He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. Thats him there with Prince Charles there. Hes been speaking to my colleague Babita Sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain . We have obligations to people in hong kong. Their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesnt involve us. We should be standing up for peoples writes in hong kong and for the system wh
He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. Thats him there with Prince Charles there. Hes been speaking to my colleague Babita Sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain . We have obligations to people in hong kong. Their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesnt involve us. We should be standing up for peoples writes in hong kong and for the system wh
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And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed come to support hong kong. Protesters chant. Thats not how democracy activists see it. Occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. One student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. Hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the Chinese Communist state. A hong kong flag in mourning. A Veteran Protester at 20. But shes no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. Another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. Coffee shop barista a
hearted, and its most dangerous as an underground movement. right. you think president trump is missing the point that even if the caliphate falls, that doesn t mean it s the end of isis. he is getting advice of that, but he doesn t seem to be processing that information. well, trump doesn t listen to the central intelligence agency or the pentagon. both of whom understand what s going on in this part of the world. if the caliphate should fall, baghdadi should be captured, that s not the end of it. it s a resistance movement, very much like marksism. it will continue on until there s some sort of political resolution, and he is just disengaging from the middle east way too fast, and is he going to regret this, and i would say very soon. well, always great to have your analysis on these matters. many thanks to you. thank you. 26,579 and counting.