well thousands of students in hong kong have skipped classes to keep up the pressure against the government's students from across the territory have gathered at the chinese university of hong kong to voice their anger protest organizers have called for a 2 day general strike they're continuing to demand the scrapping of an extradition bill greater government reforms and there's been another stern warning from china in an editorial published in the state run news agency it says the end is coming for those attempting to disrupt hong kong and antagonize china they said never misjudged the determination ability of these central governments sarah clarke is joining us from hong kong to 1st talk about the protest as well as the the general strike and what you're seeing happening around the city today. with some of the student boycott instructed a huge number of people at this scene the chinese university of hong kong with several 1000 people students may boycott it. yes and attended this rally we also saw students from the secondary schools attend various rallies around central as well as at some of the schools in hong kong and as well is that we had the 1st of a 2 day ge

chinese troops have been seen gathering in a city bordering hong kong. let's bring in wayne hay he's joining us on the phone from the chinese university of hong kong where the demonstration is growing which we'll talk about in just a moment but 1st tell us how that warning in the official news agency that the end is coming for hong kong is being interpreted in hong kong. well i think it'll be used as motivation quite honestly i mean we've seen warnings happen fairly regularly over the past few months to be coming becoming more serious in tone i think absolutely no sign. students very much at the core that heard this movement of any fear it was those signs of backing down if anything they are becoming involved in some of their actions becoming more tense on the streets violence is worsening i think is a sign here that students at the core of this protest movement again becoming more intolerance to anything they believe in a 5 not going to give up until they achieve those goals. this is what the chinese government is saying everyone at home call is keeping a very close watch on what the message is coming from china but again there's no sign that people are

thousands of students in hong kong are skipping classes to keep up the pressure against the government students from across the territory have gathered at the chinese university of hong kong to voice their anger protest organizers have called for a 2 day general strike and they're continuing to demand the scrapping of an extradition bill and greater government reforms meanwhile there has been another stern warning from china in an editorial published in the state run news agency it says the end this coming for those attempting to disrupt hong kong and then tag a nice china they should never misjudge the determination and the ability of the central government with a commentary follows one of the most violent weekends in hong kong in months on saturday police used a water cannon fired tear gas on protesters who threw petrol bombs and set fires near the chinese government headquarters let's speak to adrian brown he's joining us from hong kong on official news agency china's official news agency that is warning that the end is coming for hong kong adrian how is that being interpreted where you are. so. well i think here in hong kong people are getting used to tha

hong kong on monday you can see the scale of it from that photograph. today that now the cools is being taken out by students at. the chinese university of hong kong and the. the media and journalism communication skills treateted this video where youou can hit people and see people shouting free hong kong. revolution now someone else was very vocal today it was joe sure one of the twenty fourteen umbrella protest movement. now he twice tweeted this image of a statue wearing a gas mask and globosa start she which looks very. ready for protest that's actually son yeah send he's the first president of the republic of china. and russia one compared the activism of the last three months the nineteen eleven chinese revolution which overthrew the final didn't stay. and i created the republic. not speaking of the umbrella movement but as for a differenent reason hair this wek shows the determination of some of those high school students who are outside that building inin the pouring rain. holding p placards not organizes estimate around nine thousand secondary school students from about. two hundred institutions particicipate. in the boycott

of the central government so a clock has more now from hong kong. well certainly the student boycott instructed our huge number of people this see the chinese university of hong kong with several 1000 people students here who boycotted class and attended this rally we also saw students from the 2nd b. schools attend various rallies around central as well as at some of the schools in hong kong and as well is that we had the 1st of a 2 day general strike which is being called here in hong kong today i was on the 1st day we had some hospitals we had you know good sign at least 21 different sectors were represented at the particular rally where we are which is just come to a close it's in time our heart which is intense from hong kong this time to 21 second's included ideation finance the medical sector as well as tourism i know i can say several 1000 people gathered here as well the numbers build out once the business is kind of closed and due to to rain to rain we're going to touch 3 in one here which simply means a lot of heavy rain it's come to a close now but tomorrow which is tuesday here in hong kong there's a 2nd day of general strike being called

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hong kong turn violent as police and demonstrators clash in the streets. >> police arrested protesters who disrupted the subway system by blocking train doors and hundreds of students at the chinese universityong held a rally to demand political reform. >> trevor: saturday was more violent with protesters assaulting government headquarters. they threw bricks and fire bombs. police fired back with tear gas and water canons tinted with blue dye to i.d. people. >> trevor: china does not mess around. because, i mean, it's one thing to arrest people at a protest. it's another thing to mock them with blue dye so you can arrest them later. like, that's really bad news for the protesters and, if you're in the touring company of the blue man group. ( laughter ) you know, just, like, wait, i'm not a protester, i'm in the blue man group. they're, like, that's even worse! laugh but kudos to these protesters. they are not giving up. they believe in what they believe in and they're even responding to oppression by getting creative with science. they're disrupting cameras with lasers, disarming tear gas with water canisters. they put the tear gas into the can and shakes it up and when the guy opens it up,

moving on thousands of students in hong kong have been skipping classes today to keep up pressure on the government students from across the territory have gathered at the chinese university of hong kong to voice their anger protest organizers of cold for today general strike they're continuing to demand the scrapping of an extradition bill and a greater government reforms and there's been another stern warning from china in an editorial published in the state run news agency asians wa it says the end is coming for those attempting to disrupt hong kong and antagonize china they should never misjudge the determination and ability of the central government. well the commentary follows one of the most violent weekends in hong kong in months on saturday the police used a water cannon and fired tear gas on the protesters who threw petrol bombs and fires near the chinese government headquarters al-jazeera is correspondent sara clark joins us live now from central hong kong where those involved in the general strike have been rallying sara how big are the protests and are we expecting them to get even bigger. well this particular rally where we are at which is in time are parked

hong kong. the host of this event. live coverage on c-span two. >> next we will hear from founding faculty member of global political economy at the chinese university of hong kong. the author of taiwan china dilemma. multiple interest in the economic policy. frequently if there is chinese media. finally, we will hear from doctor victoria who is the professor of political science at the university of notre dame. early modern europe. maintains hong kong from the movement to the anti-extradition protest. written on a democracy unit for foreign affairs. i ask all of our witnesses to keep your comments to seven minutes so we can ask lots of questions which we all are very good at. we will start with you. >> other members of the commission, thank you so much for the invitation today to contribute to your deliberations the implications for the united states. as you all know, this year marks the fourth year between china and taiwan. this began with the decision to expand the communication channels after an auger rated in 2016. since then we have seen china employ military tactics including poaching several taiwan diplomatic partners. more radically reducin

keep in mind, in the student union, secretary schools, and chinese university of hong kong have calledor strikes today as we are approaching or entering the beginning of the official school year. more calls for civil disobedience today. the morning commute was slightly disruptive. ryan police have been deployed. -- riot police have been deployed. ofwas the 13th weekend demonstrations. we are also set to hear from beijing. what do we know? >> we understand there is going to be a press conference tomorrow morning. we do not know what that is going to entail. hailed -- has has held two press conferences, the only two they have held since the andover in 1997. both times, they condemned the violence and the illegal activities of protesters, again, threatening potential intervention by beijing. keep in mind, carrie lam last week, the chief executive in hong kong, would not rule out the use of the emergency regulation ordinance. that is a hong kong colonial era ordinance that has not been invoked for more than 50 years. that could clampdown on civil liberties such as use of internet and publi

first day for the new school year — while thousands more students joined a rally at the chinese university of hong konglice. 0ur south east asia correspondent, stephen mcdonell has been giving us the latest. strong winds and heavy driving rain battering the city have made it difficult to gauge the participation level after activists called for a widespread strike action in hong kong. there doesn't seem to have been less impact this time than a similar action around one month ago. corporations have successfully pressured their employees into not striking, cafe pacific, for example, said there would be a zero tolerance approach to any aircrews taking part in any illegal activities and that they expected all of their staff to turn upfor they expected all of their staff to turn up for work throughout this period. however, students from universities and high school is a boycott classes today and instead join rallies and this came despite warnings from the government at the risk punishment. the authorities are taking a much tougher stance when it comes to this movement. we are now up comes to this movement.

hong kong protests have spread to universities around the world chinese students studying abroad are facing off on campuses in other countries like australia. was god. was scuffles out australia's university of queensland in july when probation demonstrators disrupted a rally in support of the hong kong protests. video posted on social media shows the 2 sides hurling abuse of each other while the chinese national anthem blasted from a speaker. was. oh. this was not an isolated incident on a campus where about 17 percent of students come from china protesters critical of beijing's policies are frequently come fronted by chinese communist party loyalists . it's a situation echoed in other international universities with large chinese student bodies at the university of all clinton new zealand a video posted on you tube show to he said exchange between pro hong kong demonstrators and supporters of china. is different from china because the part of china if they're like china up it up by the ok i got a lot of time was how much was i tell you. lennon will at the college and others around the world have been vandalized multiple times the walls made up of messages of support have been a key feature

hong kong basic law. this is an international treaty. it was signed by the chinese government to allow hong kong with an ultimate aim of electing chief executive and legislative council members by universal suffrage. the 2014 protest was sparked by the chinese government reneging on his commitment to make hong kong more democratic. it is a continuing erosion of hong kong and taught me and rule of law that fueled the protest in hong kong today. over the last five years the chinese government has prioritized control over hong kong by stifling free expression and restricting the space for participation. we have seen the prosecution and sentencing of pro-democracy leaders, the disqualification and removal of legislators and the introduction of a new bill that would restrict free expression. the former hong kong chief secretary and legislative council member offered this insight. if only beijing would understand what makes hong kong ticked. what are the values that we hold dear. then they can use energy to benefit china and hong kong and instead they have a mentality of control . . . . . . if the chief executive and legislative council members were elected without influence over the candidate

any methods it means to fight for our democracy on day one of the new school year thousands came from around hong kong to the chinese university known for its political activism. on this day for the students there were no books in sight no lectures to attend just a rallying call to begin a strike for 2 weeks 2 days in that time they want the government to meet their demands including an independent investigation into the crisis although intensify their campaign their announcement came in state media in china issued new warnings that the end is coming for hong kong's protest is there is no sign the threats coming from mainland china are deterring the use of hong kong if anything it appears to be having the opposite effect of becoming emboldens more determined to achieve their goals. organizers say around 10000 secondary school students decided to join the strike or quit for some who have joined street protests over the past 3 months say political awareness is growing among school children in the past they don't really care about political things you think eating drinking are saying it's more important but what really makes me f

chinese history at liverpooljohn moores university. thank you so much for being with us. the first question is, we see these protests in hong kong. there are lots ofuthorities, sooner or later, will run out of patience and see enough is enough. remembering tiananmen square and they will violently crush this. we see police with pepper spray and tear gas, but it could be crushed violently. the uc that as a possible scenario in hong kong?m depends on a, a couple of days ago i thought there was a chance if the government is really concerned, especially in the sense that there is the national day ceremony in hong kong, that was a possibility. but 110w kong, that was a possibility. but now it is only two days away that if we continue to see this, the chinese government. the tiananmen square scenarios complete the different. the chinese government was at a critical turning point. hong kong is not as important as it is supposed to be to the chinese government at the moment. at the same time, can the moment. at the same time, can the chinese authorities tolerate, we capped a week of these protests because they are not stopping, they are not slowing down. i

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called for a 2 day general strike the latest act of defiance that's plunge the chinese rule city into turmoil when he reports now from hong. kong. university students in hong kong i was the center of the protest movement that's lasted 3 months it's been a long summer holiday fighting for democracy and greater rights but their voices are is loud and strong as ever and they want the battle to continue thinking that. if we lost our on on the world's our from that's the real game so we think that you can use any methods in the street but. on day one of the new school year thousands came from around hong kong to the chinese university known for its political activism. on this day for the students there were no books in sight no lectures to attend just a rallying call to begin a strike for 2 weeks. in that time they want the government to meet their demands including an independent investigation into the crisis although intensify their campaign their announcement came as state media in china issued new warnings that the end is coming for hong kong's protesters there is no sign the threats coming from mainland china are deterring the youth of hon

any methods and means to fight for our democracy on day one of the new school year thousands came from around hong kong to the chinese university known for its political activism. on this day for the students there were no books in sight no lectures to attend just a rally and call to begin a strike for 2 weeks 2 days in that time they want the government to meet their demands including an independent investigation into the crisis although intensify their campaign their announcement came a state media in china issued a new warnings that the end is coming for hong kong's protest is that there is no sign the threats coming from mainland china are deterring the use of hong kong if anything it appears to be having the opposite effect of becoming emboldens more determined to achieve their goals. organizers say around 10000 secondary school students decided to join the strike or quit some who have joined street protests over the past 3 months say political awareness is growing among school children in the past they don't really care about politico's fame you think eating drinking are saying it's more important but what really makes me

universities. chinese and special regions took efforts for social norms on hong kong and violent suppression of protests as hong kongers fight for their endangered freedoms, identity and way of life. this is not an anomaly. this is the sixth chinese governance crisis involving one country two systems since 2003 and the fifth since xi took control of hong kong affairs. each has an underlying nexus seek iing to broaden beijing's powers. so-called jurisdiction in hong kong and to roll back the high degree of autonomy, freedoms and limited democracy by forcibly transforming hong kong into a chinese communist city while maintaining a vee near of no changes. my next few u will touch upon law of national security. they've described it a battle of life and death. a decisive war or jeopardizing it. since xi came to power, national security is now mandatory obligation for people in the hong kong sar. this was never written into original law. this has been done since 2012. early in the saga, senior kye niese leaders have made extraordinary endorsements expressing their full support. this included two standing comm

methods and the needs to fight for our democracy on day one of the new school year thousands came from around hong kong to the chinese university known for its political activism. on this day for the students there were no books in sight no lectures to attend just a rallying call to begin a strike for 2 weeks 2 days in that time they want the government to meet their demands including an independent investigation into the crisis although intensify their campaign their announcement came as state media in china issued new warnings that the end is coming for hong kong's protest is there is no sign the threats coming from mainland china are deterring the use of hong kong if anything it appears to be having the opposite effect of becoming emboldened more determined to achieve their goals. organizers say around 10000 secondary school students decided to join the strike or of course for some who have joined street protests over the past 3 months say political awareness is growing among school children in the past they don't really care about political things you think eating drinking are saying it's more important but what really make

chinese president is concerned. those are again, you always. what i'm saying to the extent that beijing allows hong kong genuine universal suffrage, and we are seeing —— seem to be making a success of officials might like to use the hong kong model in terms of developing a model of representative government that would suit the country ‘s interests as a whole. you are entering very dangerous territory there, aren't you? if beijing really does see hong kong as some sort of model, then surely the impulse from the president on down is going to be to ensure that your pro—democracy movement does not succeed. well, i'm not forcing this upon mainland china, i'm just saying that if we are seen to be making a success of this, surely it is also a success point —— successful point that beijing can make in terms of making the success of one country, two systems. when you say two systems... and the longer run, i hope that my country will learn to embrace some universal values. that is my hope. you say success but surely many people in hong kong will be looking at the current state of the economy with tourist numbers down dramatically, in august, as anti—government protests have swept through the

author, photographer and political scientist focusing on chinese security and the securitization of hong kong. dr. garrett is a graduate of city university of hong kong with over 20 years of engagement with hong kong and completed his dissertation on one country, two systems under china's national security framework. he was a career national security professional, providing counterintelligence, threat analysis and served at the defense intelligence agency, national security agency and the united states air force. i want to thank you all for being here. we're honored by your presence. we'll begin with you, mr. wong. >> good morning, chairman, co-chairman rubio and members of this commission. it's an honor to be invited by k to capitol hill to speak about developments in hong kong. you may recall that i last traveled to washington more than two years ago and testified before this commission in this same building on may 1st of 2017. whi what i said back then hong kong's done country two system was becoming one country one and a half system. i don't think there is any doubt to those who have followed recent events, the present state reflect

of students formed human chains outside schools across hong kong on monday. the protester pushed for pro democracy reforms after violent weekend classes in the chinese territory. high school and universityre seen holding hands for the second week forming human chains that went all the way in the streets outside their schools. many protesters were heard chanting, quote, five key demands, not one less. that has been the slogan for protesters who refuse to yield until all their demands are met. >>> a major pharmaceutical company says settlement talks over its role in the opioid crisis are not over. perdue pharma initially offered between 10 and $12 billion to siltable thousands of lawsuits accusing the firm of pushing the painkiller oxycontin. purdue and the state attorney generals were unable to reach an flame. yesterday, the company said its lawyers announced they are still interested in continuing negotiations. >>> a big win for the san francisco 49ers and now fans can score off the field. coming up, the deal a pizza company is offering that might have you rethinking your plans to make dinner tonight. the ross fall fashion event has all the looks for way less... check this out! that's y

of this agreement have to be agreed to by the chinese. that's frankly is what's wrong in hong kong suzanne lee reporting has shown. mr. thatcher got a great imreement that promise universalsuffrage someday the china put that in their law in 1990 but no enforcement mechanism. stuart: so bottom line here is, no short-term deal . they don't buy a couple of hundred billion or dallas worth of our foreign products and we drop tariff that's not going to happen a big comprehensive deal or nothing. is that it? >> varney plan has been rejengted. [laughter] >> did they really interpret the president tweets because he's been very clear there were three of them it is a really good deal he's not in a hurry it is cheen ho wants near term deal so you have support of china for your plan. >> do you think what do you do? do you think there's any chance of a serious good dole a deal that both china and president trump would agree to at end of talks in october? that possible? >> it's unlike but it is possible because of a very important fact. 150 page draft agreement is very detailed and very, very secret there hadn't been a single word of it leaked even though chinese. >> it was rejected no