Could we get a Chinese journalist to interview a brittish or American senior politician in this way? Could be fun.

Interview won't let guest speak. Victor Gao did good job answering questions. When interviewer doesn't like answer he changes the topic or claims answer is not good. Or he tries but fails to bait the lawyer

This interview ,was a pure embarrassment ,Tim was not interviewing but trying to push a certain agenda. One point that I gotten is , why should China from without just start putting it's citizens in concentration camp. Yah even to me it doesn't make an sense. No terrorism in China for three years, man I m getting the impression that maybe China method of fighting terrorism is work.

What a terrible host, if you are gonna bring someone over to ask questions let the man speak first then challenge him, hard to watch.

Show me a country that allow outside forces to go in to train the rioters and coordinate them to cause havoc, else you are just a hypocrite.

Is this an interview or an interrogation?

This interviewer is so unprofessional. He constantly antagonizes, interrupts and makes assumptions without listening. Yikes. Mr. Gao kept calm and presented his points well.

This guy ask a questioned and answer it himself

Mr. Sebastian interviewing questions were not for the purpose of understanding, rather they were judgemental accusations with an imperialistic condescending manner! His tone and attitude literally communicated to Mr. Gao, “Hey look, don’t argue with me. I am the boss here."

the interviewer wants the guest to talk about HK but doesn't want him comparing it with UK or US. isn't it the standard the HK people want, so why it's wrong to talk about it?

This guy's interview strategy makes me trust the one being interviewed instead.

The CCTV camera keeps crime low and cost of maintaining security low, I don’t see any issues with this, why is this an issue?

Funny tim, he asked question, and then he answerd it by himself, without listening

The host is so rude to interrupt the interviewee! Even the Western countries can not guarantee their own people's human rights. So shamed!

The host seems to be upset when the replies aren’t what’s expected and keeps interrupting his guest.

The British didn't let much of a democracy in HK in its 150 years of overlordship. So stop lecturing the Chinese how to run the it.

Few people know that the US has a large population of about 5M under incaceration (prison). Their work program wage various ffrom $.1 to $.6 per hours compared to outside minimum wage of $13 per hour. Why are they criticising other countries ?

Which method of dealing with terrorism is better? The Chinese way which involves having suspects and supporters to be rehabilitated in vocational training schools ( gaining employment skills thereafter and removing hatred of infidels and irrationalism that were brought by religious radicalism) or the US way which involves bombing suspected hideouts or camps with missiles from drones or / and aiding religious radicals/extremists/ terrorists to fight against the legitimate government in Syria etc.

The British in Northern Ireland were extremely brutal in their crack down during the troubles. That's also fact.

It's just hypocrisy when you accuse someone of wrongdoings and not allow people to talk about your own wrongdoings. Such double standards!

It’s not an interview, the interviewer kept interrupting and trying to prove his own point of view and wanted Mr. Gao to agree with him, otherwise he jumped to another subject, expressing his own point of view again. Why he just have his own speech and say what he wanted to say! Did the British government give HK people the right to vote for the governor when they ruled HK?

Very unprofessional interviewer I’d ever seen. It really sucks....

No ,I don't like a interviewer constantly interrupting his interviewee emotionally . I know you hate CCP , But It's professional not to interrupt your interviewee

well done victor! very biased interview who refuses to admit to how US and Britain and other western nations are dealing with people when there is terrorist attacks, gun fights, riots and etc. double standards to the max.

Tim Sebastian is a great interviewer with very critical and interesting questions, but I seriously would have liked him not interrupt the person being interviewed all the time. Not letting the other person finish and shouting is not the way to win an argument. Neither is it a good interview.

Victor is brilliant. I saw him on another news programme with an Australian presenter as well. He comes across as very well informed and intelligent, and a very polite and respectful man no matter how rude the interviewer is. I wish our own politicians came up to this standard.

The interviewer is not civil and accusatory. He sounds more like an activist. He should let who he is interviewing speak and let the listener decide.

When VG tried to talk about other countries, I don’t understand why the host wouldn’t let him. VG wasn’t trying to distract the audience, he was trying to say that how to handle terrorism isn’t the issue of the Chinese alone; other countries arent handling that well, so why should China do otherwise and maybe expect it to be worse? He was also trying to say the Chinese way is better than the US / UK.

I laughed when the interviewer talked about fixed seating and stations.. that's very normal in asian schools, we are all given fixed seatings throughout the year. You can't be objective without understanding the other culture. It's two different systems with two way of handling the matter.

This interviewer is just giving leading questions and then not letting the interviewer answer the question.

This guy is not an "interviewer". Everything he asks something Victor Gao answers and gets cuts off. Both sides are well prepared. Victor Gao kept his cool and presented himself well from persistent cut-offs each time he tries to answer a question and faces a barrage of further questions. "Interviewer" is actually a professional "Interrogator".

“No country, either Britain or the United States, would tolerate the level of violence in Hong Kong” damn this video aged like a fine wine. All of 2020 was pandemic lockdown while little to nothing is done about mass violent protests in the US. Then we have the issue at the capitol and suddenly it’s wrong and unacceptable. Figures

The interviewer may have been told off by his boss after interviewing that Hong Kong girl. Western media always have something negative to say whatever Beijing do. Double standard. Twisting facts. Verbal hegemony. If you are not prepared to listen why interview? Call it interrogation. I support Victor!

Victor Gao is too polite (like an oriental gentleman) while the interviewer is too rude

at the end of the Interview...."the cameras were still rolling" T.Sebastion ...through away his spectacles...?...Victor Gao...was wiping his forehead....in the larger..learned people never be tempted by others...to explain very learned issues..for me...Victor Gao was very calm profession man in this interview.

Victor Gao, you had done a very good interview, you have my support

The interviewer is too emotional. It painful to watch.

This interviewer is infuriating. Exactly the problem with people in this world.

Victor Gao makes a lot of sense. The interviewer is just doing meaningless "gotcha" stuff.

As a normal citizen of HK, we don't believed human right without rules of Law, democracy is not equal to terrorism. If the violence continue in HK, we rather preferred the One country one system to restore the law and order and the peaceful life we used to have. So, not all HK peoples preferred the western style of so called democratic system as we already ranked. no. 3 in freest city in the world.

Well, in Germany, the Bund and the police wouldn’t tolerate the level of violence displayed in Hong Kong. I’m 💯 sure about it.

This is not an interview, this is an interrigation. Shame on the biased media.

Why doesn't the interviewer interview the Israeli prime minister regarding the rights of Palestinians living in the west bank and Gaza who are under Israeli control for more than 56 years with no rights. Western human rights is selective based on their interests. Hypocrisy as clear as it gets.

Why you conduct the interview in the first place if you’re going to answer every single question asked by yourself?

Love how this interviewer changes tack so quickly when things aren't going his way. That's what emotional people DO when they are losing an argument, they change the topic.

Good on you Mr. Victor GAO! This interviewer was extremely rude !

Let Mr Gao speak

This white male should retire as he still lives in the old times. He is so rude as a human being. He doesn’t really need a guest. He could just have had a one man show of craziness.

Why is this journalist interviewing an expert's opinion when all he wants to do is give his own ill informed opinions??? DISLIKE!

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Chagos Island population in the UK cannot go back...and the island of Diego Garcia is now a military base for the Americans. So when will the Chagos islanders get justice as compared to China's rehab program..????

As always, it's another interrogation by the BBC.

why this german interviewer is so agitated?? At his age, he should know that it decreases his credibility exponentially. Sir, relax, no one is attacking you. The Chinese gentleman is answering your questions in a very meaningful manner, he is not attacking you. Are you so angry because the Chinese gentleman does not give you answer you want to hear, or because he is in control and you are not?

This was a poorly executed interview by Tim. Policies / politics aside- Victor bested him.

Last time british and Chinese were this intense, the Opium Wars broke out.

Freedom to bomb as religion right? 911 bro? What is us right to invaded Afganistan?????

China cannot have censorship but America/Britain can. China cannot have these detentions but America can have Guantanamo. At least China is educating them instead of waterboarding them like America.

Tim, you are arguing about Hong Kong & China. Can you remember what your government did to Nelson Mendela. So stop meddling in other countries's affair.

I am so disapointed with DW. TIm is not qualified as a host of any political program. He himself is an extremelist.

The host just want to say and listen what he want.

Ask yourself this question: Is human lives and law and order are more important or Human rights is more important? If your family members, your people are being killed, your properties burnt down, do you not lock those violators up while waiting for trial? Or do you set them free because of "human rights"?

Shame of his education of journalism

Let Gao speak. Why this reporter interrupted him? Loud voice doesn’t mean you are right. And the bookstore people were arrested when them came in mainland china. Not kidnapping.

Why are the citizens of Hong Kong are waving the U.S. and U.K. flags, when Hong Kong have its own flag?

I think the interviewer is just trying to trigger Mr. Gao, so he can tell something that could be captured and it could be fermented into something else.

I can understand the interviewer wanna sharp and juicy conversation. To be honest it is not comfortable to listen to him, as he does not care a bit about the answer, but more behaved like a prosecutor, to what happened in another country he might have not ever been.

Wait, let me guess. This was not an interview, just two men are arguing with each other. Is this high school?

This guy doesn't know how to interview. Even before the interview he shows he is unprofessional.

Tim: (when he is not happy with the answer) I am not asking that. Or, interrupt directly without letting the interviewee finish his answer. (This has been pointed by several interviewees over the year and he never listened. He only buys aggressiveness. Otherwise, there is no way for interviewees to express their ideas.) Well, What a brilliant qualified interviewer with all his own opinions for every question that he has asked. Why not just take all the questions on his own? Why need he an interviewee sitting in front of him? Asking sharp questions and being bias are completely two things. Distinguish the difference, old man. Offering your ears and being polite won't affect you to ask sharp questions.

Guys, its called "conflict zone". If you have watched another episode, you will find Tim is always arguing on the other side. Most of the people are thinking interview is about "understanding your interviewee by stepping into his shoes", but conflict zone is using an opposite way. It believe anger can trigger true beliefs. The whole point of conflict interviews is to release truth at the end of the argument. And I love the way that channel is doing it. Of course it could make people feel uncomfortable for the reporter is "not kind", but just for me, I enjoy the argument a lot.

The interviewer cannot deal with the answers given, and had to keep interrupting with unreasonable irrelevant statements. According to this, according to that. Does he know anything for himself? Has he experienced anything? Well done Victor. Very well answered.

This Victor guy handled this interview well! Tim keeps interrupting when Victor compares policies in other countries. However, countries like US and UK want to behave like their so called “democracy” system is a cure all medication.

why was a westerner so concern about hong kong situation after british took over it for 150 years unlawfully and demand china to stick to westerner rule of engagement? make it simple, every chinese should be able to do whatever they please because hong kong belong to china! because Chinese can! as simple as that.

Sebastian is begging for the answer only which he wants to hear and asking a response about the future which is still to happen... Mr. Gao is just being diplomatic.

DW should watch CGTN if it's neutral.

How come the West cares so much about Uighur but not palestine people? Or do they really care at all?

The UN Human Rights Council backed China's enactment of their National Security Act in H.K. In addition, note that 53 UN Member countries voted in favour of China versus 27 opposing Members. Please take note of this fact!!! By way, almost all Western nations have their own National Security Law too.....wake up Interviewer! Please don't harp on the Basic Law (Hk)...if the Anti China factions in HK broke these Laws, they have to be modified accordingly

This interviewer is not interested in learning or hearing his answers. His sole purpose is to accuse and put him on trial. This is not an interview. Infuriating to watch.

What a misery.,why not take all the unhappy Hongkonger to UK. Sure the bright Hongkonger can do someting good for BRITAIN.

This interviewer is scandalous

DW should fire Tim Sebastian, very unprofessional and uneducated. Pathetic journalism. More personal opinionated attacks, as opposed to journalism.

Great interrogator, he should be employed in Guantanamo. In this crazy world dominated by US, many western nations gave themselves the role of judges and executioners. In this aspect imperialism and colonialism still exists under the disguise of democracy and human rights. What should China do when history is written by victors, ride along? If China followed the same US's war on terrorism policy, they would have simply bombed Xinjiang in the name of western values, why bother with reeducation? In 2018 US bombed a Uighur camp in Badagshan, Afghanistan, Does it mean that Uighur extremists are terrorists only outside China? It's ok for Uighur extremists to attack innocent civilians in China, but not when they fight US troops in Afghanistan?

Stop interrupting! Let him speak

Did u not ser what demonstraters did in hk, destroying business n properties?

Tim's style is, my point is always right, if not, I'll interrupt your talking. If I can't argue with your point, then I'll change the topic. Tim: it's concentration camp, Victor: it's not. Tim: let's call it concentration camp.

Hello Mr Sebastian, great majority of population of China is happy and grateful to live in PRC, even foreign citizens from the Western World able to live happily in China. I watched KZfaq and western visitors enjoyed their travel to China so much. I can see western visitors were mostly treated with friendliness and respect. But how was China being treated by the western world in return? Luckily there is censorship in China so that their citizens wouldn't be brainwashed by Western Media like many Hong Kong youngsters did. What right has Mr Sebastian to question Mr Gao or China on how to run the country? Imagine a Chinese Official or journalist question a Western country official on how to manage their citizens the way Mr Sebastian did, so despiteful way… like China is the underdog of the World, i.e. China must manage it's citizen the way the Western World wants it to, obey to Western Standards……… I have middle class relatives in Hong Kong, like many Hong Kong citizens after 1997, my relatives have enjoyed improve quality of lives, much reduced corruption and Hong Kong people have recently become the longest living in the world with improved access to healthcare, hygiene and environment. At the end, the majority of normal people wants is to live a peaceful, adequate, long healthy lives without threats of being brutally rob, gun down by criminals or kill by terrorist, that's the reason why China have so many surveillance cameras. If a 'magic wane' can provide a country with a leader that make majority of its citizens no longer in poverty, lives longer, easy to go from one place to another, no worries on being robbed or killed while walking the street at night, …do you think for 100‰ sure an open election can give you a better leader? I would rather do interesting thing in life than bother to go to cast my vote if a 'system' can select good country leaders for me. Why is it so important that one must have the freedom to access to Western media, Facebook etc? (P.S. I am not from China)

When the Western media tells us xinjiang concentration camps they forgot the US have a guantanomo bay.

This is not interview but accusation...

Mr S's method of interview is really weird, hard to stomach.

This is an interrogation. Not an interview. If U want a debate, call it a debate and divide equal time.

Wish we had "education camps" for journalism in the west that we could send Tim to.

So the basic laws applies to Hong Kong which has nothing to do with this interrogator, but does not apply to UK or US or any other Democratic Nations. WOW, such wisdom

Have you heard of any challenge from DW on the humanity disaster in Gaza in October 2023?

No wonder. DW associates itself with this type of interviewer. Low standard.

Wth?! Can that old man let Victor Gao speak? I wanna listen to his explaination...

It s wonder Gao kept his cool

the HK police is the most disciplined police in the world.

Thank You for giving your guest the last word . I think Victor Gao is right on that and I am disappointed that Tim Sebastian did not accept his invitation for him to try to get in to the camps .

I really wish Mike Wallace was still here doing these interviews instead of this guy :(

Is it an interview or a confrontation?

Since 40 years China has been making so much peaceful economical and political progress. Instead of following the western consensus and their wishes, like what happened in Soviet Union, Chinese found their own way to the success in all different aspects. Now it is not the time or too late for the westerners to bargain, argue and decide whether they could accept or contain/isolate China, rather how to embrace and cooperate with China. Like or not, China would continue to grow and soon become the no.1 superpower in the world because the reality has been proved that Chinese system is better than those in the west. That would be western another increasing anxiety and frustration. Instead of accusing and embarrassing China, or lecturing Chinese how to do, now it is the time for the western countries to not only beg the Chinese for the help in their western economical decline, like their broken infrastructure, but also learn from China how to peacefully respect and live with each other, instead of “winner takes all”.