China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
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Published 2018-07-25
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When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Chinese leaders agreed that Hong Kong would be able to keep its economic and political systems, including some of the civil freedoms denied to China’s citizens on the mainland, for the next 50 years.
Although Hong Kong still has nearly 30 years of semi-autonomy left, China has started tightening its grip, and many believe it is chipping away at Hong Kong’s freedoms. In this episode, I explore how Hong Kong is dealing with the looming deadline and China’s premature moves.
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All Comments (21)
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We've released a video explaining the recent demonstrations rocking Hong Kong, as citizens there protest against the government's proposed bill that would allow extradition to China. To get the latest on the current situation, you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/6_RdnVtfZPY
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Imagine having an expiration date on freedom
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"Single party rule" is a fancy way of saying dictatorship
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Calling the US a "multi-party system" is quite a stretch.
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"multi-party-system like the United States..." Europe is breaking in laughter.
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That bridge is an engineering marvel. The geopolitics of it is not.
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How come when my history teacher tries to tell me about this in school I almost fall asleep but when I search for it on YouTube I find myself thoroughly interested 😂
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Fun fact: Since Hong Kong still drives on the left there's a clever lane switcher on the bridge from Hong Kong to Mainland China.
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fun fact from Hong Konger: almost all coins you will find nowadays are from 1998 because they had to mass produce new coins which didn't have the queen of England on them
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Oh look, turns out that China broke its promise. Didn't see that one coming...
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Hong Kong: slowly identifies itself as Chinese China: begins trying to speed up the rate they become Chinese Hong Kong:*identifies itself as Hong Kong* China: Surprise Pikachu Face
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Interesting thing to note: Claudia Mo, the legislator in this video is currently in a jail cell since for about a year after denied bail for violating the China national security law. Horrific what’s going on
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As a Kid with both Chinese parents and born in Hong Kong, i feel like i'm not going to be here in the internet for a while.
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And as with all border disputes, it started with a British guy drawing a line on a map
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To be fair, the US is not really a multi-party system. It's a two-party system.
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As a ukranian the "dialect" part hit hard
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Johnny in this video may intentionally make it a little bit confused when he used too many words 'China' when he tried to differentiate Hong Kong and the rest of China. In reality, it would be much easier and more popular when people usually use the word 'Mainland [China]' to distinguish with Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. Just call 'Mainland' and confusion will be solved.
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It looks like Britain has created complexities amongst many nations.
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Vox: Take a look at this bridge. YouTube: Nah. I'd rather show a commercial.
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"Chinese influence flooded into Hong Kong" isn't people in Hong Kong Chinese? And people still speak cantonese, too. But not only in Hong Kong only, also many cities in the province of Guangzhou
