if you look at the african behavior or issues of xinjiang, in hong kong, on taiwan, right?ery, very clear right? which we african country which were african countries are voting. when the speaker the former speaker of the house nancy pelosi when xi made her visit to taiwan, if you look at the condemnation that flew in, they came in, a lot of them came from african countries right? on theon diplomatic side i think there's some wins.an of the china needs to win edward and i think the chains understand this but i think in terms of volume, terms of what you put out there and or 30% that's fine. so i think that is really the strategy really a multi-domain - operation. and that's how i see the belt and road. it's not just an infrastructure building initiative. so i think responding to the belt and road cannot just be about infrastructure. i think it should be about something much more fundamental and that's really the power of ideas. >> actually helpful and that will be the subject of many other panels to come over the next two days as what is an age of belt and road at how to re

we have had churches xinjiang.ave had churches broken and in hong kong , false broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai >> great quote, elephant giving birth to a mouse. i rather like that, sir. ian's here. i'll ask him about where that came from in a moment. but it's all going to be okay. it's all going to be absolutely fine, because the chinese ambassador has been summoned us lord summoned to meet us lord cameron, foreign secretary . cameron, the foreign secretary. >> we must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is, not as we would wish it to be. and today's announcement should mark moment where mark a watershed moment where the uk takes a stand for values of human rights and the international rules based system upon which we all depend. china should immediately be labelled as a. >> well, we don't get as many technical mess ups on gb news as we used to, but there was one just there. because because lord cameron, we like

we have had churches xinjiang.ave had churches broken and in hong kong , false broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai >> great quote, elephant giving birth to a mouse. i rather like sir. ian's here. i'll ask that, sir. ian's here. i'll ask him about where that came from in a moment. but it's all going to be okay. it's all going to be absolutely fine, because the chinese ambassador has been summoned us lord summoned to meet us lord cameron, foreign secretary . cameron, the foreign secretary. >> we must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is, not as we would wish it to be. and today's announcement should mark moment where mark a watershed moment where the uk takes a stand for values of human rights and the international rules based system upon which we all depend. china should immediately be labelled as a. >> well, we don't get as many technical mess ups on gb news as we used to, but there was one just there. because bec

trashed the sino—british agreement, they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang is particularly awkward for your former boss, david cameron, who was meeting backbenchers tonight. not long ago, he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state? i he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state?— he was lobbying on behalf of the chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship _ chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship with - chinese state? i think if you look at the relationship with china, i at the relationship with china, matters have changed a heck of a lot in recent years. largely because china has changed its approach stop the chain of ten years ago was a country where one could be at least reasonably optimistic that they were moving in the right direction, it is certainly no longer the case. it does remain the case that china is a very important economy, and we clearly have to respond appropriately to what we have learned today, and other evidence of china's misbehaviour and a whole range of ways. the fact remains that the west as a whole and

it is part of the reason that the xinjiang is doing so well. biden-nomics actually works. and, this is sort of a beneficial result. jobs are going up faster. wages are going up faster than inflation. this creates a total positive environment that i think will only increase come november. >> we'll see. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here tonight. stewart, i believe those are newer glasses and i like them. >>> when we come back, republicans like to claim north america is facing a violent crime wave. people are scared. they are starting to believe it. but here's the thing. that could not be further from the truth! we will break down the facts with three police chiefs from around the country when the 11th hour continues. time for a little spotlight conversation. me for a little s conversation. betmgm is for everyone that loves sports betting. everyone, but tom brady. wait what?! you've won too much, tommy. let others play. so i'm in if i'm not tom brady? you're in. now dog me. what if i used to babysit tom brady and he was a little troublemaker? no one likes a snitch,

sanctions on those responsible for the abuses notjust in hong kong but obviously in but obviously in xinjiangthe inter parliamentary alliance on china. tell me about the attacks from china on them. , , . . tell me about the attacks from china onthem. ,,. ., on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much — on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much about _ on them. the specific attacks cannot be said much about unfortunately. i be said much about unfortunately. they seem to have been briefed on national security terms. what i can tell you is this has been happening for a very long time. parliamentarians across parties are concerned about some of china's behaviour. this is unfortunately very common, we have had at least three parliamentarians who had cyber attacks confirmed by foreign ministries. some of them going back three years now. impersonation attempts are also unfortunately quite common. e—mail addresses are made up for various people in various people e—mailed on behalf of those people claim to be them. this has been going on for a very long time. unfortunately it is not terr

i mean, try posting about the ethnic cleansing and xinjiang province and see how many likes you get on tiktok. it's just not going to happen. so there's >> no doubt that they mentioned the word uyghurs surfaced. know there's no doubt that there is political interference there, but actually, to me, that's secondary i'm just as interested in regulating meta and twitter and instagram and youtube as i am in tiktok, the differences, those are american companies already subject to us law. tiktok is not, we need to hold all of big tech accountable for the effective had on platforming disinformation for the effect of that, they've had on kids mental health for the effect that they've had in our civil discourse, they need to be reined in just it's like we put incense put in place, common sense regulations for linear tv and print media, all respecting the first amendment, but just guardrails fair enough. >> do you take on your phone? i do not. >> i finally put it on mine after years of my work phone only, but still some of these things that are coming out about it makes me nervous. do you think

those of us who were sanctioned had sanctioned because we had unearthed the xinjiang genocide, and ity around the world. these were official documents, china was furious with those of us as individuals as well, even though the government sanctioned three very lowly officials, they ahead lowly officials, they went ahead and sanctioned ten of us, including one legal chambers. so the reality is, even the balance isn't correct right now. so it needs to be reset . but certainly needs to be reset. but certainly we need to be much stronger and tougher. if you're tough tougher. and if you're tough with people, the lesson learn with people, the lesson we learn from the 1930s appeasement never works. you works. if you're strong, you tell them what's wrong and you tell them what's wrong and you tell them what's wrong and you tell them you're not going to put then eventually put up with it. then eventually they back down. they will probably back down. but just keep but if you don't, they just keep taking advantage of you. and but if you don't, they just keep takingouryantage of you. and but if yo

and there was the biggest lying butter in the world in, in, in xinjiang. to take advantage of the peace prosperity . which peace and prosperity. which would you believe it wrought by the mongol empire , the mongol the mongol empire, the mongol rule? yes. you had genghis khan, marco polo had to pay homage when he got to beijing, to kublai khan . kublai khan, who kublai khan. kublai khan, who was genghis khan's grandson. so, yes, it's very strange. for me, it was a historical revelation to realise i know. >> i love that you're calling this work, by the way. i mean, it looks absolutely fantastic. >> well, it was fantastic. >> well, it was fantastic. >> but i tell you something. i have a serious have written a very serious book. is 70,000 at book. it is 70,000 words at first. first part, then first. it's the first part, then it's the second part, as you might say. and here we are in the desert. some dancing might say. and here we are in the deon.:. some dancing might say. and here we are in the deon. and some dancing might say. and here we are in the deon. and

look at what they've done in xinjiang. are a million in xinjiang. muslims incarcerated there. they've done in there. look what they've done in hong they've hong kong where they've destroyed treaty destroyed not just a treaty made between and britain, an between china and britain, an international treaty . there are international treaty. there are 1700 political prisoners in the prisons in hong kong daily. there are threats to taiwan . you there are threats to taiwan. you think about the dreadful things that the chinese communist party is responsible for. and what do we in response? this is weak we do in response? this is weak and hearted. and half hearted. >> in short, say half >> in short, you say half hearted. they're in short, this is all bluster, there is no structure to all of this. it's to make it look as if we care, as if we're upset about this. but actually, china holds all the trump cards. >> it's weak and it's limp . it's >> it's weak and it's limp. it's not a strategic response to what has happened. we've made ourselves dependent. we shou

they have been committing murder and slave labour and genocide in xinjiang.ve had churches broken and in hong kong, false court cases against jimmy lai. >> so eamonn holmes i think, kind of hit the nail on the head at breakfast when he was interviewing jonathan ashworth and this is all about and said this is all about money, isn't it? nothing will change china for change because we need china for our financial commerce, for our our financial commerce, for our our trade with them . yeah. our trade with them. yeah. >> and for instance, they are the biggest supplier of electric cars in the world and they're about to build a factory here. and course, those cars could and of course, those cars could easily with devices . easily be fitted with devices. yeah.i easily be fitted with devices. yeah. i mean and think so what do we want. do we. do we not want china in creating thousands ofjobs want china in creating thousands of jobs in this country do of jobs in this country or do we? dilemma and it's one we? it's a dilemma and it's one that's not been resolved. of that

seen this in china's continued disregard for universal human rights and international commitments in xinjiangition under the new national security law in hong kong and the disturbing reports of chinese intimidation and aggressive behaviour in the south china sea, it is why this government has invested , stated government has invested, stated and called out so—called chinese overseas police service stations and instructed the chinese embassy to close them . however, embassy to close them. however, their cumulative attempts to interfere our with the united kingdom's democracy have not succeeded. last summer , the succeeded. last summer, the electoral commission stated that it had been a victim of a complex cyber attack between 2021 and 2022. this was the work of chinese state affiliated actors. these actors gained access to the electoral commission's email and file sharing systems, which contain copies of the electoral register. as the electoral commission stated in 2023, when this attack was first made public, the compromise has not affected the security of elections . it will not impact elect