And you can get all the latest on our website. Lots of analysis and background details. And you can get in touch with me on social media. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hong kongs burning resentments ahead of the 70th anniversary of chinas communist party. We look at the economics of the anger. We look at the issues hanging over the markets. Welcome. We start with hong kong because, as we have been watching, the city has been the scene of fresh clashes between demonstrators and police over the weekend. Hong kong has now been gripped by practice against the beijing backed government for overfour against the beijing backed government for over four months. They have been led by young people fighting the extradition bill and universal suffrage. We go behind the growing resentment as economic inequality rises to its highest levels in 45 years. In a city of bright lights and big dreams, prospects for Young Hong Kong people are dim. These are students yet to face
Whereas actually although the protests have taken place for over 100 days there have not really been serious injuries and no fatalities compared with the way western police hendo the los angeles riots in the 1970s occupy wall street in 2011 and the london riots in 2011 also in 5 days there were 5 deaths several 1000 arrests that whereas at home call we have over 200 policemen injured maybe a similar number of members of public also injured but really no serious injuries and no fatalities yes but arguably in london when there were riots the authorities here doubled down and they greeted austerity whereas you know on kong it seems to be one cave in after another to protest as you called off the legislation for league. Will unity with china back in 2012 you called of education curriculum changes because of protests why is it the hong kong authorities do everything the demonstrators appear to want them to do although some western media would like to portray our government as suppressor of
A great pity but i think there are Strong Security considerations considering that in the past 100 days there have been a lot of. Outbreaks of violence attacks on in those than bystanders if you if you find somebody who would disagree with you you bash that person so in the of the potential for group fights and the breakdown of law and order i thing they get all 4 of these were rights to cancel and he defied works this year well as you know media here in britain is covering the protests we have pictures in this studio of the american flags and british flags being flown by the protesters media here says they are Peaceful Protesters and in fact british media sense thora g. s are investigating c g n the Chinese International channel for bias the western. Coverage on the hong kong events have certainly been highly biased in our view and you know there have been a lot of description of the events in hong kong as Police Brutality whereas actually although the protests have taken place for ov
To crash on the deal with dr dean in 7 weeks time. Devastation in the bahamas the scale of the disaster caused by hurricane dorinda gives too much of the 10s of thousands of homes have been destroyed huge numbers of people without food. Hello and welcome i have on the. Hong kongs government has formally been drawn a controversial extradition bill would spark months of antigovernment demonstrations hong kongs chief executive carried announce a decision to scrap the bill in the last few minutes and the lord would have allowed for residence to be extradited to Mainland China protests to said it posed a threat to the territories and a thomas status. A 2 and a William Young standing by in hong kong really what is the latest on Hong Kong Media carry downs announcement on this extradition bid which had which is what triggered this protest in the 1st place. So as we know from several local news sources carolan a started this meeting with beijing lawmakers and also other top level government of
Whole call police theyre actually much more sinned against than sinning well presumably not going to be too late by giving on going to the back to the british were does it make you feel when you see the british Show Union Jack being flown by the protest is and people wanting british rule well i think they should go to the pit console and ask them for protest passports for all those who flight because flights or want to exchange their British National overseas possible for british citizen passports they look at it as solid a resounding no because the british have been amending then nationality and immigration legislation in the past decades so as to the bar hong kong people so these people are very naive if they think they cant get help when protection from the pictish or the americans by flying their flags you probably remember when britain. Ruled ongoing in a defacto dictatorship is it a failure of hong kong authorities as regards education that the young in hong kong some of the youn