Comments by "Amidat" (@Amidat) on "Colonial Hong Kong’s Racist Past" video.

@DavisBlank Yea a lot of clowns claim the west only hates the CPC but it is absolute nonsense. The west hated Chinese long before communism existed. That's why they invaded and also put barriers for Chinese to move to their countries. The self hatred among non mainlanders is pretty sad. They think westerners like or care about them - but all they are is a tool to use against the Mainland. The truth hurts and that's why they got so violent when you try to tell them. It's not just the QIng. The west looked down on the ROC from 1911 - right up until the Japanese bombed Pear Harbor. Then all of sudden the ROC became an ally. It's a sad joke.
18
wow - I never heard it put that way - but that is a great analogy. note also during the Winter Olympics in South Korea the American news guy tried to say the Japanese helped develop South Korea during the colonial period. The South Koreans were FURIOUS - so much so the guy had to go back to the US
13
@etc21228 you still believe that fake news about Tiananmen. Go ask Julian Assange what Wikileaks uncovered. It was a fraud. The people killed were rioting workers who burned up soldiers in their vehicles. No students in the Square were run over by tanks. It's nonsense propaganda.
10
@marktran2657 It wasn't much better up to the 1960's
9
@slenderkid28 Not even 50 - the Brits were only kind to Hong Kong the last 20 years of the colonial period when it became clear China wanted it back in 1997 when the leases were over on the New Territories.
8
@etc21228 well it's simple... many were afraid because they were people who fled from the mainland. my own family were some. the idea though that HK is a colony that changed flags is nonsense. The Brits invaded and strong armed China to get Hong Kong. It simply returned it. Any who didn't like it was free to leave. A lot did - but a large part of them moved back to HK.
7
@PZ7537 Britain was broke after WW2 and couldn't afford the drain of keeping colonies anymore. You guys are funny pretending the Brits and other EUropeans suddenly no longer wanted colonies. They destroyed their continent and so couldn't manage empires anymore. And Patten was a hypocrite who only pushed through reforms at the end to spite China.
3
@thecat6159 Your last sentence summed it up. Deliberately trying to install a system in HK that was against the Mainland system when it had to be returned would have been a hostile action. That's not even really debatable. Which is why the Brits didn't do it.
3
@questworldmatrix Correct. The Chinese Exclusion Act was during the Qing days and continued right through the ROC days as well. It was only after Japan became an enemy that the US removed it. And let's be real - the US was supplying Japan as Japan was invading China - including it's devastation of Hong Kong. Sadly - many in Hong Kong - and even Taiwan are not taught proper history. When you tell them the truth they claim you are brainwashed by the CPC. But I have never even lived on the Mainland. It's sad.
3
@ntrgc89 The first major wave to Hong Kong was actually because of the Japanese invasion of China. Rich Shanghai people moved to Hong Kong and helped turn into what it became. Japan still attacked Hong Kong anyway. But no the British were not as brutal as the Japanese. But the Brits being racist against Chinese is not the same as Japan trying to take over it's neighbors. That would be more akin to what Japan's ally was doing in Europe.
3
@thecat6159 Most of Hong Kong territory was on a lease. A lease means you can't do certain things to the property without the owners consent.
2