for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hong kong is marking 25 years since britain handed over control of the territory to china. xijinping, china s president, has been in the city to celebrate the event. this was the scene at the railway station as mr xi arrived. he was greeted by the outgoing chief executive carrie lam, who he credits for stopping what he called chaos and violence in the territory. her time in office saw the erosion of civil liberties and the crushing of huge pro democracy protests. speaking ahead of the anniversary, the british prime minister, borisjohnson, accused beijing of failing to meet the commitments it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. on the 25th anniversary of the handover, we simply cannot avoid the fact that, for some time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations. it is a state of affairs that threatens bot
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kong after 1997, there was a lot of discussion about whether it should make for taiwan people more hesitant in accepting beijing olive branch in striking a deal but after 2019 uprising and after national security law, 2019 uprising and after nationalsecurity law, i 2019 uprising and after national security law, i don t think beijing cares about the timeline reaction anymore and they would judge that, taiwan people are not very enthusiastic with the reunification anyway so they are really preparing in full force, in the military ork was a military option, in solving the taiwan question and so when taiwan take control, i don t think they care too much about taiwan reaction anymore. you mentioned taiwan reaction anymore. you mentioned there taiwan reaction anymore. you mentioned there hong kong fully in control. it s been 25 years since it re entered beijing s
let s stay with that and return to events in hong kong. for a better insight into what xi jinping s visit today spells for the city and for some of china s neighbours, let s turn to ho fung hung, a professor of political economy at thejohn hopkins university in baltimore. professor, thank you so much forjoining us. what do we take from xijinping s visit forjoining us. what do we take from xi jinping s visit to hong kong. what does it tell us about china s level of control over the territory and also beijing s contentment with that level of control? it s the 25th year anniversary of the hong kong handover and it s an important landmark and also, after the uprising in 2019 and the national security law in 2020, xijinping is very much interested in showing that now, hong kong is back to stability and beijing has full