let's talk to david mckenzie. david, the fact that in the face of that kind of thuggery you remained as calm as you did is remarkably impressive. just to be clear, chinese law allows you to shoot in public places, right? you were not doing anything illegal. >> reporter: well look, anderson, there's a law on paper in china and then there's the law in practice. as foreign reporters, we can report on paper. they say we can report throughout this country and do effectively what we would do in the states as it were. but in practice, in instances like this, sensitive cases like this, when thugs take it into their own hands to be enforcers of the law, there's very little one can do about it. so the rights that might be on paper get thrown out the window. >> it's also fascinating. you see censorship in real time happening again on the bottom of our screen there you can see us being censored right now in china. it's kind of surreal. i want to play more of this video you shot. let's watch. >> they're now physically man handl

however, cnn's david mckenzie was determined to cover it.orts, he was roughed up by police as he and his crew approached the courthouse. that's the video right there. they recorded part of the assault on camera. this is what happened. >> reporter: so, we're heading towards a court in beijing where prominent activist goes on trial today -- >> wait a moment, please. please! >> reporter: why? is this a public space. there is no need to shout at me. the courthouse is just behind us. the name of the activist is chu ji wong, and the reason he is on trial is because he had a gathering several times, one of the founders of the new citizens movement. that is why there are all these police surrounding me here. we're going to go try to look at the entrance of the court, which is just here -- >> hello. >> reporter: sorry, you can't stop me. >> it's all right. all right. >> reporter: this is a public place. huh? this is a public space. this is a public space. excuse me. you don't push me. do not push me. this is a public space. don't hit me like this. th

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they use against journalists, including us, and often it's far worse for chinese nationals. >> david mckenzie is joining us live from beijing. david, first of all, we're glad you're okay. you handled that very well, very calm, during the whole altercation there. what's amazing is that you still have the tape, that we are able actually to see this unfold. do they even realize that they hadn't taken the tape, this is something that they would be exposed for? >> reporter: well, it's a very good question. in fact, we were asking ourselves that same question, suzanne, out in the field. and generally in these instances, if chinese authorities stopped filming in this country -- though on paper we're allowed to film wherever we want, whenever we want in practice, there are several instances in the last year, suzanne, we have been stopped. and often they want to see the footage. they just moved us out of the area and dumped us on the side of the street. >> reporter: do you have any idea, and i know it's very different in beijing, whether or not there would be any kind of fallout from this? clearly the

cnn's david mckenzie live in beijing. david, why is this launch so important to apple? does it have something to do with, oh, 700 million potential customers? >> reporter: christine, yeah, more than double the entire population of the u.s. that's what could be the new base for customers and apple here. they did a deal with china mobile, the major cell carrier here, and that deal was six years in the making. you just saw how tim cook came here, really putting his face on this deal. it's taken six years and it's taken many trips from the ceo in recent months to ink this deal. what it does mean is it could mean 10 million or 20 million more iphones sold in china this year, and it is a boost for apple in china, which has been struggling a little bit against its competitors. >> apple's still far behind as the biggest provider in china. what about price? that's going to be important. and i know the first question that tim cook was asked by a customer in a store was, are you going to make one of the bigger screens? chinese consumers don't like a 4-inch screen. they want a bigg

david mckenzie getting shoved into a fan and that's for reporting outside of a courthouse in beijing. an activist for fighting public corruption. they don't want the outside world to know a thing about that. here is david mckenzie's shocking report. >> we are heading towards a court in beijing where an activist goes on trial today. this is a public space. there is no need to shout at me. the activists is wrong. the reason he is on trial is because he had a gathering of people several times and he was one of the founders of the new citizen's movement. that is why there all these police surrounding me here. we will try to look at the entrance of the court which is just here. >> sorry, you can't stop me. >> soon the situation violently escalated. police in plain clothes and men targeting us, taking away our phones and id and breaking the camera. >> they are physically man handling us. man handling me. this is a public space. i am allowed to report. we are reporters and reporting in a public space. ouch. >> hey, hey, hey! you can't man handle us like this. >> other international journalis

watch as they rough up david mckenzie and his crew as they walk near a court building in beijing. >>re heading towards a court where an activist is on trial. no need to shout at us. the reason he's in trial is because he had a gathering of people several times and with one of the founders of the new citizens movement. that's why all these police surrounding me here. we'll try to look at the entrance of the court which is just -- sorry u-can't stop me. soon the situation violently escalated. police in plain-clothes, men targeting us, taking away our phones and i.d. and breaking the camera. >> you can't physically -- they are physically man handling us. they are physically man handling me. is this a public space. i'm loud to report. we're reporters. we're reporting in a public space. hey, hey, hey, do not, do not, do not physically manhandle. other international journalists were roughed up during the trial. one policeman told me they were following orders. they moved us from the van into a police car. a government spokesman said they will investigate the incident but that without law a

our david mckenzie and cnn crew are in beijing. rial of a prominent civil rights attorney. authorities in plain-clothes grab david and his troupe and throw him into a waiting van. take a look. >> this is a public space. don't push me. do not push me. this is a public space. >> they are physically man handling us. they are physically medicine handling me. this is a public space. i'm allowed to report. i'm allowed to report. >> obviously very upsetting to watch. but you have to have the contrast how they are behaving how david and the crew behaved. true pro there's. we're happy they report there is david mckenzie looking no worse for wear joining us for a debrief. david glad to be able to speak to you. tell us what happened when they threw you in the van, my friend? >> well, chris, it was like a mafia movie. put us in a van, transferred to another vehicle, drove us three, four miles outside of the court and then dumped us on the side of the street and went on their merry way. very strange and very violent episode from the chinese auth

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