he also has a phd at hong kong history from the university of hong kong. forum corresp as patty noted i was president 2 of the foreign correspondents r club in hong kong in 2019 and 2020 so 20 so i had a h front row seat when the widespread antigovernment protests occurred in hong kong and also as a crackdown started in 2020, very swiftly with thef imposition by the chinese the communist party of the nationall security law upon hong kong. y i would like to start there by talking to you about thatt crackdown as central to theyou theme in your book. in the book you said that nevert in modern history have we seen i free, open modern societyal essentially destroyed in a matter months of months. chapter new book called the to d first postmodern city toie die. ho tell us about that and how that happens and how is she sayingd that chapter much of what the happened occurred the idea that a city example fine capitalism in steroids being reunited country run by the communistpres party always somewhat preposterous. can you talk to us about how bas rapidly edthis occu

he also has a phd in hong kong history from the university of hong kong. as petty noted, i was president of the forum correspondence club in hong kong in 2019 and 2020. so i had a front row seat when the widespread anti-government protests occurred in hong kong and also as the crackdown started in 2020 very swiftly wi i the imposition of the national security law in hong kong. i'd like to start mark at talking about that ground as it's central to the theme in your book. in the book you said never in modern history have we've seen a free society essentially in a matter of months. it's a post modern city. how did she say much after what happened to her and the idea that the city exemplifies capitalism on steroids being reunited by a country run by the communist party was ever so. can you talk about how rapidly this occurred? >> thanks judy. hope to see you in person sinner rather than later. last time i saw it was in hong kong, around the time the national security law came into being. most of you know that hong kong had a high economy after sovereignty in 1

the hong kong people loved his rhetoric on hong kong.mike pompeo was very popular, taiwan same thing. whether or not the policies i think the jury is out. they certainly have a buoyed sentiment about the pro-democracy people in hong kong. it is quite a lot of concern among the biting people as to whether or not the biden administration will be as tough on china given the record of the obama and clinton administration. i think so far those fears have proven unjustified. but again time will tell. >> kept a lot of comparison. >> but it's been very interesting. >> one more question before i toss this back, here's the link here is the book. you must be on amazon right on amazon all good booksellers patronize your local independent bookseller as y well. the saint martin's press people have been great to work with. they've been very supportive. i love the cover. and everything about the book so thanks for the pitch. is there any hopeful note with this could be changed or even something about the people of hong kong? >> look, short term as i sai

in hong kong waters. but according to public records, there is no clear sign of how long he was staying hunk on what has and, and, and more essentially the purpose of his arrival. so that remains one of the most like, closely watched points among observers. now hancock's leader, john lee says there's quote, no legal basis she sees the yacht. so what is hancock's position on international sanctions? it seems to be saying something there existing laws in hong kong requiring the hong kong government to enforce united nations sanctions. so which is the, the, essentially the legal basis to which john lee is referring when he talked about that hong kong is not going to follow up like other unilateral sanctions imposed by other jurisdictions. the hong kong is only up to 2 is only to follow the end united nations sanctions. that is what the government's ends are right now. but actually the, the, the government and this will society as a horn. hong kong is caught in the dilemma r regarding this incident out becaus

kong.ou fled whilst facing charges. you were on bail. did it come as a surprise to you, what happened to you? cos you'd been a legislator in the legislative council, you'd been an activist on the streets. i'm just wondering whether the fact that you ran into so much trouble with the authorities, was it something that you foresaw and that you were prepared for? yes and no, because in the past, there's been political prosecutions and criminal charges against dissidents. it's not something new for hong kong. but what i couldn't expect is the extent. so, i expected that i'll be in some type of trouble and maybe being locked up for weeks or months. but then after the national security law has been introduced and the whole tactic of the regime has changed, they want to lock up all dissidents and lock them up for a very long time, if not forever, so they want to crush the whole opposition totally, that's something i couldn't expect — such a change, a very sudden change, during 2020. right. but non

he also has a phd in hong kong history from the university of hong kong. as petty noted, i was president of the forum correspondence club in hong kong in 2019 and 2020. so i had a front row seat when the widespread anti-government protests occurred in hong kong and also as the crackdown started in 2020 very swiftly with the imposition by the chinese communist party of the national security law upon hong kong. i'd like to start there mark by talking to you about that crackdown a central to the theme in your book in the book. you say that never in modern history. have we seen a free open modern society essentially destroyed in a matter of months a chapter in your book is even called the first post modern city to die. please tell us about that and how that happened. and how is she saying that chapter much of what happened occurred because the idea the city exemplifying capitalism on steroids being reunited by a country run by the communist. he was always somewhat preposterous. so can you talk to us about first of you know, how rapidly this occurred and i'm wh

hong kong has shrunk 1.6%. hong kong is, dare i say?e been out here 32 years, there is always been nails run for hong kong. i'm not counting them out but it is on its knees because we have been going on for years nearly of very tourists coming in, pandemic controls, there was the political unrest in 2019, 2020 there's a national security law. there's all kinds of headwinds that will likely put hong kong's economy into contraction for the third come out of four years. there should be a sense of urgency. what will john lee do? he will make his pitch to the world saying hong kong is open up -- opening up, we will offer incentives for you to come here. don't go to singapore. he will not say that but that is the back message there. there will be some measures to make some visas to attract people here. also for companies to not go through the arduous task of proving that they have made significant efforts to hire locals over foreigners or those from the mainland. that will be welcome. there could be new visas to entice recent graduates from p

plus, it's a very big week for hong kong. we will ask the government's chief treasury if the city really is open for business once more. rishaad: 5.3% up for wheat prices off the back of the news david was talking about. we have pmi numbers in a second. with yields where they are and the inversion getting deeper, that leaves stocks in a tricky position. still, hang seng below the gain line. at the moment we are looking at chinese stocks in hong kong at levels not seen since 2005. david: it is the enterprises index. we took out 5000 if you like round numbers. we then took out 4990 on that one. that is seeming to move against the grain still. it is a consistent story where seemingly, global equities might have just formed a bottom except for chinese markets. commodity markets are up we talked about wheat prices up 5%. corn up 2.25%. rice up 1.5%. let's have a look at pmi numbers, missing estimates. rishaad: looking at some sub gauges. it is the overall number. just looking at this, the official pmi's are disappointing. six poin

when jeff i view, i'll favor kong. as following that story for us, she joined me now from hong kong, phoebe, after years of her roading rights and freedoms, it appears hong kong ers are headed for even more restrictions. well, john, these very fast policy, it has come at a time when in beijing is holding as most important party congress in beijing that john lee actually reference this policy as a policy address to students me in speech and say that the pages instruction is a guide for hong kong, and that one of the most are important aspects is about national security that are more measures, a weak guarding, safeguarding national security is proposed in this policy address that are in a coming few years. we're expecting an either additional set of national security legislation in a local version of that is now in preparation to regulate espionage and leakage of national are secrets, et cetera. and john lee is also proposing to enact more laws to regulate cyber security on that was so cause force information and the cro

he says the island is in a very different situation to hong kong. taiwan is no. hong kong on kong was turned back by the united kingdom and the entire while we are republic of china. last week we just celebrated the 111 1st day of the republic. so cross tre relations is more of a equal footing relationship. and of course, psychologically tie one people does fear that if we fall under chinese rule, we could be treated as bad as in hong kong. but i have to say that taiwan is no hong kong. we have our own constitution, our own armed forces, and our own practice in elections. we are totally different from hong kong. a 3 people have been injured in new shelling in the russian region of bel got on governor. we just love glad coff confirmed the injuries. and is near the region which borders ukraine. russian officials reclining military of shelling belgrade, but the ukrainians deny the same russia fight a few massage by mistake which felt within the region to resume terrible event happened yesterday on our territory on the territory of one of the military units. there was a terror attack comm

, ., , kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting- — kong?esting. he _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say _ kong? the peaceful reunification is interesting. he did say something l interesting. he did say something which is been saying for a while now which is been saying for a while now which is been saying for a while now which is we will remain the right to use force if necessary, so xi jinping has long had what china calls reunification, the people in taiwan would argue that they never belong to china so they would argue with that. xi jinping belong to china so they would argue with that. xijinping is belong to china so they would argue with that. xi jinping is wanted this for quite some time. quite strongly, yes, of course, he says he will do it peacefully of course, everybody in china wants that, but you know, he's also reserve the right to use force. he also crucially called for military modernisation to continue, and this is a man who famously said he wa

and a lot of that participants of the protest appear to have come from hong kong. which underscores the vulnerability of this group of people in the u. k. that they're still being targeted extra territorially, do you have a sense of whether the british government is doing anything about this? well, i think, i think the stephanie true, i think we saw with the am with the victim, you know, he's from hong kong and he spoke of how he had, he thought he put that national security law behind him when he got on the plane to the u k. m. and instead here he is, you know, it's, it's sort of a, an attack on sovereignty in many ways. and i think this is where it's going to be the, the u. k. will have to act. and what a can do is offer the protections that had that it can am obviously, since the 1997 hand over and you case influence in hong kong has been less. but it's showing that by offering encore people the right of abode in, in the u. k, that a can do something by providing a safe haven, but it becomes very working now to show that they can protect those people and indeed

what have you heard from hong kong that will give hong kong a competitive advantage?k we should look at hong kong and singapore living in parallel from the perspective that they are both building up a framework for better guardrails. i do not necessarily see that as a competition and, although other people may feel otherwise. hong kong is in a good position moving toward a digital hub, and whatever it puts up for retail, i do not think it will be a free-for-all. it will be a framework that allows a certain portion to reach out surveyed. >> argue cautiously optimistic as they opened up to retail investors? the previous regime was more geared toward professional investors and those with portfolios and excessive $1 billion. the voluntary licensing plan only biting two platforms. the retail side, once that opens up, the world was a hong kong is the place to go list. >> the way i see it is the perception of opening for retail it just makes hong kong more attractive. whether it will attract more on how waves come in it will be what we have to see down the road in terms of h

yes, a hong kong now has lost thousands of residents. since the pandemic started worth in a brain drain from the international financial hub and now and ongoing political crackdown and diminished freedoms following the implementation of strict national security law course, the mass exodus of residence. we have seen that in record high, you know, school vaccines and also our pension balance with the draws. so this is really a problem for, for them. and, but lee also reject the use of turns or immigration waves to describe hong guns are declining population. he said, residence leave for a variety of factors, including education and you know, family reasons, dw correspondent, pound weighing, anti pay pal, and thank you. and now to some of the other global business stories making news. the co c, e. o of south korea's biggest mobile messenger cal talk has publicly apologized after a fire fire at a data center last week and little a mass outage, disrupting cellphone services for 53000000 users. napkin. one said he will resign it. indonesia has

his debut policy speech, we also addressed plans to boost hong kong economy. me was appointed in july by beijing falling massive. and at times of violent pro democracy protests which contributed to an economic downturn, lee has been sanctioned by the us or his role in the crack down one. freedom was ogo use on zillow. and i spoke with a dw, is phoebe kong and asked her about john lee's plans to continue with the hard line policies of the past several years. well, john, these very fast policy, it has come at a time when in beijing is holding as most important party congress in beijing that john lee actually reference this policy as a policy address to students me in speech and say that the beijing's instruction is a guide for hong kong, and that one of the most are important aspects is about national security that are more meshes a week ordering, safeguarding national security is proposed in this policy address that are in a coming few years we're expecting and either additional set of national security legislation in a local version of that is now in preparati

isn't that i left hong kong because of the national security law? it meant drastic changes to the freedoms we enjoy and hong kong and how we live our lives. china's foreign ministry accused disturbing elements of legally entering the consulate and such as lodged a formal complaint with britain council. john later defended pulling the protesters, hair, telling sky news. he was just doing his duty as chan was abusing his country and his leader under she, jim ping relations between britain, hong kong colonial ruler until 1997 and china have been particularly tense. she organized a severe crackdown on hong kong democracy movement, culminating a national security law that has drastically curtailed democratic freedoms in the city. joining us as dw correspondent clifford kuhn an author of at rapport clifford, how serious is this incident in manchester? i mean, you k, china relations have not been well for some time. i think this is utterly extraordinary. i mean, here you have a job show you on who's the am the console in manchester and missing on a nationa

it seems like hong kong is seeing the pain of it today.haad: we will be looking to comments from james bullard. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: that's tokyo as we head off for the lunch break there. nothing really at the moment apart from the usual which is affecting what's going on as far as straw -- stock trading. sony contributing to the most to the topics index decline we have. 380 stocks on their way up. that's the position we are in. yvonne: 150. we are so close. the boj also announced unscheduled bond buying here. 10 jgb breaching above that once again. a lot going on there. rishaad: if you are long, you are wrong. let's get your first word news with vonnie quinn in new york. bonnie: president biden says u.s. oil producers should not be returning record profits to shareholders via higher share buybacks. they are stepping up criticism of the energy industry. the war wages on in ukraine. the president called for oil companies to use profits to boost production and help bring down fuel prices for consumers. >> we need to responsibly incr

try wanted to know hong kong hong kong was turned back by the united kingdom and the entire one we are republic of china. last week we just celebrated the 111 1st day of the republic. so cross tre relations is more of a equal footing relationship. and of course, psychologically taiwan. people does fear that if we fall under chinese rule, we could be treated as bad as in hong kong. but i have to say that taiwan is no hong kong. we have our own constitution, our own forces, and our own practice in elections. we are totally different from hong kong or russia, says 11 people have been killed in a shooting at southern border with ukraine. the defense ministry says to attack as open fire at a military training ground, the in belgrade. the area has been shelled in recent days in what russian officials say were miss aw, strikes by ukrainian forces to was in a terrible event happened yesterday on our territory on the territory of one of the military units. there was a terror attack committed. many soldiers were killed and wounded. all of the wounded getting help. i want to express my words of c

let's look at how hong kong is faring. chief executive will make a pitch to the global financial committee that the city is back in business when he delivers his first policy address on wednesday. let's bring in stephen engle. what's the mood like leading up to this address? stephen: it's a beautiful sunny day after rain yesterday. a lot of headwinds facing hong kong. not just the economy. the slowing chinese economy. the borders still not open with the mainland. there's been a brain drain. that's what the chief executive within the set -- the hour. the legislative council will try to lay out his vision for stopping the brain drain and attracting talent to hong kong. in the last year or so, talent has been going to singapore and other destinations that have opened up. singapore has a head start. john leeson taking over as chief executive. he's made a bunch of bold moves to get rid of the quarantine. there is still a lot of social restrictions as well as those three days of self-monitoring for arrivals to hong kong which pr

hong kong . it seems beijing has told him to focus on business. well, that's exactly right. and earlier at the communist party congress president, she made remarks about hong kong, noting that the situation has been transformed from one of chaos to governance. an indication perhaps that from beijing perspective, they are satisfied that the security situation is at least resolved for now. but that does leave questions about the state of the economy. i'm here in causeway bay, which is normally quite a busy shopping district. but you can see just behind me here, many of the businesses, small businesses in particular, forwarded up shut down. and they've been in that sort of state for the past 2 years . as a result of the economic challenges facing this city. hong kong is indeed actually in a technical recession, in part due to stringent covered 19 measures, which are in fact not as strict as what we see in mainland china. but still out of step with what the rest of the region in asia is experiencing

in hong kong. for goals that you set for them to improve governance, to encourage growth, to address concerns that people might have about their livelihood. and perhaps most importantly, to ensure stability and harmony in hong kong. these points that we've heard reiterated, we're likely to hear them reiterated throughout the course of the congress, even from hong kong, so representative at the n p. c, the national people congress. we heard from him earlier that it's unlikely that there will be any surprises or policy changes in terms of the direction that aging sees hong kong is taking, even if they're all major personnel changes, those are unlikely to result in any shift in policies. it's worth noting that this congress takes place as hong kong has experienced some rather dramatic changes in recent years under president sheet and paint leadership. namely, the introduction in 2020 of a national security law in response to the unrest that the city experienced in 2019 over concerns about the aging gr

kong is part of a pain in a. ready b, and it's got its own constitution. what i'm trying to say is that the tax back to the as with those of all as kate, the home and home was under tremendous pressure to a. so even though it's both on home school and there is no telling the phone calls, what does that me agree with? but at the end of the day i was left on on a plan to make is that one is going to base the reality. while hong kong, as i continue to hold. ready thank you and sanctions i will not comply with sanctions but there is no way. busy that them at aging with the home, sacrifice b, as in, definitely want to say that yours is a russian don't going to be on call as a safety haven, a business like to pose some follow up. andrew longer international and the independent china specialists are joining us. i live on auto international. appreciate your perspective. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you. ah. and while the you are endeavors still to rid itself entirely of russian energy supplies, the

oh, let's reaction from hong kong with jessica washington. where the congress is being received here and hong kong with varying degrees of interest. some organizations here and hong kong, organized events for people to watch president. she's speech, but many others are just going about their normal daily lives. it's worth noting that this congress take place as hong kong has experienced some rather dramatic changes in recent years under president. she didn't think leadership, namely the introduction in 2020 of a national security law in response to the unrest that the city experienced in 2019 over concerns about aging growing influence in the city. and then in 2021. some changes to the home homes electro system. so what we're likely to see over the course of the congress is a reiteration of the past. the staging seas as being most appropriate for the city and the, the part of the city is already on 3. people have been injured in new shilling in the russian region in belgrade, governor viet slab, a glad call to confirm the injuries in the regi

haidi: watching the market open, airline shares in hong kong, hong kong reportedly giving away airlinecter the city. and also, a bout to keep advanced chips from the chinese military. energy names continue to rally, oil up for third day after the opec-plus supply cap. kathleen: a quick look at major market benchmarks. the nikkei is up three quarters of a point. the kospi is up over a point. stocks were troubled on wall street today. maybe there is a sense that the fed may be hawkish, but there is still hope for energy stocks to make people some of these indices higher. that is it "daybreak: asia." for "daybreak: asia." -- that is it for "daybreak: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: this is my kitchen table and also my filing system.

administer, hong kong and the people of macau administer, macau. so you spoke with the degree of autonomy we will remain committed to law based governance in hong kong and macau will ensure the central government exercises overall. jurisdictions over the 2 regions who will see that hong kong and macau are administered by patriot bog. and jessica washington brings his more reaction now from hong kong. well, the progress is being received here in hong kong with varying degrees of interest. some organizations here in hong kong, organized events for people to watch president. she's speech for many others are just going about their normal daily lives. it's worth noting that this congress takes place as hong kong has experienced some rather dramatic changes in recent years under president. she didn't think leadership, namely the introduction in 2020 of a national security law in response to the unrest that the city experienced in 2019 over concerns about the aging growing influence in the city. and then in 2021, some changes to the home homes electro sys

hong kong is an open necessarily.look at where they can deploy that asset and get back to profitability. it's not a surprise. no help out of hong kong. they lost virgin australia last year or a couple years ago now. david: what does this due to the competitive landscape? there's the issue of capacity. >> right. now it's going to become a jumble. british airways will come back to hong kong in december. that might help alleviate the high airfares that people are paying for at the moment. they are going to stay high up until we see some of the capacity come back online. hong kong is a profitable route for cathay. at the moment, we are seeing one or two flights daily. that's not a lot considering the demand we normally saw in pre-covid times. yvonne: thank you. when it comes to markets, it's mostly a green arrow story today. you are starting to see fed speak. at least markets are seeing it. korea moving their overweight to taiwan. the dollar is weaker on the back of a lot of asia fx today. russia is close to seven. the op

jessica washington out 0 hong kong. ah. so again, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera, the you case, chancellor. jeremy hon says he will reverse almost all budget plans that sponsor panic on the markets. he's jess and vale tax and spending measures 2 weeks earlier than planned. the most important objective for our country right now is stability. governments tunnels eliminate volatility in markets, but they can play their part. and we will do so. because instability affects the prices of things in shows the cost of mortgages and the values of pensions. that will be more difficult decisions, i'm afraid, on both turks and spending as we deliver our commitment to get debt falling as a share of the economy. over the medium term, at least 3 people have been killed and for injured in drawn strikes on ukraine's capital. official say keith was struck several times in an early morning attacked by russian forces. using drones. air forces from across nato are taking part in the alliance says on your nuclear exercise, the

he says the island is in a very different situation to hong kong. taiwan is no. hong kong. hong kong was turned back by the united kingdom and the entire while we are republic of china. last week, we just celebrated the 111 1st day of the republic. so cross tre relations is more of a equal footing relationship. and of course, psychologically taiwan. people does fear that if we fall under chinese rule, we could be treated as bad as in hong kong. but i have to say that taiwan is no hong kong. we have our own constitution, our own forces, and our own practice in elections. we are totally different from hong kong. no 3 people have injured new shelling in the russian region of beller, bella garad governor vac busha law allowed to call to confirm the injuries and is near the region which borders ukraine. officials accusing ukrainian military and selling belgrade. but the ukrainians deny this, saying russia fight a few missiles by mistake, which fell within the region. mohammed vel has both moscow. they the cleans half denied, but they have been behind that they were behind the shelling or

but i have to say taiwan is no hong kong. we have our own constitution, our own forces, and our own practice in elections. we are totally feel from, from hong kong to, to get your thoughts alex on the one that, thanks so much the was thank you. i, she jen, thing is set to secure a historic 3rd term as leader of the world's most populous nation. adrian brown looks at his political rise. the president, cheating pings, grip on power, would now appear absolute. if he has enemies, the hidden or unknown, or both. but some of those who chronicle she's curious say you don't get to the top of chinese politics without that eliminating rivals and making enemies. he does, but it needs to be said that the congress has an active state pageantry. the fact that this congress is happening means that these rivals have already been largely pushed to the sidelines. after becoming communist party chief a decade ago, she vowed to root out dishonest officials, both high ranking tigers and low level flies. the campaign went down well with the public

mark: hong kong has two roles.mains the connect between the country and the rest of the world. and if national capitals come into china, it will come via hong kong, but on the old chinese rules as opposed to the adr rule, where it is very much offshore. secondly, hong kong is see as the financial capital of this greater bay area. china has kept all its savings in china for the last 18 months. it is going to be working out how it recycles those savings largely within china, not to allow speculative money to come in. they could pe -- be creating at different type of capital allocation system. we have to get around that the rules are not going to be set by us. yvonne: mark tinker and stephen engle, our chief north asia correspondent. we have plenty more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ ( suspenseful music throughout) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ yvonne: business flash headlines -- bytedance denies a report it planned to use its tiktok app to monitor the locations of certain americans. the company reportedly sought twice to monitor a u.s. ci

i think a pessimistic atmosphere is overshadowing hong kong now. everyone is scared under this new hong kong acts of defiance. i know far more discrete. while the most protest over small signs of descent remain tucked away in alleyways and hidden corners, 15 in 2020 pages introduced a new national security law for hong kong. while many said it marked a serious erosion in the cities democratic freedoms. others said drastic action with needed to return stability to the city. i don't believe in violence. i don't believe in them one section without purpose. at that stage, i cannot think of a better way than using the legislation, tools to andy scales, and then move on to the new situation. hong kong, new government is described by president sheet and being as being made up of what he calls patriots, of china. leonard says he's optimistic that president she and hong kong knew chief executive and managing the cities affairs. well, our economy and our culture living pi closely with mainland china in the past 20 years. so i think this is a very good that p

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both countries blame each other for the men's condition to on kong. now, where beijing's growing influence on the city schools has resulted in an overhaul of curriculum, schools must now place a greater focus on national security and patriotism. our teachers are resigning in record numbers as jessica washington reports ah, in hong kong, a show of patriotism from some of its youngest citizens. this video was released by the cities education bureau earlier this month. when the youth on strong the children chant, the country is strong. such display of national pride from hong kong school children is becoming more common as its education system receives a make over. the updated secondary school curriculum now places more focus on china's security. and national identity is former teacher who else down to 0 to conceal her identity. says she quit her job 2 months ago when the subject she taught was removed from the curriculum. i found the new subject quite different from liberal studies, which placed emphasis on discussion and allowing students to freely exp

jessica washington reports from hong kong in hong kong preparations are underway to wake up the territories night life after high eighties to jacoby 19 measures. live entertainment will return to bars and restaurants. finally, my band is happy me itself as the musicians that finally got back. i know it's long overdue. under the new restrictions performance will be required to complete 2 p c . r tests a week and rapid tests before entering things. oh, you got to go and hope to allow citizens to resume their normal lives with the infection. risks of the cultural groups of up to 12 and now permitted and dancing at clubs is also allowed. the government hopes these changes will help boost hong kong struggling economy. a lot of the sectors that we very much rely on for boosting al growth, such as tourism, for example, exports really in the doldrums because of the coven restrictions bar, elena john primus says, his business took a hit during hong kong strict cove at 19 measures. and had to suspend operations still he says he's optimistic. yeah, i think that is a case going to come back very strong

these changes will help boost hong kong struggling economy. a lot of the sectors that we very much rely on. fuschia growth, such as tourism, for example, exports are really in the dungeons because of the coven restrictions bar owner john prime. it says his business took a hit during hong kong strict code 19 measures and had to suspend operations. still he says he's optimistic. yeah, i think the king's gonna come back very strong. ally guys during covered a lot of guys who wrote music and have recorded it, so they've got a lot of new stuff they want to showcase hong kong theme parks once a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors are also said to benefit from the policy change the new protocol will allow visitors to dining and violent will take much more rejuvenate home, home tourism and entertainment. many se, any relaxation and close rule will bring much needed relief. ocean park says is preparing for more visitors to return. hong kong has more, as is in place, then most cities in asia. there are no quarantine requirements,

teenagers in hong kong have beenjailed for rising teenagers in hong kong have been jailed for risingrter as a missionary and asked her what we know about this case. according to what was said in court, they were advocating for a violent revolution and the prosecutor said this was on social media, on websites like instagram, as well as on street boots and by distributing certain pamphlets. now, this was possible because of the 2020 national security law that made it easier to prosecute protesters. but what's different here is it's the first time that it's been used against teenagers. now, the judge, in their sentencing, the bigger take into account the age of the protesters and that that's why the sentence has been capped at three years detention and why they are being sent to a detention centre for young people, also known as training centres, as opposed to a jail, but they said the issue was that even if they managed to influence one person, that would have undermined the stability of hong kong as well as the safety of the residents. find hong kong as well as the safety of the reside

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it is good for hong kong. >> reporter: also coming to hong kong is the international pop sensation.travel industry is buzzing. expedia.com says searches for hotels in the city jumped 50%. >> we can anticipate the business audience coming back to hong kong as well as travelers that visit hong kong is a culinary destination. we can see a little bit of that trend coming back in the coming months. >> reporter: with the easing of border rules the city hopes to reclaim its spot as an international business hub and reboot its economy. for many, like this market vendor, they don't have months to wait. >> my most frequent customers used to be tourists, locals really shop here. it has been terrible. very terrible. there has been no business at all. it has been a fruitless labor. business has been static. >> reporter: tough covid-19 measures have devastated businesses including the jumbo kingdom floating restaurant that is now know more. he shut his restaurant last year after nine years in operation.>> other restaurants right now are closing down. and filing bankruptcy or trying to sell. >> re

jessica washington, our sera, hong kong. it's been 40 days since the death of 22 year old massa armine in iran. her death font protests across iran in around the world to run has impose internet restrictions and arrested many for taking want in demonstrations. doses. jabari is in iran and take a look at how the story unfolded. a mother's grief heard across iran after the death of her daughter in police custody into her on on september 16, 22 year old massa mimi was in the capital with her brother visiting relatives when she was detained by the morality police 3 days earlier. she was accused of not properly wearing the mandatory head scarf. she was from curtis stan province home to iran's kurdish minority. the police released the security camera photography, which they say shows massa arriving at a facility, florida. or she was to go through what's called a we education classes on the religious benefits of wearing the headscarf hockey, the, the official autopsy report, and subsequent investigation launched by the government.

jessica washington reports from hong kong long. we lie, spent 6 months in hong kong prison for taking part in an unauthorized demonstration in 2014. it was their hong kong, 90 year old former bishop cardinal joseph, then came to meet him and all the inmate horrify. i've auto her. it took him at least 3 hours to travel that which is so physically demanding for an elderly person . i'm so grateful that he came all that way just to visit us along. now the cardinal is on his mind once again as he faces a challenge of his own. he and 5 co defendants are accused of failing to register a fund to support those arrested during the 2019 protests. they have pleaded not guilty. the prosecution says the font raised more than $34400000.00 and was used for political activities and non charity events. but the defense argues the right to form an association is guaranteed under hong kong basic law. while the penalty is likely to be only a fine legal experts say they are worried is a concern that's been raised that you know, the process of going throu