now, originally, hong kong people trusted beijing, but beijing has been reneging on its promises of democracyo us time and time again. 0riginally we were supposed to have universal suffrage ten years after the handover. now this is 20 years, and it is no where it is light. and i can't even tell you when we are going to have it. so what are your plans now, mr lee? what are your plans now, mr lee? what are your plans of the opposition and a pro democracy activists going forward, hitting this stance of beijing? we can only protest, and we will do it again and again. unfortunately the british government has not done enough to defend a high degree of autonomy. the british government has power to chinese pressure, and of course, their money, and u nfortu nately course, their money, and unfortunately hong kong is now being sold down the river so many times, for 30 pieces of silver. and is in the chinese way, and what president xi is saying, for hong kong and beijing to build consensus and not to have any conflict? yes, because they want to change all the rules of they want to change all the rules of

but beijing has reneged its promises time and again.is 20 years and suffrage is nowhere in sight and i can't tell you when we will have it. what are the plans of the opposition and the pro—democracy activists going forward, given this stance of beijing? we can only protest. we will do it again and again. u nfortu nately will do it again and again. unfortunately the british government has not done enough to defend our high degree of autonomy. the british government has cowed the chinese pressure, and of course their money, and unfortunately hong kong has been sold down the river so many times for 30 pieces of silver. but isn't the chinese way, and what president xi is saying, for hong kong and beijing to build consensus and not have any conflict? yeah, because they want to change all the rules of they want to change all the rules of the game, and they want you to agree with it, and that's consensus. we will have more coming up on hong kong later in the programme. first, some other news. interior ministers from three european countries ha

doctors, we could see then beijing's stands changing quite 500mm doctors, we could see then beijing'sd to let these doctors in and make a show of being open and wanting to get him the best treatment. but then when the doctors said look, he is eligible for treatment abroad and he can travel, they have now denied permission. they now say his condition has worsened and the tumour has grown. has that happened over the space of 24 that has that happened over the space of 2a that seems doubtful. they also led the audio of the encounter he had with the german doctor which goes against the rules of confidentiality and the terms upon which the doctors that saw him. they are which the doctors that saw him. they a re clearly which the doctors that saw him. they are clearly trying to control the narrative and keep him under wraps. indeed, liu xiaobo is quite sick. why is china so reluctant to allow him to leave the country? well, here's a hero, a legend. he has friends abroad. is a nobel laureate. his voice, speaking out against what he has experienced at the hands of china, would be incredibly p

however, we can expect to see beijing punish the northjust however, we can expect to see beijing punishto the extent that we would like it to. thank you very much. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: european and japanese scientists are putting the finishing touches to a space mission to mercury, the planet closest to the sun. also on the programme: it's normally the preserve of women, but eshan hilal has become a male professional belly dancer in india. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say they have been many casualties and there's growing speculation that al qaeda was responsible. germany we will host the 2006 world cup. they beat south africa by a single vote. in south africa the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. the celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's either the bedroom, then asked her for a cigarette. she then asked her for a cigarette. she then summoned a footman on duty who took the man away. 0ne one child

how can beijing help in terms of these very local, very residential problems? >> if we use the housing problem in hong kong, indeed prices skyrocketing and it is way beyond the average people in hong kong especially the younger generation. however, if we look at hong kong itself, the amazing . is that not only in your territory for example, but other parts of hong kong, there are still lots of undeveloped land. traditionally under the british rule, and i think under the first 20 years of hong kong return back to mainland china, the traditional paradigm is to keep the property land in a very measured and controlled way so that property price will go up. and this is because property itself is a major pill industry in hong kong however, i think hong kong has a lot to learn from examples of let's say singapore, where the governments and major corporations would combine their efforts together to combine and develop affordable housing for many people in singapore. now, in hong kong, for example, if the younger people qualify, for example, for how many years they resi

the chinese president rules against any chinese to beijing's rule.n rugby, a memorable second half comeback secures the british and irish lions victory in new zealand, levelling the three test series. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says it has no plans to send independent commissioners to kensington and chelsea council, following criticism of its handling of the grenfell tower fire disaster. the mayor of london sadiq khan, had urged ministers to appoint commissioners, following the resignation yesterday of the leader of the council. instead, the government says it will keep a "close eye" on the situation. frankie mccamley reports. as the tributes continue to arrive and the missing posters line many of the streets, the anger towards the council here is clear. it was the breakdown of this, the first cabinet meeting at the council since the fire at grenfell tower, that led to the resignation of its leader, nicholas paget—brown. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility. pressure had been mounting on the council

activists have accused beijing of clamping down on free speech.st any challenge to beijing's authority, as steve mcdonell reports. in their tens of thousands, hong kong's pro—democracy demonstrators poured through the streets. they'd come to mark 20 years since this former british colony was returned to beijing, with a message to the president of china, xijinping. they say that in recent years theirfreedom of assembly, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary have all, to some extent, been undermined. then there's what they claim is a breach of promise, for genuine democratic elections to choose this city's leader. translation: we're here to voice our disappointment towards our government, and to criticise the distorted one country, two systems model. we do not accept the gambling of the hong kong government, that this is under the pro—beijing party. on his historic visit, president xi had his own message for the people of hong kong, that he believes their region has a very bright future indeed. but that a line which now could not b

the german government calls on beijing to show humanity. iraq's prime minister declares victory in mosul three years after so—called islamic state took over the city. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: from the old silk road to the new, a special report on the trillion dollar project linking china with europe. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. and a shock early exit from wimbledon for rafael nadal, knocked out in a five—hour five—set epic by gilles muller. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and shenyang, where china's most famous dissident liu xiaobo is at the centre of a growing diplomatic row. mr liu, who's terminally ill with cancer, was a key leader in the tiananmen square protests back in 1989 and a nobel prize winner. the german government has accused china's state security of running his treatment rather than doctors. the chinese says it's a matter for them and no—one should

beijing, shenzhen, shanghai, all declines.ier cities have catch up, because they have so much overcapacity. >> surprise. the pace is moderate. there is a bifurcated trend in the china housing market. rishaad: but there always has been. >> but you can see the home purchase restrictions played a big part cooling down the tier one markets. if a tear to market comes into and thenues to grow, tier three, the key trend we notice is the spillover demand for the tier one market, particularly for cities around major economic clusters. rishaad: give me an example. shanghai, beijing, they have cities nearby. which are they? cities.ind of smaller it's amazing that you can see price growth of 80%. up to 80%. you can see the demand. it's amazing. rishaad: is it sustainable?? >> i think the fear of the property double burst is overstated in my opinion. i cank the three reasons get you up your number one, the demand is very strong. the momentum is slowing down. number two, based on our research, you would be surprised. billion rmb expected by

right now, i look at your relationship with beijing and it seems to me you have some major problems,ntly when the chinese impounded, for a short time, some of your military vehicles because they had been on exercise in taiwan. how worried are you about your relationship with the chinese? i would not say we have major problems but we have some issues and some incidents. i think the military vehicles were an incident which happened to both of us and we had to handle it. it suggested a lack of trust. well, it is a delicate matterfor both sides. and i think both sides handled it carefully and there has been a satisfactory outcome. to put it bluntly, the chinese are furious about some policy decisions you have made, not least your support to support the court of arbitration‘s backing of the philippines in a dispute in the south china sea. the chinese feel you are betraying a friendship. no, i think you misparaphrase me. because i did not strongly support the court's ruling. what i said was the court had made a strong statement and there's a difference. let's be clear, this is a respected

on north korea, much of the influence lies of course in beijing. programme to change course? really, there are two things that the chinese can do. they will cause kim jong—un's leadership to sit up and take notice. one is turn off china as a source of international convertible currency for the regime to use on global markets to buy what they need. but the second is to turn off oi’ need. but the second is to turn off or reduce the supply of oil, because without oil, the economy will grind toa without oil, the economy will grind to a halt, and the military, as well. that is what china can do. and think diplomatic action between the chinese and the us now lies there. earlier, i spoke to nearly of policy expert in washington. i asked her if she thought north korea really had a missile capable of carrying out a large nuclear warhead. —— carrying a large nuclear warhead. —— carrying a large nuclear war could. that remains to be seen. that is what the north koreans are saying said. —— geoeconomics. —— are saying. but they will get to a point where they ca

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beijing not taking the bait, not responding.sident xi jinping gave a speech while he presided over a massive military parade at one of china's training sites. you saw stealth fighters, china's nuclear-capable icbms, and a message from the chinese president that they will continue to strengthen their army in light of the escalating security situation. and china cannot be happy with what the united states is doing right now because they think the united states shares the blame just alongside north korea for the escalating tensions on the peninsula. hours after north korea launched its icbm, the united states displayed military force by shooting missiles into the ocean along with the south korean military, by flying a u.s. bomber along with south korean and japanese jets on the korean peninsula. then on sunday, the united states tested the thad missile defense system that can shoot down north korean missiles. but china views the thad placement in south korea as a destabilizing act, just like the icbm because thad could also theoret

washington wants to reduce its massive trade deficit in goods from beijing.t deficit reached nearly $350 billion last year. the us also wants a better access to china's growing consumer markets. but the trump administration could introduce ta riffs administration could introduce tariffs or quotas on chinese steel and aluminium products. washington has frequently accused beijing of flooding the market and driving prices down. earlier i asked our business correspondent is this tough talk is a good strategy. donald trump campaigned on this promise to shrink america's trade deficit which he says are helped diminish american manufacturing. if you look at the trade gap in america, the widest gap it has with any country is china so unsurprisingly it has been a focus of tough talk. the president chose a billionaire investor to steer this meeting, and his language echoed that of his boss. china now accounts for nearly 50% of the us goods trade deficit. if this were just the natural product of free—market forces, we could understand it. but it is not. and so it is time

no leader in beijing would like to appear to be giving in too much concessions to the americans.stability is the name of the game for the chinese government in 2017. now, you mentioned the steel production. that is obviously a huge issue for the us, especially for president trump, and his plan to increasejobs. he is saying that he is considering putting tariffs on steel imports from china. if that happened, what impact could that have on these talks? well, as i said, we don't think beijing would be too much concerned, if we are talking about exports to the us markets. it only accou nts exports to the us markets. it only accounts for a very small proportion. so if the washington administration slaps an import ta riffs administration slaps an import tariffs on chinese steel, the impact on the chinese steel industry would be rather limited. the impact on american consumers, buyers, that would be another question. what we certainly don't think is that the chinese will give in too much over this point. and certainly, on the back of buoyant economic performance so back of buoyant econo

for more his our correspondent brian kaminski reporting from beijing. revelation of those links from liver cancer and subsequent transfer the hospital for medical parole set off a diplomatic and medical crisis. is family said that he wanted to be treated of ride either in germany or united states. sources close to the family said that this is likely because he wanted the best treatment available. and destroy his last days in freedom. however. as party he. to be an. with the main. except this fall. at first they claimed that he is their internal affair not to meddle with by outsiders however after much pressure from. no rights activists and western governments they will likely lead into international specialist. before doctors said there was a small window of opportunity for him to travel abroad. however as this was happening reopen phrases treatments came out perhaps in an attempt to show that this is unnecessary. his family was not able to visit in the hospital but all those refused even as hostile workers denied any knowledge of such a. a prisoner for

freshly not just from beijing but from elsewhere. they include chinese social scientist the national defense university, the pla academy of student science. of course my university peking university and the shanghai institute and social sciences, 19 university and many others. they held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions, some were small group meetings and we also helped many meetings with our american counterpart in beijing, washington d.c. or new york city. the end result is the chinese report publicized in both chinese and english and we also want to thank for publicizing the report and the chinese reports and both english and chinese are already educating in the volume which will be published by the chinese social scientists, i hope it will come pretty soon. and you may this year we launched a rollout event in beijing similar to the one we're holding today in washington, d.c. we had people from csi us and other think tanks from the united states, this is simply my story, the chinese side of the story equally important

he met with xi jinping in beijing. xinhua news service had a headline that said "president xi eyes bigger role for california in u.s./china relations." interesting. and he invited california to join the belton road initiative. so, states. [ laughter ] states. don't forget about them. two, companies. businesses are active in the enterprise of global guidelines, global judgments. and lastly, ngos, which play a distinctively strong role in the united states in galvanizing public opinion, helping on implementation of rules and sometimes even sitting at the table at global governance institutions. so, there's work to be done in the present, regardless of what the national government is doing, and i consider this project, even in this small working group on global governance, to be part of that. thanks. >> thank you, paul. dr. li? >> thanks, chair, and the panel. good presentation. and i also working on the global governance part of china side report. i'd like to say that both sides of report is very positive and constructiv

of its own the china responsibility theory which angered beijing if you don't don't think you should join or is neither a focal points of contradictions over the issue no rude driving force behind the current escalation of tensions on the peninsula if china is striving to put out the for now while the other is a fueling the flame how can china's if it's achieve expected outcomes how can the tension be eased to be fair china is only major diplomatic ally and economic partner so it makes sense for the u.s. and others to urge beijing to use its leverage on north korea china and other regional partners should also step up their efforts to help of this security situation we need to work together to deal with some of the pressing difficult issues such as the threat from north korea but is it fair to expect beijing to ease tensions on the peninsula while washington fans the crisis by flexing its military muscles in the region every chance it gets. on top of that we are talking about trump. two politicians who have little to agree on except maybe their desire for attention we're going to bea

he defied the authorities in beijing, knowing punishment would come. he had many opportunities to leave the country and he refused. he was repeatedly jailed, repeatedly locked up for speaking in the simplest sense, for speaking truth to power. he spoke simple truths about the kind of freedoms on chinese people should have, oh people in the world should have, and he was terribly punished for that right up to his final days. brent: he was punished right up into his death, he was still in custody when he died. how much of a chilling effect do you think that will have on other activists who may want to push for more human rights in china? reporter: it's difficult to say. we have to remember that all of the people doing things like this, human rights lawyers can be locked up, human rights activists have been locked up. all of them know they are taking extraordinary risks to do so. i think that in some respects, it is chilling. that's what the chinese authorities resort to do, to create that chilling effect. back in 2009, 2010 when he had been locked up for

we will be getting the latest from beijing shortly. stories: president trump is on a two—day visit to paris where he met is french counterpart emmanuel macron. it comes amid tension although it you would not think so from these amicable pictures. the us is pulling out of the paris climate accord. speaking alongside in manual backrub he hinted he could change his position. —— emmanuel macron. the french president said it was important to focus on their shared values. translation: on translation: 0n climate we know how positions. i respect president trump's decision and work on implementing his campaign promises. at the same time, we will make sure step—by—step we fulfil the agreement. something could happen with respect to the paris accord, we will see what happens but we will talk about that over the coming period of time and if it happens that will be wonderful and if it does not, that will be ok to what we will see what happens. we did discuss many things today, including the ceasefire in syria, we discussed ukraine and a lot of diff

on june 29, we had a deal by a beijing group called the beijing gas group that bought a 20% stake in billion. the energy trade between russia and china is very important. tradeis russia's largest partner, looking at $200 billion by 2020. they will also be talking about security. they have signed a deal on mid military cooperation. the russians say they are drawing up their own plans for north korea and coordination with china comes a watch for details on that issue. there is the belt and road initiative, china's flagship project. they are hoping the court nate with russia as russia has its own eurasian union it is pushing, so potential friction, but potential for further partnership. that will be happening monday and tuesday, when president xi jinping will be in moscow, then germany and the g-20 meeting on friday and saturday. >> lots of important meetings. he will be busy on the road. thank you so much. in singapore, the prime minister will be addressing the family dispute in parliament after that coral spilled into the public sphere. by his younger siblings of misusing his position

beijing is a major driving force behind the project — the chinese government has already agreed to helpeed rail line between the two russian cities of moscow and kazan. with me is dr daragh mcdowell, principal russia analyst at verisk maplecroft. is to do with the g20? it is very convenient for them to meet on the way to hamburg while sending a strong message from both beijing and moscow's key point that this is a very keilor leash on for both of them, that these two nations are engaging with the world together a little bit. now, how much of that is actually the case in reality as opposed to the symbolism is another question. why would they want to do that? for both sides, the reason something to be gained by combining political clout for russia, there is a sense that in order to balance against the west or in order to resist a kind of european— american unilateralism in global affairs with a balance with china. with china, it is simply more the continual demonstration of economic and political clout going from being a game player on the world stage to being a game maker, again set up.

the response from beijing, hasn't changed. what we've heard from them since this icbm was tested two days ago is similar to before. a condemnation of the fact north korea was launching another missile bought call again for restraint from all sides asking all sides not to raise it's tension mounting now for months over the peninsula. beijing proposed what they sees is a solution. a freeze on north korea's nuclear missile program in exchange want the u.s. and south korea to agree to stop the military exercises, which provoke and raise the ire of the north korean regime. that's a non-starter for officials in the u.s., and just to prove how much of a non-starter that is, in the immediate aftermath of that icbm launch we did see the u.s. military working with the south korean military to do their own missile launch drills and you saw them testing that missile defense system and in another move that is sure to anger again the regime in pyongyang, flying b-1 bombers over the korean peninsula just today, fred. >> okay. let's also chec

ert at a swearing-in ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive, who is backed by beijing, chinesesident xi jinping gave a stern washing to pro-democracy forces in hong kong. "any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty or challenge the power of the central government," he said, "crosses a red line and is absolutely impermissible." that did not sit well with thousands of protesters who demonstrated saturday. >> they want hong kong people to listen and to obey everything they say, but, i mean, freedom is a basic human right. we cannot give it up. so we come out and protest our freedom. >> reporter: they want china's government to respect the "one country, two systems" model that has allowed hong kong to lintain a high level of autonomy and freedom since eritish rule ended here in 1997. >> i think we're unhappy because our way of life is under threat. lawyer and author jason ng says hoter massive protests in 2014, beijing has tightened its grip on hong kong, even blocking lawmakers from taking office who are not considered loyal to the s ntral government. are you optimistic about hon

we have overheating in certain cities like shanghai and beijing. risks of shadow banking and off-balance-sheet liabilities with wealth management products, and the deleveraging campaign has been kicked off i had of the party congress at the end of this year. every five years you have this work conference, and this year it will be headed by xi jinping, but you can bet that his priority deleveraging and containing financial risks is going to be highlight on the agenda. one thing we are hearing is because of this regulatory you have, since different regulatory agencies overseen different parts of the economy, you have had riskier products inc. introduced because of the arbitrage taking place and finding ways to navigate around regulation by the banking regularly, the securities regulator, and the insurance regulator, so there is talk and this has been bandied about for quite some time, but you get an umbrella organization or unit of the pboc over seeing those various regulatory bodies and having one coordinated focused risks,ntaining financial or at l

this is a year of stability when it comes to beijing.sitting member of the politburo has been taken away. we will take a look at that story and implications for investors. >> looking forward to it. that is it "daybreak asia." market coverage continues. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: it is 9:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am haidi lun. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ haidi: asia-pacific stocks edging higher as investors await data from china, new figures expected to show continued stability. some uber backers ready to cash scandals andhe headlines taken their toll. the rise of robot

eunice yun has our story from beijing. ♪ >> reporter: when beijing restaurant owner is short of moneyhe pulls out his smartphone. not to make a call, but to click on an app. "this app is very convenient and practical" he says "when you're dining out with friends, shopping or travelinging and need a little extra cash." translates to "need money pal" in chinese, is the brain child of loan startup, smart finance. the beijing-based company founded by the ceo blooes compared to traditional loan offices, artificial inte can accurately asset if a customer is credit worthy by collecting data on their mobile phone. "traditional banks aren't suitable to assess large amounts of tate to, bdata. but a.i. can. compared to humans, machines don't tire out and are unbiased." the company reviews their data like bank account information. the a.i. program also tracks that person's mobile and online behavior. and based on the action of millions of other borrowers, can determine if they're at a higher risk of default or fraud. "we can see the way users input data the," he says "we find if someone is honest

then pro— beijing demonstrators came flying the chinese flag.w but about an hour ago it was still quite intense and it only ended when police took away the leaders of the pro—democracy protests. we are still watching these live pictures. you can see carrie lam and president xijinping. this looks like her cabin at being sworn in as well. that was also due to happen. this is quite a big moment for the people in hong kong. more so because it falls on the 20th anniversary of the handover of china from britain... apologies, hong kong from britain... apologies, hong kong from britain... apologies, hong kong from britain to china. andrew fung is the director and ceo of the hong kong policy research institute and joins me now. thank u forjoining me. can you give us thank u forjoining me. can you give usa thank u forjoining me. can you give us a sense thank u forjoining me. can you give us a sense of what carrie lam's challenge is going to be known as the chief executive of hong kong?” think the next five years are very crucial for the future of hong kon

embassy in beijing, and various u.s.counterparts, individuals and institutions, especially csis, where we are very much indebted to their advice and support. the research team on the chinese side was composed of about 20-30 researchers, scholars, policy analysts from numerous leading think tanks in china. actually not so good from beijing but elsewhere. they include chinese academy of social sciences, china foundation, national strategic studies, the national defense university, the pla academy of science. of course my university, peking university, and chief university, chung i academy of social sciences, shanghai social sciences and many others. we help dozens of closed-door debates and discussions. some were small group meetings, and we also held many meetings with our american counterpart in beijing, washington, d.c., or new york city. the end result is the chinese report publicized in both chinese and english, and we also want to thank csis for publishing the chinese report. and the chinese report in both english an

beijing likes this going on right now. >> final word to you, general. as you look at the new leadership in the west wing, obviously, under the president, you have general kelly. what do you hope to see from this new relationship? what do you believe he can accomplish on the russia front, on the north korea front in dealing with china that reince priebus perhaps was not able to advise the president successfully on? >> i think an alignment of policies, policy priorities. when i say communications, everything that cascades from policy directive, everything that needs to be in place to support that. that's what the chief of staff clearly is in place to do, to assure all of that alignment. let's be frank. when you come out of the oval office the chief of staff has to say okay, here are the resources that must be in place in order to accomplish these tasks. those tasks clearly are, in the near term, still remain. always will remain. health care, infrastructure and tax reform. if you can get your arm around those four, i think we're making progress. we try to

beijing is the reason the regime acts so boldly and with relatively few consequences. china must now move beyond an articulation of concern and lay out a transparent path of focused pressure to denuclear ize north korea. the administration is right to pursue a policy of maximum pressure towards north korea and we have a robust tool box. a track that's hardly been utilized to its fullest extent. last congress i led the north korea policy sanctions enhancement act which passed 96-0. this was the first stand-alone legislation in congress regarding north korea to impose mandatory sanctions. according to recent analysis from the foundation for the defense of democracies, north korea sanctions have doubled since that legislation came into effect on february 18, 2016. prior to that date. north korea ranked 8 behind ukraine, russia, iran, iraq, the balkan, syria, sudan and zimbabwe. even with the 130% sanctions increase after the legislation passed this congress, north korea is today still only the fifth-most sanctioned country by the united states. so while congress has moved

is looking to beijing to rein in north korea.hat is more complicated than it may seem. >> tensions between the trump administration and pyongyang have been simmering for months. further than last week after north korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. -- by targeting financial institutions and firms that trade with it. >> we intend to prevent -- present these firms with a clear choice. you can do business with us or north korea. you cannot do business with both. urged tois being ensure sanctions are implemented. donald trump is demanding that beijing crank up the diplomatic itseconomic pressure on nuclear arms neighbor. trade between china and north korea has increased to two $.5 million so far this year. froms up more than 10% 2016. chinese exports to north korea have risen by 29%. imports have fallen by just over 13%. beijing insists it is abiding by sanctions that says it will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to north korea and maintain normal economic relations in areas that do not violate human resolu