I remember being home in the afternoon (in about 1984) in Hong Kong, watching live on TV Margaret Thatcher signing the document to hand over Hong Kong back to China. I used to travel to and from Hong Kong and New Zealand twice a year while at boarding school (in New Zealand). I learned a lot, while in HK and while at boarding school in New Zealand (Nelson College). I was able to travel around the world before attending boarding school. Very blessed, to have lived in Hong Kong.

I vaguely remember this as a kid

I remember this as a Kid when I was training my Boxing Gloves, Playing the SNES, and Genesis during the Summer of '97.

3:02 - history is about to repeat itself

@quyenluong3705

7 ай бұрын

It did in the US Seattle

1940s?? I bet she meant 1840s...

@Cowgirls9ershater

Ай бұрын

Japan took over in the 1940s during WWII

I looked into the history and there is one thing I dont understand. Why was it handed over to the mainland and not to taiwan?

@YorickReturns

4 жыл бұрын

The UK gave Communist China diplomatic recognition in 1950.

@canman5060

3 жыл бұрын

Because Taiwan was not considered a nation in those days. Mainland China was recognise as a world nation.

@reyy568

3 жыл бұрын

@@canman5060 Taiwan is a part of china also

@Bk6346

11 ай бұрын

Hong Kong is a part of Guangdong Province and the people speak Cantonese. I have relatives in both Hong Kong and China and they are closer than most foreigners believe. Hong Kong is a part of the Pearl River Delta. Don’t forget China only became communist in 1949. Why would Hong Kong be given to Taiwan when they are separated geographically by hundreds of miles?

@Cowgirls9ershater

Ай бұрын

@@reyy568 People can have different opinions about that topic but the PRC government has absolutely no control of what is going on that island and that’s an undeniable fact

10:00 the music is from Terminator 2.

with in days after, helicopters were flying back and forth day and night over my city in British Columbia and the super rich were signing realestate deals in the chopper just by pointing. they bought everything! hard to find a sign on a store front that's in english

Hong Kong was taken on a lease from China and Briton helped build Hong Kong from nothing turning it into one of the wealthiest places in Asia.I can remember watching the demonstrations on TV by people who wanted to rejoin China but not one wanted to be connected with the UK in any way, yet we put very few restriction on them and the people ran it almost like a free state which worked as it became a very ,very wealthy place and the way it distributed its money was left up to the people .It was even suggested that we extended the lease ,but the people of Hong Kong just didn’t want to know .

To think, the whole Chinese Communist issue might have been prevented if the Western Great Powers didn't force the Unequal Treaties upon China in the 19th century. What goes around, comes around, sadly. I can only hope that as the internet allows us to connect and learn with each other, we can somehow find a way forward beyond these colonial conflicts. So much changes, yet it all stays the same :(

Before 1997 British soldier where they live hongkong?

Nah. Not smaller than Rhode Island and more. /

The problem was it never went back to china, the ccp took it

Analysis about Chineses might not consist hardly. They see that is appeared in superficial history just and they are that greed overflows so :o

@user-rq8bc9up4t

Жыл бұрын

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One of the darkest days in hong Kong history

@SirBlackReeds

Жыл бұрын

And world history.

@quyenluong3705

7 ай бұрын

Darkest day was when British took it over from unequal treaty

Are you saying British is no longer colonized? Hong Kong belongs to China.

Lies

Hong Kong is China !!!! Amazônia is Brazil !!!! Kosovo is Serbia !!!!!!

@emilioperez6435

3 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong is in the middle east China is in Chinatown in new york city u idiot.

@oshirovieira

3 жыл бұрын

Actually only 60% of Amazônia is in Brazil. Amazônia belongs to Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Equador too.

@Fantom6400

2 жыл бұрын

California and Texas are Mexico

@NeostormXLMAX

10 ай бұрын

@@Fantom6400 all of angloids need to be deported to anglostan as well if we go by this logic