lord chris patten was hong kong's last governor before the 1997 handover.k shoud be leading an international response to beijing's announcement. we should make it clear to the chinese that this is outrageous and the prime minister and the foreign secretary should make that absolutely clear. we should talk to our allies, our friends around the world, all of whom have a stake in two things. first of all, the continuance of hong kong as a great international city in asia. and secondly, in whether or not china can be trusted to keep its word. they are all too many examples of that not being the case. the way it has actually used the preoccupation, which everybody rightly has with fighting this awful epidemic, they have used that preoccupation in order to bully and harass in other areas and one of them is in hong kong. professor rana mitter is the director of the university of oxford china centre. what is your thinking in the timings of this decision, these negotiations, this debate that takes place on friday, why now? i think place on friday, why now? ithinka p

country 2 systems basic law in a joint statement organized by hong kong's last colonial governor chris patten more than $200.00 law and policy makers from around the world have joined in. this is a comprehensive assault on the city's autonomy rule of law and fundamental freedoms the integrity of one country 2 systems hangs by a thread if the international community cannot trust beijing to keep its word when it comes to hong kong people will be reluctant to take its word on other masses. beijing has been playing down the significance of the proposed law for hong kong's autonomy while warning foreign policy against meddling with my town knows him down sure do with us and i want to stress that hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong affairs surely china's domestic it is is within chinese sovereign rights to determine when how and what legislation to put on hong kong or. the national congress is expected to rubber stamp the new legislation later this week analysts think it marks the greatest reform to beijing's relationship with hong kong since china to control of the territory so far in the uni

against chinese plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says is a betrayal by the court's new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation would ban so-called subversive activity residents in the indian city of kolkata are demanding electricity and water be restored to their homes 2 days after being hit by a powerful cycle own party protesters blocked roads with large branches to disrupt the traffic. spanish protesters have driven their cars around the capital madrid demanding an end to the lockdown the mobile rallies part of growing opposition to the state of emergency there. the u.k. government is defending the prime minister's chief advisor saying a trip he took during lockdown did not break guidelines dominic cummings drove to his parents' home in northern england where he was supposed to be self isolating after showing symptoms of coronavirus. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the man who stole the world i'll have more news in a little under 30 minute see that. it was july 1st 2000. and was living i

former hong kong governor chris patten says this is a comprehensive assault on the city's autonomy, rulefaw, and fundamental freedoms. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo argues hong kong is no longer autonomous from china. arehese criticisms fair? well, the law is being imposed by beijing with no meaningful consultation with hong kong. that is a significant change. the law leaves room for anything deemed a threat to natnal security. this inevitabl changes what can and cannot be said and done in hong kong. this is how carrie lam sees it. >> we are a free society. people have the freedom to say whatever they want to say for the time bng. >> the phrase "for the time being" has not eased concerns. nor is the part of the law that would make disrespecting the chinese national anthem a crime. to understand why passions are so inflamed, you need to go back to 1997, when hong kong was handed back to the continent. china promised to maintain hong kong's way of life under system called -- policy called one country, two systems. but protest screw last year, driven by -- protests grew last year, driv

lord chris -- lord christopher patten will join us.y with us, from london and new york, this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ ritika: this as "bloomberg surveillance." president trump faces a tough choice on china. proposal approved a for sweeping national security legislation aimed at hong kong's pro-democracy act, limiting freedoms in the city. the president already reacted strongly to the move and could do anything from sanctioning china to withdrawing the special trade status. taking aim at chinese students in the u.s., the administration plans to cancel the visas of students with direct ties affiliated to universities and the chinese army. president trump preparing to strike back at twitter, angry because the social media network ers on hisct-check tweets. he plans to limit -- spacex will try again to launch astronauts into orbit -- orbit. yesterday, bad weather threatened the kennedy stay station. -- space station. it will be the first launch in's 2011. -- since 2011. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, po

where you west wonder whether that there is such a fright work it's a long time since 1997 when chris patten literally the former governor sailed out of hong kong harbor listening to i think it was the national anthem it was a land of hope and glory or something equally jingoistic pardon me but was this a point that the beijing government always wanted to get to anyway or is it just a reaction to the demonstrations that been going on for a year now. we have to remember the beijing government you know look at this is a colonial history and you know although it undertook that kind of hand over the british in gauge with it you know kind of to give it a sort of framework in beijing's mind hong kong has always been chinese always and so you know in some senses the sort of 50 year period of the transition to 2047. was always sort of very very ill defined and no one really thought that china would end up in the position it ended up in at least economically in the last 25 years since the handover so we see all these imbalances and what we i guess really understand now is that china increasingly a pa

lord chris patten was hong kong's last governor before the 1997 handover.oud be leading an international response to beijing's announcement. we should make it clear to the chinese that this is outrageous and the prime minister and the foreign secretary should make that absolutely clear. we should talk to our allies, our friends around the world, all of whom have a stake in two things. first of all, the continuance of hong kong as a great international city in asia. and secondly, in whether or not china can be trusted to keep its word. now there are all too many examples of that not being the case, the way it's actually use the pre—application, which everybody rightly has with fighting this awful epidemic. they view is that pre—op occasion in order to bully and harass in other areas and one of them is in hong kong. let's get more from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. we think this will go through, do we, this is a rubber—stamp process 7 do we, this is a rubber—stamp process? it was supposed to happen in may but it was delayed because of the co

plans for a new security law in hong kong a last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation that would ban activity china's communist party considers subversive residence in the indian city of call cats are demanding electricity and water to be restored to their homes 2 days after being hit by the powerful. protesters blocked roads with large branches to disrupt traffic. british government is defending the prime minister's chief advisor saying a trip he took during the long didn't break guidelines dominic cummings drove to his parents' home in northern england when he was supposed to be self isolating after showing symptoms of the virus i was i had lines it's inside story now. 23 years he was returned to china and hong kong is facing the biggest threat yet to its prized autonomy china now plans to get directly involved in the territories affairs through a new national security law so is this an assault on hong kong's democracy this inside story. but everyone i'm come on santa maria one country 2 systems don't

against china's plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation that would ban activity china's communist party considers subversive residence in the indian city of call cuts are demanding electricity and water to be restored to their homes 2 days after being hit by the powerful. protesters blocked roads with large branches to disrupt traffic. british government is defending the prime minister's chief advisor saying a trip he took during the long didn't break guidelines dominic cummings drove to his parents' home in northern england when he was supposed to be self isolating after showing symptoms of the virus. i have lines it's inside story now. 23 years he was returned to china and hong kong is facing the biggest threat yet to its prized autonomy china now plans to get directly involved in the territories affairs through a new national security law so is this an assault on hong kong's democracy this inside story. but everyone on come out santa maria one country 2 systems

over china's plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation would ban activity that china's communist party considers subversive aytaroun brown has more now from hong kong. on the day china announced it was bypassing hong kong's parliament to push through a new security law the city's leader was putting on a brave face surrounded by her cabinet kerry said hong kong people and foreign investors had nothing to fear and she offered support for the legislation there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of national security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. will be lost. when china regained sovereignty over hong kong from britain in 1997 it promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. but china's leadership now says those freedoms are being undermined by violent protests subversion calls for independence and foreign in

against china's plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese the ship the proposed legislation would ban the pivot either china's communist party considers subversive it's been condemned by pro-democracy activists to say china is only interested in imposing its will on the semi autonomous territory chief executive kerry lamb says her government will cooperate with asians proposal and it will not affect people's rights and freedoms. in lebanon inflation is soaring and the economy is close to collapse as the cost of bread and other basics continues to climb some people have had to start growing their own food so the heart of reports from beirut. lemon tree i know if it does this is. any and her husband are growing their own food they are among the estimated 40 percent unemployed as lebanon faces its worst economic crisis and decades international organizations say almost half of the nearly 5000000 people are struggling to put food on the table my husband and myself are jobless at the moment so we found that t

who has called this a wholesale assault on hong kong freedoms and autonomy as you'd expect from chris patten also from tanya chan from the pro-democracy camp she said that depriving hong kong of the ability to scrutinise legislation really meant the end of one country 2 systems and what we have now was one country and one system but people like c y alone who is a former chief executive of hong kong obviously very close to the beijing leadership he has said that in fact china's opponents here in hong kong have no one else to blame but their selves because they have continually tried to block security legislation being introduced we got some morning actually rob that this was coming just a few months ago when the man who is the new head of china's liaison office here in hong kong said that china wanted hong kong to enact a security law as soon as possible to stop in his words the political virus that was spreading here that is now going to happen the n.p.c. are reviewing this draft resolution it's going to be discussed on friday and then we expect a vote will be taken at the national people's

very swift here on friday we've been hearing from people like the former governor of hong kong chris patten who says the announcement of the security bill that china now wants for hong kong amounts to really a wholesale assault on hong kong's freedoms and autonomy attack near chan a leading figure in the pro-democracy camp has said that depriving hong kong of the right to scrutinise its legislation basically means the end of the one country 2 systems formula at the moment there is a media conference going on again given by several leading figures in the pro-democracy camp and they're essentially saying it's no longer one country 2 systems but one country and one system and he said that she jingping doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks or wants and he is set now on a course of confrontation so i think you're going to hear more of this sort of stuff throughout friday you know i've been living and working in hong kong on and off for 31 years and i can tell you that the mood now is pretty much as it was just after the crackdown in 1909 on june the 4th there is a real feeling now that

country 2 systems that the premier referred to in his address is now essentially dead and buried chris patten the former governor of hong kong has says that this was a an enormous threat to hong kong's one country 2 systems he says that it has basically subverted the basic law it was of course 23 years ago that hong kong was returned to china from british rule when china promised to honor and implement the one country 2 systems policy that is what the premier again said again today but of course i think many people around the world wonder whether in fact that is going to be the case we saw of course during the past half hour pictures of the of the great hall of the people and i think that is a reminder that that is where the real power now rests in hong kong not in hong kong's legislature but in the great hall of the people are a dream round there live for us from hong kong adrian thank you. now cleanup operations are underway in india and bangladesh after the most powerful side loaned to the bay of bengal in 20 years. killed at least 84 people and destroyed thousands of homes and there are n

those words are beginning to ring rather hollow and indeed the the former governor of hong kong chris patten has really hit out today he tweeted that the comprehend that what china had done amounted to a comprehensive assault on hong kong's autonomy and fundamental freedoms tanya chan also from the pro-democracy camp said that depriving hong kong of the. right to scrutinize legislation amounts to an end of the one country 2 systems formula but those who support beijing including the former chief executive see why alone has said that actually china's critics here in hong kong only have themselves to blame because they have blocked this law from being passed for the past 17 years and what we're seeing actually overall is is the leadership in beijing finally running out of patience with hong kong they ripped they have recently appointed a new senior representative here in hong kong a man who runs the central liaison office he's very close to president xi jinping and he warned actually 2 months ago that it was time for hong kong to have a new national security law and beijing would not sit by an

we speak with former hong kong governor chris patten in this stocks shrug off the tensions, hour.european equities beginning a fourth day of gains. the united states reaches 100,000 coronavirus deaths. anthony fauci sees a good chance of a vaccine by year end. boris johnson asks the u.k. to move on from a row over his aide. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua, here in london. tom keene is in new york. tom, we are getting breaking news. we have been following the final press conference of the national people's conference in beijing with premier li. he said they are willing to work together on a vaccine and he is asking for more global cooperation. and euro confidence

over china's plans for a new security law with hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation would ban activity that china's communist party considers subversive that set out as their world is next by. see. i'm supposed to be there who were last words of the let me know what i didn't even know what the palestinians out there was some mad house of a chicken house a bed was full hunnicutt about only 7 of them on subsequent heart i mean obviously a clan no engine had the bombs that are being. held in the summer and in the home what took bit called mr theo and i me have thought of some sophisticated bad going to be up to the. with a 15 year old i mean it did the doctor he could lose this so who are visiting us me in the communion it was done. but oh well not sure but this looks interesting to me. who is new close some systems leaning on them to members of you know the us and look into the who most with was a man on. account but did you see hardly a loss for jani who with no dogs and how do you know how to

. >>> well, the last british governor of hong kong, chris patten, says the uk should stand up to china hopes the country will raise the question of hong kong at the g7 meeting next month. take a listen to how he describes the current situation. >> well, there are a lot of things that struck me. first of all, china, which has broken its word -- or rather, the communist party of china, which has broken its word about so many international agreements, is driving a coach and horses through the international agreement that it reached with britain in a treaty launched at the united nations to safeguard hong kong's high degree of autonomy, its rule of law and its freedoms for 50 years after 1997, and it's simply not carrying that agreement out. >> meanwhile, beijing is wearing countries to stay out of its affairs. a short while ago, china's foreign ministry spokesperson said it would take necessary countermeasures against any foreign interference. >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom." much more on the coronavirus pandemic still ahead, including why brazil's official numbers don't tell the whol

condemnation over china's plans for a new security law in hong kong alaska governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese that takes a ship the proposed legislation would ban like t.t. china's communist party considers subversive it's being condemned by pro-democracy activists who say china is only interested in imposing its will on the semi autonomous territory chief executive kerry lam says her government will cooperate with beijing's proposal and it will not affect people's rights and freedoms brown has more now from hong kong. on the day china announced it was bypassing hong kong's parliament to push through a new security law the city's leader was putting on a brave face surrounded by her cabinet kerry said hong kong people and foreign investors had nothing to fear as she offered support for the legislation there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of national security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. will be lost. wh

chris patten there.ng stocks have fallen more than 4% during the day, perhaps a reflection on what we are hearing. let's get more from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. hong kong is an autonomous territory of sorts, of course, was this expected? well, there have been threats to introduce this law because previous attem pts this law because previous atte m pts to this law because previous attempts to bring it in via the local hong kong legislature have failed. there were mass marches and it was seen as too hard to get it through, even with the kind of stacked legislature that will a lwa ys stacked legislature that will always be in favour of the pro—beijing camp. but you know it is something — this congress, opening today. china has frankly a great story to tell about the handling of the coronavirus. more than two months after it was delayed, the congress is on. 3000 delegates, including the senior leadership of the party, of the military, all under one roof together — that they can confiden

lord chris patten served as the last governor of hong kong.try, two systems model as a ‘threat‘. the problem is that the president is a different sort of leader from his predecessors, and going back to one president who wanted to make one country president who wanted to make one cou ntry two president who wanted to make one country two systems work. he has tightened the control of the party everywhere from xin jiang to tightened the control of the party everywhere from xinjiang to the way he has behaved, breaking international regulations, and they are frightened of having to deliver on the promises they made to the people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, that they could live with the rule of law and the freedoms we associate with it. one country freedoms we associate with it. one cou ntry two freedoms we associate with it. one country two systems means what it says, and the idea that the freedom that people enjoy or have enjoyed in hong kong is somehow a threat, a

continue if he feels that hong kong's autonomy continues to be threatened and also this week nick chris patten the former governor of hong kong has also been speaking out saying it's quite clear that beijing is continuing to interfere in hong kong affairs and violating things like the basic law these are powerful words coming from influential figures so you know i think there is going to be a price to pay. for what beijing is doing but it's difficult to anticipate what there will be just yet and leave the ferment thanks very much later brown there in hong kong well emily lau is a leading member of hong kong's democratic party and she says the public is concerned about what they see is china's encroachment on hong kong's autonomy. i can assure you that people here are very very concerned and very alarmed and very disturbed because they fear such legislation would take away our freedoms would take away the personal safety and the rule of law and the people are very very nervous indeed because they fear that there is so much silly bus training and so much clashes in our legislature that if they t

against china's plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship the proposed legislation would ban activity that china's communist party considers subversive so hong kong's government can expect more protests around of its. on the day china announced it was bypassing hong kong's parliament to push through a new security law the city's leader was putting on a brave face surrounded by her cabinet kerry said hong kong people and foreign investors had nothing to fear as she offered support for the legislation there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of national security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. will be lost. when china regained sovereignty over hong kong from britain in 1907 it promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. but china's leadership now says those freedoms are being undermined by violent protests subversion calls for indepe

in fact, the former chairman of the conservative party chris patten was one of those adding his voiceolicy, describing it as immoral, and it is now clear that the prime minister has come round to that view. interesting that he has raised his own experience at the hands of nhs workers from overseas, because, of course, some of those who treated the prime minister was singled out in that video message he made after he was discharged from hospitalfor a special made after he was discharged from hospital for a special mention. 0k, jonathan, many thanks, a big development this afternoon at westminster. we will speak to you again very shortly in the run—up to the briefing. let's speak to our health correspondent nick triggle, who's here with me now. so, a big breaking story there in westminster, but, separately, there isa westminster, but, separately, there is a lot that we are expecting from this briefing this afternoon, isn't there? we know we were more about there? we know we were more about the —— we will hear more about the antibody deal the government has been talking about. yes, that