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in beijing. and i asked them if shing ping's grip on power is undisputed in china. we're the simple answers. we cannot say for sure, because the power apparatus has increasingly become like a black books em. but from all the information that i gathered through expert interviews or background conversations with diplomats and my own observations, i would say yes, his grip is really quite firm. that being said, there were signs of opposition. m, recently there was a perch of high ranking security officials were not, not only accused of um, being corrupt, but also of having formed a political click against shooting ping. and just 3 days ago there was a very rare sign of a protest. a man was hanging a banner on a bridge here, basically asking the people to overthrow him. so that is probably the biggest, a da slayer protest in many, many years he and beijing. and am that gives you an idea that m as shooting pinks, especially 0 covert policy, but also his economic policy that puts political control over

after all, it's ultimately just propaganda of the beijing regime.ss you refuse to accept that and you go all out for the notion of an independent hong kong, surely, realistically, there is no way that you can expect china not to do more and more to impose its will on hong kong? i think you are getting to the point, getting to the right point. when i'm out in exile, when i'm lobbying politicians and government officials, i ask them not to stress "0ne country, two systems," because hong kongers, they don't buy it. they don't buy "0ne country, two systems" after 2019, after all the brutal crackdowns, police crackdowns, all the weapons being used, all the young people being sent injails. we want the ccp regime to step down. that's what hong kongers ask for now. they cannot say it directly, openly, but i can say it on their behalf. i dare say that... right, but that... if i may interrupt, because we're nearly out of time, that turns you from being a politician, working inside a system, to being a sort of exiled revolutionary looking to bring the entire e

well, that's bringing patrick fuck, he is in beijing. patrick, obviously a huge political event for the country that she obviously the man of the hour. that's right. he is indeed, and as you say, he is a bout suit to deliver that opening speech in the great hall of the people in front of the 2296 participating delegates. this is to mark the opening of the communist parties, 20 national congress. of course, the focus this week is on the leadership re shuffle, but the co op job is old but secured with present children, pig expected to secure a 3rd um at the helm after scrapping term limits in 2018 and paving the way for him to become child is most powerful leader since marcy tongue, but it comes amid growing concern about one man dominance of china's political system. aah! deep and rural chancey province lies the village of zang. they are her. it's where china's leaders spent 7 years as a teenager, living in caves, ca, that of the hills under massey tongues campaign to re educate urban youths. in one of them, several posters of modern, chi

that's also why beijing continues to support moscow on so many different levels. economic ties, coordinating propaganda campaigns, despite russia's invasion of ukraine. ukraine was not mentioned by xi jinping either specifically, but the one word he kept using in that speech was "struggle." sometimes better translated as "fight." he talked about not only fighting unilateralism and hegemony, but fighting covid, fighting corruption within the party, fighting subversive forces in hong kong, fighting separatists in taiwan. i think that's a very telling word that reflects his philosophy ask duty. it really is indication that he's unlike lip to back down from many if not all of his hardline positions and policies, both domestically and internationally. la laila? >> let's go to taipei where will is standing by. will, to continue on that theme that steven just pointed out, very strident words from mr. xi on taiwan. >> reporter: and certainly it's nothing new. it's nothing that we haven't heard before. but everly time xi jinping reasserts his belief and the belief of the c

he and beijing. and am that gives you an idea that m as shooting things are especially 0 corporate policy, but also his economic policy that puts em political control over growth is increasingly controversial. what us do? we know what his plan is for the next 5 years. i don't want to speculate too much, but i would um, i think that we can, we will see a continuation of his previous policy. that means are further strengthening the ideological control. he and the society also are making the economy and more autonomy and less vulnerable against sanctions from the west. and the question that most people, he and beijing or shanghai are asking us will, does he recovered policy continue? and for that i think it's also safe to assume that it will continue because recently and the earth state media, other party newspapers basically said yes, yes, nor a tentative we will continue with as you recall that. and that means also that m l m, the deep isolation will continue here in, in china and also the civilians w

has beijing neutralised hong kong's dissenters? in adelaide, australia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i don't, because... it's common that people might think that way. it's like an escapist guilt. but as long as i'm still fighting, as long as i'm still speaking up for hong kong's freedom and democracy, doing my lobbying works and advocacy work, i don't feel that at all. i feel that it's a new battleground for me to speak out so that the world hears hong kong. you 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 f

the demo was aim to coincide with the communist parties twice a decade. congress in beijing, at which he camping is set to secure an unprecedented 3rd leadership term. things escalated quickly, put it shows a man in a bray, apparently consul general jung show you an approach the protest and kicked down a pro democracy sign. 2 does a flurry of movement and scuffles at the consulate gates. oh, the police arrive and tried to break up the ruckus. oh, don't we see a protester on the ground inside the consulate being kicked and punched by a group of men. oh, he's then broad eyed by british police and fellow demonstrators. i later at a press conference with british parliamentarians, the victim of the attack, bob chan said he was shocked, as it happened. number of your soil. 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

you are like beijing are your worse in beijing.right now still better because the firewall is not really fully enforced. i think it is inevitable it will be. >> will lead to more media companies having more challenges but you don't have correspondence there? it would be interesting to know somebody with a permanent resident card in hong kong they would not let any of that still let them in as a media worker. i'm sure many of us on this call either fall in this category or know people who would. i was to the prognosis is not good. it could be basically cover basic in shanghai it will be a minor place that nicer lifestyle mountains are nice you can get you drunk on the weekend. the tax rate is low and that is it. what's happening i don't how big the bloomberg is. i rest my case. i like to come back to other issues in the second part. how is it a test case you talk aboutll the history how this cae to be in the events of 2019 and 2020. how do you take that in that particular example of a hong kong and make o it a template fr china? >>

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.w by charles parton, a former british diplomat who's worked in china for more than two decades and is now a fellow at the thinktank council on geo—strategy. thank you forjoining us. i want to begin by asking you, what did you think of president xi's speech yesterday?— think of president xi's speech esterda ? ~ ., , ., , ., yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he _ yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has - yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has been i continuation of what he has been saying for the last ten years. i don't think it was unexpected, one wouldn't expect a whole raft of new policies or trends to come out. he is clear that the last ten years have been a great success and he seesit have been a great success and he sees it continuing. this was a sta

beijing, they will act.step by step, the communist army will adopt a tougher strategy in dealing with taiwan in the future, that in addition to taiwan specialists, as part of the central military council the prc also comes from the aerospace industry and the defense industry confirms that the chinese military is preparing to introduce advanced technologies in the country, one of the strongest and most modern armies in the world is needed. chinese military today. analyze the entire text in detail. the report of the secretary general of the pilots right on the airfield . we will focus on readiness for war in the new age. we will promote enhanced training for real combat operations, obeying the orders of the party for the sake of victories in future battles, these battles, as the commander-in-chief of the us navy said admiral gildoy may advance. even earlier than washington has planned now, we are considering no longer 2027, as beijing had previously expected to attack taipei before 2024. and the states continu

there is no serious challenge to beijing's expansionism. for christopher de vera and mary of lemon take fishing is all they've ever known. their only hope now is that china won't lay claim to even more of their fishing grounds. that's all for thursday. be sure to check out our website in social media will levy with pictures from india of celebrations, following the selection of a new party near melick cards. and cargo for the opposition congress party is the 1st time in more than 2 decades where the party will not be led by a member of the gandhi or narrow political dynasty. thank you for watching a, [000:00:00;00] with a, with, with people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away as the border families playing on the tax in syria, with people lean extreme around around $200.00 people. ah, around the world, more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes. why? because no one should have to flee make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines with big money for a big transition, the u

>> you have western media in beijing and shanghai obviously limited. but don't push you don't have is pyongyang against it i don't think hong kong is going to wake the dprk but i suppose it's possible. you don't have western media relationship in xinjiang and tibet. so i guess that could be a precedent. i think hong kong is going to ring as a major city and as long as they keep giving visas there will at least be some limited presence. to say, bill, you know, i've known bill a long the gentleman's time has expired. and when we first knew each other it was, and i lived in korea. i went there in the '80s when it was still under essentially under military rule. the idea that the "new york times" would have editorial people in seoul because they couldn't be in hong kong for one reason or another initially for visa reasons, is just mind-boggling to me that in a space of three years a place like south korea that's under military control becomes a very open society and a place like hong kong that seems to open is a place where the through children's storybook

i would argue in some respects he were in beijing.right now still better because the wire while is not fully enforced. i think it's inevitable. >> and i think that would lead to more media challenges. >> it would be interesting to know if somebody with a permanent residence in hong kong said they didn't want to let in the they'd let the man is a media worker. i'm not sure many of us would fall into that category or know people who would. obviously the prognosis isn't good. basically people just covered beijing and shanghai and hong kong will be a minor place. it's like a monaco were a lot of rich chinese calm and it's a nicer lifestyle and the mountains are nice and you can go out on the weekends in the apartments are nice and the tax. is low. i dwhat's happening in monaco i don't know how big the bureau is in monaco. >> i don't think they have one. >> i by to come back to some the of the issues. how was hong kong a test case for the history of the unusual however came to be and the events of 2019 and 2020. how do you look at that in

anchor: we have more from beijing. the reaction from beijing today shows why it is difficult for there to be compromise or consensus on the taiwan question, responding to the speech today, beijing said taiwan has no presence because it is not an independent country and said the root cause of the problem lies in the democratic people's party and its insistence on taiwan independence and secession. china never rolled out the use of force to bring taiwan back into the fold. this was in stark contrast to the comment directed at beijing. she said a war is not an option and she said it was broad consensus among the taiwanese that they had to protect the democratic way of life. she also talked about creating a space for constructive dialogue between the sides. the timing is significant, a week ahead of the communist party congress, when leaders will be gathering in beijing to discuss our range of issues including taiwan and what the strategy will be moving forward. it is difficult to see any dialogue between the sides, partic

she was born in beijing in 1953, the son of a high ranking party official. but in the 19 sixty's, his father fell fowl of chairman mao in the communist leadership and was thrown into prison. the young she was sent to the countryside for political reeducation and hard labor for 7 years. but instead of turning against the communist party, he embraced it and worked hard to rise to the top. in november 2012, the relatively unknown changing thing was named general secretary of the communist party. a few months later he succeeded who jin tow as president of the people's republic of china. she set about pursuing what he hailed as the china dream. to turn china into the world's dominant power, undersea john has become more assertive on the international stage fuel by a growing patriotism at home. much of it based around she doing things, image as china's strong man. but she has also ever seen increased limitations on freedoms. expanding online censorship and cracking down on opposition, voices and leaked. humans links, she directly to human rights abuses against the

the attention of the world community today is riveted to beijing. 20th all-china congress of the communist party opened there, following the results to be determined, the political future for energy. the next 5 years , it is already known that china will strengthen security in the nuclear and space fields, as well as in the field of key infrastructures, the general secretary of the central committee said in his speech. communist party chairman of the people's republic of china, in total, more than 2,300 delegates take part in the congress, representing interests of almost 97 million members of the party, after closing, the first plenum of the central committee of the twentieth convocation will be held, which will appoint a new party political elite and will govern the country for the next five years. all the chinese congress of the communist party is covered by more than 200 media outlets from eighty countries . there is a press center for journalists, where our own correspondent in beijing, anton vasyukevich, is now located. the opening of the pres

you're you're like beijing or i would argue, you know in some respects. you're worse in beijing right now still better because the firewall is is, you know, not really, you know fully enforced but i i think it's inevitable that it will be. and you think that will play just follow up on that that will lead to more media companies having more challenges. so to speak there and perhaps doing what the new york times has done by moving. well, they move their asia headquarters to just yeah, it's just so look you'll have correspondence there. i mean it would be interesting, you know, it'd be interesting to know if i you know somebody with a permanent residence card in hong kong who was who they didn't want to let in if they would still let them in as a media worker. i mean, yeah, i'm sure many of us on this call would or you know, either fall into this category or know people who would um, but you know, i mean, obviously the prognosis isn't good. yeah, but it could be that basically people just cover beijing in shanghai. i mean hong kong will just be sort of a mi

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. now to sue—lin wong, china correspondent for the economist and host of the prince — a podcast series about xijinping's rise to power and how he has consolidated it. shejoins us from beijing. thank you forjoining us. i have been listening to your podcast and one of the thing thatis podcast and one of the thing that is striking to me is the amount of access you have had to his childhood friends and people who knew him early in his career. so what exactly do we know about president xi from these people? xi we know about president xi from these maple?— these people? xijinping had an incredibly traumatic _ these people? xijinping had an incredibly traumatic childhood. | incredibly traumatic childhood. he was born into communist party royalty. his father fought alongside mao zedong and is considered a founding father of the people's republic of china, but when he was nine years old, his dad was purged, and xijinping became, he was labelled a counterrevolutionary. mao zedong's red guard atta

now it's up to lawmakers, threatened american companies not to bond too closely with beijing. apple is playing with fire. it knows the security risks posed by yancy memory technologies. if it moves forward, it will be subject to scrutiny like it has never seen from the federal government. we cannot allow chinese companies beholden to the communist party and our telecommunications networks and millions of americans. i funds that say giants has had to go back on his plan of using chinese chips. that's after the biden administration introduced restrictions this month. damaging china is tech industry and targeting imports from beijing as well as exports to the country. despite the benefits of incorporating chinese technology components, the u. s. has decided to cut down on their use clashing with the principles of a level playing field. hard american capitalism is a simple idea. open and fair competition. let me be very clear. capitalism without competition, isn't capitalism. it's exploitation. without healthy competition, big players can change in charge, whatever they want and t

s. views china as a competitor and continues to put pressure on beijing. it's for the simple fact that china is our competing united states. it will surpass the united states and there's nothing that you can do about those trying to has a larger population. they have world class infrastructure. they graduate millions more in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics yields every single year. they are going to surpass the united states and there's nothing that you can do about it and, and thinking that they can is delusional and delusion results in increasingly desperate and dangerous measures. now speaking of those measures, they're thinking us politicians are intentionally adding fuel to anti china sentiment right now. absolutely. the only way they can sell measures that are going to have a serious costs, not, not, not for china, china in the short term, long term. it's going to be americans, the only way to solve that is to convince americans that there's some sort of threats that makes all all of this trouble. but it's coming worth worth going t

beijing is putting this as more of a priority than in years past.g game may come the short term priority -- it become the short term priority. kathleen: xi jinping has limited the participation of past leaders in china's decision-making. what does this mean when the former president was ushered out of the national congress? >> we can read a lot into that. the world has seen the video of the 79-year-old man looking fairly frail and the state media of china has indicated that he was ushered out of the great hall of the people for health reasons. given xi jinping's stacking of the standing committee with loyalists. you draw the parallels. was this buck ushering out of the old guard? a news agency readout of the decision-making process by xi jinping for his standing committee essentially said that xi jinping sought the advice of party leaders but not the old party. the last party congress, when the readout of xi jinping's decision-making for the standing committee included old party comrades. there was no mention of old party comrades. it is reading tea

with beijing being accused of ha, bring superpower ambitions, ramping up tensions with us. on increasing the risk of war with taiwan. earlier, my colleague, rachel blevins discussed the major takeaways from the congress. with c gts correspondence die. on mondays press briefing. bloomberg reporter raised a question and the deputy director of the n d r v or the national developing reform commission said that china will, unswerving. we expand all around opening up and push economic schoolboys ation. and he said that there is going to misunderstanding about some of the latest new patterns of developing the china adopted such as the dual circulation strategy, which basically means taking domestic development. if the main stay with domestic and international develop, reinforcing each other experts believe that many of those initiatives, many post moves made by china are a great and very balanced models and that is not only melody for itself is also operate it's half of modernization for many other countries, so let's provided a clear for most development, for example, we can see

in beijing , alexander baletsky is the main political event.ust a year in general, the whole five-year plan in china is, of course, the congress of the communist party this year, the 20th anniversary which has already been called historical. after all, after two terms. at the helm of the party. the current jinping general section will obviously remain in third, which, however, does not deprive congress of intrigue. after all, this new composition of the politburo depends on the configuration of the future chinese government. the head of the prc takes a seat on the presidium there are already all members of the central committee and almost 2,500 delegates in the hall in a week they will have to elect a new composition of the politburo, but first the report of the secretary general from now on people's republic of the goal of fully building a modernized socialist power and the all-round promotion of the cause of the great revival of the chinese nation with the help of chinese modernization in the chinese style for 2 hours, tezinpin lists all the

i do not have any kind of empathy with the beijing government. i'm calling to constance, so most of these people have a few, a connection with, especially with their stay with us as will be bringing you the latest developments from the summit in beijing over the next few days. ah, pakistan, former prime minister and rand con has accused joe by then making unwarranted and ill informed allegations against his country's nuclear capabilities, claiming they show the total failure of current foreign policy. what i think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world, pakistan nuclear weapons, without any cohesion. unlike the u. s, which has been involved in wars across the world. when has pakistan shown aggression, especially post nuclear is ation. equally important, this biden's statement shows total failure of imported government's foreign policy and its claims of re set of relations with us. is this the reset, this government has broken all records for incompetence. cons criticism of the current, pakistani government was a reaction to the o

she wants tie one to revert to beijing's role by 2049. the st. henry of the foundation of the people's republic, he's not ruled out taking the island by force. his reluctance to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbors. relations with the united states or at their lowest ebb for years, while tensions between the a, you and china could escalate if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing cove, at 19 restrictions, china's authorities have intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks with strict locked downs mass testing and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies. it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far as one person was arrested in beijing hanging a protest banner in the city. such, protest actions a highly unusual economic growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by the war i

a tribunal ruled that beijing had been unlawful in its occupation of filipino fishing grounds. but china has ignored the ruling. china's land grab has robbed christopher de vera of a large part of his income. but with, as he and all, as i get the lesson not being allowed to fish, there is hurting me. imagine they are, the early ones allowed to fish inside the shoulders and even though the scarborough shoal is hours a month, i long tharp in young scull water. the formula is that young on top of that chinese clam harvest, does have destroyed the coral on the reef and decimated fish stocks to vera says, you know, but despite that, some members of his crew have gone fishing now under the cover of darkness. lug him up to top up their otherwise measly hole. i don't always if it feels like being a thief in your own back yard. all of the fishermen here, that's how we feel like we are foreigners visiting a country and they are not letting us in life, not responding. this being ours allows us, i mean i'm in but with asian countries divided on how to respond to china. there is no serious

can beijing still deliver growth and prosperity? the pressure is mounting and chinese leaders to find answers to put china out of this. slum dw correspondence zones on han joins me now from taipei. so we're seeing already that case numbers are starting to rise again across china. how high are anxieties there about further locked downs badges. the recovery policy and normalizing testing has led to public condemnation. the tight control has become even more extreme now because of the common twenty's chinese communist party congress. some small areas were barricaded and some stores were surrounded by iron sheets. it's reported that even some far away villages and says she, an inner mongolia, entirely isolated in big cities, life science center, and daily inspect inspections. no dinner, no outside of hardy, no crowded place, no visitors, other norm facing criticism. the government immediately shut down, comments on social media, and we can still see protest in the cities under such st. social control. so the anxieties a high at the same

so it's in beijing in the days to come. so do stay tuned. ah, falling behind nato requirements for reserve, imo, has not stopped germany from finding more military 8 for ukraine with care of no reportedly receiving long awaited defense systems from berlin. that's of course in the wake of russian air strikes on ukraine. now back into the german chancellor promised to defend systems which are capable of protecting an entire city. the vehicle mounted iris c. s. the alarm system is claimed to be able to intercept missiles under aircraft, of up to an altitude of 20 kilometers, and a range of up to 40. the system is believed to be among the world's most cutting edge defenses. rough boss, hard, a senior funding officer in the special monitoring mission to ukraine, explains what such supplies could mean for key f the evil. i know i can fly the delivery of a single fire unit with a range of 40 kilometers to a country with an expanse of 130-5600 kilometers is of course just a drop in the ocean. this isn't sharp contrast to the media hype that has been

eight cases in beijing outside of quarantine. that will be a concern because again, china is coming out of a weeklong holiday were people, not as much as years past, did travel around the country. there could be more transmission than the leadership is comfortable with. they will be watching that closely. beijing, yes there are blue skies, as you know, but the security apparatus will be in full force. if not, there would be a lot of movement around the city for the party congress. haidi: stephen engle there on that top story for us. let's get over to vonnie quinn for the first word headlines. vonnie: china criticizing the expanded u.s. restrictions on access to semiconductor technology. the foreign ministry called them unfair and said they will also hurt the interest of u.s. countries. they said they will harm supply chains and the world economy. recent u.s. measures to stop china's drive to develop its own chip industry and advanced military capabilities. south korea says its military will boost security cooperation with the u.s

she, she ping has opened the week long 20th communist party congress in beijing by saying china will never renounce the right to use force over taiwan. he called for accelerating the build up of china's military safeguarding national security and maintaining social stability. that was the event begins its 2nd day party members are widely expected to give she a 3rd 5 year term in office. ah, seemingly, etc. she ging pinged strides in with the air of a man. who knows what's about to happen over the next few days. he's expected to cement his place as the country's most powerful leda. since chem and mal, by being handed a 3rd term, and as the open, china's communist party congress, he may clear that his resolve and ambition to remain as firm as ever mentioning safety and security more than 70 times. he hale, china's rise is a global power. and for those looking for any shift in china's foreign agenda or approach, kind disappointed and direct message on beijing's claim to taiwan. she is youth high romans. the resolution of the taiwan issue is a matter for the chinese themselves to decide

well, beijing will certainly take notice and baiting is approve of it. but watch the delegation is saying absolutely right. that is how it should be able not go down well in china and the chinese government should we allow it for a german from quite delegation from germany, which is very committed to develop mutually beneficial relationship with china to come out and say so shows how far or opinions in a democratic west has change, but he won't be that way. beijing will simply seat is dedication as being and teachers. ok if we can turn our attention back to the congress that's just taken place. there is a lot of speculation around the former leader, huge and how he was quite publicly and dramatically led or forced out of the congress. there are various theories about what exactly happened. what's your take on all days? i think some of the explanations are not competing literally exclusive. we can see that quote and how it's not well but to say that he was being removed because of how i think is stretching it. he was not showing any signs of distressed wh

i want patrick frank has the latest from beijing. reaction from beijing today gives you a sense of why it's so difficult for there to be any compromise or consensus on that . i one question responding to present size speech today, the foreign ministry here in beijing said that i one has no president because it's not an independent country. and also said that the root cause of the problem lies in the democratic peoples. apart in its insistence on taiwan independence and secession, remember china has never ruled out the use of force to bring taiwan back into the fold as it were. and this really wasn't stark contrast with present size message, which was no doubt directed at beijing. she said, said that war is absolutely not an option. and she also said at the same time, it was the broad consensus among the taiwanese people that they had to defend the islands freedoms and democratic, a way of life. no to be. she also talked about creating the space for constructive dialogue between the 2 sides. the timing. it's significant because it comes a week ahead of the communist party congress when

stephen o'donnell, bbc news, beijing.prisoners have died after a fire at evin prison in tehran, which holds hundreds of political prisoners as well as foreign detainees. 61 others were injured. evin prison also holds some of those detained in the current wave of anti—government protests. foreign governments, including the uk and the united states have expressed concern. flames engulfing iran's notorious evin prison in the midst of widespread unrest. it's a scene that frightened iranians, both inside and outside the country. officials say a riot broke out between inmates. what people saw on social media was fires raging across the compound and gunshots heard in the distance. scenes of riot police and firefighters rushing to the prison did little to calm people's fears. for the inmates' families, it's pure panic. they rushed to evin, clogging the roads with traffic, trying to find out if their loved ones were safe. but evin is also known for housing hundreds of political prisoners, as well as dual nationals, which is what p

and it's ongoing in beijing journalist, fairly encroachment. thank you ah, giving your kid cough syrup only to slowly poison them in indonesia, dozens of children have died from acute kidney injury this year. the government's imposing a ban on the sale and prescription of all syrup based medications. while authorities investigate the sudden spiking cases together with experts from the world health organization. it's the indonesian way of saying rest in peace. china lost her baby daughter only weeks ago. she is one of over 150 children in, in, in asia who died of acute kidney injury. the 9 month old baby was prescribed to parsa thomas europe by a public health clinic to treat her cough. but soon after that sha quina could no longer you're in it that a more i t laura, it is white, the dialysis her help was declined. she was put on frankly, later, but her pulse was getting weak. i saw on friday at 4 am at dawn. greener passed away. i was shocked in the beginning, she only had a cold. how did i got to this in just a matter of weeks? lashonique, who

he is in beijing, but beijing does not want the war to end because beijing does not want russia lost,f we look at the voting at the un meetings, a large part of the countries that won or voted against - these are those countries that focus on china, that is, china helps russia, not even on the diplomatic front, when china adheres to it, everyone else adheres to it and what china says you know well, okay, russia says that it wants peace and rank says that it does not supply us with drones, and the north in russia, more precisely, drones, and north korea says that it does not negotiate with russia about supplying them with missiles. so you don't believe them, and the chinese are basically the same as iran , russia and north korea, only he is higher in level, that is, he is the main one there, if you can say so, and precisely financially thanks to china, iran , russia and north korea are still surviving diplomatically thanks to china, and russia, iran, and north korea are surviving because they are at un meetings. look at the voting every time questions are brought up about these countri

but now you have the strategic arrangement with the four which surprised beijing, and even with aukusinvolving australian united kingdom united states and the extension of american nuclear propulsion technology to the australians. this creates a further level of complexity. so i think russia keeping it under control, the taiwan-japan scenario because that's where aa crisis would erupt, and the capabilities which will be deployed apart from those in the united states itself, then or broadly now with india and the quad, and then these nuclear questions associated with aukus. >> host: i think we have to talk more about taiwan because it's the place and issue that as you say really represent the greatest threat to peace between the united states and china. in your book you boldly lay out ten alternative futures for u.s.-china relations during this decade of living dangerously and you note there are some fixed factors, one of them being the continuing growth of china's g military capability. but there are a lot of other unknowns and many, many variables. many of the scenarios that you work

stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.or a crackdown on the kinds of protests used by some environmental groups. ms braverman said she wanted to stop protestors holding the public to ransom. activists say they won't be intimidated by changes to the law. there has historically been a right to protest in this country which has been used by all kinds of campaigns, and the climate nature crisis is so serious that anything this government does to clamp down on it will not stop it, it may even intensify it, at the moment, it's very peaceful and everybody is really grounded in that, and i would hate for them to push it so far that people feel pushed to take even more severe action. it's so simple to get us off the streets, it is just to act on the climate and nature crisis. i think it's a disgrace that the government is trying to prevent us from telling the truth and exercising our human right to assemble and to protest, and we will carry on. the more that the government tries to undermine democracy, the more we will continue tel

i am sure beijing is not happy. _ viewing this instant? i am sure beijing is not happy.don't want any kind of trauma to affect the message that they are trying to send at the central party conference. so at this juncture i am sure they are not happy basically put this gentleman out in front of everyone. they see this as a nationalist incident that someone from their staff who became frustrated, did that they should not have done and the ensuing violence was not to their taste either. i was asking about _ was not to their taste either. i was asking about the _ was not to their taste either. i was asking about the zero _ was not to their taste either. i was asking about the zero covid - was not to their taste either. i was asking about the zero covid policy and it is on a lot of peoples mind in china. it is having a massive impact on the economy why are they sticking to it?— sticking to it? there is a couple of issues one — sticking to it? there is a couple of issues one is _ sticking to it? there is a couple of issues one is vaccines. _ sticking to it? there is a couple o

beijing they will act harder step by step the army of the communists.ugher strategy in relations with taiwan in the future, that in addition to specialists in the taiwanese composition of the canor central military council, there are also people from the aerospace and defense industry confirms that the chinese military is preparing to introduce advanced technologies. in the end. there are nine of us, i was just talking about modernization in everything and the army, the timing is no exception. the next round date of the centuries of the chinese army has already been determined, that is, 2027 and the chinese press americans, she warned, there is hope that the us will be able to fully and accurately perceive the signals sent by the 20th congress of the ccp to adjust its strategic vision. china to meet him halfway and return sino-us relations to the mainstream of healthy and stable development. the head of the prc repeated many times china's path of development, and the chinese determine it themselves, not washington or brussels, no one is more right to in