leading-opposition figure, joshua wong, is among those charged with conspiring so submit subversion.guilty, he and other activists could face life in prison. let's go to hong kong, and cnn's will ripley. what are we expecting to happen today? and tell us more about these charges. life in prison. you'd think, it was some massive, heinous crime. >> the crime amounts to this, michael. these are pro-democracy politicians, who wanted to run in last year's now-postponed primary. it was postponed be because of the pandemic. because they were running for the pro-democracy camp, with the goal of getting a controlling majority in hong kong's government. which would, therefore, allow them to veto things like budgets imposed by the pro-beijing government. that to justify these charges, under the national-security law. being a politician, who supports democracy, is now a crime here, in hong kong. and here, at the courthouse, a judge appointed by the chief executive, who, arguably, is in the pocket of beijing because she is appointed by beijing. so far, has denied bail to every single defendant wh

the whole democratic opposition has resigned and increasingly more famous activists such as joshua wong are being given prison sentences. how do the activists in london react to such news from home. nathan law tweets his feelings. it is despairing to witness your dearest friends being imprisoned while you are living in exile yes you have your role overseas yet no matter how hard i work a sense of guilt always haunts me i feel like i owe them something that i cannot repay a speechless night. this is surely a reason why nathan law travels tirelessly throughout europe. here he has become one of the main activists of the democracy for hong kong mission. when china's leadership is on a state visit like here in september in germany nathan law is not far away condemning the chinese regime and supporting local activists. but not written. for him in a some us saying that germany could take the lead to take the sanction of mccann is a main european union to implement all the chinese officials who are responsible for the humor isolation and to consider countermeasures source the national security

the whole democratic opposition has resigned and increasingly more famous activists such as joshua wong are being given prison sentences. how do the activists in london react to such news from home. nathan law tweets his feelings. it is despairing to witness your dearest friends being imprisoned while you are living in exile yes you have your role overseas yet no matter how hard i work a sense of guilt always haunts me i feel like i owe them something that i cannot repay a speechless night. this is surely a reason why nathan law travels tirelessly throughout europe. here he has become one of the main activists of the democracy for hong kong mission. when china's leadership is on a state visit like here in september in germany nathan law is not far away condemning the chinese regime and supporting local activists. but not written to the foreign minister some also saying that germany could take the lead to take the sanction of mccann is a main european union to implement the. chinese officials who are responsible for the humor i saw lation and you can see the countermeasures towards the n

leading opposition figure joshua wong is among those charged with conspiring to commit subversion.found guilty, he and other activists could face life in prison. cnn's will ripley joins us now. so, will, what is the latest on this developing story? >> rosemary, things have seemed to have calmed down a bit after some tension that was building over the last couple of hours. we've been out here for about 4 1/2 hours or so. one, for couple of things, this is the largest gathering i've seen in hong kong since beijing imposed the national security measure and also here you have the biggest police presence that i've seen without officers in riot gear in quite some time. you also have as you walk over this way the largest number of protesters we've seen in a long time. they have been peaceful. they have been shouting a few insults here and there. there are times police are warning people the banners they're displaying and things they're saying could lead to their arrest under the national security law. you have a line of officers here. people just walking on by. not to say things couldn't

leading opposition figure joshua wong is among those charged with conspiring to commit subversion. if found guilty, he and other activists could face up to life in prison. cnn's will ripley joins us now. so, will, what is the lightest on this developing story? >> hi, rosemary. this latest round of arrests, 47 pro-democracy politicians is really sparking renewed outrage on the streets of hong kong because of all the prominent pro-democracy politicians and activists, they're either in exile or facing charges. many of them under this new national security law, many of them in hearings right now at the west kowloon courthouse. the hearings just got under way a short time ago within a matter of 20 minutes or so. there has been a palpable increase in the tension out here on the streets. we have the largest crowd that i've seen since the national security law was imposed on hong kong last summer, these people coming out, holding banners and chanting slogans that could get them arrested under the international security law in defiance of the covid-19 restrictions on group gatherings of fou

joshua wong and agnes, both 24 years old and prominent leaders of the pro-democracy movement there. > to communication with the other spirits >> the west relationship with china is deteriorating. so secretary blinken says there are areas of cooperation and this week u.s. claimant envoy john kerry attended a united nations forum that included his chinese counterpart. the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul warns "a secretary carey continues claimant negotiation i urged him to remember that it is unacceptable to make concessions on human rights abuses and orders to secure a climate deal from the ccp. speak with the department spokesperson said john kerry has been in touch with the envoy since first appointed and that their conversations will continue given that china is the largest emitter in the world. bret. >> bret: rich edson live at the state department, thank you. up next the panel on the biden border crisis "beyond the borders" tonight, container ship in egypt's suez canal. the pana mall flag vessel was blocking all traffic and the vital waterway a

47 defendants include some of the most prominent activists in the city such as just so long -- joshua wonge poised to agree on a production increase by thursday by as much as 1.5 million barrels per day. there has been a rapid rally in crude prices. the economy is recovering from some of the damage lost by the coronavirus. iran's president says the 2016 -- 2015 nuclear deal is not up for negotiation and the only way to restore it is for the u.s. to rejoin. in a phone call with emmanuel macron, macron urged the president to give clear signals of goodwell -- good will. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. rishaad: let's check in with the purchasing managers. we have india a bit later on. we are checking in with india and -- with singapore and hong kong. we have the china composite at 51.7. the service side of it is 51.5. we also have india seeing expansion. >> let's take a look at asian markets, they are extending the gains right now the asian index is up by 1.7%? one thing hong kong shares have in

cost on xi jinping and others for destroying hong kong's democracy, jailing great leaders like joshua wong and conducting farcical show trials against some of the greatest human rights defenders on earth like martin lee? finally mr. secretary, in 1984 i've offered the first of several amendments i've offered in many decades to condition population control funds away from organizations that support or comanage coercive population programs. now as you have said today and as we know from the executive order by the president, there was an order designed to resume foreign aid to organizations like u.n. population fund have been found repeatedly to be violations of the noncoercion policy. and especially concerned president biden voted against a resolution in 2000 simply criticizing china's barbaric one child per couple policy. and he told students in china that he was empathetic and fully understood and wouldn't be second guessing that cruel policy that crushes women. also because of china's limitation policy tens of millions of girls are missing, dead simply because being a girl or female. i wo

just this weekend, the ccp's main man in hong kong named benny ti, jim any lai and joshua wong as threeeed of punishment, jonathan. they're rounding up, quote, unquote, problems and at the same time making sweeping changes to the hong kong system. what, 30 years early than they promised. so another broken promise by the ccp. jonathan. and it's just a disgusting scene in hong kong. >> yeah, there really haven't been any consequences yet for china. that's the main issue here. they killed indian soldiers in the him lay yas last summer. if have people in concentration camps going under sterilization and mass rape and they arrested the most significant opposition leaders in hong kong. at what point are we going to impose consequences in let's go to that for a second. china surpassed the united states in terms of fbi during the pandemic. many of their strategists were saying covid-19 has put china in an advantageous position right now geopolitically. we have to stop doing this. i think it should be very clear to business leaders and investors in the long run, china's a very bad investment. i

serious on xi jinping in others for destroying hong kong's democracy dealing great leaders like joshua wong and conducting show trials in the greatest human rights like martin lee and in 1984 and in many decades to condition population control fund away from organizations that support or comanage coercive population programs now as you said today and we know from the executive order by the president there was an order design to resume foreign aid to organizations like human population fund that have been found repeatedly to be in violation of the non-coercion policy and especially concerned as a senator president biden voted against the resolution of september 2000 criticizing china's barbaric public policy and the vice president he told students in china in 2011 i gave a speech on this and it was empathetic and fully understood and would itd be second guessing the cruel policy that crushes women, also because in china's limitation policy tens of millions of girls are missing dead, theca girl child simply because of being a a girl and female because of abortion i would hope we would stand w

cost on xi jinping and others for destroying hong kong's democracy, jailing great leaders like joshua wong and conducting farcical show trials against some of the greatest human rights defenders on earth like martin lee? finally mr. secretary, in 1984 i've offered the first of several amendments i've offered in many decades to condition population control funds away from organizations that support or comanage coercive population programs. now as you have said today and as we know from the executive order by the president, there was an order designed to resume foreign aid to organizations like u.n. population fund have been found repeatedly to be violations of the noncoercion policy. and especially concerned president biden voted against a resolution in 2000 simply criticizing china's barbaric one child per couple policy. and he told students in china that he was empathetic and fully understood and wouldn't be second guessing that cruel policy that crushes women. also because of china's limitation policy tens of millions of girls are missing, dead simply because being a girl or female. i wo