i think bei'ing is veryopenfi they listen? i think bei'ing is very open and its h they listen?e sino—britishjoint about the sino—british joint declaration that definitely, it is an international treaty, registered in the united nations, that is spelt out beijing's commitment in protecting the autonomy and liberty and freedom then hong kong but beijing officials in the recent few years have been recurrently and quite broadly saying that this treaty all this joint declaration is saying that this treaty all thisjoint declaration is no longer valid and it is only a historical document, in their words, and no longer binding to beijing so they really don't care anymore about the uk reaction to the fact that beijing has been violating this international agreement and but it is kind of a warning to the rest of the world about beijing's attitude towards international agreements and commitments and promises that, so they use this commitment and promises to secure a smooth transition of sovereignty but after this sovereignty transition is done, they feel that they are no longer, they no l

., governments in bei'ing and moscowvfi governments in bei'ing and moscow? ., ~ ., ., ., moscow?, one would think that the _ moscow? you know, one would think that the western - think that the western alliance, the united states, etc, would have a natural advantage, their economies, diversity of populations over the russia and china, but what you have instead is the west weakening, faltering, but sat with internal contradictions at a time when certainly china, despite all of its internal problems, is relatively rising. russia — a weak country still able to prosecute a war that the west seems unable to stop. so this... the crisis of boris johnson is basically an internal crisis, a domestic crisis. it has these global implications that further herds western efforts to be a model of government, a model of democracy for the rest of the world. ., world. 0k, we will leave it there. thank _ world. 0k, we will leave it there. thank you - world. 0k, we will leave it there. thank you very - world. 0k, we will leave it. there. thank you very much world. 0k, we will leave it - there. thank y

there are pro-bei'ing, who are ha . . l easy. there are pro-bei'ing, who are happy. and — easy., and there are those who are l happy, and there are those who are very, very anguished and very worried or even scared. and there are thousands of people, including members of my party, in prison. despite a recent overhaul of the election system, the incoming leader, john lee, was the only candidate to run in this race. today's ceremonies mark president xi jinping's first steps outside china for nearly two and a half years since the start of the pandemic. you can't quite control the weather, but in beijing's perspective to date is all about regaining control over hong kong, it is all about the rejuvenation of the chinese race and thatis rejuvenation of the chinese race and that is what president xi jinping has been talking about. translation: the practice of one country, two systems has achieved the success in hong kong, recognised by all since its return to the motherland. president xijinping its return to the motherland. president xi jinping will be its return to the motherland. pre

from bei'ing? i haven't seen an from beijing? i haven't seen any official _ from beijing?from beijing? i haven't seen any official reaction from - any official reaction from beijing yet. you know, they always take a bit of time to mull these things over but i dare say that the government in beijing will be happy to see the back of borisjohnson, because, as you've pointed out, he has been very supportive of ukraine and china would like to see the russians not be defeated in ukraine, so because of the implications for taiwan, and mrjohnson also joined with the united states and australia in the aukus indo pacific pact, which is a direct response to china's expansionism and rise, and moreover in the g7, boris johnson was behind the build back better world initiative, now known as the partnership for global infrastructure and investment, which is a direct challenge to china's belt and road initiative that china has been using to leverage support of third world countries, primarily, not democratic countries around the world. so, all in all, mrjohnson i think has been quite stro