Our viewers that its 2047 right that reverts to complete chinese rule so theres this window of opportunity there a cherry as a hong konger how is this City Different from the rest of china. In that race in hong kong. People from there we always say. At. Almost the same standard as how the us of woe is seeing it we also know people from china with friends from Mainland China when we talk about this because we know that we have a difference when we look at freedom for example we always have a relatively high freedom of speech freedom of media we can get access to facebook and twitter and the internet without any restrictions which is very different from the Mainland China ok theres also the court system as well hong kong has been so successful because it has an independent courses then there is the rule of law that is also a main difference along with freedom of expression isnt it yeah exactly in hong kong we always trust such a system and we know that is independent from and ministratio
Possibility of another Tiananmen Square in hong kong i think we should be concerned but i dont think its very likely tenement is still a troll for the Chinese Communist party. Beijing knows that it would be drastic if the p. L. O. A Peoples Liberation army actually went into hong kong and i dont think its necessary nowadays because the party has different means of putting people on the pressure that has all the technical means it has the companies that are being put under a lot of pressure now Cathay Pacific and many others so i dont see a big likelihood at the same time i dont see a very good outcome for the hong kong people its going to be a very unhappy ending a very unhappy ending ok what do you think that means sure what would be a very unhappy ending have you excluded as has the possibility of another gentleman square i think hong kong people theyre very well aware that china is trying to scare people with violence and the possibility of sending me i think many of them just try t
Done and reform but this is a very sensitive issue as we all know we have taxation thats high on the agenda so we might get some kind of minimum tax form which a National Corporations we have migration on the agenda we have to digitize ation how to educate people how to use digitisation as a source for economic froze so there are many issues that need to be tackled but actually everybody will look at how does Climate Change in trade come out of it so its will be a very critical summit ok climate. Climate politics and trade the 2 areas where we could see progress claudio thanks very much for coming in. Lets break down some of the other stories making the news this hour at least 5 people have been killed in a stampede at a packed raf concert in the old carrion capital of cheers thousands of gathered at a concert by a local rap artist. Video posted online shows medics attending to some of the us. The prominent kremlin critic alexy has been released from prison after serving 30 days a mosc
Peacefully staking their claim on Freedom Police holding back this time with no 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 calling for trade to talk about this im joined by walk away from the the views 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 a Senior Expert on egypt where the Bertelsmann Foundation based here in berlin he says comes the half percent of global competition of. Systems western democracies show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. And carry chan is from hong kong and works for you w. Social media team in berlin she says chinas propaganda war is only uniting the people of hong kong and they will not stop fighting on the streets un
On the other. Thats all, stay with bbc world news. 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 po