Admired around the world for his wit and humour, has died at the age of 80. Good morning. It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london and 8 00pm in washington, where President Trump has signed into law legislation backing protesters in hong kong. The law has been passed by both houses of congress, but until late on wednesday, the president had no shown huge enthusiasm for the bill. He said he had respect for chinas president , xijinping, and was sure he would resolve the situation. But now, he has signed. So what difference does this make . Joining me now, ben bland, a Research Fellow and director of South East Asia project at Lowy Institute in sydney. Thank at Lowy Institute in sydney. You so much forjoinin tell thank you so much forjoining us. Tell us how significant that President Trump signed this bill, and what does it really mean for the Pro Democracy Movement in hong kong . This is a really big, symbolic victory for the Democracy Movement in hong kong. Activists h
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Hello to you. President trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The new legislation, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The law also threatens sanctions for human rights violations. Nick beake is in hong kong. What difference does essentially make. The government in hong kong has attacked this bill. The leadership in beijing, surely it plays into their hands. It has tried to betray the protesters as unrepresentative minorities and puppets of powers. They have, that is absolutely the case. But today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. In the same week they have done
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Hello to you. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. And, believe this is International Recognition of theirfight. And, of course, comes in the same week they have done extremely well in this district elections. And they have really shown that the wider public here in hong kong support their cause, they would say. And, so, really, the news coming from amer