kong. as thousands of hong kong is free that island flow h.k. is working hard to keep the spirit of community wherever the home is. joining ours hong kong activist and editor in chief of flow h.k. sunny sunny welcome what exactly does flo educate print. actually. difficult this cost and they have had no longer discuss call it was. the moment to discuss street of any democracy i don't want to have. by. what are you hoping to achieve with the publication of floyd. if you see a home call and this is if you're already trying to implement and introduce something rippin washing education good not to touch a day in touch and it's our next generation and we do not want that our extended vision forgets about all his she forgets all about our identity and our seem of fighting for liberty and democracy and that's why we oversee all of us we home called osgar was to maintain and want to spread this some of it's our history and narratives over see by this that is you talk about there are people like you

it's so ironic that we can talk about hong kong in hong kong right now as a hong kong living abroad it's my duty to make good use of the freedom of expression that my fellow people no longer have and speak out for them. in chinese the magazine is called to be water as a last of the inspired by martial arts legend bruce lee and adopted by hong kong protesters to be flexible and formless in the face of beijing's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in 2019. members of the editorial board are all outside hong kong including well known campaigner in exile sunny turn he says the publication is a concrete connection with his homeland and the news home in the struggle for democracy. it's an act of resistance to tell the regime that we will never give up . although your standards from printing political thoughts we will still find ways to do that. we will keep doing that and we will make sure that hong kong is never die. when the magazine was launched in january probating media names the group as troublemakers for publishing hong kong independent spokes due to security concerns hong kong read

it's so ironic that we can talk about hong kong in hong kong right now as a hong konger living abroad it's my duty to make good use of the freedom of expression that my fellow people no longer have and speak out for them. in chinese the magazine is called to be watered down as a last of the inspired by martial arts legend bruce lee and adopted by hong kong protesters to be flexible and formless in the face of beijing's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in trenton 19. members of the editorial board are all outside hong kong including well known campaigner in exile sunny turn he says the publication is a concrete connection with his homeland and then us home in the struggle for democracy. it's an act of resistance to tell the regime that we will never give up . although you standards from printing political thoughts. we will still find when you see to do that. we will keep doing that and we will make sure that hong kong is never die. when the magazine was launched in january probating media names the group as troublemakers for publishing hong kong independent spokes due to securit

a quarterly magazine by hong kong activists this year as a forum for hong kong issues but they can't be published in hong kong under konya national security so everything democratic taiwan. well so far as iran has been very supportive of it and we've mentioned hong kong the civil societies of the 2 places are deeply connected we've received a lot of help from taiwanese design is printers engineers and scholars all without their support we would not have been able to get the logistics done that they're going to young as a cohort sure that. these activists child mean yes and it's the only non-home color on the editorial board he coordinates the layout and printing along with hong kong and designers in taipei by participating the designers can never return to hong kong but they feel obliged to pay the price. it's so ironic that we can talk about hong kong in hong kong right now as a hong konger living abroad it's my duty to make good use of the freedom of expression that my fellow people no longer have and speak out for them. in chinese the magazine is called to be watered down as a las

it's so ironic that we can talk about hong kong in hong kong right now as a hong kong living abroad it's my duty to make good use of the freedom of expression that my fellow people no longer have and speak out for them. in chinese the magazine is called to be watered down as a last of the inspired by martial arts legend bruce lee and adopted by hong kong for testers to be flexible and formless in the face of beijing's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in 2019. members of the editorial board are all outside hong kong including well known campaigner in exile sunny turn he says the publication is a concrete connection with his homeland and a new form in the struggle for democracy. it's an act of resistance to tell the regime that we will never give up. although your standards from printer political thought. we will still find ways to do that. we will keep doing that and we will make sure that hong kong is never die. when the magazine was launched in january probating media named their group as troublemakers for publishing hong kong independence folks due to security concerns hong kong

it's so ironic that we can talk about hong kong in hong kong right now as a hong konger living abroad it's my duty to make good use of the freedom of expression that my fellow people no longer have and speak out for them. in chinese the magazine is called to be watered down as a last of the inspired by martial arts legend gruesomely and adopted by hong kong protesters to be flexible and formless in the face of beijing's crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in 2019. members of the editorial board are all outside hong kong including well known campaigner in exile sunny turn he says the publication is a concrete connection with his homeland and then use home in the struggle for democracy. it's an act of resistance to tell the regime that we will never give up . although your standards from printing political thought. we will still find ways to do that. we will keep doing that and we will make sure that hong kong is never down. when the magazine was launched in january probating media names the group as troublemakers for publishing hong kong independent spokes due to security concerns

of hong kong and singapore are also finding then not immune plans to resume flights within the travel bubble between the 2 cities have had to be delayed a 2nd time many asian neighbors eager to reopen like better vaccinated countries but aware of how quickly their own infection rates could surge if they do rob look bright al-jazeera so. hong kong's government says it is temporarily closing its office in taiwan taiwan's government said that while it respected the decision also regretted it tensions between the 2 of risen since the pro-democracy protests started back in 2019 taiwan had criticised hong kong's national security law and opened an office in taipei to help people who may want to leave beijing of course sees taiwan as part of china let's go to beijing talk to katrina about this i read katrina that was some suggesting this could also be coronavirus related but clearly there's an underlying issue as well. that's right there is a coronavirus outbreak happening again in taiwan but the hong kong office said that this is not due to that and what this closure is really also a reflec

in hong kong thank you. and phoebe kong and her colleagues have been chosen as winners of this year's human rights press awards given out i hung kong's foreign press club here for these hours how to bring what they call rioters to justice more than 10000 have been invested and over them were prosecuted longer sentences for this report. that she filed last october about hong kong protesters who were shot by police and subsequently found themselves facing criminal charges. based correspondent was recognized for a report that he produced for d w a chinese rights lawyer went missing after defending dissidents. a check of some other stories making news there have been fresh clashes between police and protesters in the colombian capital bogota it is the latest violence highlighting days of protests against economic inequality and police brutality at least 24 people have been killed in the unrest this past week. facebook's oversight board has upheld the social media giants decision to suspend donald trump's account

kong, the lower end of the market range, $39.30 to about $43.60 hong kong.t is the final price and they are selling 610 million shares, that would make this $3.2 billion u.s., this ipo. the hong kong prices on the board now. it debuts in seven days. it will be the second-biggest in hong kong after quite show -- after another company earlier this year. we had one debut this week, not a comparable company, but a gauge of sentiment in the market. i should put the full screen in, can we get that up, guys? there we go, trading at $4.50, the ipo price was five dollars. substantially down from the ipo price. i would imagine this is a better angle to look at it now that we have more details. the debut is may 28, this time next week. haidi: -- haslinda: lots of concerns in china about tac -- tech. how will that affect sentiment? david: sentiment is tricky. the hong kong exchange is looking to increase the bar in terms of profit for companies that want to come to the market. it has been a hot ipo market. sentiment [indiscernible] before the lunar new year, so if you w

hong kong legislative legislature, i'm sorry. passing a bail to over hall, hong kong electoral system. tell us more about this and i'm sure the criticism that's come with it. that's right, so just this week i've also seen hong kong many parliament, its legislative council pos, without any opposition. basically this sweeping reform will basically orville whole, the hong hong kong electoral system. and the main feature of this is that it gives paging the right to vet candidates for the top position of leader in hong kong. and that's currently held by kerry lab who is backed by beijing. now this of course has received a lot of criticism from around the world named main believe from the u. s. as well . we've seen us secretary of state, anthony blink and release a statement saying that this change will undermine democracy in hong kong, but it prevents hong kong people from having a voice in the very own system. now, many other governments, many other groups have reflected similar sentiments. some rights groups and many democracy activists are saying that aging is steadily and slowly smothe

one of the functions is to help people leaving hong kong to taiwan now the hong kong government told the employees of the taiwan office that they would not have their visas renewed if they did not agree to sign a document supporting china's claim to taiwan and supporting the one china policy. the u.n. general assembly has delayed a vote scheduled for tuesday on banning the sale of weapons to me and miles military it would also call the vision to end a state of emergency to stop violence against the anti coup protesters the reason given for that delay on monday though the u.s. the u.k. and canada impose new sanctions on high ranking me and military officials and companies connected to the generals spain is facing a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis after more than 6000 migrants crossed from morocco into the spanish enclave of syria this is the largest single day influx into the area many of them actually swam there in more than a 1000 children spanish government has deployed troops to safety to patrol the border with morocco 1500 people have been sent back as well just to put this in

and that it prevents hong kong people from having a say and what happens in hong kong. now, china has not capitulated at all to this criticism. it's instead, double down beijing foreign ministry spokesperson today said that this is china's internal affairs. and this is crucial for maintaining stability in hong kong. this in addition to the national security law imposed in the middle of last year under which we've seen hundreds of activists detained and imprison. because participating in these protests that took place in 2019 and many see this is another move in the direction of hong kong looking and feeling more like just any other chinese province. ok. katrina you with those updates from beijing? thank you. we've talked about the pro democracy purchase and it's look closer at the clamp down on those in hong kong. more than 2 and a half 1000 people are being prosecuted on various charges for their roles in the pro democracy approach. as those already sentenced people like the veteran campaign at martin lee, he is known as the father of hong kong democracy and has been p

in hong kong thank you. and phoebe and her colleague mathias bollinger have been chosen as winners of this year's human rights press the wards given out by hong kong's foreign press club was selected for this report that she filed last october about hong kong protesters who were shot by police and subsequently found themselves facing criminal charges. meantime beijing based correspondent yes bolinger was recognised for a report that he produced for d.w.i. on chinese human rights lawyers who went missing after defending dissidents. the united nations children's fund says that it is deeply concerned about the fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo a recent spike in attacks by militants and inter-community violence in the area has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says that ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach people in need and that children are suffering the most now our reporter marianne miller reports now from the tour. this is a province in the north

well who knows whether it's just them i mean you look at hong kong's one of hong kong's biggest companies which is swallow this if it which operates cathay pacific on calls back area. that company is certainly not part of the political opposition here yet they have been the people who run that company being called out to beijing to explain because it's. the pilots and other members of this have been sympathetic to the protest movement and they've had to do all manner of things to assure the or it is that they are going to it here to not only the national security law but become active supporters of the national take your title that kind of pledges of political loyalty were never required in the us stephen just a final thought you guys were just a bit push for time i mean this is already having an impact outside of hong kong taiwan for instance is warning that businesses are now facing increasing risks in hong kong do you think that beijing even cares about any collateral damage from the security law. that's an extremely interesting question if you do us that just as recently as a couple o

and founder of the hong kong fia press an independent publication in doha mohammed el masri chair of journalism program. for graduate studies welcome to the program pauline how do you explain the rise in attacks threat targeting journalists worldwide. the theory with the family meet we've seen a number increase. we've seen it became increased and the attacks on journalists of course due to that monday meek it it's extremely worrying and we have released of a late. shortly our last index on that press freedom which shows that 73 percent of the country safe money to us throughout the world happened now some have put some block after block. in different ways the information and john it has to do their job so it's worrying tom how do journalists are prate in hong kong against the backdrop of the security law there was introduced in the last year or jennifer been scrambling to to react to that law which is basically worded it's being broadly applied and i would say is having a chilling effect of a 1000000 every newsroom and we're not getting straight answers when we seek to work out how t

and hong kong thank you. the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militants and inter-community conflict has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says that ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach many people in areas now our reporter mariam traveled to. tory one of the 2 provinces in the north east of the country officially under a state of siege she met many people taking refuge there. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias as badly as compost province we are on the road with a nerve agent aid organization over a distance of just 60 kilometers we passed through about 20 checkpoints controlled by various rebel groups as well as the congolese army. militia checkpoint it's mostly boys carrying guns their weapons are concealed but the threat is real they ask for money but a few words persuade them to let us pass today. we reached the camp for internally displaced people intro draw it's one of many in the d.r

we talk about hong kong being east meets west.h paying attention to because the crackdown we are seeing here could happen elsewhere, but at the same time, you are seeing a pushback. executives from the public broadcasts have been quitting and protests amid the crackdown there. we hear every day, seeking to respond to business and legal advice, moving to a private office as we have had to do from a co-working space using encrypted devices and having an openness with staff about potential self-censorship. i think everyone is picking a hill ion die on and for a lot of us, it is getting the news out. >> it seems to be a grim reminder of the way we have to go for freedom of expression to thrive in the near future but it's going to be a commitment from every one of us to continue the fight for the world to be a better place to live in. i really appreciate your insight. thank you for watching. you can see the program at any time by visiting our website. for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can alsooin the conversation on

tom: what you saw was a price around $40, 40 one dollars hong kong, now trading above $45 hong kong. you saw very heavily over -subscribe. in hong kong, concerns about inflation and valuations have started to bubble to the surface. it doesn't seem to be affecting jd logistics right now. i sat down and spoke exclusively with the ceo. he started his career working on the warehouse floor. i asked him about extension plans, getting profitability, taking on the competition and his reaction to this. >> we regard the market valuation is our starting point in the capital markets. i believe jd logistics will see growth in the long-term. tom: you have raised $3.2 billion u.s. what are your priorities then, for putting that money to use? >> first, we will spend the money on keeping building our warehouse network, especially in china's lower-tier cities. i can, we will spend on building warehouse networks overseas. third, we will spend on technology. jd logistics is a company that emphasizes long-term investment in technology. we had invested over 780 million tech knology -- $780 million in tech

plunged to their lowest point in years after hong kong closes its office in taipei. it's time for the japanese. with a sponsor point qatar airways hello there we'll look at the main weather story in india in just a moment but so now let's start in china and it's a pretty wet picture we've got rain across southern and eastern parts some very intense downpours we could see some localized flooding here particularly across the yancey river basin and that rain and cloud extending across japan bringing with it some very wet weather the korean peninsula stays dry unsettled for now but as we go into thursday we will see that wet weather creeping up across south korea for the north of china things are looking relatively dry unsettled beijing at 27 degrees let's move to india and that main news story that powerful cyclon making landfall in good jouret it did just miss mumbai you can see the storm surge there winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour it has eased now but we will continue to see the rain some more flooding is going to be plenty of destructions is a very powerful sto

sophie kamaruddin is in hong kong. sophie: this friday asian stocks who clinch a 6th session of gains in seven after selling thursday. u.s. futures also nudging higher. in japan we are watching for a potential decision to extend the price emergency in tokyo and other areas. jobs data untapped from the country. unemployment rate expected to rise to 2.7%. also an earnings report card from h1. -- from matwean. the city's second-biggest ipo. checking in on other crest at serling this friday session, wti topping $67 a barrel, set for the best week since early march. the path is upwards for commodities like oil, copper and soybean, even after china attempted to cool prices. we have the pboc rate not a tool to reign in commodity inflation. offshore u.n. trading around 637 handle. set for a seventh weekly rise. 620 looking likely with a more bullish forecast from analysts. check out the pound yen. the pound trading around post-brexit highs amid the divergence we are seeing in vaccination rates in both countries. treasury futur

last year and you can a life is shown in hong kong was banned by the hong kong police before the fair 1st time in decades but just how long and out of time out of hell activists dispel those tens of thousands of people still turn out to. fall on the judge in the whole cold call today ruled that. by saying that freedom is not a limit that he thought a wall and not a defendant's own participate in that rally with political purpose and the wish carry huge potential security risk and that's why the court has to send a deterrent as a whole which by having down joe sentences that the rally is actually banned by police citing quantify resurrections rules last year because of the pandemic and all and there are actually more than 20 defendants out or prominent prosecution for the participation in that rally and apart from falwell and dependents jantsch today of the rest of them including me i will face trial next month. i was you'd have used t.v. kong in hong kong the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militias and inter community conflicts has

shanghai and here in hong kong.his is bloomberg markets: china open. ♪ ♪ >> any spikes we see and inflation are likely to be temporary. >> the highest inflation numbers are ahead of us, and i do think that it is going to be more temporary. >> inflation is likely to go higher for a time, but there have also been reasons that we think those factors are transitory. >> it is not transitory. we will continue to have what i call inflation and that is the valuation of currencies. >> short-term rates is not going to happen until the economy is passed unemployment, and there'll be a big gap to keep the economy from overheating. >> some big names weighing in on the inflation debate. let's bring in the asia-pacific cio of credit suisse. good morning. i am sure you have been getting this a lot more. what is the advice he -- the advice? >> it is funny you should ask. we had quite an extended global equity meeting where inflation was front and center. we tilts very much towards the fed to take on what is happening in the united s

this is in some way a bat against hong kong or so to beijing is making. i think it's worth remembering and point out that back in 89 there were a couple 1000000 people marches in hong kong even back to 10 times square protests was happening protests in the d.n.a. of hong kong years it is part of the historic development of this part of the collective consciousness it is part of the civic culture in many ways a dominant right in the civic culture so i think that while we might not see the frequent lots of large scale protests that we saw in 21900 before cold it had before the natural security law i think that what you will see is a lot you ward the squares creative way we're already seeing people using other form of public expression to continue to voice and express or dissent samuel chance thank you so much for joining us thank you. taiwan a paragon of good public health that has seen stunningly low numbers of covert cases and just 12 deaths the entire pandemic is not having the speediest vaccine rollout joycean he explains. waiting for a covert job to re

this will encourage prosperity, democracy, and a social stability, hong kong authorities and hong kong have also for the 2nd year in a row council. the annual digital, commemorating the gentleman square cracked out on june 4th, sight concerns around the pandemic. hong kong was the only territory on trying to swirl with or killed the tenement was stand up for the government in 1989. well remembered here on the mainland, the event is robbed from history books and any mention of it online. quickly, central jimmy lies assets were frozen earlier this month. and hong kong banks were warned this week not to deal in his accounts or risks 7 years in jail. the 73 year old belinda and founder of the apple daily newspaper faces a raft of other charges including feds is under a national security law. if found guilty, he could be sentenced to life in prison. katrina, you ought to 0 paging me. now children as young as 12 can now be administered the 5, the corona virus vaccine in europe. it follows similar clearance by regulators in canada and the united states. pfizer is already being used in the eur

just jang, hong kong pro democracy campaign. thanks. thank you. and human rights counts was voted in favor of investigating where the crimes were committed during the 11 day conflict between israel and palestine. it will have a broad mandate with no expiry date to look into all alleged violations and systemic abuses. palestinians, welcome the move, but israel describes it a shameful person. silly me reports now from the un in new york, as palestinians in gaza. look for away forward amid attend, sees fire with israel. the un human rights council is looking back at the conflict and how it played out. the organization of islamic cooperation along with palestinians requested an investigation into possible violations of international law. a masses, indiscriminate rocket fire into israel was a clear one. according to high commissioner for human rights, michelle bash lay, but she says israel's response which killed 254 people, including 66 children, might also qualify as a war crime. this by israel clean the menu, is building one hosting arm group or be

so hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has been jailed again. so his role in the anti government protests, these the ones in 2019, the activist and billionaire is already serving a 14 month prison term on some of the challenges lies. assets were frozen early this month under pages national security laws. there are also another 7 leading activists who have been sentenced this time more from katrina. yes, she's reporting from beijing. this sentence handed down this 14 months in prison was for protests who took part in october 2019 in that protest was opposing communist party rule ma 70th anniversary of its rule here in china. but he was already serving a jail sentence the earlier protest. so this now will extend his term in jail by about 6 months. and jimmy wasn't the only one sentenced to day on those. on friday, there were about 9 others also handed down sentences including form lo, make out at home. and they were given sentences from ranging from 12 months to 18 months and to a given suspended sentences. but this is certainly not the 1st time j

this will encourage prosperity, democracy, and social stability in hong kong authorities and hong kong have also for the 2nd year in a row council. the annual visual commemorating the gentleman square cracked out on july 4th sighted concerns around the pandemic. hong kong was the only territory on trying to swirl with or killed. the gentleman was stand up for the government in 1989. well remembered here on the mainland, the event is robbed from history books and any mention of it online quickly centered july's assets are frozen earlier this month. and hong kong banks were worn this week not to deal in his accounts or risks 7 years in jail. the 73 year old belinda and founder of the apple daily newspaper faces a raft of other charges including a fence is under a national security law. if found guilty, he could be sentenced to life in prison. katrina, you ought to 0. bating japan is extending, it's covered 19 state and legend in tokyo and 8 other cities by the 20 days with infection rates still high and the lead up to the olympic games. the olympic torch relay is heading across japan wit

>>d durham you -- dw correspondent cb kong has been chosen as a winne by ng kong's foreign press clubhoebe was selected for this report filed last october about hong kong protesters shot by police. democratic rights including press freedom has been -- have been rolled back in hong kong following china's crackdown in response to mass protests. congratulations to her. spain administered millions of coronavirus vaccines in a bid to fight the pandemic. elderly residents in the country are finally getting the chance to go outdoors after spending months inside, stuck in doors. >>it is an outing this group of elderly residents in spain could have only dreamed of after months of living in isolation and cooped up in a nursing home. it has finally become a reality. around 15 residents and staff are newly vaccinated. now, they embark on a journey of a journey of fresh air and the wonders of madrid's zoo inhabitants. spain's first wave of the coronavirus pandemic tore through the country's care homes, killing nearly 43,000 elderly people last year. many residents faced tough restrictions on movem

this will encourage prosperity, democracy, and usual stability in hong kong authorities and hong kong have also for the 2nd year in a row council. the annual visual commemorating the gentleman square crackdown on june 4th sight. he concerns around the pandemic. hong kong was the only territory on chinese soil with those killed in the kingdom and was stand up for the government in 1989. well remembered here on the mainland, the event is robbed from history books and any mention of it on line. quickly centered jimmy lies, assets were frozen earlier this month. and hong kong banks were warned this week not to deal in his accounts or risk 7 years in jail. the 73 year old belinda and founder of the apple daily newspaper pieces. a raft of other charges including offences under a national security law is found guilty. he could be sentenced to life in prison. katrina, you are the 0 paging still come on this program, russia ones of delays for flights coming from europe as tit for tat measures escalator. but the force lending a passenger jet in minsk and putting 3 religions under one single roo

hong kong.avid: we might get a drag. alibaba in focus. indicated lower. $200 for the hong kong listing. biggest drop this year. indicated lower. earnings. income statement. simplified. first net loss in nine years, mostly after the $18 billion settlement, very much intact. further down, slipping into the negative. tom: analysts remain bullish. the median price target has only come down 30 hong kong dollars. the actual stock price is down to it all analysts covering the listing have a buy on the stock. thank you for joining us. what with the key things that stood out for you from these earnings? >> good morning. our rating and outlook on alibaba is stable. these results support that assessment. revenue and ebitda after adjusting for the trust penalty, growth was higher than expectations, despite marginal declines. we know that reported free cash flow was $25 billion. this will strengthen the company's net cash position, and also provide for future investment needs. tom: what with the trigger befo

kong have also for the 2nd year in a row council. the annual visual commemorating the gentleman square cracked out on july 4th sight. he concerns around the pandemic. hong kong was the only territory on chinese loyal with all killed in the kingdom and was stand up for the government in 1989. well remembered here on the mainland, the event is robbed from history books and any mention of it online quickly centered jimmy lies. assets are frozen earlier this month. and hong kong banks we want this week not to deal in his accounts or risks 7 years in jail. the 73 year old belinda and founder of the apple daily newspaper pieces. a raft of other charges, including offenses under a national security law, is found guilty. he could be sentenced to life in prison. katrina, you are the 0 paging. united nation special envoy, home in mar is again wanting civil war, could erupt in the country. 37000 people have been displaced in kaya state because of fighting between ethnic fighters and min miles military and other nearly 3000 fled their homes in s

exactly, so what we learned so far is the hong kong | learned so far is the hong kong alliance whichll the way since 1990, has filed this year's application to the authorisation that looks after the victoria park as well as the victoria park as well as the police who have no objection permit. the police are still processing the application, but people do expect this to be banned as well, while the other department has a ready said they would not process any application since the covid—19 pandemic is still going on in hong kong, so it is quite unlikely that this year on june the fourth there will be seas of candlelight again at victoria park marking what happened in beijing in 1989. thank you for now, outside the courthouse for us in hong let's get some of the day's other news. anti—government protests in colombia have entered an eighth day, with demonstrators gathering across the country. at least 24 people, including a police officer, have died since the protests began. the un is urging security forces to refrain from using firearms. the nationwide rallies were initially against a n

this is in some way bad against hong kong or so at the beijing is making. i think it's worth remembering and point out that back in 89 there were a couple 1000000 people marches in hong kong even back to 10 times square protests was happening protests in the d.n.a. . it is part of the historic development of this part of the collective consciousness it is part of the civic culture in many ways so dominant in the civic culture so i think that while we might not see the frequent lots of large scale protests that we saw in 21900 before cold it hit and before that actual security law i think that what you'll see is a lot you ward the square is creative way we're already seeing people using other form of public expression to continue to voice and express their dissent samuel chant thank you so much for joining us thank you. taiwan a paragon of good public health that has seen stunningly low numbers of covert cases and just 12 deaths the entire pandemic is not having the speediest vaccine fallout and he explains. waiting for a covert job to restart her overseas s

this will encourage prosperity, democracy, and a social stability, hong kong authorities and hong kong have also for the 2nd year in a row council. the annual vigil commemorating the gentleman square, cracked out 100 full citing concerns around the pandemic. hong kong was the only territory on trying to deal with those killed. the gentleman was stand up for the government in 1989. well remembered here on the mainland, the event it's robbed from history books and any mention of it on line. quickly centered jimmy lies, assets were frozen earlier this month. and hong kong banks were warned this week not to deal in his accounts or risks 7 years in jail. the 73 year old belinda and founder of the apple daily newspaper faces a raft of other charges including feds is under a national security law. if found guilty, he could be sentenced to life in prison. katrina, you ought to 0, bating. ah thousands. there are the top stories, the colonel who led a military coup in molly this week while serving his vice president has now been declared into the president by the constitutional court. i see me g

this is in some way bad against hong kong or so to beijing it's making. i think it's worth remembering and point out that back in 89 there were a couple 1000000 people marches in hong kong even back 10 times square protests was happening protests in the d.n.a. of hong kong years it is part of the historic development of this art of the collective consciousness it is part of the civic culture in many ways a dominant right in the civic culture so i think that while we might not see the frequent lots of large scale protests that we saw in 21900 before cold it hit and before that actual security law i think that what you'll see is a lot you ward the squares creative way we're already seeing people using other form a public expression to continue to voice and express their dissent samuel chance thank you so much for joining us thank you. taiwan a paragon of good public health that has seen stunningly low numbers of covert cases and just 12 deaths the entire pandemic is not having the speediest vaccine fallout is choice and he explains. waiting for covert to re

david ingles in hong kong, thank you. factories are bearing the brunt of rising commodity prices, causing beijing to raise prices to raining the surge. jason joins us. which sectors in particular are suffering from high commodity prices? jason: what you are seeing is those sectors that are forced basically to bulk-buy commodities because that is their business. so farmers need animal feed, cola plants that need call and factories that need to things like copper, that is where that pressures are at the moment. rishaad: i suppose you can also look at what is going on on the power sector. jason: you have also seen the softening in the manufacturing pmi for may. that is probably indicative of the cost pressures on the factory floor. if you are a copper fabricator who makes wires or rods, or pipes, you are fielding much higher input costs. you are not able to pass on those costs to consumers because household spending is still a little soft here in china. for power plants, if you have a coal plant price, i think pretty much al

they are offering hong kong ipo shares at up to $43.36 hong kong each. this comes as the $3.5 billion ipo is set with softbank as an investor. now, we are hearing they will be raising up to $26.4 billion hong kong in the ipo. the company could raise up to $30.4 billion hong kong. they are offering 609.2 million shares in the hong kong ipo. trump we are -- paul: we are on the cusp of the new trading week in the asia-pacific. for a look at what to expect, let's go to hong kong. >> this monday, futures adding .4%, watching to see if the japanese stocks can maintain the move on friday. aussie futures are higher after the benchmark closed above 7000 on friday. iron ore and copper take a hit on china's pledge to cool commodity prices. we also get thailand's first quarter gdp report entry data -- and trade data. the biggest drop on friday in asia for the day. this is the government announced a return. we are keeping a close eye on crypto related names including monex in japan. shery: elon musk implied in the tweet tesla may sell or has sold bitcoin holdings, le

one of the functions is to help people leaving hong kong to taiwan now the hong kong government told the employees of that taiwan office that they would not have their visas renewed if they did not agree to sign a document supporting china's claim to taiwan and supporting the one china policy. spain is facing a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis of 206000 people crossed from morocco into the spanish enclave of seawater is the largest single day influx into the area many of them swam and more than a thousands are children spanish government has deployed troops to see it's a patrol the border with morocco 1500 people have been sent bank will seize and money are one of 9 territories controlled by spain in africa increase along attracted people trying to reach europe but this recent surge of arrivals has further strained relations between the trades and robots workers angry that spain has allowed rebel leader to enter it's a receipt medical treatments ahead of the policy of fronts for him guarding contracts at covert 19 the group has long fought for the independence of western sahara a f

for years hong kong was the only place in china where people were allowed to mark the anniversary of beijing's crushing of the chinese democracy movement until it was banned last year. and many other activists have fallen victim to hong kong and beijing suppression of dissent following months of anti-government protests beginning in 29 tain. was due to be released in november he's now likely to be behind bars well into 2023. contributors. who you can see here as well. have been chosen as winners in this year's human rights press awards given by hong kong's foreign press club here for the e.u. south out to bring what they call rioters to justice. reporter she filed in october about hong kong protesters who were shot by police and subsequently found herself facing criminal charges in beijing based correspondent matthew sperling a. nice for his reporting on china's human rights lawyers who went missing after defending dissidents and you can see it is his documentary called the dissidents wife after this news producer. around 50 french french fishing boats spent the day blockading a harb

by hong kong's foreign press club the authority. for this report. about hong kong protesters who were shot by police and subsequently found themselves facing criminal charges democratic rights including press freedom have been rolled back in hong kong following china's security crackdown in response to mass protests graduations. spain has administered millions of corona virus vaccines in a bid to fight the pandemic one elderly residents in the country they are finally getting the chance to go outdoors after spending months inside stuck indoors. it's an outing this group of elderly residents in spain could have only dreamed of after months of living in isolation and cooped up in a nursing home it's finally become a reality around 50 residents and stuff from the cause of their day care home a newly vaccinated. and now they embark on a journey a fresh air and the wonders of madrid's zulu inhabitants. spain's 1st wave of the current virus pandemic told through the country's care homes killing nearly $43000.00 people last year many of the residents faced

al jazeera ah media tycoon. jimmy lies fencing to an extra 14 months in jail for his part in hong kong, and he government process ah, no clock. this is out 0 life and also coming up here and she rides counts degrees to investigative crimes. were committed during the 11th a conflict between israel and her. mom is welcomed by palestinians, but israel denounces it is shameful and says it won't cooperate. the u. s. warns of further action against an era try conflict with great region. the worst thing humanitarian crisis had run out of space, a burials the threat of a 5th wave of current virus infections in iran, as it struggles to cape with a growing death tone. i within the last jail to hong kong media tycoon jimmy ly has been sentenced to 14 months in jail. his role in anti government protest in 2019 the pro democracy activist and billina is already serving a 14 month prison term on similar charges lies. assets were frozen early this month and the sweeping national security laws and post by china, 9 other actress also faith since the thing the you and he rides council is voted in favor o

and hong kong democracy activist joshua was sentenced to an additional 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in an unauthorized demonstrates. it's good to have you with us germany has voiced skepticism about u.s. support for a waiver on covert 19 vaccine patents and that's despite the european union showing interest in the idea the german stance is in line with that of pharmaceutical companies who say such a move would not eliminate vaccine shortages wednesday a surprise announcement by the byte administration is drawing mixed responses. it was a stunning change in policy for the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted efforts to suspend patents on covert 19 vaccines but president joe biden chose a different tack the word from u.s. trade representatives was extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures the move was welcomed by many in a tweet the head of the world health organization described it as monumental the proposal already had the backing of some 100 countries in the world trade organization proponents say suspending patents on coronavirus vaccines will boo

it will deliver results after markets close in hong kong today .r chief correspondent in asia, stephen engle, joining us with a preview. stephen: as tom laid out, the whole pressure and the scrutiny. the scrutiny from the regulators leads to supervision come out right, or some sort of -- leads to supervision, right? so far tencent has not squarely in the crosshairs like alibaba, but the speculation is that they will be. they have the fintech operations, similar kind of risks that the chinese government wants to reduce in lending and other things. so we don't know yet what kind of fintech crackdown and what will happen to their data, or even on the anti-competitive front. what we do know, as tom was talking about bytedance, we know that bytedance is one of the rivals of tencent, that has accused tencent through wechat, on all-encompassing ecosystem, accusing wechat of locking users into only -- related platforms and services, basically blocking links to other services like doyen, which is the equivalent of tiktok, from bytedance. so there is scrutin

party has systematically chipped away at electoral rights for hong kong. take for instance the national security lodges passed last year under the direction of the chinese communist party. under this law, if any individual engages in activities aimed at dividing china, subverting the state, or generally endangering national security, they face harsh penalties, often life in prison. this is enforced solely by the communist party aligned national security committee and does not allow defendants to take their case through the regular judicial system, if there is such a thing in china. this law is meticulously designed to prevent equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot in hong kong. hundreds of thousands in hong kong took to the streets to protest this law, and correct me if i am wrong, but i haven't seen any statements from your companies on this. it was announced last week that the first person will be charged under the national security law, and they are going to face a trial without a jury. instead of the individual going before a jury trial, they are

people are going to question where is hong kong going.aces around the world have effectively managed to keep covid-19 out of their borders. will zero havens find reopening harder than tamping the virus? i am joined by a professor of public health in new zealand. great to have you with us. we see places like new zealand, australia, singapore lauded for their handling of the pandemic. are things getting harder as country start to reopen and borders we don't think will be open until 2022 or even 2023? >> greetings. i don't think this is a problem at all. for countries like new zealand and australia. covid elimination his. eliminating the whole population starting with the border workers, they have all taken a bit longer because the requirements of that nation are not as urgent. people are not dying every day here. it does mean the vaccine is more available for countries who are left for death at the moment. basically, it is quite sound position. practically, is working well. new zealand and australia opened up quarantine free travel between

the district court here in hong kong has the - here in hong kong has the sentencing for four defendantsassacre vigil, what we know isjoshua has been given ten months in jail and another well—known young activist has been given six months. tiffany yuen got anotherfour months. six months. tiffany yuen got another four months. also, another four months. also, another activist, janelle lau, got four months in prison. we don't know if they are appealing for the sentence but presumably we just have to wait and see what is going on in the courtroom. they have pleaded guilty to the case but they could in theory appealed to the sentences. we are yet to hear from that. but we know that for joshua wong, tiffany yuen and lester shum will be sentenced. two of them are under detention for the democratic primary case under the national security law of subversion. the focus now would be what janelle of subversion. the focus now would be whatjanelle leung will do with her sentence. joshua wong was already in jail. reminders of the background to him and what role he plays there. background to him and wha