Hong Kong: The Countdown, Part 1 - World History Documentary

A documentary covering the final year of the countdown period to the Hong-Kong hand-over. These films watch events unfold through the eyes of local people. They represent the different communities and the different social strata of Hong Kong - from street people to tycoons, from expatriates to the new Chinese administrators. In so doing we make this a personalised story instead of a political one. By getting to know these we understand the impact of the transition on a human scale. -
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  • @ekaterini2957
    @ekaterini29573 жыл бұрын

    Winter 2020. Oh dear, how things have changed. God have mercy on Hong Kongers.

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    The China National Security Law Hong Kong version which is one and the same.

  • @yux.tn.3641

    @yux.tn.3641

    3 ай бұрын

    yeah it's unfortunate and now Singapore is going to overtake HK

  • @852forever4
    @852forever42 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this documentary.

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    This docuemtary fully anger China.

  • @brendanfosh7775
    @brendanfosh77755 жыл бұрын

    Am i the only one hearing sound break offs

  • @kathryngabrielli506

    @kathryngabrielli506

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, you’re not the only one

  • @TheWpelt

    @TheWpelt

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kathryngabrielli506 clearly primitive censorship.

  • @DT20251

    @DT20251

    4 ай бұрын

    KZread censorship all the way…. Oops forgot that KZread has been clear about their intentions 💰💰💰

  • @andicee8324
    @andicee83242 жыл бұрын

    All of our fears about Hong Kong being taken by China came true, I just didn't think it would have happened this quickly. I joined the Royal Hong Kong Police in 1994 and served up until the handover, we were pre warned what was about to happen and what would happen especially within the police force. I was forced to flee Hong Kong in late 2019 after being arrested for unlawful assembly and I haven't been back ever since. Its heartbreaking to see what has now happened in Hong Kong only 25 years after the handover I would like to think that there is still hope for Hong Kong, my home and I pray I can return one day, but I think its already crossed the line of no return. ❤️‍🩹

  • @JATP-wp6eh

    @JATP-wp6eh

    Жыл бұрын

    This breaks my heart. Great respect to you.

  • @user-vz7sz5hp9p

    @user-vz7sz5hp9p

    7 ай бұрын

    In the 1980s, Liberation Army members have already started to infiltrate HK’s police. Why did you still join it in 1994?

  • @altt-check1-2

    @altt-check1-2

    7 ай бұрын

    I feel for you… but communist are animals. 50 years of 2 systems one country was never going to happen sadly..

  • @user-vz7sz5hp9p

    @user-vz7sz5hp9p

    7 ай бұрын

    @@altt-check1-2 " 50 years of 2 systems one country”.... 不知道十年前有多少香港人真的相信這一點......雖然當時大多數香港人都是來自大陸的難民。

  • @fiaztv3206
    @fiaztv32065 жыл бұрын

    Sound breaks off on about 4 instances and in each time 1 to 3mins.

  • @TheWpelt

    @TheWpelt

    10 ай бұрын

    Surprising how much is uncensored.

  • @sowersass2
    @sowersass24 жыл бұрын

    look at HK now I sympathize with the people there.

  • @jake8855

    @jake8855

    2 жыл бұрын

    Better off now. To exist under foreign occupation without fighting is shameful.

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jake8855 To exist under foreign democray is far better than under brutal dictatorship from another colonial power.

  • @jake8855

    @jake8855

    Жыл бұрын

    @canman5060 I totally disagree. Also, HK was not democratic under british rule. The queen appointed patton, he wasn't elected by hong kongers.

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jake8855 To exist under home ruling with endless fighting and resistance from vast majority is indeed very shameful.

  • @jake8855

    @jake8855

    Жыл бұрын

    @@canman5060 Endless fighting and resistance from the majority? Sounds kind of like US "democracy." Hahaha. Don't worry, there's not endless fighting in HK; the beta men who opposed home rule have been rightfully suppressed, and peace and unity now exist there.

  • @ghost-ez2zn
    @ghost-ez2zn5 жыл бұрын

    Sound kept stopping.

  • @pairotelee
    @pairotelee9 ай бұрын

    A China-born in Gingle, Guilin, Guangxi province in 1944 where my medical father from Hong Kong University (HKU) was assisting the Chinese Red Cross during the War. My father sent me to 3 schools in HK from 1956-65 with the Chairman of Hang Seng Bank as my guarantor. My father changed my citizenship to Thai in 1965 (due to so much problems with a Taiwanese Passport) before going to college in America. I have learned the History of HK since the 2 Opium Wars when the weak Chinese government had to allow the British Empire to annex HK to be its Opium Trading post. I TOOK MY LATE MOTHER TO HK TO WITNESS THE ' HANDOVER ' IN 1997! from my home in ' The City of Angels, Bangkok '

  • @pairotelee

    @pairotelee

    9 ай бұрын

    If the British is trying to intimidate China today, they would face a much & much stronger CHINA ???

  • @feelmehish8506

    @feelmehish8506

    8 ай бұрын

    The British should have taken a lot more land and been a lot more vigorous in persuading the Cantonese to declare independence.

  • @caseclosed9342
    @caseclosed93423 жыл бұрын

    Is that Pete Seeger at the beginning?

  • @JATP-wp6eh
    @JATP-wp6eh3 ай бұрын

    What’s wrong with the audio?

  • @ericyuen5946
    @ericyuen59465 ай бұрын

    Hong Kong founded more than 100 years and indeed it take less than 3 years to taken down our hardly developed freedom and the CCP controlled gov declare the 2019 pro-democracy movement as a revolution and totally ignored their allowance of police brutality , turning the rule of law into rule by law. As a HongKonger and also a libertarian will never forget and forgive what happened, this is part of our History which we wrote in pain, regret and anger.

  • @jacobkeppler1984
    @jacobkeppler19843 жыл бұрын

    Pipes and drums the black watch regimental bands of the scots guards Royal Marines royal regiment of Scotland 💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @shibeshi2637
    @shibeshi2637Ай бұрын

    Let us guess who is behind this chaos?

  • @cioseph7711
    @cioseph77115 жыл бұрын

    Is this a profecy?

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 Жыл бұрын

    From one colonial rule to another. Hong Kong has already developed her own identity after 1967.

  • @HikikomoriDev
    @HikikomoriDev2 жыл бұрын

    I find the countdown breathing hilarious

  • @user-vz7sz5hp9p
    @user-vz7sz5hp9p7 ай бұрын

    Is HK’s democracy as ridiculous as N Korea’s democracy? 香港的民主和北韓的民主一樣可笑嗎?

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 Жыл бұрын

    Countdown to hell and it is already a reality.

  • @marylouisedistefano680
    @marylouisedistefano6803 жыл бұрын

    I left before the British left.

  • @caseclosed9342

    @caseclosed9342

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your name sounds Italian

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    @@caseclosed9342 There are already Italians in Hong Kong during the 19th century.

  • @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@canman5060no

  • @ericlee9051
    @ericlee905125 күн бұрын

    光復香港,時代革命!

  • @steveniu3117
    @steveniu31172 жыл бұрын

    港英的遗老遗少们终于找到家了呗 过了1/4世纪再看,感觉视频里面的内容好笑,真会编辑

  • @jasonyeung7383

    @jasonyeung7383

    Жыл бұрын

    现在香港民主吗?

  • @yux.tn.3641

    @yux.tn.3641

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@jasonyeung7383你看他 无语了 不知道说啥了 就呵呵的习爸爸的中国住一辈子得了

  • @vvvunalex
    @vvvunalex2 жыл бұрын

    people just do not learnt what China is.

  • @canman5060

    @canman5060

    Жыл бұрын

    People do not really know what CCP China is.

  • @yux.tn.3641

    @yux.tn.3641

    3 ай бұрын

    so what is the real China?

  • @charmninglam440
    @charmninglam440 Жыл бұрын

    Hong Kong is not Hong Kong forever

  • @tomwolf26

    @tomwolf26

    Жыл бұрын

    sure, because Hong Kong people have proven they don't deserve the freedom given to them