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the markets. the momentum of the morning more. your business magazine has germany on t.w. . this is the dow good news a shot with a special edition of our show today we look at something ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances and still game shining through beginning with uncle kong the 82 we had all defender of democracy who won't let any harm come to the youngsters facing off against bullies then. the son left to spare his parents of pain of his cancer diagnosis. and the father. looking for

a. helping dreams take flight a retired engineer in india shows kids from humble backgrounds that the sky's the limit when it comes to the future and. the power of rappers taking aim at the strong arm of the military and back on street we look at why that video went viral. welcome to a special edition of the. web you're looking at stories of people and their fortitude in extraordinary such situations streets have resembled battle zones for the better part of 6 months protests by mainly young people have been involved confrontations with police in the city's narrow streets. standing shoulder to

shoulder with the protestors is unclear wong the senior citizen whose aim in his words is to protect the children. 80 you could match. that uncle is driven by sound sense of responsibility. for this one who also turned it into a down one side. and on the other. he doesn't shy away. instead he death to the front line for morning until night we can't do we can't protect those he says the financing for the home he's lived in. i've enjoyed the years of democracy in hong kong but we're living in a new era the world has changed dramatically in the last few months. you're going to get back i'm watching going or not but i got why are so many young people being assaulted by the police. are getting the police should be protecting people that

old armando's are going to go to uncle one is a member of the community group protect the children lead by constable each time they put themselves between the police and protest it's guiding the young people they aim to shield the way i think. but as every passing week worries move by it the stakes get a little bit high and. i don't fear death not when the children are right here fighting for democracy and risking their own lives it's the responsibility of elderly people like me to come out and protect them if i fear death i wouldn't be as yeah as tempers boil a the uncool one pushes for calm but weeks of unrest have taken the toll on both sides i don't like every one of. them of a whole lot to this type of behavior as

a passionate pro democracy advocates uncle wrong please with police not to hurt protesters. if they're arrested and charged with pricing they face up to 10 years in prison or not they didn't go deeper than since i was little card but that's yeah the children just want to fight for democracy freedom and human rights the core values of home color how to prevent hong kong from becoming just another chinese city if we can help the young people to when the movement i will be very happy i will be able to die without regrets. go on go you. were found by your modem by writing by ok wong says he'll keep returning to the streets as long as the protests continue. one man and his walking stick now an icon of the movement. cancer rates in china are rising at alarming rates the disease is now the country's

most common cause of death it's an epidemic that china's health care system is ill equipped to cope with many families find themselves saddled with a hefty financial burden that can force some cancer patients to take desperate steps such as in this story out of order. a missing person poster is all has to keep his hopes alive his son disappeared 6 months ago tang keeps a log of the cities where he's already hung up other posters. are not feeling well this pressure is too much. i sleep badly and i can hardly eat. gone why is tang only son he shows us some photos from happier days the young man was studying to become a pharmacist but then came the stomach cancer diagnosis gone why fear the cost of

treatment would drive his parents to ruin don't look for me you won't find me was what he wrote in his farewell note. he couldn't stand the pressure we're poor he thought we couldn't handle the financial burden he couldn't bear the situation he put us in he was too young. last year his son completed his studies he just wanted to stores possessions at his parents' house until he could find work then came the diagnosis it was devastating news because while almost all chinese are covered by health insurance it often pays only a fraction of the total costs have a president. per cent of people the reason why people go into poverty and again sometimes it's direct but sometimes it's.

the tangs are farmers. over the last few decades they've managed to save about $3000.00 euros 2. that was their only savings for old age they placed all their expectations and hopes on their only son. gone why was little the most important thing for us was that he did his best at school so that he could get out of here in the mean time the tangs have used up their entire savings searching for their son tang wife has gone into town to look for work tang stays at home and waits. every day he sends text messages to his son's phone number most of them can't be delivered but this one went through. tang thinks his son is still out there somewhere sometimes he invites his neighbors over to play cards tang doesn't join in but the company distracts him from his worries for

a little while. in india after the nearly 100000000 children who live in poverty air travel is a distant dream but one man at a tied flight engineer has made it his mission to give them a toast to flight even if there's no takeoff involved. it's a day these children will remember all their lives for many it's their 1st time aboard an aircraft but this plane won't be taking off. a flight to nowhere is an airline with a difference going up with all the other worth it offers passengers an environmentally friendly taste of flying because this plane is never leaving the ground. well i don't know the other passengers are treated to a full in flight experience. but if they receive boarding cards. safety

briefings even refreshments are served on board it's an eye opening experience. i've seen planes in the sky i used to think they were really small but now i know they're actually huge. i now want to fly to london. beautiful to see. some lucky passengers even get to visit the cockpit. the man behind the project is the harder chant gupta a retired aircraft engineer by les sold his land and bought the decommissioned airbus a 300 back in 2003 for 600000 rupees that's about $7000.00 euros a real bargain it charges people according to what they can afford as little as a few euro cents or even nothing at all for the very poor. i belong to a very small village. and you know expect it'll be coming then you know and then i'll be in their lane and then people from my village you're putting that off and

give it not able to that so that. in b.c. if you look at motivation that i work for the sake of the poor people. not far away a busy main road that runs parallel to the runway of delhi's international airport it's the perfect spot in the evening to watch planes land. even though our travel puts a lot of climate warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the age old dream of flying remains a desire for the poor migrant workers here. it's my dream to someday take a plane and fly to my village in bihar but that's only if i manage to scrape together enough money for a take it. back on the flight to nowhere person just simulate an evacuation to finish the experience. rarely has an emergency situation seems like so much fun. now ahead of elections in

thailand in march this year a rap song just enough with its fiery lyrics the song accused the van military government of being a dictatorship and encouraged people to think more critically of what was happening in thailand the song was written by a collective calling themselves rap against dictatorship kind of fun bust downhearted caught up with them in bangkok here's an excerpt from his interview with the group. me or in english what my country has criticised this thailand's military government and the lack of freedom. we think that anyone can use the phrase what my country has gone the title of the song to speak out about whatever's on their mind what they think is the matter with our country and we hope that people will start being more critical when it comes to politics.

the lyrics don't contain anything that insults anyone personally and that's why i never thought the song would draw attention from the authorities but when the police started talking about it that's really when it became so popular all of a sudden. and you can see and hear for yourself why this song became so popular we leave you now with what my country has biograph against the day to share. looks like it. will. be somewhat but the going to get to. cut cut cut cut cut

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