THE VIDEO SHELF · hong kong and china relations
China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
A Vox Borders episode with Johnny Harris explaining how China is gradually erasing the line between mainland China and Hong Kong since the 1997 handover. It describes the one country, two systems arrangement and its expiration date.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as a concise, captivating introduction to the Hong Kong conflict during the 2019 extradition-law protests.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Vox
- Topic
- hong kong and china relations
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Vox has an excellent video called 'China is erasing its border with Hong Kong' which details how the Chinese government is tightening it's control of Hong Kong. It's well worth a watch. Here's the video description: " When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China …
cirrus-clouds on Hacker News · 2019-04
In Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition lawsFor anyone like me who was looking for some background on this, on Reddit, someone linked to a Vox video entitled "China is erasing its border with Hong Kong" [0]. At 15 minutes, it's a captivating introduction to the conflict. Another video (6 minutes) you …
CamelCaseName on Hacker News · 2019-06
In Hundreds of thousands take to Hong Kong streets against controversial billVox has some very good videos on Hong Kong and one in particular on China's current approach to the integration of the city : [VIDEO]
nestorD on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Why Democracies Are Turning Against Chinese Influence
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