pro beijing new people s party. has hong kong s governing principle of one country, two systems already morphed into one country, one system? dominic lee in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. hi, thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, mr lee, you were recently elected to hong kong s legislative council. what word would you choose to describe hong kong s political system? it s a revamped system, and i think it s an enhancement to the previous system, which was characterised by filibustering, excessive ones, and violence was incited in the legislative council chamber. and right now, with the new legco, we are three weeks into swearing in and the environment is a lot better now. the chief executive came to the legislative council for an increased session two weeks ago, and there are a lot of enquiries from different legco members asking them about different social issues. so the legco right now is more focused on solving socioeconomic issues in hong kong, as oppose
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that, if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukrainian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. and stuck in be
the winter olympics amid some of the world s toughest covid restrictions? it s 9:00am in singapore and eight in the evening in washington where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. and s
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it seems there is no room for political opposition or dissent in today s hong kong. legislative elections at the end of last year saw pro beijing candidates sweep the board. pro democracy activists have either been arrested, forced into exile, or cowed into silence. my guest is dominic lee, a legislatorfrom the pro beijing new people s party. has hong kong s governing principle of one country, two systems already morphed into one country, one system? dominic lee in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. hi, thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, mr lee, you were recently elected to hong kong s legislative council. what word would you choose to describe hong kong s political system? it s a revamped system, and i think it s an enhancement to the previous system, which was characterised by filibustering, excessive ones, and violence was incited in the legislative council chamber. and right now, with th