Hardtalk, with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk. I am shaun ley. Hong kong is in uproar. Each weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. Alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, firstly to give beijing a greater say in extradition, and for wider calls to defend hong kongs freedoms. But as local authorities struggled to contain the crisis, and beijings struggles grow ever louder, could the Peoples Liberation army be on its way . Alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. Late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. It is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests a nd succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. What has gone wrong . Well, hello, shaun things are not doing so well in hong kong. And of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course we have seen clashes between the police and the protesters. We ha
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. Hong kong is in uproar. Each weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. Alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, first of a plan to give beijing a greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kongs freedoms. But as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijings grumbles grow ever louder, could the Peoples Liberation army be on its way . Alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. Late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. It is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. What has gone wrong . Well, hello, shaun. Things are not doing so well in hong kong, and of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course, we have seen clashes between the police and the protesters. We have been accusing the
Before the new afghanistan president is sworn in. Collision air strikes targeted i. S. I. L. Fighters surrounding a turkish town. An i. S. I. L. Building and two tanks were destroyed near the tank of kobani. Kurdish fighters attacked the group on the ground. Kurd are spread across parts of the north of the i. S. I. L. Fighters overran dozens of villages, and tried to take the town, but were repelled by kurdish fighters. Stefanie dekker reports. The sound of fighters jets in the sky above kobani, there were multiple strikes on i. S. I. L. Positions around the town. This was an ongoing battle and this is not over. As we drive east, we come across a town of kurdish refugees receiving aid. Translation we have been humiliated. Theres no water or electricity. Theres food, its not enough. There are so many. There are eight families living in a small house, and we cant go back because they are fighting. Reporter 10km east of kobani, we experienced the battle first hand. We are told that the ku
Tear gas no rubber bullets but will beijing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it so desperately wants and why is the west been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters and their calls for democracy. Our topic today chinas power play hong kong for trade talk about this im joined by walk away from did abuse asia desk he says china wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country 2 systems and now also has the make concessions. Botches the Senior Expert on egypt where the Bertelsmann Foundation base here in berlin he says comes the half percent or all the global competition of systems western democracies should show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. And cherry chan is from hong kong. Works for g. W. Social media team in berlin she says chinas propaganda war is only uniting the people of hong kong and they will not stop viking on the streets until they get a real response from the government. Thanks so much to all of
Hong Kong: Things to do at Causeway Bay + Tourist Spots outoftownblog.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outoftownblog.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.