hong kong. is a journalist and director of the hong kong at the university of hong kong journalism and media study center. thank you so much for joining us, mr. richberg. so again, the 1st election in china overhauled hong kong electrical system. first of all, how significant is it? and how is it different from previous election sound in the city? well, it is significant only in the sense that it adds on some members of this committee that's going to be in charge of selecting the next chief executive. if i use the words selecting, that will be electing because they will do the selection. and they will also fourty members of the expanded body, which will be rounded out today will go on and serve in the legislature because beijing is basically added 40 seats on the legislature. some members of mr. today will be going on to serve in this new expanded legislature. the thing to understand this new election committee is it's called, we'll have 1500 members on it. but today only 364 of those seats are being actually contested today. so most of those seats were already billed only a few seats were contest

hong kong. good to hear from me, keith ridgeback, who's director of the university of hong kong journalism and media studies center. he explains what the votes actually means it's. it's significant only in the sense that it adds on some members of this committee that's going to be in charge of selecting the next chief executive. if i use the word selecting, that will be electing because b j will do the selection. and they will also 40 members of the expanded body, which will be rounded out today will go on and serve in the legislature because beijing is basically added 40 seats on the legislature. so members of this group today will be going on to serve in this new expanded legislature. the thing to understand this new election committee is it's called, we'll have 1500 members on it. but today, only 364 of those seats are being actually contested today. so most of those seats were already filled. only a few seats were contested, for example, and they've divided these it what they call some sectors. for example, of the architecture, some sector, there's 70 candidates competing for 15 seats and there

. >> a university of hong kong study published last july found the pfizer vaccine produced ten times vel of antibodies as sinovac. another study shows the efficacy rate is only 50 percent. >> i'm happy to announce that the sinovac/coronavac vaccine has been given who emergency use listing. >> but even though china never released efficacy data in april , the world health organization approved emergency use for sinovac in its vaccine distribution program, covax. >> i would say that at this point, putting forward donating or contributing sinovac to covax is no longer supported by the scientific evidence. >> chris beyrer is an epidemiologist at johns opkins university. he says the pfizer and moderna mrna vaccines are w technology, while sinovac uses traditional technology that uses an inactive sars-cov-2 virus. scientists say the chinese company over-inactivated the virus, decreasing its efficacy. >> it's a very old school technology. and it turns out that it just doesn't generate the same level of immune responses. but particularly as the coronavirus has changed and evolved over time wit

university of 0 go in new zealand, there. three members of the standing committee of the hong kong alliance in support of patriotic democratichis morning, according to a bbc correspondent in hong kong. police officials are waiting outside the vice chairperson�*s office to arrest these people. the alliance, which was set up to support the protesters in tiananmen square in 1989 has been accused of being a foreign agent, and the national security law which was passed by beijing last year, there are five members on the standing committee in total. that breaking news coming in from hong kong, from a bbc correspondent there. we will be sure to bring you more news as and when we get it right here, on bbc world news. a unicef study on the impact of school closures in india has found that 42% of children reported not using any type of remote learning during the pandemic. the indian government has rolled out tools for online education but to very mixed results. as schools finally consider reopening, the bbc�*s divya arya meets some children living through this long shutdown of education. radhika and herfriends are excited but nervous.

university of amsterdam's representative. that starts right as the market opens in china and hong kong. "daybreak asia" is next. bloomberg. ♪ paul: good morning. i am paul allen in and we are counting -- shery: asian stocks sat for a steady start after rallying the u.s. session. fears are easing of contagion from china's debt crisis had beijing lays down the law to evergrande. regulators urge that developer to avoideflt

of 3 dead and wounded after an individual. i can fire at the cds. university university has confirmed that 4 people have been injured. the 1st vote in hong kong held under reforms imposed by badging has chosen an election committee with just one off position leaning candidate fewer than $5000.00 people from mostly pro establishment circles were eligible to cost balance. the committee will choose hong kong next to leda and only half its legislative council. electra reforms imposed the main show on the so called patriots loyal to china, who govern the city. probably stocks in china and hong kong have plunged to the lowest levels in half a decade as fees mount about the fate of a massively indebted real estate giant. ever grind interest payments on you this week with the company on the brink of default. laura burton manley has this report, roof hold roof unfinished buildings, rubble and cranes brought to a standstill in the ever ground away says complex new, china's low young city construction is unlikely to start soon. it's causing anxiety among people who saw the empty shelf as a future homes move. that doesn't matter. when we bought the