BBC Newsnight
Published on Jun 12, 2019
A proposed extradition law has resulted in some of the largest protests seen in Hong Kong.
The Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, tells Mark Urban that China is upholding the principle of "one country, two systems" and that the British government has "no right to interfere with citizens of Hong Kong." Violent clashes have broken out in Hong Kong amid protests against a controversial extradition bill. Lawmakers have postponed the second reading of the bill, which would make it easier to send people to mainland China to stand trial. Our international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Hong Kong.