you never used to beijing as the enemy, so you never used to beijing as the enemy, so what's changed? first of all, i do not think that maligning is quite the word i would use. i am simply pointing out facts. it is the case that in the publication of the white paper by the state council in 2014, beijing's made it abundantly clear that they have, and i quote, "comprehensive jurisdiction over hong kong..." despite the assurances in the basic law. furthermore, the white paper goes on to point out that the judiciary part of the administration, and therefore have to have regard to national development and security interests. now, this is completely contrary to the separation of powers that hong kong believe in under the rule of law and the practice of the common—law. law and the practice of the common-law. to be blunt about it... ido common-law. to be blunt about it... i do not regard beijing as an enemy, but i am bound to point out that when they stepped all over one country, two systems and depart from their solemn promises, not only to their solemn promises, not only to the people of

between germany and trying to escalate over a hong kong hong kong democracy activists visit to berlin beijing summons the german ambassador after a meeting between joshua long and germany's foreign minister in the german capital china is now accusing germany of meddling in its affairs. hundreds of nigerians back at home after a spate of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in their homeland what does the future hold for them. and the killer diseases that are entirely preventable the world health organization sounds the alarm over defining facts and they should brace worldwide. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us within the last hour the european central bank has unveiled a fresh stimulus plan ended boosting the eurozone economy now among the measures another cut in interest rates pushing borrowing costs further into negative territory now this is part of efforts to get inflation to just under 2 percent the level economists and the e.c.b. are actually aiming for that was here's what the president of the e.c.b. mario draghi had to say about the move

that disputes between germany and china escalates over a hong kong democracy activists visit to berlin beijing summons the german ambassador after a meeting between joshua wong and germany's foreign minister in the german capital china now his attorney of meddling in its affairs. also coming up to hundreds of nigerians back at home for a spate of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in their homeland what is the future of full. time sumi so misconducts good to have you with us china has formally summoned the german ambassador to beijing after a meeting between the german foreign minister heikal moscow and the hong kong protest leader joshua wang in berlin this week now during his visit one called on the german government to publicly condemn police violence and abuse of power during the ongoing demonstrations in hong kong now and a direct attack on an important trading partner beijing is warning of negative consequences for relations between china and germany. it was just you were walking search day in berlin he came to the german capital with a message for i'm go

all chinese companies to invest in germany is that the right approach i'll ask our correspondents in beijing and frankfurt. and to the kingdom in the sky we take you to design a burgeoning medical marijuana the state costs of doing business leaving small farmers high and dry. thanks to business germany's leader wants to embark on a new phase in the european union's relations with china washington continues to hike tariffs on chinese products under medical is pushing for a european investment deal with beijing around the that she's banging heads together reprimanding the american and chinese on a trade wall if 1st meeting with chinese premier league challenge at beijing's great hall of the people said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes the result soon they didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with the u.s. but with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say that china promises to open up its economy even more. well china is becoming an even more important trade partner

you may say that you don't see beijing as the enemy but it seems to me beijing certainly now sees you as their enemy. if one looks at the state press in china, mainland china, you have been fingered as one of a "gang of four" very senior hong kong ers who are said to be orchestrating the protest movement. the highest legal enforcement body in china, the central political and legal affairs commission has accused you and the other three of "14 deadly sins" including "colluding with the us and uk, and inciting young people in the city." are you feeling intimidated and frightened right now? well, mr sackur, you clearly do not know me and you do not know my experiences and my history. but i hope you can see that this is all part of the state propaganda machinery. and simply because i don't hold toe the line and say things that they may not wish to hear, they have mounted a smear campaign, yes, intimidation, harassment, notjust only of myself but of my family members. but the more they do of this sort of smearing, the more they convince hong kong people... if i may... ..that the only way th

beijing should not have it both ways. grabbing all the benefit of hong kong's standing in the world while erosion of our freedom. it's the most important reason why the hong kong human rights and democracy act support hong kong society. lam withdrew the bill earlier this month. just as protesters have long stopped calling for her resignation, this decision was meaningless by now. the movement is far from over because it has long moved beyond one bill or one person. our most important demand is change in hong kong. our government's lack of representation lies at the heart of the matter. as i speak hong kong is standing at a critical juncture. the stakes have never been higher. we are confronted by the huge chinese military buildup just across the border. president xi jinping is unlikely to take action before the upcoming national day in october. no one can be sure what's next. with china's interference in taiwan, tibet it's served as a reminder that beijing is prepared to go far in pursuit of its grand imperial project. i

the strongman aesthetic is what rules beijing even hong kong. so dealmaking doesn't mean much to them because whatever deal they make they will subvert just like universal suffrage and rule of law. we call that parties speak in the administration has to be aware of the parties speak and understand it. second, as others have alluded to on both sides of the pacifi pacific, this is the first ideological confrontation of the new cold war if you agree with it or not when it is perceived by both beijing and people in dc to be ideological confrontation. witnesses here and people in this room are looking to save hong kong's autonomy the state of two systems and beijing and hong kong are looking to weaponize those two systems against the us. is not just getting a good trade deal from china it's an issue much broader than that. one country to system specifically looking at how china can use hong kong's advantages through customs treatment to exploit the world. we have seen it with the recent scandal at the united nations were patrick o was found guilty to

it was the most serious challenge to beijing's of thoresby in hong kong. until the protests that erupted in june this year sparked by a proposed extradition bill to allow of suspects to be transferred to mainland china activists built on the lessons learned during the umbrella movement. they've proved highly organized using guerrilla style tactics as well as mass marchers and says in. the message they won't give upon kong's autonomy with a fight. thanks. and pro-democracy activist joshua wong is with me in the studio joshua welcome and welcome to berlin in fact at an event last evening here in the city you said and i quote if we are in a new cold war hong kong is the new berlin on court what do you mean by that under the hot line of rule and suppression in hong kong hong kong experience problems for totty and how beijing transformed my hometown to be a police state and with our course on free election we hope to lead people to understand that with the pressure of beijing and how the free you wrote support hong kong is the new burden under the new cold war

it's images like the beijing hoped would have long. chinese president xi jinping and. instead mass demonstrations have dominated the count. down to the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china these protesters are no mood to celebrate. with the world watching closely they want to capitalize on the attention and make them and ahead we should be a great day but we really can find a reason to start to bring we feel more sorry and sorrow for what do you have suffered i hope to make our country attention to understand more whites we are going to fight for this this spring is a good one to protest to to show them home we will lose. feet of where we will no matter how low. also artie's hit their mass on rest on cheese day they want to avoid a repeat of more scenes like this. images of angry young patients should threaten the full focus from beijing celebrations and embarrass authorities police have made clear this weekend that un sanctioned rallies will not be tolerated boss there's only so much they can do to keep people off the streets instead of massively scaled

appear weak beijing is trying to avoid appearing weak beijing is trying to avoid making any concessions in order not to set a precedent for may be for the protests and. did a breach of the corresponding thank you thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 16 people have been killed in a massive car bomb blast in the afghan capital kabul more than 100 others were wounded the taliban says it carried out the attack which came just hours after a u.s. envoy confirmed that a peace deal been struck in principle with the taliban. an iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between tehran and the west appears to have switched off it's tracking they can they. already know the grace was last recorded off the coast of syria it was impounded roger brought up for more than a month amid allegations that it was carrying oil to to syria in violation of sanctions. 8 reports from south africa say 5 people have been killed in xenophobia taxes urban violence extends into the for the widespread looting and awesome attacks are for targeted foreign

that's what beijing is afraid of. they're afraid, that's why they first censored everything and then they realized we can't censor it and everybody does have the illegal vpns and they started doing the information and them they started a seening the disinformation. the other point is that there are mainlanders from the beginning in june who have expressed support for the hong kong democracy movement online. what has happened to them, arrested, detained, threatened and intimidated, et cetera. so not withstanding the full force of an authoritarian police state they are not able to shut it down and mr. king, they're not able to tell mainlanders who do see what they're seeing and who are not afraid and are also willing to pay the price to support hong kong's movement because they understand if hong kongers can hold the line, then the mainlanders who also want democracy and freedom can also have a chance, but hong kongers are the front line. >>. >> i want to join my colleagues and thanking you all. it is hard to soon of of

it's the 2nd major airport built in beijing in just over a decade beijing international is already full one environmental activists elsewhere ask questions about the future of mosse air transition china's aviation future is just taking off. the u.s. and japan have announced the outlines of a trade agreement which they expect to finish up in the near future in a joint statement the 2 countries vowed to finish the deal in 4 months u.s. president donald trump said the agreement would open up japanese markets to $7000000000.00 of american products potentially undermining the deal is trump's threat to put new tariffs on foreign cars imported into the u.s. . let's go now to our financial correspondent in new york yen scored a yen some interesting trade news there with japan but it's not really the trade news driving markets today what can you tell us. the other main trade was actually some speculation or remarks from u.s. president donald trump and saying that trade deal with china could be closer than we think that does not mean that trade deal is imminent but this was some comforting news f

why can't beijing be nice and soft? because they cannot stop encroaching on hong kong and they have so much benefits beijing's special status. this trend in hong kong has changed. earlier with tongue people have faith in the system people were okay and it's because of beijing's encroachment increasing encouragement over time that has driven the young people to the wall. when people and asking for independence but are happy to keep everything the way they are and [inaudible] >> beijing step back. okay. mr. lewis. >> thank you all very much. obviously great courage you have exhibited by the people in hong kong. i would like to ask you a question. when hong kong was turned back to china with tears what is the expectation of the people in hong kong and what will occur after the 50 years are up? that is number one. number two is this a taiwan presidential candidate who is a major shareholder of [inaudible] which represents 70000 people in china making apple products. has anything happened to disturb that relationship now and

it is very predictable right now, beijing ‘s playbook has a lwa ys right now, beijing ‘s playbook has always been refusing to back down and injured at the same time using this sketch talk about pla coming, there will be hard to crack people off the streets so that beijing is aspect asian was that with this refusal to back down in this catalogue, people in on kong, the protesters in hong kong will wear down itself and themselves and that they will subside by itself, it seems it is not working that ways expect to buy beijing, it's getting momentum, the boycott is starting and it seems to be continuing the turmoil seems to be continuing into september, even oktoberfest, so beijing will definitely leave —— need to adjust a strategy. temperament has been giving a weekly press c0 nfe re nce . temperament has been giving a weekly press conference. he mentioned that, she leaking of the recording and that press. i was and still am very disappointed that my remarks in a totally private exclusive session, which is a lunch, actually, which clearly the subject to chatham house rules, have been

dispute between germany and china as to late so for a hong kong democracy activists visit to berlin beijing summons the german ambassador after a meeting between joshua wong and germany's foreign minister in the german capital china is now she's in germany of meddling in its affairs. also coming up the killer diseases that are entirely preventable the world health organization sounds the alarm over declining vaccination rates worldwide. hundreds of nigerians back at home after a spate of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in their homeland what does the future hold for them. and could we be a step closer to finding life in outer space for the 1st time scientists have to check to water on an earth like planet orbiting a distant star we ask what's this discovery might mean. i'm sumi so what's going to it's good to have you with us china has formally summoned the german ambassador to beijing after a meeting between the german foreign minister heikal moscow and the hong kong protest leader joshua wang in berlin this week and during his visit one called on the ge

berlin a dispute between germany and china ask for a hong kong democracy activists visit to berlin beijing summons the german ambassador after a meeting between joshua washington and germany's foreign minister in the german capital china is now accusing germany of meddling in its affairs and also coming up a killer diseases that are entirely preventable the world health organization sounds the alarm over declining vaccination rates worldwide. and the head of the rio refugee camp on the greek island of less force resigned greece is struggling to turn off a surge of migrants from turkey and that has led to dangerous overcrowding. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us china has formally summoned the german ambassador to beijing after a meeting between the german foreign minister heikal moscow and the hong kong protest leader joshua walking in berlin this week now during his visit was called on the german government to publicly condemn police violence and abuse of power during the ongoing demonstrations in hong kong now in a direct verbal attack on an important trade partner

the initiative is completely with beijing. and the variations of how they can undertake similar types of actions in the future put taiwan completely on the defensive unless they have an opportunity to change the dynamic. and that really brings into consideration the concerns for the united states how to manage the risk escalation. is this a new development or incremental. and water some potential responses we might consider? great question. i recently had somebody asked me if taiwan was more concerned about the farmers and fighters or this particular episode on march 31. on the one hand circumventing activities and naval activities are becoming more persistent and routine. and the event that we are talking about so far as a one-off. we do not know if this is going to become part of the new normal . i remember being in a meeting in new york where taiwan affairs offices and scholars from china had different theories as to what triggered that particular action? the fact that that crossing that took place in the southern part of t

protests for more than 3 months the meeting in show engine was organized by beijing state owned assets supervision and administration commission the powerful central body that oversees china's huge state sector it includes some of the world's biggest companies in industries such as telecoms steel energy and shipping. so what should we make of that move let's ask china analyst cliff it's good and cliff a good to have you in the studio is a beijing coal onto more investment in hong kong's interest well i think it's definitely more in beijing's interest than hong kong's interest if you look at some of these companies i mean some of them are very interesting like santa pick but one of the things we're seeing being has been criticized before is not doing enough to reform these state owned enterprises so you look at these great hong kong companies and then these these rather cumbersome zombie firms in this state owned enterprise sector in china and you can't help but think that this is not in hong kong's interest speccing looking at specific sectors specific businesses now i think is having

it's the 2nd major airport built in beijing in just over a decade beijing international is already full while environmental activists elsewhere ask questions about the future of mosse air transition china's aviation future is just taking off. the china u.s. trade war has dampened economic prospects in asia with the development bank downgrading its growth forecasts for this year and next the bank scaled down its predictions from 5.7 to 5.4 percent this year and down a fraction next year to the woomera forecasts reflect clear fears that the us china trade found off could escalate or even spread to other countries in the region for more i'm joined by the u.k. sawada chief economist of the asian development bank mr thought it welcome now 5.4 percent growth in the region i feel really good by most measures but the euro zone in contrast for example is projected to post just 1 point one percent growth this year how worried should governments really be. so actually as you said the 5.4 percent growth is quite robust if we exclude already high income in asia korea china hopefully china and singap

kong including stepping up investment and asserting more control of companies in the financial help beijing says it's trying to calm months of unrests in the semi autonomous city. at a meeting this week in change in city bordering hong kong senior executives from nearly $100.00 of china's largest state run companies including oil giant scientific and conglomerate china merchants group were urged to do their part to help cool china's biggest political crisis in years at the meeting the air so he's pledged to invest more in key hong kong industries including real estate and tourism in a bid to create jobs for local citizens and stabilize financial markets the director from beijing went further than to simply urge investment in hong kong companies but to develop a controlling stake in companies the move would extend to mainland china's influence over hong kong which has been the scene of anti beijing protests for more than 3 months the meeting in shinji and it was organized by beijing state owned assets supervision and administration commission the powerful central body that oversees china's h

out to a dispute between germany and china escalates over a hong kong from ocracy activists visits to beijing some of the german ambassador after a meeting between joshua long and germany's foreign minister in the german capital china is now accusing germany of meddling in its affairs. hundreds of nigerians back at home after state of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in their homeland what does the future hold to. that thank you for joining us the european central bank has unveiled a fresh stimulus plan aimed at boosting the eurozone economy among the measures another cut in interest rates pushing borrowing costs further into negative territory now this is part of efforts to get insulation to just under 2 percent the level that economists and the e.c.b. are aiming for well here's what the president of the e.c.b. mario draghi had to say about the moves the outlook for rio g.d.p. growth has been revised down for 2092 and to train 2. there is surrounded your oyur growth outlook remains to the downside. is recently pertaining to the prolonged presence of uncerta

images of angry young play chess is threatening to pull focus from beijing celebrations and embarrass authorities police have made clear this weekend that un sanctioned rallies will not be tolerated by us there's only so much they can do to keep people off the streets instead of massively scaled back the annual celebrations to prevent them from being swarmed by protesters ordinarily this area behind me is packed with people marking the anniversary this year though all the ceremonies have had to be moved inside into that building that roadblocks like these ones stopping people from even getting close in the evening a massive fireworks display that usually lights up the sky behind me drawing thousands has also had to be councils. if you look hard enough you will find some signs of support for the anniversary a few lone flags lined the streets of a neighborhood known for its prey beijing sentiment. one local shop owner tells me he's looking forward to the anniversary but even he will be marking it privately. so once you juggle it i will spend the day doing my duty as a chinese citizen i

more or wong insists that hong kong's have a right to determine their own destiny but in the eyes of beijing this is a dangerous dance with the notion of regime change it has already gotten him arrested earlier this week when he tried to board a plane to fly to berlin police detained him for 24 hours today i spoke with joshua wonga about his hopes for his home and why those hopes have brought him here to berlin. just one year here in berlin and you've said that hong kong is the new berlin what do you mean by that under the rule off president xi jinping erode on hong kong's people autonomy and freedom we strongly experience the crackdown off human rights with produce brutality which similar as was experienced by people in burning in the last century also and. that's the reason we hope people in germany can stand with hong kong standing with hong kong means what are you here asking for immigration policy to be changed for hong kong or is coming to germany how do revealed occur or mechanism to. welcome hong kong people to under fret that will be a good move and a good direction but more importa

this is deja vu news live from her lab beijing summons the german ambassador over a visit by a hong kong democracy activist joshua wang met germany's foreign minister and girl end of meetings that has been partially criticized by china it accuses germany of meddling in its affairs. also coming up hundreds of nigerians back at home after a spate of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in their homeland what does the future hold for them. and could we be one step closer to finding i think an outer space the 1st time scientists have detected water on an earth like planet orbiting a distant star we ask what this discovery might need. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program china has formally some in the german ambassador to beijing after a meeting between the german foreign minister heikal mosse and the hong kong protest leader joshua walking in berlin earlier this week during his visit long called on the german government to publicly condemn police violence and abuse of power during the ongoing demonstrations in hong kong now in an unusually direct verbal attac

glenn good to have you with us and starting with this is the london stock exchange has rejected his beijing trying to support the economy or extent control china's fascist state run companies are called upon to invest more in hong kong. also coming up eurozone finance ministers from finland to discuss the globe's sluggish growth and how to finance the fight against climate change. on protestors attempts to shut down europe's busiest travel hot heathrow airport by deploying a small army of toilet dro use. to walk up to your business asia jones and glenn good to have you with us and starting with this is the london stock exchange has rejected a 39000000000 dollar takeover bid from the hong kong exchange calling it a fundamentally flawed a surprise offer made on wednesday was turned down in a letter saying that a swift and certain implementation was simply not credible the elizee says it's sticking with its plans to buy data and analytics group within it to. now at the same time the 2nd biggest i.p.o. this year could soon come hong kong's way bloomberg news reports that hasa bush in bed has re

i don't think beijing has an answer. they've been saying maybe we will make housing cheaper and life better from an economic point of view. that might have a marginal effect but it's not going to affect what people really think. it is in some sense protected but i think that they will intervene under one condition. when they think they are inspiring protests throughout the mainland. if they took a poll and it's hard on a sensitive subject i think you would find somewhere around 99% or 95% of the people did not sympathize with people in hong kong. basically the view they are rich and they've got everything why are they complaining. but the people in hong kong have pushed kerry lamb around to a certain extent beijing and people in the mainland in the deteriorating economy. we have grievances myself. if they can do it i can do it. that's when beijing intervenes. they are not going to interview nicely. the people of beijing are not looking at 2047. i think that they are looking at 2019. they put chinese soldiers wearing poli

news live from berlin and beijing summons the german ambassador over a visit by hong kong pro-democracy activists joshua watts met germany's foreign minister and berlin a meeting that has been harshly criticized by china it accuses germany of meddling in its affairs. also coming up hundreds of nigerians back at home after a spate of attacks on workers in south africa but with product unemployment in their homeland what does the future holds for that. and the head of the more your breast peachey cast in the greek island of lesbos for signs greece is struggling with an upsurge of migrants from turkey and that's led to a dangerous phone for crowding situation at the camp. plots could be what looks good to me one step closer to finding life in outer space well it turns out that the for the 1st time scientists have to tack to the water on an earth like planet orbiting a distant star and we will ask what this discovery tight. player . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program beijing has summoned the german ambassador after joshua walk the concorde. prosy activist met germany's foreign minister

china trade dispute during a visit to beijing all of machall making the comments and talks with the chinese from new york just hoping to improve bilateral tars and secure dreams but she's under pressure to be tough on change over the treatment of democracy protesters in hong kong. plus 2 long time rivals battling it out in euro qualifying tonight germany take on the netherlands. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us some bob ways former president robert mugabe has died at the age of 95 the news was confirmed by the current president emerson dog walker who mourned him as an icon of liberation mugabe was zimbabwe's 1st post independence leader he held on to power for 37 years but during that time he ruled the country with an iron fist crushing dissent and ushering in an era of economic turmoil until he was forced to resign in 2017 years more. robert mugabe's political career began in the 1960 s. with the formation of a radical anti colonialist movement dedicated to fighting white minority rule. after zimbabwe became independent 988 elections were held and robert mugabe's zanu party w

and chinese for their trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people whose mega said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with the u.s. but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even more. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade has almost tripled according to data from the europeans to to 6 office last year the total trade volume between the european union and china was 605000000000 euros now the bloc exported products worth more than 200000000000 euros to china and imported nearly 400000000000 euros worth of goods. the german business view with regards to china could be summed up as one of huge opportunities coupled with huge challenges one of the main worries is china's new social credit system as well as i

it's the 2nd major airport built in beijing in just over a decade beijing international is already full while environmental activists elsewhere ask questions about the future of their transition china's aviation future is just taking off. it's the biggest tech i.p.o. in germany in 2 decades. which makes video conferencing and remember working software public and investors billions in the process the company has raised over 2200000000 euros companies they could have saved. a 40 percent increase in sales regardless of any boost from the i feel. now let's go straight. only boncelles in frankfurt at the sites off of that i.p.o. never heard of a company or a bit of a hidden champion that. yeah you're not alone i had heard of it either before it announced its i.p.o. and we started preparing for it here but they're calling the sub selves germany's 3rd largest software company in india the sales have skyrocketed as you have just said and it's the largest i.p.o. in europe this year and their software is installed on more than half of the companies listed in the forbes $500.00 list and they also

it's actually beating the national debate on reps in beijing. so we'll never notice the constitution there is an n.p.c. and won't achieve anything to be there are people who both of people. and most of the central government so you know here you have a situation where there is actually a war legally speaking between the central government and. you know and the democratic me a lot of people say and. so will kerry lam's resignation it's not a matter just for kerry they are all just what the protesters at least are ok and interim government is not rocky that is that we don't weave in and bottoms. we need months there is the basic law and this is the basic law and this is why i need to go now to undress and ask him about what happens next because when you look at the situation as it evolves of the professor saying that we need to negotiate many things talk about different issues and the. isn't beijing on a collision course with the people of hong kong because ultimately ultimately it's about china's control over the summit of us territory and it's h

from the perspective of beijing. it's a big question, i know, but how do you expect this whole situation to end 7 expect this whole situation to end t expect this whole situation to end up? it is expect this whole situation to end 7 i very, expect this whole situation to end 7 ve very expect this whole situation to end up? it is very, very predictable right now, the beijing playbook has a lwa ys right now, the beijing playbook has always been to refuse to back down an engine of the same time, using this talk about pla coming, they will be hard to get people off the streets so the beijing expectation —— pages expectation was that this refusal to back down and this scare talk, people in hong kong, the protesters in hong kong, will wear down themselves and the thing will subside by itself. it seems that it is not working that way, as it's backed by beijing. it is still getting the omentum, the boycott is starting and it seems to be continuing the terminal seems to be continuing the terminal seems to be continuing in

this is created by the beijing government. nowadays students and hong kong people are ready and some already did. they believe the only limit their freedom as their death. this is the ultimate sacrifice and we must not forget them. many students face obstruction from their family and some are even forced to leave home but they still choose to head up to the front line. they are determined and understand the price of freedom is high and always has been but it is a price that they are willing to pay and deliberation that they are willing to choose. we do not fight for freedom out of passion. passion will burn out. we fight on the sense of duty and dignity. china is rising and using its nationalism and to colonize small countries and put pressure on people and companies who do not conform to them. teachers an, students, civil servants, businessmen face this approach. the new form poses a threat to hong kong's systems. it will expire in 2047 and government should help them have the right. therefore [inaudible] the universal suffra

that the people of germany must stand with the people of hong kong beijing though immediately let it be known that there will be consequences and many are asking how much of a threat is china to western democratic values while on her recent trip to china german chancellor angela merkel called for a peaceful end to the hong kong crisis saying anything else would be quote a catastrophe this is thousands of protesters continue to take to the streets all phone kong on an almost daily basis and ahead of celebrations on october the 1st among the 70th anniversary of the people's republic on question is the long march china's path to global supremacist. so a very warm welcome indeed to the 1st edition of the w's new international political talk show to the point with me peter craven the focus this week is on china's expanding global role and my guests chen so on a freelance journalist from china she says i'm glad mathilde's visit to china came into a difficult moment but she accomplished a mission impossible also with us is out on every must former china correspondent for germany say on. the

security is locked down in beijing. here is another story because protesters and hard-core elements are saying they will rally again tomorrow to get their point across. they want among their demands, universal suffrage. they want beijing to stop interfering in their local affairs as promised in the basic law of a high degree of autonomy. paul: we do appear to be at an impasse. nothing has happen to advance the cause of the protesters. how does beijing respond with this october 1 anniversary closing in now? do they just ignore it? pretended doesn't happen and carry on? they arewell, i guess hoping that is going to happen. they are also -- all indications are that the leaders in beijing are wanting the local authorities here to handle the situation in hong kong. so far that has been the case. there have been threats with the pla across the border and the 6000 plus soldiers that are garrisoned here. that is always a threat. everyone i've talked to in the government and ells will hear and hong kong do not think that is a vi

democratic rule based law based governments in hong kong in the authoritarian system and from beijing it's natural to look towards the united states and evoke that ideal and then call on the us for support whether it's wise or not is another issue what i mean by that well i think much as i sympathize of course with any. political group or party or citizenry who want a democratic system and to have a say in their own. ruling of their affairs this i fear can play easily into the the line that has been spread for years and particularly in recent weeks by beijing which is that the demonstrators are acting autonomously for their own wishes in their own rights but are are pawns of the cia and united states this is the argument that beijing made after tiananmen and that they have been disseminating since the demonstrate his began several months ago and it's not true but it does serve as an easy way to try to shape the narrative in a negative way for the demonstrators who are acting in defense of their own desires and rights but this might help right and at the same time though we do see that

it's actually beating the national debate on reps in beijing. so we'll never notice the constitution there is n.p.c. and won't achieve anything to be there are people who both of people. and most of the central government so you know here you have a situation where there is actually a war legally speaking between the central government and. you know and the democratic me a lot of people say and. so will kerry lam's resignation it's not a matter just for kerry they are all just what the protesters at least are ok and interim government is not rocky that is. in an bottoms. we need months there is the basic law and this is the basic law and this is why i need to go now to undress and ask him about what happens next because when you look at the situation as it evolves of the processes saying that we need to negotiate better things talk about different issues on the. isn't beijing on a collision course with the people of hong kong because ultimately ultimately it's about china's control over the summit of us territory and it's have its own interpreta

growing influence in the region he was drawn to aware that happens behind beijing government beijing and chinese authorities just try to stop protests by saying such. withdraw. and that's just the strategy for beijing hope to. hugh reduce the number of participant ah protests in the next few weeks one said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will want to avoid a repeat of scenes like these. and my colleague jerry john joins me now here at the big table she's been following events in hong kong. worse is good to see you i'm wondering was this do you think the decision of kerry lamb to withdraw this bill or do you think she was ordered to barbara or that she had the blessings from beijing to do this i'm sure this is that this isn't that they have been think very long time but the final approval of cos it came from beijing of course they are the to make the announcement makes you look like a puppet which is what the demonstrators have claimed during a 2nd in speaking of demonstrators the prominent pro-democracy activist jo