratic. The Hong Kong people hates Beijing

@hyltoniali257

5 жыл бұрын

@@oddjonsson2815 Guess what, the so-called "Kongers" better adapt & appreciate the remaining time of 2 systems policy until 2047. And by then Xi's Chinese Special Socialism for everybody, yet Taiwan won't be treated so lucky

It is a pity that Deng Xiaoping did not live long enough to attend this ceremony. He died less than 5 months before the handover ceremony.

Hong Kong is built on friendship and cooperation. May God Bless Great Britain🇬🇧 respect from Hong Kong🇭🇰

Funeral for Hong Kong. Exodus to the British Empire started in 2020.

@mightybrazilsempire5316

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand. You said peoples are leaving hong kong and going to UK or it's dependences?

@canman5060

Жыл бұрын

@@mightybrazilsempire5316 Of course. Who can live under the police state of communist China where arrests can be made at any moment and anywhere ?

We need to save Cantonese! It would be great to see more language courses offering Cantonese, and to a higher level if they do. I think it sounds a much better language than Mandarin, and holds a lot of culture and history within it

The day hong kong was freed at last

@spaghettimon3851

2 жыл бұрын

From British imperialism.

@icewaffle7829

2 жыл бұрын

And the new oppressor's coming.

@BinhNguyen-uw1tc

2 жыл бұрын

@@spaghettimon3851 Hey Why i dont see you video “Russia Anthem”

@yrh002b8

2 жыл бұрын

@@BinhNguyen-uw1tc I mean he ain't wrong. The colonial era was nothing but subjugation and the British played the biggest role.

Rising of Chinese flag in HK was like beating a dead horse also the flag looks dead

This is really sad... To see Britain forced to hand over Hong Kong and be ruled as slave's

I love the way the Chinese soldiers march. The look as if they are happily skipping along 😂

@chinhwenittamisoniac4711

5 жыл бұрын

U must be referring to the North Koreans

This is the funeral of the British Empire.

@gonzalo20000

2 жыл бұрын

How? the UK still has several overseas territories in the world, and the queen is still the head of state of several countries.

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@austro-hungarianegonomist9049

5 жыл бұрын

*happiest

@ALEX-fq7hh

4 жыл бұрын

@@austro-hungarianegonomist9049 commie detected

@felipeguerrero1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@ALEX-fq7hh I am not Commie, but united kingdom sucks

Fun fact: Hong Kong was a lease in 1897