of hong kong. the whole world has a stake in a peaceful and just resolution in hong kong. the passage of the human rights and democracy act is an important signal that this congress, democrat and republican alike, house and senate, considers hong kong's freedoms and autonomy a critical interest of the united states and the international community. in hong kong, they encourage each other to keep pressing orward with the phrase -- with a phrase. today i say it to all of you in hong kong. your cause is a noble one. you will not be forgotten. i reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: it is my pleasure to yield one minute to our speaker of the house who has been very, very active in hong kong freedom, the gentlewoman from california, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. the speaker: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the distinguished chairman for yielding, a salu

feels to you, inside hong kong?ell, it's really distressing to see what's happening. protests and violence seem to be continuing and the whole community is getting very anxious. some young people feel they don't see a breakthrough. they don't see light at the end of the tunnel. and indeed, for the whole city, we have yet to find a political solution to the crisis. and this is really very worrying. and we can see that the central government in beijing is also getting very anxious and is worrying that hong kong might get out of control. and therefore, it has been emphasising the need for national security for stability. but unless a political solution is found, i don't think that prospect will come about very soon. do you admire the tenacity, and one could say the courage of the mostly young people who still take to the streets, despite knowing they may well face water cannon, tear gas, baton charges and rubber bullets? my feelings are rather mixed. on the one hand, i can see that many young people taking part in the

and it's a pleasure to welcome glacier kong she is a hong kong native a digital rights and political activist she's currently studying in homburg germany her position the opposition might have won the election but not yet the fight for human rights the system is broken the fight can't stop here and it can start now. so let me start out by asking the 2 of you huntsman glacier what you are hearing from friends and family at home what's their reaction to the election result they were very surprised because it was a landslide victory and they didn't expect that they expect the democrats will win little power but not that much so they were very happy and he also expressed a lot of you know that they express their views on online for example some of my friends well. most of the protests many of the protestors are actually still under 18 and they still convos and if they couldn't vote and the results could have been like even it could have been a more even bigger victory for the democrats so that sounds like a pretty upbeat reaction how about in the case of your friends and family glacier w

just has passed in relation not only to hong kong but also that. a hong kong human rights and democracy act that would sanction officials responsible for human rights violations and also makes economic relations with hong kong conditional on the u.s. secretary of state certifying that hong kong remains autonomous from china would you say that kind of pressure is helpful and should there be more of it for example also from europe from germany i think it's very really helpful because right after the bill is passed and both of. us. chinese authorities were furious 7 different organizations from the authority have spoken as like a combo of base keep saying that they regret that bill was passing something like that and i think if the european union or germany will at least propose some legislature or some policies like that this kind of gesture showing that we are not going to tolerate chinese violation of human rights would be very helpful in terms of the hong kong situation or those i think i thought in order to use and china because it's it's a reall

law grants to hong kong. the bill will freeze the assets and travel 6 officials who are responsible for abducting hong kongers, like the journalists and book sellers who have been vanishing without a trace since 2017. and it will ensure that pro-democracy protesters can get visas to the united states, despite their specious arrests. but if the chinese -- but the chinese communist will simply pull back from the brink, if they will keep their promises, if they will respect the one-country, two-system approach, none of that will happen. so beijing has a promise. keep its promises or give americans and the world one more reason to treat china like an outlaw regime. so choose wisely, mr. general secretary xi. mr. durbin: madam president. madam president, i want to thank my colleague, senator rubio, cardin, menendez, and representative chris smith for moving the hong kong human rights and democracy act in both chambers, legislation which i am proud to cosponsor. with the situation deteriorating by the hour in hong

double that of hong kong's g.d.p. and that makes hong kong very vulnerable to a drop in tourism numbers and we've seen a sharp drop in tourism in the 3 months to september tourism fell by 26 percent compared to the same period last year and if you add the u.s. china trade war which is already weighing on hong kong's economy that makes matters even worse hong kong fell into recession in the 3rd quarter for the very 1st time since the global financial crisis in 2009 and just to rounded up hong kong is now forecast to have the sharpest growth slowdown of any advanced economy so that's it's not good some serious consequences lately all right monica jones from business thank you very much. you know anyone who has visited thailand's capital bangkok knows that you have to take your life into your own hands when you cross the street drivers are infamous for refusing to stop for pedestrians but a group of volunteers is hoping to brush away the problem with a little creativity and an optical illusion. they say let's head can ch

grave and irreparable damage that's what we think you're doing to hong kong. doesn't matter well of course that matters but as i have mentioned what matters the most about whether we can actually bring a change to our political structure and government structure and that would be to come and go and would be the most important goal for us to achieve for there's this moment and i believe even forward the department of justice self as in being totally independent for now after after the handover of hong kong from their british government to the chinese government we can see that in our core values our tradition where systems being encroached by the chinese government we can see from to rescind prosecutions that the department of justice is only prosecuting in putting those processes on court while they are there and you still have independent judges you still have independent courts while. in terms of system they are independent however we can see that they're actually being very heavily influenced by the chinese government and that they're sidestepping. of for e

i'm sharanjit leyl in hong kong. the headlines: a pro—democracy landslide in hong kong's district council elections sweeps aside the pro—beijing establishment. turnout was more than 70%, the highest ever recorded in any hong kong election. our correspondent witnessed an upset. well, you can hear all the excitement here, and that is because a 23—year—old democracy activist has just unseated a pro—government incumbent who has held this seat for the last 20 years. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal the extent to which prison camps in western china are used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. the billionaire former mayor of new york michael bloomberg announces he wants to run for us president as a democrat. good morning. it is 1:00am in london, 8:00pm in new york and 9:00am it is 1:00am in london, here in hong kong, where the pro—democracy parties are on course for an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections. with about half the vote counted, the pro—d

trump signing off on the hong kong bill. we have had reaction from hong kong.is is meddling in the internal affairs of the city. also saying it will put a strain on ties between hong kong and the u.s. we are looking ahead to what the retaliation will be from beijing. they have promised to push back with their own countermeasures. will they retaliate is the question. david: that is a good point to make. cash markets opened up here. 50 word statements out of the white house. may have changed the complexion of markets as we wrap up 2019. yvonne: those risk assets taking a hit given the knee-jerk reaction. howere just talking about the u.s. records that were sent when it comes to the dow and s&p as well as the nasdaq. third quarter gdp. things took a turn around. asia, tough to follow that track record. u.s. futures down a third of 1%. the offshore bremen be weakening. beensteady that we have talking about leading up to a phase i deal being signed soon, that cracking trade we are off from the lows of the session. japanese yen out of the six month highs we have been

out postponing that if there is more violence clock al-jazeera hong kong. well let's now get the thoughts of our guests joining us from beijing is honor tangan he's a political analyst and advisor to the chinese governments on skype from hong kong david swank to rex there of transnational china consulting ltd and in london benefit bridges he's co-founder of whom cohen watch that's a human rights organization gentlemen welcome to the program let me start with you i know it's hangin we've had 6 months of protests the situation is clearly deteriorating just how did we get to this point why are we in this violent stalemate well you have a movement that does not necessarily have a core of leaders it's kind of metamorphosis that every time they get something they want a 'd identify something else and i say that day i mean it is a group decision and as a result it has just a spiral downwards now it is just simply almost a terrorist movement that is really literally holding the people of hong kong hostage. as a terrorist movement you would say that these protests w

out of control nobody forces you to break the law or do that the government part i think is probably kongs pro-democracy movement imagined it had been unqualified support of the international community it had better think again the british government has slammed what it called a hard core of demonstrators warning that violence was unacceptable and had to stop my guest this week here in berlin is joey sue a pro-democracy activist and spokes person for a number of students unions in the hong kong shouldn't movement now except that it's time to make a deal with the hong kong government for that too becomes impossible. choice to welcome to some pressure if it's wrong for the hong kong police to use violence why is it right for the demonstrators to use. well 1st of all i don't think the level of violence used by projects are based on de intention to attack anybody i believe the intention of using violence is only to protect ourselves because saying that the police had been beating a protest. without a reason when the police are you saying they return it yes but they do more than retaliate don't

theis the conflation of hong kong protests with the hong kong stock market even though the hong kongverwhelmingly chinese onshore companies. uncertaintytinued around trade between the u.s. and china. last but not least, the inclusion of china into the msd i index has opened channels for foreign investors to take a new look at foreign markets, so demand may be relatively higher. for all these reasons, the discount exists and may be great for investors who have access to the onshore market as well as the hong kong market to do analysis and make sure they are buying in the right market. paul: one particular stock we are looking at very closely today is alibaba. 176pricing coming in at hong kong dollars. alibaba is not going to be traded in china, but is that an example of the hong kong discount as well? wax i don't think so. we need to step back for a moment. the big story is that this is the most important technology in china for the last decade. locally having access to this technology company. that would be like the u.s. not having access to amazon. the big story is that alibaba fina

double that of hong kong's g.d.p. and that makes hong kong very vulnerable to a drop in tourism numbers and we've seen a sharp drop in tourism in the 3 months to september tourism fell by 26 percent compared to the same period last year and if you add the u.s. china trade war which is already weighing on hong kong's economy that makes matters even worse hong kong fell into recession in the 3rd quarter for the very 1st time since the global financial crisis in 2009 and just to rounded up hong kong is now forecast to have the sharpest growth slowdown of any advanced economy so that's it's not good some serious consequences lately all right monica jones from your business thank you very much. now where does the human body end and the digital self begin that's a question posed by artist louisa clement whose work is making its way onto the must have lists of international museums and galleries clement currently has a solo exhibition in the western german city of aachen where her photos videos and sculptures seem to come fr

ambassador, you watch events in hong kong from afar, like ido, on events in hong kong from afar, liked you see, just as i do, the brutal crackdown that the hong kong police have been in lamenting on the protesters for months now. the point is it hasn't worked. carrie lam's strategy, she of course the chief executive of hong kong, representing the interests of ageing, ultimately, she began with a strategy which was built on withdrawing the extradition bill, hoping that would quell the protests, the pro—democracy protests. that didn't work. she then clearly instructed the police to get tough. we've seen that that doesn't work. what's beijing going to do now? i think it needs the whole picture. it's not the... the problem is not the hong kong police. i think hong kong police is the most disciplined, professional, civilised police force in the world. if you compare what is going on in hong kong and also what is going on in the united kingdom, do you think a similar situation would go on and on in the uk? have you seen the pictures? the pictures of the policemen opening fire on the protest

vote calling for democracy in hong kong. government said it would do whatever was needed to safeguard its rule over the territory this after the senate in washington unanimously passed legislation aimed at protecting human rights in hong kong and threatening to revoke the territories special trade privileges with the united states in the event of noncompliance on kong shares ended wednesday morning in the red. 7 tenths of a percent. well. hang in taipei so the turmoil in hong kong has already tipped did interest session are there any estimates to what a protracted unrest is likely to do to hong kong's economy. well just as you mentioned the u.s. senate just passed the legislation to protect human rights in hong kong well if the bill is finally passed then it would lead to hong kong special through state has been revoked in which case u.s. would start of you hong kong more in line with mainland china so that is say that they have by opening the door to possible sanctions and tariffs and a radically different business relation

they caused the big trouble in hong kong. say so, hong kong, you and many other chinese officials have been saying to people like me for months that the silent majority of people in hong kong are not with the pro—democracy protesters and demonstrators. they are with beijing. that is not true, and we now know that is not true. i think it is still too early to tell. i said a0%, 0k, and according to some reports, they report that the pro—establishment candidates have also been harassed, interrupted, threatened. you know, some of them even assassinated, you know — mr ho. so this these violent radicals, they create terror. i call it terror. so that really prevents people voting. ambassador, you watch events in hong kong from afar, like i do, on television. and you see, just as i do, the brutal crackdown that the hong kong police have been implementing on the protesters for months now. the point is it hasn't worked. carrie lam's strategy, she of course the chief executive of hong kong, representing the interests of beijing, ultimat

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge in the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city where fighting for all. those. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to run the government so. press freedom is you know important to take the end of climate of declining freedoms. the british iraqi journalist who's visualizing complex statistics and a simple. i think you're off as a summary sites of opportunities to break apart from the systems of power and to collect data in a way that makes a represents different community challenging mainstream misconcept

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to they run the government. press freedom is you know important to take the end of climate of the carding freedoms. business updates brought to you by. going places together. business updates. going places together. and. more tension on the streets of hong kong as the police again clash with protesters . control.

views about the protests is it possible to generalize about hong kong or is how hong kong has in general regard mainland chinese in their midst. well in the last few years there has been a lot of concern about immigration from china there is a quote for new immigrants and a lot of the localist politicians have see this quota too high they see it as a deliberate policy to make the city more mainlanders this has not been at the focus of these protests however these protests are about something else and it depends a lot on more on the opinion i would say than on the identity or for example the language that people use if you go to a protest and you speak mandarin you are probably going to be met with more suspicion than if you speak cantonese and opponents of the protests those who are pro-government often met with slogans saying go back to the mainland source that there is suspicion but if people integrate well into hong kong or if they endorse the protests or if they come and they voiced support for the protests they're met also quite well with the by the protesters so it depends a lot on

china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign government power has the right to intervene. also coming up phases doctors concerned about antibiotic resistance are increasingly turning to viruses that kill bacteria untreatable by other drugs a thing that fitch therapy is getting more and more important because. thinks or more and more. people are actually dying because their infection can be treated. and china has reacted angrily after u.s. president donald trump signed bills back in hong kong pro-democracy activists beijing says it will take firm countermeasures against the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs the new legislation means there'll be an annual review of the favorable trade status that washington grounds. the territory . pro-democracy demonstrators thanking u.s. president donald trump for signing legislation that ensures the u.s. backed democracy in hong kong. there was music in india including the star-spangled banner. trump the hero. that u.s. president has signed on to hong kong human rights and democracy act that's the remar

in hong kong. welcome to daybreak asia. paul: our top stories this monday, hong kong police say they are dispersing and arresting protesters after a dramatic standoff but deny they are staging a raid. u.s. and china hold more trade talks as the edge towards a deal. pboc warns of challenges ahead and warns of a slowing economy. arabiasouth -- saudi lowers its target for saudi aramco ipo, but it is still expected to be one of the biggest in history. australian markets have kicked off trading. let's turn to sophie for what to watch. sophie: aussie shares are slightly higher by about .1% after a two-day gain. 50 points shy of a record high we saw back in july. altogether we are setting up for a mix to start potentially an agent given that hong kong remains a point of concern as the city faces yet another week of potential disruption. nikkei futures in chicago swing to the downside this morning. iecking on currency moves, want to highlight the pound is gaining ground early. this, after conservatives ple

commute hour in hong kong.nty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is daybreak: asia. i'm haidi stroud-watts. shery: i'm shery ahn. the latest check of the latest business flash headlines. more than $38 billion in purchases at this year single day shopping three and sees more to come in the future. that figure would be a record, topping last year's high marks for the 24 hour retail marathon. alibaba says half a billion consumers across the world bought things as diverse as the apple gadgets and mangos from uganda. taylor swift and gem help boost sales. haidi: tesla has shown off its first cars built at its plant in china as it prepares to start sales of locally made vehicles on the mainland. all came in blue and sporting chinese characters. tesla's first out of the u.s. it is a test of the carmaker's bid to prove it can make money in the world's largest automaker. shery: longtime struggling commodity trader reported a net loss in the third quarter on a series of one-time charges and the flatlining of

scenes like these are being repeated across hong kong tonight — the new, very young faces of hong kongis, will any of these victories have an impact on the hong kong government, or on beijing? earlier i spoke with lo kin hei, vice—chairman of the democratic party, who was re—elected as councillor for the southern district for lei tung ii constituency. i asked him what he thought of the election results. i was surprised with the turnout yesterday, because a lot of hong kong people, theyjust queue up in the morning, early in the morning and then they don't mind queueing for one hour or two hours to actually vote. and this is the greatest turnout in hong kong election history, so i think we appreciate hong kong people's effort in making it to the ballot, but of course we know that this result comes from a lot of suffering, a lot of sacrifice from a lot of people in the past half a year, so we are on one hand happy with the result, and oi'i one hand happy with the result, and on the other hand we are sad that we need that result so dearly now. on the other hand we are sad that we need that

so people can hong kong do need america but we need the people in hong kong. over there, people are fighting for their homes. if we ignore their struggle, we make be doing the same thing in the not-too-distant future. hong kong is the frontline of freedom. there's another frontline, south korea. he's doing his best to end democracy and south korea. more important, he's working to end south korea itself. that's the state he was elected to defend, thus the state he took an oath of office to defend. we have to think about on august 15 of this year. seventy-first anniversary of the founding republic of korea, 1948. he gave the address to the nation but he managed to not talk about the state that he leads. instead of talking about the 71st anniversary of south korea, he talked about the centenary of the founding proclamation of the government of korea. that never existed. in 1919, korea had already been annexed by japan. so why did he do this? why did he talk about the provisional government? the provisional government tended to govern all of korea. it's a korean n

hong kong competitiveness has decreased in hong kong has not been stable. it is bad for hong kong., they oppose hong kong independence, which is very clear. for the hong kong side, if they could carry out the real average, the whole hong kong people would come down. -- calm down. what is your path to the presidency now? >> the democratic progressive party has strongly criticized, slandered, and even smeared myself and my family. this has been the dirtiest election in hong kong's democratic election history. it if theyot need had an overwhelming lead at the pole. .- poll continue taiwan's ambiguous unresolved status. with relations between the u.s. and china as they are and countries increasingly being pushed towards choosing aside, how long do you think taiwan can continue in this ambiguous status it currently has? >> we will continue to rely on the u.s. on international issues and national defense issues, as we share the common value and system of freedom and democracy. secondly, we will maintain the peaceful cross trade relationship. thirdly, we have to have a dialogue mechanism.

you see the hong kong dollar/.t of that was down to the unrest, but that was put down as one of the reasons. let's get the bloomberg first word news in hong kong. u.k., the first election debate looks to be a draw. jeremy corbyn effectively level with boris johnson and that paul. they clashed on issues like brexit and what they would get each other for christmas. corban said he would give his rival the novel "a christmas johnson said he would give him a copy of his brexit deal. the u.s. senate unanimously supported the hong kong protesters. threatened to retaliate if the bill becomes law. a former u.s. envoy says he did not initially realize the white house was porting unacceptable pressure on ukraine. he only later saw the connection that investigating joe biden. volkerspecial envoy kurt was a key witness yesterday. iran have left at least 100 six people dead according to amnesty international. thousands took to the streets after increased gasoline prices by as much as 300%. security forces launched a crackdown th

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. and we'rejoined live now byjonathan head from hong kong.nificantly higher than the last time these elections take place four yea rs time these elections take place four years ago. yes, as we understand it even less than halfway through the day the numbers of voters was already significantly higher than what had already exceeded the total for the whole day for the similar election four years ago. it is quiet 110w election four years ago. it is quiet now but there had been long lines and early in the morning people were anxious to vote. it tells you how the new these elections, notjust as local elections were district councillors but as a chance to express councillors but as a chance to ex press a councillors but as a chance to express a view about support or opposition to the government. the alliance of opposition parties had made an effort to contest every single seat. in the past in these district elections they have not, they are not as well resourced as they are not as well resourced as the pro—government parties, many seats were unconte

here in hong kong. rishaad: we will discuss that. she is here in hong kong.an is in do did alibaba decide to this in hong kong in the first place? >> it has been a longtime dream. they originally tried to come in 2014, but that fell through when they could not reach an agreement. those ones were not allowed in hong kong at the time. the listing, the hong kong exchange changed last year. that actually paved the way for alibaba to come home and give chinese investors a way to buy into one of the best success stories, something which the chinese government has long wanted. comeis why they decided to back to hong kong. it allows them to list closer to home amid the u.s. china trade war. there are threats to delist. david: hong kong needs every win. what does this mean for the hong kong story? >> it is a great win. we have seen increasingly violent protests here. the fact that a company can still come here and raise $11 billion, it is a great win for hong kong. wherestill a place companies can come and raise capital despite the uncertainty and geopolitical backdro

kong. hans sang futures are under pressure after the rebound. speculation that chinese funds are providing support for the market. even so, there is some investor caution given they are rethinking their positions with the increasing violence in hong kong. we did have the hans sang in the hong kong index regain their 50 day moving averages. let's jump to the terminal here for a check on the offshore. steady around the 702 handle. after retreating on monday, trade and uncertainties. 100 day moving line may serve as reports for the currency. the offshore yuan has traded strongly since november 5. that is the yellow line -- the yellow circle on the chart. paul: let's check in on the first word news. >> the house of representatives will accept delay until the end of the month on its subpoena for president trump's financial records. this means the supreme court on not need to make an immediate decision in the case. financials information secret. the court is also considering a separate filing tha

for more i'm joined from hong kong by seeding chang an anthropologist and member of the hong kong a mother was anti extradition rally missing welcome to your part of her parents group that's collected about 1200 complaints about children being affected by tear gas what exactly are parents telling you what we found was basically how all these parents believe that that shooter in its health suffered because of contact with tear gas all is remnants and many of them reported that their children have suffered from different problems including respiratory problems including skin irritation is and so on so what we have found is that these parents at very anxious and they have a lot of trouble dealing with that shooter in his health and they believe that that this is what has been caused by gas of course we're not scientists we cannot establish a causal relationship between. something up to children where the actual use of tear gas these concerns that you're raising arm and there they are quite serious a have they been addressed at all by the government or even the hong kong for news not at all no

arabia investigated coming up on the show as the united states senate debates a trade war with hong kong that could drag the global economy down and its president trumps existing sanctions against china we speak to a member of ongoings executive council preparing for tomorrow's 70th anniversary celebration of the people's republic and all the days out here. concludes the u.n. general assembly we go to the country with the largest number of u.s. troops in europe germany to hear its left party dealing slam any possible angle or merkel plan to join donald trump's and boris johnson's soldiers against iran plus brecht's at the berlin wall and microwave meals with suede supporting artists more funny how all this of all can we have a days going underground a festival remarks the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china or an event covered in nato nations not so much for the lifting of $850000000.00 out of poverty as the triumph of a brutal state that today abuses human rights in on kong the chief villain appears to be hong kong chief executive kerry lamb joining me now from the new pe

if you want to help hong kong. removing most—favoured—nation status would hurt hong kong. yeah.ing point. and i think one that, you know, the chinese government itself may want to argue. there has been a big debate over the period of the unrest in terms of how much china really needs hong kong now as a gateway for international trade and investment. there are, of course, now other ways, trade and investment. there are, of course, now otherways, other trade and investment. there are, of course, now other ways, other routes for investment to come into the chinese economy. and so it may also be the case that this threat doesn't have quite the weight that it might once have had to stop the importance of hong kong as a percentage, a proportion of the greater chinese economy is obviously much, much lower than it was 20 years ago at the handover, when china formally took over the running of hong kong. soa took over the running of hong kong. so a question mark there as well about how much influence of this are may actually bring to bear or how symbolic, in fact, may actually bring to be

hong kong. from makeup advice to human rights watch, we speak to the tiktok star who claims china tried to censor her free speech. rescuers save a little boy after tueday‘s deadly earthquake in albania. powerful aftershocks continue to rock the area. more protests in malta, as an investigation into the murder of a prominentjournalist puts the government under intense pressure. and clive james, one of australia's most celebrated broadcasters and writers, has died at the age of 80. the chinese government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after president trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro—democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. the bill approved by congress last week requires the state department to certify every year that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. that will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. the bbc‘s nic

at the neighborhood forum on hong kong's political crisis one of many city wins that hong kong's vibrant civil society has organized so she all a-g. lecture a mini levy is happy to speak out publicly something she would have never considered 11 years ago when she 1st moved to hong kong from the chinese mainland to end it into a 100 foot home i suddenly heard so many different opinions when i arrived this and some of them felt completely unacceptable even just talking about the news team much less i had a feeling of danger which i felt they were foreign forces trying to change me or what even brainwashed me yes but then i became curious even the way to how how it's just today minutely ardently supports free speech when the pro-democracy movement took to the streets in june she joined them. and when the government ignored their demands she even went on a hunger strike. since then the protests have escalated massively with police using tear gas and rubber bullets and protesters hurling petrol bombs and rigs almost daily and things just keep getting worse many people in hong kong are shocked