History of Hong Kong

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Comments about certain points in the video.

0:00 I tried to draw the maps in the video to the best of my ability and known borders. I am sorry for any mistakes I could have made.

1:36 There are some texts about this period describing certain political entities in southern China however they are quite vague and inaccurate and there for we can't know for sure of the political entities in south China at this point.

2:44 I only specified the political entities that control the region of Hong Kong as oppose to all the dynasties in other parts of Chinese.

3:53 These aren't the actual divisions between the control of the families they are there just to represent the idea.

5:57 The politics and economics of the war where more complicated than that but there was no time to get in to it.

7:42 These where important as they where the only sources of education and health care in early days of Hong Kong.

7:47 It is also argued that this was just an excuse to acquire more land for housing and expansion of the colony.

8:00 Kowloon peninsula wasn't very developed to start with but it was still very important to the colony as it offered much needed expansion space for the growing population.

8:20 The large amount of Portuguese in Hong Kong compared to other Europeans was due to the decline of business in Macau as Hong Kong became the largest trade port in the area.

10:04 At this time Hong Kong was also largely effected by the Great Depression and valuable metal markets declining. This also added to the large instability of Hong Kong during the interwar period.

10:15 The day difference is due to the time change between Hong Kong and Pearl Harbor.

11:33 The picture is of Today's Hong Kong parliament as beck then it was under British jurisdiction.

12:02 Obviously the ramification of splitting New colonies of Hong Kong and the Island and Kowloon would be much larger then just cutting of the transportation system but I put it there as it symbolizes the point I was trying to make quite well.

12:08 I am sorry for not mentioning or showing Macau at all but this video was focused on Hong Kong.

13:00 The exact origin and or meaning of the name is still debated and there are multiple different ideas as to where the name is from or what it refers to.
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#History #HongKong #China

[iammrbeat]

Ah dang. If only I would have known you made this. I just made a video comparing Hong Kong with Macau, and this would have been a great collaboration opportunity. Great job with this. I love how you have the timeline at the bottom throughout, and your use of maps is clear and understandable.

[wilsonli]

Beautifully edited and easy to understand! I think you pronunciation is fine. You should do a video about the history of the New Zealand auricularia cornea (It's really fascinating).

[jokehu]

12:40 FOGGY get it! because .. of the fog in Hong Kong.. I’ll just leave

[thomas_kwantodaki]

u kinda use the wrong map cuz Hong kong had went through lots of land reclamation so the map u use is kinda outdated :)

[thomas_kwantodaki]

some wrong/unclear (kinda) info in this vid:
2:56 more specifically, that's because the north was divided and ruled by numerous nomadic people and the south is more stable
3:53 it's more like some villages sprawling across the northeastern part of nowadays New Territories and those families were immigrated from nowadays Guangdong and Fujian provinces
6:20 before that, the British had already kinda 'occupied' the island
6:30 u forget to mention that the British declared hk as a free port
7:41 that's just a pic of a school in hk

[mikefung]

The final comment about Hong Kong's future is certainly on point even toady, one and half years after this is published.

[woodland]

I love your concise interesting explanation and graphics

[michaelauchterlonie]

Awesome videos! Make one on Victoria, British Columbia :)

[mrnoobtube]

i love your video's can you do a history video on London

[EricChongHY]

The way how Britain gained control of Hongkong might be less than graceful but throughout the 156 years of indirect rule no one in this city has ever been coerced to show his patriotism towards Britain, sing God Save the Queen, speak English, or pay heavy tax. In the opposite, it is the British administration that implanted rule of law, civil liberty and a prosperous economy in this today pearl of the orient.

[mitchtherighteous]

Lol man this video didnt age well, you made this right when the demise of hong kong was starting. Also there is a great deal of poverty and shantytowns there, i saw it with my own eyes, dont believe the Asian statistical lies.

[綾裹石]

I'm a HKer. You know more about the history of HK than me. Subscribe.

[minghuitsai]

Dear, dear my keyboard is of 'latin' characters for dialects of Guangdong manually... UK have their own channels islands south from perspectives from London (starting from 55 latitude north hemisphere), while Hong Kong is located 20 latitude north hemisphere. UK has their own knowledge of fisheries...kind regards, be healthy, be happy, be faithful, take care... One of the Chinese ambassadors to the world and namely to the UK explains the handover signed during the 80's between UK and HK... Safety reasons for obvious reasons of integrating information round the world. Be careful...

[oscaryiu]

During the Ming dynasty, the Portuguese actually occupied part of Hong Kong (Lantau Island and Tuen Mun) for a few years. Though it didn't last long but it is still worth to be mentioned as that's actually the first time Hong Kong had an official connection with the West.

[andrewbecker]

The UK never should have given Hong Kong to the CCP. They should have given it to Taiwan after the lease was up, and signed a permanent defense treaty.

[sg]

Hong Kong is brought to you by the British Empire.

[greekswaglord-dathistoryla]

Who vares nobody in china can see this lol

[fancynonsense]

I knew zero information about Hong Kong prior to viewing this video. It sounds like in 2040, at a time in history when communist China must reckon with sanctions on manufacturing due to climate change, Hong Kong will be fully annexed and desist its free market structure. A lot to look forward to!!