the uk and china. we are of course meant to be in the middle of a golden era, a phrase coined in 2015 by the camera government. some people may see some signs of that, that was the half £1 billion trade deal signed last month but there is a sense that the talk is never matched the reality. that the uk and china often don't share the uk and china often don't share the same values, on issues like hong kong. that said, the pushback this time has been unusual. the rhetoric is growing increasingly heated. the latest from the chinese foreign ministry here in beijing accusing jeremy hunt of basking in past colonial glories. there is a glimpse in that that china senses the balance of power is shifting and also a certain advantage. it is more than capable of sending countries with which it disagrees into the diplomatic and economic deep—freeze and it knows that it is up near the top of the uk wish list for a post—brexit trade deal. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the un security council

hong kong is unique for china. shanghai cannot replace hong kong as a financial centre, at least not in the near future. in order to serve this very unique status, it requires freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement, and of course, most importantly, we need the rule of law. if china is not prepared to lose hong kong and make it any other ordinary city of china, then these essential elements have to be protected and preserved. i believe it will not serve the interests of beijing losing hong kong, and especially losing this very, very unique status. alvin yeung, leader of the civic party, member of the legislative council of hong kong, thank you very much for being with us on hardtalk. thank you. tuesday brought a destructive combination of weather to some parts of the british isles across the southern counties it was all about the strength of the wind which downed a number of trees at a number of locations but further north, particularly across the northern parts of yorkshire it was the rain

it had damaged uk—china relations. we strongly condemn and oppose the gross interference in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs by the british side. i call on them to keep hands off hong kong. what upset the ambassador was the warning from the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt that there would be serious consequences if china diluted hong kong's freedoms, and the promise from borisjohnson that he would back the demonstrators every inch of the way. the row centres on the joint declaration agreed by britain and china in 1984 that in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. this meant that after the handover in 1997, hong kong would exist under a so—called "one country, two systems" policy. britain thinks that until the declaration expires in 2047, hong kong should keep its freedom. but china says the treaty is now just an historical document. theresa may said she had been shocked by the violence, but emphasised that the majority had marched peacefully and lawfully. it's vital that hong kong's hi

but, we're told, china now believes it can determine their in advance. —— but, we're told, china now believes it can determine their guilt in advance. it's a policy of treating people as pre—criminals. backed up in gruesome detail by an exhibition that we're taken to. it's designed to prove that china is responding rationally to years of sporadic separatist violence. we are also taken to the id kah mosque in the city of kashgar, one of xinjiang's holiest sites. faith is alive and well, we are told, with a government approved imam insisting that there is no ban on long beards. once again, the satellite pictures tell a different story. right across the region, mosques are being destroyed. over the past two years, in cities, towns and villages, dozens of religious sites once clearly visible on the satellite images have been turned into patches of bare earth. i asked if we can get to the mosque and he says the road is closed. we think it's onlyjust been closed moments before our arrival. we've seen a number of other people on motorbikes, scooters, some cars as well, stopping and asking

i mean, you'vejust been in china — you just got back. so the vandalism inside an assembly building in hong kong, i mean, that is — it's hard for me to imagine that going down well with the chinese public. indeed, and when you think that is the only news they get. because, if you're trying to follow this from inside china, as i was last week, it's either not there on the chinese language services, or on the english language services, as soon as the word 'hong kong' comes up, the screen goes blank. so, you know, all that people are getting, at least through formal media, is the government view. that said, you know, in china there are ways for information to get aroud. some people in china undoubtedly feel that hong kong enjoys absurd privileges, that they're spoiled children and it's time they had a dose of reality. others, however, regard those demonstrations as sign of things they would wish to do themselves. yeah. greg, what about the tactics? we heard from isabel about the tactics of the demonstrators themselves, and obviously there'

fishing, including from china, not only from china but from other neighbours. we always try to be strict. illegalfishing is a big no, so we have to deal with this illegal fishing and we do it bilaterally with china. but looking at the region as a whole, i put to you that the former foreign minister, marty natalegawa, urges indonesia to step up its leadership in asean and in navigating this difficult course with china. is indonesia doing enough? in its role as a leader in asean? we are doing enough, trying to maintain the peace and stability in the south china sea by trying to build or trying to facilitate more constructive discussion between our colleagues in asean and china. for example, although you mentioned that the philippines may have had some tension, but i notice lately that there are now more and more chinese investment in the philippines. economically they are doing 0k, even now with vietnam in the trade war, china is also working with vietnam. so i think using the economic approach will somehow neutralise the possibility of conflict in the south chin

will china ta ke sentiment on the ground? will china take a tougher line on the territory? you are already hearing that china is taking a tougher line on the territory. in chinese estate media, in the aftermath of the protests, we already heard from officials as well that the protests are officials as well that the protests a re really officials as well that the protests are really challenging the ideology, the system here that one country to systems dash and the editorials pointed to the challenges and risks hong kong will face if the protests continue. a lot of young people, some who have come out here yesterday, to show support to the protesters who were inside and cause all this damage. if this was a targeted protest, because some of those protesters left something is untouched. they left money in the canteen further drinks they had taken. they canteen further drinks they had ta ken. they put canteen further drinks they had taken. they put signs on antiques saying do not touch these, we are not fees. while they may have caused a great deal of damage they were also tryin

china is too big for people to ignore. they will always side with china, not tibet. yes, some countries do. we have seen even in europe, right, 28 members of the european union is divided. you have 16 plus one. 16 european countries, plus one is china. italy has joined the group. it is 17 plus one. whenever there is a resolution passed on human rights in china in the human rights council, most of the 16 members of europe will not vote... you are just restating what i said. what can you do about it? we know that china is obviously a permanent member of the un security council. in the last 65 years at the united nations, we have seen 460 or more resolutions passed to do with the israeli—palestinian conflict. 0n tibetjust one because, of course, china vetoes. they are very powerful. what can you do? appeal to all the democratic countries. say, you say you are committed for human rights, you say you support of nonviolence, then you should support tibet issues. these moral principles that you claim should be implemented and should be shown, demonstrated... you are sayin

china is special, isn't it? china is a big presence in your part of the world and you have the problems in the south china sea where countries like the philippines are very nervous about chinese activity there and all the claims about, you know, the various territories and so wanted it so various territories and so wanted it so what is indonesia's china policy? how do you balance your need for some chinese investment but also try to say, well, we understand the concerns of our neighbours. we welcome very much their investment, 0k? equity financing not debt financing. second one, because it is pa rt financing. second one, because it is part of macroeconomic policy. secondly, in regards to the south china sea, fortunately indonesia is not a party having a conflict with china and, numbertwo, not a party having a conflict with china and, number two, we try to maintain our sovereignty so we a lwa ys maintain our sovereignty so we always have problem with illegal fishing, including from china, not only from china but

china's national increase was just 8%. the xinjiang government is attempting to gain full control over the young generation, to literally raise a new generation that has been cut off from original roots, from religious beliefs, from cultural knowledge, and even from their own language. i believe the evidence really points to what we must call a cultural genocide. kalida akytkankyzy now lives in kazakhstan. last year, her family members back in xinjiang were all taken to the camps, leaving her 1a grandchildren parentless. so she phoned their village official. kalida can't look for her family. anyone returning to xinjiang is likely to end up in the camps. so we look for her. the family home is locked and deserted. we call the village official. but he hangs up on us, too. other families we've spoken to also give us permission to search for their missing relatives. but we find no one. only the signs of a giant vanishing. back on our official tour, job training, we are told, is crucial for people's transformation. how long does

july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover in 1997, hong kong became a special region of china and the one country two system policy came into force. and that meant that, until 2047, when the declaration expires, hong kong should keep its free markets and independentjudges — at least in theory. frankly, the chinese have been breaking their word on thejoint declaration that they claim that it does not operate after 1997. the british government should make clear in the united nations, in europe, so long as we're there, and elsewhere that it does apply for 50 years after 1997 and we're going to be absolutely determined to make sure that china keeps its side of the bargain. the protesters who packed the streets i

trade deal. right to be optimistic about this us- china trade deal. it could be because of it has been strong talk over the osaka weekend and that was last weekend, and you may see markets move up from here. it has been a nice fourth ofjuly present for us investors and the momentum is certainly taking it higher. let's see what happens over the following week or two with president trump and president xijinping. week or two with president trump and president xi jinping. but if it is making progress, of course, donald trump has started a similar trade will be the european union as well as india. exactly right and he has shifted his gaze across to other parts of the world and it will be interesting to see what he does as far as european cars and other markets and of course is just a sweeping change, he will attack market. their wills — there was talk it would be hitting the enemies steel. it is certainly an initiative is far as the president is concerned. the federal reserve is possibly going to cut rates? that will be the first major mover. if we do se

it had damaged uk—china relations. we strongly condemn and oppose the gross interference in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs by the british side. i call on them to keep hands off hong kong. what upset the ambassador was the warning from the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt that there would be serious consequences if china diluted hong kong's freedoms, and the promise from borisjohnson that he would back the demonstrators every inch of the way. the row centres on the joint declaration agreed by britain and china in 1984 that in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. this meant that after the handover in 1997, hong kong would exist under a so—called "one country, two systems" policy. britain thinks that until the declaration expires in 2047, hong kong should keep its freedom. but china says the treaty is now just an historical document. theresa may said she had been shocked by the violence, but emphasised that the majority had marched peacefully and lawfully. it's vital that hong kong's hi

hong kong is unique for china. shanghai cannot replace hong kong as a financial centre, at least not in the near future. in a financial centre, at least not in the nearfuture. in order to serve this very unique status, it requires freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement and, of course, most importantly, we need the rule of law. if china is not prepared to lose hong kong and make any other ordinary city of trying out, then these essential elements have to be protected and preserved. i believe it will not serve the interests of beijing losing hong kong and especially losing this very, very unique status. alvin yeung, leader of the civic party, member of the live council of hong kong, thank you very much for being with us on hardtalk. thank you. hi there. the heatwave of last week seems like a distant memory now, but i just want to draw your attention to that provisional 38.7 degrees celsius that was recorded at cambridge university botanic gardens. the met office actually confirmed this tempe

our china correspondentjohn sudworth has this exclusive report. in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak again and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children. who is looking after the children? back home, china has been sweeping xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities, who have their own languages and culture, into giant camps, where they are taught chinese and to love the communist party. abdurahman tohti moved to turkey in 2013. three years ago, his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a short trip, and vanished. but then he found this — a video posted online of his son in a boarding school, speaking not in uighur, his mother tongue, but in chinese. alongside the camps, china has been building something else — giant new schools, many with huge dormitories. this kindergarten sleeps hundreds. we film at one camp. while the adults are kept here, their children are in this nearby school. and this kindergarten has barbed wire, cameras, and signs that say o

apple also said sales in china fell 596 apple also said sales in china fell 5% as the trade war with china drags on, but that is an improvement on the 22% slump seen in the previous quarter. earlier i asked technology a nalyst quarter. earlier i asked technology analyst daniel ives how else the trade war has affected the company. you are looking at the poster child for the us — china trade battle, and i think you have seen continued tensions weighing on stock, overhanging the stock, but it comes down to china's 20% of iphone demand over the coming 12—18 months. that is what they are looking for this quarter, and ultimately you saw the key reason why the stocks will be up. we also heard from ceo tim cook deflecting the worries about china. he said there was a marked improvement in greater china. we know that economic growth is something that is slowing in china. that is a major market for apple. so how is it dealing with those challenges? i mean, look, that is going to be the issue for apple because we have 60— 70 million iphones, it comes down to them putting a fence around the

meanwhile china is also suffering. its economy has also been slowing over the same period, with growth falling to 6.2%, the slowest in almost 30 years. and the global economy is also being hit — the international monetary fund has again cut its forecast for world growth to 3.2% for this year. chiyo robertson now reports on the negotiations ahead. donald trump has raised the stakes, as his trade and finance chiefs robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin prepare for talks with chinese cou nterpa rts prepare for talks with chinese counterparts on tuesday. it will be the first proper meeting since donald trump reached a truce with chinese president xijinping donald trump reached a truce with chinese president xi jinping at the 620 chinese president xi jinping at the g20 meeting injune, injapan. 0nly one month before that, negotiations had collapsed in acrimony. but donald trump is flexing his muscles again. on friday, he fired a twitter threat at china's developing nation status at the world trade 0rganisation. he is unhapp

and so i don't believe china can... we can do a deal with china. so i've not talked to the president about... so you're talking of a long—term hostile, maybe even bellicose, relationship between washington and beijing. i don't see them changing. i mean, they've been stealing intellectual property for decades, why are they going to change? you know, they don't open up their market to our products... are the us consumers ready for all of the knock—on effects of continued expansion of tariffs with all the extra costs they're going to face? i believe that if there's any tariffs, whatever the number is, they've talked about some of the numbers, we ought to reduce the cost and give that back to our consumers. and i do believe there will be some short—term problems, but we can't continue this path where china steals all of our intellectual property. we can't do that. first of all, it's not in compliance with the wto. it's wrong. it's not true... it's not good for the uk, it's not good for any country. in just a few days, you won't be talking necessa

iran and china have very good relations. china is iran's biggest importer of oil. when us started to impose sanctions, china made it clear that it wanted to continue importing the oil. it has had second thoughts about that because obviously china and the us have had a lot of disputes on their own negotiating table is china does not wa nt to negotiating table is china does not want to find yet another issue to provoke president trump because the us believes its policy, what it calls maximum economic pressure, on iran, is working and in fact it would want all the other signatories to the deal to pull out of the deal, to the deal to pull out of the deal, to put even more pressure on iran. so china is a key player both economically and politically. some say that the deal, also called jb‘s eoa, 2015 nuclear agreement. —— jpcoa because of some people say it is dead and that people are not admitting it. how would you describe how you see the situation? when the us pulled out last year, some senior iranians said to me it is all but dead because the us is all —— s

we have the china correspondence with more from beijing. china is allergic to displays of popular will, even more so civil disobedience. it's big fear, of course, is contagion and, with that in mind, it has been doing everything it can to make sure that people here, in mainland china, know as little as possible about what is going on. censorship has gone into overdrive. images of the protests are being blocked, even the term "hong kong" is being filtered on social media. that said, i think, for now china will be happy to allow the hong kong authorities to deal with it. they will be relieved that the police have, once again, restored order. but make no mistake, beijing is watching very, very closely. it is already defining this as an issue of sovereignty, warning foreign powers to back off. and to pick up on something james mentioned in his report there, in response to comments from the british foreign secretary talking about safeguarding hong kong's special status, a foreign ministry spokesperson here today want him to stop meddling. "we ad

in china, for example, we've had extraordinary tough talk going back to the campaign he accused china of raping the us economy, a phrase which many people have a problem with stop now, having imposed various different tariffs, he's putting a freeze on expansion of those tariffs. he is talking about a deal being very close. and he is also, apparently, backing off on his determination to isolate huawei from the us economy. 0k, isolate huawei from the us economy. ok, so let's go huawei first. there will be... there will be no interest, i believe, in the us senate or in congress and allowing huawei to sell up, work in the united states by blood donald trump is just united states by blood donald trump isjust promise united states by blood donald trump is just promise the united states that huawei can have relationships with us companies. i think 20 has said is that they can do component sales to huawei but while they can't sell them to the united states —— i think what he has said. it is my understanding. your fellow floridian senator marco rubio has called donald trump's let us talk o

july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover in 1997, hong kong became a special region of china and the one country two system policy came into force. and that meant that, until 2047, when the declaration expires, hong kong should keep its free markets and independentjudges — at least in theory. frankly, the chinese have been breaking their word on thejoint declaration that they claim that it does not operate after 1997. the british government should make clear in the united nations, in europe, so long as we're there, and elsewhere that it does apply for 50 years after 1997 and we're going to be absolutely determined to make sure that china keeps its side of the bargain. the protesters who packed the streets i

but it has worked with china and other countries. we will see. i am concerned because it looks like the timing is about october and october this year we have many other important events in europe. so it is a sort of quadruple witching hour, if you wish. we have the halloween brexit, the italian budget, we have the changes in the terms from the ecb and we also have sanctions from the us. it is going to be a very busy october. many people wonder about the lack of consensus, will that be a problem in dealing with the us? i think it is going to be a problem. europe is more fragmented today than in the past. so finding a common, united fronts relating to the us might be more difficult than we are used to seeing. lorenzo, we will get you back in october then, shall we? thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. china's premier has pledged that the country will further open up to foreign investors. li keqiang says limits on foreign ownership in its financial sector will end in 2020 — a year earlier than schedu

there is some dissatisfaction with china. a lot of young people feel the comparatively peaceful protest under the umbrella movement in 2015 has failed and that is why they are taking a different approach. a lot of the protest has been about alleged police violence where they feel police were using excessive force during the june 12 feel police were using excessive force during thejune 12 protest. they feel the government has not listened to them and that seems to be what is driving them. you seem to be what is driving them. you seem to be alluding to a generational divide between those who want to go further and are angrierand between those who want to go further and are angrier and the many who are protesting peacefully. that's right. what is quite telling with the young protesters and the graffiti they left, someone wrote it was you who told us peaceful protest would not work. but we did see the divide. some saying it might turn public opinion against you to take over the legislative council but some of the young one felt s

what about trade relations between the us and china. is this news put further pressure on negotiators to try to sort that situation out? i think there is probably a desire to get a deal but the politics of a deal have become more complicated. obviously in the 620, more complicated. obviously in the g20, president xi and president trump were able to agree and give some short—term certainty for industry. i think a lot of businesses and investors are concerned about the overall long—term trajectory, and that will certainly make businesses cautious in terms of long—term investment plans, capital investment, and so on. there is still a lot of uncertainty but the near—term outlook has improved a little bit. thanks for your analysis. staying with the trade war, let's now talk about one of the companies right at the centre of it, huawei. according to the wall street journal, the chinese firm is considering axeing hundreds ofjobs in the us after its operations were hit by the trump administration. mariko oi nowjoins us from singapore. ni

an annual march to commemorate the handover to china. in that march was dr man—kei tam, the director of amnesty international hong kong, about the violence building up in the latest protests. you have to understand the two group of people. the peaceful protesters and the small group of people using violence. one group and consistently having the same demand originally. the same demand towards carrie lam to withdraw the bill and investigate what has happened earlier in the protest about the use of excessive force by the police and also ask carrie lam and the responsible official to step down so they are very consistent under their demands on both groups. but we are looking at the images of the parliament building completely trashed by these protesters. many in hong kong will be waking up and wondering whether these young people, these demonstrators, have actually harmed their objective more than help it?|j think this is unfortunate that a small group of protesters used violence to achieve their aim but this is definitely notjustifiable

and, we look at how the us china trade conflict is hurting economies. glad you could join us for this exciting addition of asia business report. about half a year has passed and 248 people were killed when a dam collapsed in brazil. bbc news has now learned that serious questions have been raised about the german firm that has issued the safety certificate for the dam. a p pa re ntly safety certificate for the dam. apparently they knew about potential problems with the dam for up to a year before the catastrophe happened. no warning, no time to run. the dam collapsed in a matter of seconds. a mountain of mining waste now a torrent of toxic sludge. nearly 300 people died here. this man's sister was killed, her body still hasn't been found. translation: we are destroyed, we are trying to understand what really happened. with every hour that passes, the traces of people disappear into the landscape. at the same time, fresh evidence continues to emerge. what happened here could and should have been prevented. for this brazilian prosecutor, questions for a g

months, hit by the us—china trade war and weakening global demand. china's already brought forward a raft of stimulus measures to cushion the impact of its cooling economy, including tax cuts worth $297 billion and spending on roads, railways and other big—ticket infrastructure projects. for more, let's go to singapore and the bbc‘s asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani. can you explain some of what is behind this slowdown in growth? well, first of all i think we need to acknowledge the fact that whenever china releases its gdp figures they come in largely in line with what the government has been forecasting for a very long time. you have to put that in perspective with the actual data that you get. many with the actual data that you get. ma ny a nalysts with the actual data that you get. many analysts are sceptical about the official figures from china, but what these numbers definitely do show is a continuing downward trajectory, a continuing decline in growth figures for the world's second—largest economy. this has been signalled by

hong kong is unique for china. we are the only financial centre of the whole of china. shanghai cannot replace hong kong as a financial centre, at least not in the near future. in order to serve this very unique status, it requires freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement, and of course, most importantly, we need the rule of law. so if china is not prepared to lose hong kong and make it any other ordinary city of china, then these four essential elements have to be protected and preserved. and so i believe that it will not serve beijing's interests losing hong kong, and especially losing this very, very unique status. alvin yeung, leader of the civic party, member of the legislative council of hong kong, thank you very much for being with us on hardtalk. thank you. hello. in the last couple of days, some of the showers that we've seen breaking out across the uk have been nothing short of vicious, leading to disruption to transport and localised flooding. in the next few days, not an entirely dry story, but far fewer showers, and they should also

where does that reside in terms of china? hong kong. do you agree with isabel on that, or do you think that in beijing they might feel that they can play a waiting game, that in 2014, with the umbrella movement, add the demonstrations petered out? at the last congress of the communist party, the president made two promises, the first was harmonisation, that china should become a harmonised society. and one aspect of that is the concentration camps with muslims. i need to put this in context. the chinese call them 'educational centres'. yes, and hong kong has to become really chinese. the other aspect is the pretension that china cannot offer a model to the whole world. not only, we show you how to rule an efficient society. we have had an economic miracle that everybody is admiring, the same time our political control, we do not allow these so—called democratic tricks that are played in the west, the corruption that there is. how does that relate back to hong kong? they have to tame hong kong, hong kong is like a cult, they have to ta

so what about the view from mainland china? john sudworth is there. how will china deal with this? china is allergic to displays of popular will, even more so civil disobedience. it's big fear is contagion and with that in mind, it has been doing everything it can to make sure that people here in mainland china know as little as possible about what is going on. censorship has gone into overdrive. images of the protests are being blocked. even the term hong kong is being filtered on social media. that said, ithink being filtered on social media. that said, i think for now, china will be happy to allow the hong kong authorities to deal with it. they will be relieved that the police have once again restored order. but make no mistake, beijing is watching very, very closely. it is already defining this as an issue of sovereignty, warning foreign powers to back off. to pick up on something james mentioned in his report, there are, in response to comments from the british foreign secretary, talking about safeguarding hong kong's special status, a foreign ministry spokesperson here today

china correspondent john sudworth has more. it's long been known that the mass incarceration of hundreds of thousands of adults in that part of china is likely to have an effect on wider society and on children in particular. our investigation quantifies it. we looked at publicly available government documents on the internet and we carried out dozens of interviews with families based overseas. what we found is evidence the campaign against muslim adults is having a powerful effect on children's faith and family. in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak again and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children. who is looking after the children? back home china has been sweeping xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities, who have their own languages and culture, into giant camps, where they're taught chinese and to love the communist party. abdurahman tohti moved to turkey in 2013. three years ago, his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a sho

to be part of china, this message that hong kong is an integral part of china. at the same time, they have been putting out footage showing protests that are happening to support the police. what they have been doing in recent weeks is talking about hooliganism, acts of vandalism in the country, they have not been showing in peaceful protests whatsoever, those pictures have been censored. today when protesters were smashing the windows of the legislative council, it was in beijing's favour because they could hand—pick these images in this video and they could use it further down the line. but now, because they manage to get into the building, the government will be nervous about this. the idea that you could break into government building is horrifying to the patient government. i have noticed in the last hour that all these words that we re last hour that all these words that were censored weeks ago i suddenly censored again. words like hong kong, march, and the legislative council, hong kong cosmic government. they were relaxed because bashan could say, it i

so, i grew up in china. we use lots of bamboo. so i had the idea of my business and i had the idea of creating a range of products using bamboo and calling it cheeky panda. but we did not do anything until two or three years ago and i went back to china to visit my parents with my partner and we decided to investigate this idea. so we went to a city in the west part of china and what we learned is bamboo can be used to create a lot of different things, tissue, wipes, textiles. but there is so much bamboo that only 10% is used and 90% surplus. so what we thought is, why are we cutting down trees when we have such a wonderful resource? that we are not using. so that is really why we decided to launch this business because it was a no—brainer for us. the very definition of toilet paper is that it is designed to be thrown away and yet so much of it made around the world still comes from virgin pulp, not recycled. some firms are trying to do it and we are not buying it, why not, why is it such a big problem? sometimes it is not easy

and, making the great wall of china great again! why one of the world's most popular tourist attractions is getting a makeover. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and noon in christchurch, new zealand, where it's been three months since a gunman killed more than 50 people in attacks on mosques. now, bbc news has found evidence of the alleged attacker‘s international links and a growing online network which the far right uses to communicate, largely unobserved by the security services. from vienna, our security correspondent gordon corera reports. he tweeted images of the weapons he was going to use. he posted his plans in an online forum, and switched on a facebook livestream for people to watch as he began. the christchurch attack was foreshadowed online, but it was missed by the security forces. brenton tarrant was allegedly acting alone. but he was connected to an international ideology, one which inhabits the darker reac

what we expect todayis trade war with china. what we expect today is for these american companies to test the resolve of the administration and see if they can persuade the white house to carve out exceptions so that they can sell parts to go into phones and laptops made by huawei. there are the china folks who are not keen for the government to give any concessions. on the other hand, —— the hawks. whereas the us treasury secretary says that the ban hurts us tech companies more than it hurts huawei. well the us restrictions on huawei are being felt around the world — and here in the uk they were specifically cited in parliament a few hours ago when the culture secretary said the government was postponing its decision on using huawei in the uk's 5g networks. there was a lot of noise about this earlier. these measures could have a potential impact on the future availability and reliability of huawei's products, together with other market impacts, and so are relevant considerations in determining huawei's involvement in the

absolutely, the pain being felt is not only in china but worldwide. almost on a two weekly basis you are seeing cuts being forecast by major economic organisations from the wto to the imf. so this is not good news for the world but ijust say to the imf. so this is not good news for the world but i just say that at this point china is feeling more confident that perhaps things have stabilised. we do expect more stimulus, some rate cuts and thank rate reserve cuts so they do not have to come up so that puts more money into the economy. and we expect more stimulus so i think after a bit more digestion may be positive signs in asia. after a bit more digestion may be positive signs in asialj after a bit more digestion may be positive signs in asia. i wonder where this leaves the trade dispute between the united states and china, doesn't mean it is more difficult for the chinese president to fight back against what he has seen from president trump because we know that globally the moves in the economy are having a huge impact. they are digesting this and th

the pilot of this is entering mainland china. there was an opportunity because what's been happening over the last few weeks now as the protest have escalated, there have been asked of what the government sees as bad as them or put up an exam, there has beena them or put up an exam, there has been a picking up of these particular elements or sharing online basically saying that this is what's happening. there no protest, but as acts of hooligans happening in so when people in protesters starting to try and enter the legislative counsel, that would have been an opportunity for beijing but at the same time for people to actually get into the local parliament. seeing the phytates behind milk, one of the words he yet again and again in chinese is dog government, dog government again and again. the communist governments wanting to share pictures of this will permit such an embarrassment. the idea you can get into a parliament building in hong kong is just unheard of really. you just wa nt just unheard of really. you just want to have

it had damaged uk—china relations. we strongly condemn and oppose the gross interference in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs by the british side. i call on them to keep hands off hong kong. what upset the ambassador was the warning from the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt that there would be serious consequences if china diluted hong kong's freedoms, and the promise from borisjohnson that he would back the demonstrators every inch of the way. the row centres on the joint declaration agreed by britain and china in 1984 that in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. this meant that after the handover in 1997, hong kong would exist under a so—called "one country, two systems" policy. britain thinks that until the declaration expires in 2047, hong kong should keep its freedom. but china says the treaty is now just an historical document. theresa may said she had been shocked by the violence, but emphasised that the majority had marched peacefully and lawfully. it's vital that hong kong's hi

china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the un security councilfails to reach an agreement on whether to issue a statement condemning the deadly air strike on a migrant centre in libya. north korea accuses the us of being ‘hell bent on hostile' actions, just days after a meeting between the countries' leaders. china has warned

there is another part of china. there is another part of china that is really important in this, as the beijing regime would say, and that is taiwan. the elections next year, likely to see a much stronger affirmation of taiwanese self—determination, and thatis taiwanese self—determination, and that is a much bigger prize in many ways. the identity question. that the government has also pledged to recover, and that is going to be much harder of hong kong goes back. we have to move on there, i am afraid. now to the uk. it is decision time for british conservatives. their leadership race started with a packed field and ended with two. now tory party members have heard all their promises on brexit and a better future. so the only question left — where to place their cross? againstjohnson or hunt? adam, as they contemplate their ballot paper, what will be the calculations in the minds of tory party members? who's going to win for them. and they have already actually decided this. i am afraid this race is over, it s

then, on friday, there's trading after china —— out of china, that's after china —— out of china, that's after washington and beijing resume talks hoping to strike a trade deal. i arced mark —— i asked margaret young, market analyst, whether it would derail expectations of an imminent interest rate cut. last friday's job data was very good, meeting expectations. some 220,000 jobs were added to the payroll, which is higher than the industry's consensus of 160,000. it's a big rising up from previous months' reading of 7.3 thousand. so these very strong job data underscore the strength of the us economy and employment market. but at the same time they also reduced expectation for a very deep interest rate cut by the federal reserve by the end of this month. so according to the futures market, the market is now seeing 95% probability of a 25 current and only a 25% chance of a 15 bits current. the rate cut is just going to be a moderate cut instead of a deep cut. i don't think donald trump is necessary for him to emphasise a cut by — in his latest twitter because the market sees a 100%

the 22nd anniversary of the takeover from written to china. crowds are expected to be bolstered by recent anti—government protests. let go to hong kong. what is the current business sentiment in the territory with these ongoing protests?” business sentiment in the territory with these ongoing protests? i think that because the extradition bill has been suspended, there has been a sigh of relief from the business community but that is not to say the problems for hong kong arrive. even on this symbolic day, we have already seen some initial signs of tension between police and protesters, crashes into the early hours of this morning. there is a stand—off in one of the main arterial roads of hong kong's business district between police and protesters and you can see behind me, a row of young students dressed in black t—shirts, the unofficial uniform of the pro—democracy movement, they have come here today to come and raise the black flag, a sort of protest against the official flag raising ceremony that place around half—an—hour ago