and religion. brings her. reconcilable. card. into rock n roll. 71. this is d w 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 families and.

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 time cong refugees to be granted asylum. and now feel safe in germany they were threatened with a prison cell. in the homeland for having taken part in an anti-government protest

. as a fairy story set things actually because i think no one wants to leave their home country and never go back. and. but anyway we were saying that. we must do this because we as we should let the let the whole road know what what is happening in hong kong. and look back to 2014 many young people took to the streets of hong kong calling for civil liberties and more democracy both sides became violent. grey ones and ellen lee were also there they later found at their own movement hong kong indigenous they are fighting for hong kong's independence from china. we teenagers we found that the government tried to claim it's our unique culture try to our language try to class

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 right you won't end where 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 germany true for me personally is quite encouraging because after i came to germany i pop with some old german they told me that. when they were young they had never imagined germany west germany or the. united

reunion again but somehow it happened 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 mine cape town of amnesty international hong kong mike k. now that germany has done this do you expect other countries to start granting political asylum to activists and hong kong. thank you i think it is unprecedented in recent times for hong kong person to be granted the work of yes there's where because they are being persecuted in hong kong for their political views i think that he's only underlines the wrath of the here regime 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 our joint you action simply because they are here for a change of the government or they talk of ourselves and the nation or any panda i think these cases has an accumulated facts falling out of my words are we where the hong kong government has to where you basic human rights of 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 candlelight vigil yet last night in hong kong to remember those people suffer and die even here in the lands where breath down night in the night 9 hong kong is still the only place in

china that had all the nice stuff. subjoin demonstrations such are gathering to have thousands of people to remember somebody who died but democracy are in mainland china and i think the relationship between hong kong and mainland china well we wish they'd had 2 or 20 years ago they where. where hong kong is being handled by the need to the chinese government and there is there with the promise of universal suffrage but which was not there but i'm feeling now that has triggered gretl movement needs without them both the so i think the relationship that people start clearly are the ones he has done that where the hong kong is and not being a guarantee the freedom of expression and other basic human rights civil rights

that are poor in this right now. mine k. tom 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 cuts she can issue will have a daughter and a wife who he barely knows. these rental relatives are just here for a meal but for nishida it means a lot to have a full kitchen again. originally i lived 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 so ready to 9th time the shooter 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. even though i know it doesn't make up for what i did when my rental the 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 remains a company led by. the idea emerged after he met a single mother who struggled to get her child into a can to god to he says she didn't fit society's ideal. 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 month where the key to. a perfect family is pricey $160.00 euros per person for a few hours but she does things the idea has a lot of potential given japan's aging population. some of them don't have family grandchildren or a wife and kids that are there for them. 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 japan it's a way to keep the family table for. once

a colony the malaysian city of malacca retains a strong portuguese flavor but part of it is under threat specifically a korea language spoken by people of mixed portuguese and malaysian descent the language is called christian 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 falling. as santa maria is trying to reverse the trend by offering language and culture classes his students ego. i like.

christan 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 with cavaleri with a grammatical structure that's similar to mello a. today it's mainly spoken and here a small settlement where the portuguese eurasian community has traditionally lived . they want the language to they want to learn to learn the language and the culture so that encourage them to come for this last. 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 a big knobby. like to get some people who come in to you know was it is or was a point you know why you want it it's the language what are going to stick to it so i said it took their mother their grandmother you know this lead this language to

be good hope many of these children have started to speak christan with their families and friends. these days mentally was akin to victory in this in the heart of this is the real. me is the classmate and that you can this is the. kids that are getting these. it's not just the christian language that's on the curriculum the children also learn other parts of course it is culture including cooking and dancing that 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 each celebrations across the

continent as muslims mark the end of the fasting month of ramadan thank you for watching and we'll see you next time goodbye. earth. home 2 moons of species. were seen to. give those are big changes and most start with small steps but global interiors tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. that could turn the good news to greener solutions and resources.

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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 made 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.