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regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijings communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kongs autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kongs executive council and leader of the new peoples party. what does hong kongs fate tell us about beijings worldview? regina ...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he sa...

The future of the pro-democracy movement in hong kong?- the future of the pro-democracy movement in hong kong? since 2019 the ci has movement in hong kong? since 2019 the city has changed _ movement in hong kong? since 2019 the city has changed in _ movement in hong kong? since 2019 the city has changed in many - movement in hong kong? since 2019 the city has changed in many ways. i the city has changed in many ways. fundamentally speaking, many people describe this now is a police state. the ba...

Since 2019, this city has changed in many, many ways. fundamentally speaking, many people describe this now as a police state. john lees background in the police, in law enforcement, and his crackdown against the protest movement makes many people feel that there will be continued restrictions here. this morning, before the election, there was a very small protest, where three people decided to march the streets and claim, and call for universal suffrage. that is nothing compared to the thousand...

Where three people decided to march the streets and claim, and call for universal suffrage. that is nothing compared to the thousands of protesters that would take to the streets almost every weekend in 2019. sojohn lee was the person that oversaw this crackdown, theres been more than 10,000 arrests since 2019, more than 100 national security law arrests, so there is the feeling here that the pro—democracy movement will continue to suffer under the leadership ofjohn lee. danny vincent in hong ...