a red line in the furious about this statement they've released their own statement from the chinese embassy in the us saying that the us is completely disregarding any efforts from china to maintain peace and stability in the region including by engaging in negotiations and dialogues with various countries it says that the us is exaggerating the situation and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors the statement then goes on to accuse the us itself of flexing its muscles in the region under that what it says is the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and inciting confrontation now it's true that the freedom of navigation exercises by the u.s. has increased in recent months just last month we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and its rats have that many at one time and that was seen as a provocation by beijing but the u.s. said its hand was being forced because the chinese government have been ramping up its activity building these artificial islands have also been various run ins with malaysian vessels chinese boat swarming future which is a philipp

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the u.s. is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive of flexing its muscles and the so-called pretense of freedom of navigation exercise and inciting confrontation now it is true that the u.s. has been increasing its freedom of navigation operations in recent months just last month in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and it's quite rare to have that many at one time and they doing said that this was a serious provocation the u.s. for its part is saying it's only responding to increased activity by beijing in the region that beijing has been undertaking this under the court cover of the corvette $1000.00 pa

from china's foreign ministry spokesperson shortly but we've already had a statement from the chinese embassy in the u.s. saying that it firmly oppose the opposes this that the u.s. is not taking into account any of the efforts that beijing has made to maintain peace and stability in the region including by reaching out to all the people involved for dialogue and negotiation it says that the u.s. has been exaggerating the problems and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors it also accuses the u.s. itself of flexing its muscles and inciting confrontation in the south china sea now it is true that u.s. freedom of navigation exercises have increased in recent months and actually in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers sent to the region and that is quite a number we really haven't seen 3 aircraft carriers at one time in the south china seas and beijing saw that as a provocation the u.s. itself has said that it is only responding to beijing's actions and we have seen in recent months beijing wrapping up the building of artificial islands incidents with malaysian and filipino

about this statement we haven't heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement by the chinese embassy in the us now it says that it firmly opposes what the u.s. secretary of state has been saying that the u.s. is completely dismissing all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace and stability in the region including buying gaging various parties in negotiations ending dialogue it also says the u.s. is stocking up tensions exaggerating the issue and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors then beijing goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive in the region of a flexing its own muscles under what it calls the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and it says the u.s. is actually inciting confrontation in the region now it is true that the u.s. freedom of navigation exercises have been ramping up especially in recent months and just last month we saw 3 u.s. aircraft carriers at one point circling the region and it's quite right to have that many at one time and beijing saw this as a provocation but the u.s. says it's only responding to

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the us is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive of flexing its muscles and the so-called pretense of freedom of navigation exercise and inciting confrontation now it is true that the u.s. has been increasing its freedom of navigation operations in recent months just last month in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and it's quite rare to have that many at one time and they doing so that this was a serious provocation the u.s. for its part is saying it's only responding to increased activity by beijing in the region that beijing has been undertaking this under the court cover of the corvette 19 pandemic we

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has.

chinese embassies or any embassies in the united states is just one embassy but many consulates and i think the administration is absolutely prepared to actually go a step further that just arrested actually a chinese researcher which who is hiding a female researcher who is hiding in the san francisco consulates of china and she will have her 1st court dates today so not impressed by the chinese and the ultimatum to close the u.s. consulate in china dong and let's see where this all will end up but is there a strategy behind the white house a sudden escalation of tensions in this already fractious relationship. i am not sure what the strategy is here when it comes to the timing i can tell you that there is of course suspicion that this is politically motivated by the trump administration because of course the president portrays himself and now recently as the law 'd and order 'd president and as a strongman inside the united states as well as outside the united states but the secretary of state tom peo was just in eur

security law imposed by china it's also extending visas for hong kong residents in australia the chinese embassy in australia denounce the decision. serbia's government is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions after the president said the weekend curfew may not go ahead thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of. the ivory coast prime minister has died after collapsing during a cabinet meeting. coulibaly was $72.00 to to run for president in 3 months time. along townies back in force in australia's 2nd largest city following a surge in corona virus infections melbourne's downtown district was deserted as residents woke up to the 1st day of restrictions 5000000 people are now barred from leaving 6 weeks it's for essential reasons city is the capital of the southern state of victoria of the states have now shut their borders and travellers stephen schubert is a reporter for the australian broadcasting corporation has more on how melbourne's residents are feeling. definitely frustrated but also i think understanding that this is necessary

it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of while eating pasta agreements the chinese embassy generally was hand before hong kong was returned to china the united kingdom clearly promised it would not grant united kingdom residency rights to british nationals overseas travel document holders in total disregard of china's solemn position the u.k. has obstinately changed its position and is now over in a route for residency and citizenship for these people who are rude to. beijing maintains that the passing of the new security law was necessary to prevent the repetition of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britain's offer to meet there if possible they are doing to it could really provide me an opportunity to settle in the u.k. that i don't necessarily have to stay in hong kong or dialog gives us one more way out which i still love can come very much but our reapply for the british national overseas passport 1st and decide whether to stay or leave after the de

what it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of violating pasta agreements the chinese embassy beijing maintains that the passing of the new security law was necessary to prevent the repetition of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britain's offer to meet there if possible for dialogue gives us one more way out i still love him come very much but our reapply for the british mission overseas passport 1st and decide whether to stay or leave after the details are confirmed. but not everyone is eligible to apply for citizenship some people will have to stay in hong kong and learn to live with the new reality. people across the globe are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic another of the world's species is being afflicted with its own sudden wave of unexplained death authorities in botswana are trying to figure out why hundreds of elephants have been found dead in recent months one conservationist says it is alarming because there doesn't seem to be any clear s

if they say someone from the chinese embassy told them to say that sure, but that's not what is happening in most in -- instances. you need to have the information so you as the member of congress -- universitiesmes to china has a lot of points of leverage from allowing scholars to come visit china which is necessary for some cooperation agreements but also we could add student recruitment. do you see signs that china tries to orchestrate its various sort of instruments here to move universities to accept certain things? certainly they look to try to influence academics. we see that quite frequently. we see them try to recruit academics through things like of the thousand talents plan that i described before. i have have things and spoken about this before, better sort of soft power like the confucius institutes that are in a lot of american colleges and universities which are efforts to censor or drive china friendly speech in a decidedly unorthodox way here in the u.s.. the good news there is that more and more universities are closing those down, so in some ways that is not a high of a

if the person said i had this guy from the chinese embassy asked me to tell youthis , not sure but that'sprobably thnot what's happening . in most of these instances and that's where you need to have all the information so you as the governor, mayor, members of congress, administration official know what you're dealing with . >> when it comes to universities mine has a lot of possible points of leverage from as you mentioned poallowing scholars to come visit china which is necessary for some to cooperation agreements but also i guess we could add student recruitment and so on. do you see signs of china trying to work a straight its various sort of instruments here to try and move universities to accept certain things? >> certainly they look to try toinfluence academics . we see that quite frequently. we see them try to recruit academics. you would think things like the 2000 talents plan i described before . we also have things and i've spoken about this before that are more sort of soft power. the confucius institutes that are in a lot of american colleges and universities which are efforts to ce

reporter: are you looking at closing further chinese embassies in the united states? did you ask ambassador johnson -- pres. trump: turnberry is a highly respected course, one of the best in the world. i read a story about it today. i never spoke to woody johnson about doing that, no. as far as closing additional embassies, it is possible. we thought there was a fire in the one that we did close. i guess they were burning documents or papers. i wonder what that is all about. reporter: would you like to respond to joe biden who described you today as the first racist elected president? pres. trump: we passed criminal justice or for, something that obama and biden were unable to do. we did opportunity cities. if you look at what we have done with opportunity zones, no one has even thought of a plan like that. prior to the china plague floating into our country and doing terrible things all over the world, we had the best african-american, hispanic american, asian american, almost every group was the best for unemployment. the unemployment numbers were the best. you look

the chinese embassy in the u.s.eceived a number of bomb threats and death threats, and the trump administration was accused of fanning the flames of hatred against china not only in the u.s. but overseas, as well. and, certainly, this is just the dip mattedtion, a freefall in relations between -- a deeper china freefall in relations between the u.s. and china. china says it will take what it is calling legitimate and necessary countermeasures. statea: u.s. secretary of mike pompeo says they will keep taking action over china to protect the american people. notetary pompeo: we will allow this continue -- allow this to continue to continue, that the director gave in that attorney general barr gave. we are setting up expectations of how the chinese government should behave, and if they do not, we will protect our national security and also protect our economy and jobs. barbara: our reporter has been following this and said the consulate closure will only worsen relations. >> the decision to close this consulate, which

in international affairs, following a similar move from the trump administration ordering the chinese embassy in the city of houston to close. chinese agents are trying to steal trying -- - an accusation that scientists are trying to steal research. >> it is the latest move in the ongoing diplomatic spat between china and the united states. beijing ordered the closure of the u.s. consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu. it says itit was a legitimate ad necessary response to what he calls unreasonable action taken by washington. >> [speaking foreign language] >> established in 1985, the consulates have more than 200 members of staff and is considered strategically important due to ask proximity to to bet. the moves come -- the move comes after washington or china closes its embassy in houston. u.s. . secretary y of state mike pompeo further escalated tensions in an aggressive speech where he branded beijing as a threat to the free world. >> we, the freedom loving nations of the world's, must induce china to change just as president nixon wanted. and more creativive and assertie ways beca

foreign element joined in that the virtual press briefing on the national security law in the chinese embassy in london he asked about the apparent mismatch in priorities when it came to the birth johnson government's bait of passports for 3000000 chinese citizens the british government of course is looking to give sets and ship to millions of hong kong is to escape chinese rule of course hong kong being a former british colony so why do you think it is that the u.k. is so willing to give citizenship to hong kong as but not other citizens of former u.k. colonies such as maybe iraq which of course suffered an illegal war in 2003 i think some of the politicians. still. very strong colonial mindset. if they were to recognize that. is no more i mean it is well known who. has returned to china. long since for the past 23 years so that's their problem so that's why they have it's a passion they have this grown man site is still regard hong kong as and it is called rule and try to make a response or a way remarks try to interfere and come up there is but that's totally wrong i think they've failed t

tuesday to shut its consulate in houston in a tweet a spokesperson for the ministry said the chinese embassy in washington had received bomb death threats because of hatred against the country whipped up they say by the trump administration harsh words were exchanged in public. as far as closing 'd additional embassies it's always possible they were burning documents or burning papers driven. on time china strongly condemns the decision and urges the us side to immediately rescind this wrong decision otherwise china will take legitimate and necessary countermeasures there's been this long challenge of the chinese communist party stealing intellectual property we actually talked about this is not just american intellectual property but stalls when european intellectual property of the usa is it ordered the conflict closed to quote protect american intellectual property private information choose the police and fire officials responded to reports of smoke in the courtyard of the building a video emerged of what appears to be fires in consulate bins it is widely speculated in the media that con

decision we will respond well a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry says boman death threats have been made against their washington embassy who are watching and blamed the u.s. government tweeting that the threats were a result of what she called smears and hatred katrina you is in rwanda and has more now on the chinese response to the closure order. certainly beijing is furious about this china's foreign ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented escalation even listed a number of actions he said the us government had taken against chinese people in the u.s. in recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that chinese students were increasingly being interrogated that personal electronic devices were being confiscated and searched he also said that there would incident at least one chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouches was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confisca

foreign element joined in that the virtual press briefing on the national security law in the chinese embassy in london he asked about the apparent mismatch in priorities when it came to the birth johnson government's bait of passports for 3000000 chinese citizens the british government of course is looking to give sets and ship to millions of hong kong is to escape chinese rule of course hong kong being a former british colony so why do you think it is that the u.k. is so willing to give citizenship to hong kong as but not other citizens of former u.k. colonies such as maybe iraq which of course suffered an illegal war in 2003 i think some of the politicians. still. very strong colonial mindset if they were to recognise that. is normal and it is well known what. has in china. long since for the past 23 years so that's their problem so that's why they have it's a passion they have is a grown man site is still regard hong kong as and it is called new rule and try to make up a response or a real remarks so i to interfere there is but that's totally wrong i think they've failed to realize that h

in china say's its embassy in washington received death threats. being whipped up by the. chinese houston 72 hours. one minute past 9 am and 11 pm in tokyo and 5 in the evening right here in moscow this thursday july the 23rd welcome to r.t. international. an intense standoff is developing in the u.s. city of portland president donald trump's the citizen to send in federal troops to crack down on anti racism protests appears to have faded the situation. right. there why. it's reported tomorrow portland was among those tear gas federal officers. with protesters the white house they must be has control of the city however more than a dozen u.s. most of them democrats voiced the alarm over the federal crack on the verge the trump administration to pull troops all its of american cities meanwhile calls from the police amidst all riled the writer. well the mayor of chicago has emerged citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by the federal forces earlier mr trump announced that hundreds of troops would be deployed to the city a city he had previously comp

embassy in washington received death threats. being whipped up by the trumpet ministration of the us gave the chinese. live from moscow this is our team international my name's you know ilan 30 minutes of news on the start of. an intense standoff is developing in the u.s. city of portland president donald trump's decision to send in federal troops to crack down on until racism protests and riots appears to have faded the situation. right. here they are long term here's got me. give up person just soul speaking the mayor of portland was among those tear gassed by federal officers and as he stood with the protesters the white house claims he has lost control of the city however more than a dozen u.s. murders most of them democrats have voiced them are over the federal crackdown they have urged the trump administration to pull troops all itself american cities meanwhile calls to defund the police have gotten larger among some groups. there are all of chicago meanwhile hazard citizens to inform the police of any old constitutional elections that they consider to have been committed by federal forces earli

interrupted ability and prosperity are well as spring in al-jazeera as rory challenge those outside the chinese embassy in london rory the chinese ambassador a very defensive of china's policies and also extremely critical of the u.k. because of its size to hong kong tell us more about what he said in his statement 1st. yeah there are basically 3 main notes i suppose that the ambassador was trying to hit in this video conference that he gave just a short while ago the 1st is to betray china as a peaceful act on the world stage saying that china is committed to the path of peaceful developments around the world it's not invading other countries it's not trying to export it's model of governance so when the other countries it's laura biding it it hears 2 international treaties and norms the 2nd was to say that the national security law that's been brought in for hong kong is is knots and the contravention of the agreements that china had with the u.k. when the u.k. hand is hong kong back to china and in essence it's the u.k. that is the bad actor here. doing things like suspending the the extradition agr

. >> mister president, are you looking at closing further chinese embassies in united states and did you ask ambassador johnson to bring the british open? >> i never spoke to woody johnson about that. it's a highly respected course, as you know, one of the best in the world and i read a story about it today and i had never spoke to woody johnson about doing that. no. as far as closing a traditional embassies, it's always possible. you see what's going on. we thought there was a fire in the one that we did closed and everybody said there is a fire, there is a fire and i guess they were burning documents. there were burning papers and i wonder what that is all about. okay how about one or two more? >> would you like to respond to joe biden who today described you, you might have heard that, as the first racist to be elected president, those are his words. >> it's interesting because we did criminal justice reform. we passed criminal justice reform, something that obama and biden were unable to do. we did opportunity cities. we did the greatest, if you look at what we've done with oppor

there what the ambassador said that there might be consequences even when nato destroyed the chinese embassy in yugoslavia china said there would be consequences china never does anything except some harsh words briefly and then are probably retire what what is china's position going to be as sanctions are applied as individual sanctions may be applied by the british foreign office and of course as chinese companies are being discriminated against 1st of all if you do not have justice for one day doesn't mean it does not work it will not come back to haunt you look at what's happening in the united states and in the united kingdom for example for the black lives matter which really is taking many skeletons out of the closets in the u.k. and in the united states and you will know that injustice whenever inflict it may be exposed and it may have consequences many many years or decades or couple of centuries later so whatever the british government will do now which will be conceived as injustice to china will have consequences i that immediately or in the medium or longer term fundamentally in

would be violations of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the chinese embassy in the u.s. had received a number of bomb threats and death threats and he accused the trump administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u.s. but overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation was a diplomatic freefall in terms of relations between the u.s. and china in various fronts been going on national security law technology and trade and beijing says if the u.s. does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary counter measures. ok the view there from china and now rosalynn jordan joins us live now from virginia in the u.s. as so a rolls any more details from the u.s. government as to why they're doing this and also perhaps why they're doing it now. well barbara they're not giving any more details about why they have targeted the chinese consulate and houston the deputy secretary of state stephen beacon is testifying right now before the senate foreign relations comm

would be violations of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the chinese embassy in the u.s. had received a number of bomb threats and death threats and he accused the administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u.s. but overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation what has to be a diplomatic fall in terms of relations between u.s. and china various fronts. national security law technology and brave and beijing says if u.s. does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary countermeasures. the british government says it will open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january but those eligible won't need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with a british national overseas passport and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a national security law china is imposing on the whole goal which critics say curbs freedoms route challenge says in london with more on the immigration law. w

out of hitting back at australia mirroring some of this earlier comments that we heard from the chinese embassy in australia saying that these accusations are groundless these measures are groundless and that they deplore in a poor is them asking us really are to step back let's have a listen to what general the gender foreign ministry spokesperson had to say about this earlier this afternoon. yeah don't waiver what if the comments images from the australian side constitute grave violations of international law and basic international relations as well as gross interference in chinese domestic affairs will not work on china we condemn the comments and reserve the right to take further actions in response or consequences will be borne by the australian side. that's quite strong language in the past we've had the chinese foreign ministry condemning such actions that's not a surprise but it's not very common that they will specifically admit to taking action in response to something like this and i mention that they know that australia is quite reliant on china economically well jolly jen went on

would be violations of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the chinese embassy in the u.s. had received a number of bomb threats and death threats and he accused the administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u.s. but overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation was a diplomatic freefall in terms of relations between u.s. and china in various fronts in gung ho national security law technology and trade and beijing says if the u.s. does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary countermeasures. they don't call is a fully u.s. deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats he explains the timing of the decision. well we are in a spiraling crisis certainly relations between the u.s. and china have been deteriorating for some time and trump has clearly chosen to make china a bogeyman in his campaign since everything else gone wrong you know if you blame someone else then that's helped you so that's part of the story i think that's th

talking about whether or not this will necessitate other chinese embassies. we don't know.arently workers were burning documents and have 72 hours to leave more to come there >>> president trump during his coronavirus task force briefing, which have come back warned that the outbreak will get a little worse than better others down playing getting new virus relief approved before unemployment benefits expire at the end of the month making provisions and clashes with the trump administration even before talks with the democrats begin. the question being ask whether the government and fed are going too far to prop up business and given time to sort out winners and losers i don't even know where to debate after that houston consulate story, my head is going in different ways you'll have to own this segment and carry it yourself. where do you debate stands right now and ultimately ends up with regard to relieve and stimulus >> it is a big debate and just about to get started began yesterday, kevin o'leary declaring yesterday on "squawk box" that it is time for the government to

disputed claims to offshore resources and most of the south china sea completely on north pole the chinese embassy in washington has accused the u.s. of trying to stir up trouble in the region and china's accusing democracy activists in hong kong are trying to launch a revolution and says campaigning for recent primaries that may have breached a new security door it's imposed on the territory more than 600000 people turned out over the weekend to vote. and the man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu is going on trial at the international criminal court in the hague. charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. and the world health organization fears too many nations are heading in the wrong direction coronavirus cases tops that teen 1000000 worldwide the director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future or the number of covered 1000 related deaths in latin america now exceeds those in north america and the world's 2nd west hit region nearly 145000 people have died and 3300000 are infected and face coverings will be

lying down they also reflected some of the strong language used earlier from a statement by the chinese embassy in australia saying that these accusations and these measures were groundless let's take a listen to what. the spokesperson at china's foreign ministry had to say about this earlier. yeah don't wait for. the comments images from the australian side constitute grave violations of international law and basic international relations as well as gross interference in chinese domestic affairs will not work on china we condemn the comments and reserve the right to take further actions in response or consequences will be blown by the australian side now. quite a strong threat from beijing there we don't know exactly what this action could be so far jolly jen went on to mention chinese students studying in australia nicholas i mention that as well he said that chinese students should undertake risk assessments before travelling a stretch to a straight because of potential racist attacks now this is a pressure point because 1st really are the education sector makes about a 3rd of its revenue fr