The meeting will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing, the u. S. Policy responses. This is the second China Commission hearing on the situation hong kong. During the may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from prodemocracy advocates. They expressed serious concern about the extradition bill that was moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation wouldve put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Where a lack of due process and custodial leos have been well documented. Over the last six weeks millions of people in hong kong have taken to the streets and unprecedented and sustained show of unity. The protesters have inspired the world and everest their lives, health, jobs and the education to fight for the future of hong kong. Thank you for your courage and thank you for your bravery, we stand in solidarity. As protests get continue, Hong Kong Police use unnecessary force to target those in p
The meeting will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing, the u. S. Policy responses. This is the secondna Commission Hearing on the situation hong kong. During the may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from prodemocracy advocates. They expressed serious concern about the extradition bill that was moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation wouldve put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Where a lack of due process and custodial leos have been well documented. Over the last six weeks millions of people in hong kong have taken to the streets and unprecedented and sustained show of unity. The protesters have inspired the world and everest their lives, health, jobs and the education to fight for the future of hong kong. Thank you for your courage and thank you for your bravery, we stand in solidarity. As protests get continue, Hong Kong Police use unnecessary force to target those in peace
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Officials talk about efforts to prosecute hate crimes. This is one hour 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, a monarch introduce our next speaker, United States special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, elan carr. Special envoy car advises the secretary of state and is responsible for directing u. S. Policies and programs aimed at countering antisemitism all across the world. Special envoy car has served as a special District Attorney in los angeles as an offers in the u. S. Reserve, as an International President of the jewish vote early alpha epsilon phi, and on the National Council of the american israel of luck affairs committee. Special envoy carr is also the proud son of iraqis jewish parents who fled persecution in iraq. Please join in extending a warm welcome to special envoy carr. [applause] welcome thank you so much. What a pleasure it is to see not only great friends in the room but to partners in our mutual and most urgent struggle. I want to b
The hang seng was down more than 200 points. Talked about the violence that erupted overnight. We will talk about that later on. Strongerr seems to be on the back of asia fx currencies, like the south korean won. We saw the export and import numbers from south korea for the first 20 days not looking pretty. Chip exports plummeted 30 . Royal watching rick rude brent crude. Political tensions between the u. K. And iran. The latest on the strait of hormuz. We are seeing a mixed decision see yieldskets higher. Some of the boards will show you what we are watching out of china. All of the love has been in shanghai. The less rest of china is overlooked. Csi down 4 10 of 1 . Shanghai shares of lowered by close to 1 . Shenzhen and the chinx, i the liquidity is getting sucked out. , the liquidity is getting sucked out. Unofficially, what we have done at bloomberg is put together our own it inhouse custom index. It is based in market cap. Overall, we are up about 75 today. You do see why that is