social media is critical critical to the development in. our history and our rights are not only for discussion. they are women for change a good moral already. digital. storage portrayed on. this is d w news coming up on the program the saudi crown prince and his delicate diplomacy in asia he brings his charm offensive to china but remain silent when it comes to beijing's treatment of its muslim minority are we seeing we our politics over human rights plus. anger in okinawa over plans to relocate a u.s. military base to residents have their say this weekend in a referendum but will the government listen to the will of the people. and

a vietnamese artist paints for peace head of the second summit between donald trump and kim jong un. i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been on an asia trip all week it's seen as a diplomatic pivot away for 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 been solomons 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 hold the sites 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 readers 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 isaac 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 a diplomatic trip more than anything. that's right i think we can be idealistic and hopeful that someone like m.p.'s would bring up the treatment of the readers but know that on such a trip which is dominated by real politic and and iesus desire to have a better relationship with china my specific way on issues involving trade and i'm trying to find a way to somehow his country off a. reliance on oil as opposed to having anything that would come across as involving the situation change on or anything about human rights in general let's talk a little bit more about the situation and suggest 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 cancelling their concentration camps and for the week or so we're 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 eyes or satisfies the islam that muslims practice in northwest china. 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 international level been something 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 very clean brought it up on marty bringing him but he didn't really say anything at the time sometimes religious minister has said something by in monaco 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 to have them silent 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 a bay opponents say it will destroy the marine life there 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 altogether. these demonstrators opposed the construction of new u.s. air bases on with their fences and barbed wire some here have been protesting their whole lives. others like thirty one year old limit aka morty 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. they have.

almost every job used to depend on the americans almost no one dared say anything against them but now tourism in arkansas is booming and gradually people are starting to believe that something around here needs to change by the month of us therefore she. did it in the fishing village of another air base 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 breach the barriers are stopped immediately. so people in the city of g.

no one it's like living on an aircraft carrier it's where the u.s. maintains the futon my base right in the middle of the town right next to a school. u.s. jets carry out in the new verse above the heads of nearly a 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 okinawa the fishing village of her is used to living with and from american soldiers that welcome customers here at the washington restaurant owner to moto to marry has filled the menu with american favorites so his patrons can feel at home he's been waiting years for the air 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 there'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 nine hundred forty five are listed here both americans and japanese as a symbol of reconciliation but it seems the us 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 a noisy 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 noisy 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. 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 think. that

would also be a dream come true for the cafe zinah 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 own or any peace lovers would come here to enjoy the paintings of trying them being. we want to convey the message of peace. might be 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 ford slash asia and don't forget to check out the news on facebook as well will 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 saying up for work to celebrate

the fighters will see you next time. hijacking the news. where i go wrong the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it is not just good vs evil us vs them white and one. in countries like russia china churchy people are told that it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics

intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me on the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the fear and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. funny was cordoned off and i'm working. on sunday senegal will go to the polls and elect a new president the opposition candidate wants to ditch the old colonial currency but is that really a good idea. and it used to be a boom town for a profit to develop us now by house prices are falling as alarming rates.

this is this is africa on the w. welcome. but first zimbabwe's central bank has really. new devalued cause i currency into circulation that replaces the zimbabwe and bank notes which were pegged to the u.s. dollar people lined up in the capital harare to be the first to get their hands on the replacement currency this is the latest effort by zimbabwe's government to bring back some stability to its ailing economy and economists say the move could make prices more predictable in the country analysts see it as a step towards a launching a new currency zimbabwe and dollar was abolished in two thousand and nine amid soaring inflation. well this sunday senegal will elect a new president and that could also be a first step towards a new currency opposition candidate whose mansong course says he'll abolish the safe route for a safer from if he's elected the abbreviations c.f.a. stance vocal and the phone says duffy currency therefore he says is

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