and went back to the hong kong west current highway station, i was stalked and delivered back to xinjiang i experienced torture and political interrogation by the secret police, the state security police. why do you think the chinese authorities detained you and we will discuss treatment of you in a second but why did they detain you? firstly, i think it was because i wa nted firstly, i think it was because i wanted to collect information that i was in the protests in the midst of the anti— extradition bill in hong kong and also i worked for the british consulate and i had been instructed to collect information about the protests. that is the way they wanted to get the information and also they are wanting to blame me and also to prove and to prove that that the uk instigated the protest. i am already puzzled and i'm thinking that if i was saying the position of a chinese official looking at you, i would be somewhat concerned about your role because your official title is involved in trade and business missions from the uk consulate in hong kong but in fa ct uk consulate in hong kong but

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access to due process d w reporters spoke of people who escaped from china's network of repression in xinjiang . you can't have any freedom after your money says 21st that run. they can interrogate you as any time even at night when you're asleep the women i was with ended up there because they had want to headscarf a place or who travelled abroad there wasn't a single criminal among that. that's the voice of a woman who spent almost a year inside a reeducation camp in china we're keeping her identity a secret in order to protect her family and singe on a remote region in northwest china. she ingenues home to the weakest a predominantly muslim ethnic group. decades of state sponsored discrimination against them has spread into discontent in tough times of violence including riots and terror attacks. in response china has cracked down and we go and built up a close knit surveillance system to 47 prison more than a 1000000 people in internment camps across ginger the chinese government claims the camps were set up to fight extremism and provide leaders with cation or skills but detainees and doc

in xinjiang,ang -- china. tom: is this the end of any discussions before the election with china?aybe that is the outcome of the salacious comments within this book. jonathan: and as we know, this was going to be one of the big focal points of this election campaign. who was hard on china, who could get the concessions. for that reason, some of the paragraphs from this book are quite damaging to that campaign. lisa: there is a question about, exactly to your point, this idea that perhaps president trump will take an even harder line with china to prove a point ahead of the election, which certainly would be a risk. at least, you look at some of the models out there that are bullish on equities. jonathan: much more still to come. equities down 16 points on the s&p 500, down around about 0.5%. in about an hour, claims data and america. u.s. jobless just around the corner. from new york city this morning, good morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ jonathan: from new york city, this is "bloomberg surveillance ." we are live on bloomberg tv and bloomberg radio. alongside tom keene, i'm jonat

birth rates fell by one quarter last year in xinjiang. iran has i issue an arrest warrt for presidenent trump for the asassassination n of general qam soleleimani inananuary. moran asked interpol to help detain trump but they rejected the request. on monday, the u.s. dismissed the news of arrest warrants as propaganda stunt. along the january attack, was lawmakers passed a resolution limiting trump's authority to attack iran without congressional approval. four progressiveve democratic cocongressmemembers are e repory spearhrheading an effort to condition us military assistance to israel overer its plalanned illegal annexaxation of the occupied west bank. in a letter addressed toto secretary of state mike pompeo, congressmemberers alexandria ocasio-cortez, pramila jayapal, betty y mccollum, and rashshida to leap "the special rapporteur ,"r human rights in palestine writing the annexation would "crystalize a 21st century apartheid,d, leaving in its wake ththe demise of the palestinia'' right to self-determinatioion." in a afghanistan, at l

new report says china is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in xinjianglim uighurs. the report, by china scholar adrian zenz, has prompted calls for the united nations to investigate. china denies the allegations in the report, calling them "baseless". a serial killer known as the golden state killer has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and kidnapping. a former police officer, joseph james deangelo jr, terrorised the state of california in the 1970s and 80s but was only identified and arrested in 2018 after police made a major dna breakthrough. deangelo jr also admitted to 62 counts of rape, which he cannot be charged with due to the statute of limitations having expired. nigeria says it is "saddened" by the sale of two sculptures belonging to the country's igbo community. a prominent art historian had called on the auction house, christie's, to cancel the sale, saying the two objects were "looted" from shrines during the civil war in the late 1960s. the items were sold forjust under 240,000 dollars in paris. christie's rejected the claim that they w

thing to do for china to detain about a million uighur muslims and other minorities in camps in xinjiangunishment and indoctrination. the white house is trying to stop publication of the book. now, it's time for a look back at the day in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. you turn if you want to. labour keep up the pressure on the prime minister. the government has had three three u—turns in the last month. we had immigration health charges, then mps voting, then free school meals. borisjohnson voting, then free school meals. boris johnson says voting, then free school meals. borisjohnson says getting children back to school would help tackle poverty. let's hear it from him one more time. will he say that schools are safe to go back to? come on. but school still out for many children. mps demand answers. why is it that children and parents can have access to primark over the next few months but most won't have access to schools. all that to more, but first i minister ‘s questions. boris johnson and keir starmer clashed over child poverty and getting youngste

investigation has found that muslim leaders of detention camps in china's xinjiang region of been subjected to forced confessions and sham trials former detainees told the new they have to choose from a list of crimes many related to religious worship disbelief some 1000000 people detect. to chew up today to have more for you at the top of the hour. of course on the website as. of the day. it controls our body could it soon operate our computers to. the brain the most fascinating the organ in the human body. why remembering is hard work how software can read our thoughts and how the chaos in the brain can transform the creativity of the journey through the cosmos out of our heads tomorrow today. next on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all be. transmitted through the tap. and we couldn't read your blog is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you go your podcast you can also find us at d.f.w. dot com slash science. with him how to be done

thing to do for china to detain about a million uighur muslims and other minorities in camps in xinjiang punishment and indoctrination. the white house is trying to stop publication of the book. the killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis has been a prime factor in encouraging more people around the world to try to understand the racism and consistent injustice suffered by black people over the centuries. in the uk, there are calls to rethink the teaching of black history in schools, and make it more relevant and extensive. our correspondent celestina olulode considers the arguments for a new approach. these are some of the black people that helped build this country, but many have never been taught about their contribution. at the moment in england, black history doesn't have to be taught in schools. people have been demanding change for years, but in recent weeks, there have been fresh calls for an overhaul. i think one of the ways in which slavery and colonialism is taught in school continues to centre whiteness, as an ideology and as a supremacy, while omitting and denigrati

and you can see the full report on life inside china's xinjiang detention camps on the d.w.i. news you tube channel now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world areas outside the u.s. city of new orleans are underwater after tropical storm cristobal crashed ashore christabel made landfall over the weekend causing widespread flooding and property damage it was downgraded to a tropical depression on monday. workers in paris have begun to dismantle scaffolding that melted during the fire of the not a dam cathedral last year the church was being restored when the blaze broke out around $200.00 tons of metal needs to be taken down. british media are reporting that the country has received an official request from the u.s. to question prince andrew about his links to the late billionaire sex offender jeffrey epstein the department of justice has reportedly told the u.k. that the duke of york is now part of a criminal investigation the 60 year old prince denies any wrongdoing. there is a look at some of today's coronavirus developments the e.u. health reg

thing to do" for china to detain about a million uighur muslims and other minorities in camps in xinjiangpunishment and indoctrination. the white house is trying to stop publication of the book. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. president trump is in trouble, coronavirus has plunged the us economy into recession. the killing of george floyd has inflamed racial tensions and mr trump poll ratings have slumped. the democrats sense a historic opportunity but are they capable of seizing it? my guess todayis they capable of seizing it? my guess today is democratic party congressmenjim mcgovern. today is democratic party congressmen jim mcgovern. is today is democratic party congressmenjim mcgovern. is it enough for his party to be not trump? congressmenjim mcgovern congressmen jim mcgovern in massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. hgppy massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be here with you. from the outside, congressmen, the united states looks like a country divided in on itself but almost at war with itself. does it feel that way to you? well, i do not

interpreters present, xi explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps in xinjiang. according to our interpreter, trump said that xi should go ahead. and also bolton writes this. on the 30th anniversary of ch a china's massacre of pro-democracy, demonstrators in ten men square, trump refused to issue a white house statement. that was 15 years ago, he said inat ratley. who cares about it. according to the filing, the administration claims bolton failed to meet the required review, arguing the book should not be released until that review is completed, but bolton submitted his book for review twice, first in december during the imt peachment and again after redactions when the administration claimed there was classified information. simon shuster released the following statement. tonight's filing by the government is a frivolous politically moat motivated exercise in futility. hundreds of thousands of copies of john bolton's book have been distributed around the country and the world. the injunction as requested by the government would accomplish nothing. and the pros

interpreters present, xi explained to trump why he was bay su basically building concentration camps in xinjiangump said that's exactly the right thing to do. the president signed a bill today that punishes china for those human rights abuses. >> wow. what -- >> hard to believe. >> yeah. what a coincidence they happen to do that. the book is detailing this. of usually, bolton's background in foreign policy and let's just remember, i mean, this is somebody the president picked from fox news to be his foreign policy advisor. it is a very important position that this man had. how much does he describe to the extend to where the president views everything from getting reelected and domestic political lens because it seems like everything. >> everything. everything. i think it may have come as a surprise to him in a way. he said that securing the second term was all that mattered and i'm going to give you another example here. so much that he was caring about reelection so much he wanted to keep his family out of every controversy. this is particularly damming, anderson. he says that you remember thi

he praised xi for building concentration camps in xinjiang.ost strikingly, the chinese understood with whom they were dealing and openly played to trump's personal political ambitions. xi expressed that he would like trump to remain in office for the next six years. trump responded that people were saying, his favorite way of expressing his own views, that the two-term limit on u.s. presidents should be waived for him. bolton's conclusion regarding the deal with china and trump's foreign policy more generally is breathtaking. he writes, quote, trump co-mingled the personal and the national not just on trade questions but across the whole field of national security. i'm hard-pressed to find any significant trump decision during my white house tenure that wasn't driven by re-election calculations, unquote. for those who have been willing to support donald trump because of particular policies they've always wanted, supreme court judges or tax cuts, bolton's book makes clear the cost is high. donald trump will pay any price, make any deal, bend an

interpreters president, xi had explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps in xinjiangding to our interpreter, he thought he should go ahead with the camps. which he thought was exactly the right thing to do. you have called the united states the defender of human rights in the world. do you still think that's true? >> i certainly think we need to be, and i make the point in the book that i think that we need -- we shouldn't be the world's policemen. we shouldn't interfere militarily in other countries in order to bring about democracy or to move the process along. on the other hand, we always have to be an advocate for human rights for political freedom. so i think any effort to agree to or sympathize with building, in effect, concentration camps would be pretty shameful. >> your new book, which i have right here, "exercise of power" is -- you're quite critical of president obama, even more so of president trump. you write of trump, quote, the appeal of our ideology was further reduced by president trump's approach to foreign policy in which u.s. advocacy for human and

interpreters president, xi had explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps in xinjiangrding to our interpreter, he thought he should go ahead with the camps. which he thought was exactly the right thing to do. you have called the united states the defender of human rights in the world. do you still think that's true? >> i certainly think we need to be, and i make the point in the book that i think that we need -- we shouldn't be the world's policemen. we shouldn't interfere militarily in other countries in order to bring about democracy or to move the process along. on the other hand, we always have to be an advocate for human rights for political freedom. so i think any effort to agree to or sympathize with building, in effect, concentration camps would be pretty shameful. >> your new book, which i have right here, "exercise of power" is -- you're quite critical of president obama, even more so of president trump. you write of trump, quote, the appeal of our ideology was further reduced by president trump's approach to foreign policy in which u.s. advocacy for human an

over its treatment of the uyghurs, a largely muslim people who live primarily in china's northwest xinjiangrochks. at the opening dinner of the osaka g20 meeting in june 2019 with only interpreters present, xi had explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps. according to our interpreter, trump said that xi should go ahead with building the camps, which trump thought was exactly the right thing to do. andrea mitchell, the uyghur situation, what was fascinating about this is about an hour ago, the president signed a senate resolution that condemns china on their treatment of the uyghurs. i guess timing is everything. >> timing is everything, and it is convenient now for him to be taking on china when he appeased china and, as you can see in this book, in the excerpts we've seen so far, was willing to ask xi for help in the election, was willing to sanction xi's human rights abuses, gross human rights abuses in terms of what the translator reports he said to him about the concentration camps. it is the appeasement of dictators. i don't know if you're going to get to th