Sunday the election had record turnout following 6 months of protests that rocked the island now while those who support the protests not stay when not everyone is on board china daily published an editorial monday stating the results of sundays District Council d election marks a setback for hong kongs Democratic Development as the results were skewed by the illegal activities of the opposition camp to the benefit their candidates in the run up to sundays voting members of the opposition camp particularly their young agitator is engaged in an all out campaign to sabotage the Campaign Activities of pro establishment candidates and intimidate their supporters from going to the ballot box now kristie theres a lot going on here but what is the significance of those big wins for the pan democrats in hong kong you know economically and otherwise this is actually quite significant because as the markets look at this was a reading of barometric reading on the overall sentiment in hong kong an
Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
A very important deal i guess you could say one of the most important deals in trade ever. Its going very well but at the same time we want to see it go well and. I think it will think that president xi can make that happen and i know him and i know hed like to make it happen Chinas Ministry of commerce also commented on the call between private. And u. S. Trade representative robert litan hisor and treasury secretary Steven Nugent saying the 2 sides had reached a consensus on how to resolve some key issues and would continue to work in to come to terms on an eventual deal in hong kong the pan democrats scored big victories as they won nearly 90 percent of the 452 District Council seats in elections held sunday the election had record turnout following 6 months of protests that rock to the island now while those who support the protests not stay when not everyone is on board china. Daily published an editorial monday stating the results of sundays District Council d election marks a se
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