and our correspondent in hong kong good to see you both melinda let s start with you so how is the german government reacting to beijing s quite harsh criticism of the joshua ones visit the foreign ministry rejected the criticism saying that it is perfectly normal procedure for the form of the foreign minister to meet with a representative of civil society from another country and yesterday in her speech to parliament the chancellor said very clearly that human rights are indispensable to germany in regard to the hong kong chinese tensions and that she had conveyed that message on her visit to beijing last week she also said that germany absolutely stands by the principle of one land 2 systems when it comes to china and hong kong that said there is an element of caution here in berlin as well the chancellor herself has not met with joshua long and her spokesperson emphasized that this week and this visit by mr wong to berlin is not an official government
rights clauses into trade agreements with china so 3 very clear messages to the german government all right much yes let s come to you now and get beijing s perspective on all of this why is china so upset about this visit. beijing is extremely nervous about what s happening in hong kong the protests have gone into their 4th month no and they do not show any sign of dying out beijing the hong kong government have tried lots of things to scare away protesters to suppress the movement to calm down the protests none of this has worked and these protests are now threatening to overshadow beijing celebrations of founding the seventy s and a verse 3 of the founding of the people s republic of china and that is something that is angering beijing of course beijing is trying to limit the space for its critics abroad it has been doing so for some years companies who have for example
to hong kong to face the next tenement square massacre happened for a decade ago on monday while met german foreign minister heiko must prompting shop criticism from beijing it summons germany s ambassador accusing but then of interfering in china as a fan as. the only go. and see what happens no i m fortunately have to say will have negative consequences on bilateral relations and china will have to rehab someone. who will do the same. at berlin s home old university just one packed tight 3 here to his message was one of defiance and a strong belief in the power of the protest movement in his home city no matter the youngster or elderly all we stand as one with our determination to fight for a better future. joshua won t find many supporters in the german capital. i
listed taiwan not as a province of china but as a separate entity have felt beijing and had to change their websites and printed materials and governments have also been under pressure not to meet with beijing s critics in 2005. with the dalai lama. was met was a diplomatic response and economic sanctions by the beijing government she has not met the dalai lama after and no other western leader is meeting the dalai lama has been meeting the dalai lama in recent years and social long was now one of the most prominent critics of beijing is probably experiencing a similar thing pressure on foreign governments is mounting not to meet with him not to give his criticism a platform some you know what about this direct response from beijing that there could be consequences for ties between china and germany what could that mean.
government should stop selling equipment to the hong kong police as long as there is ongoing violence being used by the police in crowd control and thirdly he said that he thinks germany should tie trade more closely to human rights for example possibly suspending trade with china or imposing sanctions and or inserting human rights clauses into trade agreements with china so 3 very clear messages to the german government aren t much yes let s come to you now and get beijing s perspective on all of this why is china so upset about his visit. beijing is extremely nervous about what s happening in hong kong the protests have gone into their 4th month no and they do not show any sign of dying out beijing the hong kong government have tried lots of things to scare away protesters to suppress their movement to calm down the protests none of this has worked and