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getting a lot of Hongkong and general
Chinese geography was messaging me and
commenting on posts asking to do a video
that explains about the Hong Kong
protests going on and what exactly it is
about many of you are already aware of
what's going on and it's a tricky topic
to cover because the relationship
between Hong Kong and China is kind of
weird no matter what I say someone is
gonna disagree with something or get mad
that I didn't mention something that I
could have mentioned so if you want to
add something to this video write your
comments in the comment section below
and let us know what you think otherwise
here we go basically the whole situation
is centered around the recent
extradition bill that is being processed
right now in Hong Kong
what is extradition well according to
Cornell that EDU extradition is the
removal of a person from a requested
state to a requesting state for criminal
prosecution or punishment but
differently to extradite is to surrender
or obtain surrender of a fugitive from
one jurisdiction to another or one
country to another
this action usually applies to but is
not limited to larger offenses like
murder or grand larceny it all started
with the murder of Hong Kong native pon
Xiao Ying by her boyfriend Chun Tong Jia
while on vacation in Taiwan many news
outlets transliterate their names to
Punk we wing and Chun Tong Chi which is
terrible transliteration but anyway
that's besides the point
later after returning to Hong Kong he
confessed to the murder but technically
he couldn't be properly charged because
at the time Hong Kong and Taiwan didn't
have an extradition agreement in which
they could hand him over to the
Taiwanese authorities so in 2019 an
extradition bill was proposed for Taiwan
but the bill also included mainland
China this is what sparked the outrage
Hong Kongers believe and say this law
could lead to being falsely charged in
Hong Kong and then sent to mainland
China for unfair trials potentially even
applying to foreign residents and even
tourists that's what they speculate and
assume could happen but there's no
universal decree on the bill just yet
but you know in Hong Kong tensions and
suspicions are always high with this
type of thing and it's not the first
time something like this has happened
but first you have to understand the
laws in mainland China versus Hong Kong
even Taiwan and Macau had very different
systems as well even though Hong Kong is
technically a part of China as a special
autonomous region China holds little
actual power over their day-to-day
legislation kind of they operate pretty
much almost like their own country they
speak mostly Cantonese they have their
own currency postal system government
and even passport basically
they used to be under the British until
1997 when they were handed back to China
with a one country two systems'
agreement
the only thing China really has a say in
is Foreign Affairs and defense for now
the agreement is only supposed to last
until 2040 7-1 Hong Kong is supposed to
be fully adopted and integrated as a
part of mainland China legally Hong
Kong's government is a multi-party
system that uses a format of checks and
balances much like Western systems with
executive legislative and judicial
branches they have freedoms that
mainland China does not have like
freedom of press speech and assembly
whereas mainland China is a unitary
one-party socialist republic with
guaranteed constitutional supreme power
solely to the communist party everything
from military property and media are
state-owned the government is
essentially authoritarian and can kind
of just do and control whatever they
want which is why China is always kind
of like in a weird legislatively
cautious mode because they know that if
they have all authority you kind of have
to do a lot of things that make everyone
or at least most people somewhat content
so that they don't snap so they put a
huge emphasis on things like jobs
drawing business flashy new buildings
and landmarks and shared unity through
culture and identity Hong Kong doesn't
really buy it though and the more
distance they can have from China they
see the better the problem is things
keep kind of happening in 2003 there was
a protest against the law that would
have punish people who spoke out against
China when Hong Kong's Constitution
allows free speech in 2014 the people
protested again with the controversial
elections that had influenced from
Beijing saying that they had to approve
of all the candidates now Hong Kongers
see the extradition bill as another
encroaching step China is taking that
threatens their already dwindling years
left of autonomy to make things even
more complicated Hong Kong has a
Legislative Council of 70 officials but
only 40 of which are democratically
elected and the other 30 our business
seats that are voted on by corporations
most of whom are pro China because you
know business is big with China that
means Hong Kong's government has always
kind of had a slightly more Pro China
leaning Council even though most people
don't vote that way which leads us to
today although protests have happened in
the past this is the biggest protest
ever in Hong Kong millions of people
have flooded the streets occupying
highways roads screaming for the
government to scrap the bill according
to released video footage tear gas and
rubber bullets have been used against
protesters protesters have thrown rocks
and pieces of scrap to the police and
broken police station windows
protesters have even been using lasers
to avert the police's vision and facial
recognition technology pro-china tree
odds that operate in Hong Kong are also
getting involved it's pretty intense
knowing that the world is watching all
we can say now is that given the past
and current state of events it's gonna
be interesting to see how China further
responds and what Hong Kong will look
like until 2047 comes what do you think
let us know until then thanks for
watching
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