hong kong has fallen. it's gone from being the freest city in china to a quasi police state where someone like jimmy lie can be charged for a crime for simply following the taiwanese president's eye on twitter or coming to d.c. joining me for a meeting with members of congress on the hill as we learn from the charges that was levied against him last week. my own personal coming to america story has a unique connection to today. just over 30 years ago, my father, the reverend ming helped build the underground railroad codenamed operation yellow birds that rescued hundreds of protesters who protested in tiananmen square. they were smuggled out of mainland and smuggled in hong kong before settling in western nations including the u.s. hong kongers like my father took great personal risk to preserve a generation of brave, young protesters, and as a part of the fallout, my father sent me to the u.s. in 1990 as a 12-year-old to head off any potential retaliation against him and my family by the chinese communist

hong kong has fallen. it's gone from being the freest city in china to a quasi police state where someone like jimmy lie can be charged for a crime for simply following the taiwanese president's eye on twitter or coming to d.c. joining me for a meeting with members of congress on the hill as we learn from the charges that was levied against him last week. my own personal coming to america story has a unique connection to today. just over 30 years ago, my father, the reverend ming helped build the underground railroad codenamed operation yellow birds that rescued hundreds of protesters who protested in tiananmen square. they were smuggled out of mainland and smuggled in hong kong before settling in western nations including the u.s. hong kongers like my father took great personal risk to preserve a generation of brave, young protesters, and as a part of the fallout, my father sent me to the u.s. in 1990 as a 12-year-old to head off any potential retaliation against him and my family by the chinese communist

he swum from mainland china to hong kong in the 1970's. that experience reminds me of hong kong. hong kong should be a free place that welcomes everyone instead of pushing people leaving from the city. for now this is what it looks like. i have been in the streets protesting. i have been in the chamber making laws and policies with government members. and i have stayed behind bars serving a jail sentence because of my peaceful protest. locke -- the gary until the very last moment, it is about being extradited to mainland china, possible departure from your loved ones forever. by the time i realized that i had to make a choice, either i stay in hong kong being silenced or i escape from hong kong and be vocal and be the representation of the brave and courageous hong kong people. i chose the latter, so i fled the city and arrived in london and continuously engaged in international advocacy work. i am now an exiled activist. it has been four years since my candidacy and membership in the legislative council, but it has all changed, just like hong kong. sen. cruz: with the chairman's

think that this is not just a simplistic picture although hong kong hong kong hong kong worse they just don't call persons without that sense of nation very strong and of nationhood you mcmullen if you ask me because i'm older because of a citizen card as well because i lived there long enough. to be aware that i'm a cult person or a chinese person i can say it all sort of a cult person because i swear by or would there but the sense of identity is not or it's why sense or or or being tiny's or being belong to the chinese nation so i think that this kind of conflict between that i did team and nationhood is not a lot stronger in hong kong where it's a recall they seem to co-exist steve saying analysts have said that macau faces challenges in developing financial services what are some of those challenges and also going forward how much of an impact has covered 19 has had has it had on the country and on the economy. right well in terms of in terms of the obstacles for macau to develop into a financial center i think the question can be asked in terms of cain las vegas become a financial

this represents a legacy of hong kong that's not knew. hong kong is not a new frontier. for 30-some years it was the only place where tiananmen square was remembered and talked about publicly. this means that that has to continue in the same legacy that my father and others who have risked their lives and that for me represents, i think, the -- one of the -- the most important part of this fight that i'm now a part of. >> thank you. mr. law. >> thank you, senator. i think i share the same background with a lot of members sitting in the chamber, which my father was an immigrant and a refugee. and that experience remind me about hong kong. hong kong should be a free place that welcomes everyone instead of a place that pushing people leaving from the city and actually, like, for now, this is what it looks like. for me, i've been in the streets protesting with my fellows. i've been in the chamber making laws and policies and i've stayed behind bars serving jail sentence because of my peaceful participation in protestors. and i've stayed until the very last moment that i real

-- hong kong. hong kong's freedom and choice act and the safe harbor act are the answers to prid these provisions and unnecessary channels. thousands of young people can be saved from political persecutions and live free from the threats of the chinese communist party. the policy of recommendations and also be achieved by legislative measures even if they aren't able to be passed in this time and i would hope the administration takes up these recommendations and applies them accordingly. it is important that global communities continuously feel their support of the freedom-loving people in hong kong. 2020 is a tough year for everyone living under the pandemic, especially those in hong kong who are also facing constant intimidation from the chinese authority. there is a light of hope in ending the pandemic because of the emergence and there aren't much good news toward stopping the totalitarian rulings in china. this is a time that we should be determined to safeguard our shared values. alliances sh

long live hong kong! long live hong kong! benjamin: he doesn't have any trust in the communist party and the hong kong government. he's saying to regain hong kong, and the younger generation is going to battle with the older generation in fighting for democracy but also authority and citizens, the protestor and the police. [indistinct chatter] [shouting in cantonese] [shouting] airin: i was shocked when i saw the news at home. i was like, "what?" i didn't imagine that hong kong people cou do such violent things on the stet like burning stuff, throwing bricks, attack the police because it's such a big contrast to umbrella protest. it was real peaceful, but that night, it was really vient, and i ink people try other ways, other peaceful ways already, and they reazed that it doesn't work, so ey had to do it. it's kind of the government forced people to be violent. i'm sick of it all. this is too ridiculous. it's like a group of really stupid people who are controlling the city. on the roof, you can see a lot of working robots, w

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to they run the government. press freedom is you know important to take the end. of the carding freedoms. the british iraqi journalist who's the. july's in complex statistics and a simple art form i think your office has some really exciting opportunities to break apart from those systems of power and to collect data in a way that they so represents different community challenging mainstream misconcept

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of. i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for all. those. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to run the government so. press freedom is you know important to take the end of crime to declining freedoms. the ultranationalist marks connected with. one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda they have to foot our nation what has happened to their attention that's one of the big

to singapore and hong kong. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia" risk,us numbers remain on gold remained steady after the jump on monday. sort oncom health unit debut in hong kong. a climbed above $100 per share, 100 million shares traded since the open. india's fight against the virus, the outlook for growth and the prospect of more stimulus measures. we are joined exclusively by the finance minister. onlinda: we will do a check the markets asia after pressure after the decline we saw in the u.s. overnight. rising infections, new restrictions across the u.s.. the u.s. averaging as many deaths per day from covid-19 as it was in april. the asia pac index down .2%. u.s. futures pointing to a lower open. 10-year yield retreating closer to .9% an iron or maintenance focus expanding its rally on strong chinese demand. the index currently flat. rishaad: let's have a look at the open in bangkok. we have ties stocks getting underway-- thai stocks getting underway after yesterday's public holiday. baht continuing its lur

for all rise of hong kong pro-democracy activist who sought asylum in the u.k. but how open are countries to providing a safe sanctuary to those fleeing beijing's heavy handedness in hong kong. and a filipino family that was on their way then the pandemic hit now they can't even afford to eat what options do they and millions more like them have. i'm british comedy welcome to dublin news asia glad you could join us a 15 year old girl is believed to have become the youngest ever hong kong protest to seek asylum in the united kingdom called she applied for asylum last week she joins a growing list of hong kong pro-democracy activists fleeing the territory in the wake of beijing's increased crackdown on dissidents did have a correspondent phoebe kong met before she travelled to the u.k. her story. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest as a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k. where she is seeking po

three months, six months, 01’ one year kong. three months, six months, or one year later will i still stay at hong kong or be in china? it is hard for us to predict the future and to determine our own destiny. danny vincent with that report for us. let's get some of the day's other news. police in germany say four people were killed when a homeless man drove the borrowed car he'd been living in through a pedestrian zone in the south—western city of trier. the victims were a nine—month—old baby, two women and a man. some of the dozen people injured are in critical condition. police say the 51—year—old suspect, who's a local man, faces murder charges. a deal has been announced to provide a low—cost generic drug for children in parts of africa living with hiv. aid agencies say it will cut the annual cost of treatment by 75%. the dispersible drug is strawberry—flavoured to make it more appealing to children. the workplace messaging app slack is set to be bought for more than $27 billion by the business software firm sa

three months, six months, 01’ one year kong. three months, six months, or one year later, a still state and hong kong or get extradited to china, it is hard for us to predict the future and determine our own destiny. police in sweden say they have arrested a seventy—year—old woman on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to thirty years. local media said the man, now in his 40s, had been taken out of school when he was 12. his mother has denied charges of false imprisonment and grievous bodily harm. maddy savage has more from stockholm. details are still emerging, and police haven't officially released much information about the man's injuries. but they told me that he's so badly hurt that he remains in hospital some 48 hours after he was taken in on sunday here in sweden. they've confirmed that he is able to communicate, but there are reports in the swedish media here that he has almost no teeth and struggles to speak. now, other reports in the swedish media speculate that this man may have been locked up for

of course he is seen as the enemy of the hong kong regime now because he isa the hong kong regime now because he is a symbol of leading the democratic movement and he is been one of the most outspoken generalists that the regime will ta ke generalists that the regime will take every effort to throw him into jailfor take every effort to throw him into jail for sure take every effort to throw him into jailfor sure glad take every effort to throw him into jail for sure glad they're doing the activists and politicians like me and people from all walks of life. i think the aim is to eliminate oppositions power totally from hong kong. make them disappear and that is the ultimate purpose of the regime, what it is doing now. and i mentioned that you are in denmark when joshua wong mentioned that you are in denmark whenjoshua wong received his sentence and subsequently announced or exiled, you assumed you had no choice. yes, i left with no choice, really. as a politician, former legislator, i was facing nine criminal charges that could put me to jail for years criminal charges that could put m

because there is hong kong has quite the relationship with the u.k. for instance thousands of students were expected to come back many students go to the u.k. to study were expected to come back for the christmas period and stay on in hong kong personally due to the lock downs in the u.k. now they're all stranded in the u.k. and to put this into perspective according to the health bureau here 20 percent of all imported cases into hong kong since the start of the pandemic are from the u.k. and this is part of the reason why these on president and measures have been taken and hong kong is also the 1st city in asia to impose such restrictions right clearly hong kong just does not want to take any chances this time round. absolutely hong kong as well as other countries are still going through their 1st and 2nd waves as hong kong's 4th waves we've seen on again off again lockdowns we've seen government put in incredibly stringent measures and then lift them for this week with next wave to come into place and this is said to be the most serious wave mainly

atry: we are taking a look pmi numbers out of hong kong, and we are now seeing finally hong kong pmi going into expansionary territory, coming up to 50.1. we have not seen the hong kong pmi go into expansion territory since march of 2018. it's been in contraction since then. we are talking about not only the pandemic, but the protests, the pro-democracy protests in hong kong hurting the economy. finally, it's an expansionary territory, but this coming at a time when we are seeing asian factories booming. singapore though, disappointing. take a look at that, coming down to 46.7 from the previous months. when it comes to those pmi numbers across asia, we have seen the rebound in china helping the numbers across the board, hong kong finally entering expansionary territory. haidi: let's turn to the markets and get back to sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. somee: stocks are mixed, cautious sentiment coming through this thursday. in japan, little change, holding a two-day gain. a domestic sales update for uniqulo. we are seeing stocks under pressure, but the asx 200, being pushed higher by i

let me bring you some breaking news out of hong kong hong kong's top court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy ally a high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing he was released on bail last week but prosecutors argued he should be put back into prison adrian brown is joining us live from hong kong edge and just talk us through what's been happening. well in the last few minutes we've had word from inside the court of appeal the highest court here in hong kong that jimmy law is bail has been rescinded that was the determination of the 3 appeal court judges who been meeting together for the last 4 hours we've been in many ways here rob in uncharted territories because this is the 1st time that hong kong's highest court has had to rule on something connected to the national security law that was imposed on hong kong back on july the 1st namely in this case the appeal by the prosecution against jimmy live being granted bail by a lower court well the prosecution have got their way but the judge is of granted the defense an appeal wh

two underaged hong kong detainees have been transported back to hong kong from mainland china. apparently this is over an illegal border crossing. they are being returned. hong kong police say they are going to be holding a press conference in about 45 minutes to update us on what is going on. the european union and china are set to agree on an historic trade deal litter to open up business opportunities between them. it comes after seven years of intense discussions, but there are lingering concerns about control and she -- and china's human rights record. dan, what is the latest? be kind ofs going to a video press conference tonight with the european commission chief. angela merkel is expected to show up and chinese president xi jinping will all speak this evening. and cement the deal. looks like it is going to go through. the eu is hoping the deal brings better access to the chinese market for its investments. they have said they are must more -- much more open to chinese investments than vice versa. so they are looking for more reciprocity there. they also say that this dea

to be a part of reporting live from hong kong if you have any. farmers in india meeting government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests intensify against proposed laws on farm produce the farmers said they'll carry on with their protests after negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement they're worried that the new legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that it will lead to corporate exploitation elizabeth raman has more now from one of the main gathering points for protests. we are at one of 3 border crossings into the indian capital which are completely closed to traffic now because of these protests causing a lot of traffic disruption and fama say they want to continue to create this disruption until the government either repealed 3 recent founder was all rights guarantees of minimum prices for the projects entity or the farmers unions amazing with the government 2nd round of talks this week taking place on thursday and the government says that it's going to enter these talks with an open heart they wa

this is not a hong kong bill. it is instead a democratic messaging bill, because house democrats made, i think, a cynical decision to try to exploit the crisis in hong kong to advance their long-standing goals on changing our immigration laws. it is not news to anyone who has been watching the political battles of recent years to discover that our democratic colleagues embrace open borders. that when it comes to illegal immigration, their preference is to make all immigration legal. this bill advances that long-time partisan political agenda that the democrats have. when it comes to standing up for communist china for eight years i have led the fight in this senate to stand up to communist china. china is, i believe, the single greatest geopolitical threat faifg the united states -- facing the united states in history. i traveled hong kong throughout asia and met with the hong kong dissidents, these brave young students standing in the streets, dang for freedom, standing up against chinese tyrants. i did a satelli

because he isa of the hong kong regime now. because he is a symbol and the leading figure of the democratic movement and he is the one that has been most outspoken journalist and the regime will take every effort to throw him into jail, for sure. but what they're doing to activists and politicians like me and also, people from all walks of life, i think the aim is to eliminate all opposition power and from hong kong, make it disappear and that is the ultimate purpose of the regime, what it is doing now. i mentioned that you are in denmark when joshua doing now. i mentioned that you are in denmark whenjoshua wong and the rest received the sentences and you subsequently announced her exile and you felt that he had absolutely no choice. yes, i left with no choice really. as a politician, a legislator, i was facing nine criminal charges that can put me to jailfor criminal charges that can put me to jail for years, criminal charges that can put me to jailfor years, of course, we are not afraid ofjail, hong kong people are not afraid

those who travel between hong kong and the u.k. has still remained relatively robust throughout the last few months in fact more than 5000 people have landed in hong kong just this month alone and many of them are students there's still quite a lot of trade there's the hong kong and the u.k. have very strong relations the health secretary has said this is the most stringent and most severe measures that taken on air travel this is unprecedented how long it will last is anyone's guess cathay pacific which is hong kong's flagship airline used to have at least $5.00 to $10.00 flights a day that was down to about $1.00 to $2.00 per day in the last few weeks and now they say they're suspending all flights until january 10th now in france government says this measure is necessary mainly due to the fact that a large number of flights or all of the infections that we've seen have been from the u.k. fact more than 22 percent of all imported cases from the start of the pandemic have been from the u.k. laura and hong kong experiencing is also

mentioned in the report that one in 3 hong kong has have p.t.s.d. is that what you sense too in the territory. you know what my understanding is that these numbers are self recorded so of course it could either be all over reported but you know either way plus or minus a percentage point that still means hundreds of thousands potentially millions of people what the league with some kind of p.t.s.d. and i think that does a light with observations that we see on social media just from regular social interactions with friends colleagues families acquaintances and conversations that you may hear on public transportation streets that people all of the illegal with. that enticed spectrum of. depression and side see and the whole gamut of emotions that comes with having to deal with a society that is in turmoil where the present day reality can be very very different from one day to the next. and they imagine we're talking about a lot of the protesters and the journalists who covered them i mean you guys were out there week after week sometimes every few d

and hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lie is headed back to jail after his bail was revoked. china's health targeted towards giving its 1st conditional approval for a vaccine against covert 1912 months after the virus was detected developed by the state owned pharmaceutical company sign a farm the vaccine is the 1st to get the green light for general public use in china the vaccine said to be more than 79 percent effective china is aiming to inoculate 50000000 people by mid february or 20 years live for us in ruhani where those 1st cases of covert 90 were detected about a year ago let's talk about the vaccine in a 2nd but just give us a description of how the city is coping one year on from that outbreak. well i'm here in doha in downtown rouhani in this strip called junk how do you expect busy shopping and office area and it really seems to me like normal life has resumed the people shopping for going to work and this is very much is the image that china wants for trade to the rest of the world success in controlling the pandemic here but what we've had recently

and speak with the top you correspondent a few kong. that's clearly not. bad let's see if we can there she is welcome phoebe what more can you tell us about this verdict. well we haven't got the verdict they ask the court hearing has already started a. lesson in our. way but it's just announced actual justice and as you have admission in the report the just along is now facing 3 charges for the inciting and all the guys in also taking part in and saw. the prudes assembly back in chile in 2019 a shell leases the massive anti-government movement spoke out last year so i just want the senate. to press 2 charges including inciting and all the lies and we authorized assembly of all the prosecutor to often though i thought this to the charge so i just always now facing up to 2 factions and wish i could like bring him dissenting behind i'm the good assembly back in chile in 2019 a shell leases the massive anti-government movement spoke out last year so i just want the senate to reputed to press 2 charges including inciting and all the lies and

now behind bars to be a part of reporting live from hong kong many thanks to you. indian thomas amazing government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests against new agricultural bourse intensify pharmacy to continue demonstrating how to negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement follows a worry that the legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that will lead to corporate exploitation so they system for mountains there is elizabeth peron i'm who's in to create what is the latest incident. hello adrian we are to create border crossing between the states of pollyanna and delhi with thousands of farmers remain capped out blocking about 5 kilometers of a national highway coming into the capital delhi and more and more farmers are on their way to the borders a group of farmers from the state of rajnath on bush doesn't order delhi have now arrived at one of the protest sites and they're saying that many more farms from roger stone are on their way we are at one of 3 border crossings into the indian capital which are completely close

also coming up one of the saddest days yet in hong kong's descent of democracy 3 prominent activists have been sentenced to prison their crime having the old acidy to stand up to china face and never stop me from activism and thinking critically but no matter what happens if i'm right assume it right it's essential to restart them all to see generation and the generation following us. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers all around the world welcome we begin the day with the british cry heard round the world today the vaccines are coming the u.k. today gave emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and by on tech it is the 1st western country ahead of the u.s. or the european union to allow mass in occupations in the fight against a pandemic that has claimed almost one and a half 1000000 lives the fact that the u.k. was 1st to approve use of a vaccine that was. of by u.s. and german researchers will no doubt raise eyebrows and i hear it will also increase pressure on regulatory agencies on both sides of the atlantic to give the

on power most of the hong kong us to have also been at least at the state thing but. it's more about this more and get and see i'd say i haven't seen what's been happening for the past week. so given the crackdown that is happening given the lower changes that are happening at can your pro-democracy fight continue. definitely yeah i think domestic resistance has changed its form but it's still going very strong very much so. although another more common in cities are arrested i do believe and i have seen that's a lot of other independent actors as they're working about to push with one solid in the city and aside from that on the international stage a lot of this work is being done by such as the x. them system member nathan more people like them that's the exciting part of. this hope i think but we're in a time of covert now where it's where lots of governments are acting against crowds gathering so what sort of resistance can you put up under these sort of circumstances. thank you so even though the crowd gatherings and now and and it might seem like everything is n

it really clear, the treaty applies to all people, all hong kong is and people, all hong kong is and people outside of hong kong, they are subject to prosecution if there chinese operative suspect them of violating the national security law, so all people are at risk of being extradited to mainland china according to the article 35 of the national security law. given everything you have outlined, what would you say is the future for democracy in hong kong, if there is any future for democracy in hong kong? is a really tough, difficult war between hong kong is and the dictatorship, but it is and the dictatorship, but it is not just about is and the dictatorship, but it is notjust about hong kong versus china, it is also the us and britain against china. this is the whole free world versus the tyranny that we are facing right now, so we urge the world to prevent bad things from happening, including implementing some programmes and schemes, and to add sanctions against the chinese communist party, or whatever they need to slow down the pressure. sixtus 'baggio' leung, thank you for talk

to hong kong right now. but i think the case is that the ten are not facing a fair trial. and china's legal system is not trustworthy by us. system is not trustworthy by us. and we can see that the idea for the trial of the youth 01’ idea for the trial of the youth or the idea that they are facing fair treatment... or the idea that they are facing fair treatment. .. we are seeing some photos, it seems they may go into a live press conference. there has been so little access to the proceedings here. you think there is much the rest of the world can do about the situation in hong kong, or is china so powerful now it can't be touched? i would like to ta ke be touched? i would like to take this opportunity to again call for attention for those hong kongers who have been out in incommunicado detention for over a hundred days, and to the experience of political prisoners in china. hong kong will only be safe with continued awareness from the international community. we can only stop tyranny, doing bad things, on

hong kong's high profile pro-democracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of 4. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. thousands of farmers camp on the outskirts of new delhi in protest against the government for its proposed new laws. we could be close to form 50000 american farms a warning from one of the top health officials in the us salt reporting the highest daily covert 19 death toll since the pandemic began. at a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackled the most important day in their academic calendar. police in hong kong have detained media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding government owned businesses he remain in custody until a court case in april earlier this year lai was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating beijing's national security law and the japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists joshua wong this child and ivan la

arrest and possible charges here in hong kong because of course they have squandered hong kong they left hong kong illegally by boat and so their troubles are of course not over the international community has been paid playing a great deal of attention to this case on the eve of the sentencing the european union voiced its concerns saying that it was concerned there would be no jew process and the fact that foreign observers are not being allowed to attend the trial which was held in secret there's been similar concerns expressed by the u.k. government and of course the government in the united states as to why china decided to release 2 of the defendants it could have something to do with the fact that china is due to sign a very important trade deal. with the european union any time and that this was something to possibly put kate critics because because of course the sentences they could have received could have been much higher this case has sparked a lot of concern in hong kong why is that. well i think for its spot concern i think for a number of reasons the age of of some of the

smothering hong kong's freedom. our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful. maria: secretary, what does this mean on a practical basis in terms of treating hong kong differently? how will things change? >> so the background of course that is the chinese communist party had entered into an agreement with the united kingdom that they would allow hong kong to have autonomy for 50 years. halfway through it or so, they've now broken those commitments, those promises that they made to the world. the united states had a series of preferences. we treated hong kong more favorable ethan we did china for all of those years because of that treaty. the chinese communist party has now broken its promise and the yaiftsz will respond -- united states will respond. the president asked us to review every preferential treatment that hong kong had and work to eliminate it. no longer makes sense, if the chinese are going to treat honk of kong the same way as they treat mainland china, there's no basis for the united stat

hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs are purely internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take counter measures to safeguard its sovereignty security and development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese person now. now those are words we've heard many times before this is just the latest of forcing tim's actions against beijing most recently there were visa restrictions on chinese funded call cultural programs which washington dean does propaganda programs and prior to that there were more sanctions on chinese officials and even hong kong officials restricting assets restricting travel and even restricting access to the international financial system and that includes hong kong's chief executive who now no longer apparently has no access to the international banking system and that receives her her salary in piles of cash it is said. ok thank you for that update the fallen live from hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera. and so on not nobody saw anything lik

for over eyes a hong kong pro-democracy activist who sought asylum in the u.k. but how open are countries to providing a safe sanctuary to those fleeing beijing's heavy handedness in hong kong. and a filipino family that was on their way out then the pandemic hit now the continent afford to eat what options do they and millions more like them to have. i'm british welcome to d.w. news asia glad you could join us a 15 year old girl is believed to have become the youngest ever hong kong protester to seek asylum in the united kingdom called she applied for asylum last week she joins a growing list of hong kong pro-democracy activists fleeing the territory in the wake of beijing's increased crackdown on dissidents correspondent phoebe kong met before she travelled to the u.k. her story. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest and a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k. where she is seeking political asyl

vaccine on time also coming up tonight prison time for demanding democracy just rolled into other hong kong activists will spend time behind bars for their role in anti-government protests. by brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us tonight and historic and a 1st step in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic the u.k. has become the 1st country in the world to approve a coded 19 vaccine the vaccine was developed jointly by germany's buy on tech and the u.s. pharmaceutical pfizer shipments of the vaccine are expected to reach british distribution centers by the week you. it's a ray of hope after months of punishing lockdowns in the u.k. the country's covert 1000 vaccination program will start next week 8 100000 doses are reportedly standing by with another 20000000 on the way i'm just so so pleased that 2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better and help is on its way to the elderly and health care workers will be at the front of the line the health authorities here say the vaccine is safe this vaccine has only been approved because those strict tests have been done and com

also coming up one of the saddest days yet in hong kong's descent of democracy 3 prominent activists have been sentenced to prison their crime having the old the asadi to stand up to china face and never stop me from activism and thinking critically but no matter what happens if i'm right assume it right it's essential to restart them all to see generation and the generation following us. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers all around the world welcome we begin the day with the british cry heard round the world today the vaccines are coming the u.k. today gave emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and by on tech it is the 1st western country ahead of the u.s. or the european union to allow mass evacuations in the fight against a pandemic that has claimed almost one and a half 1000000 lives the fact that the u.k. was 1st to approve use of a vaccine that was developed. by u.s. and german researchers will no doubt raise eyebrows and i or it will also increase pressure on regulatory agencies on both sides of the atlantic to gi

that was jeff talking to danny vincent in hong kong. right, before our next story, lara, i would like you to have a guess at what these three things have in common. you ready? i'm ready. fire away. ok — cyberspace, flying cars and dreaming sheep. well, it sounds like research for this show! chuckles. but i'm guessing it's not going to be, so enlighten me. no, they are all mainstays of or inspirations for the sci—fi genre known as cyberpunk. 0h, 0k! love a bit of cyberpunk! yes! now, one of the biggest video games of this year is cyberpunk 2077. and marc cieslak has been chatting to the brains behind the game. so let's find out if any of those things turn up in his film. a giant megalopolis to explore. cybernetic enhancements. futuristic hacking skills. and, to top it all, keanu reeves as a rock star who lives inside your head. maybe we'll fit together after all. welcome to one of the most anticipated video games of the year — cyberpunk 2077. cyberpunk for me, as a sci—fi genre, has always had something of an ‘80s vibe about it

hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs the internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take counter measures to safeguard its sovereignty security and development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese personnel difficult pollens joining us now from hong kong let's talk about these arrests 1st of all what more do we know about the. that's right we know that 7 more than 7 at least 7 quite prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested this morning and they include former lawmakers we understand they were arrested for organizing or taking part in a protest which was banned on july 1st now that protest takes has been taking place every year for the past 17 years and marks the handover of hong kong back to china from a british colony back to china this year that was banned the government says due to the pandemic although incidentally that was also the day when the national security law was imposed on home kong by beijing now this seems to be part of a an unrel

let's check in on hong kong tech stocks. this is against the background over fears that the antitrust movement against alibaba will spread. 1.6% gain. we also have the new zealand up.et therea at the moment under this great name of the antitrust regulators and china that it spread could be responsible for the selloff of late. this is bloomberg. ♪ juliette: it is almost 11:00 a.m. in singapore and hong kong. welcome. rishaad: here's a look at the top stories. asian markets up as investors welcomed relief measures in washington. the nikkei 225 reaches 27,000 for the first time since 1991. juliette: the eu government indicating support for a sweeping deal with china. this has been promoted by president trump. exchangethe hong kong has still not identified a new leaving.h charles li juliette: checking in on markets. investors continuing to cheer the u.s. aid package which saw global markets hit records. all three of the indexes in the u.s. rising on the back of the positive momentum as we see an uptick in u.s. futures as well.

china for crackdown in hong kong. all targets are people on the national people's congress standing committee. shery: brexit talks enter the final rounds with boris johnson going to brussels. is thesays wednesday final cut off. haidi: a truly a coming online. let's get straight to it with sophie. stocks, butian australian bucking the trend but not today. , under pressure including bhb and the aussie dollar retrading from the overnight high that we saw while bonds are gaining ground. nikkei futures in chicago under pressure ahead of a bunch of japanese data including a final read on third quarter data and waiting for the latest virus relief package which is said to be worth $700 billion. of trading asia, we are seeing downside moves for contract after the benchmark s&p fell overnight but the nasdaq did see coutts some gains. choppyut the pound -- a trade for the sterling as brexit talks are ongoing. couldrd charter saying it rise above 135 if a deal is struck. keeping an eye on the oil patch -- extending losses after i

hong kong time. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: i'm emily chang in san francisco and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, the fda, a second covid vaccine officially saying that the moderna shot is safe and effective. this comes as the u.s. surges past 200,000 cases per day. online retailer wish prepares to