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and kim jumped on. i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us saudi crown prince mohamed have been solomon has been on an asia trip all week it's seen as a diplomatic pivot away from the prince to prove that life goes on even after western countries started shunning him following the murder of writer jamal khashoggi last year his first stop had been to pakistan a country saudi arabia has a close relationship with and where he pledged she invest almost eighteen billion euros he visited india next where he announced his country is ready to share intelligence with new delhi in the fight against terrorism he stopped short of making direct reference to last week's terror attack in kashmir. he has had

a fine line to walk between pakistan and india and now then some is on the final stop of his trip to china where he signed a deal to build in oil refinery saudi arabia is one of china's top crude oil suppliers second only to russia now the house of saud has long presented itself as the defender of muslims around the world given that islam is to call the ascites medina and mecca are there but during this visit when someone has not said a public word so far about china's internment of as many as one million seekers a turkic muslim minority living primarily in the countries far west. it is one of the most serious violations of human rights happening in the world today joining me now to talk more about this is isaac stone fish senior fellow at the asia society. now i think you wrote a really interesting washington post column about this about bin solomon having an opportunity but also writing at the same time that he probably won't be taking the

opportunity so this is really a. economic trip more than anything of diplomatic trip more than anything. that's right i think we can be idealistic and hopeful that someone like m.t.s. would bring out the treatment of the readers but know that on such a trip which is dominated by real politic and at the isis desire to have a better relationship with china must pacifically on issues involving trade and i am trying to find a way to somehow read his country off a. reliance on oil as opposed to having anything that would come across as involving the situation should john or anything about human rights in general let's talk a little bit more about the situation and she just for those people who don't know much about it a could you briefly just explain what is going on. so she is

a region in far northwest china where an estimated one million muslims are in concentration camps that chinese government doesn't call them concentration camps that talks about them as reeducation centers for radicals that need learn how to operate in the modern world but actually it really is a mass atrocity where. people are angry and camps i mean their concentration camps and for the leaders who are not in camps there's a really dystopian surveillance system people's phones are monitored their movements are monitored and there's also a strong push to be islam lives or satisfies the islam that muslims practice in northwest china so trying to move people away from prayers and fasting and standing from pork and alcohol and trying to make them more chinese.

this is really frankly should be an outrage at the enter national level. been someone that won't be talking about it has other countries in asia other countries other muslim countries talked about this at all. so i mean this is good comedy in ignoring the plight of the leaders in tunisia as we go to has not said anything a prominent malaysian politician very vaguely brought it up on largely for him but he didn't really say anything at think pakistan's religious minister has said something by iran khan the prime minister has certainly been silent about this turkey is really the only country that has said anything of significance the foreign ministry spokesperson decried the crimes being committed there but this is also a step down from what everyone said in two thousand and nine where he called it genocide and since then and since china has become more and more important political and

economic there for countries around the world right everyone has decided segment of society and. isaac stone fish thank you so much for your time. the u.s. military has had a big presence on the japanese island of okinawa since the end of world war two and it's been a constant source of resentment for the locals this past year has seen major protests over plans to relocate a u.s. air paced food for ten months situated right in the middle of a growing city to a more remote site to further north at an oak up baby opponent say it will destroy the marine life they're ok now as local government is holding a referendum on the relocation of this sunday but that vote is non-binding for the central government in tokyo so will strategic interests take precedent over grassroots democracy we have this report. they refused to stay silent they want the u.s.

marines out preferably off the island all together. these demonstrators oppose the construction of new u.s. air bases on our canal with their fences and barbed wire some here have been protesting their whole lives. others like thirty one year old lima talk of moody represent a new generation of activists on the island. some here can still remember the trauma of war those who've grown up in an era of affluence and peace still resent the u.s. presence. that he wanted more than half the u.s. troops in japan are stationed here the americans have dominated the strategic island since the end of world war two. the was there. almost every job used to depend on the americans almost no one dared say anything against them but now tourism in okinawa is booming and gradually people are

starting to believe that something around here needs to change the body and the best of what she could do with it in the fishing village of another airbase is under construction. the v. shaped takeoff and landing runways are being built on reclaimed land on what had been a pristine marine environment. activists have also taken to the sea confronting the coast guard protecting the site but the construction continues despite the protests and the upcoming referendum. on the tiny flotilla is waging its battle against the might of japan and the u.s. . those who breached the barriers are stopped immediately. for people in the city of g. no one it's like living on an aircraft carrier it's where the u.s. maintains the food base right in the middle of the town right next to

a school. u.s. jets carry out maneuvers above the heads of nearly one hundred thousand residents. but tokyo and washington say they'll only close the base if another one is built somewhere else on the island like many places in arkansas our the fishing village of her noko is used to living with and from american soldiers they're welcome customers here at the washington restaurant owner to moto to mary has filled the menu with american favorites so his patrons can feel at home. he's been waiting years for the base to be relocated to the area. if the base doesn't get built here to free up the other location then there's nothing you can do about it i personally would welcome it an airport like that could also be used commercially one day that would really help the local economy.

once again that's a fight over the island's future this time with words not weapons the names of those who died in the battle of okinawa in one thousand nine hundred forty five the listed here both americans and japanese as a symbol of reconciliation but it seems the u.s. military and or can our locals are still far from living in peace with each other. the excitement is definitely building in vietnam ahead of next week's much anticipated summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un and we got a little preview of what's to come earlier today when two impersonators made an appearance together in one noise they were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of media and locals it probably won't be up so close and personal next week when the real leaders arrive excuse me the two countries envoys are already in one no i and

other preparations are underway in ways big and small take a look at this artist. the courtyard of a handler cafe tram lambent is busy on his latest collection a series of what he's calling peace portraits the self-proclaimed trump obsessive has painted the american president dozens of times now he's together with north korea's kim jong un in a message of love. he. my wish is that after the summit donald trump. could have a vietnamese coffee together. and then walk together on a green lawn. i would love to paint that picture of them and give that to them. as a present from vietnam i mean. you know what i know. that

would also be a dream come true for the cafe zona he's keeping the artwork on full display until after the talks just in case. our. strong aspiration that u.s. president donald trump or kim jong un or any peace lovers would come here to enjoy the paintings of trying them being. we want to convey the message of peace yet. maybe the technicolor trump and kaleidoscopic kim will inspire some true diplomatic artistry in hanoi. there's more on line on our website www dot com forward slash asia and don't forget to check out the news on facebook as well we'll leave you with ninja it is ninja day in japan and people especially in the city of coca considered the birthplace of ninjas are just being out for work to celebrate the fighters we'll see you next time.

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