an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic drugs this is still the center of capitalism there is no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to make as well as smaller and smaller we don't want to base a realistic in the well we would rather have a fantasy growing pains on al-jazeera. china's new national security or is tightening beijing's control over hong kong and stifling the protests that rocked the city a year ago with activists facing imprisonment pro-democracy candidates disqualified from elections and even a media mogul detained by security police always seeing the end of one country 2 systems.

this law will restore stability to hong kong this law will ensure that is very important principle of one palm tree 2 systems can continue. to close the chinese government is tightening its grip on hunt calm. with the enactment of a national security law that has ignited protests everyone and sparked an international backlash we implemented based restrictions on those responsible for the hong kong crackdown. the sweeping legislation was imposed a year off to massive street protests rocked the city. protests to said

they were fighting for democracy. beijing supporters described them as riots s. and suspension it's. going to sit there and wring our hands and say sorry we have no law against success and no you mustn't there to protect the hold up turn up close that's looking since the enactment of the national security level some protest slogans have been censored. but a news room raided. it's found detained. activists have been arrested. oh fuck boy are all pro democracy candidates disqualified from running in legislative council elections and then the polls themselves to spoon for a year. activist were found to stay the course say there's very little room left to maneuver. a mole's colonising who is overcome the fear and hot compared to

the french from beijing more important is out of it with the fear. britain load its flag for the last time in hong kong on the 30th of june 1907. at midnight the city ceased to be a crown colony and became a special administrative region of the people's republic of china. under an agreement with the united nations hong kong with bell be governed by an arrangement known as one country 2 systems don't show pings form and that was the lifestyle in hong kong. shall remain unchanged for 50 years on come people who are in hong kong . within hours of the handover martin leake also known as hong kong father of democracy was on the streets there's group of people

very rich off. the return of hong kong the china they also want to see. democracy in china democracy in audio. today believe believes beijing is trying to shut him up. he and 14 other activists have been charged for taking part in the illegal assemblies. they were arrested in april weeks before the announcement of the national security law and looked at disturbances in all during. the chinese communist. history into. the economy does his son. they want to change their shopping policy i don't agree so i've become a traitor in their eyes they call me a traitor but i bet they have been breaking the greens if the people in the britain

know my full bevel. not. just to prosecution since 1990 hong kong's victoria park has played host to the annual june 4th visual hells to remember those who died in the tenement square crackdown of 1989 but police banned the gathering this year citing restrictions imposed because of the covert 19 pandemic. organizes that the memorial moved the event online but gathered on officially at the park. by early evening thousands of supporters had joined them in defiance of the ban was.

imminent implementation of the national security little was on many people's minds not made no. one example of more years. now why you did not tell me i. will dig holes now i'll hole in a zation to silence all of us of course which i will as a leader oh we will be jailed be in jail under a national security. and of course we have to be prepared. former student leader nathan little was among the crowd in what was likely his last act of civil disobedience in hong kong. he fled the city shortly before the national security bill came into effect. this so have those of the national theatre the oyster eradication of the freedom of speech and freedom of assembly freedom of

. we are the predominant hotheads of the government and so actually we are aware read about all things. under article 23 of hong kong's constitution the basic law the region has to enact national security legislation and the will but when the government tried to do so in 2003 hundreds of thousands of home congress took to the streets fearing such a little would have wrote their freedoms. the bill was ultimately withdrawn no further attempt was made to reintroduce it even though pro beijing politicians have always controlled the legislative council they know dot com people posted it they don't want to suffer. the loss of reputation. and also loss of. the chief executive do. they want to do it. chief executive want to keep

a good reputation but i'll go people. in 2019 massive protests gripped hong kong following the introduction of yet another controversial bill ah their own odd chief executive kerry lam wanted to amend the city's extradition law. opponents fit doing so would allow the chinese government to demand that hong kong handover activists dissidents living in or even just passing. through the city. the demonstrations continued even after the bill was withdrawn. among other things protesters called for electoral reform and an investigation into alleged police brutality and.

not everyone was peaceful. the unrest and alleged foreign interference was cited as key reasons for the national security law we believe outside forces or resources supporting of movement which may aim at subverting the rule of china over hong kong or the rule of the hong kong government so we have to pluck the loophole when you talk about outside forces is this based on the belief or is there evidence i think the central government has evidence i'm not in the intelligence service. the central government approved the national security law the day before the 23rd anniversary of hong kong's handover to china. outside hong kong government headquarters supporters celebrated. but virtually no one in the region had

seen a draft of the legislation it would all be decided in beijing with no input from hong kong's legislative council hong kong national security law can only be passed by the hong kong legislature according to the the basic law which is i mean the constitution what they're doing is unconstitutional the responsibility and the power of inec to such a law and implementing it is strictly a matter of the central government. the full text of the law was own. the released when it took effect one hour before the 1st of july. the new legislation criminalizes for x. secession subversion terrorism and collusion with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security. penalties including life imprisonment. it's allows chinese agents to operate openly in

hong kong without being aunts or both to local authorities. certain cases can be transferred to the mainland for trial this was exactly what protesters were trying to prevent when they opposed the extradition or amendment bill last year. according to osce accord $38.00 the new legislation applies to anyone anywhere in the world. yes this is a piece of war that is its border you know we would hope but then again though this law needs to be enforced in hong kong i still have to go for the introducer and system. so that due process is still there they could have introduced the mainland national security to hong kong but in the pacific we drop a new law cater to hong kong and thus shows that how much they still want to system to work. at the ceremony marking the anniversary of

the handover there was a similar message so you know why homegrown why we walk on launching laugh i hope here in how fucked up saying happily more young homes on the go though it's easy to see if the lot of my fat see it don't want young hell hell i'll see money i have fucking yet. we invited the chinese government to explain this father and respond to criticisms of the new law but they didn't reply. ah ah. out on the streets protesters were skeptical and defiance. and all that stuff that they really like have their own homeland and.

there's a lot of the areas they lost the war that's what we were you are not like i don't feel where we are fighting for them all but. if there is something we need to overcome. the. police arrested some 370 people that day 10 in connection with a new national security goal. every single one of us up taking far greater risk than before coming out. according to the noise so broad that you

think a lot of my. time or even every bit hatreds was picked up among them and i can be seen as a threat to national security. so that is why we are talking about. salt leaves. still on july the 1st protest is insisted on speaking their minds. traditionally only a small minority of home conus supported independence from china. but such slogans have become increasingly popular in recent weeks. we were grumpiness 5 years in italy to remain with the right to work or study britain

reacted to the new law by promising some 3000000 eligible home comest a pathway to citizenship. over in the united states secretary of state mike compel announced a series of measures we implemented based restrictions on those responsible for the hong kong crackdown on monday we announced that we would end defense equipment or used technology exports of u.s. originate going to the territory we will continue to implement president fox directed to end hong kong's special status. under that directive hong kong would no longer be treated differently from mainland china or enjoy certain benefits that came with its special status. the new developments raised questions about the city's future as a global financial center. all these companies i fear because of china so this piece of law would not scare them if you don't want to do business with china as i

mentioned you may be on call so they ought to be here but they don't want to be caught in be you now in this whole tension between the u.s. and china for instance now we are on i think at the middle of this whole free war between the u.s. and china. for protesters the impact of the new legislation was quickly felt at this protest blank paper replaced posters and banners. days earlier the government had employed that a populist slogan liberates hong kong revolution of all times was illegal under the national security lol. that's almost certain style house hold on i'll find that the year for my down the us has done so much has hired and she sent us a call i'll hide on top i visit.

but even this relatively low key indoor gathering was considered illegal. several protesters were arrested if they're reasonably something big that brings them up police when they want to stop and search they can't stop and search they have to for at. least a police city. for hong kong's most famous activists the new low marks the beginning of a new reality. being stalked by some of china's aging all critical new and home owners force as the things that are the magic are pos. when on of all profit call before the cycle all the or the whole afternoon icon's guarantee my personal safety.

especially when will be a credit to china. and will be facing a life sentence what is that and the risk to you prosecute in china us all beijing is caught they got to wonder how glad i got hold of people can not hire my kid my dad john said just before the enactment of the national security law. announce that he was leaving dema sisto the political organization he co-founded with nathan you'll all if you don't pull your family out and on the whole time you get a lawyer they are all going to get out so you guys help heal the group disbanded soon after and your fled hong kong. the high degree of autonomy once promised it's just another blatant lie. he went on to testify before the us house foreign affairs committee beijing times hong kong into just another try to trick me while trying to

keep out a shout in doing so it helps to bring the illusion that the 50 to be autonomous thinker national community must not become viewed on a new york good night there will be no the 2 had announced plans to run in the legislative council elections in september. made how. wrong stayed behind and continued his campaign pro-democratic him in hong kong wish to take my property in hong kong legislative council legislative council hong kong be the place gator and beijing lawyers it should be the place good ring to warsaw people paid out i got paid to do that for you good although i thought that hong kong's pro-democracy camp has never controlled the legislative council despite winning the popular vote in every election since the handover election rules are stacked in the favor of their pro beijing opponents. but this year they hope to change things by selecting the

strongest candidates via an unofficial primary. it was the day before the votes and police had just raided offices belonging to organizers of the primary. a government official had also warned that the poll might contravene the national security law this is and families say to stop the people of hong kong expressing their the sense. they foolishly thing that with the extra colonial legislation people in hollywood just shut out. the tunnels exceeded the democratic camps hopes for 170000 people. by the end of the day some $600000.00 homeowners had cost their votes. but 2 weeks later 12 pro-democracy candidates for barred from running in the elections. george szell one

was one of them. he was accused of among other things soliciting interference from foreign governments. prior to the enactment of the national security law long had urged governments in the us and europe to impose sanctions on china and various officials from the 18 pages affidavit provided by the electoral offices it seems to be the evidence that they generated with misleading propaganda and interpretation you prosecute me seen with nationals are a lot but no matter what happens i still hope and trust on hong kong people will still find a way out. when it's hope was also disqualified for opposing a national security law. like she demanded as a front runner following the primary elections. i don't know what the happen again tomorrow maybe i'll get arrested tomorrow maybe i can remember it will be worth it tomorrow. i do think the result after democratic primaries is

a shock to the communist party to raiding government they thought that by using a national security law that the candidates will back down that the people will be very afraid to actually vote for the opposition camp. on the 31st of july the government postponed legislative council elections by a year citing risks linked to the covert 19 pandemic the decision to postpone the trainee trente alleged election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections. on the 7th of august the united states announced that it was sanctioning kerry lamb and 10 other chinese and hong kong officials for undermining hong kong's autonomy. i thought maybe 3 days later police arrested media tycoon jimmy lie owner of the popular

pro-democracy newspaper apple daily i did not expect him to address this creep i expect that when should. i rest. because with this research readable carry out the whole. western world as you know i think the whole international community reidy had a very strong response against. the same afternoon some 200 police raided the apple daily building. we don't know what exactly that they collected from here. say materials for their investigations we hope it. doesn't involve any anything related to reporters work and reporting. publicly but when they go they go it'll buy you did not like what i

found to my family. pretty boy. inside the building and apple journalists light screamed the rate capturing the moment jimmy lai returned to the news room in handcuffs also arrested while his 2 sons and several company executives. know i was being investigated for colluding with foreign powers. collusion has to be defined as action if i just talked to or applied it just didn't get us whipped out cool rooty to do something to subvert my country or to destroy my country whatever. i don't see how this could be a crucial. jimmy life was released on bail 2 days later to a media scrum and

a chanting crowd. supporters had snapped up hundreds of thousands of copies of apple's daily placed ads inside and bourse the company's stock. people see us as a symbol of standing up to. and beat people to stand up to par work at this time of crisis. it was overwhelming. by august the 15th more than 20 people had been arrested under hong kong's national security law. among them activist ike this child. is a broader crackdown imminent. one hacktivist at least says he's ready to get if i die in prison so what. a menace to die. somehow someway.

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