i'm joined now from washington by zhaoyin feng of the bbc‘s chinese service. oining us, zhaoyin. you had the protest with their demands, including the resignation of carrie lam, but on the other hand beijing's saying we're now seeing sprouts of terrorism and they'll deal with this with an iron fest. is there any middle ground between the two sides? well, it's really high to tell. so far neither sized show any signs of backing down. we're now ten weeks into the protest and as you can tell, the protesters are not backing down and at the same time china has ramped up its condemnation of the protests. at first the state owned media in china is no protests on the coverage and later they called the protesters mobs, criminals and separators and now this new phrasing of it, they are mobs with signs of terrorism right now. it's a very strong signal sent by beijing that it's a warning that protesters should back down at this moment. with the chinese state media and social media saying about these protests ? social media saying about these protests? some of the state medi

laura: zhaoyin feng, thank you for joining us. zhaoyin: thank you. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program,n a amazing escape for passengers in ssia. a plane is forced to make an landing in the midd of a cornfield. laura: police investigating the death of a 15-year-old in malaysia say they no evidee of violence. asthe teenager from london found dead 10 days after she vanished while on holiday. her body was found two-and-a-half kilometers from a jungle resort on tuesday. a postmortem exam concluded she died from internal bleeding, probably caused by hunger and stressful her parents say their hearts are broken. here is howard johnson. howard: after nora quoirin'sco body was dred on tuesday, a senior pathologist was tspatched from kuala lump carry out this morning examination of the london teenager. today at a police press conference, the first details of how shed. died were revea >> the real cause of death was internal bleeding of the intestine canhich may have been caused by not having any food over a long

laura: zhaoyin feng, thanks for bein zhaoyin: thank you. laura: as we mentionedarlier, the g7 pledged money to the amazon to fight the fires devastating the rain forest. but brazil's president was critical of the decision, saying that other nations are treating the country like a colony and infringing on sovereignty. will grant is in the brazilian state and has more. will: as each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. this is just one othe 75,000 fires in brazil which prompted such an angry respon a finite resource vanishes before the rld's eyes. now it seems the world' wealthiest nations are trying to act. the g7 promised funds for thele bao save it, 18 million pounds, to be precise. while thats welcom environmental campaigners in brazil, most say it is nowhere near enough for the scale of the problem. this is the scorched and blacked earth of another small part of the amazon destroyed by the fire.id prt bolsonaro says the idea of an international nyliance to save this would turn brazil into a cor no man's land. more evidence

zhaoyin feng from our chinese bureau. talking to us from washington.ns under lockdown during the islamic festival of eid. all the big mosques were closed amid concerns that a large number of people gathering could spark unrest. the region has been tense ever since the indian government revoked its special status last week. the indian government says law and order has been maintained across indian—administered kashmir. from srinagar, the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. after they said their eid prayers, hundreds took to the streets in one part of the city. they were protesting against the indian government's decision to remove kashmir‘s special status. two days earlier, a rally in the same area had turned violent. today, it remained peaceful. the rest of the city wore an uneasy calm. security forces were out in full strength. there were checkpoints on virtually every road. big mosques were closed. people were allowed to pray in smaller numbers but not everywhere. this elderly man argued with a policeman to let him through. behind a make

nada: for more my spoke with zhaoyin feng from the bbc's chinese service. this is the strongest statement we have seen it from theei authorities inng. what is the significance of that? zhaoyin: indeed, the protest has been going on for 10 weeks now, and beijing's condemnation has up and up. at first, information about the protests was censored mainland china. beijing called pros mobs, criminals, separatists, and we just saw that they started to say that the protest have shown signs of terrorism. it is a clear sign that beijinga s to send a very strong warning to protesterthat the situation in hong kong has comew to a stare they decide to back down. this was triggered by a weend of escalated violence on both sides. the police have fired nonlethal bullets at close range to protesters, and on the other hand, although protesters are still protesng in a peaceful way, some radical protesters have started to adopt to a new tactic. they threw petrol bombs into police stations, and thalikely triggered beijing's new rhetorics. nada: how likely is it that china would r

i put the question to zhaoyin feng of the bbc's chinese service. is there any chance of president itxi meeting protesters as president trump suggests? zhaoyin: very unlikely. beijing has labeled the protesters as a rioters with behavior close to terrorism, and it would be hard for them to justify meeting between the leader and the protesters they ca terrorists, and in theseve protests we ot seen an obvious leader who can lead negotiations with beijing, and more importantly, a meeting like heis will be too much like meeting 30 years ago during the tiananmen uprising when the chinese premier met with some student leaders and that meeting was fruitless at its best. after the meeting, he ordered a violent crackdown. i don't think the chinese government would like to remind the world of that. laura: president trump is commenting from the sidelines here. he say an internal matter between hong kong and china. does that embolden china in its aggressive attitude towards protesters? zhaoyin: i think so. i think the chinese prefer trump's position. a few weeks

the president have also been tweeting: let's speak now to zhaoyin feng, us correspondent at bbc chinesewashington. i'm just wondering in the midst of all this weather president trump a's message is acknowledgement to say that us intelligence points to chinese troops moving towards the hong kong border— is at the most concerning thing you picked up today? president trump just tweeted a video footage of armed police of china assembling in shen zen which is the bordering city of hong kong oi'i is the bordering city of hong kong on the mainland side. the footage has been tending on chinese social media for days now. there was a message posted with the video footage showing that armed police are supposed to deal with violent riots and terrorism acts, sending a very clear signal to the protesters that this force could be deployed to hong kong. that is also a domestic audience in china because the biggest nightmare for beijing as the re st of biggest nightmare for beijing as the rest of china learning from what is happening in hong kong, leading to greater unrest in the country. so the governm

let's speak now to zhaoyin feng, the us correspondent for bbc chinese — she's in washington.ng kong protesters and they have tweeted about the hong kong police to practise constraint, do not use overt force and cracking down the protesters, however you just listen toa protesters, however you just listen to a donald trump has to say, he hopes everything works out and he also went on twitter to say that he rejected the accusation from beijing that the us has a role to play in the protest, he could not imagine why other people are blaming the us and pointing at him for what is happening in hong kong right now. but it it does come out a sensitive time, talking about the trade deal thatis time, talking about the trade deal that is taking place and they're going back and forth with that. and i'm wondering, is it republicans and democrats that are speaking out vociferously? or is anyone holding back, worrying about future relationship with china? so far, the support from congress is enormous for hong kong. hard to imagine whether they would take any substantial actions to show the s

the bbc‘s zhaoyin feng is in washington. blood pressure of currency, but in the past few months, china has tried to slow down the pace of depreciation rather than encourage it. but the country has decided to let the currency drop to a very significant level. it is a turning point of his official policy stance. first of all and indicates that it's not only in economic policy, made only by the central bank, but i also got approval from the leadership. and indicates that china is here prepared for the prolonged trade war and the depreciation will brace the country for higher tariffs in the us. why is china allowing this to happen now, is there any significance in the timing of this? it is definitely in response to the us threat of raising the tariffs an additional 10% but at the tariffs an additional 10% but at the same time, the bank has indicated that this is not irreversible events, meaning that the exchange rate can change again, it is not like ageing or breaking a dam. there is no turning back. it is not like the water lev

let's speak now to zhaoyin feng, a correspondent from the bbc‘s chinese service.n the last few days and financial markets have been in the last few days. have the chinese come away from, they were not at the g7 summit, have they come away from watching it from the other side of the world thinking that they are closer or further away from some kind of big trade war with the united states? i think china is likely to read trump's remarks as a friendly gesture. i think both countries were caught off—guard by the escalation. from beijing's point of view it has practised constraint by announcing its retaliation in three weeks after trumps threat of new tariffs. but of course with so many signs of a us economy crisis, back home, president trump cannot afford to look weak. today, the mood music has changed a little bit. after the call between the two countries, trump has extended an olive branch to china. this will be in the interest of china's well with its 70th anniversary approaching on the first october, china would want to cool down the trade tension a little bit. th

zhaoyin feng from bbc chinese is here.ten to president trump and decide to meet the protesters? it is highly unlikely and this would not sit right in beijing because it would be seen as a right in beijing because it would be seen as a us meddling in chinese affairs. in the last few weeks they have labelled the protesters in hong kong rioters with behaviour close to terrorism so it would be hard for the chinese government to justify a meeting between its leader and terrorists, and also in the last few weeks we haven't seen a leader of the protests. it is hard to imagine anyone could lead the negotiation with beijing. is there anything that any country from outside of china could say or do that would impact how beijing decides to respond to these protests? honestly, i don't think so, because china sees hong kong as a territorial issue, domestic affairs, and hong kong as a territory that wants to be lost and came back later so it is highly sensitive. the language used by the ambassador here in the uk was talking about a handf