and canada have even suspended their extradition treaties with hong kong hong kong a separate treaties from the rest of mainland china and then the late as germany has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong incidentally one of those dissidents or activist wanted by hong kong's national security police forces a pro independence activist and a protester currently seeking asylum in germany vivi gopalan for inside story u.s. citizen samuel choose is one of the activists wanted by hong kong police he told of his there at the chinese government is determined to stamp out all of position even abroad. i think that i was outrage and really not surprised but this is such an outlandish claim that somehow they have jurisdiction an american citizen lobbying an american government is just completely out of line spoken to a number of congressional offices and i as i said from the very beginning when the law what's and if they're going to come after me they must love marched down to capitol hill and arrest speaker pelosi and senator rubio this and everybody in the white house because they too have been undercut that mission

hong kong. the family had believed that beijing would maintain the one-country two-systems policy that it had promised to keep for 50 years when hong kong was returned to mainland china1997. >> in 2019, over 2 million people took part in demonstrations inn hong kong. surpassing the scale of the umbrella movement. they were opposing the revision of the extradition bill which would allow hong kong to return wanted criminals to mainland china. on september 4th, the chief executive of hong kong says she would withdraw the bill. but the demonstrations continued.d. the protesters' grereatest dem is the implementation of direct elections. in july and august, when mass demonstrations were being held in hong kong, support movements were active throughout taiwan. this demonstration was organized by taiwanese human rights groups as well as students. for the people of taiwan, the events in hong kong hit close to home. they are also faced with the prospect of how to co-exist with mainland china. a variety of social groups hold their own opinions on the subject. the world united for independence was founded in 197070. in t the past they supported taiwan's democritization movement.

could still happen and has happened with this tit for tat kind of scenario with regards to hong kong was that china and the us in the american chamber of commerce is noted that there are about 1200 u.s. companies operating here in hong kong and about a 100 of them they regional or the the my headquarters of the head offices based here the american chamber of commerce has in the past expressed concern about a number of companies already packing up for fear of working with or working under these new national security laws some companies my ceased to exist as a result but clearly these sections of the be introduced by the u.s. of the last 24 hours it's a study of dramatic escalation in the tensions between not just china and the united states but now hong kong and the united states as well ok sara thanks for that sarah clarke our correspondent there reporting live for us this out of hong kong with us to share some of the latest live coming to us out of kabul the afghan capital the loya jirgah into its 2nd day of meeting with showing those pictures because the loya jirga which is the country's highest

these countries are weighing in criticizing the implementation of the national security law in hong kong china will not be bullied samuel chu is a u.s. citizen and he's one of the activists wanted by hong kong police he told al jazeera that china's government is acting like a dictatorship that wants to stamp out all forms of opposition. i think that i was outrage and really not surprised but this is such an outlandish claim that somehow they have jurisdiction an american citizen lobbying an american government is just completely out of line i think i'm not the only person who's out ritually up spoken to a number of congressional offices and i as i said from the very beginning when the law what if they're going to come after me they must love marched down to capitol hill and the rest speaker pelosi said senator rubio said and everybody in the white house because they too have been under this all articles you know that it is using to charge people like me. secession and colluding with foreign powers and that i think is what they're both not understanding is that they're creating really a percept

china is retaliating for the u.s. decision to sanction 11 chinese officials over the crackdown in hong kong. beijing says it will sanction 11 americans. another move by the u.s. is likely to stem tensions with china, the most senior visit by any u.s. official to taiwan in more than four decades. health and human services theetary alex azar raised taiwanese president's response to the pandemic, calling democracy and inspiration to the region of the world. some u.s. governors are pushing back again as president trump's exec at of action on added unemployment benefits. offer $400n order to a week in supplemental pay. the catch states -- the catch, states have to kick in more than 25%. andrew cuomo says president's order is based on shaky ground legally, plus he says it is impossible for the states to pay. bill gates says it is "mind blowing" the u.s. has not improved its coronavirus testing. the microsoft cofounder told cnn the process is slow and lacks fair access. gates says you cannot get the government to improve testing because it wants to say how great it is. gates and his wife have donate

devika palin has more from our call from the start china had asserted that hong kongunrest dissent was all for mentored from abroad it was juta foreign interference so this is china underlining that fact the national security law was they say was implemented to quell unrest and the protests that we saw in hong kong and so once again they're using the extent of this national security law to underline the fact that implementing it is now making hong kong a more stable place donald trump is vying to use his presidential powers to ban the chinese own social media platform take time from the u.s. and the president is against microsoft's reported takeover attempt of take talks u.s. operations. a teenage boy is among 3 people who've been charged with hacking twitter they allegedly took over the accounts of high profile people such as former u.s. president barack obama and test my boss iran mosque in a big coin scam the u.s. has imposed sanctions on a chinese military group for a major abuses against legal muslims the treasury department says all american assets owned by shin

one that postponing the election further threatens hong kong's autonomy china's leaders repeated their warning for the international community to stay out of chinese affairs. what i want to tell you is that the election of the legislative council the hong kong special administrative region is a local election in china and it's purely china's internal affairs. it's a consistent message particularly after china's government imposed the national security law in hong kong on july 1st. secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign elements are punishable with up to life in prison critics say the laws draconian vague and open to interpretation and on thursday it was on this basis 12 democratic candidates were disqualified one of hong kong's best known democracy activists joshua long was among those deemed in eligible for not supporting the last implementation because sandra. my qualification to come into democracy movement in hong kong and that's the reason they can't kill us all even they try to prosecute us but are to run for office and silence our voice we wish to try our best

investments in hong kong so the key message from the government at this stage is it will damage the relations between the united states hong kong and china now when that with the general sponsor of the government when the u.s. has intervened or commented in the past is pretty much mind your own business carrying them has always said this is a domestic issue now these national security laws that were introduced on july 1st in hong kong government as well as beijing said it was a crucial step in ending the chaos and violence that paralyze the city for more than months and this was a law to keep hong kong safe and carry land described it as lawful constitutional and reasonable now there's been a lot of international condemnation since july 1st when these national security laws were introduced in hong kong the critics say it's an end to the one country 2 systems policy which was meant to be respected in this former british territory and was a bid by china to suppress or silence its critics but certainly these sections marked a dramatic escalation in the tensions between beijing and the united states or thanks so much sarah clarke. still ahea

over a sweeping national security law imposed on hong kong china insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism critics say is being used to silence dissent white house correspondent kimberly hauck it has more on the story. what will happen is that these individuals that have been named will have any assets here in the united states frozen now the treasury department's very clear the reason this is being done and these individuals have been named is because they are directly responsible for the implementation of beijing's policies of suppression of freedom and democracy and in his statement the treasury secretary steve said that the united states will continue to use all of its tools and authority to target those undermining hong kong's autonomy the u.s. president is furious that cope with 19 that originated in china has decimated the u.s. economy and in turn hurt his reelection chances so a relationship that had looked like it was starting to improve following those tit for tat trade sanctions between their tar

over a sweeping national security law imposed on hong kong china insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism. in another sign of growing tensions president trump is trying to prevent chinese social media companies including tech talk from doing business in america beijing says washington is using national security as an excuse to suppress its tech firms katrina your reports from beijing. some. job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. the chinese version of talks. the 25 year old uses the app every day and isn't surprised it's become so popular in the u.s. . we're very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. she's a loved by dog executive order to bad tick tocks use there unless the app is sold to an american company. i'm not sure how the company would develop if the owner changes i believe every company has this also if you replace that something the coral will be lost. the u.s. government says it's cracking down on c

over a sweeping national security law imposed on hong kong china insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism critics say it's being used to silence dissent and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after a.j. selects the boy. counting the cost russia war planes and its christmas eve vote of libya's biggest oil the last lebanon is make an image around the city of a devastating closure is it time for a model. weaponized they say this information to manipulate elections. wanting the cost of al-jazeera. oh i've got them all right there are more than what i do and. if you think let me think that thank you. but i do have one better. we'll. hear more. from last year. when you like i come from. your beach the world the microbiome good. enough last. year we were in the region. or still on the post on the ball. trick ancient chance of that. competing to see in your. eyes that should be. well doable change you can. do for us. but. most of all. this should. be worth. while or simply. we have. to k

will treat hong kong like part of china. is a continuing move to equalize the united states treatment of hong kong with the same way that it treats mainland china. some of these things, the extradition you're talking about, a reciprocal tax treatment on shipping, things of in what ie, nothing would deem as earth shattering kind of stuff, but another step down the path where the u.s. is fairly gradually simply moving to treat hong kong like part of mainland china like it does not really have a difference because the u.s. continues to assess that beijing's move since the national security law has been to try and pull hong kong closer. the u.s. has said it does not like the moves china is making. it objects to the moves china is making. it feels the moves china is making are in violation of their deal to leave hong kong into a two systems situation. and so, you should see there is a continued progression down that path. continued pressure on hong kong and china, yet we are seeing that perhaps the phase one trade talks could res

agreed to hand over hong kong to china, china has agreed the living style in hong kong is not going to be changed in 50 yearars, but we cannot seeee china is fulfilling its promise. i don't t think we c c change te situation now. maybe what we can do is j just taking photos anand keep those memoriries in our r d of how this... i don't know what to say, but... oh! oh! i am quite lucky that i can live with my parents. it is too expepensive to buy a a flat in e future. [cat mews] mmm. airin: hong kong is now the lleast affordable city in the world. i still live with my parents, and we always have conflicts. in a small flat, you see every day, there would be conflicts easily. i think they don't understand me since i was a kid. [fireworks exploding] in hong kong, even going to a cafe or just have a dinner is really expensive. you cannot do this every day, so roof is free. let's try that one. you can see the street. there is a familiar in hong kong--graduation, find a good job, get married, have kids, be grandparents, and die. if you don't learn anything or you don't contribute in society, i

hong kong the difference is very stark. as soon as you cross the borderfrom hong kong into china google stops working, other services become unavailable, and it pretty much does happen at the border. so the worry may be is that, are you saying that they will extend into hong kong? that is the fear. the issue with the law is that it is so vague that people don't know exactly how it will be interpreted, and don't know how people will be charged. don't know how quickly these further changes will be implemented. the activists right now that i have been speaking to you are confident that at least online when it comes to the apps they are using like facebook, twitter or instagram, they think it will still be able to use them for a while. people i have spoken to are also very much aware that hong kong is now caught in the middle of this new cold war essentially between washington and beijing. what is the worst case scenario that the great firewall and all of the restrictions there are unmanned in china, just extend and hong kong is subject to executive same restrictions? is the feeling of the hong kong is living on borrowed time.

hong kong has released this statement strongly opposing and condemning the u.s. treasury sanctions on hong kong and this is that this reveals the unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support anti china color chaos in hong kong that's a quote from that particular statement and that he said these particular actions are really ridiculous again another quote it's now we have had some comment as well from members of the hong kong government we've had no official statement from carolan as yet but we've had ministerial representation do some feedback on media press conferences on saturday morning in particular the commerce and economics development minister it would yeah and he said these sanctions are unreasonable and savage and in the long run it will send the wrong signal for u.s. investment in hong kong and he's described as blatant interference in hong kong at the city's domestic affairs now the kerry camp 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

the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they intervening in hong kong's internal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to do china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines analysis here of the president of belarus a sort help from russia as protests group calling for him to step down thousands gathered at the spot where a man died on monday during a violent crackdown on demonstrators. the u.s. postal service is warning that it can't guarantee all ballots cast by mail in november's presidential election will arrive in time to be counted president trump has continued to back his pick for postmaster general despite protests against him . here is president trump continuing to back his pick for postmaster general despite the protests against him yes he's a fantastic man he wants to he wants to make the post office great again you ever

frozen the sanctions come a month after president of trump stripped hong kong of a special status at the time he said he was punishing china for imposing a national security law on hong kong so a clock joins us now from the city was the response really been from the government in hong kong despite those initial words. well 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 in quite i am or quote from him and what's believed walk 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 sanctions and he could send $100.00 to the united states if president donald trump wanted to freeze that $100.00 now the hong kong government it's also released a statement it's described it as shameless and despicable it said we had one representative the economics of development and commerce minister he

is imposing sanctions against 11 officials from both mainland china and hong kong including the territories leader kerry lam trump signed an executive order last month seeking to punish china of a sweeping national security law that it's imposed in hong kong now beijing insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism but critics say it's being used to silence dissent white house correspondent can be how it has more from washington d.c. . this is part of an executive order that was signed by the u.s. president last month so even though he is out of town. implementing this in now it is being rolled out what this means is that kerry lamb the chief executive along with the others who have been named in these latest sanctions by the united states against some chinese officials is that their assets here in the united states will essentially be frozen now the treasury secretary in announcing this released a statement saying that this is being done because the united states stands with the people of hong kong will use all tools and authority to target those who h

stepping up their spat over hong kong china labels u.s. sanctions against harry lime and police chiefs as ridiculous and barbarous. but i'm still wrong when you watch al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. speaks out in support of former saudi intelligence agents at the center of an alleged assassination plot by the crown prince flight data recorders recovered a plane repatriating indians stuck abroad because of coronavirus crashes after skidding off a hilltop runway and. showing support for our vital rebate protesters in colombia stepped on the gas to rally against a court decision placing the president under house arrest. welcome to the program it's a decision that hong kong calls just because all and shameless they've condemned the u.s. for imposing sanctions on the territories top leaders kerry and the current and former police chiefs are among the lever fishel whose u.s. assets will be frozen the sanctions come a month after president donald trump stripped old kong of a special sta

police in hong kong of may the highest profile arrests so far under a new national security law or imposed by china pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie is been detained accused of colluding with foreign forces several others have also been arrested critics say it's an attack on press freedom in hong kong sarah clarke reports. police made the arrests on monday morning detaining jimmy lie at his home in calderon the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper apple daily is well known for his criticism of china's communist party he's been arrested on suspicion of foreign collusion under the national security law imposed by china last month this morning at around $945.00 together with our colleagues on the criminal investigation department and military staff we got a warrant to conduct an operation to search for evidence i wasn't the only arrest on monday 2 of life sons were also arrested more than $200.00 police raided apple delis headquarters detaining senior executives including the tabloids chief executive officer detective search computers and interviewed staff many are shocked and horrified includin

the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they intervening in hong kong's internal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to do so china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. this is all just over these of the top stories thousands and by the roofs of gathered at the spot where a man died on monday joining a violent crackdown on protesters a day of mourning turned into another rally calling for president alexander lukashenko to resign. as more. people have been streaming in. for. car mechanics but also as a sign of protest and defiance thousands of people carrying children. around. it's a very euphoric atmosphere i have to say. day when there was a one minute silence. there were a lot of people crying holding. making a peace sign so very remarkable scenes here today again in minsk where protests are not stopping and only growing bigger and the u.s. postal service is warning it cannot guarantee all ballots c

the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they are intervening in hong kong's internal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to do china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. sunday is argentina's 150th day in lockdown but with one of the highest infection rates in the world it's causing many to question the effectiveness of the shutdown . it doesn't look much like a quarantine these residents of one osiris enjoying the glorious winter sunshine and escaping one of the world's longest lock downs since march their movements of in restricted of the essential businesses have remained open and schools have been closed it seems to be working for the going to be done as a ticket to avoid contagion when people can't sit on the grass at the benches they can enjoy the public spaces with a mask on and always respecting other people's distance. covered 19 infections are now surging more than $6000.00 new cases reported on

china. hong kong seems stuck in the middle.re are fears here that this city, promised political freedoms for 50 years, may becoming just another chinese city. ok, that was danny vincent. danny is with me now from hong kong. danny, how are you right now? it was a huge shock to notjust the activists and protesters and the tech activists but ordinary people. they did not expect this law and these changes to come about so quickly and it feels like the city is really bracing for what comes next. do you get the sense that you're not going to be able to report as freely from hong kong? for me as a journalist working here, the lines have simply changed almost overnight. in some ways, you could say it feels even stricter than mainland china because in the mainland, at least you have a reference point. you know what can be written about, what can be said live on tv, you know what the lines are. but here in hong kong today it is not clear what the lines are. it is not clear what the future will bring. and the city, in some ways feels quit

and hong kong, the difference is very stark — as soon as you cross border from hong kong into china stops working, other services become unavailable, and it pretty much does happen at the border. and so the worry maybe is then, are you saying that that will extend into hong kong? that's the fear. the issue of the law is that it's so vague that people don't know exactly how it will be interpreted. they don't know how people will be charged, and they don't know how quickly some of these further changes will be implemented. right now, the activists that i've been speaking to, they're confident that at least online, when it comes to the app they're using, like facebook, like twitter, like instagram, they think they will still be able to continue using them for a while. people i have spoken to are also very much aware that hong kong is now caught in the middle of this new cold war, essentially, between washington and beijing. is the worst—case scenario that the great firewall and all of the restrictions that there are on mainland china just extend and hong kong is subject to exactly the

the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they intervening in hong kong's internal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al jazeera hong kong a 3rd of the world's languages come from africa but the un's cultural organization unesco says that as many as 200 of the languages spoken in african countries may disappear within the next century some are already classified as extinct including kenya's language malcolm webb went to meet some of its last surviving speakers. and. there are fewer than 10 people in the world who can speak the language. to. one of them he doesn't know exactly how old he is but when we met him before the global pandemic all of the remaining speakers were over 70. mel where you. are now in an angle of it as does the imminent with. the language of the yarkas an ethnic group of about 4000 people most now speak other languages they live in the hills of central kenya

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because hong kong is a part of china and the chinese press praised him for saying it how does that make you feel. as a nation we said that the administration said that hong kong is no longer sufficiently autonomy that's a policy now as we move forward that's going to mean that was no nation policy to any golden rose dummy's card riots was not policy i'm confused what you define as policy when the president says these are all rely a policy of the united states that's not a policy is now and he just signed an executive order just recently and i'm asking about last year when there aren't the problem kong is knows no longer sufficiently it autonomous so this is what i'm telling you is things are changing now ok but i thought to be honest to be quite frank is that right now where we stand today in terms of policy we wouldn't get to 2023 because of the how long it takes to get policy through the administration but what i've seen since a coronavirus is an acceleration of the implementation of policy not just in the united state

the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they are intervening in hong kong'sinternal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to do so china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. now japan the emperor has expressed deep remorse for his country's wartime past its marking 75 here since it surrendered to allied forces in effect ending world war 2 and he hopes the tragedy will never be repeated but there was no apology from prime minister shinzo who is thanks to the war's dead for their sacrifices here voided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which is cause division between japan china and south korea well aren't richardson is an expert on the region she says prime minister has changed japan's security policy. japan has made a lot of apology both of paid reparations and normalize their relations with many of the countries that they did have conflicts places there are still some ongoing issues some of the vi

the billionaire fled to hong kong from mainland china when he was a penniless 12 year olds he attributes his success to the freedom he found in the territory but he's not planning another estate even though he may have to spend the rest of his life behind bars i was single as a ship because this phrase skate me everything you know i mean death to this phrase i'm very grateful to what these what this process given me i'm 73 almost so maybe is a payback coming why should i get doing the right. and our correspondent phoebe kong who did that interview with jimmy lai joins me now from hong kong hello to you. so listening to jimmy lie speaking there he said the resistance in hong kong will go on but in a different way what do you think he means by that. what you mean i am in the interview without saying there's not much people can do on the street right now in the home because often you sweeping national security and all but despite the fact that it's not very possible to help in the massive demonstration but do you think people should continue to fly out of the stall and creative ways to sust

china is going to sanction u.s. officials in retaliation over hong kong. had been getting some lines the last few minutes around china's position when it comes to the visit of a top u.s. official to taiwan. the key line being they're going to reciprocate the latest move with sanctions on u.s. officials. he equity futures at the moment still holding on to some upside there. but seema, in terms of the u.s. stimulus, and i want to drill down to this, what is your view on u.s. assets then in light of what you could argue is a goldilocks moment, really, between recurring stimulus packages and a very accommodative fed? seema: so, i would say that we still like the u.s. there are other regions at the moment which look a little bit better, but i think the key thing -- we generally have a consensus view that there will be a stimulus package. they will come to some kind of agreement. what this has shown is if the u.s. does need further stimulus, as will many other countries around the world, there's going to be another debate. it's going to get harder and harder to

including pro-democracy activist agnes chowk critics say it's an attack on press freedom in hong kong meanwhile china has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz in response to the us freezing the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lam along with 10 other senior chinese officials washington says beijing's crackdown of pro-democracy opposition voices in hong kong is containing political freedoms but china is accusing us of interfering in its affairs the opposition in belarus is disputing early election results saying that president alexander lukashenko has a landslide victory was rigged protesters have taken to the streets demanding a change of power or than a dozen people have been detained with more than 80 percent of the vote it looks set to win a 6th term extending his 26 years in power the opposition candidates that are on the ticket off sky it says she is gathering proof that the poll was raked. loosely is that we don't agree with the election results we have absolutely opposite information we have official protocols from many

stepping of the spat over hong kong china labels u.s. sanctions against kerry lamb and police chiefs as ridiculous and barbarous. as the romany watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. speaks out in support of former saudi intelligence agent at the center of an alleged assassination plot planned by the crown prince. blackbox recovered a plane repatriating indian stock abroad because of crowed a virus crashes made skidding after skidding off the hilltop runway. shows support for all over the bay just as in columbus stepped on the gas to rally against a court decision placing the president and house arrest. with broken is a decision that hong kong calls despicable and shameless they've condemned the u.s. for imposing sanctions on the territories top leaders kerry lamb and the current and former police chiefs are amongst 11 officials is yes assets will be frozen the sanctions come a month after president donald trump stripped of its special status at the time he said he was punishin

hong kong. welcome to bloomberg markets: asia. china, hitting back at u.s. ong kong, targeting republicans like marco rubio and ted cruz. beijing steers clear to people close of -- close to donald trump. son had: mush igo see record losses in may and a slump in his vision fund. that may change. hammered theic global economy, but it has been good for top glove. stocks have been on a rocket. >> it is a risk on tuesday. asia already much brushing off escalating tensions between the u.s. and china, the msci in positive territory. we have the composite index rising for a second day. another stock is rising for the shanghai comp, volatility on the msci china index outstripping that on the asia pac index for the most in five years. the gap could widen more. investors, not looking for trouble. the kospi up by 1.4%, at a 52-week high. korean stocks outperforming global peers, stocks riding the wave as foreign money flows in. some say it could be front and center in the asian rally this quarter. 0.3%, rushing off gdp numbers, second quarter gdp dropping 42 point 9%, si

hong kong that the u.s. strongly opposed to the the way of china would all especially be implementation of national security so we expect there will be. many more like retaliate 3 matches laid out between the 2 superpowers. kong reporting from hong kong thank you so much. well let's turn our attention to belarus now where thousands of protesters have again rallied across the country they're demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko after last weekend's disputed election the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on protests on saturday luka shango reached out to russia's president vladimir putin for his support. long live bellow bruce they chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police at this demonstration the unusually security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of

hong kong issues. it is not clear what the sanctions would actually meet. china's were seen as mostly symbolic and to retaliate against washington's recent moves. 10 people are known to have been arrested in hong kong under china's new national security law, including the former founding member of the city's pro-democracy group. police say she and others were involved in operations that breached the new regulations with one detained for using funds from overseas bank accounts to support their antigovernment. china has denounced the highest decades as to washington turns up the heat on beijing. the health secretary alex azar saluted taiwanese democracy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a trip that is drawing sharp criticism from china. beijing says taiwan is the most a born issue in china-u.s. relations. global news 20 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. haidi: let's get some more insight on the latest measures from beijing to sanction the u.s. with c

he said he expected resistance in hong kong to china would continue. their soaring campaign or jimmy lie has been detained many times but this was the 1st time he was taken away in handcuffs lie told the w. that although he expected his arrest he was surprised that it came so soon and that his sons were also targeted. this time be and show me maybe because they have this so. i was actually shocked and that makes it more scary especially when when be take your friend be it war with what you do i think this is a very effective intimidation to the community. you know i says his most emotional moment this week was when he was surrounded by supporters after he was freed on bail during his foresee our detention police showed an interview he did with foreign media parents and some social media posts as evidence of suspected collusion with foreign forces and you offense that the person in jail for life i met my parents i met on people and some of the senators and congressmen in the u.s. but if you call this is cool lucia and what can i say so mostly my crew sh

the billionaire fled to hong kong from mainland china when he was a penniless 12 year old he attributes his success to the freedom he found in the territory but he's not planning another estate even though he may have to spend the rest of his life behind bars i was single as a ship because this phrase skate me everything you know i mean death to this place i'm very grateful for the work the skin what this process given me i'm 73 almost so maybe is a payback time why should i get doing the right steve. all right to soccer now and the last of the champions league quarter final matches underdogs the only stunned manchester city in their clash in lisbon on saturday night maxwell corney opened the scoring in the 24th minute the ivorian firing in a goal from 30 metres kevin de boinod pulled at the sides level with a shot in the 69th minute late in the game who said them believe powered in 2 more goals for the oem to secure the victory 31 the final score of the oem will now face by in munich in the champions league semifinals. well political twitter 5 are not unusual in the run up to a preside

suspended 3 extradition attacks agreements with hong kong in response to china's imposition of a strict national security law in the territory the us has already moved to end hong kong's special trade status those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream next. charter has one of the world's highest her base but maybe a take up of ours against for military star white let's go to brigham surgery one o one eastern best regards as the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. i have to be ok you're watching the stream home edition we are talking about zimbabwe today because you asked us to you send us hatchbacks including zimbabwean lives matter pray feels imbolc way and frisium barbarian's what he's going in seem . we are asked who is correspondent in southern africa let's take a look the mood in zimbabwe changes depending on what's going on at a particular time sometimes people say they feel relatively free to express themselves but sometimes they are reluctant like to be his days off someone to comment on this state of the economy and the person to say

representative in hong kong that he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulously unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support anti china chaos in hong kong an inquiry or quote from him and what's believed will consider the 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 now the hong kong government it's also released a statement described it as shameless and despicable it said we had one representative the economics development and commerce minister he spoke at it would yell but also he repeated what was said in that government statement describing it as unreasonable and savage blatant interference in hong kong hong kong as domestic affairs and said it will send the wrong signal to any u.s. investors in hong kong but of course carry man has long defended the introduction of the national security laws in hong kong she said the legal constitutional and reasonable and that was crucial to restore order and stop the chaos and the violence in ho