from politics to flash from housing to food groups this is why. welcome to the 77 percent. this week g.w. . this is the w.'s a shot coming up the fall of the berlin wall was a watershed in the struggle against authoritarianism around the world for 30 years since its fall it's inspiring young people in the fight for democracy in hong kong . joshua wong the man who's been called the face of protest in the chinese city.

welcome to the program for more than 28 years the berlin wall formed the dividing line between freedom and authoritarianism and i do note you can border between democracy and communism but it fell eventually and it fell to people who'd had enough the 989 people have been protesting for months in cities across east germany demanding the right to travel and the right to elect a democratic government protests we challenged the communist government like nothing before finally on the 9th of november when crowds began to assemble at the berlin wall the border guards had no choice but to allow them to cross into west berlin the wall had fallen. the ideological struggle in berlin from that time is mirrored in protests 9000 miles away in hong kong its residents demanding greater democracy and voting rights in a moment we'll speak to

a well known figurehead of these protests joshua walking but here's more on hong kong's fortressed movement since its handover to china in 1970. 1997 the beginning of a new era in hong kong the british colony was returned to china under the principle of one country 2 systems it guaranteed hong kong its own economic legal and political systems for 50 years the tensions underlying that principle have soaked all the major protests in the territory ever since china pushing for one country hong kong protesters pushing to protect their autonomy in 2003 on the anniversary of the handover half a 1000000 people turned out to demonstrate against article $23.00 and national security reform opponents fear the law would threaten freedom of speech and assembly freedoms nonexistent in mainland china the bill ended up being shelved.

more than a decade later occupy central also known as the umbrella movement propelled a new generation of pro-democracy activists to international prominence they included then 17 year old joshua wang was later among the leaders convicted and jailed the activists at the heart of the protest had already been mobilizing for several years spurred on by a crackdown on mainland dissidents and concerns about beijing's encroachments into the territory. decision to demand free elections lasted $79.00 days. it was the most serious challenge to beijing's of thoresby in hong kong. until the protests that erupted in june this year sparked by a proposed extradition bill to allow of suspects to be transferred to mainland china activists built on the lessons learned during the umbrella movement.

they've proved highly organized using guerrilla style tactics as well as mass marchers and says in. the message they won't give upon kong's autonomy with a fight. thanks. and pro-democracy activist joshua wong is with me in the studio joshua welcome and welcome to berlin in fact at an event last evening here in the city you said and i quote if we are in a new cold war hong kong is the new berlin on court what do you mean by that under the hot line of rule and suppression in hong kong hong kong experience problems for totty and how beijing transformed my hometown to be a police state and with our course on free election we hope to lead people to understand that with the pressure of beijing and how the free you wrote support hong kong is the new burden under the new cold war in what way other similar

especially when we put into the context of the trade negotiation of the or the chaos of the trade will between us and china hong kong is on the front line and a frontier to confront rule of beijing and expansion of shop power from china and i experienced and surf the similarity for what's happening in berkeley and last century if you compare the 2 as you're drawing parallels the protests in berlin and in other parts of germany were norvin you know violent as violent as they are in hong kong where protesters evidently so don't do police stations of attack news of visitors why other protests or violent clash exists or not it depends more on police instead of the sight of protester 3 weeks ago on the 18th of august with 1700000 citizen join a peaceful. assembly and rally without any clash and phylis because police didn't stop me they were prominent i mean

a long time yeah so if clash of this happened is strongly related to the law frightening weapon used by riot police and i hope people realize that no one would enjoy to see clash and fall is happen but the outcome may go at question is where it is press or she and caroline is that off stay behind of riot police to allow clash happen every week and i just hope that a way to. political crisis must solved by political system reform we come to the political system reformers talk a bit about the bombings the protesters did nothing wrong why did they apologize after the clashes of the air during the system how we can learn a lesson from every clash and and to seek for international community support is absolutely important and significant i can say that in the past 3 months i myself on 100 percent of the behaviors of every protester especially more than 2000000 citizen join a protest how can we expect that we agree on 100 percent of all the behavior but

instead of blaming or activists we know that how government and beijing must be comparable and responsible to solve the political crisis and how to make is not on separate is ideology we are asking for the fundamental right we help the what's in the election to our gotham do you want to support hong kong we hope hong kong and under autonomy and freedom and we are not the one f.o. kate on separate is ideology so you do believe wrong as a part of china and one country 2 systems should continue one country 2 system already eroded to be one country one and a half system or knowledge totally collapsed brutality and transform that to be a police state we meet and aware under rule off beijing that's why we are where our demand is sending the message to beijing government president xi you should hong kong people to have free elections that's the promise made in the international treaty british joint declaration that made this fun talk about how the situation

can be defused the whole executive offered an olive branch a couple of days back and she said let's engage in dialogue and some of that she was reputed to do as well why do you will not engage in dialogue on the one hand carolan hold a press conference to say that she welcomed dialogue on the other hand she didn't reply. from pro-democratic am lawmaker pro-democratic little did. long term but so since we sent the letter to caroline and asked for a dialogue on friends of the night none of the government official really reply on the latter and have concrete invitation to us and what we aware is carolan is not that this is your maker and what we hope is apart from withdrawing the bill before i born in 1963 decades ago hong kong people are already demanding free election so what is the response of china and hong kong government on i will cause action i'm just curious you mentioned this thing about the open liberal you wrote an open

letter you call to the letter to john. engler merkel before she traveled here china last week the german government did not meet you nobody responded to that open letter yet here you are in germany and you meant i could muster foreign minister i'm not surprised followed them would not directly reply on that latter but is a good move for all how the chancellor and germany government pay attention to what's going on in hong kong especially emphasized the importance not to use foreigners or not to use force to solve the political crisis i know people might have different ideas or insights or perspective on the behaviour of the protesters side but more important thing is if they think this site that to enlighten martial law in hong kong which means the emergency ordinance to shut down the internet or public transport or sent troops to hong kong to allow what happened in a tenement square for a decades ago happened in hong kong again that's not the way out and is not threatening only hong kong but also the local economy when we recognize hong kong

as the global financial center joshua won't what should happen next what do you want to see happen next we will continue our protests with our course on free action and calling them on prolife brutality until 1st of october that china's national day what we are asking for is just a promise made by beijing in the international treaty we need to elect our own government and now it's time for president xi to have flash is to the way out to conduct hotline policy to hong kong is that these are freedom and democracy really were there for the time being just a want thank you for coming in thank you. the protests are not going have brought all kinds of hong kong goes onto the streets pensioners and young people sometimes find themselves standing shoulder to shoulder about a good both of joining together to take a stand for their city fearful of the future shaped by authorities in beijing. protest as collet fuk ia with the construction helmet guess mosque and

a pair of goggles ryan hits to street again or and melts into the sea of black eye among hunk i'm precious tis he's known as a young mole a wonder for the braves the 9000 year old lies to his parents every time he goes out to protest this time he took them his off to play football constat he said of barricade confronting the police say at all of course it would be perfect if we didn't need to fight it a bead most ideal to make the government concede with just peaceful rational and non-violent actionis want to but the hong kong government has made us understand that being moderate and peaceful is useless as the sky turn stock the tension bros on the frontlines young the protest is of those who most often get enjoy it when dr police disperse the crowds the they're not it without their defend as this one from

a whole different generation grandpa want the 85 euro is using his body as a shield me moratorium want that i don't don't bates up the children of her please let them go home oh right out of imo going up hill in going may the good and a his someone there to lean on 73 year old grandpa chen all my eye you got thing jot when the police charge in the youngsters all citizens confiscate fast enough we have to stand between them and block the police's advance to give citizens time to get away haha and the cage i don't go think one to believe that their stearns like chairs often full wrong theft he is and tonight brian got shot and just die by breath of bullets but he says he won't retreat brian his done for tonight but the struggle he's joined for the future of home come appears

far from over. and it's a struggle that's great all told through the summer really through with the images of hong kong's summer of protest which would accept the birth. of. my 1st vice like mosul sewing machine. where i come from women are balanced by the social influence of in something as simple as learning how to write a by psychos isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have advice i'd lost my home and it took me years to been made. finally gave up and went on buying in my cycle but returned because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more afro creates for girls than riding a bike and snow i want to meet those woman back home who are bones by their duties

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