media is quite critical of the. street. towards. this news coming up on the program a boost for the military. present defense spending as. the. locals are struggling to cope with addicts sucked into the country's ruthless drugs trade. and the mustache that took the heart of a nation. tribute to their hero.

while. it's good to have you with us it has the second largest military on the planet and now it's set to get even bigger with an extra cash infusion the chinese military will now receive a total of one hundred seventy eight billion dollars and this is making its neighbors but you know us the seven point five percent increase in spending will be a. stealth fighters and myside as the announcement came as china opened the annual session of its parliament the national people's congress of the great hall of the people in beijing in his opening speech chinese premier league warned that china would resolutely pulls any separatist schemes what activities seeking the independence of taiwan he went on to say this we will implement the military

strategy for the new era strengthen military training under combat conditions and family protect china's sovereignty security and development interests. we will further implement the military civilian integration strategy and speed up efforts to make innovations in defense related science and technology. and joining us for more. yang from what used to share a bureau in taipei william good to see you let's just begin with taiwan first what does the action be in the pleased military spending that's been announced. so experts in taiwan have pointed out the importance for the island to actually alight better its defense policy with their strategy to teach position because it's impossible for time one to focus on matching its defense budget with china because some of them have actually pointed out that china's twenty one

thousand defense budget is sixteen times more than ten ones defense budget what are taiwan's plans otherwise how those taiwan plan to counter a chinese military spending so in general oteri its military strategy by focusing more on repel any possible chinese invasion from the sea and in the air and experts told me they believe china taiwan should focus more on strengthening the combat capability of its navy and air force while continuing to upgrade its weapons through the us purchase weapons. you also have a situation in richer chinese president xi jinping in january did not rule out the use of force to unite with taiwan what has a vet led to in taiwan in terms of a change potentially in strategic thinking or plans to come to the.

so the plan has been brought up by the premiers sujan chon which is taiwan's government is committed to have the island be ready to fight until the last force is not able to fight anymore to defend the island so which means that. one would also have to start thinking about. more long term planning in terms of its military recruitment and also the enlistment of its forces let's just expand this further and talk about the south china sea in general where china has to be with many countries not john has been increasing spending on his miniature over the last few years has that diluted the balance of this argument in favor of china.

so in fact china has altered its strategy in south china sea by focusing more on you mean dots are really strengthening the military ties with individual countries because experts believe china has realized. hostile intimidation campaign towards all of the countries in the region could push these countries into the arms of the us and that would not be aligned well with china's long term military strategy in the region there's talk about the us briefly now the us has generally been a pleasure to be joined is that expected to continue and other countries rely on the united states for support in the event of a chinese aggression for example. so experts believe that domestic political development in the u.s. has prevented it from focusing on strengthening its military presence in south china sea so that's why the trunk and restriction has been championing the

importance of the endo pacific strategy as the cornerstone of its military strategy in the region because they believe coordinate a collaboration with the countries in the region can actually help to counter china's attempts to expand in the region we're hearing from the east asia bureau in taipei thank you very much. to me on manalo where. battling a deepening drugs crisis this week police seized more than ten million meth fields with a street value of almost twelve million euros yet another massive hole in a country thought to be the world's largest producer of methamphetamine northeastern shannon state is the epicenter of meth production with a network of local groups linking up with transnational trafficking gangs but it's a rampant drug use and mint might solve the just causing major. drug gangs push

cheap builds to a growing number of addicts. is a shame to go home. the twenty seven year old has been a drug addict for almost a decade. he left his village for fear of gang violence but he's real escape has been crystal meth. i use drugs because i get depressed. and they help keep me calm. and. this is the drug of choice for many in myanmar it's called yabba locally meth pumped out at rock bottom prices the u.n. calls it a ruthless strategy to feed local demand. so we're looking at increasing use across the country demand is rising. a youth population which is very vulnerable and a lack of health infrastructure it's it's a crisis looming right now if it's not there already. could guy

a key town on the supply route to shan states illegal meth labs. you know reverend salmen and other church goes on with sticks have been fighting the rampant drug use here which is turned parts of the town into no go zones. anonymous death threats both the vigilante operations to a halt but the rivers work continues in the community. he's baptist church also serves as a refute and rehab center. i nine when was a heavy yaba and heroin user he's been trying to kick the habit since two thousand and fourteen. when i ran away once because i couldn't control myself. they drag me back here and explained all about it to me after that i really

suffered only sleep for several days. in the seclusion of rehab unknown we keep his addiction in chick with music and prayer. but outside on the streets sense still battles with these demons in the thick haze me and miles run away drug crisis. tensions between india and pakistan continue to simmer after the recent clash between the country's air forces over the disputed region of kashmir pakistan's navy has now claimed it stopped an indian submarine from entering instead of total waters it released this footage claiming to show an indian submarine approaching a pakistani zone in the arabian sea it did not elaborate on when and where of the submarine was detected and tensions speak last week after part just on shutdown an indian air force fighter jet and captured its pilot wing commander i mean number one was subsequently to tom to india where he came home to

a hero's welcome but it's his unique gunslinger style. that's become the object of fascination in the country with many men going in for the unique look. taught me what they're about he may have been shot down and captured but this fighter pilot is now flying high as india's new national hero and his macho mustache has become a star. now many who want to be just like him only have to get entrenched. here in bangalore big whiskered fans are lining up for the i'll be none done special. that's cutting his face a similar mindset wanted to change my look inspired me why do you like him yeah i do twice with faces because you see you hear oh yeah he is he's my hero really to

speak. of in and. so that's why we are doing these things because that place. is gone that he came back from back is that so that's why we talk about all these things. the pilots here sweet fans now paying their respects to his close shave with danger. taler short. fat or thin in india being undone can make anyone feel like a hero. the hero is back and the tweets have taken off people across india are taking to social media with their tributes to in command of a number and his signature set of whiskas has a roy who double down on

a spot of tribute with the guns thing and matching aviate as he said as tag welcome i'll be number proud of you soldier and marketing from markham avenue hailed new india's new hero as a trendsetter they put out this me which shows the pilot rubbing shoulders with bollywood superstar john saying if you have a mustache it must be like being on the vodka man's this turtle he was a vexing political with the most star she hopes could bring two nations together people in pakistan like this mustache they have never seen such a mustache many would like to try this most are even in india also many like his moustache there's more on our website you double dot com forward slash isha and you can check us out of facebook as well. a we leave you with pictures of mommy that sort of pleased women like that.

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