our correspondent robin brant joins me now from beijing.tiananmen is that of the tank man, but he is not well known in china. there there is no official commemoration, there has never been of fourjune 1989. it was a couple of fourjune 1989. it was a couple of kilometres in that direction in the square at this time 30 years ago that people work up to scenes of carnage. hundreds of people at least had been killed in the square. many more, actually, on the roads approaching, when china's leadership decided to send in the soldiers to end the five weeks of protest. the only official comment we have had has been from state—run media in the last 2a hours, the english language global times newspaper describing what it has long called the incident asa what it has long called the incident as a vaccination. it says it has immunised china against any political turmoil since, and a government minister at the weekend repeating the party line that the decision to send in the soldiers 30 yea rs decision to send in the soldiers 30 years ago was the correct

robin brant reports. the number of people on the streets of hong kong tonight vary from 250,000 to just over a million. whatever the precise number, they were jam—packed into roads that are usually for weekend traffic. almost all are dressed in white. it is overwhelmingly peaceful, a mixture of hong kong's diverse society is here. their worry is a new law that would allow people to be extradited to the chinese mainland, where the courts are not impartial and people can be imprisoned for their politics. people are afraid, people are also angry about this extradition treaty. mainland china use all sorts of way to exercise the so—called dictatorship in hong kong. to kidnap the people they treat as enemy. say no to the evil bill. say no to the extradition to china. hong kong's new extradition law was controversial from the minute it was proposed. supporters say it will target criminals taking refuge in hong kong. critics, though, see it as a further erosion of the independence of the former british colony, wh

robin brant is in shanghai. what are they hoping to achieve from the meetings?—un to welcome the leader of a hugely important neighbour, china is responsible for 90% of north korea's trade and a big source of its aid and it is a chance for kimjong—un to remind north koreans, through his stringently controlled state run media, that xijinping has come all this way to a red—carpet welcome to show the world how important kim jong—un is and how willing he is to remind north korea that china essentially has north korea's back. it is also an opportunity for xi jinping to send a message to donald trump. the trade war between china and the united states is ongoing, there are no signs really that it is about to improve. talks between the united states and north korea as well on north korea's nuclear weapons programme have stalled, two face—to—face summits and this is a chance for xijinping face—to—face summits and this is a chance for xi jinping to say to washington, remember, it might be china that has most opportunity to leverage some kind of influence over north korea.

robin brant, in shanghai, looks at the range of pressures the chinese authorities are putting on us businessconsumers in china are reacting. and how some consumers in china are reacting. don't drink and drive is a common message on the roads across the world and now it is at the heart of the trade stop for more than a decade, this chinese business has been selling bottles of wine by the thousands, direct from the lush valleys of napa in northern california. this is 1a years old. but even china's wealthy are buying less as a tariffs on american wine sense prices up. a month ago they increased for the third time. kevin has ditched his old shop, the rent was too much. the trade will is only half of it. the chinese, who are willing to pay $1000 plus a bottle of facing other problems. but remember, china's trade was not just on drinking americans but on the driving americans. two years ago i was reporting on the threats to us carmakers here, like ford and its lincoln brand. first it faced ta riffs lincoln brand. first it faced tariffs and then delays at samples and now there more pressure. in the

our correspondent robin brant joins me now from beijing.then? i'm not sure that it means nothing, but there is no official commemoration of the events that happened in tiananmen square, which is about three or four kilometres in that direction on this precise day 30 years ago. it was on the morning ofjune four 1989 that people woke up to scenes of carnage, really, in parts of that square. hundreds of these had been killed after the army was sent in after weeks of peaceful protest. hundreds more were killed on the roads approaching the square, often a little known fact. we did get an idea of the official start on those events in an auditor aerial does make auditoria there editorial —— editorial, state run media referring it as editorial, state run media referring itasa editorial, state run media referring it as a vaccination, immunising it against future turmoil. the leadership sees the events of the past, three decades, china is a far different ways, a richer place, less people in poverty. a more open country as well, but the leadership see

. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has been talking with people who were there. 0ur correspondent robin brantally true that this means nothing, then? wong ju—xin was one of the leaders of the protests. he's never been back to tiananmen square until now. translation: 30 years ago there was a student movement here which shocked the world. but all these tourists must have forgotten. they have no way to find out what happened here because the information is censored. what happened here is still so politically sensitive it's safer to do the interview in the car. it was the moment the communist party almost lost its grip on power, rocked by five weeks of massive, peaceful demonstrations. first, senior officials tried meeting the student leaders, including mr wong. then, late at night on the 3rd ofjune, they sent in the army, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, in the effort to retake the square. the following day there was one final act of defiance. it has become one of the most iconic images of our time, except in china. the vast majority of those we ask say they have never seen it. just over th

let's get the very latest from our correspondent robin brant, in shanghai.bout bilateral relations. the two countries are getting close to celebrating 70 years of diplomatic friendship. ithinkforxijinping, he wants to embrace north korea and its leader, kim jong—un, once again. relationships over the past few years have been pretty frosty. that's because of china's ongoing support for the united nations sanctions regime, which was intended, under what's known as maximum pressure, to force north korea to try to stop its nuclear weapons programme. so far, of course, that hasn't worked. so, in reporting in chinese state media here, we've had talk from xi jinping about consolidating the friendship between the two countries, also between the two men. we've had xi referring to a new period in relations between the dprk, as it's formally known, and china. but i think most tellingly, there's this comment from xi jinping. he is ready to maintain close exchanges with kim, to consolidate mutual political trust. now, that to me signals that xi jinping once again wants t

robin brant, bbc news.r in hong kong, she told me more about out why this law is being proposed. a man in hong kong is alleged to have killed his girlfriend in taiwan when they were on holiday there together. but then the man fled taiwan and went back to hong kong. now, the hong kong government says it can't extradite him to taiwan to be charged for this alleged crime because they have no expedition agreement. but a lot of people say this also includes mainland china and seems to be going beyond their scope. a lot of people are simply worried because the prospect of hong kong citizens being sent to mainland china where they don't trust the government there. supporters say there are safeguards in place so that anyone accused people safeguarded from religious and political persecution. why are the critics not happy with that? it all comes down to the fact that critics just don't trust the hong kong government any more. they feel it answers to beijing, not to the hong kong people. people feel that this could s

robin brant is in china for us. these two have met many times, it's a first time in north korea.osted the north korean leader four times jinping has posted the north korean leaderfour times but is going jinping has posted the north korean leader four times but is going the other way. it is state visits all the pomp and ceremony is going to be in north korea. for the rest of today. and also for friday. it will bea today. and also for friday. it will be a visit i think richie and ceremony, rich in protocol, it is a hose abolished visit because this is a chance for north koreans through their state—controlled media to be reminded of the fact that the big neighbour, china, for whom they have depended for so long on trade is willing to show its support, billing to show the world that xi jinping is therefore kim jong—un. it's important as a buildup to the g20 meeting in osaka next week — make theirfile. and that meeting in osaka next week — make their file. and that the war between china and the us going on, showing little sign of improvement, president xijinping knows he is sending a

joining me now from shanghai is our china correspondent, robin brant.has taken from these sanctions. yeah, a reversal of fortunes. they had record fortunes, much of that because of really healthy growth in the smartphone market. they are now the smartphone market. they are now the world pot number two smartphone manufacturer. but ren zhengfei is warning today at their headquarters in the south of china that the us restrictions are really going to bite in the two years ahead. he is forecasting a drop of about $30 billion. that is maybe 15% in terms of what they were forecasting. but he believes there will be a rejuvenation down the line. thank you. the hong kong student leader, joshua wong, who was the face of democracy protests in 201a, has been released from prison. speaking to reporters outside jail, he backed the mass protests against the controversial extradition bill and said hong kong's leader carrie lam should resign. joshua wong's release comes a day after a huge demonstration that organisers say brought nearly two million people onto the street

here‘s robin brant in shanghai.g american firms to do business with this telecoms company is about to have a very serious effect on huawei, it relies ona serious effect on huawei, it relies on a host of american companies, much of them giving them a high quality technology at leeds and its smartphones and that business is going to come to a grinding halt —— giving them high quality technology it needs. huawei has seen real growth rate record revenues of $108 billion last year in 2018. one interesting dimension to this story is that it may see huawei seek greater independence from us firms. look at this tweet from the chinese ambassador to pakistan. and huawei has also been tweeting. it has called on us companies to stop the rot! let‘s have a look at this from the perspective of huawei, do they have the capacity to do without american firms? here‘s bbc chinese‘s vincent ni. according to the statements from huawei they are well prepared and they say they have been preparing for this for many years. in the press c0 nfe

it‘s the first time any chinese leader has visited in 1a years. 0ur correspondent robin brant is in chinaially china, undertaking this visit one from the meeting? it is rich in symbolism as xi jinping arrived five hours ago and there was arrived five hours ago and there was a massive red carpet to greet him, an adoring crowd, according to chinese state media waving flags and flowers as he journeyed chinese state media waving flags and flowers as hejourneyed in chinese state media waving flags and flowers as he journeyed in and also there was the beginning of talks between the two leaders. it‘s the first time in14 between the two leaders. it‘s the first time in 1a years that a chinese leader has been. there has been some reciprocal see here because xijinping has been hosted forfour because xijinping has been hosted for four years, mostly for the because xijinping has been hosted forfour years, mostly for the north korean leader to brief him on the failed talks with donald trump over the nuclear weapons programme. so xi jinping is going for two reasons, i think. firstly to continue to cemen

it's the first time any chinese leader has visited in 1a years. 0ur china correspondent, robin brant,. there was a massive red carpet to greet him, adoring crowds, according to chinese state media, waving flags and flowers as he journeyed to pyongyang, and then also there have been the beginning of some talks between the two leaders. it's the first time, as you say, in 1a years a chinese leader has been. firstly, there is reciprocity here, because xijinping has hosted kimjong—un in china on four occasions over the past year or so. most of that has been for the north korean leader to brief president xi over those failed talks with donald trump over north korea's nuclear weapons programme. so president xi is going. i think he's going for two reasons. firstly, to continue to cement the relationship between these two countries. it hasn't been good over recent yea rs. that's mainly because china has supported tougher un sanctions to try and force north korea's hand over its nuclear weapons. it's also because he is trying to send message to donald trump, china and the us, of course, are in

our china correspondent robin brant is in beijing for us this morning. really good to talk to you.hat happened then and the anniversary of that today. well, they won't be acknowledging it. there is no official commemoration on the mainland. what people he woke up on the mainland. what people he woke up to exactly 30 years ago in tiananmen square, about two kilometres that way, was a scene of carnage on the square. hundreds more, we now know, were killed in the roads around the square. we have heard from state—run media, global times newspaper, in the last 2a hours, referring to the actions of the army who was sent in after five weeks as a vaccination, bringing immunity against turmoil in the future, the newspaper said. the road here, just in front of the balcony from where i am talking to you from, 30 years ago today, there were tanks on that road. part of the army effort preventing people from going any further in. there is also now, though, a propaganda statuejust in the middle of the carriageway there, the middle of the carriageway there, the wording exhorting drivers as they go