Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me again, stephen. Well, its a pleasure to have you back in the studio. We talked last soon after you fled from hong kong. Youve been living a life in exile for pretty much three years now. But your situation has changed recently because the chinese authorities or the hong kong authorities, i should say have put a bounty on your head of1 million hong kong dollars. What difference has that made . Well, its definitely a step up of the Intimidation Tactics that the chinese and Hong Kong Government has been using. For me, ive been wanted on several other charges, but putting a bounty on someone s head is completely new. Like, when i google and search on the list of bounties from the governments list, its actually quite strange because you saw people who are wanted under homicide or any other serious crimes, they were wanted with 300,000 hong kong dollars and we were, like, triple of their bounties. But the charges, of course, ar
How to make repression work . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me again, stephen. Well, its a pleasure to have you back in the studio. We talked last soon after you fled from hong kong. Youve been living a life in exile for pretty much three years now. But your situation has changed recently because the chinese authorities or the hong kong authorities, i should say have put a bounty on your head of1 million hong kong dollars. What difference has that made . Well, its definitely a step up of the Intimidation Tactics that the chinese and Hong Kong Government has been using. For me, ive been wanted on several other charges, but putting a bounty on someones head is completely new. Like, when i google and search on the list of bounties from the governments list, its actually quite strange because you saw people who are wanted under homicide or any other serious crimes, they were wanted with 300,000 hong kong dollars and we were, like, triple of their bounties. B
Hil officially start at liverpool on june the hil officially start at liverpool onjune the 1st, liverpool on june the 1st, after they liverpool onjune the 1st, after they agreed a deal worth more than £9 million, with this gives you an idea which is how highly they rate arne slot. Also worth noting hes been announced as the head coach of liverpool rather than the manager as part of a new look structure under the new sporting director richard hughes. Why have they gone on the slot . Easel enjoyed a lot of success. Last year, final one, but they finished in the dutch league second. Theres quite a few similarities with jurgen klopp. Hes been far more successful as a manager than a player. He has a reputation for playing dynamic, exciting football and being an excellent man manager who gets the best out of his players. We have the backing of klopp and urging fans to get behind the new man. But arne slot has a pretty tough act to follow. Chelsea are set to announce lyon boss Sonia Bompasto
about a parliament in exile, we think about government in exile because they are supposed to go hand in hand. and for now, ijust don t think we have the soil for that kind of institution, like, we need to have a legitimate origin, we need to have recognition of different states, international bodies. i think our efficacy work isjust far away from addressing that field. so if there were an effort in coming months to set up this notional hong kong parliament in exile, you would want no part of it? well, for me, i m part of the hong kong community, but i will work on the other fronts other than that, because there are opportunity calls, like if i m fully involved in this project which i think, for now, we don t have the maturity and have the soil for that i would lose the opportunity to do other important advocacy work. and what about self determination? is that still something that you want? i think we should not omit the fact that hong kong used to be a colony, whether you think tha
whether you believe that they are the right aims, quoting elmer yuen who, again, is a pro democracy activist who is involved in this initiative he says, the aim is to take down the communists and regain freedom for hong kong. do you share that? well, we are a very diverse community. people can have their advocacy work as they like as long as we have the idea of having a free and democratic hong kong. these initiatives definitely draw a lot of attention and a lot of voice. for me, if we think about a parliament in exile, we think about government in exile because they are supposed to go hand in hand. and for now, ijust don t think we have the soil for that kind of institution, like, we need to have a legitimate origin, we need to have recognition of different states, international bodies. i think our efficacy work isjust far away from addressing that field. so if there were an effort in coming months to set up this notional hong kong parliament in exile, you would want no part of