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He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets he...

He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets he...

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And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed ...

Hearted, and its most dangerous as an underground movement. >> right. you think president trump is missing the point that even if the caliphate falls, that doesnt mean its the end of isis. he is getting advice of that, but he doesnt seem to be processing that information. >> well, trump doesnt listen to the central intelligence agency or the pentagon. both of whom understand whats going on in this part of the world. if the caliphate should fall, baghdadi should be captured, thats not the end of ...

Their territory shah rinks. as eventually the so-called caliphate falls. because you do not have really functioning governments in iraq and syria anymore. the kurds in iraq are functionally independent already. i think the sunnies in both syria and iraq are very reluctant to go back under the authority of assad -- or the iran dominated government in baghdad. so we have to think long and hard about what this looks like after isis. as i say, we do not want to advantage the iran coalition, which is...