it made economic sense for beijing to be relatively hands off. however, as china grew into an economic superpower in the early 2 thousands, beijing started to re think it's hong kong strategy. beginning perhaps from 20 all 3, when there's marked change of tactics and up aging to us to was a hong kong mall control. more innovations and more presence in the way we govern the media isn't not immune to those strange of strategy. so beginning from that, we've seen that media on dumble direct in direct oh pressure or the hifi will. yep . through that pilot yancey. we hate to hang on. stop phones. i am a little was i will enjoy all holmes and cbl in aren't wait one sums. i, they, they, joe, real topical goldman. hi, lee, what you go homemaking and i tell my gums. i ed sedley with my my like in the ohio the me, me good being bama. china's tougher approach to hong kong was solidified in 2012 . when siege in ping was appointed general secretary of the communist party in 2014 c, radically changed the election process for the cities. my senior political repr

it will come to beijing any time soon. still army crunch capacity to spread quickly has cast uncertainty over the country and it's 0 cove at pandemic strategy. early studies show the 2 main vaccines use in china made by sign of farm and sign of vic, a for almost 0 protection from on the chrome infection. in one study conducted by a team at the university, hong kong research has said that among a group of 25 people fully vaccinated with a sign of ex corona, vic, none show detectable levels of neutralizing antibodies against a variant. and it is important to continue to monitor the vaccine effectiveness in the field as ro, i'm in our study designed the dest. you generally, there have been good predictors as to what happens in the field. but i, real ultimate in, via trying to achieve is to protect against severe disease and it, china has yet to approve overseas developed shots and has relied on home grown vaccines to protect its population of 1400000000 people. it now faces the prospect of having to develop more efficient one

and it will have no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics. the boycott is moving forward despite recent effort to stabilize ties, including last month's a video meeting between biden and chinese president seeking pink. i think what we're seeing now is both united states and china testing the waters and going back and forth on politics and the olympics become a platform or a proxy for engaging in political verbal batteries. let's just hope it stays at verbal. we're entering a perilous moment and the olympics are sort of ante up the tension between the 2 countries in ways that are much bigger than the olympics. the u. s. also applauded the woman's tennis association for suspending all tournaments and china over concerns for the safety of chinese tennis star panko. why? with lympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katia lopez of the young al jazeera and in a briefing just within the last hour and china's foreign ministry spokesman says the us will pay a price for t

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that's katrina you live 1st in beijing. new zealand also says 8 want to be attending china is winter olympics at a diplomatic level, but says that decision mostly has to do with cobra. 19 and travel logistics with the deputy prime minister says there concerns about human rights and still exist and have been raised with the vision. we make very regular statements around views, all human rights issues with respect to china and the prime minister's rights. those directly with prison and j, we already know attending diplomatic level is and so it's a hypothetical from app. concerns about a new concept in ukraine said to dominate talks between the us and russian leaders . later on tuesday, president joe biden is promising what his spokesman, called, enduring and meaningful costs. if the build up of russian troops, east of ukraine's border results in an invasion blood, we put in his deny that an invasion is planned, blaming nato, for the need to position his military as a buffer against his expansion, eastwards is likely to demand

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beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. with two months remaining, the us has announced a diplomatic boycott, saying it won't contribute to the fanfare, nor pretend it is business as usual in the face of china's egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the prc�*s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in xinjiang and other human rights abuses. there is precedent here, but the move falls short of the 1980 us—led boycott of the moscow games where team usa athletes were pulled from the competition. the athletes will be participating, we will be rooting for the athletes from home. i am an olympics obsessed person so i'm looking forward to doing that, but i think this isjust an indication that it cannot be business as usual, that not sending a diplomatic delegation sends that messa

we'll be live in beijing. off of this report from katya lepus audio political tensions between the us and china, now playing out and next year's winter olympics. and beijing, he was presidential bite and said for weeks he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the games over china's human rights record. particularly what washington says is genocide against weaker muslims in shing young province. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the pierre scenes ongoing genocide and crimes against a humanity engine, john and other human rights abuses. the athletes and team usa have our full support will be behind them 100 percent as we cheered them on from home. oh, china is accused of detaining more than a 1000000 weaker muslims and other minorities in camps where force, labor and civilization of women are allegedly common. beijing denies this before the boycott was announced, it warn't of counter measures, but also

athletes going to beijing. china has been warning of unspecified counter measures adding that the games are not a stage for political posturing. [speaking foreign language] >> the winter olympics are held once every four years the protagonists will be athletes from various countries not individual politician. those politicians who claim a political boycott are hyping things up nobody cares where they come or not and lit have no influence on beijing's sucks is in hosting the winter olympics. >> in its response, the international olympic committee says it respects in government's decision about whether or not to send officials. let's hear from our correspondent who explains what's behind the biden administration's decision. kimberly: under pressure from some human rights activists, the biden administration has announced on monday that it is participating in a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics set to begin in february in beijing. the united states saying that it is concerned about china's human rights abus

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now, playing out and next year's winter olympics in beijing, u. s. presidential bite and said for weeks he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the games over china's human rights record, particularly would washington says as genocide against weaker muslims in shing young province, the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the pierre scenes ongoing genocide and crimes against a humanity engine, john and other human rights abuses, the athletes and team usa have our full support. will be behind them 100 percent as we cheered them on from home. oh, china is accused of detaining more than a 1000000 weaker muslims, and other minorities in camps where force, labor and serialization of women are allegedly common. beijing denies this before the boycott was announced, it warn't of counter measures, but also talked down and he likely impact from the us move scenarios who sure, you know. yeah. most politicians who clump a boycott for political self intere

well, this is not be from beijing? well, this is not something _ be from beijing? well, this is not something that _ be from beijing? well, this is not something that the - be from beijing? well, this is l not something that the chinese government are used to. there are many sporting organisations in china and in other parts of the world, and as steve simon himself said, you can't always take thejudgment as himself said, you can't always take the judgment as to whether a country is being run in a way you would like it to be run. business does count for a lot. these organisations need money to exist, but it's on this particular case that he feels so strongly about. he says there's no way we can compromise. we now wait to see whether the chinese authorities will agree to his demands. they're asking him, this independent investigation that peng shuai has made against state premier, so it doesn't really seem how the two sides can come together.— can come together. russell fuller there. _ meanwhile, in other news, the first us case of the omicron covid variant has bee

this is exactly why we cannot send our athletes to the beijing athletes. we cannot guarantee their safety. we cannot turned a blind eye to the ongoing genocide. we cannot allow american companies who want to preach social justice here in the united states because it helps their balance sheet to then ignore basic human rights when it comes to china to also pad their balance sheet. and i would ask any of my colleagues, did they agree when it comes to the winter olympics, did they agree with the i.o.c. stepping into politics when it comes to apartheid? the i.o.c. not only banned the olympics from happening in south africa under apartheid. they banned the south african olympic committee -- they banned the south african olympic committee from participating in the olympics for 30 years when it came to apartheid. yet, when it comes to china, when itdoms to the abuse -- when it comes to the abuses of the chinese communist party, we have a whole heck of a lot of silence. if we won't take a stand now, what will we take a stand for? i support my colleague, mr. mccaul

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what is the reaction from beijing? _ treatment of people. what is the reaction from beijing? it - treatment of people. what is the reaction from beijing? it has - treatment of people. what is the | reaction from beijing? it has said reaction from bei'ing? it has said in a statement _ reaction from beijing? it has said in a statement that _ reaction from beijing? it has said in a statement that they - reaction from beijing? it has said in a statement that they want - reaction from beijing? it has said in a statement that they want to | in a statement that they want to cooperate more with the us when it comes to trade but if you look at individual corporations, they are being caught up in this. a chip manufacturer, intel, they put out a statement this week saying none of their suppliers are going to be able to use anything from that region in china. that sparked a huge amount of backlash within china with everything from hashtags to try and ban intel products to forceful comments from the chinese government, and intel had said to walk back some of their governments by saying, e

it will apparently be no different for the beijing winter games to begin in february. despite china's repeated denials of human rights violations and suppression of freedoms, particularly in xinjiang, and hong kong, chinese leadership is coming under scrutiny. the u.s. is joining others in a diplomatic boycotts of the games. athletes will still go to beijing, but government representatives will not be there for the opening and closing ceremonies, or to attend official functions. so far, other countries seem more reluctant to join in. france's president calls the boycott insignificant and pointless. >> i don't think we should politicize this to make very small and symbolic measures. either we say we are going to do a complete boycott, not going to send any athletes, or we are going to try to reengage in useful actions. i am more in favor of doing things that have a useful effect. anchor: aside from human rights, the four boycotting countries have other concerns about china. for example, donald trump launched a trade war because of what the former u.s. president said wer

i think_ headed to beijing. that's right. | think that - headed to beijing. that's right. i think that many l headed to beijing. that's - right. i think that many people from the traditional pro—democracy camp, of course, wouldn't be surprised by the result. this is the first election in hong kong since the introduction of electoral. that meant that the only people that were even eligible to stand in the election were people deemed by beijing as patriotic. many of the people that would have stood in the elections in the past in the pro—democracy camp have found themselves in prison or in exile. many are facing national security law charges, which means they could face up to life imprisonment if found guilty. many critics would say that hong kong has seen a drastic transformation of the last four years, firstly because of the national security law, also because of electoral reform. and in some ways this was predictable, because we knew that only patriots were able to stand in the election and therefore they would win the election, but what we have seen is of the 90 seat

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can taiwan withstand the tension and what beijing's next move. how stromey is this young democracy, really? j way, leon is a passionate believer in democracy. it's the backbone of his taiwanese identity. he seeks to distance himself from his chinese roots. oh, but that's no easy task when china is omnipresent, it's the land of his ancestors and traditions. he's constantly reminded of his family's origins. oh, it's all good. she hall. what's india dosage when i was in china? how was i phoned my friend to talk about the gentleman square massacre elsie hall, which was august at some point. i noticed that i'd been under surveillance or 2 weeks now. how y'all was you? i had written articles to tell my friends in taiwan, the state of chinese civil society are yodi chairs, but these articles were censored and blocked by the chinese government. one, when zone was a senior, dogs out our it's, i had the feeling that taiwan was warming up to the idea of reunification. i know how much to my dismay, one bow. so was the people that social incognita. so i retur

the beijing boycott grows — now canada and britain say they won't be sending officials to the winter olympics. and the japanese billionaire who's become the latest space tourist. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. there are increasing doubts about the new coronavirus restrictions announced by britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, amid public anger over allegations his staff held parties in breach of lockdown rules last year. the new restrictions include that from monday people in england will be encouraged to work from home wherever possible. but more immediately, from friday, face masks will have to be worn in most public indoor venues. and the nhs covid pass will now be mandatory for nightclubs and other venues with large crowds. but the anger over the alleged christmas party last year — and the video of government advisers apparently mocking the restrictions — has led many mps to question the prime minister's credibility. laura kuenssberg reports. hemmed in, borisjohnson stuck with two ugly problems that are mashed together. what happened u

s. ambassador to beijing. to the, to the event and him not make any statements at the event to just be there. but that's, you know, that's a judgment call. but i think that you know, that they're not, they can't do that now. so they're, they're locked into a situation where they just have to go through the deployment of the chinese could take, they could refuse to send their own athletes to different games. it could take some kind of measures against the world tennis association or i guess other countries that were involved in this kind of a diplomatic boycott by threatening to not have their athletes participate. but these would be really, some of them, a very extreme measures, which i think would make the situation even worse for the chinese right now. they have to think about, are there going to be other countries that are also going to join this diplomatic way? or do they think that's inevitable or perhaps not? and there were no other countries that joined this boycott at the time united states announced t

and it will have no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics. the boycott is moving forward despite recent effort to stabilize ties, including last month's a video meeting between biden and chinese presidents teaching pink. i think what we're seeing now is both united states and china testing the waters and going back and forth on politics and the olympics become a platform or a proxy for engaging in political verbal batteries. let's just hope it stays at verbal. we're entering a perilous moment and the olympics are sort of ante up the tension between the 2 countries in ways that are much bigger than the olympics. the u. s. also applauded the woman's tennis association for suspending all tournaments and china over concerns for the safety of chinese ton of star peng. why? with the olympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katia lopez of the young al jazeera. joining us out from beijing is on a tang and a political analyst who specializes in chinese affairs. good to b

and a different reaction from beijing to at the us has decided. butjust on the fact that australia has nowjoined the united states. momentum does seem to be building around the sort of diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics. who knows, which country will follow next. but i think it was inevitable that australia would follow its close ally, the united states. the military, the defence alliance between australia and its most important security partner, the united states dates back to the early 1950s. the australian olympic committee says it supports the government�*s decision. so what that means is that 40 australian athletes will be competing in beijing but those austrian politicians and diplomats would normally attend an event like this will be staying away and as far as australia is concerned, it believes that it is part now of an international movement, sending a very clear message to china that these alleged human rights abuses of its minorities won�*t be tolerated and as we say, we wait to see what china�*s broader reaction to

he joins us when beijing -- us from beijing. luisa, what is your reaction to the launch of the global gateway ? what are your impressions? >> good afternoon, everyone. it is positive. we see this as a strategic approach from europe, a new way of relationship from its main trading partners, but also with its neighbors, developing countries. it is also a way for europe to show it has an economic model that is an alternative to others that existed, including development road initiative. it is important for us because it includes a part from the public sector, and imported role for the private sector. the money we are talking about will come a lot from companies. companies need to believe in these projects, and from our perspective is a very good initiative and one that is long overdue. europe is already the largest donor in the world, the largest investor. what we are doing now is trying to have a more strategic approach anymore team europe approach, trying to prioritize defense initiatives and putting them under a common umbrella.

only 30 percent turned out for poll, open only to candidates betted for their loyalty to beijing. and in buddhist league of football, fryeburg leapfrog libra cruz and to jump in to 3rd place in the last match before the winter break. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. european states are scrambling to slow a highly contagious variant of the corona virus. the german government's new expert council has coal for tougher contact restrictions as the only cranberry it spreads . the demand comes a day after germany puts strict limits on travel from the u. k. where the variance is increasing exponentially, that says other european governments clamped down on public life to battle, or may kron, the netherlands became the 1st to impose a strict lockdown over christmas. so many across the netherlands. it's the very end that killed christmas. thanks to the highly contagious micron, the government has ordered all non essential businesses to shut till mid january christmas gatherings have also been curtailed. people will only be allowed for guests around the tree on the holid

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and it will have no influence on beijing success. in hosting the winter olympics, missouri, our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more details that well, this is something that's been called for by not only humans rights, human rights activists and even members of congress. but there's been great concern around the world about some of the human rights practices or lack thereof in china . and so this was an opportunity to kind of send a statement. so there has been a real pressure on the by to ministration to do a full boycott. of beijing 2022 and said what we've learned from the white house press secretary is the white house will allow us athletes to go into participate starting in february. but they will have in place a diplomatic boycott. what does that mean? that means that no u. s. government officials will be present or any other sort of formal dignitaries . it's designed to put in place and send a very strong message to the chinese government that it does not tolerate some of the practices that have been seen, par

s. diplomatic boycott of next year as beijing winter olympics could hom relations. american government officials will not be attending because of what they call human rights atrocities. and genocide, concerns around a new conflict, a new crane all set to dominate talks between us and russian leaders. later on tuesday, vladimir putin has denied that an invasion has planned, blaming nato for the need to position his military as a buffer against its expansion. eastwards police and the gambia have 5 t aghast at his best opposition. supporters. president adama barrow was declared. the winner of saturdays election was 53 percent of the vote, but protest to say it was saying he w should have one while ensued on protest as they say they won't give up demonstrating against october's military take over security forces fight tig asked to disperse crowds marching near the presidential palace, people are also angry about a deal involving the military leader that reinstated the prime minister. they say abdullah ham dock has betrayed them by agreeing to a government domination by

beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. the us has drawn a line, saying it won't contribute to the fanfare, nor pretend it's business as usual in the face of china's egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the prc�*s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in xinjiang and other human rights abuses. there is precedent here, but the move falls short of the 1980 us—led boycott of the moscow games where team usa athletes were pulled from the competition. the athletes will be participating, we will be rooting for the athletes from home. i am an olympics obsessed person so i'm looking forward to doing that, but i think this isjust an indication that it cannot be business as usual, that not sending a diplomatic delegation sends that message. but is beijing paying attention? judging b

earlierthis still get to go to beijing in february. earlier this week, the us accused china of genocide in its oppression of the predominantly weaker minority in singeing problems. —— uyghur. speakto minority in singeing problems. —— uyghur. speak to the bbc, john kerry demanded the boycott,. john kerry demanded the boycott. -_ john kerry demanded the bo cott,. ~ ., . boycott,. we not lecturing. what we're _ boycott,. we not lecturing. what we're doing _ boycott,. we not lecturing. | what we're doing something boycott,. we not lecturing. - what we're doing something the us has always done, which is stand up for human rights. but china strongly denies the human rights abuse claims. it calls the boycott is a smear campaign and so the officials hadn't even been asked to come in the first place. even been asked to come in the first place-— first place. china has not invited any _ first place. china has not invited any australian . invited any australian government officials to attend the winter olympics, and no—one would care a

nobody cares whether they come or not, and it will have no influence on beijing success. in hosting the winter olympics, missouri growing concerns of her new conflict in ukraine could come to a head on tuesday with a virtual summit between president joe biden and vladimir putin biden. as promising what his spokesman called enduring and meaningful costs, if the build up of russian troops, east of ukraine's border results in an invasion, us intelligence experts say that could happen in just weeks. if he appear has claimed more key victories in its battle against rebels from tig rye. and the government says it's taken back the strategically important tons of dessie and con boettcher. the fighting is concentrated in m horror and afar regions to grind forces had until recently been advancing on the capital. on the a to highway a caught in miramar has given the countries deposed civilian liter unsung sushi. a 4 year prison sentence later reduced to 2 with a partial pardon is the 1st of a dozen cases the military has brought against her. those but up stories do stay with us. wit

. >> reporter: still beijing's response immediate and furious, a spokesman saying, if the u.s. is ensis tent on going down the wrong path, china will take necessary countermeasures. despite talk of a new cold war between the u.s. and china washington needs china to pressure japan to work on trade and climate change the white house is under pressure from both parties to get tougher with beijing. frances. >> okay. andrea, thank you. >>> across the country, ski resorts are delaying their openings because warm temperatures are keeping the slopes nearly snowless erin mclaughlin has more. >> reporter: on slopes across the west, it's a winter no show. with little snow on the ground, ski resorts that usually open in time for the thanksgiving holiday are still closed over the weekend, just over a third of the area ski grounds were partially resorts, three have been able to operate and it comes after october's early winter wallop. snow season high, now dry. >> it's been really warm since then we haven't seen the natural snow. >> reporter: it's the same story in colorado, denver has now g

well, mother, total surprise from beijing. this has been discussed for some weeks now and tanya's foreign ministry on monday actually addressed the possibility of the u. s. announcing a diplomatic boy called accusing washington of political grandstanding political manipulation. and they said that this move went again.

in beijing . the united states saying that it is concerned about china's human rights abuses, particularly when it comes to the treatment of chinese muslims, known as wiggers. the u. s. has called the actions of china against this ethnic group, genocide. so the united states sending a very clear message, the white house press secretary confirming that no diplomats or official delegation will be attending the winter olympics. the by new administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games. given the peer scenes, ongoing genocide and crimes against a humanity and john and other human rights abuses, the athletes on team usa have our full support will be behind them 100 percent as we cheer them on from home. we will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games . now, this is the 1st time the united states has sent a message or protested government policies of another nation. in fact, back in 1980, we saw full boy cod of the

we are live in beijing. the morning rbi. you can say investors have really developed an appetite for lately december 15. this is "worldwide exchange. >> welcome back. good wednesday morning about 5:30 in the united states. get on that peloton or machine and ride let's get right to the stocks and stock market futures we are not seeing a big move in stock futures and why would we >> we get the interest rate call that's what everybody is waiting on with the holding pattern as well those numbers are up a tick. nasdaq numbers are down. even with everybody expecting one or some rate hikes next year government bonds posting a feg tiff return. 10-year yields well below inflation at 1.34% calling out 2 pm eastern time getting ready to make the most dramatic policy shift ever that could involve the twin towers tapering and tightening. they are different first, the taper a fed survey says the fed will speed up ending the monthly buying of bonds techover all in trouble. roughly 8% with those funds down 13%. the reason,

in beijing, hong kong. the opening of trade on the chinese mainland. >> beijing singles -- signals a shifts. the stock market enjoying an upbeat mood. reduced fears of an omicron variant.

this year is seen rising tensions between beijing and the likes of the us, particularly over alleged human rights abuses and shane jag, we discuss how china is relationship with the world is changing as property prices in chinese cities or to become among the highest in the world we meet some of the winners and the losers that one year into wreck. it hasn't been the disaster that some people predicted. well, we'll take a look at the new relationship between the u. k. and it in the state of your business, on reports in berlin. welcome to the program that the world's 2 biggest economies, but relations between the u. s. and china have been heading south throughout 2021 just recently. they've taken a further dive over claims of human rights abuses in the chinese region of shin jang, united states recently passed tough new legislation that puts the onus on businesses to prove their supply chains of free of forced labor. it accuses china, persecuting shin, jags muslim minority, weak population there. internment camps, forced labor programs, and intense surveillance more than a 1000000 week

attempts to disrupt the beijing winter olympic games. this will only expose its malicious intention to the world and will lead to greater loss of moral authority and credibility. >> reporter: beijing has threatened counter measures, but this official, when asked whether china would conduct a similar boycott of the 2028 los angeles summer olympics, did not specifically say whether that measure would be adopted. he accused the u.s. of politicizing sport and the olympic games. the international olympic committee which is co-hosting the upcoming beijing winter olympics said that the presence of government officials at the games is a purely political decision, reasserted the i.o.c.'s political neutrality, and said that this announcement from the white house makes it clear that the olympic games are beyond politics, somewhat undermining the chinese government's argument that this is politicizing the games. so the white house has been asked whether or not it's urging american allies to follow suit with this diplomatic boycott. jen psaki, the wh

in beijing . the united states saying that it is concerned about china's human rights abuses, particularly when it comes to the treatment of chinese muslims, known as wiggers. the u. s. has called the actions of china against this ethnic group, genocide. so the united states sending a very clear message, the white house press secretary confirming that no diplomats or official delegation will be attending the winter olympics. so by new ministration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics. and paralympic games, given the peer scenes, ongoing genocide and crimes against a humanity engine, john and other human rights abuses. the athletes on team usa have our full support will be behind them 100 percent. as we cheered them on from home, we will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. now, this is the 1st time the united states has sent a message or protested government policies of another nation. in fact, back in 1980, we saw the full boy cod

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and the beijing boycott grows now canada and britain say they won't be sending officials to the winter olympics. and the japanese billionaire who's become the latest space tourist. hello and welcome to the programme. there are increasing doubts about the new coronavirus restrictions announced by britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, amid public anger over allegations his staff held parties in breach of lockdown rules last year. the new restrictions include that from monday people in england will be encouraged to work from home wherever possible. but more immediately, from friday, face masks will have to be worn in most public indoor venues. and the nhs covid pass will now be mandatory for nightclubs and other venues with large crowds. but the anger over the alleged christmas party last year and the video of government advisers apparently mocking the restrictions has led many mps to question the prime minister's credibility. laura kuenssberg reports. hemmed in, borisjohnson stuck with two ugly problems that are mashed together. what happened under his own roof, which has sickened some

permitted to attend with diplomatic boycotts already being announced, beijing will be eager to ensure that covered outbreaks don't for the chill the already frosty atmosphere. for more, let's bring in correspondence, fabi and crash more in beijing of fabi and the numbers are bear repeating 13000000 people in lockdown for less than 200 daily infections. how were chinese citizens coping with such a tough measures? well, i mean, the general and the public are supporting those measures mostly. and the reason is that in most parts of china right now, you can live a relatively care free am normal life without restrictions. however, the people who are affected by the 0 covert strategy named be the citizens of c on who are really under strict locked down. they cannot even leave their house right now. they are relying on neighborhood committees to sent them or food and daily necessities. they are making a lot of sacrifices and if you scroll through em, social media for example, label which is the dominant m online platform. here, you can find the signs of discontent. for example, people compla

australia willjoin a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics next february. prime minister scott morrison said china had failed to respond to australian concerns about its human rights record. a saudi man suspected of involvement in the killing of saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, is arrested in paris. and, in the uk, leaked footage sparks a row over what appears to be officials joking about a covid christmas party last year — breaching lockdown rules — at number 10 downing street. welcome to the programme. president biden has used a video call with vladimir putin to express concern about russia's build—up of forces near ukraine. mr biden reiterated his support for ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and warned of strong economic consequences in the event of a russian invasion. russia described accusations it planned to invade ukraine as hysteria — and said its troops didn't pose a threat to anyone. the kremlin said nato was responsible for the rising tensions in the region. during a briefing after that meeting, the us national security a

beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. with two months remaining, the us has another diplomatic boycott, saying it won't contribute to the fanfare, nor pretend it is measures —— business as usual in the face of china's egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the prc�*s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in xinjiang and other human rights abuses. there is precedent here, but the move falls short of the 1980 us—led boycott of the moscow games where team usa athletes were pulled from the competition. the athletes will be participating, we will be rooting for the athletes from home. i am an olympics obsessed person so i'm looking forward to doing that, but i think this isjust an indication that it cannot be business as usual, that not sending a diplomatic delegation send

and rising beijing is fighting and expanding property bubble above beijing's glittering facades shine proud symbols of the chinese economic miracle. the people who clean them though, live in the basements of those buildings. people like one cham wrong blue. she is a so called ai, one of 1500000 housekeepers in the capital. i've been living here for 7 years to one cham wrong lives in a small storage room. it's green and dry and above all, it has a bit of daylight. above her is the 1st class apartment complex. renting in apartment fair costs around $2500.00 euros a month. one chung rung could never afford that. she works 10 hours a day and earns only $670.00 euros a month. oh, no matter how much you wish for something, it won't make it come true, emily. hi, sancho 3. as long as i can earn a living and put a little money aside, i'm happy. so high school rules, those with enough money on the other hand, are greeted at the front door by the sound of violins. tongue. rito is a real estate agent and shows us a 325 square meter luxury apartment, which goes for 5000 years a month. the 6 room s

this year is seen rising tensions between beijing and the likes of the us, particularly over alleged human rights abuses in chin. jang will discuss how chinese relationship with the world is changing. as property prices in chinese cities saw to become among the highest in the world. we meet some of the winners and the losers. i'm one year into brick. it has been the disaster that some people predicted. well, we'll take a look at the new relationship between the u. k. and if you neighbors with the state of your business on reports in berlin, welcome to the program that the world's 2 biggest economies. but relations between the u. s. and china have been heading south throughout 2021 just recently. they've taken a further dive over claims of human rights abuses in the chinese region of shin jang, united states recently passed tough new legislation that puts the owners on businesses to prove their supply chains are free of forced labor. it accuses china of persecuting shin jags muslim minority, weaker population, their internment camps, forced labor programs, and intense surveillance. mo

s. ambassador to beijing. to the, to the event and him not make any statements at the event to just be there. but that's, you know, that's a judgment call. but i think that you know, that they're not, they, they can't do that now. so they're, they're locked into a situation where they just have to go through the diplomatic way the chinese could take, they could refuse to send their own athletes to different games. it could take some kind of measures against the world tennis association or against other countries that were involved in this kind of a diplomatic boycott by threatening to not have their athletes participate. but these would be really some of the very extreme measures, which i think would make the situation even worse for the chinese right now, they have to think about, are there going to be other countries that are also going to join this diplomatic way? under the think that's inevitable or perhaps not, and there were no other countries that joined this boycott at the time united states announced