in beijing we must get a people on the street again what are you going to be doing joshua. no matter mobilize people to the street called the new international advocacy and more important thing is we have to let the global community to stand up hong kong just like how fellow global community is that codice stand with hong kong in 2910 you're looking for help from abroad are you thinking that america donald trump said he would react very strongly u.s. president should be doing and act this law are you hoping for help from the us extras actions speak louder in a burst support hall it's not a matter of left all right it's just a matter of right or wrong and recall allies around the world to support hong kong people against the national security law that erodes on fundamental and basic freedoms freedom so we read it wish no matter us or european country could impose the hong kong human rights and democracy act all cloven it's get do and has the sanction mechanism and left beijing to realize that college how to china is not the only way out joshua long for us today from hong kon

opposition that's more friendly to what's beijing's human base also distancing itself much more to beijing they are not many people left who actually favor unification with china it's only a very very small minority. 5 extra in beijing reporting thank you. for the national people's congress in china is being held as the country has abandoned its annual economic growth target for the 1st time in 30 years it's out of the coronavirus and global uncertainty in his annual work report to the congress premier league chung says china has set a target of creating 9000000 new urban jobs he also promised to increase spending and financing to support the economy which contracted by some 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year alone and. not have a look at some of today's coronavirus developments around the world india has seen its biggest single day rise in cases as it begins easing its its nationwide lockdown more than 6000 new infections were reported on friday brazil is fast approaching russia to become the world's 2nd largest infection hotspot behind the u.s. it comes after brazil reported a rec

beijing calls treason secession sedition and subversion critics accuse beijing of attempted to kill the city's pro-democracy movement and believe that it will be effectively brought under direct rule beijing says a change is needed to counter threats to national security. beijing's new security law is being met with fierce resistance and hong kong residents and lawmakers in a semi autonomous region are fighting to keep their special freedoms pro-democracy lawmakers were removed from the city's legislative council on friday after protesting what they say was an attempt by beijing to force the bill through without their consent. on kong's chief executive kerry learned seem to be part of the probe aging political establishment says she expects such protests to continue but thinks the new law is necessary there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of national security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. will be lost joshua one prominent activist in h

in beijing reporting thank you. both the national people's congress comes as china has abandoned its annual economic growth targets for the 1st time in 30 years it's science it's the coronavirus and global uncertainty in the in his annual work with ought to the congress premier league said china set a target of creating $9000000.00 new urban jobs you also promised to increase spending and financing to support the economy which contracted by some 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year alone. now much of a cliff a coon from the w. business or resident china. you've covered the national people's congress of 14 years in a row what this has never happened before why has china ditched its annual growth focus for the 1st time in decades i think is very significant i mean no one's ever seen anything like this pandemic before even though china's coming out of the pandemic it's still reliant so much of what happens in the rest of the world so clearly with so many different moving parts there's decision made not to have to

that's more friendly to what's beijing's you know it's also distancing itself much more to beijing they are not many people left who would actually favor unification with china it's only a very very small minority. 5 extra in beijing reporting. of the national people's congress comes as china has abandoned annual economic growth targets for the 1st time in 30 years it cited the coronavirus and global uncertainty as reasons in his annual work reports to the congress premier league jan said china has set a target of creating $9000000.00 new urban jobs he also promised to increase spending and financing to support the economy contracted by some 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year alone. every level. i know much about if it coonan from good of you business or resident to china. you've covered the national people's congress of 14 years in a row. this has never happened before why has china ditched its annual growth focus for the 1st time in decades i think it's very significant i mean no one's ever seen anything like this pandemic before even though china's coming out of the pandemic i

beijing has a fine line to toe. haidi: do you see opportunities on the hong kong market up the moment given the valuations we are seeing? thef we should look at markets right now, the rates that are offered on the hong kong dollar are actually relatively attractive, relative to the u.s. dollar. i think actually in the near term, because of the listings of companies that are going to be in hong kong over the next month , given the uncertainty over the regulatory to between the u.s. and china, we actually think capital will go into hong kong in the near term. longer-term, it will be based on all the things we talked about. it is really too early to tell. shery: what about for the broader emerging-market be -- market equities fear? we have seen how the u.s. and train are dealing with the pandemic. where are we headed in emerging markets if the pandemic unfolds as it did in china and is unfolding now in the u.s.? the epicenter of covid-19 has moved from develop to the emerging markets. while we haven't seen the curve fl

you know, let them -- beijing. tell me business and stability, but i guess at what price is the question. before, ou've said law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear. the problem is, in mainland you can point to examples, whether that's the who on plus muslims were detained in detention camps, whether it's the el -- michael -- canadian citizens who are detained without access to no indication as to they are being charged with. human rights lawyers across the country have been since 2016. many of these people, it would be argued, have been citizens, and yet they have been detained kind of access to legal representation that the people in hong kong have p until this point expected. that's the concern. >> i understand. i've been here for 48 years. in china for 36 years, long before many, many people. i understand. i've seen china. problems that china has but they are changing. of china has been amazing. they have a lot of friends living in china and they life.reat >> it's becoming -- the truth is it's becoming more i

china prepares to impose a new security lloyd hong kong beijing says the new legislation targets secessionists and subversives pro-democracy activists and it's the end of hong kong special status within china and the start of direct chinese rule so why has beijing put up with the territories writing for so long i'm filled in and this is the day. that. other activities and security. 'd security is. also on the day venezuelan migrants and that battle to feed their families during the coronavirus pandemic. always afraid afraid to affect my family when i go back home to my children but it's something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. china is preparing to impose a new law on hong kong potentially bypassing the territories law makers and banning what beijing calls treatments secession sedition and subversion critics accuse beijing of attempting to kill the city's pro-democracy movement and believe that it will be effectively brought under direct rule beijing says a change is needed to counter threats to national security. beijing's new security lore is be

difference of opinion coming through beijing compared to the people who are living in hong kong. oh absolutely i mean they don't understand it hong kong doesn't for instance it doesn't pay taxes to the mainland and fact it's the other way around money goes to hong kong not $1.00 penny of tax from hong kong goes and into the city and they've been able to maintain a very very generous tax. you know great in hong kong which is attracted a lot of people but you know this idea that somehow people are being rounded up on the streets at random yeah i think that you know both both isabelle and wilson want it better that not true you have to be caring about people not knowing where things are happening beings like that so i'm not sure i disagree with that if you're standing it with that character and. not show up in greece i have 'd quite a fun friends who live in hong kong and they eat chips actually took went down and took pictures of them and we were discussing it today the schoolchildren i said well it looks like a pretty much this is going to be the headline the propaganda maker for

opposition that's more friendly towards beijing you know it's also distancing itself much more to beijing they are not many people left who would actually favor unification with china it's only a very very small minority having such. a j. the national people's congress comes as china has abandoned its annual economic growth targets for the 1st time in 30 years scientific coronavirus and global uncertainty as reasons in his annual work report to the congress premier league said china said target of creating $1000000.00 new urban jobs he also promised to increase spending and financing to support the economy which contracted by some 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year alone. meanwhile hong kong stocks of tumbled in response to beijing's new security law the how have european markets responded responded child to delaney in frankfurt what are the knock on effects that. this is definitely spooked global markets here in frankfurt the dax opened down about 1.5 percent and spared a little bit of those losses but we are just seeing a lot of investor concern because china had really taken a b

a planned in security law that gives authorities broad powers activists say that law would silence beijing's critics and standing by a snap british prime minister boris johnson refuses to sack a top aide accused of disobeying lockdown traveled roads critics of crossed the political spectrum slammed them for telling the public one thing and doing another . i'm sorry so misconduct glad you could join us a top german court has ruled that folks walk and must pay compensation to people who bought diesel cars with manipulated software the landmark ruling in the ongoing diesel gate scandal paves the way for tens of thousands of customers to receive damages. the federal court of justice in calls to said anyone who bought a v.w. car equipped with software that manipulated emissions tests is entitled to compensation they can return the vehicle and receive partial financial reimbursement from the automaker. it off with the plaintiffs can request compensation from the defendant on the purchase price of his vehicle they must take into account that the car has been used and they must make the vehicle avai

and beijing being ramped up as well. that is adding further downward pressure for equity investors who remain fairly pessimistic in the session. this last trading day of the week. markets: we had the disappointing with the meeting. pick off the much anticipated meeting. -- kicked off the much anticipated meeting. not wanting to give a growth target for the year, citing the virus and global uncertainties. he is looking to control financial risk. a lot of jobs. across the much red board. more to come. this is bloomberg. > ♪ haslinda: live pictures of the lion city this friday. almost 11:30 a.m.. singapore is down along with the rest of the region. the sti down more than 2%. we have company developers among the biggest today. singapore grappling with the virus even though there are signs of stability. has the highest infection rate in asia. that is impacting plans to hold an election with the government having to be dissolved in january. quite a bit of a headache for the government right now. the sti down about 2%. let's

did have used as following the story for us in beijing. what more can you tell us about these new laws. i would describe you last basically the biggest blow to the autonomy off the city since the handing over $997.00 basically beijing wants to crack down on everything that considers. session the stakes and i mean that can mean basically everything that the pro-democracy movement is doing and i think it's a really really get a strong step also because it's expected that the mainland china the government will use the loophole so that the law actually doesn't have to pass the legislation calling him just be implemented basically water beijing's objectives here where does it want to go with small. i mean from the perspective of beijing they want to restore order basically want to solve the conflict with the pro democracy movement . in their own way and it's also a message foreign governments basically that yes and to some degree also the german government who sometimes supports. the pro-democracy movement hong kong basically beijing doesn't to

selina wang in beijing, joining us. coming up next, the blackrock portfolio asset manager will be joining us. we will ask about the u.k.. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. we were talking about the hong kong protest, and this is what all of this means for markets. the former manager from blackrock and when you look first at the protests in hong kong that they are planning, this law -- how much more angst will it put on markets that are already fragile? difficult for marcus to try to price increasing geopolitical risk and at the same time deal with the unprecedented covid and social crises. i think a specific example of markets are at the extent of u.s.-china tensions. but we should not becoming this a trade war anymore. we should be calling this full-spectrum strategic competition. i think we are inevitably going to get some kind of u.s. response to these actions. think assets, i think it is a lot further to go with the de-escalation of u.s.-china tensions. youcine: do you care or do not c

in beijing thank you so much well before china's national people's congress got underway in beijing communist party leaders held a minute's silence for victims of the coronavirus and blue han the city where the global pandemic began well on suffered more than 50900 cases but the number of officially reported deaths in china has remained relatively low and fewer than 5000 . president donald trump is pulling the u.s. out of an important arms control treaty trump says russia has not been complying with the open skies agreement the deal was signed a 2 decades ago to increase military transparency it would be the 3rd arms control pact to trump has scrapped and cancelled the i.m.f. nuclear treaty with russia and the nuclear accord on iran. let's go now to alexandra phenomena in washington d.c. how important is this open skies treaty and why does president trump want to withdraw from it while the treaty has been very important for stabilizing relations between the u.s. it's the european allies and russia because it grants mutual permission to send a consonance fly it's over the entire territory of i

president should beijing and act this law are you hoping for help from the u.s. . actions speak louder in a burst some call it's not a matter of left or right it's just a matter of right or wrong and recall. to support hong kong people against the national security law that erodes on fundamental and basic freedoms freedom so we read it wish no matter us or european country could impose the whole called human rights and democracy act or global but let's get there and as the sanction mechanism and let beijing realize that college how to china is not the only way out joshua long for us today from hong kong thanks very much for that joshua thank you well a communist party congress and beijing comes as for the 1st time in 3 decades china has abandoned its annual economic growth targets doing so decided to try to virus and global uncertainty in his annual work report to the congress premier league a trying so that china has set a target of creating 9000000 new urban jobs he also promised to increase spending and financing to support the economy which contract by some 7 p

rule of beijing's rule so they're really weaving forward with this so we are expecting to hear more details as this is discussed over the next few days and we'll be staying across them indeed katrina you there for us in beijing let's now go to adrian brown he's in hong kong for us adrian do you think this is likely to bring people out onto the streets again there as we saw back in 2003 the last time they tried to do this. well it's possible it might in the next few weeks but for now we have these social distancing rules still in force which means that groups of no more than 8 people are allowed to congregate on the streets of hong kong and of course the timing of this is very significant isn't it because it may well be that you know a decision was taken by the datas human beijing to push through that status later now because of course it's difficult for people to protest in hong kong right now certainly it is a dramatic escalation of beijing's efforts to rein in dissent and to reign in the protests here in hong kong and we have to see it also in the context of all that's been happen

now beijing has bypassed the territory's legislature and proposed the national security bill directly to the national people's congress it aims to prevent subversion foreign interference and what i described as terrorism. right as promised here is today's panel starting in hong kong itself we have got james token son who is a senior legislative the hong kong's democratic party in the legislative council in beijing the wrong yang is the vice president of the china institute of international studies and rounding out the panel in nursing in the u.k. and dress folder senior fellow with the asia research institute at the university of nottingham gentlemen thank you for your time we do appreciate your. expertise on a very important topic i want to start with a quote virtual quote it's from human rights watch today who called this the end of hong kong and that's a dramatic headline but james if i can start with you is it may be the end of hong kong as we know it at least well. it is. probably well. homegrown we've heard it on our own nothing is agreed you know and no beating that this week f

in beijing thank you so much well before china's national people's congress got underway in beijing communist party leaders held a minute's silence for victims of the corona virus and were high on the city where the global pandemic began to hans offered more than 50001000 cases but the number of officially reported deaths in china has remained relatively low fewer than 5000. the number of confirmed the worldwide kovan 1000 cases has topped 5000000 many new infections are in south america brazil has the 3rd highest global caseload and there's growing criticism of the government's handling of the crisis. but only a small group of mourners is allowed to gather at the cemetery in rio de janeiro the deceased woman was 22 years old and doctors say she had several symptoms of covert 19. her father is a grief stricken. with many brazilians don't wear masks they need to be aware of the virus is real my daughter is buried over there. president john ample so narrow has played down the pandemic even though the number of cases in brazil is increasing he is allowing unrestricted use of the anti-malaria dru

al-jazeera beijing opposition lawmakers in hong kong are warning that china is betraying its promise to maintain the city's special status but want to say to the international community. this is the one country to serve them make no mistake about it. are completely. its promise to the hong kong people a promise that was inscribed in the final product race and the basic law. are now completely on their obligation all people there's a 3rd. make no mistake about it. our. international status of hong kong after 30 international 30 will be gone very certain. age and brown is in hong kong with warm weather this announcement is likely to trigger new protests there. it's hard to see those major protests flaring up again because of course social distancing rules are still being rigorously enforced here in hong kong by the police and of course for that reason this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence after all the timing is very interesting indeed to say the least we'll be getting some reaction from pro-democracy figures here in hong kong including dennis kwok he says the news fr

business news live from beijing talks its boldest action gets to tighten its grip on hong kong china is signaling it will impose sweeping floors to criminalize what it caused sedition and subversion in the territory make kids they say it's an attack on hong kong autonomy. or one of. the best this is called prisons but what is the truth is that for britain over think about it. also coming out brief and destruction in the wake of cycling on parts of india and bangladesh happens if devastated by the storm dozens of people are dead and the pandemic is complicating efforts to assess the damage and bring relief. and europe's 2nd biggest and i looked at the ses it's close to see then a virus related related bailout deal with the german government. hello i'm to see what a welcome to the program we begin with what could be a privileged a coming crackdown in hong kong china say's it will impose a sweeping national security law to give the communist party more power over the territory the legislation is aimed. waiting at home calls rajam ocracy protest movement and could undercut the territorie

increased tensions between beijing and washington what's the impact on the global arena upon the covert 19 crisis we'll talk with asia expert gordon chang on this edition of. the clock ticking on larry king the covert 19 crisis and us china relations how are increased tensions between beijing and washington impacting the global arena the world's response to the pandemic and donald trump's reelection bid. we'll start there with asian expert gordon chang author of the coming collapse of china and the great u.s. china tech war he joins us from new jersey gordon the world health organization held saniel meeting this week and member states adopted a resolution to launch a probe into the global response to the cole the 1000 pandemic i guess china doesn't like this one and spent format. that's a great question larry because the world health organization itself is going to fix the outlines of this impartial independent review now this was voted upon and approved by a $144.00 countries china didn't object but we do know that from chinese leaders sieging things speech to the world health assembly

al jazeera, beijing. host: opposition lawmakers in hong kong are warning china is betraying its promise to maintain the city's special status. >> i want to say to the international community that this is the end of hong kong. this is the end of one country, two systems. the central people's government has completely breached its promise to the hong kong people, a promise enshrined in the declaration and basic law. they are now completely walking back on their obligation owed to the hong kong people. this is it. make no mistake about it. i foresee that the international status of hong kong as an international study will be -- city will be gone soon. host: more on what this announcement is likely to trigger new protests. >> it is hard to see the major protests flaring up again because social distancing rules are rigorously enforced in hong kong by the police. for that reason, this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence. the timing is interesting indeed, to say the least. we have been getting rea

isabella and wilson are both based in hong kong i know is in beijing wilson out on the streets out and about today through the weekend up to me what is it been like what's been happening on the streets. but we've missed seeing a lot of protests out on the streets and a lot of these are just ordinary people so 'd we've seen a lot of school children out we've seen a lot of elderly people we've seen in the above professionals out on the street and that's been met by a pretty harsh. police response so just today we have over 650 arrests we saw schoolchildren being rounded up into police vans or elderly people being pepper sprayed 'd and similar thing happened over the weekend where there was about 250 arrests so there's been an attempt to protest 'd people phone call but that's not crackdown quite harshly by fully cute right police was in there was wilson the event was very this is a very choreographed event what you have here are the school children elderly and you know this the protests are not something that happens generically i mean they've also picked up people who've had bombs and c

critics say it's yet another example of beijing seizing control the u.s. secretary of state michael impale is recommending to congress that hong kong special economic status be revoked if that happens it could jeopardize hong kong status as a global financial hub meanwhile pro-democracy politicians have interrupted hong kong's legislature as it moves closer to passing another controversial bill 3 legislatures were kicked out during a heated debate on a proposed law seeking to ban any mocking of china's national anthem. well we'll have reaction from hong kong with adrian brown very shortly but 1st let's go to katrina you in beijing for us so katrina the national people's congress voting on a draft decision within the hour what are we expecting talk us through the process of how this is going to be enacted. well the national people's congress is the biggest political gathering of the year in china we have $3000.00 members of the communist party gathering in one room along with xi jinping and they discussed various agenda items throughout the week this year i

oppose this because they say quality is under the influence of beijing now beijing has denied this and says that mungo is simply being used as a political pawn but we have to remember that it also appears that china has its own political points there are 2 canadians mike of coverage and michael will who have been detained by beijing on spying charges now denies that these 2 cases a link but these 2 men were arrested by beijing shortly after joe was detained in canada in december 2018 and analysts say that this latest legal development does not bode well for the future of these 2 men who are currently locked up and they ching catrina you there for us in the chinese capital thanks very much katrina. is a program associate at the wilson center as kissinger institute which looks at us china relations she says it's likely the u.s. is using money as leverage and its ongoing trade war with china. this ruling has been something that i think canada has through diplomatic channels communicated to china to expect. the ruling is as indicated set that for her lawyers and within china this is defini

the hong kong few just china prepares to impose a new security law beijing says the new legislation will possibly and separatism and acts of foreign interference several trees because of home homes residents responded and. i'm still going to welcome to the program a passenger jet carrying nearly 100 people has crashed in pakistan's largest city karate there are 2 confirmed survivors with everybody else on board feared dead wetness aside the plane attempted to land 2 or 3 times before crashing in a residential area near the airport destroying several homes as it went down. smoke rises from a dense neighborhood outside karate residents heard an explosion and felt the impact of a crash soon word spread a passenger plane had gone down among shops schools and houses. the manager said. i saw lots of smoke in the sky from the rooftop of my house so i ran toward the scene and saw the wreckage of the plane's cockpit and the body of a pilot and. side i think it is not. emergency personnel arrived to search for bodies in the charred wreckage of the airbus a $320.00 which had crushed houses and was

control also on the program fears for hong kong's future as china prepared to impose a new security low beijing says the global subversion separatism acts of foreign interference in the territory activists call for mass demonstrations and action from the international community. the flashy from it from being go teaching children about protecting the environment while crews took her aside to meet flamingo bob i'm standing up for wildlife conservation. i'm phil go welcome to the program a passenger jet carrying nearly $100.00 people has crashed in pakistan's largest city cannot she there to confirm survivors for the rest fee had dead and witnesses say pilots tried to land the jetliner 2 or 3 times before crashing in a residential area near the airport the plane destroyed several homes as it went down. smoke rises from a dense need. heard outside karate residents heard an explosion and felt the impact of a crash soon word spread a passenger plane had gone down among shops schools and houses. so many just said. i saw lots of smoke in the sky from the rooftop of my house so i ran toward the scene an

china prepares to impose a new security lloyd hong kong beijing says the new legislation targets secessionists and subversives pro-democracy activists say it's the end of hong kong special status within china and the start of direct chinese rule so why has beijing put up with the territories writing. long i feel this is the day. that. 'd migrants and that battle to feed their families during the coronavirus pandemic. i'm always afraid afraid to affect my family when i go back home to my children but it's something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. china is preparing to impose a new law on hong kong potentially bypassing the territories law makers and banning what beijing calls treatments secession sedition and subversion critics say beijing of attempting to kill the city's pro-democracy movement i believe will be effectively brought under direct rule beijing says the changes needed to counter threats to national security. beijing's new security law is being met with fierce resistance and hong kong residents and lawmakers in a semi autonomous region a

it's very free for us not respect human rights bringing will come to you in beijing i think your view will probably differ about whether this is the end of hong kong indeed i would say rather and uncommonly it would have the beginning of a new car into a beginning of a new stable peaceful and calm that there is law and order is going to be established and they know that the reason the reasons and the background are establishing that cruelty i mean the purpose of this draft decision or the security or national security there is man to risk to restore to protect to safeguard the national aegis aegis the and to restore. law and order which have been undermined it's in the past a year so that in italy it is going to. have a new outcome but that new york how come the stable going to have a law and order and it's going to protect the interests. of all the residents of car ok i'm going to come back to you on some of those points because i think we might have some disagreement just 1st of all undress a quick opening word from you as to say this idea of the end of hong kong as we know it. well

works to repair an economy badly hit by the coronavirus katrina a year reports now from beijing. a minute's silence to honor thousands of chinese who lost their lives to the coronavirus set a somber tone for the opening of china's national people's congress delivering the annual government work report premier league a chant hailed the communist party's achievement in containing the outbreak and also acknowledged the heavy economic cost for the 1st time since 1988 no g.d.p. growth target was set change our success has come at a great price the economy posted negative growth in the 1st quarter of this year and a daily life in the work has been greatly affected no mention either of any large scale economic stimulus for the world's 2nd largest economy instead communist officials were told to tighten their belts and focus on stabilizing employment and eradicating poverty. the government plans to create $9000000.00 jobs and kept unemployment at the current rate of 6 percent but analysts say millions of daily wage workers are not included in the official tally the number one priority is

beijing says the laws will bring hong kong into line with the mainland. here's a government spokesperson. translation: national security is the bedrock of the country's stability. safeguarding national security is the common interest of all people, including hong kong compatriots. hong kong's mini constitution, called the basic law, came into effect when british rule ended in 1997 and the territory was handed back to china. it does require its government to bring in a security law. and beijing has always had the power to enact the national security law into the basic law. but that's not how many in hong kong see this move though. have a listen. this is the end of hong kong. this is the end of one country, two systems. make no mistake about it that beijing, the central people's government has completely breached its promise to the hong kong people, a promise that was enshrined in the sino—british joint declaration and the basic law, and they are now completely walking back on their obligation owed to the hong kong people. there are fears that these propo

new security law there would bypass the local legislature and provides for special police units from beijing with expanded powers pro-democracy campaigners say the moves a threat to hong kong's freedoms and assembly a top. let's go now to the sea reporter laura westbrook from hong kong newspaper the south china morning post she has more on the story for us good morning to you we've seen a quick and heavy crackdown in hong kong is this a sign of a new and tougher approach by beijing. yes i think it is the protests which had been going on since last year have become increasingly more violent as we saw yesterday and the slogans like revolution of our times and calls for hong kong independence by some of the more radical protesters i think beijing ish is saying that this is something that it no longer is willing to tolerate and it sees the hong kong protests as a direct threat to national security over the past few months beijing is also made accusations of foreign interference in the protests now the princess just deny this and beijing is not preachy used any evidence of outside forces directin

pro-democracy lawmakers accuse beijing of trying to force the bill through without their consent. this is accompli destruction. all for one country 2 systems and and also is a home plate. of on promises made on the sino and british joint declaration as well as all the promises that have been made by the chinese government to all of the world it comes as some 3000 delegates from across the country gather for china's political event of the year the national congress in beijing the law is the most controversial item on the agenda beijing has vowed to uphold hong kong special status but says the law is needed in the wake of protests and foreign interference. these activities have seriously challenge the fundamental principles of one country 2 systems and have seriously undermined the rule of law threaten the sovereignty security and development interests of the country strong measures have to be taken according to the law to prevent stop and punish them. found kong has been semi autonomous since britain returned the territory to china in 1997. special privileges including the right to

well yes and no i mean from beijing's point of few. it's never been the complete total autonomy and it clearly shows now in beijing that seeing that the independence of hong kong is endangered by. i mean they risk the this a session to stick to. protest movement they see it as a national security threat so they are they only want to restart law and order from the perspective of the protesters however yes it's basically the biggest blow to their civil rights since 1907 when the. former british colony was handed over to mainland china and also this empty beijing sentiment is really at an all time high among the pro-democracy movement and how has the hong kong government react to the protests. where they are creasing lee understanding i mean in the beginning for example now in retrospect last year when the protests emerged i think the local police the hong kong police they reacted modestly the level of violence was rather low that changed over the course of the year and also by the protest movement by them also the level of frustration an

how does beijing respond? this has been quite a week for those of us watching china and u.s., china, hong kong relations. aheadg's decision to move with this national security law, bypassing that legislature, spells the end of that one country, two systems framework. we think it is likely to trigger mass protests in the territory as well as a sharp reaction from washington. the trump administration is due to issue a report to congress that assesses hong kong's .utonomy from china but while a determination that hong kong is insufficiently autonomous does not carry an automatic penalty, there is a significant risk that the u.s. imposes sanctions for mainland or hong kong officials. we do think that we are expecting the democracy protesters in hong kong to make another stand. a lot of it will depend on the timing of when this will be considered and pushed through. it could be as early as june. it could be along the lines of july or august as well. to the: with regard international response, is this a situation wh

castro al-jazeera washington well katrina you has more from beijing beijing seems determined to go ahead with this national security law despite of international criticism right now 3000 of china's communist party members are meeting in beijing for the last day of the national people's congress and this afternoon local time they're going to vote to pass a variety of laws including the national security law and it's certainly going to go through the last few days we've had the same line from beijing that it is a job of the central government to enforce national security and that this will be good for hong kong stability which is really emphasize this huge disconnect between beijing and what the people hong kong want in the thiele but beijing has shown simply no interest in the sending to pro-democracy activists pro-democracy politicians all the u.s. on this issue and in regard to the u.s. request to convene a u.n. security council meeting well china's ambassador to the u.n. has bonded to this request saying that it rejects this that is this is an internal affair has nothing to do with the

leaders say they're ready to work with china but not everyone is happy about a proposed law to give beijing control over security. the 1st time in over 3 decades china doesn't set a growth target as its economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic. a massive cleanup operation in india and bangladesh after cycling sweeps through the region. also ahead the sky's not to the limits the u.s. pulls out of a longstanding open skies arms control treaty saying russia violated it. and in sport costa rica become the 1st country in the americas to resume their professional football league. the government in hong kong says it will work with beijing to introduce a new national security law as soon as is possible we are expecting more details later but it's believed to criminalize secession foreign interference and subversion of beijing's state power news of the plan has already been met with. protests in hong kong and leading pro-democracy figures called at the end of one country 2 systems the chinese premier li announced the bill at the opening of the annual national people's congress its meeting 3 month

central government this comes as china's biggest political political gathering of the it kicks off in beijing at the draft legislation would almost certainly be rubber stamped by the national people's congress it spokesman says the new law serves a fundamental interests of both china and hong kong activists fear it could be used to limit the political freedoms in hong kong. jungle could be a chanson tree hong kong is an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n.p.c. is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong and uphold and improve the institutional framework of one country 2 systems which is highly necessary for katrina you is in beijing with more than one china is doing this now 9 different items were listed for discussion of the next few days and one of those items was the discussion of this national security law the whole call me now it says i

wants to do with hong kong that she's doing it beijing's. beijing being her the real boss not the hong kong people now who actually say today attack the foreign politicians who adopting double standard because they too in western societies and countries have national security laws so what's the problem she wouldn't say. that in say a proper a morton western society there are proper saturation of how worse with checks and balances and they have grown fast press and on lying the internet to discussions the she will issue with all of that and say you have got it too so what's wrong with us now getting one right calling they are not a national security law. yet the truth is that we really don't know much about these laws yet there are a lot of details that are still being ironed out it would seem in beijing she said kerry ma'am that this law would only target a handful of lawbreakers that it protects the vast majority of law abiding peace loving residents in hong kong her words. but again we don't know the details there are a lot of things that

possibilityays a that beijing could do this power play. the rest resuming and the protest possibly resuming. hong kong has a candlelight agile. beijing is making this move while the world is contracted by the coronavirus. protesters like joshua wong saying we must stand up and fight and let beijing know that we will never surrender. we will describe it as the beginning of the end. we do not have enough time but we need to continue the fight. the violence hit the streets again. estimate news puts the of the number of protesters in the hundreds and others put it in the thousands. byre were 180 confirmed police mostly by illegal assembly. those social distancing regulations are still in place for the coronavirus lockdown here in hong kong. at least four police officers were injured multiple members of the public according to police were injured and it took place in the heart of the retail center. there are more pope -- there are more protests planned especially on another controversial law being considered that would punish anyone in hong kon

beijing says this is very normal. they say they are just trying to ensure the territorial integrity of china and have the tools to tackle what they say are incidents of terrorism. in hong kong amongst pro-democracy activists, this is a red flag. very concerned. we heard from an opposition lawmaker in hong kong saying this could be the end of hong kong as we know it, the end of hong kong as an international city. the concern is it could give the police and security services in hong kong the powers to interfere with free speech, the freedom of press, in ngo's and other areas, and undermine the semi-autonomy hong kong had. there is a potential u.s. response as well. president trump is likely to come under pressure to reveal hong kong's special trading status. that could have broad implications for hong kong's economy. rishaad: tom, one thing which wasn't really addressed was the language coming out of president ts,ald trump's twee particularly yesterday. that wasn't addressed. certainly it is something that everybody is

fears for the future a phone call must shine a free pass to impose a new security law on the city beijing wants to use the law to reign in the democracy movement activists call for mass demonstrations and urged the international community to step in. as welcome to the program a passenger jet with about 100 people on board has crashed. ashton pakistan's southern city of karachi authorities said at least one person survived the plane operated by safe pakistani international airlines was on route from. the embassy a 320 change on a residential area just moments before it was due to land. at sprint haroun who's in the islam about 40 w. we're getting reports of at least one survivor what more can you tell us. that inject an artist on international airlines carrying 99 percenters on board and you crashed this afternoon and officials say there's a one star right about now and there's a fairness or up anger by profession and he's under treatment i spoke to him by his friend and he's fine and going through the. treatment he got his relatives soon after the crash and he's fine no that's some good n