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Idea of keeping hong kong stable was to make a promise like this. but ultimately it was always a temporary promise, right? china was at one point sometime after 2047 or in 2047 going to take full control of china so whatever the protesters want can't be permanent. >> well, it can't be permanent but i think there is a hope that if in fact they can continue to function as this autonomous, quasi-democracy, that they could sustain it over time and they certainly don't want to get in front of that 1947 -- that 2047 deadline. i think there was a lot of hope that china would not only do economic refo...

What they really want is the chinese government to stay true to their word, which they gave the united kingdom in 1997 when the united kingdom gave hong kong back to china in effect as you said which meant that hong kong could until 2047 have their own local government. they could have their own economic system. when the chinese tried several months ago to take a heavy hand and take some of the control back, in the form of this extradition law, which i don't need to go into, the hong kong people went to the streets. now, yes, they are concerned that maybe their whole system of government is up...

Exist by agreement until 2047. today's demonstrators, young people that worry about their lives 28 years from now. many hong kongers fear that china might be moving up the timeline and with the local police overwhelmed, some appear to be losing their resolve. remember, hong kong is about tourism and cash money. this is good for neither. china's built a bridge to hong kong from the mainland and if president trump is right, when he said that the chinese are building up troops at the border, then they could cross that brand new bridge quickly. analysts believe that's not likely a thing for today....

Associated with hong kong, finance is a big part of it. they are a headquarters of all the major financial institutions so locking up the airport does actually have a big impact. >> when you think about global financial hubs, it is new york, london, and hong kong. >> correct. >> if you are any sort of person working in hong kong right now you are shut down and thinking about how can i get out? it is also a window into really understanding how the chinese government works. when you don't get to see it like this, people often think, china, the other super power on the other side of the world. th...

Mainland china in 1997, that this would be a one-country, two-system arrangement, is beginning to fall apart. the extradition bill was the beginning of the erosion of the firewall. they have different legal systems and different political systems. and the worry is, gradually beijing is asserting more and more control and power over hong kong, long before 2047, when hong kong will become completely a part of china. one country, one system. natalie? >> and that seems to be something that the young people refuse to accept. ben wedeman for us and ivan watson, following developments. thank you both...