people feel safe inside of hong kong but afterwards now every hong kong people have been afraid that they would be prosecuted under this national security law and already all for for nearly 10 thousands of people have been arrested in the past year and the government didn't listen to any kind of piñon state comes from the civil society so i think this is the strongest proof to the people is that actually the chinese government. who are destroying the one country 2 systems but not the hong kong people and the protests let's bring in stephen vines has stephen you've written a book called defying the dragon hong kong in the world's largest dictatorship but there doesn't seem to be much defying anymore it seems to me that hong kong's actually fighting for his political life oh i think that's true i mean we're talking in the week in which the government has spoken the elections for the letters of council korea in the week in which the minister for security in an interview with the communist run news papers said they were going to be taking more proactive action to root out dissidents

well you are talking about mainland china you're not talking about hong kong in hong kong you know we have a common law system and we have the presumption of innocence anyone arrested can apply for haiti as kopper's conviction on criminal offense needs a very high burden of proof in fact proving beyond reasonable doubt which when all the safeguards are here they're over we already implemented the international covenant on civil and political rights through our basic law and the bill of rights in hong kong so vocal has a different system we shouldn't alum our system to gether what mainland china system we have strong protection of person no data privacy so what you just said simply does not apply to hong kong where you say you have these common law safeguards how long are you going to have them for when the new law comes in through in through effect look in detail at how beijing uses its national security laws on the mainland to curtail personal freedoms and snuff out dissident voices that's that's what is in store for more than us and it you know you don't really understand the real s

and hong kong residents faced down the police.helle and sanford had never seen their home in such a state. as the movement wound down, michelle returned to hong kong for the first time in a while. but she recalls feeling an indescribable discomfort. >> this is the city of taipei, taiwan's most important city. many immigrants from hong kong are now living in suburbs around the city. although some elderly people in rural areas only speak taiwanese, mandarin is also spoken the city, making it easy for immigrants to live here. taipei also has many shops run by hongkongers. >> the memorial hall has a statue of the former leader on display. after a conflict, the party retreated to t taiwan. for decades the nationalist party led by chiang kai-shek governed with a one-party rule. taiwan's first direct election was held in 1996, realizing the democracy that citizens had long hoped for. one hour's drive from taipei is a small restaurant run by a family from hong kong. the family had believed that beijing would maintain the one-country two-s

long live hong kong! long live hong kong! benjamin: he doesn't have any trust in the communist party and the hong kong government. he's saying to regain hong kong, and the younger generation is going to battle with the older generation in fighting for democracy but also authority and citizens, the protestor and the police. [indistinct chatter] [shouting in cantonese] [shouting] airini was shocked when i saw the news at home. i was like, "what?" i didn't imagine that hongng kong peopople could do sh viviolent thin o on the strereet like burning stufff, throwing bricks, attack the police becauause it's susuch a big cont to umbrerella prototest. it was rereally peaceful, but that t n, it was r really violenent, and i think peopople try other ways, other peaceful ways already, and they realized thatat it doesn't wwork, so they had to i it. i's kind of ththe governmement forcd peopople to be violent. i'm sick of it all. this is too ridiculouous. it's like a group of rerely stupid people whoho are controlling the city. on the roof,

ryan and the others urged the influential chamber of hong kong computer industry to hold hong kong'sst major esports tournament. the venue was the city's largest exhibition hall with 15 different games played over four days. the event attracted 12,000 visitors. >> their success didn't go unnoticed by the hong kong government. in 2017 the tourist board held an event that mixed esports and music. cga was invited to help run the event. ryan and his team wanted people who were new to esports to get involved. so they set up dance contests to encourage a variety of visitors. fans came f fm honong kong, mainnd china, , and even europe. the event hosted 30,000 people in just three days. >> and since hong kong is very open and very reemerging the east and west culture, we'll be connecting other neighboring city, and we can be a hub for esport. we believe that by creating a good, vibrant ecosystem, we will develop new startup companies, new games, new events, new content for our young people. and at the end of the day, we can create more employment. >> hong kong's growing interest in esports h

this isn't the hong kong i grew up with any more freedom has been restricted but hong kong will soonbe no different from the rest of china i feel even more unsafe under the new national security law from what we've lost so we have to find it elsewhere or you want. to fight or to flee that's a tough question for many homeowners like gary starting a life abroad will likely be a rocky path even in his job as an engineer gary and his fiance but that's not want to be interviewed because she fears for her job here are prepared to start from scratch a price they're willing to pay in exchange for liberty. it's time to abandon our well paid jobs friends everything we've established here where we were born in ranges we did struggle to make this decision but around a 3rd of my friends are also considering leaving or at least sending their children abroad to. the. official figures show that the number hold co-residents leaving is at its highest in 7 years around 30000 people left in 2019 a 40 percent search in just a year and that's expected to keep growing since the new chinese security law was

to try and bring hong kong's voice to the international arena do you plan on leaving hong kong or sure. we can get you plan to fight for freedom that's my decision. joshua long pro-democracy activist speaking to us from hong kong thank you very much for your time so clearly joshua walling is determined to stay and fight for democracy in hong kong but many others in the chinese territory aren't so sure continuing political instability and fears of an erosion of the territory's freedoms have forced people to look for exit options quite literally gary and his fiance have to just a few more months when the life in hong kong before they say goodbye to their hometown and then equate to a stadia when gary filed the application 5 years ago leaving was only a backup plan says then hong kong has been through massive social and political upheaval but it was the unprecedented antigovernment protests last year that finally pushed him over the ets. into this isn't the hong kong i grew up with any more freedom has been restricted but hong kong will soon be no different from the rest of china i f

dollars and compared with the madeleine hong kong alyson hong kong always attracted more coverage and more reports from multinational investment bank and research institute that's not here to track overseas investors probably not usually more companies yeah that is if they talk on that that that is exactly the point where i want to bring in chelsea because when you talk about hong kong and its traction especially to foreign investors chelsey hong kong is no longer the gateway to china it is technically speaking china now and will that affected states is in the financial world you think. well after china introduced the national security law for hong kong over the summer there was obviously a huge political blowback and many people thought that hong kong would lose their special status as really the gateway to china a lot of investment company as a lot of hedge funds were threatening to pull out but now that the dust has settled it doesn't really look like much has changed and if anything hong kong status has actually been strengthened because normally a company like and would have done

say it will bring stability after months of anti-government protests critics say it crushes hong kong's freedoms. for more let's speak to democratic spondon phebe kong who joins me now from hong kong with mall f.e.b.a. you were covering the police raids on monday that led to those arrests what is the mood today amongst pro-democracy supporters as in hong kong. the those teeny lion as the activists arrested on monday and now or are released but we have know that they are only free on bail so which news so far as he didn't believe them and compass in the way the investigation is still underway so the detainment and also the arrest in any other session operation on monday to send a chilly but the closest city specially to activists who. consider themselves to consider themselves as some might high risk like group life so they fear that i may be the next one to be a rat but we see like citizens and us especially a pro-democracy movement support us and post has their say a using peaceful way to pull support and also a consent site to us the latest situation in hong kong with what some call p

this isn't the hong kong i grew up with anymore freedom has been restricted but hong kong will soon be no different from the rest of china i feel even more unsafe under the new national security law we've lost so we have to find it elsewhere or you want. to fight or to flee that's a tough question for many homeowners like gary starting a life abroad will likely be a rocky path even in his job as an engineer gary and his fiance who does not want to be interviewed because she fears for her job here are prepared to start from scratch a price they're willing to pay in exchange for liberty. to abandon our well paid jobs friends everything we've established here where we were born in ranges we did struggle to make this decision but around a 3rd of my friends are also considering leaving or at least sending their children abroad to. the. official figures show that the number hold co-residents leaving is at its highest in 7 years around 30000 people left in 2019 a 40 percent search in just a year and that's expected to keep growing soused a new chinese security law was enacted last month a num

investment in hong kong and he's described it as blatant interference in hong kong or the city's domestic affairs now carry them has defended the introduction of beijing's national security laws in hong kong she's described this is constitutional legal and reasonable and she's on again and again said that the reason why these were introduced it was simply to restore peace and order and to remove the chaos and violence that the demonstrations had paralyzing hong kong last year as a settler saying feedback been fed at all dripping out from certain hong kong government so far has read one minister responding but this latest response from beijing or so in beijing is liaison office in hong kong or as rangoon clearly brewing but how actually damaging could these sanctions potentially be. well given the timing of certainly the response we've just seen from beijing's representatives in hong kong this potential for this city to reciprocate and we do believe in potentially target u.s. individuals in the city and potentially american companies operating here in that the american chamber of commerce

from the hong kong i know i mean i grew up in hong kong on a personal note i have never felt this kind of insecurity and anxiety ever in all my years in this city on top of that hong kong is changing culturally too books are being taken off shelves people are self censoring libraries are removing anything that can be deemed sensitive and as a journalist my job is getting a lot harder people are afraid to give interviews they're worried that what they will say may not may cross a certain line as this law is seen as rather vague and on top of that as an international media company there's a question if they say something with they be colluding with foreign forces so there are so many questions and so much insecurity over the situation here in hong kong now in the whole environment has changed so rapidly. that's the situation of course inside hong kong with relation to this law and the implementation of it this is the 1st time this law is being used to target people outside the country and that's significant isn't that. that's very significant but analysts say this is a very strategi

kong in hong kong thank you so much for that. before this new security law was implemented hong kong's pro-democracy activists were facing a challenge from a different law one related to rioting which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years some 600 protesters were charged with that last year during anti-government protests among them the couple featured in this next report they were eventually put out of the charge but not before it had impacted their lives in profound ways. this couple has gone through the toughest challenges and they are now ready to rebuild their lives. but just a month ago their fate as a couple was very uncertain henry tong and elaine tov worked as fitness coaches a virgin and hong kong their dream career and life. until last year when police arrested the couple at a pro-democracy protest and charged them with rioting they thought they were going to jail for potentially up to 10 years. than that what me the most is i couldn't see my dog if i'm sent to jail and i couldn't see him if we were both put into jail

law into hong kong.hey are trying to argue that they have the sovereignty over hong kong and they have the rights to control what is available on the internet. the central government says the introduction of the new law is to restore order after a year of often violent protests. it criminalises state subversion. punishment could mean life in prison. the law gives the authorities the power to force internet providers to delete content. china is evolving into a digital superpower. they have really smart and comprehensive approaches in controlling its people including hong kongers. they have the great firewall in china, and they're implementing it in hong kong. not the physical infrastructure, because we have the open telecommunication system, but then they are trying to implement it through having this national security law because that will encourage platforms and their users both to censor themselves and their users, and therefore we have limited access to information. this footage is from a livestream o

in hong kong, 1:30 p.m. in sydney.oming up that trump administration authorized a coronavirus treatment ahead of the public and national convention, we have the details. this is bloomberg. ♪ the trump administration has granted emergency use authorization to a treatment that uses blood plasma from recovered covid-19 paceman -- patients. >> 1000 americans have enrolled to receive this treatment and it has proven to reduce mortality by 35%. as we see u.s.es cases starting to show signs of stabilization. let's give more from -- left get more from ross cranny, our washington editor -- ross crosby. -- roz krasny. >> it allows commercial distribution from -- for the allow methodology and may any factors of plasma products to ramp up to more of a commercial level. ros: we have to keep in mind this treatment is being used on a per mental basis -- on an andeme mental basis -- on experimental basis. by the mayo clinic and others. this wraps it up to another level. some would say it is not had enough clinical trials to know how e

hong kong.decent heavy losses. decent is probably not the right word to use. heavy losses led by financial. friday that decision on to push the elections back to september the fifth of 2021 and a strong response from mike pompeo. the pboc governor saying he wanted to see more support for sme. 52.8 is the highest number on record. looking at the cost speed that is flat. japan in terms of the nikkei is doing fairly well. we can look at the final board we've been looking at. the virus situation we just discussed with rachel chang remain squarely in focus. this is down almost 4% with heavy selling in the philippines. rishaad: more on the way in the next hour of bloomberg markets. stay with us. you doing okay? yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. wow, that is easy. almost as easy as having those guys help you move. we are those guys. that's you? the truck adds 10 pounds. in the arms. -okay...

very force it out west jerusalem hong kong is making covert 900 testing free for its 7500000 residents is that where there's a 3rd wave of infections a team of lab technicians from mainland china is heading to the territory on kong's expo center has been turned into a makeshift hospital to deal with the increasing number of cases 125 new infections were reported on sunday the 11th day in a row cases have been triple digits well david joins us live now from hong kong give us a hong kong seems to be taking some drastic measures to control this spike in infections tell us what's been happening the bat. that's right daryn this is being called hong kong's 3rd and deadliest wave previously hong kong has been able to contain the previous outbreaks quite quickly and quite successfully but this time when they say the main issue is tracking and tracing they're having problems figuring out where those clusters are coming from and they are growing quite rapidly according to hong kong standards now compared to the rest of the world this would seem almost minimal just triple digit daily increases bu

from hong kong but only one point 2% were domestic hong kong exports. 80% work re-exports from china.e hongmoval kong special trading status and china is ignoring its unique role as the separate member of the wto. expect hong kong to talk to the wto to see if that is a breach of the rules. yvonne: stephen engle there. bringing you back live pictures coming out of taiwan with alex azar, the u.s. health secretary, visiting a plant that produces face masks. we heard earlier in a telephone briefing from alex azar that they discussed a taiwan investment in u.s. medical production, so perhaps this trip does yield something between the two nations. talking a little more about cooperation between the u.s. and taiwan, i'm sure beijing is watching this closely and not going to be able to appease people from beijing on this trip but we will continue this conversation. a taiwanese lawmaker will be joining us in the next hour of bloomberg markets to talk about the implications of this video -- this visit and what it means to relations with china. plenty more coming up, including standard chartered

and hong kong relations. on the hong kong is an reasonable up area and i think the long run it will inflict ruin to us u.s. interest income to as you have seen well i don't find any sort of valid reason for this blatant if you're in. a fast 5 own country i don't think this is necessary for you to do so and looking at the wide interest in us such imposition of a reasonable set of measures would send a very wrong signal to u.s. investment in hong kong and i think ultimately i think that the toll will get back to the u.s. of course it will definitely hurt u.s. relations. so a clock is in hong kong she says the reaction to the sanctions has been strong. the condemnation has been swift not just from the hong kong government but also a by beijing's top representative in hong kong that he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support anti china chaos in hong kong and inquired or quote from him and what's b

dollars and compared with the madeleine hong kong alyson hong kong always attracted more coverage and more reports from multinational investment bank and research institute that's not here to get tracked overseas investors are probably not usually more companies. when they hold on to that that that is exactly the point where i want to bring in chelsea because when you talk about hong kong and its traction especially to foreign investors chelsey hong kong is no longer the gateway to china it is technically speaking china now and will that affected states is in the financial world you think. well after china introduced the national security law for hong kong over the summer there was obviously a huge political blowback in many people thought that hong kong would lose their special status as really the gateway to china a lot of investment companies a lot of hedge funds were threatening to pull out but and now that the dust has settled it doesn't really look like much has changed and if anything hong kong status has actually been strengthened because normally a company like and would have

law into hong kong. they are trying to argue that they have the sovereignty over hong kong and they have the rights to control what is available on the internet. the central government says the introduction of the new law is to restore order after a year of often viole nt protests. it criminalises state subversion. punishment could mean life in prison. the law gives the authorities the power to force internet providers to delete content. china is evolving into a digital superpower. they have really smart and comprehensive approaches in controlling its people including hong kong years. they have the great firewall in china, and they‘ re implementing it in hong kong. not the physical infrastructure, because we have the open telecommunication system, but then they are trying to implement it through having this national security law because that will encourage platforms and their users both to censor themselves and their users, and therefore we have limited access to information. this footage is from a lives

whitening the net in the crackdown on hong kong activists china orders the arrest of 6 pro-democracy protesters in exile. wrote about this and this is all it is in a live from doha also coming up we'll look back. president tom puts pressure on the chinese company behind a popular video app in the u.s. . a 17 year old is accused of masterminding a massive twitter attack the targets included barack obama joe biden and bill gates . mexico records the world's 3rd highest coronavirus death toll it's now agreed a multi-billion dollar deal for international assistance. hong kong police are reportedly seeking the arrest of 6 pro-democracy activists living in exile china steps up in force one of its new national security law they include former u.k. consulate worker simon chang who says he was tortured by chinese authorities for information about hong kong's anti-government protests also on the wanted list as prominent opposition figure nathan law who fled to london out of fear of persecution under the new law police haven't commented but it would be the 1st time the legislation's been used t

we have hong kong stocks up by more than 2% right now.kong stocks have been the brunt of escalating tensions between the u.s. and china calling it collateral damage. and relative to its global and asian financial crisis and it is down 11.5%. chinese and u.s. stocks are doing way better. blow to s been quite a tocks two day loss and 66. that stock is higher. and over the two days we saw on friday and on monday. that came after the stocks was 70% and valuable company. and i want to show you the chart as well and shows you. and under a lot of pressure and among the weakest performance so tech has been upfront and center. the executive order which was igned and -- indiscernible] yvonne: bloomberg intelligence. they are mapping out the worst case scenario if it goes beyond other parts. meantime, let's stick to hong kong. a chilling message to jourmists and broadcasters to the city. the founder of apple daily and most aggressive action under china's new national security law and what might come next. our next guest is a lecturer at the universi

joining me now is hong kong pro-democracy activist place. first of all what is your reaction to jimmy lay's arrest i am actually very shocked and i'm very angry about near as. hard also shows that those communist party in china will not tolerate any kind of press freedom under its regime and it's very dangerous or if we don't stress and. freedom of the access to information and hunt and we bring that c.c.p. it's high it's kind of like holding a whole hong kong as a hostage in response to the sanctions that has been posed by the us yesterday in the last week. you think trying to send a message to activists like well like yourself. yes i believe so i think he is trying to send a message to tell us that one by one they were arrest us all because today not only general i was being arrested agnes chala friend and also a very well resourced freelance journalist in hong kong wilson lee is also being arrested and they are all actually kind of prominent figures were there within the active circle that is clearly sending a message that they have been

beijing's top representative in hong kong says u.s. sanctions are barbarous and ridiculous chief executive carry lamb and the territories current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials targeted. lebanon's president michel aoun has declared an investigation into tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut at least 157 people were killed he says the blasts could have been caused the the by negligence or external interference. the united nations envoy to yemen has condemned in their strike that killed at least 9 children on thursday martin griffiths is calling for an investigation into the attack in the job which also left 12 women and children injured you sow the coalition has been blamed for carrying out the strike griffiths says civilians are protected under international law turkey has resumed oil and gas exploration in the disputed eastern mediterranean sea in defiance of a new maritime deal signed by greece and egypt on thursday president project over 2 hours called the deal worthless he says greece hasn't kept its promises t

from the hong kong government but also set up by beijing's top representative in hong kong that he hasaid he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support china chaos in hong kong and in quite i am or quote from him and what's believed ork considered a humorous response he said i don't have any assets abroad isn't it a waste of time for president trump to impose those sanctions and he could send $100.00 to the united states if president donald trump wanted to freeze that $100.00. search and rescue efforts are underway in beirut but top of finding any survivors is fading 157 people were killed and at least 6000 injured and is growing with accusations that authorities ignored warnings about explosives being stored at the port the u.s. state department has praised a former saudi intelligence chief who has filed a lawsuit against crown prince mohammed bin son martin washington subtle jab as the crown prince sent a hit squad to canada to kill him in 28 teams. the black box and cockpit voice r

there was all the latest from hong kong thanks very much to. well japan is also facing a resurgence of coven 1000 cases tokyo confirmed a record 472 infections on saturday and the governor now says a state of emergency may have to be reimposed in the capital or about a nanny has more. kooky is a traditional japanese art who hundreds of years old the 1st time it's ever been before like this. the number of films the limited amount of chess. unstick the social distancing rules on states. took years kabuki theater has opened for the 1st time in 5 months with strict guidelines as the capsule reported a record rise in coronavirus cases for the 3rd consecutive day as tokyo's government considered ordering a new state of emergency the theater is at risk of closing once. so stop if there were any requests from the japanese or tokyo government we need to respond appropriately and think of a way to adapt the performance depending on the situation this may unfortunately include having to stop partway through the run the so the island of okinawa has declare

hong kong relations. on the hong kong is the reasonable up area and i think the long run it will inflict ruin to us u.s. interest income to as you have seen well i don't fight any sort of reason for this blatant if you're in. a fast 5 own country i don't think this is necessary or a civilized manner to do so and looking at the wide interest between hong kong and us such imposition of a reasonable set of measures would send a very wrong signal to u.s. investment in hong kong and i think ultimately i think that the toll will get back to us and of course it will definitely hurt us relations. said o'clock our correspondent says live for us here on the news hour in hong kong so sara what's been the response from the government there. well looking into the 1st to respond it was actually beijing's top official in hong kong he was the 1st to condemn these sanctions you mentioned some of the quotes mentioned by him in a statement earlier he also said it reveals the unscrupulous intentions of the american politicia

as infections rise in hong kong man then health workers are deployed to conduct covert 19 testing for millions of people. time sam is a than this is al jazeera live from also coming up this means that police and others have additional payrolls. strayer's victoria state declares a state of disaster a night curfew to contain corona virus infections. thousands of people call for the israeli prime minister to resign in the largest demonstration in west jerusalem in a decade. and rounded up and thrown in jail the un joins calls for the release of human rights activists in india. specialists from mainland china have started arriving in hong kong to help contain a resurgence of corona virus infections 125 cases were confirmed on saturday the 11th day in a row cases have been in the triple digits the trees expanding testing and making it free for its 7 and a half 1000000 people the expo center has been turned into a makeshift hospital. divya palms joins us now live from hong kong so how would you know what's behind the rise in these cases again. well according to experts and are all of just w

we try to give support moral support to the freedom fighters in hong kong we continue to urge the hong kong government to adopt free election. and to ensure freedom freedom of speech and freedom of media so that hong kong can stand the symbol of freedom in east asia but it's very unfortunate that the chinese government imposed nation's security all. hong kong and i thought that you know we saw the election scheduled later this year has been postponed for one year the rights of the hong kong people he's speaking are taken away by the chinese government the last bastion of freedom of press the hong kong. has been under assault by the chinese authorities there are politicians especially on the democratic side that are being disqualified by the chinese salt already ordered by hong kong authorities and that is a gross violation of political rights in hong kong so this whole situation in hong kong is really a tragedy. let's get more from the double correspondent we have yang who conducted that interview and joins me now from taipei we're in taiwan is clearly concerned but in reality how much

hong kong claims to have freedom of the press. i do not think they should be reading the reading -- reading the media's preferences. >> he has beeeen the only high-profile person to suffer criticized beijing. the arrest comes days after the u.s. government announced sanctions on hong kong and chinese mainland officials. a clear signal china is determined to enforce the new security law despite growing international pressure. brent: today's arrest is highlighting the climate of fear and uncertainty taking hold in hong kong in the weeks since the national security law came into effect. situation is forcing lifelong hong kongers to make a difficult choice, stay put, or leave their homes for good. >> ga and his fiancÉery -- gary and his fiancÉe have a few months in hong kong beforee they emigre e to australalia. when he fililed t the applicatin fifive years agogo, leaving wawy a backckup plan. since then, hong kong has been through massive social and political upheaval. but it was the unprecedented antigovernment protests last year th

china's top legislative body has voted to extend the current term of the hong kong legislative council by one year on kong was due to hold elections that sort of they've been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic anyway but pro-democracy activists say that is a pretext to stop people from voting several opposition candidates have been banned from running for office adrian brown in hong kong joining us live this half hour adrian this move on the part of the authorities in beijing what does that mean for democracy in hong kong. well it means i think that at least we know that the current parliament is going to be extended for another 12 months which is when the election's a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more china's national people's congress the standing in the of the national people's congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kong's parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kong's government you know mee