these are funded by beijing and employed by beijing's role, launched in 2004 by no less than the head of the united front department area in 2009 the standing committee member lisa june called the confucius institute an important part of kinase overseas propaganda set. also we face a large and deliberately malleable chinese party officials in carrying out an advantage in our society, advocating to secretary rice we pride ourselves as being accessible so think in terms of this iceberg, above the waterline officials appeared to be conducting illicit activities, for example below the waterline there's a larger and murkier mix whose ties to the communist party have been long ignored or understudied. these include conducting activities inconsistent with their status such as the espionage complex in houston before we shuddered this summer. prc state media personnel had said news reporters were in the business of propaganda and espionage and i asked them to show me a byline by any number of these supposed reporters. researchers sent by the pla to university labs, illegally hide their militar

beijing will get its way, won't it? while beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. and as a matter of fact, the world has been reacting to that suppression a lot of sanctioning zan embargoes. and also, plenty of countries abandoning and extradition treaty to hong kong shows that the world actually know what china has been doing and determined to counter at last year's the rioting intensified. beijing warned protesters to expect what it called a blow from the sword of law. victor gao, the chinese lawyer and academic tried to suggest that his government had nothing against democratic rights. it was just against violence. so long as democracy democratic rights are exercised, the peacefully and lawfully. everyone is a winner. no one is a loser. what we need to the pope's in hong kong is violence. you. that is the key . you ignore the fact that china's plan has been to chip away at hong kong's freedoms and democracy until they were all meaningless. and then beijing good reassert full co

to beijing's new resolution and the dismissal of the 4 lawmakers. did each of these paths have their own difficulties? well, yes, of course. and there are people in hong kong with very different views. even people who support the pro-democracy camp. and so it is a controversial decision, but if you look at the way things have developed, even if they 15 decided not to leave, i think they may be kicked out. could be kicked out quite soon because they will continue to filibuster. because they want to delay the process so that these terrible legislation on giving the right to vote to people living in the greater bay area or this big reclamation of lentil island. they want to stop those things. that's why they are filibustering. and also because the administration would not have dialogue with them. so if they continue with that behavior, even if they stayed on, i'm sure the administration and the pro beijing legislature will kick them out. so . so it is, i don't think they have much alternatives. and so i think that thing about it is there's a lot of dis

how ridiculous is beijing secession to expel it up? or pro-democracy lawmakers as well as how beijing has totally destroyed the one country 2 systems framework at home call. china has called this mass resignation a political fox. what does this kind of language mean? china sometimes has a way with words in that regard. it is not only called this a farce. it has also has also called this a blatant challenge to the central government. i think it's up to the central government to decide whether they want to be challenged by a fast. but the language is not unusual. this is how china reacts when it feels that something is really at stake. china has moved forward with controlling hong kong in the past few months. it has disqualified these 4 lawmakers, but it has also rescheduled or postponed the elections that was due in september. so anyway, this parliament was already a parliament by the grace of beijing. and it was pretty clear that opposition plays no role in what he sees as the future for hong kong joys. one consequence of this is that

beijing has closed off all the political process. in terms of what people may expect, i think this is an insurgency. eventually, we are going to see large-scale demonstrations in hong kong. small-scale roses tense that stephen was talking about. this is going to be a contest that will go on for quite some time. the -- they are determined to control hong kong. he will put stephen and emily in jail if that's what it takes. he will do that. they are very brave right now. i think u.s. officials are externally concerned with what's going on. that is bipartisan. not just president trump or joe biden. it is across the political spectrum. anchor: we will have to leave the conversation there. thanks to all of our guests. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. for further discussion, go to where facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. for me and the whole team here, bye for now. ♪ man: hollywood is the throbbing, beating heart of commercial entertainment, but, yo, south c

beijing says the resignation is a farce. and a direct challenge to its authority over the former british colony. the u.k. is accusing china of breaking its promise to preserve the city's autonomy. hong kong's legislature has effectively been left with no political opposition, as adrian brown reports. hong kong's legislative assembly was quieter than usual on thursday. now that almost a quarter of its lawmakers have resigned or been disqualified and staging what's likely to be their last protest. the chinese characters say hong kong's leader carrie lamb has pulled calamity to the territory and its people she'll stink for, 10000 years. the slogan was displayed by democratic lawmaker lambchop t., who must now give up his office. by the end of the month, i will keep fighting for democracy of hong kong, their version of enda and hand together with all the hong kong people and the civil society to face against the dictatorship. this is what china's leaders want to stamp out. lawmakers behaving badly with those from the democratic

if not beijing believes australia will feel the pinch. now since the pandemic china the single largest creditor to africa announced a suspension of development loan repayments for african countries struggling to cope with the crisis but it's not clear whether the same consideration will be made for commercial loans that's what kenya is hoping for as it looks to renegotiate interest rates on its $4500000000.00 loan it made from china's xom back to finance a major railway construction project. kenya's singletrack standard gauge railway runs 480 kilometers from the country's port city of mumbai to its capital city of nairobi the really line cost kenya $3200000000.00 to construct it was financed by a loan from china and is the single most expensive project the country has ever impact on kenya's legislators no one terms of the chinese loan renegotiated to take into account the current economic hardships caused by the covered 1000 pandemic which has affected economic growth worldwide. kamiya we know an economist based in kenya says the kenyan g

all this is chipping away at the freedoms of hong kong to beijing. imagine that people wouldn't notice this. i think we need to really keep an eye on the big picture that is ever since the 1997 hong kong has managed to keep its relative independence. judiciary independence, for example, political system there has been no change is said, if you talk about specific cases, we can go into details if you have more time. now remember when people were still alive and he was the key architect for the one country 2 system. he said for the record that if the one country 2 sister will work out for the 1st 50 years, why couldn't it be extended for another 50 years? so there is an uncertainty as to what will happen in hong kong after 2047. i would say everything will come to their end if for example, violence continues in hong kong. however, if stability, prosperity, development, and the improvement of the people's living standards are the normal things all the way leading up to 247. why couldn't the one country 2 system apply more years of asking me, you have to

beijing will get its way, won't it? well, beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. and as a matter of fact, the world has been reacting to that suppression a lot of sanctioning zan embargo was. and also, plenty of countries abandoning and extradition treaty to hong kong is shows that the world actually know what china has been doing and determined to counter at last year's the rioting intensified. beijing warned protesters to expect what it called a blow from the sword of law. victor gao, the chinese lawyer and academic tried to suggest that his government had nothing against democratic rights. it was just against violence. so long as democracy democratic rights are exercised, the peacefully and lawfully. everyone is a winner. no one is a loser. what we need to the pope's in hong kong is violence. that is the key. you ignore the fact that china's plan has been to chip away at hong kong's freedoms and democracy until they were all meaningless. and then beijing, good reassert full co

it does not seem like beijing is worried about this. beijing did take a very curious timing to push this move, when america is distracted by the covid-19 pandemic andlso the presidential election. today we have not heard from the u.s. state department the biden team regarding hong kong. however, i think this beijing move sends a very strong signal to the president elect joe biden that this is no longer 2016. he is going to deal with the very different china. laura: now that those independent lawmakers have resigned in hong kong, what is next for their calls? -- their cuase? correspondent: it is a very difficult position for them. hong kong's election has been delayed till next year. after all of this mess, it is very tough for any opposition party to make a voice in the lawmaking process and hong kong. but they are doing right now is what is called international lobbying. for example, hong kong in the u.s. and in the u.k. talking to policymakers, lawmakers, to try to push the agenda forward and try to raise awareness of what is happenin

in beijing and shanghai. welcome to "bloomberg markets: china open" i am tom mackenzie. >> let's get to your top stories today. equity markets across the region tech's rebound on the wall

by june, this year, beijing's patience would run out. it published the draft of a new law that opened the way for its feared security agencies. so operated will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party tried to play it all down. i don't think they're talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say what it is, what they only said that some national security agency made the set up on the need basis as an mocambo because our national security council, you have known what is that, another national marshalling hands out means doesn't mean the big winner cravenly well, it's actually we know an awful lot about vetoes, so you can't get out of all as well. you should not, you can't give any comforting but as you have not about this. and you cannot give any unwarranted accusations. if there are no facts, you a

and then beijing reassert full control. well, in that that's been the plan hasn't it will not, again, with due respect, i disagree. why should beijing of the central government in hong kong take away any, liberties or freedoms in hong kong with a deal they did. mr. y., like the kidnapping of 5 homegrown booksellers, is that and to turn up in mainland china, the crackdown on those who led the 2014 process, the highly controversial decision to allow mainland chinese police to operate in the west column station. all this is chipping away at the freedoms of hong kong, did beijing imagine that people wouldn't notice this. i think we need to really keep an eye on the big picture that is ever since the 1997 hong kong has managed to keep its relative independence. judiciary independence, for example, political system, there has been no change is set, or if you talk about specific cases, we can go into details if you have more time. now remember when people were still alive and he was the key architect for the one country 2 system.

by june, this year, beijing's patience would run out. it published the draft of a new law that opened the way for its feared security agencies. so operated will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party, tried to play it all down. i don't think that talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say what you describe. they only said that some national security agency may be set up on the need basis as an mocambo macao, as our national security council, you have known what is that 1000000 and marshalling homes. that means doesn't mean the bay. we must all be creative only when it's actually we know enough for the details. so you can't delay culpable resolution not you can't give any comforting but as you have not about this. and you cannot give any unwarranted accusations if there are no facts, you are ma

yars father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1909. since mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is the how does not want to talk politics, but her preferences are clear enough that either break down, because biden change or restaurant. many people in china got to know us by what will make him happy out. they know he came job place to try traditional beijing dishes and they wanted to try them out themselves only if it. yeah, that's why we feel very positive about him. he might even say we are supportive change the restaurant serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns and live a stew. it's a simple neighborhood joined the chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time. biden paid just 12 u.s. dollars for a lunch of 5 people. and this really shows how nice the food is here. it means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. the u.s. and china may now be pitted against each other as rivals on the world stage. but when it comes to diplomacy, this is yours. restrooms, coming out with

they don't want to disrupt economic ties with beijing or political ties with beijing. very fine balancing act that they have to walk and it is yet to be seen whether a lot of companies who may want to take tougher positions verbally are willing to do that disruptsy relations with the authorities in beijing, and the authorities in beijing have made a very clear that they do not want other countries to be intervening in this. it's an internal affair for them. >> that was robert hormats speaking with tom keene and francine lacqua. coming up next, china's antitrust guidelines raise questions about the future of its internet's giant. we will be hearing from hsbc's binnie long. -- binnie wong. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. instacart has tapped goldman sachs, for an ipo that could value the grocery delivery app at $30 billion. begand cap -- instacart as a boutique service but was transformed by the virus as home delivery demands surged. indebted chinese developer evergrande has won approval from the hong kong stock exchang

could we expect repercussions from beijing? yes, although the non-stress nation off the pro-democracy can it's expected and with encapsulation all but the hong kong and macau affairs office released a statement today saying that it is a political, fos, and an open challenge against the central government. so a lot of people expect that in future elections, the ones resigning today will not be allowed to run. and 8 elections will be oppositional. micah's have vowed to fight on, but what options has the pro-democracy movement left? not many options. left quality of pro-democracy movement because the road to democratic election in syria, the step let's run to the last i just bought by beijing sikri from now on, anyone who is deemed unpatriotic or politically incorrect could be ousted from the legislature. so getting into the a legislature would not be meaningful, fought the fight for democracy and take off on the movement on the street under the national security law, imposed by beijing in july. going onto the streets has become m

e., i was father, open this traditional beijing restaurant in 1996. mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is the how does not want to talk politics, but her preferences are clear enough to break down because biden change or restaurant. many people in china got to know us. i thought, well, maybe i'm looking out. they know he came to our place to try traditional beijing dishes and they wanted to try them out themselves only. now that's why we feel very positive about him. he might even say we are supportive change. the restaurants serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns and livest to it's a simple neighborhood joint. but chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time. biden paid just 12 u.s. dollars for a lunch of 5 people. this really shows how nice the food is here. it means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. the u.s. and china may now be pitted against each other as rivals on the world stage. but when it comes to noodle diplomacy, he says, yah, this restaurant is coming out a

in the studio to tell us more hung on any official reaction from beijing yes beijing has said that the election is the u.s. domestic affair and that it has no position on it and that's it that's it but is there any hint that beijing preferred one key. handed it over another well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably one preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u.s. sino relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what from is what kind of chaos magick mr trump has caused in the us i think beijing is starting to see mr trump as an accelerator of u.s. decline ok so beijing hasn't said anything about either candidate i'm curious about whether china has said anything in regards to the democratic process this past week anything on that well the u.s. media has reported on u.s. elections a little bit not much but when they do report on that and one day do comment it's mostly about how chaotic the u.s. election has been and you know that mr trump has claimed election fraud and that he's taking it to court there's lots of mockery and sh

beijing has been inundated with customers. the reason us president elect joe biden, he visited the diner in 2011 as u.s. vice president and won the hearts of many chinese patrons with his noodle diplomacy . this noodle joint in downtown beijing has been popular for years with local residents and tourists. but recently, a new group of visitors has shown up national and international media. all came here yesterday by accident. but today i've just this from any journalist that come here, that's not a starbucks surprise for me. as for the reason is america's new president elect in 2011. joe biden, america's then vice president had lunch and then suddenly we felt very honored to say that he had his lunch and talk to our chinese customers. i felt he was a very decent and easy going person. yes. mrs. e. i was father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1996. mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is the hour, does not want to talk politics, but the preferences are clear enough to break d

steve mcdonald reports from beijing. there we re mcdonald reports from beijing. there were some final acts of defiance on their last day inside hong kong's mini parliament. the entire pro—democracy block tendered their resignations in the protest of the dismissal of four of their colleagues. the communist party leadership has now empowered the city government to dismiss any opposition politician at will if they're deemed to show insufficient loyalty. for many, the autonomy hong kong has promised for decades to come is now all but disappeared. powers and hong kong are all rested and we all know that because of arrangements coming from the central government. it is... internationally, the move has been condemned as a clear sign that freedoms and hong kong have been eroded at an alarming rate. britain's foreign secretary dominic robson a new rules allowing hong kong's chief executive were a clear breach of british declaration —— dominic robb. beijing has warned that the country is not to interfere in china's affairs. we urge the releva nt in china's affairs. w

i was father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1909, since mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is how does not want to talk politics. but her preferences are clear enough that in a breakdown because biden came to our restaurant, many people in china got to know us. i was one acknowledging how they know he came job place to try traditional beijing dishes. and they wanted to try them out themselves. only if it yeah, that's why we feel very positive about him. he might even say we are supportive to the restaurant serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns and livest to it's a simple neighborhood joined the chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time. biden paid just 12 u.s. dollars for a lunch of 5 people. and this really shows how nice the food is here. it means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. the u.s. and china may now be pitted against each other as rivals on the world stage. when it comes to noodle diplomacy, he says, yah, this restaurant is coming out a winner.

was due today but beijing pulled the plug a very very short notice take a look at what's behind this. hello welcome to do business on wanted to johnson berlin good to have you with us and we're starting with a look at the markets which reflect the dynamics of the u.s. election asian share scaled a mere 3 year peak as democratic challenger joe biden picked up wins in some closely 4 states and republicans looked set to hold onto their majority in the senate because analysts believe a divided u.s. government would make tax increases and tighter regulations on business unlikely but let's keep in mind this still counting votes in the united states. because the uncertainty continues it's time to cross over now to our financial market correspondent rhonda bruson who keeps an eye on the trading floor in frankfurt for us chrono how's the day unfolding in europe. well i can show you the uncertainty it looks like this it's a very jittery sideways german share index dax today of course everyone here continues to discuss what to expect from the united states very slowly also a few european factors

beijing defended the new resolution and denied it is restricting hong kong special freedoms. they were implemented in 1907, after the city was handed back to china from british rule. so we're not how we, where you went. you think it is a necessary measure in order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong and the constitutional order of the special autonomous region. if it is rational, reasonable and in line with the constitution and laws, beijing recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government protests rocked the city last year. hong kong, semi autonomous status was originally guaranteed until 2047. but for some, the end date has already arrived. for the latest on this story in hong kong, makers have handed in their resignations. what have they been saying? most of the lawmakers have handed in their resignation that has today and the day in fact will be today and tomorrow and some of the resignation would take effect december. many of the resigned lawmakers who are saying that it was showing

was cute today but to beijing pulled to the pluck at very short notice what's behind this move we go to our correspondent in tie pete for. hello and welcome to your business on one of the johns and good to have you with us so asian markets advanced as democratic challenger joe biden led to donald trump and republicans looked said to hold on to their majority in the senate analysts believe a divided u.s. government would make tax increases and tighter regulations on business unlikely but i'm saying in hong kong rose more than 2.7 percent while the nikkei index in tokyo gained more than one percent investors hope they will beat a new rescue package in the u.s. soon as politicians from both parties spoke in favor of such measures. all right for more let's bring in to see what happens at the frankfurt stock exchange this morning we've seen certainly that asian shares are in very good mood what's the mood like in europe. well of course on the day after the big election also the tea leaf reading continues here in europe what does it mean that we have to brace for a certain amount of politi

those comforting predictions turned out to be wide of the mark when beijing security law was published. it was all that the pro-democracy movement had feared, and more whole cases could now be handed over to the mainland for investigation judgement and punishment trials could be held in secret. and though the new security agencies were not required to follow hong kong law to be fair, regina hadn't seen the full text when we spoke, but she firmly rejected the suggestion that the law reflected beijing's paranoia about free speech and freedom in general. and that's a very unfair statement. in the past 12 months, the police have uncovered at least $22.00 cases of extremely dangerous here, t.p. explosive or that in chin one in the school. and lots of weaponry, dangerous weapons have been using a lot of so-called peaceful protests. you know, and innocent people have been killed. these are violent events have never occurred in hong kong. and there are people waving, promoting hong kong independence, you know, waving hong kong flat, chanting revolutionary songs. you know, these are activities

to find out more, our colleague spoke to nhk world's senior correspondent from beijing. >> what does china make of the election results. >> the chinese government hasn't issued an official comment yet, but we do have some indications how top leaders may feel. on monday, china's communist party affiliated newspaper, "global times," published an editorial about the results. ch it said beijing shouldn't have any illusions that biden's election will dramatically ease china/u.s. tensions. but it also said the outcome shouldn't weaken the prospect of improving bilateral ties. it added that the fundamental way for china to cope with the u.s. challenges is to empower itself, something it says washington can't suppress. here's what some people here in beijing had to say about the results. >> translator: i think china/u.s. relations will be better to some extent under a biden administration. the two countries should develop together, which would bring happiness to the world. >> translator: the situation with the coronavirus is disastrous in the u.s. i hope biden will place more importance on c

our guest in beijing makes, he talks about american exceptionalism. maybe we are looking at a world where there will be chinese exceptionless and china is very big. it's very powerful. it's not listening to the criticisms given by other countries when it comes to human rights from the press except to our guest and said, well actually human rights mean something very different in china to the rest of the world. oh, are we looking at a country that is so powerful that that really no one can force it to change? actually. i think the minority position that trying not is not really as things as the press and the media make them out to be. of course, if someone criticized and there's a oh, we don't like it. we don't want when they say they did throw out an australian journalist, pauline they did doing a ton of did throw to australian journalists the country for criticizing china itself. it's. they are quite thin skinned, i think of course, they're going to say we don't like this and that. but if 2 countries get along, let's sit the criticism. are we to be e

donald trump of course started a trade war with a beijing that was quite a big part. of. the u.s. u.s. presidents how how do you think things are going to change in terms of economics in terms of trade with china under joe biden. well the terrorists will go away not all at once crops and faced. you know truncheons and things like this and the reason is that job i'm not your stance based economics which is that these terrorists are being paid by us consumers at a time when u.s. consumers have less money in their pocket he understands that he also understands that china makes things that will never come back to the united states shoes clothes furniture etc the u.s. just cannot compete on that unless it becomes highly automated so i think it will be a real it's a and they're a bit of the real question is you know how much effort is joe biden going to put on early on into trying to quote change china's system with like minded allies if you can put them together but you know for china and i think for the rest of the world there's this idea that you know the u.s. is not necessarily a re

beijing defended the new resolution and denied it is restricting hong kong special freedoms. they were implemented in $997.00, after the city was handed back to china from british rule, showing that how we went through, i think, 20 this year. it is a necessary measure in order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong. and the constitutional order of the special autonomous region, if you, if i it is rational and reasonable and in line with the constitution and laws. beijing recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government, protests rocked the city last year. hong kong semi autonomous status was originally guaranteed until 2047. but for some, the end date has already arrived. for more we're joined by day debbie's joyce les, who's in hong kong, joyce of pro democracy and lawmakers have just handed in their resignations. what have they been saying? yes, most of the pro-democracy lawmakers have resonation their rationale for start on the 1st. some of them say that this is the end of the one country

steven mcdonnell reports from beijing. there we re reports from beijing. there were final acts of defiance inside hong kong's many parliament. the entire pro—democracy block tendered the resignations in protest of the resignations in protest of the dismissal of four of their colleagues. the communist party leadership has now empowered the city government to dismiss any opposition politician at will if they're deemed to show insufficient loyalty. for many, the autonomy hong kong has promised for decades to come has now all but disappeared. the power is in hong kong, is all rested in the head and we all rested in the head and we all know that because of the arrangement, coming from the central government. today and today there after it is the end. internationally the move has been condemned as a clear sign that freedoms in hong kong have been eroded at an alarming rate. britain's foreign secretary dominic raab said the new rules allowing the chief executive to sachar opponent —— sachar opponents it was a breach. beijing has warned other countries not t

and what beijing needs from hong kong economically is no longer there. steve richards, just in terms of hong kong, we are up against it timewise, but i wanted to pick up on that thought. is it possible that now the uk has left the eu and the transition ends at the end of this year that we are not hamstrung by the attitudes of other european countries for example like angela merkel in germany, who was anxious to get along with china for economic reasons, that we might take a tougher line? possibly, but borisjohnson has been quite ambiguous about china. whenever he talks about china, he prefaces all his comments with, "i am not a sinophobe", and i think he began his rule, in a way rather like cameron and 0sborne, hoping to form a relationship with china and do quite a few deals with china and that recently has changed, partly because of pressure from his own backbenches, and he will take a tough line, and that is one of the areas where i gather there was some kind of rapport when he had his conversation withjoe biden this week, so that is likely. but in te

this is not something directly under the jurisdiction of beijing. it is not an offense under the national security law, but it is part of a cleaning up in this city where and revenge taken by the or thirty's by the prosecution on the protest. as of last year, it is part of an intimidation campaign from the side of the prosecution. what impact will this have on hong kong's pro-democracy movement? we already see an impact. i mean, all this together, not this particular case, we are seeing many impacts of what has happened in the past few years, starting from the passing of this draconian national security law. it is not much more difficult to stage protests in hong kong. the situation is very different from before, and that is of course, something that is felt and it will have a long lasting effect, a chilling effect on the city. and if he is pulling a speaking terrorists, thanks very much. if europeans prime minister has given later in the northern region of to cry a 72 hour ultimatum to surrender, threatening an all out assault, if they don't, the c

this created 5 beijing while 6 practice because there were rumors that beijing what disqualified pro-democracy, lawmakers and then hong kong people also quite shocked that beijing paradigm shift in the hong kong political alliance because there will not be any meaningful opposition in the a legislature and you know in the future, joyously reporting from hong kong. many thanks. ok, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. you know, many of protesters have taken to the streets for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of the prime minister. the demonstrations come after he gave up large parts of the disputed new going to region in a peace deal with azerbaijan. and political talks on libya's future have achieved a breakthrough, according to the un's acting in voice for the country. at the talks in tunisia, the disappearance reached a point on a road map to parliamentary and presidential elections within i think months the talks, the latest push to end almost a decade of violence in libya, the united kingdom has become the 1st country in europe to recor

e., i was father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1996. mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is how does not want to talk politics, but her preferences are clear enough to back down, because biden came to our restaurant. many people in china got to know us. i was like him out, they know he came job place to try traditional beijing dishes and they wanted to try them out themselves and only yes it. that's why we feel very positive about him . he might even say we are supportive change the restaurant serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns and live a stew. it's a simple neighborhood joint. the chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time biden paid just 12 u.s. dollars for a lunch of 5 people. this really shows how nice the food is here. it means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. the u.s. and china may now be pitted against each other as rivals on the world stage. but when it comes to noodle, diplomacy misses ya. this restaurant is coming out with now a story of tr

and now it's not a time for us kowtow to beijing and to surrender. thank you. strong words that if i just will one for more, i'm joined by material burning up in beijing mathias. the defendants including joshua wont of the figurehead, some might say, have pleaded guilty now. what's the sentencing likely to be yet they are all in there reminded no and waiting for their sentence to be announced that we next week. the offense carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. it's however likely that the sentence would be lower than that, because handing out the maximum sentence would require a higher level off court. handing down the sentencing. joshua one had originally said he would fight the charges, but has changed his mind to plead guilty. why do you think that was they have decided to speed up the process. i think it was very clear that they could not win it all. defy this court. there is a crackdown going down going on against the protesters of hong kong and might be a reason for his decision. what is also noteworthy is that this is a process under the hong

and for the hong kong government now to go to beijing with this and for beijing to act upon this and remove them. then thought a message saying that hong kong no longer controls its affairs, particularly according to those democratic candidates and the democratic camp here . so what does this mean for the pro-democracy camp in hong kong? where do they go from here? that's right. so what's also worrying is the fact that the other 19 lawmakers, the last few left that haven't been pushed out of hong kong's legislature, as we've seen over the past 2 years for various reasons, are threatening to walk out on math. this means that hong kong stretches through the council will be dominated by probating, legislative councillors and lawmakers who essentially support the establishment. and there will be no opposition left in the hongkong. and that's very worrying. because that essentially means that hong kong's government will now be a rubber stamp where laws and regulations said anything that beijing wants or the hong kong government wants will now be passed without any opposition without much

yes beijing has said that the election is the u.s. domestic affair and that it has no position on it and that's it that's it but is there any hint that beijing prefer one candidate over another well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably one preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u.s. sign no relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what from is what kind of chaos mr trump has caused in the u.s. i think beijing. starting to see mr shrum as an accelerator of u.s. decline ok so beijing hasn't said anything about either candidate i'm curious about whether china has said anything in regards to the democratic process this past week anything on that well the u.s. media has reported on u.s. elections a little bit not much but when they do report on that and one day do comment it's mostly about how chaotic the u.s. election has been and you know that mr trump has claimed election fraud and that he's taking it to court there's a lot of mockery and shot and freude really wants one c

at the communist party's ambitious goal setting for him took place in beijing last week the u.s. secretary of state went on a so-called anti china tour with high level meetings in asia including visit to vietnam indonesia japan india and sri lanka to where china has funded major infrastructure projects the u.s. is trying to capitalize on what's seen as growing anti china sentiment in the region and it's not going unnoticed in beijing. we can turn without the risks and challenges are both from home and abroad from the global aspect unilateralism protectionism and antiglobalization on the rise unstable and i'm certain factors of increased aid recognition that china's so-called wolf warrior diplomacy where it acts forcefully abroad may have one support at home but has alienated many in the region if you go palin hong kong. let's bring in our guests now in beijing and senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization in gutters bird maryland raise a program associate of the wilson center focusing on the u.s. china relations and they live search germany other many direc

this is about our people, our lives, not belong to our beijing government. correspondent: the lawmakers resignations are a sign of escalating tensions between legislative executives on the pro-democracy movement, determined to show their fight is not over yet. brent: the future of afghanistan is full of threats. there is the taliban and the increasing attacks by so-called islamic estate. earlier this month, a gunman stormed kabul university, killing multiple people, mostly students. there is little confidence the govemern can protect the people in afghanistan, and less hope that the government can negotiate an end to fighting. correspondent: this student still finds it hard to go anywhere near the university of kabul. he was taking part in the seminar when the attackers came. he is seeing his fellow students for the first time since the attack. the only topic is how they managed to survive. that date when they heard the shots, they knew something terrible was happening. >> everyone was screaming, but suddenly it was quiet, and we heard someone saying a praye

politicians moments after beijing passed a new patriotism resolution. it allows hong kong's government to remove politicians or quote, endanger national security or challenge china's role of hong kong, 19 opposition. politicians had earlier threatened a mass resignation if any of them were barred from the legislative council. though siegel single you fire for legislators who have been deemed in accordance by the law to not genuinely swear, to uphold the basic law, and not genuinely plead their allegiance to hong kong. we have doubts about their ability to perform the duties. if they are unable to uphold the basic law and to support hong kong, of course, i am not qualified to be legislators. tom grundy is editor in chief and co-founder of the hong kong free press. he explains how the move could soon see no opposition representation in the legislative council. these 4 were banned from and now to spy on the election that was supposed to take place. this tandberg was delayed e.-s. only over 19. it has happened before that we've seen democratically elected l

eventually one by one of the by the beijing type. and so they're just let us, let us so full of fake names that we just cannot carry on. and we need to support our colleagues who are viewing it, telling anyone who was not patriotic enough to keep all politics. you have no place here. and so i would work the to be a great player, frank. i think it's possible that things will be in the don't, but then you do not under estimate on com people, especially the young that anguish. so little things will have a really fun eventually, because you need to believe and your mentee in other world news, the military operation in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the country's borders. and there are fears it could lead to a humanitarian crisis. prime minister abu ahmed ordered the offensive in the northern take ray region last week, accusing local forces there of attacking a military base. since then hundreds have been killed and several 1000 people have fled to neighboring. so dan bader is the horn of africa director at human rights wa