How Hong Kong Has Changed 27 Years Since Handover

Published 2024-06-30
Hong Kong marks 27 years since its return to Chinese sovereignty with national security laws firmly in place. Former Hong Kong lawmaker Emily Lau says the city has come "under control" since protests in 2019 and it's time for Beijing to adopt a "more relaxed policy" for businesses to thrive. Meanwhile, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce CEO Patrick Yeung argues that the city remains a successful international hub connecting the mainland and the world. They speak with David Ingles and Stephen Engle on "Bloomberg: The China Show."
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All Comments (21)
  • @KokHow-dr8jm
    Bloomberg!!!! Why still operating in HK. Move over to somewhere else to suit your reporting.
  • @SW-fy8pq
    HK residents: "UK, mind your own business. You are just a nobody."
  • @magnacarta740
    Emily Lau misses the good old colonial days where Hong Kongers were treated as 2nd or 3rd class citizens by their colonial masters. She should migrate to the West and see how well she will be treated!
  • Emily Lau should leave HK as she is insisting on the western values over the Chinese own values. She will be in trouble when coercing with the foreign powers to destablize HK.
  • Moved to Hong Kong from the UK in 2018. Lived through the riots and COVID. I can confidently say moving here was the best decision I ever made. It is safe, resilient and has a much higher quality of life now I have a young family. Also, frankly the future of the world is shifting towards the Global South. I'm firmly staying here in the long run.
  • @AlphaCookies
    Emily Lau should move to US, she will feel all the love from westerners 😂😂
  • @yeejlilys9742
    You like or not, HK is the territory of China. For the people of HK and foreigners, if they do not like to live and work there, you are free to leave. No one is indispensable anywhere.
  • @titanxie5579
    This HK woman should be given a reference of what has happened to those rioters at Capitol Hill, or Steve Bannon. Freedom has its framework. Those HK rioters wanted HK independence from China. That is never gonna happen and too much to ask.
  • Ms Lau are asking for things that's never available under British, why is she talking like all those things/rights are taken away for some reason when it never have to begin with?
  • @davidlai399
    As a HK resident I can attest that those jailed activists are not as innocent as Emily described
  • @realistic5261
    When Hong Kong was under British rule, were they allowed to elect their own governor? Did the British approve of the march against them in Hong Kong? Did they grant independence to Hong Kong?
  • @liewkinglim
    Hongkong is not for Emily Lau. Go, go to the West. Hongkongers are happy.
  • @lfish57
    Emily, you can't go back to when you were 30 yrs old. That also applies to Hong Kong. That ship has sailed.
  • @whitemoon5752
    This woman certainly seems agitated without putting any facts, data to prove her point. Useless Karen
  • @fatdoi003
    march, protest since 1997..... so what about before 1997 under British rule?? can they march, protest too? she totally misinterpreted 1 country 2 systems... which no country will allow sedition and treason
  • @lenkiatleong
    HK was very important for the western nations to trade, drug and exploit China in the 19th century. This was when the west dominated the world productions. The British and French were willing to sacrifice their sons to fight the Chinese and won in order to secure more ground to trade, drug and exploit the Chinese. It made sense to colonise HK when one was powerful militarily and in manufacturing. Today, manufacturing power has shifted from the west to China. The west do not see any more incentives to remain in HK. Western companies can't compete with the Chinese giants anymore and many will leave sooner or later. Over the next few decades, Chinese companies will overwhelm the world and western companies may not be able to survived longer in HK. They will leave eventually.
  • This debate shows that the world should be run by professionals in all fields, except ideologues.
  • @honan-vn1dw
    There are many reason why HK people migrate to other countries. Some of them may want to sell their expensive apartment to buy a much bigger house in other countries. To be a HKer I feel sick to those leaders who allowed violent rioters to damage people's life in 2019.
  • @OzIan1983
    what i seen is the lady keep talking none sense and no evidence to support her points