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By Martin Yip in Hong Kong & Adam Durbin in LondonBBC News4 Jun 2023, 12:38 BSTUpdated 42 minutes agoimage caption, Democracy activist Alexandra Wong has
Hong kong over the storming of the legislature. from there, here's martin yip of bbc chinese. the 1st ofjuly 2019 — that was the day hong kong marked its 22nd anniversary of handover by britain to china. and it was also a chaotic night at the legislative council complex in the heart of the city, where hundreds of protesters, after numerous attempts, stormed the building. and they did vandalise quite some places, painted black the city's emblem in the middle of the main chamber. and they've also taken down things like portraits of speakers of the house, past and present. and they've also made...
No regrets for fighting for democracy and freedom. so now this trial will last for some 44 days, and by the end of it, they will learn if they would ever be imprisoned. and if yes, that could be a jail term of up to seven years, as this is a district court trial. martin yip there. now to latin america, where venezuela's president has visited brazil for the first time since he was banned from the country by the former right—wing presidentjair bolsonaro in 2019. nicolas maduro met left—wing president lula da silva in brasilia ahead of a summit of latin american leaders on tuesday. more from ...
In which millions marched and staged sit—ins for weeks. the incident contributed to china imposing the national security law which has radically curbed the city's political freedoms. well, 13 activists have now gone on trial in hong kong over the storming of the legislature. from there, here's martin yip of bbc chinese. the 1st ofjuly 2019 — that was the day hong kong marked its 22nd anniversary of handover by britain to china. and it was also a chaotic night at the legislative council complex in the heart of the city, where hundreds of protesters, after numerous attempts, stormed the buil...
Moving warhsips and planes closer to the island. and there's been sanctions on two us organisatons. martin yip has more. beijing's sanctioned targets include taipei's representative to washington, ms kim, as well as the ronald reagan presidential library and its executives. that's the very place where president of taiwan, tsai ing—wen met us house speaker kevin mccarthy. these measures include freezing their assets, if any, in mainland china as far as banning them from entering china altogether, including hong kong and macao. and they are said to be lifetime sanctioned measures. but represen...