kong people are asking will hong kong return to normal is hong kong still a place we can live in peace many sectors of our society have condemns the radical acts of rioters and have supported the government to strictly enforced a little into and violence. to hide in hong kong for is it would seem the protests have moved from the streets now to the legislative council talk us through what happened here. if i was quite amazing yes no the security around the government complex here was beefed up ahead of this policy address there's a temporary wall there was extended more police riot police are here they're milling about but you're right the protesters didn't come outside they were inside and we saw that these legislators a part of the pan the democracy bloc if you will of politicians in shouting her down kerry lamb as she attempted to try to deliver this policy address it's an annual address at the beginning of a legislative council session she couldn't do it so what she had to do unprecedented she had to deliver it via video link that has never happened a chief executive of hong kong ha

is it time she represented the people of hong kong instead of hong kong tells us. selfie shutdown why police are getting tough on photo fanatics. i'm not. i'm british welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us for 4 months now the streets of hong kong have regularly looked like this battle zones that c.b.p. to the rest and injuries and there doesn't appear to be a visible way out of the crisis but what if its chief executive could hold the key a member of parliament the legislative council thinks so michael t.m. is seen as a poor stablished voice in hong kong and he's also a member of. parliament the national people's congress he spoke to correspondent in hong kong i think and do you think that the government can find a way out of this crisis yes from day one. because what they may draw d. of the public peaceful demonstrators and the right eco's all they want is to settle the score and their perceived. grievances against the police and nobody is trust nobody is trusting either side they don't believe in the complaint against police commission investigation

or just hong konon >> just hong >> just hong kong. >> reporter: for centuries, hong kong was part of china. t he 1800s, foreign powers attacked, and the british forced china toease the city as part of what the chinese government calls the century of humiliation. ( musil fanfare ) in 1997, the british handed the city over, and, undedeal known as "one country, twois systems," commchina promised hong kong could keep its british-written laws and independent diciary but had to turn over its defense and foreign policy. beijing's defenders say china has lived er tits promises and protesters' talk of revolution is misguided. >> i think they're over-worried, you kn. in hong kong, the rule of law, the well-entrenched common law system underlines our freedoms and rights, you know. that's why they can have protest every day. >> reporter: regina ip is a member of the cabinet that runs the hong kong government. she says "one country, two systems" is doing just fine. >> after more than 180 years of hong kong as a city, we have a very strong and unique culture. there's nothong with a big country hav

kong ismean hong involved in china. a lot of people only see the downside of integration, but not the upside. stephen: back in 2003, you were the face of the amendment proposed for article 23, for national security, they had laws that sparked what hath a million people coming out -- half a million people came up with the streets and end up with the downfall of a politician. you know what is like to be vilified in this town. you were vilified. now does the and hong kong government keep on underestimating or misreading the public discontent? thatthink they admitted to that the legislative efforts failed to keep the pulse of the people and she misread the situation. >> if it had not been for the people marching and together the executive and the legislature, which is a rubber, what have passed the legislation and that points to the bigger issue is that all of the policies made by the government come from an unelected government and the people are wising up to that. that is why they are still coming out and protesting. >> i

kong act, the protect hong kong act. i introduced this bipartisan legislation along with chris . ith and roe khanna i want to thank the chairman and ranking member of the foreign affairs committee for bringing this bill so quickly for consideration. the protect hong kong act prohibits u.s. exports of munitions and police equipment to hong kong. it stops u.s. exports of tear gas, pepper spray, grenades, bber bullets, semi-automatic rifles. let's be clear what is happening in hong kong. millions of people from all walks of life, young people, students, women, seniors, entrepreneurs, teachers, civil servants and workers are standing up to the most powerful authoritarian government in the world. the protestors have inspired the world as they risk their health, lives to fight for the future of hong kong. they are using technology to mobilize and organize. they are capturing and extinguishing tear gas containers. they have taken apart and shown the world surveillance cameras that use them. they are using music, art and message

hong kong will be different. hong kong is an urban landscape. it has tall buildings and narrow streets that favor the defenders. if the chinese were to move into hong kong in a forceful way, there would be high casualties. but on both sides. i don't think that xi jinping the chinese ruler wants his first years to take years or decades to result in high chinese casualties and end in defeat. so why should we americans care what happens on the periphery of chinese soil? we care because the same power that is encroaching on hong kong is also attacking our democracy. indeed that power is attacking the concept of democracy. china is gunning for all of us when my wife and i were in hong kong in the beginning of this month we talked to formerly pro-beijing journalist who was jailed now just journalist. he looked at me and he said, what's happening in hong kong where china is doing hong kong is a warning to the united states. so that's true, people in hong kong do need america but we need the people in hong kong. over there people are fighting for their

if better china, therefore better hong kong. better china, better hong kong. david is among those now calling on the united states to impose sanctions on china. why are all the people supporting america in the trade war? because we want that china's communist party has falling power because of that. such talk makes hong kong's small band of super—patriots extremely angry. they say fear of china is a product of british brainwashing. translation: hong kong was ruled by britain for over 150 years. they did not teach us respect for our chinese roots, but encouraged us to have anti—china and anti—communist beliefs. on tuesday, china's most powerful leader since mao will review a military now second in strength only to the united states. it is a sight that will make many chinese hearts swell with pride. but its neighbours look on with growing concern about how china will use its new—found power. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. rupert talked about the opinions being split, even with an family, but of course within the society. and there are

kong people to administer hong kong. what he just said this morning also aligns with what we heard from acting chief executive matthew during the flag raising ceremony this morning here in hong kong, talking about solidarity, to build a future for generations of hong kongers, understanding these are testing times that they hope to draw lessons from, so they seek to address real policy issues that are underlying the frustration that is driving the demonstrations that have also seen impacts on the city. now, when it comes for seeking unification, xi jinping said forging ahead to bring hong kong closer to the mainland, it has to be said that of the five demands of protesters, universal suffrage is one of them, but independence has not been a key driver for the protests. so again, when it comes to the ultimate roadmap for hong kong roadmap, bute 2047 we are hearing today is very much aligned with the government here in hong kong along with the mainland. rishaad: sophie, what are we expecting, though, today in terms of protes

of hong kong to apply a hong kong solution. the more she hesitates and the more she reaches for the hardline and the more the people's armed police mass across the border, the more she looks like beijing's puppet, unless she is equipped to have a proper conversation with the people of hong kong. i mean, it really is time to stop and to rebuild at this point. how do you read this? i think there is an irresistible move towards escalation at this point, and it is fine and intelligent to call for a dialling down, but it is obviously getting — in the last 24 hours and seven days — it seems to be getting worst, and the switch to live ammunition is a tactic we have seen in other countries, and is a sign that people are desperate to re—establish control. and i am just watching it day by day, and hoping not to see people dead on the street. i don't have a clue what happens next. we have seen carrie lam looking sternly in front of the cameras on saturday, talking about the suppression of violence, how this is now intolerable. i don

of hong kong instead of hong kong tells us the chinese. selfie shut down why police are getting tough on photo fanatics along this historic 3 line in i'm not. i'm british babaji welcome to do the news asia it's good to have you with us for 4 months now the streets of hong kong have regularly looked like this battle zones that see repeated arrests and injuries and there doesn't appear to be a visible way out of the crisis but what if its chief executive could hold the key a member of parliament the legislative council thinks so michael t.m. is seen as a pro establishment voice of hong kong and he's also a member of. parliament the national people's congress he spoke to correspondent in hong kong. i contend are you think that the government can find a way out of this crisis yes from day one because what the majority of the public peaceful demonstrators and the radicals all they want is to settle the skull and their perceived. grievances against the police and nobody is trashed nobody is trusting either side they don't believe in the complain

does it mean hong kong is involved in china. a lot of people only see the downside of integration, but not the upside. stephen: back in 2003, you were the face of the amendment proposed for article 23, for national security, they had laws that sparked what half a million people came up with the streets and end up with the downfall of a politician. you know what is like to be vilified in this town. you were vilified. how back then and now does the hong kong government keep on underestimating or misreading the public discontent? >> i think they admitted to that that the legislative efforts failed to keep the pulse of the people and she misread the situation. >> if it had not been for the people marching and together the executive and the legislature, which is a rubber stamp, what have passed the legislation and that points to the bigger issue is that all of the policies made by the government come from an unelected government and the people are wising up to that. that is why they are still coming out and protesting. >> i think tha

with you to what extent have the rallies in hong kong spoiled beijing celebrations and could hong kong be the single spark that starts to pay the prairie fire for beijing. i think the protests in hong kong succeeded in supporting the show of the national day of the people's republic of china and today you had these huge parade in beijing this morning. what the international media going going to remember about today will be the violence in the home cohen and the ongoing political causes him. many of the issues which have been raised by the protests has. remained to be solved and i think today by the level of violence which has been reached on both sides of the protests aside but also the police side we've entered a new ballgame things are getting more complicated fall i think kerry and i'm the chief executive to get out of the crisis according to hang in so you wrote in a recent article that china's communist party has metal to celebrate and chinese leader is no longer in control of their destiny the same way why well what you've seen is in hong kong we certainly don't control the stree

even if hong kong is not doing well with gdp, i don't think it will affect hong kong's status. it's the only city -- brent: i was going to ask you about talks with carrie lam. the dialogue with carrie lam has basically stopped. our protesters trying to restart talks with carrie lam? >>? what do you mean stopped -- what do you mean stopped? there was a dialogue with carrie lam. 40 people were there. among the people who joined the dialogue, one of them is a police officer. when carrie lam has all -- a dialogue, it is only a political show. she does not listen to us. after the dialog, 30 people condemned carrie lam and the police. she is to suppress the freedom of hong kong. whatever she does is he's trying to show the international media that she is doing something. we know her too well. whenever she makes promises, she breaks them. i would not say we stop the dialogue. it was she who stopped her. not to mention the escalation of police violence. an activist brent: of the civil human rights front, joining us from hong kong. we appreciate your time and insights. you are watching

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong. and even capable. i mean it's treating hong kong police that town but lamb sidestepped these demands an urge people to and the protests. are they the whole we're very worried that a small number of people have escalated to a level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's combination so we must ask what can balance a chief for hong kong and i mean can it solve our crisis or pull a spread their way from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that kerry lands government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing down. for the public. but he didn't. get it or i thought about it because of. that's introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us via skype is emily l

we are a brand that really sells hong kong things that are funky, modern, a different style in hong kong, full of international brands. we have a natural appeal to visitors, and the visitors have stopped coming to hong kong. that part of our business would be gone. rishaad: what number are we talking about? douglas: 40% of our business is overseas visitors, which includes mainland china. ashaad: let's look, let's do test here. you have what's going on in hong kong. you have a shop in shenzhen. how is that doing in all this? douglas: our shop in shenzhen has always been sort of a satellite shop, an experimentation shop. it is not in the most high-trafficked area. the bulk of our business is in hong kong, and online as well. online business is growing the fastest for us, but still is a minority of our business, so the main business is really the shops. that's also the bulk of our investment, where everything is going, the wages and everything, the shops, so we are very much focusing on hong kong brick-and-mortar shops. rishaad: so there wouldn't be any time you would think about expanding

today and the hong kong police will step up to do their job and to bring law and order back to hong kong and i think in the coming weeks or months this will be a critical period of time where we will see whether law and order and rule of law can be restored where they haven't caught us violence cannot last forever sorry to interrupt victor but they clearly haven't been able to manage to keep to keep the territory calm have they until now we're now into the 17th week this is almost 4 months of sustained and widely popular protests which is sometimes turned violent against what they see is an encroaching influence coming from beijing. no allow me to say that if mainland china really is interfering in the situation in hong kong they'll be no more violence at all all these violence an attack on police for example disruption of traffic will be stopped immediately look at the might of the central government of china and the fact that the violence still continues is a vindication that mainland china is not in law or interfering in the hong kong affair at all and it is up to the hong kong i

kong to address issues you know young people can afford to buy an apartment in hong kong for example so maybe is it possible that he's thinking you know let's do the economics and make them happy that way and eventually the politics will follow . well i think i think that's the way the thinking goes in beijing that you can use money i think with these demonstrations have really shown is that actually young people don't we seem to care about the money i mean you know money might be a reason why you go out once or twice a year but they're going at week after week day after day they're leaving school they shown that this is more than about money you know it reminds me of something that i discussed with joshua wang the pro-democracy activists he was in berlin a couple of weeks ago with and i put it to him that. congress have more in common with the londoners and new yorkers then they do with their compatriots in china and he didn't know what to do with that and i said it's because of the british you were a colony for such a long time the brits created you so do you think the brits have a

from hong kong and let hong kong languish? should china be persuading anyone who wants a future to move into the delta which is being, as you know, hugely built up as a financial and technical centre, and let hong kong wither if hong kong won't comply? but again, these don't solve the immediate situation. we need something at this point to resolve it. isabel said at the beginning, that both sides need to dial down, and we have talked a lot about what beijing can do and the hong kong government can do, what about the actual protesters? because some people look on and say, "are they going too far?" they complain about live ammunition against protesters — a natural complaint — but are they showing the same concern about police officers who get hit by iron bars and petrol bombs? the protesters are not a monolith, and it is hard to control, and it is hard for them to dial it down if there are people within their ranks who feel good about attacking police officers or take pleasure in that. it isjust too large a group and too out

skull triple that there are people in hong kong who were supportive of beijing. over the territory but there is a vast number isn't there on the streets again who are protesting against beijing's control as they would see it. yes and we've been following those tens of thousands of people who have march from causeway into central that they were on their way to where we are now which is china's liaison office and about 5 minutes ago we had hundreds of right place we had the raptors which are the elite tactical response unit we had the 2 water cannons and about 20 plus police cars and vans and that was surrounding this particular building because that's where those protesters were on their way to that is the chinese liaison office but there were blocked and the streets around here are complete now completely empty of all upped and left and we believe they're going back to join those protesters who've been turned back back toward set for advocacy are on their way in or at scott hardly mentioned in his package this is the march that is defying police orders police did

s charlotte chelsea pill is on the ground in hong kong we asked her to set the scene. we've just been following a small march that's been going through hong kong it does seem to have drawn to a close known people have gone on their way but that march people were chanting along the way 5 to mons not one that glory to hong kong all in reference to the fact that they still see that the months unfulfilled bio florentines here demands including an independent investigation into the police handling of these protests so far what we saw was they had an enormous bana saying glorious hong kong which they own felt and then broke out into song at the lot of people here had expected huge protests today boys been hearing on social networking sites that these protesters used to communicate on is that they are trying to save energy for the coming days is tomorrow more protests are expected monday is a holiday here in hong kong more protests than is well there's a sense of real trepidation here about exactly what authorities are going to do to try and crack down on people wearing face

i think because hong kong is not china hong kong is a special place which was returned to china 22 years ago hong kong political culture dominant political culture is very much democratic. mediated by liberal values now of course you can choose the british having in cool created in the mind of the people liberal values but this is jewish and it is and it does mainland china can convert the homecourt society to the one party system that's why you have this clash of values between hong kong society and men and chinese society so vice versa i don't think that hong kong at this stage can really influence mainland china no sparklies going to said the fire to the prairie in the coming years but the having said that sitting ping's room for maneuver in hong kong is pretty narrow because you want on the one hand to keep the one country the system formula you want to keep it credible not only for home but also for taiwan to morrow and he wants also to keep it credible because hong kong is still very important as far as a financial place for hong kong for chinese economy and for chinese credibility

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong and she has no ability and even incapable. i mean it's treating hong kong please that down but lamb sidestepped these demands an urge people to and the protests. are they the whole we're very wary that a small number of people have escalated the level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's condemnation so we must ask what can back to chile for hong kong and can it solve our crisis or pull a spread their way from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that carrying arms government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing god. if i'm going. to get it. to get it or i thought about it because of. its introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us via skype is

so as not just hong kong. although hong kong is our base. at the same time in terms of shop opening, we are certainly, we have no choice but to delay many of those. what we had originally in store for q4 or first half of 2020, all of those have no choice but to be suspended. david: so give us some numbers. how many stores we planning to open in the next six months and have many of that in pushback? >> we were going to open at least three more, from seven to 10. number eight is still coming out. but number nine and number 10, withe discussion in landlords to postpone the handover of the sites. given the extreme situation happening, it would not be advantageous to the mall and to us to do it now. so we have to delay the opening. -- do youc evidence at evidence, of looking singapore for head offices or elsewhere in this part of the world? >> i cannot speak for other companies prefer us, we are besides our retail business we have our products and our food innovation, after tech innovation, which is scaling and growing across the region including

if hong kong needs to ask for china's help, hong kong can find a solution. visitorhe talked about arrivals as well. we'll get to mark comprehensive update on what is happening in hong kong and with the big movers on your board. your watching bloomberg. from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. it's a different kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you buy an eligible phone. call, click, or visit a store today. ♪[music] >> it is 10:29 a.m. in hong kong and shanghai. 10:29 p.m. in new york. here's the first word headlines. kong chief executive carrie has condemned the vandalism and protests over the weekend, saying it was created or it has created a climate of fear for business. she defended the anti-mask emergency legislation that latest pr

from the streets into the courtroom hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers are hoping to do. surely we'll take their side they're making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask ban and emergency powers which bypass the legislative council today is about authoritarianism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all of this could be the very last constitutional fight on our part in this emergency we all just saw the pass just like that hong kong will be the one to one for a club hold out there. on saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the emergency powers forming a human chain and wearing masks in a peaceful act of defiance. to time you go to college i attended numerous rallies before but i never wore a mask i'm wearing a mask today not because i want to hide my identity but to express my anger towards this law me back at all when you know our subway stations and many shops were closed for much of the weekend following violent clashes on friday hong kong's leader has justified the facemask ban saying her go

so used by hong kong's police. they say major political concessions and not trick pony and measures are needed to end the unrest. has meant he is building a is monitoring developments in hong kong and joins us now for more but he has hong kong is waking up from a relatively calm nice but can we expect it to stay like that today. yes today was relatively calm and relatively is just relatively they were still shops being smashed yesterday because march that was scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to today so today we will probably see more people on the streets and as this measure this face mosque down is obviously not perceived by the protesters as a measure to deescalate but it is rather likely to infuriate people further there is little chance there little chances that this day will stay entirely peaceful now addition to the facemask and we've also seen the metro system shut down and that kili carries millions of people every day how is the city been affected by the service outage. yeah this is a metro stati

kong so even if hong kong is not doing well in g.d.p. i don't think there will. status and they are not. going to ask you about talks with kerry lam the leader of hong kong those talks the dialogue with korea lamb has basically stopped or protesters such as yourself are you trying to restart talks with kerry. what do you mean by stopped there was a lot with kerry land 40 people were there and a police i mean among the people who joined the dialogue one of them is even police officer kerry when she has a dialogue with hong kong this is only a political show she doesn't actually listen to i mean after that dialogue you know 30 people come damned kerry lemon condemn the police and what happened next next was a carrier and nouns and law through emergency regulation ordinance i mean if she really tries to solve the problem she wouldn't have taken. steps to you know to suppress it further suppress the freedom of call so whatever she does she only tries to show the international media or international community that she is doing something but i

this is day doubly news live from berlin hong kong reels from the day of k.l. take on reduced activist i just see things against police violence after dozens of anti-government protesters put injured in clashes with officers they gather at the school where police shot and injured as demonstrator from close range. this while beijing shows off its military might just try to mock sivan t.t.'s of communist rule president xi jinping telling his countrymen that now the power to control china's attack. plus u.s. president trump claims he's facing a coup as he's tough aides including the secretary of state pushed back against subpoenas in the democrats' impeachment inquiry. i'm anthony how it thanks for joining us hundreds of people in hong kong have staged a sit in against police violence at the site of a major escalation in the cities and government on wrist on tuesday a police officer shot an itin your old protest at close range leaving him in hospital tens of thousands had taken to the streets to defy a ban on protests during china's national day clashes with secur

but hong kong is a financial centre. it isa but hong kong is a financial centre. it is a hub that attracts crucial global capital. but by moving a lot of the financial assets to shenzhen, oi’ of the financial assets to shenzhen, or maybe shanghai, doesn't china have to further liberalise its financial system? yes, that's absolutely true. however, a lot of the functions of hong kong can be done elsewhere. the global bond market, the us dollar china bonds, is about $950 billion. those are done over the counter and those roadshows are done in london and new york and chicago. so a lot of the function can be elsewhere. equities can be traded in many different places. the one area of concern is the neb. -- places. the one area of concern is the neb. —— remnibi. there are $60 billion of remnibi deposits in london, doubling from last year. there is a chance for other cities catch up. but it will be possible to replace a lot of the functions, but not all of them. briefly, do you think eventually china will dump hong kong as the financial centre? they are not dumping

kong to address issues you know young people can afford to buy an apartment in hong kong for example so maybe is it possible that he's thinking you know let's do the economics and make them happy that way and eventually the politics will follow . well i think i think that's the way the thinking goes in beijing that you can use money but i think with these demonstrations have really shown is that actually young people don't we seem to care about the money i mean you know money might be a reason why you go out once or twice but they're going at week after week day after day they're leaving school they show that this is more than about money you know it reminds me of something that i discussed with joshua wang the pro-democracy activists he was in berlin a couple of weeks ago with and i put it to him that. congress have more in common with the one dinners and new yorkers than they do with their compatriots in china and he didn't know what to do with that and i said it's because of the british you were a colony for such a long time the brits created you so do you think the brits have any

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in july, hong kong saw inflows so that pushes back against a lot of people worrying that hong kong is seeing a lot of outflows. yvonne: where were the inflows coming from? eddie: we are not sure. what we do see in terms of the numbers, it was not an outflow scenario. yvonne: you watch china, taiwan, and korea. taiwan is looking more interesting these days. is this because of the iphone cycle? benefitse iphone cycle all across asia. it is a big tech boost. but we are seeing is taiwan and korea tend to have big electronic components and their exports so that ties in with global chip sales. what we have been seeing across the region is korea's exports continue to decline but taiwan exports have actually been rising and i think that is very interesting because that shows taiwan is gaining market share. reasoncan probably see a for that, korea is getting impacted with its own regional trade wars with japan as well, so that shows that taiwan, even though it is externally exposed, is not necessarily a loser in what is happening in the global economy today. rishaad: the big bellwether is care

hong kong this day. it is a simple shot in hong kong with umbrellas out earlier. now, fewer people, but nevertheless, clearly the smoke a protest in hong kong versus the pageantry seen on this 70th anniversary to october, 1949 of the communist party. in london with us is sheila patel of goldman sachs. a fabulous article was written yesterday on the mystery of the risk-free rate, the mystery of where we are on pegs and foundations to the market. . it was a tour de force. how can we do business and how can goldman sachs asset management do business if you don't have a risk-free rate to work with? sheila: well, it is a changing environment. when you think about the question of risk-free rate, as you have in the header, it is one of many things that have changed about the environment we work in. that is actually why we rely on the investment that we have made in quantitative analysis and in data more than ever. you know, he used to be very simple. you take a risk few rate, plug a few things in, then make you

this moment marks a violent escalation in the clashes between demonstrators and the hong kong police . was. an officer shoots an 18 year old student in the chest at close range with a life bullet authorities say the officer fired to save his and his colleagues life as they were being attacked. the 18 year old male was sent to hospital when he was sent to hospital he is still conscious at the moment i believe the doctors. conducting examination curing him cure him at the moment at this moment he was arrested for assaulting police officer we will conduct further inquiries and then once after the inquiries we will decide whether we will press charges are not. over 1500 people have been arrested since june that's when the pro-democracy activists demanded the government withdraw or a controversial extradition bell eventually the hong kong authorities did cancel the bail but the protests continued and activists want an investigation into police violence free from government influence guys it's very dark and people from all walks of life want an independent inquiry by watching the withdrawa

and channeling through the the administration in hong kong and also reinforcing the forces in hong kong so i mean those are offensive and closed actions that i think is the way they will go coming back to china and the country celebrating 70 years of communist rule do you think we will continue to see the government the party flex its muscles heading going forward i think it's pretty safe to say that china will continue to try to show that is in charge of its region i mean the chinese interests and safety are growing the footprint of china is increasingly large southeast asia and use asia and south asia so they are certainly trying to project power and protect the interest of trying to increase and you know we heard pain say no country on earth can stop the advance of the chinese nation is that true. well that's a bit of a bet for me to say yes or no answer but i think china really has at least feeling that is now has come to the very top it's a great power on par with the u.s. and the other great powers and i mean the show is certainly. a way to show this all right from the marketer in

hong kong used to pride itself on being ages shopping in tourism capital. customers packed the malls and markets to snap up tax free goods and luxury products. but these days the tourists and consumers are staying away rattled by months of democracy protests. to business has been very bad firstly no one wants to shop secondly no one wants to buy things even if we are selling something that's very cheap there's no business. hong kong's economy has slipped into recession for the 1st time in a decade and it's set to shrink in 2019 with no end to the turmoil inside the. images of demonstrators in hong kong are scaring away tourists this is especially true of mainland china for coverage plays of the rising levels of violence and avoids the democracy angle. whatever the politics the protests are bad for business . but still holds a cliff about this story 1st of all the reasons let's get is clear hong kong is in recession these this political unrest is not the only reason but it is a big one isn't it it is i mean tourism is a big part of the economy there things a

in hong kong will cause a basic change to the image of hong kong and the idea that hong kong is special from the rest of china, that myth will be broken by the deployment of chinese security forces. professor, what do you make of the fact that carrie lam is still in charge of hong kong? what is beijing doing? carrie lam is not really in charge in hong kong any longer in any sense of the word. she is being kept in office by beijing because the chinese government cannot and will not appear weak to the demonstrators. therefore, they will not remove her under pressure from the protesters in hong kong. it is quite clear that by now carrie lam is mostly just is quite clear that by now carrie lam is mostlyjust following orders from china. let's go back to what the protesters wanted. what have they achieved so far and how likely are they to get more concessions? the protesters won five demands, one of them of the bills for providing the power for the government to extradite people in hong kong to face justice extradite people in hong kong to facejustice in extradite people in hong kong to face

reporting for us from hong kong thank you very much. to iraq now which has been shaken by another day of violent protests security forces in baghdad again opened fire on protesters who've been demonstrating against chronic unemployment poor public services and corruption at least 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured in 4 days of unrest across the country. protesters rushed to take one of their own to safety then they flee is the sound of sniper fire ricochets through the streets they're desperate enough to risk their lives because they feel the state has failed to deliver the basics. we're. not going to protesting because we're suffering there's no electricity no jobs people are dying of starvation and it's a curse. that the unrest has spread rapidly across the country this week without any apparent leadership or connection to a political or sectarian movement in response authorities shut down the internet and imposed around the clock curfew in the capital which has now been lifted the government says it's trying to improve i

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong and she has no ability and even incapable. i mean it's treating hong kong police that town but lam sidestepped these demands and urged people to end the protests. are they the whole we're very wary that a small number of people have escalated the level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's combination so we must ask what can balance a chief for hong kong and i mean can it solve our crisis or pull a spread their way from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that carrying arms government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing down. for the public. but to get it. to get it for ourselves but it because of. the introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining

in hong kong believe e the new generation, t younger generation in hong kong are apolitical and don't care about politics but what we've seen the last few months is a very involved, very engaged public that trieses to push bac against illegitimate state actionon. amy: kevin lin, we want to thank so you much for being with us, china program officer at the international labor rights forum, born and raised in beijing and spent years researching labor movement in civil society in china. his recent piece is headlined four points on the hong kong protests. we will link to your piece, how should the u.s. left think about china. when we come back, we turn to haiti where massive anti-government protests calling for the resignation of u.s. backed president jovenel moise continue to escalate. stay with us. ♪ music break] amy: anna vas. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show in haiti where massive anti-government protests calling for the resignation of the u.s. backed president jovenel moise continue to escalate. a worsening econ

separate the hong kong issue -- can they separate the hong kong issue. latest headlines suggest british officials have been explaining northern islands democratic unionist party is holding up progress. the pound extends of the session losses and we see the ftse 250 trending down as a result of the headlines. the twists and turns continue. joining us in london is simon fraser from the foreign and commonwealth office. now he is managing partner at business advisory firm flint global. good to have you with us. officials in the last half-hour laid the blame for this stalling at the feet of the u.s. -- the dup. remind us why the dup is holding out here. there are more unionist voices. this shows that boris johnson has to not only negotiate with the eu but deliver support in the u.k.. different parties will have different views. one is the democratic unionist party for very concerned about any differentiation between northern ireland and the u.k.. it appears the deal he is pursuing create a separate status for northern ireland. that is politically incredibly i

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong and she has no. and even capable. i mean it's treating hong kong please that down but lam sidestepped these demands and urged people to end the protests. are they the whole we're very worried that a small number of people have escalated the level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's condemnation so we must ask what can balance achieve for hong kong and can it solve our crisis or pulis further away from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that carrying arms government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing. for the public. but they didn't. get it for 4 i thought about it because of. that's introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us via skype is

hong kong time you're going to present hong kong and the future hong kong. now because there have been cases of public although being compromised in recent say so as a responsible government we must not shy away from existing legislation without using such legislation we can't just leave a situation to get worse and worse. and the sector just asserted before we. have been examining existing law or so seats which provisions could be used invalid to florida to do with the current situation that includes. increasing to determine a fact for those who try to break the law and also. measures to help the police to enforce the law of this morning i call it a special meeting of the exact account so the chief executive in can so decided to invoke the. emergency regulations ordinance to enact a prohibited and face covering regulation now this has been discussed for a long time and a committee of the n.t. mask legislation this regulation will come into fact tomorrow and the 1st of october why do we need to have this piece of regulation this because the past 4 months we'

tell the children bill they're in hong kong well as china turns 70 amid protests in hong kong waging is said to be orchestrating an online offensive to spread this information online this is according to a new report which also says mainland china has dramatically expanded its digital arsenal. has more on that story although what can you tell us well this reports from the oxford internet institute says that beijing is a major player when it comes to spreading disinformation online what we've seen before the protests in hong kong start of this summit that has been focused mainly on domestic platforms like way bo and we chat but now they have changed their tactics and they're targeting international platforms like facebook twitter and you tube now those that forms are blocked for citizens in mainland china and behind the great chinese fire wall but they are available for hong kong now these attacks these accounts that we're seeing they are originating in mainland china. and we seeing coordinated effort to spread a message that the protestors in hong kong violent radicals with no popula

after renewed protests in hong kong the city is bleeding its leading money rich hong kong taking their money out of the city state to the safety of. term damage. and it's been one of asia's travel destinations thailand's tourism industry is something specially business for. the country with unsustainable production. this is business. thousands of rich residents in hong kong opening bank accounts in singapore and other financial centers. about the territory. international banks including u.b.s. h.s.b.c. . all reported shopping creeds and home customers opening overseas accounts according to the financial times report by. as much as $4000000000.00 u.s. dollars in capital headed to singapore ready because of the ongoing unrest in hong kong. well let's go straight to singapore. is standing by 4000000000 sounds like a lot of money how significant is this drain for hong kong is that already palpable . it's a.

this is g w news from berlin for the 1st time police use lethal force against a protester in hong kong today tens of thousands of protesters to find a ban on demonstrations on trying his national day and the protest was hospitalized after being shot at close range by a police officer the violence a stark contrast to beijing's a show with military minds as the country marks 70 years of communist rule president xi jinping told his countrymen that no power on earth can hold china's advance also coming up tonight u.s. democrats subpoena top trump aides including the secretary of state as they build their case to impeach the president over the ukraine allegations it comes as new evidence has emerged that trump pressured all stroll u.s. prime minister for political gain and abducted raped and forced to give birth police in 1000 free dozens of women from what's being described as a baby factory. it's good to have you with this we begin tonight with some of the most violent anti-government protests that hong kong has seen this year scores of pro-democracy demonstrators were injured in clashes

hong kong will cause a basic change to the image of hong kong and to the idea that hong kong is special from the rest of china. that it will be broken by the deployment of the chinese security forces. professor, what do you make of the fact that carrie lam is still in charge of hong kong, what is beijing's doing here? carrie lam is not really in charge in hong kong any longer, in any sense of the word. she is being keptin any sense of the word. she is being kept in office by beijing because the chinese government cannot and will not appear week to the demonstrators. therefore, they will not remove her under pressure from the protesters in hong kong. it is quite clear that by now carrie lam is really mostly just quite clear that by now carrie lam is really mostlyjust following orders from china. us media is reporting that a second whistleblower has emerged in the controversy about president trump's conversations with his ukranian counterpart. mr trump has already been accused of asking the ukranians to dig for dirt on his rivaljoe biden. and now abc news says a second whistleblower has c

in hong kong. 11:00 a.m. in kiev. >>> we begin in the nation's capital with the latest on the whistleblower scandal. mike pompeo was on the call between president trump and the ukrainian president, zelensky. the state department has not responded for cnn's request for comment. here's what pompeo told abc news about that call last week. >> what do you know about those conversations? >> you just gave me a report about a whistleblower complaint, none of which i've seen. pompeo has not addressed the call with the ukrainian leader or rudy giuliani's dealings with ukraine. this is what pompeo said last week at the u.n. >> to the best of my knowledge, and from what i've seen so far, each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate and consistent with the objective we've had, certainly since this new government has come into office. >> the chairman of three house committees have subpoenaed pompeo over his failure to produce documents related to ukraine. >>> president tru