and climate change. happiness in. this book for you. to get smarter. this is be tempted use a shot coming up today to show off support for hong kong's pro-democracy movement. dialogue foreign minister joseph called pro-democracy activists in hong kong freedom fighters. also want the world to hold the line against china's expansionist divisions. and nights out on the broadcaster. the philippines is forced to cut down its. refused to renew its license.

where does this leave press freedom. welcome to news asia it's good to have your without hong kong's fight against an increasingly authoritarian state it has found a very vocal supporter in the government of taiwan in an exclusive interview to its foreign minister joseph who has called pro-democracy protesters freedom fighters and promised model support. with the stunt the government of taiwan has taken since antigovernment protests broke out in hong kong last year here's more of what said try to give support moral support to those freedom fighters in hong kong and we continue to urge the hong kong government to. free election and

to ensure freedom specially freedom of speech and freedom of media so that hong kong can stand as a symbol of freedom in east asia but it's very unfortunate that the chinese imposed national security will. hong kong and other that you know we saw all the election scheduled later this year has been postponed for one year the rights of the hong kong people he's being taken away by the chinese government. the last bastion of freedom of press the hong kong apple baby has been under assault by the chinese authorities there are politicians especially on the democratic side that have been disqualified by the chinese authorities by hong kong authorities and that is a gross violation of political rights in hong kong so this whole situation in hong kong is really a tragedy. let's get more from the double correspondent we have yang who conducted

that interview and joins me now from taipei we're in taiwan is clearly concerned but in reality how much of a difference can it make when it comes to the situation in hong kong. so in the interview that we conducted with the foreign minister joseph he clearly pointed out that taiwan's think it's different from falling into the similar situation like hong kong is to rely on its sovereignty and also its democratic system and the government that is always elected by the people in taiwan so in a way that is there in much aligned with what the administration has been strengthening and really emphasizing over and over again over the last few years which is that the democratic value is playing a very important role for time one to continue to strengthen its independence from

any sort of interference or impact politically from china. vote or as we have seen over the last few years have been also exercising their democratic rights at a historic high way we have already seen over the last few elections that the turn has been surpassing the past so that just shows that the taiwanese society is receiving the message that the taiwanese foreign minister is hoping the international community will receive us will really there's more to talk about on that front but for minister of address john i was alleged expansionism in the region and its judgments to the rules based international mistress would endure the foreign minister had to sir. i think it's not in the about china's expansion their expansion their ambition to you know. occupy territorial waters or territories in this region i think they are also interested in changing the

international rules of the game they are trying to export the old tory terry and international order while that democracies are following the rule based international order i think it's going to be a moment where the international freedom and democracy needs to be very close and about and as i say you know we are standing on the front we understand all the responsibilities and we'll do everything we can not only to protect ourselves but also to protect freedom and democracy democratic way off life for the international community. yang our correspondent is doing with us on the line really on the foreign minister says taiwan is on the front lines against an expansionist china but it isn't getting any help internationally in the trenches. so since 29000 we have actually seen the increased frequency of different countries sending their warships through the taiwan strait and the frequency have also

trigger a more heightened response from china and at the same time the u.s. half has been actually approving a lot more military selves to taiwan over the last 4 years and so these are all feeding into taiwan's growing preparedness and also at the same time the capability of its military in order to prepare for all kinds of scenarios for the chinese military invasion and during the interview mr minister also pointed out the very important thing which is taiwan is basically only hoping that. countries like the u.s. is going to continue to help to approve these moves resells and it is not counting on the foreign powers to actually militarily intervene because at the end of the day they think that their responsibility rests with the story and the tony's people . are there all the time. in taipei.

the largest t.v. news network in the philippines has had to lay off hundreds of work. after lawmakers voted to reject its license renewal. to $53.00 of its television and radio stations leaving only its cable operations in the capital. the network had in the past been highly critical of president. and the so-called war on drugs the cattails went off its operations has been described as a black day for independent media in the country. death knell for media freedom in the philippines for decades a.v.'s c.b.s. broadcast vital information to isolated communities through its regional network now it has been forced to slash its operations leaving millions of filipinos with

a crucial source of local news. there will be many filipinos in rural provinces who will no longer have access to accurate information but that's where the issue of press freedom comes in. laid off workers and members of the public gathered outside the broadcaster in manila to mourn the loss of the regional station. they also added their names to a petition launched by a group of citizen volunteers the group hopes to collect 7000000 signatures and push congress to renew the broadcast franchise. i grew up watching a.b.s.e b.n. as a child i love this network. the programs keep me company and entertain me when i come home from work tired. and makes me cry when i think about abs e.b.m. not being allowed to operate. but i.

actually i feel a mix of emotions. it would be hypocritical to say that we are not angry with those who killed our franchise. but we believe that the day will come that we will be allowed to be on the air again. and. the media freedom watchdog reporters without borders says journalism in the philippines has been under increasing attack since president brought rico to ted to came to power a b s c b n is one of the most high profile casualties. is editor in chief of the news sorry to wrap. a thing or 2 about turning the displeasure of the detector government to drugs now on the line from and then. i'd like to ask you 1st. place it in context for us what does it mean for the average filipino. it is the

largest broadcaster in the philippines it's radio stations reach parts of the philippines that no other news group hits it is also known as the star network its entertainment group is huge it's the star network right so news entertainment it is a company that employs 11000 people and to have this shutdown is a huge blow and definitely meant to be a cautionary tale for journalists where does this leave independent media in the philippines. an endangered species you know all of the cases against me and rappler in 2018 there were 11 filed by the philippine government and then arrest warrants that have gone through the can one conviction on june 15th this year all of this is just one journalist and one small group it was

a cautionary tale but to shut down a.b.s. is unthinkable before the time of code it in fact the last time it happened was a 1972 when ferdinand marcos declared martial law and the network was shut down for 14 years you know so is this bringing full ward another decade or so of a dictatorship this is a question in the minds of filipinos and frankly for journalists to shut down a b.s.c. vienna's tremendous power this is what we're up against what do you find in. all things going to get far worse on the government. i think it already has if you look at what colvin 1000 has done right we have had the longest lockdown this is the 24th week of a lockdown that is largely driven by security forces and we have incidents of still

exponentially increasing meantime as. early as april want you have president telling security forces to shoot anyone who violates quarantine rules this is not a good way to deal with that having said that in the middle of the pandemic on may 5th a small regulatory group issued this order to shut down a b.s.e. b.n. our house of representatives a working committee there then took away the franchise voted against it so you can see that we have at least a captive legislature it is we're on the precipice fighting for our democracy. there is a real effort even there was a time when the thank you so much for joining us. and that's it for knob be sure to check out our other stories on did up the dot com for what's. on facebook and twitter now on sunday india just took more than $78000.00 new cases in a single day the figure beat the previous google record in the united states relieve you know with images that illustrate the story of india's growing crisis

we're back tomorrow with. my 1st moses sewing machine. i come from women are bound by this notion for even something as simple as learning how to write a bicep of isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my own and it took me mr been there. finally they gave up invention by me and i say this country turns people sewing machines sewing i suppose was more apropos for goes than writing advice as now i want to reach out to the. moving back

home my balance made them to social goals and involved in our database of rights my name is the amount of people and i work at. hello and welcome to. the m.t.v. video music awards took place in new york on sunday night really the 1st major international music awards have taken place since the beginning of the corona pandemic we'll have more on violence also coming up. a series this week featuring 2 artists 5 awesome sorry who are tackling germany's colonial past today writes come out self the daughter of indian immigrants. and another

immigrant to this country although aggression of a debut novel is featured in our continuing series $100.00 german mystery. and t.v. was determined that this is via maze would go ahead despite the obvious restrictions of various venues in new york on sunday nights kept secret so fans didn't congregate nearby m.t.v. achieved a really unique show lots of live performances no live audiences and with 2 extra special awards created because of the corona pandemic of talk about them a role in a minute but 1st the show beginning with this year's big winner and how fabulous costume. lady gaga i was already on the ground lady gaga our. lady ga ga dominated even in taking home 5 major awards the queen of pop finally back on stage

. this has now been an easy year for a lot of people but what i see in the world is a massive triumph of courage stays safe speak your mind and i might sound like a broken record but wear a mask if the center of. this year's colorful awards did deliver but it was something of a species spectacle week silhouettes of cartoon audience members clapping and cheering. the pandemic was a major theme of the evening as well as black lives matter with a cool for justice. to the black was not

a movement we see in our generation step up take to the streets and make sure our voices will be heard enough is enough i'm just going to say. justice for jacob blake and justice for brown to tell it thank you. and now it's filled with unforgettable moments but one that ideally won't have to be repeated. well done for the melissa holroyd the whole thing. the whole show i should say quite a unique occasion yeah well i'm not even sure if it actually was and the cajun some of it was pretty tight in the lead up to the awards ceremony m.t.v. was very very secretive about how they were going to pull this off in the midst of a pandemic and i think a lot of people thought that it was built to avoid crowds because of corona but now maybe not so virtually at least it took place of iconic places across new york to

show this to all of the spirits. in the resilience of the city the show was very very heavily on video effects there was green screen all over the place and i'm pretty sure there was a lot of lip sync for the people that will mosques i think they probably didn't even need to pull that off and lady gaga was some great dance but she didn't win the big prize you know she didn't win the big price she won 5 prizes and she also want to try khan award so which is a new award that recognizes a performer who is a compass in 3 or more areas she should have also perhaps got a prize for her costume changes the big prize of the night went to the weekend for his song blinding lights and with so much green screen around it was actually good to see somebody who actually used the backdrop of the real city yeah it did it was quite a spectacular performance let's have a look at that performance by the weekend.

extraordinary far worse well now let's talk about these special new awards won for best quarantine performance and one for best music video from him this is where you know relish our creators they don't create so hopefully they relish this opportunity yes of these new awards opened up the v in my eyes in a new way i think with all the glam people are actually hungry for something that is in fact real and this quarantine thing provides that because we have people opening up there other times we get a glimpse of that so for the new pandemic you know what's the best music video went to ariana grande day and just and believe it i got this one guy and latin boy band called c. and c.

won the best quarantine performance. on plugged at home here they are performing but besides that the actual award ceremony. and the show also on it which was very nice i think they wanted health care workers with a tribute to don't diss the nurses singing about at work a large variety of shirts really good that they did all of that. melissa as always thanks very much for being with us thank you very much. there are great discussions at the moment in germany about the country's colonial past so this week we have a series featuring 5 based deal with colonialism in the uk we begin with. herself the daughter of indian immigrants who takes a graphic images from the early 20th century which were used back then to justify colonial domination so to speak and it turns the head. a

nameless burmese girl who's just gotten a taste of revenge. an indian boy smoking a water pipe while his sisters make music their mother weaving for the global superpower solomon islanders showing solidarity. 'd images made for and by europeans now reclaimed by artist roger come out. for her the century old ethnographic photos are not just history she says even today these pictures have primed people to see her as other. these images. and they still exert power over my life how i see myself and how i see others and i think that's true for every everyone and so why these images can still exert this influence is what interested in exploring.

this german book titled peoples of the earth is the source of many of her images published in 1902 as a scientific volume she calls it a colonial fairy tale. the people pictured are captained by type boys madagascar. a persian dervish. type of purposes. nation where people are picture so that their humanity is not the 1st thing that you encounter when you look at their pictures and for me the projects all my projects are about kind of bringing this humanity back. her series do you know our names focuses on images of women from the same book most posed in the nude color says for her the women are alive she tries to listen to them and find out what they want the painting for me was

a type of care i started to give them makeup i started to give them modern hairstyles i started to give them clothes and they suddenly started to have an identity and a kind of humanity and dignity that was taken from the original photograph. her latest project is about travel contrast and society's perceptions of migrants and refugees with those of more privileged travellers. the paintings are made on pages from a famous european travel account arabian sands by will for investiture. for me well for this is yours to symbolize kind of everything i hate. and and this is a kind of a big thing to say but if like he is aristocratic british and who traveled tribal people in saudi arabia and he's considered

a hero by everyone in the world he gets to define what history is he gets to think what is the what and people listen. over messages words migrants as heroic travelers who stories matter she uses faces recorded by colonial photographers a century ago to tell a story about today. i mean beauty is so important on the protests it's about my own sense of empowerment. and then also it's about giving in to the people that are put about i think on every decision of power. in a 100 german must reads this week a book published just 8 years ago by the young novelist aggression it was her debut novel she was a mere 26 years old when she wrote it has the intriguing title all russians love birch trees it's a multicultural novel role and expressive as is the main protagonist david levitz

as more we've all got a past that follows us around that we'd like to leave behind if you think you're going to get rid of me you've got another thing coming. and. all russians love birch trees by. is the story of 20 something year old marcia a refugee from the former soviet union who can't shake her past growing up in germany people see her as a stereotype the make up the accent high heels i left my at home so you're going to use your imagination there then there's the fact she's jewish that's either a plus or a minus for her depending on who finds out but marsha is so much more she's fluent in 5 languages and wants to be an interpreter with the u.n. and she's traumatized by the war she and her family escaped and azerbaijan. her boyfriend alias tries in vain to understand her to break through her hot temper and

her chilly demeanor when he dies unexpectedly her world falls apart. he couldn't die only a few metres away he should have waited for me we could have died together i wouldn't mind. musharraf leaves for a 2nd time in her life to escape the pain and make a new start in israel but it turns out that's not the best place to find peace although he has no rights about the places she knows she moved from azerbaijan to germany at age 12 and spent time in israel her book reveals the paradoxes of both germany and israel and the trials of anyone with a haunting past. and

if that book doesn't appeal as another $99.00 to choose from and reports of all of them can be found on how you choose channel act d.w. books but that's all for now thanks ever so much for watching and hope to see you again very soon at this time every day but behind.

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