well for more now i'm joined by china policy analyst clifford kuhn in here in our studio. and our correspondent in beijing mathias bulling goes with us as well clifford with you what do you make of the call is by china's hong kong military commander well i think his comments are a clear warning nothing is ever said by accident everything you have to really interpret everything on i think this is a very clear message. and wants to show that the central government. is keen that hong kong situation doesn't get out of control and it sees itself very much as the force that is in a position to do it this $10000.00 troops there in the garrison in hong kong they are numerous occasions the last few days we've heard various officials saying that they have it within their readiness to intervene if there is a serious threat to central government rule to beijing rule in hong kong and so i think we have to take these very serious warnings so we've got that verbal warning saying the violence will not be tolerated we've also got the chinese military read leasing a video it's like a trainin

companies and what beijing views as this agreeable ads joining me in the studio now is china expert clifford kuhnand clifford good to have you here. the examples that we just talked about aren't the only ones what other companies have been in the crosshairs of beijing here but i've been going through the list and it's a bit like it would make a really good fashion show actually you've got for saatchi calvin klein coach dolce and gabbana as you've known she wearing sorrel ski jewellery and also with their samsung phones in their pocket and driving their numerous c.d.'s the list of brands that have managed to to anger at ticals widespread public anger in china is lengthy and prestigious now let's look at the reaction here i mean surely having your country's territory visually diminished i mean that surely isn't cool but when it comes to other instances would you say that beijing is reacting rather thin skinned here i think i think there is definitely things going reaction here i mean a lot of this is very innocuous in the west but in china this stuff is taking stream you seriously we've seen you kn

law abiding city that is my utmost responsibility is not there let's bring in now the analyst clifford kuhn and with us here in the studio we also have phoebe kong joining us remotely from hong kong she is just setting up right now so clifford i'll turn to you 1st we've heard all flights canceled again what is happening right now just walk us through what the picture must be there in hong kong home but this is the 2nd day now the flights being canceled the airport is such a symbol for the city so clearly this is a big blow for hong kong standing in a way and it really brings home the effect that these protests are having internationally in a way that this is the business hub the beating heart of this financial hub has been closed now for a 2nd day running with the closure of the airport meanwhile we're talking about china we know that the government is sharpening its rhetoric we have seen this video showing a security build up along the border with hong kong tell us a little bit more about what we saw on global times which is website newspaper strong newspaper part of the same publishing gr