Ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. A protest in the u. K against chinese leader shooting ping and the communist party has spun into a high level diplomatic route. People outside the chinese consulate in manchester. Many of them from hong kong, were accosted by chinese officials beaten, and in one case dragged into the grounds of the consulate. Ah, around 40 people, including hong kong, exiles and britain, were protesting outside the consulate in manchester. The demo was aim to coincide with the communist parties twice a decade. Congress in beijing, at which he camping is set to secure an unprecedented 3rd leadership term. Things escalated quickly, put it shows a man in a bray, apparently consul general jung show you an approach the protest and kicked down a pro democracy sign. 2 does a flurry of movement and scuffles at the consulate gates. Oh, the Police Arrive and tried to break up the ruckus. Oh, dont we see a protester on the ground inside the consulate being kicked and punched by a group of men. Oh, hes then broad eyed by British Police and fellow demonstrators. I later at a press conference with british parliamentarians, the victim of the attack, bob chan said he was shocked, as it happened. Number of your soil. Isnt that i left hong kong because of the National Security law . It meant drastic changes to the freedoms we enjoy and hong kong and how we live our lives. Chinas Foreign Ministry accused disturbing elements of legally entering the consulate and such as lodged a formal complaint with britain council. John later defended pulling the protesters, hair, telling sky news. He was just doing his duty as chan was abusing his country and his leader under she, jim ping relations between britain, hong kong colonial ruler until 1997 and china have been particularly tense. She organized a severe crackdown on hong kong democracy movement, culminating a National Security law that has drastically curtailed democratic freedoms in the city. Joining us as dw correspondent Clifford Kuhn an author of at rapport clifford, how serious is this incident in manchester . I mean, you k, china relations have not been well for some time. I think this is utterly extraordinary. I mean, here you have a job show you on whos the am the console in manchester and missing on a National Broadcaster in his host country that he grabbed a protester and into the Council Ground and an oversold while he was giving a thrashing. I mean, this is, i cant think of, of where this would happen. Its incredibly you unusual behavior. And its quite arrogant and offensive behavior in diplomatic terms. And its also baffling in many ways. I mean, why, why would he admit this and, and it takes his whole wolf warrior diplomacy thing that weve seen evidence of in china a lot over the last few years. It takes it to a whole new level. I mean, this is beyond angry statements. This is literally dragging somebody off the street as we saw the photograph and the report and am and you know, overseeing a while to get beaten up. And a lot of the participants of the protest appear to have come from hong kong. Which underscores the vulnerability of this group of people in the u. K. That theyre still being targeted extra territorially, do you have a sense of whether the British Government is doing anything about this . Well, i think, i think the stephanie true, i think we saw with the am with the victim, you know, hes from hong kong and he spoke of how he had, he thought he put that National Security law behind him when he got the plane to the u. K, m and instead here he is, you know, its, its sort of a, an attack on sovereignty. In many ways. I think this is where its going to be in the, the u. K. Will have to act. And what a can do is offered the protections that had that it can am obviously, since the 1997 hand over and you case influence in hong kong has been less. But its showing that by offering on calling people the right of abode in, in the u. K. That a can do something by providing a safe haven. But it becomes very warden now to show that they can protect those people and indeed their families when and when this sort of thing happens. And given the current chaos, if the u. K. Government to you can well imagine how distracted they are on Domestic Affairs to really not be able to focus on Foreign Policy and including with this snafu. So itll be interesting to see how that plays out over the next few days. I am curious about looking at the situation where we see chinese attempts to suppress free speech in the u. K. A. We see them trying to do this in other places. How bad is the situation getting . Well, this is one of the worst weve seen in europe. I mean weve, weve seen things where they put pressure in australia. Weve seen the pressure in lithuania, in trade terms. But in terms of, in diplomatic terms, this is a really, really a, very much a hands on sort of incident. And so i think theres growing signs of this happening. And im with the sort of political mess that you see in the u. K. And also the divisions say within the e u, its very difficult to get a unified response from western countries to what is ultimately an attack on sovereignty. And i think this is something that is possibly going to get worse before it gets better. Yeah, i mean, theres a lot of a focus on universities in the u universities in United States, but this is very in your face. And literally somebody out there dragging a protester. Its all happening, of course, in this big week where she jing ping is going to be made leader for life with his 3rd term. What do we know about that in terms of hints of where the country a china is going where hes going to take it. What has he said so far . Was so far, weve seen a lot of indications that hes trying to show that hes, hes keeping things on an even keel. People are looking for information everywhere in a, in a, in, but its essentially an information vacuum because im, things tend to be wrote speeches and whatever. Theres been issues about 0 covey is a big factor because the economy is slowing down. People looking for a way out of the economic morass and the congress itself. I mean, the timing of this incident with the congress is, in some ways a chimes with this growing nationalistic fervor that youre seeing in china at the moment. Not that theres necessarily a link because i think possibly this council has actually overreached himself on may find himself withdrawn after this. Because this is timing in terms of, you know, theyre busy in beijing and i think its gonna, theyre gonna have to see that out before they can actually take these situations outside of beijing any further. Yeah, its a little bit of a distraction that beijing might not be entirely as happy as the console was hoping it would be covered, couldnt, and thank you so much for joining us. Ah, on to a, another dispute involving china, this one with the philippines. The 2 countries disagree where chinas maritime borders extend with bay gene, claiming a vast oceanic territory that reaches deep down into Southeast Asia along what it calls its 9 dash line. Not only the philippines, but other countries of south east asia, reject this claim. Meanwhile, the live to reality of this dispute plays out among philippine fishermen whose livelihoods and safety are impacted by this geopolitical fight. These other waters of the South China Sea that fishermen in the north of the philippines have been making their living off for generations. But chinas expansionism in the area is threatening their livelihoods. It started 10 years ago when mary of villa montez boat was chased away by the chinese in one of his main fishing grounds. The reef rich and fish and marine life called scarborough, shall i all bubble dominions . Got a moral. We were going to the Scarborough Shoals when the chinese coast god blocked us. Malignant. I may be a lot, i mean, and then when we were already retreating, they water canada for 2 minutes and they kept on following us for 5 miles to make sure we didnt go back there. I am alexis animal. The number of fish mario villa monte catches has decreased significantly since the chinese boats have restricted access to the best fishing ground. But getting back as too risky, they leave must not be at the level. What if they rammed us . Our boat is made of wood and their ship is made of metal, so we dont stand a chance in the oil and im in china claim sovereign g to over 80 percent of the South China Sea. And under the leadership of shes in pain, it has dramatically expanded its presence here. Hundreds of chinese navy and coast guard vessels, petrol, the waters, swarming reefs, and harassing and attacking filipino boats. 6 years ago, the philippines brought a case against china before an international court. A tribunal ruled that beijing had been unlawful in its occupation of filipino fishing grounds. But china has ignored the ruling. Chinas land grab has robbed christopher de vera of a large part of his income as he and all as i get them. Agatha not being allowed to fish there is hurting me. Imagine they are the early ones allowed to fish inside the shoulders. And even though the Scarborough Shoal is ours on pallet, oh tharpe and youngest got water on the lease that young on top of that chinese clam harvest. Does have destroyed the coral on the reef and decimated fish stocks to vera says minimal. But despite that, some members of his crew have gone fishing now under the cover of darkness to top up their otherwise measly whole. Or i dont always if it feels like being a thief in your own back yard. All of the fishermen here, thats how we feel like we are foreigners visiting a country law and they are not letting us in law is being ours as a sub in im in but with Asian Countries divide it on how to respond to china. There is no serious challenge to beijings expansionism for christopher de vera and mary of lemon take fishing is all theyve ever known. Their only hope now is that china wont lay claim to even more of their fishing grounds. Thats all for thursday. Be sure to check out our website and social media will leave you with pictures from india. 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