he was dead set against sending the military into tiananmen square. in order to send the military in to tiananmen square, three days before that happened, the chinese hardliners arrested bow tong. the chief of staff to the president. put him in prison, put him in solitary confinement where he remained for many years. when we were traveling with president clinton to beijing, bow had just been released and we wanted to interview him. what are the chances that a guy who has been in solitary confinement for 17 years is going to, after a few months of liberty, sit down with cbs news and criticize the chinese government? he was eager to do it. but there was a huge problem. he was being watched 24/7 by the chinese secret police. i mean, we couldn't set up a camera in a hotel room and have him come to the hotel room. they would never allow it. so bill owens came up with a plan. bill owens designed a plan that would unfold in purple bamboo park, a 115-acre oasis of lakes and lawns in northwest beijing and a fluent part of the capital where universities are clu

it is the 30th year anniversary of the very unfortunate event in tiananmen square however it is alsoyear anniversary of china's opening up to the outside world and reform, and i would say ever since deng xiaoping, china has been in the direction of reform and opening to the outside world and that's the only reason we can explain why there is so much transformation in china. but i asked you whether you were surprised, are surprised by the lack of fundamental political change, the supremacy of the communist party, the one—party system is in place today and it appears to be as strong as it ever was. well, yes, the rule by the communist party of china is indeed a reality. people in china need to live with that reality and people in the rest of the world also need to live with that reality but that doesn't mean that the reform, political reform in particular, is not moving forward. i think we're talking about a change in china almost on a daily basis. interesting you talk about reform. i see very little evidence of reform if one is talking about a progressive sort of reform, a loosening o

square, 30 years ago. the authorities go to great lengths to avoid any mention of it. tiananment the moment, closed around the time of the anniversary to western journalists, patrolled by plain—clothes policemen. in may and june 1989, the square was occupied for 22 chaotic days by students demonstrating for greater democracy and freedom of expression. the government of china came to a total humiliating standstill. student leaders like wu'er kaixi, on hunger strike, came from hospital to negotiate with the hard—line premier li peng. translation: the students have certain requirements which must be met otherwise they won't leave the square. the hard—liners used this angry exchange to justify calling in the army. today, the student leader lives in exile in taiwan. was he too confrontational? i was polite enough. my position was firm and i have left no other way, no other choice but to do just that. after that the government decide to shoot at the students. we did not anticipate the worst option could be that bad. in the square people ignored the official warnings to go home and pre

our world affairs editor john simpson reports on the lasting impact of tiananmen square. th what happened in this square, 30 years ago. the authorities go to great lengths to avoid any mention of it. tiananmen itself is largely empty at the moment, closed around the time of the anniversary to western journalists, patrolled by plain—clothes policemen. in may and june 1989, the square was occupied for 22 chaotic days by students demonstrating for greater democracy and freedom of expression. translation: the students have certain requirements which must be met otherwise they won't leave the square. the hard—liners used this angry exchange to justify calling in the army. today, the student leader lives in exile in taiwan. was he too confrontational? i was polite enough. my position was firm and i have left no other way, no other choice but to do just that. after that the government decide to shoot at the students. we did not anticipate the worst option could be that bad. in the square people ignored the official warnings to go home and prepared for the coming attack. we know t

as ijust observed, it is 30 years this year since the suppression of those tiananmen square pro—democracymic terms over the past 30 years but not so much politically. the communist party still has a tight grip on power. are you surprised by the lack of political change? well, first of all, you are right. it is the 30th year anniversary of the very fortu nate year anniversary of the very fortunate event in tiananmen square however it is also the 40th year anniversary or china's opening up to the outside world and reform and i would say ever since deng xiaoping, china has been in the direction of reform and opening to the outside world and that's the only reason we can explain why there is so much transformation in china. but asked you whether you were surprised, are surprised by the lack of fundamental political change, the supremacy of the communist party, the one party system is in place today and it appears to be as strong as it ever was. well, yes, the rule by the communist party of china is indeed a reality. people in china need to live with that reality and people in the rest of the

i was told china could not progress politically until the party publicly admitted that the tiananmen squaremassacre was wrong. quote i feel sad, ashamed, and proud at the same time he told me. proud of those students, the citizens of beijing, the people. he ambled away. i walked in the opposite direction. that's when i noticed out of the corner of my eye another cameraman with a shoulder back from the zipper to opening protruded and absurdly large lens. he was a member of a secret police surveillance team. still, our beijing producer and i quickened our pace slightly but deliberately. a moment later i saw a furious man sprinting toward us. he was red with rage and closing fast. we began an undignified trot but the man kept accelerated and screaming now waving a fist . we began wondering about chinese jails as we broke into a full run. the man matched our pace. natalie and i were falling short of breath when i shouted what's he saying? he's saying keep off the grass. >> [ laughter ] as a coded story i learned a lesson about how the chinese apparatus works. we broadcast that, we led the eveni

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representative thanks for coming back this june anniversary of tiananmen square seems like it could be important how do you think, if at all, it changes the chinese stance toward trying to make any sort of a deal with the u.s.? >> it's an important date in their history and all sort of domestic politics about nationalism and asserting themselves we see coming out but over the long run, we need to be looking at what's going to happen with the u.s. and chinese economies. are we going to continue to be interconnected as we have been and we see that playing out in the rare earth discussion or a decoupling in terms of trade and technology that's the bigger, probably more substantial issue than when we get a new trade agreement in the short run. >> that's an interesting point, michael. as the trade war goes on, working around for six months so as not to impact their first quarter results. do you foresee this decoupling becomes much more substantial and that power shifts away from china economically >> i think decoupling could accelerate and we could see factories moving from china to vietnam

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i thought at the time, and i started this, it will be 30 years in another month for the tiananmen square massacre. one year come within the following year we started to say how can we use our trade situation as a lever to release the prisoners come to stop the sale of delivery system and to gain market access, to gain market access, to stop the piracy of her intellectual property and all the other concerns that we have. the trade deficit at the time was $5 billion a year. i billion dollars. i thought oh, my god, $5 billion, we're certainly going to free the present of tiananmen square, certainly going to get a change in their behavior in so many ways for $5 billion. democratic and republican presidents, president clinton, president bush's all, you're wrong, i could win the vote in congress but i couldn't override a veto on most favorite nation status with china. you're wrong, it will work itself out. do you what the trade deficit is now? over $5 billion a week. >> should the president hold the line? >> the chinese decided, , as i t at the time, you are deciding to ride the dragon and the

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in hong kong today to mark the upcoming 30th anniversary of the bloody clashes in beijing's tiananmen square between pro-democracy students and the chi military. they carried black coffins and wheeled white crosses in solidarity with those killed at tiananmen on june 3 and 4 in 89. demonstrators also carried yellow umbrellas as part of an ongoing protest against a proposed extradition law that would make it easier to send criminal suspects to mainland china. voters from 21 natiot to the polls today to cast their ballots in the final day of european union parliamentary elections. the four days of voting began thursday across the 28-country european union. italy's anti-immigrant interior minister matteo salvini said that he felt a, "change in the air," with some polls showing .ains for populist and right- wing parti in the united kingdom, the brexit party, which thpports leavine.u., is expected to defeat both the labour and conservative parties. the european union and its parliament are responsibleor setting trade policy, regulating agriculture, overseeing antitrust enforcement, and setting mo

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nothing will get done before 30 anniversary of tiananmen square massacre that is june 4, china is more worried about that, then trump, cracking down on any and all unrest and decent, there will be saber rattles attacks on trump. edward, no deal before g20? reporter: you know that is interesting we'll see if that is actually happening, a lot of folks in chinese official we talk with heard from say they believe that two presidents need to sit tagge together to break e impasse, this is a big impasse, all shipping containers off loaded in port of long beach coming from china are under that 25% tariff. you know saturday chinese retaliation tariffs get up from 60 billion of imports from 5 to itoin some cases 25%, now a hardening of tone in chinese, saying any that u.s. trying to bully china to a trade deal to what announced to naked economic terrorism. not just tariffs, u.s. sounding alarm on huawei and security concerns. one of reason that china pulled back to protect on u.s. company servers based in china, vice president pence addressing those today had. >> legal framework went china gives

i would mention that we are coming up on the 30th anniversary of tiananmen square.ill want lots of stability, lots of good news. they will try not to blink and is very crucial period. that was bad news, and i think it will get worse. david: reports that they may take action on rare earth, where they have a dominant position in. western or american businessman trying to do business in china, what do you do? peter: this is part of the problem. with enough uncertainty, people are unsure about how to draw up a contract. what we're seeing today, bringing china and mexico together, global supply chains being disrupted. with the tariffs imposed earlier this month, you can imagine readjusting supply chains around the world. now with mexico, it gets more complicated. where do you go? same thing with rare earth. rare earth can be found elsewhere, although the chinese dominate the market. it will complicate supply chains. it is not the imminent threat of cutting off the availability or rising prices for cell phones or lithium batteries, but it could become that. trade negotiat

tiananmen square? did we all keep doing business with china? did we all figure out that it's better to be on the right side of that conversation rather than the wrong side which is do we want saudi arabia to become iraq? do we really want to see the degradation of that neighborhood? the government of saudi arabia, the young crown prince and what they are doing to reform their society is why i'm there. i want to be on the side of helping them become a 21st century economy which means aramco beyond oil, to quote that, diversifying renewables, the city of neon which we will talk about on this panel later today, these are all forces to help saudi arabia become a better place. that's why i'm there. liz: andrew liveris, he has to run and be onstage but he came to us first on fox business. thank you so much. good luck in your active-ment. not retirement. get off the stage and trademark that. andrew liveris. >>> this is shaping up to be the worst week of 2019 for stocks as investors really run for the exits, but the nasdaq in particular is really takin

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pence is planning a speech on china's human rights record tied to the 20th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre and could mention human rights sanctions. a white house official plans commemorating the speech around the anniversary. one of many hawks vocal about china within this administration, it's important, kelly, because as we expect potentially this administration to weigh further sanctions on companies like hick vision, my sources are saying this speech is a potential venue for that announcement >> kayla, that's huge news that would be next tuesday now you have all weekend of speculation going into this about what the vice president is or isn't going to say which i don't think he would have chosen that date without saying something about it if he does, how could china not respond? >> it's a significant date, of course, in history, kelly. i'm not told it will be on the date, june 4th that is the anniversary, but it will be around the date. it might not be next week, but just that the speech is in the works and the content is currently being crafted at the same time as some of thes

tiananmen square part two or anything that resembles the arab spring >> thanks for joining us. >> andbillion in two-year notes up for auction just moments ago. rick santelli can tell us what the demand looks like from the cme in chicago >>> absolutely, johnny, it was a great way to start 113 billion in supply between twos fives and sevens i gave it an a as in apple 41 billion two-year notes, 2.125. the one issue market for about the last hour was trading 213 1/2, 214, lower yield higher price. as a matter of fact that was the lowest yield of the dutch auction since january of 2018. bid to cover 2.75, that's like out of the park strong since 2018, august of 2018 46.6 on indirects is the only metric that was like average, and if you look at 27.2 on direct, super strong since may of 2016. no matter how you slice this auction, it was a really strong one. so let's get in the heads of those that tried to participate. what is it about the short end that seems to make investors so bold well, my guess is they're looking at a fed that either is on pausers going to ease, which should make grades

separately, a former leader of the tiananmen square protests in china urged the west today to make tradevileges contingent on beijing's human rights record. 30ng dan spoke days before the anniversary of the deadly crackdown on the protests. he said the goald must be to the communist party's unchallenged rule in china. >> i know a lot of western countries dotht want to ruin r relationship with china, gid don't want to see any change happen in china, but i have to say, if there's no reme change, nothing can b resolved. >> woodruff: it is believed that chinese troops killed hundreds, and possibly thousands, in the 1989 massacre in tianamen square. in venezuela, the government has made a rare admission of just how bad things are. the nation's central bank repo contracted 22% in the third quarter last year. and, inflation soared to 130,000%. some three million people have fled venezuela as the economy crashes. back in this country, democrats criticized senate majority leader mitch mcconnell for saying the senate would fill any supreme court vacancy that occurs in 2020. in 2016, mcconnell bloc

on june the full $989.00 a chinese state crackdown on pro-democracy protesters led to the tiananmen square massacre we'll be talking to those who were there and looking at what's changed in china since then join us on al-jazeera for coverage of tiananmen 30 years on. i am for me ok and i'm really good we are in the stream today are u.s. and wrong relations heading towards a minute she conflict escalating tensions are stocking fears of war as always we'd love to hear your thoughts so send your comments your questions to us via twitter or in our live you tube channel. jeffery story university of amsterdam and you are in the street. earlier this month for us in wrong relations took a sharp turn when the u.s. sent an aircraft carrier and resells to the region it was meant to counter a stew unspecified potential iranian attack on u.s. interests both nations have since engaged in back and forth rhetoric that some say is headed towards comes late u.s. national security advisor john bolton said on wednesday that an attack on the oil tankers they've united arab emirates this month was almost certai

sure is talking about sovereignty so he would have us believe on the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen squaresacre that the chinese people really enjoy having no rights including instead of the authoritarian system. it used to be that he spoke for the people in asia but that he speaking for everybody. north america and the west. how do the countries in the region you've china's efforts to export its authoritarian system? debut it wa with a great deal of concern and even fear. what you've seen recently is a reaction across the world where small countries like sri lanka who can no longer service their debts without the corrupt government that welcomed in the financing and created this relationship. a similar phenomenon happenedntn maldives and it's happened in this hemisphere. consider for example how china is making money on the backs of the venezuelan people by keeping up the cash flow in exchange for allo the legal exports at a discount which china immediately resells on the international market. the new prime minister of malaysia andelel other countries subjected to this kind of jerelations

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. >> one thing i heard, 24 year is the anniversary of tiananmen square, the anniversary of the people'sr xi to make concessions because of the nationalistic celebration they're go think those celebrat are an outpouring of what xi is, right? those celebrations are going to be bigger because of who he is and the way he thinks. he doesn't -- he doesn't look at his economy, and think, should we have more government intervention, or less government intervention, more market forces, less market forces, it is more like how do i stay in power, how does the communist party stay in power, and that's his prism. that's why he went after corruption >> the two things that could interfere on the u.s. side are the economy and the markets. and so far all okay on that front. but if there is a sharp collapse of confidence or if this looks look a protracted thing that can drag down the economy, wouldn't the white house then change their tune >> possibly. so when you go back to december, and the world is falling apart in the markets, right? and the conventional wisdom was, oh, look how nervous the markets a

after tiananmen square, they just didn't move forward with an open wto come point plient so i think bilat rahal pressure is number bun be it and we should have johnson in lien with us pr prss% or so with two-way trade with. >> why won't they do that? >> i think they are behind the scenes diplomatically supporting us but they've let the president likes, being out in front, charging chargingin sfrchl but i think that's where we prose specific sfpt. >> hi, congressman. i spoke with former senator joe donnelly of indiana last night. and while you are right that we might not be seeing a big impact on gop, certain sectors concession from the chinese, due to weather conditions. we've had too much rain at harvest time lastfall, to as a fortunately are left-hander to arkansas and mr. plnl. due to the tariffs, as you say, a superficial purchase of more goods from the china just to please the united states. we need. but they, too, believe this may be the best time to get the chang that we need. >> all right, congressman french hill, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. >> what did

from vice president mike pence the speech will be after next week's 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre a white house official confirms. and it comes as china weighs cutting off critical minerals from the u.s. manufacturers. as a chinese diplomat accuses the u.s. of naked economic terrorism. and as rhetoric ratchets up in state media and of course those tariffs from china set to increase on saturday wilf >> kayla, thank you very much for that let's get to diana olick with the latest housing data. diana. >> reporter: wilf, pending home sales. this is a measure of signed contracts to buy existing homes. they fell unexpectedly in april, down 1 1/2% for the month and down 2% annually that's the 16th straight month of annual declines now, interest rates were low in april but not low enough to offset the strong run-up in home prices rates this week crossed below 4% to 3.99% according to freedie mack, which has some thinking the home buying season may be better than the spring but only if more affordable homes come on the market back to you. >> diana, thank you. facebook is holding it

of the young and square massacre anniversary for china because of the young and square massacre anniversary “— tiananmenhen sink on old chinese products entering the united states —— all? will they be under scrutiny and under tariffs?” states —— all? will they be under scrutiny and under tariffs? i think that he has made that clear that that he has made that clear that that will be part of his intent. and again, it's because of chinese behaviour. why are we even in this situation? how do we take a step back? i think it's by addressing some of the long—term concerns of not just the some of the long—term concerns of notjust the us, but many companies, asian companies have had about china and its unequal treatment of chinese companies. the oecd said it could affect 0.7% of global gdp by 2021, this is definitely a fair warning. affect 0.7% of global gdp by 2021, this is definitely a fair warninglj this is definitely a fair warning.” saw a this is definitely a fair warning.” sawa similar this is definitely a fair warning.” saw a similar statement out of the imf, she was one of our speakers in la, but she sai

don't think we are going to see a lot of movement on trade before the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen squarecomes up on june 4th, but you know, the idea that you will demonstrate to the chinese that it's really in their incentive to talk and to negotiate. stuart: so we have hard line trump on iran. hard line trump on china. that's the situation this monday morning. christian, thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: have to tell you this about blue apron. they received a notice from the new york stock exchange saying hey, your stock's fallen below $1 during the past month, that's the threshold for triggering a possible delisting process. 68 cents is the current premarket quote on blue apron. >>> look at ford. they released details on their reorganization. they are going to, by the end of august, they will have eliminated 7,000 salaried positions. that's 10% of all salaried employees worldwide. this move will save them about $600 million annually. ford stock still at $10 a share. >>> have a look at futures. it's monday morning. we are going to be down quite sharp

simpson, who witnessed the protests and their bloody ending, reports on the lasting impact of tiananmen squaret happened in the square 30 years ago. the authorities go to great lengths to avoid any mention of it.