my choice is this card because given the way told transmitted to the troops. my name is my gosh mom much and i was. indeed up. this is news coming up on the program we speak to the hong kong refugees granted asylum in germany what does it say about the political climate in the territory plus. a home cooked meal at the family table but it comes at a price people in japan have started to brant family and. taking their time.

i'm melissa chan it's good to have you with us you're watching d.w. news asia but we start in germany that's because the country recently took the lead and granted political asylum to 2 activists from hong kong it's the 1st country to do so in this context the pair were jailed for taking part in a 2014 umbrella movement anti-government protests that paralyzed the streets of the city a crackdown followed germany's move to grant asylum is significant because it is the 1st state to acknowledge as a matter of policy hong kong's new political climate. there the 1st hong kong refugees to be granted asylum and now feel safe in germany they were threatened with a prison sentence in the homeland for having taken part in an anti-government

protest. is a very very sad things actually because i think no one wants to leave their home country and never go back. to the only way we referring that. we must do it because we should let her let the whole road know what what is happening in hong kong. if you look back to 2014 when many young people took to the streets of hong kong calling for civil liberties and more democracy both sides became violent. re warm and alan lee were also there they later found at their own movement hong kong engineers they are fighting for hong kong's independence from china. we teenagers we found that the government tried to cleanse our unique culture try to transfer our language try to

cram as our identity as a hong kong hong kong and we don't want that to happen and we don't want hong kong just to become and like in our the city in china. and alan lee were taken into custody in 2016 the accusation there where involved in violent riots one of their fellow companions was sentenced to 7 years in prison on the same charge but the 2 feel the punishment is disproportionate fearing what might happen the 2 fled to germany while on probation they lived in limbo for 6 months until germany granted them political asylum i think the history of. true for me personally is quite encouraging because after i came to germany i talked with some . they told me that. when they were young they had never imagined is germany and west germany was fine no need united

a reunion again but somehow it up and saw. that those german told me don't lose my home because everything could happen both men hope for hong kong homeland where democracy and the rule of law prevail just like in germany. joining us now is monk a town of amnesty international hung con man k. now that germany has done this do you expect other countries to start granting political asylum to activists in hong kong. thank you i think it is unprecedented in recent time for hong kong person to be granted work visas their service where because they are being persecuted in hong kong for their political views i think of the case only underlines the wrath of the here a zone in the right to be freedom of expression in the city and just how far the government is going to silence critics for example you can go

a little bit back to last year we have our citizens are viewing this quarter by enjoy elash and simply because they are advocate for a change of the government or they talk of our self determination or even pander i think these cases has and we have accumulated a fact foreign government were we where the hong kong government has to wear to protect basic human rights on home citizens let's take a couple of steps back a little bit and remind viewers what is the relationship between hong kong and china. our i think the bass sound close to it is very the relationship between hong kong and china is the handle of this you yet that last night happened in hong kong to remember those people suffer and die even here in the lands where crackdown tonight in the night 9 hong kong is still the

only place in china that had all the nice the. subjoined demonstrations such are gathering to have thousands of people to remember somebody who died what democracy are in mainland china and i think the relationship between hong kong and mainland china well we they'd had 2 or 20 years ago they where. where home wrong is being handled well from others but i need you the chinese government and there is there with the promise of universal suffrage but which was not there but i'm feeling now that it has triggered red a movement needs without than both the so i think the relationship that people start clearly are the one who's done that where the hong kong is and that being a guarantee the freedom of expression and other basic human rights people are stuck

doing this right now. monk a time thank you thank you. you can rent a car you can rent an apartment even rent designer clothes these days but rent a family that's just what's on offer at one agency in japan take a look. coming home to a stranger for a few hours cut so she can if she will have a daughter and a wife who he barely knows what. these rental relatives are just here for a meal but for nishida it means a lot to have a full kitchen again. i did. originally i live here with my wife and 2 daughters and. my wife became ill and passed away. and my daughters left the house to live on their own. every

time i come home i feel really lonely. this is all ready to 9th time nishida is using the service since he discovered 2 years ago at the office worker and joyce playing the role of a husband again and tries to make up for posts regrets. i took care of my wife after she got. sick but after 10 years i said horrible things to her. things like why are everyone else's why is healthy and here like this. i know it doesn't make up for what i did when my rental family comes to visit me i think about my sadness for my wife and i try to show them kindness. the rental service is provided by family remend a company led by. the idea emerged after he met a single mother who struggled to get her child into a kindergarten he says she didn't fit society's ideal and when did you know in

japan we care a lot about what others think of us. we tend to hide our real feelings and our identity from others. we want to create an image that fits the standard for others to see. through the mother particularly to. a perfect family as pricey $160.00 euros per person for a few hours but she does things the idea has a lot of potential given japan's ageing population. some of them don't have family grandchildren or a wife and kids that are there for them you know i think that over time this sort of family rental service will become more popular. even if rental relatives can't replace real family members in an aging to person it's a way to keep the family table for who.

once a colony the malaysian city of malacca retains a strong portuguese flavor but part of it is under threat specifically a creole language spoken by people of mixed portuguese and malaysian descent the language is called cristo and it's listed as severely endangered by unesco one teacher is fighting to preserve it. what you're hearing is a song and kristan a centuries old creole language at risk of extinction. according to unesco only some 2000 people still speak the tongue and that number is for like. santa maria is trying to reverse the trend by offering language and culture classes his students ego. i like. because.

kristan developed in the early 16th century after the portuguese captured the strategic port city of malacca and colonizers married local women the language combines a largely portuguese of the cavalry with a grammatical structure that's similar to mello a. today it's mainly spoken in here a small settlement where the portuguese eurasian community has traditionally lived . they want the language to the one who didn't learn the language and the culture so that encourage them to come for this class. santa maria has some tricks up her sleeve to keep learning fun here the children are using playing cards to learn to count to 10. it is not. like you get some people who come and tell me that you know was it is and was a point you know why you want it it's the language who are they going to speak to so sitting it's because their mother their grandmother you know it is let this

language be it hope many of these children have started to speak christan with their families and friends. these days frankly that's akin to victory in this in the put it this is the way. i like many things down because me again like you can't this is the. kids can't get it it's. it's not just the christian language that's on the curriculum the children also learn other parts of course i guess culture including cooking and dancing perhaps most fun way to preserve a century old endangered culture. that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com forward slash asia and on facebook or twitter we leave you with pictures from east celebrations across the

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a $1000000000.00 or more compare that to china which has 84 and the united states which has a 150 but it does look like things are changing a small number of startups in the country have already it may have already made it mega big earning their founders a fortune let's take a look at some of the major players here there is 1000000000 bansal who founded e-commerce platform flip card there is a bottle of online selling portal snapdeal and bobbish are all who co-founded ride sharing service caps and it's the promise of this kind of success that has got investors increasingly interested in the country's sort of. bungalow is the center in india understands a hot spot irresistible for a company like x.l. sex isn't venture fun we have 3 offices one in san francisco so.