The International Stadium with 4 time up for grabs on tuesday no liles looks for its 1st gold medal in the 200 meters final. Hello for the 1st time in the months of unrest in Hong Kong Police have shot a protester with a live round leaving him in Critical Condition so the incident and the large scale protests in the city are overshadowing the 70th anniversary of the peoples republic of china a day when the communist leadership wanted to present its best face to the world so these are pictures of the moment the officer pulled his pistol and shot the protester in the chest at close range of the Hong Kong Police force was quick to explain the officers actions in a post on social media. By quite. A large group of protesters were attacking Police Officers despite warnings from the police the assailant still continued the Violent Attacks the Police Officers lives were under serious threat to save his own life and his colleagues lives he fired a live shot at the assailant 118 year old man was shot his Left Shoulder area was injured he was sent to the Princess Margaret hospital in a conscious state the police do not wish to see anyone injured in the incident it is really heartbreaking here we must again warn all rioters must stop all illegal acts police will continue to enforce the law seriously well earlier some 100000 protesters defied a police baton and they took part in what they called a National Grief march the rally turned into some of the worst violence hong kong has seen recently dozens of people have been injured and street battles right across the city but it was a very different picture in beijing take a look thats where the latest military hardware and thousands of troops were paraded across gentleman square well more on how china marked its national day in beijing but 1st lets look at how the day unfolded in hong kong start heiler starts our coverage. The annual National Day Flag Raising Ceremony in hong kong this year was watched by dignitaries and guests of the government on t. V. For security to 12000. 00 attendees were inside the Hong Kong Convention center for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china officials were concerned that the protesters would disrupt the ceremony a heavy security ring was placed around the Convention Center matthew chunkin chung stood in as acting chief executive as kerry lamb along with a delegation from hong kong travelled to beijing for the ceremony there he addressed the ongoing protests now in their 17 week. Hong kong citizens have been shocked and saddened by the violence which has turned the city that will call home to an unfamiliar place desperate for a way out of this thailand a group of about 100 beijing supporters gathering here with the flag raising ceremony was earlier in the day this is one of several groups who have gone to different locations around hong kong to wave the chinese flag and to sing the anthem. A small group of prodemocracy protesters made their way close to the venue for the National Day Ceremony led by an activist politician the group was quickly met by riot police part of intense security in the territories m. T. R. Train stations across hong kong were closed to stymie protesters from gathering a protester groups petition for a march was rejected by police several rallies were still planned. You know why but for those in hong kong who see this as a day of National Celebration not a National Calamity as the protesters call it it was an opportunity to fly their colors its got harder aljazeera hong kong. Lets get an update from adrian brown hes joining us from hong kong as weve been reporting adrian this is the 1st time a protester has been shot by live live ammunition could this be a turning point at all. Well i think it tells us that the violence here is getting much more intensified i think in many ways to rain its remarkable that given weve had 4 months now of violent protests that no one has so far been killed the chief executive of hong kong curry in fact made that very point just a few days ago but im sure this incident in which a policeman pulled out his pistol and fired at close range at a young protest is something that lawmakers here in hong kong will be debating and debating fiercely in the days to come it has by and large as you pointed out been a very violent day even by the standards of recent protests we know according to local media that more than a 100 people have been arrested i saw some of those arrests myself there have been more than 50 injuries and of course this has been a day of striking contrast to relieve scene in beijing chinas current leaders past leaders men in their ninetys 8070 s. And sixtys presiding over this huge celebration in beijing exhorting the masses to remember all the good things that communism has brought to china where as here in hong kong the focus has been on the young people people in their teens people under 30 and people who in many ways have no sort of hope in the future of hong kong theyre deeply disillusioned about what the future holds ive lived in china for you know 5 years and there i can tell you the mood amongst most young people in the big cities is very different they feel that theyre part of something truly dynamic they believe that china has a Bright Future and that they will do well but the mood here is just so striking. Really different and its a reminder of the of the huge job that chinas leaders and hong kong leaders have to do to try to rectify this festering problem which is getting worse and thats one of hope and the question is what china does next because up until now up until recently its been focused on this National Day Parade so will we expect china to now turn its attention to hong kong. Well i think youre absolutely right you cannot underestimate the importance of this celebration in china this is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china it is the most important entry in president xi jinping diary on his calendar and that has been their focus really for the past few months really since the protests began here in hong kong but i think now youre going to see that hong kong is going to start getting their undivided attention now carrie the chief executive of hong kong was in beijing on shoes day not here in hong kong and of course she has been leader for 2 and a half years now and some commentators analysts are starting to say that if you were to get rid of kerry now would probably be the time to do it because it would be midway through her term but you know what china does next i think is still really very much up in the air but you have to say to yourself how can they let this sort of thing continue for much longer because this is you know open defiance to me the people protesting here today 100000 of them this in a sense were in individual acts of defiance because these marches had been banned so everybody who was on the streets today knew that they were breaking the law but they were prepared to do that ok adrian brown with an update from hong kong thank you so as we mentioned the anniversary is being marked on Mainland China in a very different way large parades have been held in beijing at a sensitive time for chinese diplomacy as well as its economy rob matheson reports from beijing. Aircraft funded through the skies of asian Armored Vehicles rumbled through china square a display of chinas military strength as president xi jinping calls for economic and political confidence and sends a message to hong kong or me out here we have to maintain that peaceful united one. One tree to sit on principle to keep hong kong and macau is a long term prosperity at the state realty 70 years ago when jan and square communist Party Chairman mao tse dong announced the founding of the peoples republic of china. In the following 27 years most socalled great leap forward plan to boost farming and Industrial Production led to famine and the deaths of an estimated 30000000 people his cultural revolution clamped down dissent a year after maos death in 1986 new leader dench helping declared china would open up internally and to the outside world the china of today bears little resemblance to the china of chairman mao the new middle class is getting wealthier and the countrys transformed itself into an economic global power but one of the central messages of things celebrations today seems to be a cautionary one yes we should acknowledge what china has achieved so far but there could be tough times ahead. For president xi as centralizing and strengthening control in beijing some of the president s political rivals have been swept up in his crackdown on corruption as well as the ongoing protests in hong kong and allegations linked to human rights the trade war with the us is forcing chinas economy to slow and this is a not a adversity of High Expectations that is going to be very glorious in the near future its an anniversary in which we look back on what china has been able to attain and we talk about a new era of sacrifices and struggle in 198910 and one square saw bloodshed when prodemocracy demonstrators stood up against tanks in 2019 china is determined to show that its military is stronger than ever but the success of president xi jinping his leadership may depend on how he handles chinas newfound respect little rock madison. Beijing. Lets. Discussed this with every gomez hes a policy analyst for defense and Foreign Policy studies at the Cato Institute hes joining us from washington thanks for speaking to us on the aljazeera news hour so it really is a sensitive time for chinese diplomacy as well as its economy in your opinion from what you saw from the parade what do you think the message was that china wanted to get out. I think it was if you look at the long history of china from when the p. R. C. Was 1st established 70 years ago to now china is no longer the sort of defense backwater or underdeveloped country in that regard and that theyve invested considerable resources in the parade the military assets came 1st and the party has invested conservative resources in making sure that they have the military capabilities to reflect their rise of the general power and this this military rise is also i think a big focus of concern among the United States and also other regional countries. We didnt see one of the new weapons the hypersonic Ballistic Nuclear missile which in fact is capable of breaching antimissile defenses to reach the u. S. So what that has been a direct message to the United States and how is the u. S. Viewing this in particular. Definitely a message for the United States the development of road mobile solid fuel Ballistic Missile capable of carrying multiple warheads which is what the dia 41 is has been a major goal of Chinas Nuclear force structure and again this is important to remember though that Chinas Nuclear force structure is not very much like the United States theyre not trying to match in terms of number of warheads but theyre trying to keep an arsenal thats significantly smaller but has a guarantee of surviving 1st strikes and retaliate ing and as the United States has become more concerned about chinas rise i think there is a tendency to see Nuclear Developments as particularly threatening because china is fielding new systems and there is a tendency to sort of overhype what they mean or misunderstand what they mean and i think that theres a good academics understanding of what is actually going on with Chinas Nuclear forces and how they are developing but im not sure that that understanding is being reflected in policy maker discussions or threat perception. Publicly china has said that the parade is meant to celebrate the countrys founding and not and its really not directed at any other nation at least thats thats the Public Statement but you talked about how the u. S. Will be viewing this how about regional neighbors. Well clearly taiwan is going to be very very concerned a combination of the one country 2 systems promise or idea sort of breaking down and hong kong as we speak is driving this increase in taiwanese. Reluctance or outright opposition to the one country 2 systems model being applied to taiwan and for good reason i think and then china also and the parade by disobeying a lot of these Weapons Systems that would be very useful in conducting a military an exception of taiwan i think definitely sends that message of you know the see the c. C. P. Is still very interested in what happens to taiwan and very interested in its legal status and presenting these systems as i think a deterrent message to them to say you know you might not like us and but do not do things that would cross our red lines and do things like declaring legal independence from china for example because if you do so then it will be met with force yeah youre right to say that china has a lot on its plate right now including obviously what were seeing in hong kong as well as taiwan but when it comes to the trade war with the United States does that impact chinas military capabilities at all going forward. So far the chinese economy before the trade war started was already sort of slowing down from the meteoric levels of g. D. P. Growth that we saw 5 to 10 years ago and the Chinese Government was kind of prepared for this i am not sure how much of an effect the trade war is having on their growth figures for looking ahead. But in the past when the growth rate slowed down it did not produce a slowdown in military spending and so i think that if the trade war does impact the military aspects of u. S. China or the u. S. China relationship it will be through affecting the economy in a way that slows down military spending but again we havent seen that in the past and its pretty clear that she jinping has placed military modernization and reform at a very high level of importance for his own domestic agenda so i do not anticipate that a trade war would change this unless it produced a truly catastrophic result for the chinese economy Something Like in the order of a massive recession right ok eric gomez we thank you very much for speaking to us from washington. Plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including. Iran that it wants to lower a steadily rising tensions with saudi arabia. A leadership crisis strikes peru why the country now 2 president s and in sport a dream run for africans at the World Championships peter has the action a little later in the news hour. Its been revealed the u. S. President sought to enlist the help of another foreign leader for political gain donald trump asked the australian Prime Minister to help the u. S. Justice department investigate the moeller inquiry which examined russian interference in the 2016 election the Australian Government has said it greed to help the u. S. President is already facing an impeachment inquiry into his dealings with the ukrainian president s Andrew Thomas has reaction from sydney. A spokesperson for australias government essentially said that theres nothing unusual about this funding cool in a statement they said the ghostwriting government has always been ready to assist and cooperate with efforts that help shed further light on the matters under investigation and the Prime MinisterScott Morrison confirmed this readiness once again in a conversation with the president so theyve characterized that there merely as the Prime Minister of australia helping out the leader of a friendly country the us president in an Ongoing Investigation well the Opposition Party here in australia sees things very differently they think that this is Scott Morrison helping donald trump with what is essentially a political investigation into a political problem the miller investigation and they have said that his assistance is in disparate saying that mullah investigation and answer the elder naisi the leader of the opposition here has said that australias Prime Minister has involved himself in what is essentially a domestic issue inside the United States and has a lot of explaining to do well australia is involved in a workplace because it was a conversation between an australian diplomat in london and an aide to the then crump campaign back in 26. 00 saying that kick started the more inquiry George Papadopoulos a young aide on the Front Campaign told Alexander Downer the australian high commissioner in london at the time that the russian so you believe had on Hillary Clinton that they were going to leak during the campaign and that meant that trump was more likely to win the election than he might otherwise have been