A vigil in defiance for the 1st time. To remember the Tiananmen Square massacre it comes to impose a National Security law on the 70 autonomous territory so cities democracy movement. Is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Hong kong has held a candlelight vigil to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre every year for the past free decades its one of only 2 territories in china the other is macau where people can openly commemorate the chinese armys crackdown on democracy protests in 1989 but this year for the 1st time the memorial has been banned in both places police in hong kong cited the corona Virus Outbreak and restrictions on Mass Gatherings but some still defied the ban and gathered in the citys Victoria Park vigil organizers say the ban is an excuse to limit dissent. This is totally political motive a that the way you look at hong kong everything business as normal when you go to the subway is far more far more congested than any political gathering in hong kong so its
A new, widely Controversial National security law for hong which has been protested by folks in hong kong. Investors concerned these actions could destabilize the global economy. I want to bring in markets reporter taylor riggs, who has been following all of this. Break down what happened for us. Taylor it looked like we were green and in the clear until the last hour of trading, and then you sort of mentioned other headlines that made markets very nervous. Trump said he would have a press Conference Friday to talk about china. Then theres a lot of concern about the National Security law china signed that in effect would remove a lot of the economy from hong kong. In the last hour of trading, everything fell apart, but the key theme remains. Some of the Big Companies are still some of the big out performers. The s p, which is a marketcapweighted index, outperforming relative to the nasdaq, which also includes some of the smaller companies. And of course, the russell 2000, which is the
A vigil in defiance for the 1st time hong kong. To remember the talibans square massacre it comes as china for a pass to impose National Security laws on the semi autonomous territory so will the citys democracy movement. This is inside story. Hello welcome to the program and its. Hong kong has held a candlelight vigil to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre every year for the past free decades its one of only 2 territories in china the other is macau where people can openly commemorate the chinese armys crackdown on democracy protests in 1989 but this year for the 1st time the memorial has been banned in both places police in hong kong cited the corona Virus Outbreak and restrictions on Mass Gatherings but some still defied the ban and gathered in the citys Victoria Park vigil organizers say the ban is an excuse to limit dissent. This is totally political motive a that the way you look at hong kong everything business as normal when you go to the subway is far more far more congeste
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Venezuela shipments from iran are on the way but theres the threat of a showdown with the u. S. And the drive to attract tourists back to one of the worlds most visited cities there are safety concerns. And sport the head of cattle is World Cup Organizing Committee values to keep the event affordable for found us and all the while he says not pricing out supporters has become more important due to the Economic Impact of coronavirus. Now there are reports that the Chinese Government plans to introduce National Security laws in hong kong following months of mass protests against beijing there and this all comes as chinas biggest political gathering of the kicks off in beijing the opening session of the top political advisory body comes a day ahead of the National Peoples congress for more on this lets cross live now to our correspondent katrina you shes in beijing katrina this is a hugely controversial legislation remember back in 2003 the last time it was on the table it brought a 10000