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Behind the spectacle authorities are hoping the pro-democracy movement in hong kong doesnt mar the landmark occasion for the worlds longest surviving communist state and lets go to date of use my ts filling and he joins us from beijing hi mathias good to see you huge preparations are underway there how important is this anniversary for the chinese leadership. for the last 30 years the. legitimacy to its legitimacy that the communist party attributes to itself has been mainly sustained by nationa...

Know you lose confidence in hong kong and more because of this see you know you go bill there you know the whole goal will economically would also be those wrong. mainland china use all sorts of way. to its a site of so-called dictatorship in hong kong. to kidnap the people they treated us and in the. many fear chinas legal system with its high conviction rate and liberal use of the death penalty. hong kongs government says its included safeguards in the bell and amended it only applies to crime...

Well as power stations the telecommunications networks and also pipelines and then there is the maritime silk road which will connect to china with europe with africa and southeast asia and china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but critics are warning that president xi is gigantic project is plunging its partners into debt and giving china increasing power. well lets talk about all of that with our correspondent much yes belanger he is standing by for us in...

We need to strengthen our civil society. john kidman expects to be convicted but for now he runs while hes still free. lets bring in correspondent mathias banana he is following the story for us in hong kong hi mathias so as we heard protest leaders are facing seven years in jail for inciting a public nuisance what is this charge all about well it is obviously a very. very substantial charge seven years in jail for its a law that has been. taken but taken by the colonial government at the time i...

Includes visiting casares mosques which you can only do now if you are a tourist. lets go right to beijing our correspondent mightiest building is standing by for us hi mathias a lot of international criticism on china over this issue how is beijing responded . beijing is very thin skinned on this theyre very sensitive react very sensitively to criticism there was a debate in the german born this talk last week about the the human rights situation in syria and the chinese embassy has handed a pr...

Past today i hope i speak not only for our countries. but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. well at the next stop on trumps marathon five country tour of asia is china the u.s. president and first lady departed south korea just a few hours ago they are expected to land in beijing soon trade in north korea are again at the form the focus of the trip observers expect trying to push chinese president xi jinping to up the pressure on pyongyang ...