Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Last weekend in hong kong, metro stations were toilets, the Chinese State news agency was attacked, but hes fired water cannon and tear gassed and 200 people were arrested. That is hong kongs new normal. How long can it go on without a major intervention from beijing . Is there any way out of the impasse between hong kongs government and pro democracy protesters . Government and pro democracy protesters . My guess is former Senior Administration of the territory, anthony cheung. Other territorys prospects leak . Bleak . Anthony cheung in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. From the outside, it looks as though hong kong is sliding ever deeper into chaos, is not the way it feels to you, inside hong kong . Well, its really distressing to see whats happening. Protests and violence seems to be continuing and the whole community is getting very anxious. Some people feel they dont see a breakthrough. They d
Making it feel pretty raw so not pleasant conditions throughout the day on thursday here. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, to the north of it, bright, probably the best sunshine for scotland. With stephen sackur. A few showers which will be wintry on the hill but quite blustery welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Here and some heavy maybe thundery last weekend in hong kong, showers across southern metro stations were torched, and south western the Chinese State news parts of england and agency was attacked, it will be quite blustery here, too. Police fired water cannon and tear we should see some sunshine gas and 200 people were arrested. And slightly lighter winds. That is hong kongs new normal. It will be a chilly day wherever you are, just about 10 degrees across the south and single figure values in the north. Like i mentioned, feeling chilly underneath the cloud and rain. How long can it go on without through thursday night, a slow improvement. That weather front with the band o
I am the story behind one of the most remarkable days in recent german history. Schabowski is no doubt the night the wall came down. Next on the. List to put your response to leave yourself a network or the humax you tube channel subscribers dont miss out. On shooting good those are mostly good at the 6 pm on the 9th of november 1989 going to schabowski opened a press conference about the meeting of the communist Party Central committee you know some hundreds of journalists had come hoping to hear news about east germanys latest decision on letting its citizens travel. Not a word about the travel regulations only partly my language it was all waffle so it went on for half an hour it was dreadfully boring and all the other journalists felt the same thing. You. Should ask john since your address yes is voted to an Italian Journalist a card or was invited to ask a question should not freak him out of going to the concept of trick can do it in one was standing to the left he derive slowly
Secret police the stars he shared suspicious activity right by the wall of the Brandenburg Gate. A starfleet officer requested information about a tall mast picked up on the images. Whatever. The suspicious mast was being arrested by an American Television broadcaster which had sent its top reporter to berlin. At the same time in the east German Ministry of the interior. A colonel of the Peoples Police was given a secret mission by his superiors. He was to write a paper intended to save the country from disaster at the last minute but the new trot out of control and change the world. And twee bundle it was an overcast november day it wasnt raining but it was dull. It helps doc. I hate november i hate this weather it drags down my mood. Im good at this will it was fortunate our embassy had a soaring pull a 3040 minute swim gave me enough energy for the rest of the day. Not intruding on. A trip and perk. Fish was a carpenter in east berlin for him the 9th of november began like any norma
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Last weekend in hong kong, metro stations were torched, the Chinese State news agency was attacked, police fired water cannon and tear gas and 200 people were arrested. That is hong kongs new normal. How long can it go on without a major intervention from beijing . Is there any way out of the impasse between hong kongs government and pro democracy protesters . Well, my guest is a former senior official in the territorys administration, anthony cheung. Are the territorys prospects bleak . Anthony cheung in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Youre welcome. From the outside, it looks as though hong kong is sliding ever deeper into chaos, is that the way it feels to you, inside hong kong . Well, its really distressing to see whats happening. Protests and violence seem to be continuing and the whole community is getting very anxious. Some young people feel they dont see a breakthrough. They dont see light at the end of the t