Nice to see an update on this situation

It’s funny that people thought the PRC would actually do what it promised to do.

Great video as usual!

Thabk you.

Once the UK returned Hong Kong to China, Hong Kong was under Chinese sovereignty and it is an internal Chinese matter. It is up to the Chinese government whether it is in China's interest to maintain autonomy in Hong Kong. No other country has any right to interfere in China's internal affairs. China has kept a lot of autonomy because it still think it is in China's interest to do so. It may end autonomy sooner than 50 years after Hong Kong's return. 2027 will be 30 years. I am surprised that China has allowed autonomy for so long. On reason to keep it could be part of its negotiation strategy with Taiwan.

Guys, you are simply amazing. How are you able to find such amazing interview partners? How can you do the research and preparations at such high peak level? Every podcast an outstanding gem on his own. Hong Kong people got played from both sides. But did not fight hard enough for their personal freedoms and their human rights, as it was necessary to prevail against the brute force attack coming from the CCP. Maybe too many thought and feared that they could loose personally in this war against aggression. The rich and powerful thought and were assured, that they will not be touched, so let things play out in favour of the mafia gang ruling China. Obviously Hong Kong's democracy was not as strong and deep rooted as one would have thought. Some Hong Kong people maybe thought that they will maybe be able to arrange themself under communist rule? Achieve and preserve economic freedom without personal freedom. But there is no such thing like economic freedom without personal freedom. Hong Kong is doomed to perish into the abyss. Sadly. If a government welcomes you when you bring money in, but does not let you take the money out, that is criminal mafiastyle mousetrap policy. How can anyone invest even a penny in this giant black or actually red (communist) whole?

Algo

What do you mean annexing Hong Kong? It is just part of China that was on a lease that ran out and so reverted to being part of China. This throws everything you say from now on into question. And of course China already has many partnerships with many western multinationals.

@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle

7 ай бұрын

What are you referring to?

@seanchapman2328

7 ай бұрын

Tell that to Hong Kongers ask if they feel as one with the mainland?

@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle

7 ай бұрын

@@seanchapman2328 Former*

@barmybarmecide5390

6 ай бұрын

Actually only a small part of Hong Kong was leased, the rest of the island was permanently ceded to Britain, who voluntarily gave it up

@docaz9453

6 ай бұрын

​@@barmybarmecide5390you mean invaded it and took it illegally from China, and the illegal opuim trade they were doing, British own China reparations for what they did

alot of the world was colonised by the british empire, I REMIND YOU, that we too are watching, we see HK as decolonization, that HK SHOULD BE part of China and that the Chinese has a right to determine their form of government, in fact I am surprise Beijing was so well mannered that that didn't just rollover the colonies like India did with Goas. and that if UK, US and Australia continues to look at HK with their whitewash colonial lens, it would only cause us to see you lot not only as hippocrite but also a threat to our national security becaues if you can interfere in the domestic affair of China, what stop the 3 ex colonial powers from exercising similar interference in our country? you are forcing us to side with China for our own national security. don't do this, don't make the ex-colonies your enemies.

@bond0815

7 ай бұрын

This is not a fight between the uk and china, but the citizens of hong kong and the ccp. Its democracy vs. dictatorship, plain and simple.

@TJCMN

7 ай бұрын

Fair enough, I suppose. But if Britain and the West are expected to operate within the framework you are describing, I think at the very least it's expected that China (among others) should adhere to the same principles and reciprocate. China should renounce and hereby forfeit all of its territorial claims / colonial aspirations to East Turkmenistan (aka: "Xinjiang Province"), the Tibetan Plateau, Inner Mongolia, and also apologize to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations for sending scores of Han Chinese to settle and effectively colonize swathes of land that they were not themselves indigenous to (e.g. Malaysia, the Philippines, etc...). Surely this is something you won't have any issues with, considering your position on Hong Kong, right? Would love to hear you and people like you confirm and then I genuinely think we can figure something out since I don't deny what Britain, France, etc... did was rather wrong and especially in context of modern, conventional wisdom regarding political sovereignty. However, something tells me China like Russia and some other noteworthy examples love to invoke "anti-colonialism" when it can be used to further their own geopolitical ends, but funnily enough proceed to provide radio silence when it comes to their own foreign policy adventures abroad. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

@davidsullivan213

7 ай бұрын

​@@TJCMN I personally disagree with calling Inner Mongolia and East Turkmenistan mere colonies, when Chinese presence in those area predates a majority of European colonies, even the United States, yet no one would seriously call for them to forfeit their lands and return them to American Indians. Nor do I think population expulsion is entirely relevant since the commenter wasn't calling for whites to be expelled from Hong Kong or that Britain apologize for colonizing Ireland and what not. Only that the sovereignty over one's land should be respected and what they do with it is their own business. But this does give insight into how people all have different perceptions on borders and land. Who owns what, how long must one must hold it for in order for it to be considered "indigenous", or how long must people live in it until they can become "naturalised" and not be considered a "colonizer" or the "other".

@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle

7 ай бұрын

You completely missed the point goofy.

@castlerock58

5 ай бұрын

@@bond0815 It's up to the Chinese government on how Hong Kong is governed. Riots are not going to be very successful.