kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue were flown to needy hong kong as in taiwan. the market attracts a few 100 facade has mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan they are dotted all the holy. we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong people's gatherings before. we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you will be arrested if you speak up in hong kong and gong li hongzhi all of the delegation was as well as that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong nurse hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high. tens of thousands of hong kong ers have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive. this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in hong kong but

every permanent resident in hong kong bought 10,000 hong kong dollars or 1300 u.s. dollars in cash payment to tide them over through the hard times. but the hard times have persisted for another year and they could be going further. if you look at the fiscal reserves, they have dwindled down, there was 41 billion u.s. dollars handed out to various industries and individuals last year and that has dropped down the reserves considerably. at the beginning of 2019, this government had 155 billion dollars worth of reserves. that is down to about 116 billion right now. with a record budget deficit, they are going to have a hard time handing out cash. they are going to have to find creative ways to get stimulative. haslinda: speaking of creative ways, what are measures we could see given that this is such a perfect storm for hong kong? stephen: i think you will probably hear the main buzzwords from paul chan, infrastructure investment, hong kong is very good at doing that. they've been talking for years about more low income housing to address any different issues. societa

kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue were flown to needy hong kong was in taiwan. the market attracts a few 100 festus mostly hong kong students in university in taiwan. the whole the whole dalai. lama we've been studying here for many years. we never had such hong kong peoples gatherings before we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you'll be arrested if you speak up in hong kong only. talked i would guess why as well as that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong nurse hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high home. tens of thousands of hong kong ers have already fled their home town in fear of beijing's crackdown those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive but i applaud this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in hong kong tha

kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as their dependence you know for some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship. following it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children go get children in schools that something's that everything you would expect in terms of and i you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't go far enough i welcome the government in providing a safe life

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counsel hong kong and dekalb. we will be assessing how fintech is faring in hong kong. let's take a look at our markets. what are you seeing? sophie: mid week, we are seeing a down day for stocks. japan leading the regional decline. have health care, industrial materials and tech tracking at lower. we are seeing financials, energy and real estate marginally in the green. one highlight, shares falling as you are seeing bitcoin losing ground. my next is the second best performer on the topics year to date. japan airlines jumping along with korean air. this as we learned the u.k.'s four step plan to ease the lockdown for the country by june. boris johnson saying their review for international leisure travel will be announced by april 12. a company set to buy a u.s. supermarket chain with the purchaser be wrapped up by april. sk biofarma off by more than 12%. this after parent sk holdings -- flipping for a check of has has this morning. gold holding steady around 1800 and heading for a second month low as you are seeing u.s. yields, the outlook continuing to move up on opti

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: then the skies exploded with noise and colour. _ the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020, on the day the government postp

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in hong kong to take an oath of allegiance to the hong kong government and essentially to beijing and any of those who were found to be violating that or the violation that loyalty to the central government will be banned from that position and it also applies to lawmakers in hong kong now they can appeal this banning but while this appeal is going in place there will be suspended from that position and it will also require district councilors to sing the chinese national anthem when they take this there or if of allegiance as well now this basically means that beijing can ban any politicians who are considered by china to be a threat to national security from holding office in hong kong and this will affect hong kong's 400 or so district councilors and they are the lowest level of government in hong kong but crucially many of them who won their seats in the 2019 elections pro-democracy figures or opposition activists so many of the them will now be questioning how how long they'll be able to stay in that position and also there was another election planned and originally from last ye

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now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic —— coronavirus pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 20

walking away from hong kong? the answer is no. >> hsbc is very strong in hong kong and has been a very important part. i would love to ca presence of the bank in hong kong. -- i would love to see a presence of the bank in hong kong. >> you heard from one of our guests, and bringing him back to hear more about his expectations with the company's full-year results. always great to have you with us. >> good morning. shery: on the bloomberg, we can see clearly how the hsbc markets have really been under pressure. of course, they operate in the u.k., hong kong, where you have a low rate environment compared to the other giants in the banking industry that operate in china/southeast asia, so let me get started with you and ask you about your expectations for some of the numbers that we can see today. >> well, actually, nobody really expects too much from the bank in terms of performance because of the covid pandemic. everybody expects hsbc to have earnings like 40% lower. a little bit more than $8 billion u.s., but a s

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020 on the date the governmen

we we are having before was dr frank there is no future in hong kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as that dependence you know if it's some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship for long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children well get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and i you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal offense while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020 on the date the governmen

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. the last rites of imperialism finished with the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people were thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current coronavirus pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020, on the date the

kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue will flow to needy hong kong as in taiwan. the market attracts a few 101st it has mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan they are the whole the whole dalai. lama we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong peoples gatherings before we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you'll be arrested if you speak up in hong kong only. guess you are as well as that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong years hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high. tens of thousands of hong kong as have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown by those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive. this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in hong kong that we can still do else

some of them have already left hong kong. we are talking about people like -- a former legislator as well as another former legislator. they feel they can no longer be safe staying in hong kong. and that is how desperate the situation is becoming. >> steve from the university of london there, the specialist in china from the school of oriental and african studies. thank you very much for joining us on "france 24." we appreciate your time. of course, we will look for developments on that story. the trial starting this tuesday in hong kong of those pro-democracy advocates. next, aung san suu kyi in detention since february 1 while a military coup in myanmar, has been charged of reaching the country's national disasters law. the de facto president aung san suu kyi first charged of importing walkie-talkies used by her security team. the general seized power after losing the election in november to aung san suu kyi's party by a landslide. so, she is again under house arrest having been held for 15 years at her own home while tryin

anchor: turning to hong kong, officials suggest there be changes to hong kong election rules. >> yeah, exactly. yesterday we had a speech from beijing's top official saying that electoral reform was urgent and critical. this morning the city chief executive backed him up saying that it was crystal clear that beijing needed to get involved here. lam herself was backed by china, picked by a committee of business elites here said that the pro-democracy gain since the protests have increased their position on committee. it looks like beijing may take steps to curtail that influence, limiting it as it was. the whole system tilts in favor of beijing anyway. have a veto power over the city's leader and that is a source of protests in the plast -- past. we could see some major changes coming down the pipeline as early as a couple weeks when the nationals peoples congress banning committee meets next. rishaad: senior asian government reporter. coming up, after an engine blast. emergency inspections. we got details coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: more countries are granting a li

and we can bring in phoebe kong who's in hong kong what will happen to the people who have been charged today. could afford to put a 7 opposition thinkers who are prosecuted for conspiracy to commit the 1st and another new sweeping national security law in hong kong they will be detained in the police stations i will be brought to call tomorrow morning well we're not expecting the actual hearing to begin that soon but the judge will probably handle the bell applications of those defendants that with the side of whether they will have to be mended in custody in the near future so today arrested or they need to prosecute because now for leaving this off a protest in hong kong on the grounds that include one of the activists is just and these police station behind me that i've spoke to him he told the press that he still believes that this is not the end of hong kong democracy i want 47 out of 55 a prosecutor today. oh we're allowed to believe it took 2 to be released today but they were how including the american lawyer john clancy but that the same you know they get off the hook up there

kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family over the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as their dependence you know for some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship. following it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children go get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and i you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't go far enough i welcome the government in providing a safe lifeb

specifically in hong kong. that has to do with what's happening with the stamp duty, arise on stock trading. a report out of the city. i wanted to show the nasdaq futures. tech yesterday, a day. 3.5% on the composition. this morning, we trade in the red. you're a pound, nine straight days against the pound. the euro is lower. longest since 2015. this has everything to do with the vaccine trade. that is continuing. let's break down all the news with caroline simmons. she joins us now. we have to start out with powell. talking about rising bond yields. he says it's a sign of economic recovery, not a sign of inflation. whose camp are you in? jay powell or larry summers? caroline: we agree. it's a normalization of bond yields. they've been abnormally low. we think that bond yields will rise a little bit more over the year. another 20 basis points or so. it's not because inflation is running away. it's because we are finally able to realize the economic recovery post pandemic. for us, it's an encouraging sign. in te

1st life in hong kong many thanks. a funeral for more than 100 victims from iraq's yazidi minute minority has been held in the capital baghdad thousands of years e.d.'s were killed by ice will fight is back in 2014 the un investigators called it genocide so now fulton reports now from baghdad. these trucks carry the bodies of 100 for years e.d.'s murdered by eisel nearly 7 years after their killing they are at last on their way to their final resting place they were among thousands killed and buried in mass graves in the northern region of stenger and at a 1st to be identified using d.n.a. analysis after their remains were examined from the mass graves. now they have a name a face a family to return to. in life the iraqi government didn't protect them from isis systematic campaign of killing and kidnapping in death it is trying to grant them the respect they deserve. today's funeral procession is a message that terrorism targeted members of this oppressed community and iraq today wanted all the world to sympathize with

for hong kong's residents. well it really concerns many citizens and especially the opposition came under ground because the definition up of the teachers could be fake sweeping and changeable over time depending on the authorities political agenda and baiting beijing is now setting new rules new route lines to only allow to dos loyal to beijing to serve in public office as they are changing the game rules fundamentally now in hong kong and so we can expect. this qualification of opposition councillors as many of them were not being to meet their will they require ments of loyalty according to beijing standards that they have to pledge allegiance to the coast and in other words a little as to the china's communist party as well when will these new requirements come into force. what a new bill will be tabled to the hong kong is that just a chair in mid march and it is expected to be passed in this shop pier of time because there is no opposition now and that's just a check and this bill just comes a day after be

we we are having before we stop to think there's no future in hong kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british mandate or of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as that dependence you know if it's some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship so long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children well get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and now you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal offense while others in the u.k. say the scheme

kong as can also use the hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. owners like a football now and then the incredible trouble for the surprise team of the league this season involves further 3 goals against freiburg meant the 3 points and a move into 3rd place. the con of intimidation the woops unbeaten at home this season and they want everyone to know about it. when fi work struggled to neutralize a corner 20 minutes into the game the boasts pounds thanks to john anthony brooks. the body and it right it is feet. the u.s. international smash hit home for his 2nd goal of the season. the hosts came knocking again 20 minutes later about the course this time the best. but the whoops we're hungry from one yani yeah hashmi to 3 known minutes before the end. needed baku with the assist and all get out how to do was tap it in. one spot defend their fortress and jump to threat in the table. a pair of goals from midfield or not he has both had that cologne their 1st win at home for almost a year on sunday scored both in the 1st half against beautiful the 2nd

kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years is a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british mandate or of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as that dependence you know if a some 5000000 hong kong has a pathway to citizenship so long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children go get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and now you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't go far enough i welcome the government in providing a safe

kong some so products made by hong kong to sina's some of the revenue will flow to needy hong kong listen time on. the market attracts a few 100 festus mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan. there are those in the whole the whole dalai. lama we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong peoples gatherings before we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you will be arrested if you speak up in hong kong only be a doctor because you are as all that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong nurse hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high home. tens of thousands of hong kong ers have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive but i thought this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in h

since the national security law — hong kong? since the national security law was _ hong kong? since the national security law was introduced - hong kong? since the national security law was introduced we | hong kong? since the national- security law was introduced we know that around 2% of the population have already left the city. the city has transformed quite dramatically. there were a number of street protests almost back to back throughout 2019 since the law was introduced. we've seen an almost complete silencing of that street demonstration movement. the significance of what happened today means that not only the unofficial political pro—democracy camp have been targeted, those are the people protesting in 2019, the official pro—democracy camp have been targeted, in fact the entire opposition lawmakers have essentially resigned. even the potential, the future of the pro—democracy camp, that is what is represented today by the 47 people that have been charged. they attempted to take part in a primary election because they have plans to stand in the election and it s

over here in hong kong and the china mainland, markets are just about at least in hong kong, about to go on lunch. the hang seng has been surging this year. what we have seen is a huge amount of money coming in from the mainland through various links in process. it is about to lose the biggest source of funds during the lunar new year holiday. this $7 trillion market, can it holds its own -- hold its own? haslinda: take a look at the great wall of money from mainland traders. nearly 48 billion dollars worth of hong kong stocks in the first five weeks of this year, more than half of 2020's total already. some say people will take money off the table before the trading halt comes into play, but it has been such a hot market for tech startups, tech giants. why would you take money off the table? right? rishaad: absolutely, but this is something that happens every year. this time it could be different because it is annual. traders are taking a closer look at the unprecedented inflows. tencent has seen turnover, 42% of the stock's average daily turnover. perhaps this is down to mutual fund

kong political movement, and there will be no >> rorter: for many in hong kong, with no avenue for dissent anymore, and no power to resist the changes imposed by beijing, there is a sense that the writing is on the wall. many feel if they want a glimpse into what the year of the ox holds for the city, all they have to do is look across the border. for the pbs newshour in hong kong, i'm divya gopalan. >> woodruff: although former president trump's second impeachment trial concluded over the weekend, many questions still remain surrounding the events during and leading up to the deadly january 6 insurrection. this afternoon, house speaker nancy pelosi announced her plans to form an outside, independent 9/11-style commission to, as she says, "get to the bottom of how this happened." former new jersey governor, thomas kean, and former indiana co-chaired the 9/11 commission, and governor kean joins us now. >> woodruff: governor thomas kean, welcome to the "newshour." very good to see you. we know that you and lee hamilton sent a letter to president biden, to congressional leaders, on friday, ur

the review of radio television hong kong or. h.k. was initiated last year following coverage of anti-government protests in 29 teen officials said the review was to ensure the broadcaster comply with its charter while agent brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian a major overhaul now of hong kong's national broadcaster what's really behind this and why now. well daryn what's happening. in a sense reflects the profound changes that are happening elsewhere here in hong kong particularly comes to media freedom things came to a head on friday because the results the findings of a government inquiry into r t h k were released this was an investigation into management and governance and the minister responsible edward said that from their findings r.c.h. k. had in his words failed to engender a sense of community and to promote an understanding of one country 2 systems and he said to few days ago r.t. h.k. took the decision to drop the b.b.c. world service relay you could hear the able to hear the world service here in hong kong

we start to think there is no future in hong kong. >> hundreds and -- hundreds of thousands of hong kong years are expected to follow him and his family over the next few years. a visa scheme is open to those born before the hand over of hong kong to china. it offers some 5 million hong kongers a pathway to citizenship. the true test is still to come. activists say there is not enough infrastructure to support the arrivals and questions remain over integration. officials admit this is a work in progress. >> clearly they are going to be some challenges. there is a lot of work going on to make sure allf the essential things around housing to settle and integrate and if children are iolved, get children into schools. everything you would expect in terms of enabling people to settle. >> china has slammed the visa offer, accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs. >> i welcome the government in providing a safe lifeboat to many hong kongers, but i feel those who are not eligible like me are left out of the scheme. >> douglas is active in the pro-democracy movement. he fle

kong now i should say the hong kong's rollout of the specter nation or the vaccines it's lag behind some of the other developed cities across asia i should state that china got access last july to the sign in fact vaccine and there's been skepticism about this particular china. vaccination vaccine because of the lack of published articles has been made available the benefactor was exempted from publishing its 3rd phase i clinical trial results and this of course has fueled skepticism in hong kong but the hong kong government 8 it's indorsed this sort of act back saying if a study it's better to receive the vaccine than not so thanks very much indeed sarah clarke talking to us from hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera taken for ransom what we need some of the victims of nigeria's biggest and fastest growing criminal enterprise. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways however we got some very heavy rain pushing into central parts of china at miami you see this little area cloud here just spilling across shanghai easing out into the open waters southern parts

we just heard about this increase in hong kong. how does this affect the way you look at investing here? >> i think we remain long-term investors in the hong kong and the stocks that we are invested in. in our perspective, it does not affect our long-term deals, and we don't do short-term volatilities. it does not affect us at all. rishaad: that brings us to talk about how things have changed. we talked about september, we are in the midst of the coronavirus. we are looking at the light at the end of the virus tunnel. tell us how things are changing in the way you are investing in the last five to six months? >> i would say, not very much, and the sense that we remain long-term in the way that we invest. if you were to talk about the key things that have changed since last september, it is a lot more positivity on india since september, and that is because india has shown to be a lot better at controlling the covid-19 affect on the economy better than we had anticipated. i think we remain constructive there. so that would be the ke

kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as their dependence you know fist some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship so long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and now you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't go far enough i certainly welcome the government in providing a saf

on any war in hong kong sort of criticizing the influence of beijing gold the city. tried to that national security law it's very hard to now express dissent or protest in hong kong although i must say there was a very long queue into the public gallery our head of this case for the look public to watch the proceedings that that in a sense gives you a sense of the interest and perhaps support for the media mogul but also there's a lot of international interest in this case and therefore although you can't express support and home kong there seems to be a lot of support our round of what is going on in the city particularly beijing's crackdown on voicing out pro-democracy support or are trying to enhance any kind of pro-democracy activities here so hello. thanks very much continue to follow proceedings there with you in hong kong through the day. from st petersburg in the west to vladivostok in the far east tens of thousands of rallies across russia demanding the release of journalist kremlin critic alexy the valley more than 5000 people have reportedly been detained

kong's handover from britain to china president xi jinping is almost certain to come to hong kong and i think the authorities want to ensure that there are no just scored invoices you know on the sidelines i mean the authorities have been framing this as a national security issue one of the broader implications of this case for the people in hong kong. well the thing is this national security law is very vaguely worded but it's being very broadly defined for instance if i did a report about what was president xi jinping a favorite meal let's say that could be construed as a state secret and therefore a violation of the national security law as journalists we're having to sort of navigate red lines without knowing what those red lines are the only time you will know if you've done something wrong is if you get a telephone call from the office of safeguarding national security inviting you around for you know a cup of tea since the new law was imposed on june the 30th last year 96 people have been arrested accused of violating the national security law and at the time carried on of cour

kong as can also use the hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. with this league of football now and news of an incredible treble for the surprise team of the league this season the men here in green both book 3 goals against freiburg men 3 points to move into the place. the con of intimidation the sun beaten at home this season and they want everyone to know about it. when 5 works. sagal to neutralize a corner 20 minutes into the game the hosts pounced thanks to john anthony brooks. the body and it right it is feet. the u.s. international smashed it home for his 2nd goal of the season. the hosts came knocking again 20 minutes later down the course this time to strike a demagogue of sporks lead with his 13th goal this season the credit goes to a quick thinking and not for stephan who had the vision to pay it in from a cost. but the wolves were hungry for more yani yeah had to made it 3 known minutes before the end. they needed baku with the assist and all get out how to do was tap it and. look defend their fortress and jump to threat and the goin

in hong kong and shanghai. vonnie: saudi arabia and russia are again heading into an opec-plus strategy meeting on opposite sides of the output debate. riyadh wants members to be cautious about production despite recent price rises. they still want the group to increase supply. opec and its allies are still withholding about 7 million barrels a day from global markets. japan has ordered ana to ground several of their boeing 777 aircraft after the engine failure on the united airlines jet in the u.s. over the weekend. planes must be kept out of service. an issue was reported with this back in december. united is removing 24 777's equipped with the affected engines. taiwan expects its economy to grow this year at the fastest since 2014 as global chip demand boosts exports. gdp is seen expanding by 4.6%, significantly higher than the 3.8% forecast last year. taipei is also more than doubling their estimate for export growth to about 9.6%. recent bitcoin champion elon musk says prices seem high after the open surge

sophie: into the hong kong open, there is chatter about the china and hong kong well-connected program. already on course for another record year after a strong january. . you can already see by the chart here, bnp paribas with relative -- keeping the ipo going. morgan stanley noting the momentum might pull somewhat for the rest of the year with an additional $19 billion. pulling up the board for some of the stocks this friday, keeping an eye on the chinese chipmaker smic. 2020 did fall short of estimates and chip equipment might enter a down cycle. on the other hand, the broker its rates, and alibaba on watch altering the dollar bond sale as well as earnings this week aired a big weekend alibaba. haidi: and a big week for amazon as well. news of the week was -- with jeff bezos intending about the third quarter to step down. he is exceeding the head of the cloud business. this is a well trodden path for a lot of the legendary tech founders in silicon valley as well. it will be really interesting to see where he goes next, where the business goes next as well as what he does individuall

kong must go on i one of the hong kong people no matter where you are to keep faith and to be hopeful and to accounting to our struggle to do you believe you'll be disqualified on okami i had i show him that same question 7 months ago after he was detained for taking part in a small protest in breach of social distancing rules i really don't know whether i would be smart i don't know but i'm i can say for sure that this. shooting was a candidate in an unofficial poll held last july to pre-select candidates for legislative elections 2 months later elections which were later canceled with the government citing covert 90 the strategy of the pro-democracy camp had been this again a simple majority in parliament block important legislation and force the resignation of the territories leader kerry lamb. but such tactics common in democracies around the world are enough to get you arrested in today's hong kong and in january the police came knocking rounding up 55 activists including us human rights lawyer john clancy who was not charged on sunday but joshua young the territories best known

the hong kong people no matter where you are to keep faith and to be hopeful and to accounting to our struggle yesterday believe you'll be disqualified you are not on me i had i show him that same question 7 months ago after he was detained for taking part in a small protest in breach of social distancing rules i really don't know where i would get started i don't know but i'm i can say for sure that this. shooting was a candidate in an unofficial poll held last july to pre-select candidates for legislative elections 2 months later elections which were later canceled with the government citing covert 90 the strategy of the pro-democracy camp had been this again a simple majority in parliament block important legislation and force the resignation of the territory's leader kerry lamb. but such tactics common in democracies around the world are enough to get you arrested in today's hong kong and in january the police came knocking rounding up 55 activists including us human rights lawyer john clancy who was not charged on sunday but joshua wong the territories best known podium ocracy vo

kong now as to whether the hong kong government is concerned about that whether the authorities in beijing are particularly concerned about that on the surface express a lot of indignation but i think the response is really a rather sanguine one because they know that all those people who are leaving those skilled professionals can be replaced by a pool of talent across the board on the mainland who would like to come and live and work in hong kong because it's still in spite of all that's happened today to free a city in china thank you adrian brown in hong kong on to corona virus news the united states has approved the johnson and johnson coated 19 vaccine it is the country's 3rd and its 1st single dose jab the pharmaceutical company says its vaccine is effective at preventing severe kovan 900 symptoms including the new variants and there are 4000000 doses already to go elizondo in washington he says this new vaccine really does come with some strong selling points. the big difference with the johnson and johnson vaccine is it is only one shot to get and then be vaccinated that's differe

hong kong's top court to decide whether media tycoon g. lie can be granted bail in a high profile legal challenge to beijing's national security law. and tesla's bitcoin boost the long musk's electric vehicle giant buys into the crypto currency and promises to accept it for payments. so donald trump's lawyers are denying the charge that the then president incited his supporters to storm capitol hill a day before his 2nd impeachment trial at the senate they're also arguing it is unconstitutional to hold a trial for former president but there are kratz prosecuting trump says that he has no valid defense i do j. kustra begins our coverage from washington d.c. we fight. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like you're not going to have a country anymore those were some of donald trump last words on january 6th moments before a violent mob fired up by his false claims that the election had been stolen broke into the u.s. capitol and tried to stop congress from making joe biden's win official for rioters and a police officer died in the att

is there a danger of this happening in hong kong, showcase for china? yeah, that's difficult for china. hong kong is this phenomenally successful marketplace. a great earnerfor china. they don't want to kill the golden goose. what they will decide to do — they are trying a very uncomfortable fit in hong kong, which is to undermine democratic freedoms but maintain the capitalist success. i don't see how that is going to play out, and i don't actually think the chinese know how it is going to play out. they are obviously trying to terrorise the population into giving up their civil liberties, but the people are adamant they will maintain their liberties and democratic rights. it looks insoluble from this distance, but i can't see how this is ever going to find a solution that the world and china can find satisfactory. vincent, on the neighbourhood, as it were... what's curious is that it doesn't matter what the west thinks, butjapan, india, south korea, taiwan we have mentioned, all of these countries, south korea, it seems to have kind of got into argu

haidi: karina, hong kong's economy shrank by a record in 2020. the pandemic dragging down a city that was already reeling from political upheaval, but hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, says she expects spending will finally pick up once virus restrictions are lifted. to discuss how the city's famed sector is faring, we are joined by one of the leading players, a ceo. great to have you with us. are you equally as optimistic as we head into a another chinese new year season where there will be a disruption? last year, it was the protests. this year, the pandemic. do you see a return to the former levels of activity that we saw further the scene in hong kong? >> good morning. it will take us quite a while to get back to the new normal. over the past two months, we have had to adapt and it's not going to be -- month of february. haidi: does not depend on a resumption of international tourism or are you sufficiently encouraged that the domestic consumers are able to do that? you made commitments to open up more restaurants as well in this clima

hong kong trading up more than 1%. it does seem the reflation trade is going nowhere anytime soon. >> everybody wants to believe in it. you can see what is happening in the united states, setting believer everybody. you see stocks grinding higher day after day. the treasury market relatively well behaved. yields have been rising slightly, at a slow pace, nothing too dramatic. even when the yields gets to the 1.2 level, there is resistance. there is no signal stocks are getting too hot. as long as that is the case, people are comfortable to focus on the stimulus, the fact that inflation is relatively low, though the derivatives market says inflation will go higher. there is no immediate sign the cpi report is showing any signals. we will get the reading today. it is not expected to be different from the last one. major indicators suggesting accommodation is the name of the game. conditions are good, interest rates are low. people are continuing to take risks. there is nothing much on the horizon that can knock people ou

from hong kong and time of testers in terms of how to limit things how to keep themselves safe really see a lot of people carrying shields down everyone pretty much everyone's wearing helmets running shoes things like that and we're really seeing more and more police . crackdown start again as well so you know the purse protestors who were shot where shot in the late afternoon as police are trying to break up protests and now we're hearing. live and my mission ok i can see that we're being used as early as 8 in the morning ok now briefly on sun suit she hasn't been seen since the coup she's due to face a court hearing on monday on charges brought against her by the military junta will this galvanize the protests. yes and i think also the arrest hundreds of protesters as well as other people who've been influenced both prisoners and journalists who are really just out there doing their jobs well also galvanize people and that's more of a people get injured anything killed you know the result of the protesters has only got struck there journalist i am in tongues thank you so much. thank