in the fight. for. what's in store. for the future. to make the city. insert. into. this is the desert use a show coming up today and anniversary marking the beginning of tibet annexation. a battle 70 years ago today was the 1st step in china absorbing tibet into instead of 3 many years and allegations of human rights violations they sought to bet's future under to china plus. allegations of forced labor in china's cotton fields couldn't we do a detainee has made the teacher no closer. than many indians are paying close

attention to the upcoming u.s. election as the outcome could change their lives and fortunes. time better spent welcome to d.w. glad you could join us 70 years ago today china took its 1st steps towards and next thing to bet into its stead to treat the battle of jumbo big to chinese troops against tibet and forces it was altered in china effectively setting up its own administration in the chummed all region in tibet in subsequent years china officially incorporated tibet into its territory as an autonomous region rights groups have accused the chinese government of oppression claims boosted in recent months by reports the thousands of tibetans are being forced into labor camps we'll be speaking to a tibetan rights campaigner shortly about that and what the future holds for the

region but 1st this report. the himalayan region with its capital home to a largely buddhist population of some of 3000000 people. the territory has been under china's sway for centuries but it remained largely independent until the communist takeover in 1950 the chinese army invaded tibet and defeated local forces and. a decade later china crushed an uprising by tibetans opposed to reforms intended to cement beijing's control tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama fled the region and went into exile. beijing later formalized its annexation of tibet doesn't mating it officially as an autonomy administrative region. china's current president xi jinping says more must still be done to bring tibet in line with communist party thinking. beijing is planning to spend billions on

infrastructure projects including improving railings between the mountainous region and the rest of china. president xi also says beijing must step up its education efforts in tibet starting with young people he's called for teachers to plant the seeds of love for china in the region schools. it's part of what beijing sees as a push to rein in separatism but activists like the dalai lama call it cultural genocide. and for more i'm joined in the studio by. of the international campaign for tibet germany chapter of mr millet welcome chinese president xi jinping has said that he wants there to be enduring peace instability anyone stream prove people's lives into bare some pretty reasonable. yes i mean today it's a day that tibetans associate with the loss of independence with the loss of self rule and autonomy and ever since what has been ensuing is

systemic discrimination violence repression and human rights violations and today if we speak about stability and peace in tibet we're actually talking about stability and peace of a totalitarian police state unfortunately but you're also talking about rise in literacy rates from 5 percent to 85 percent major investment in infrastructure schools and hospitals there is a fuse what china's argument always has been are you saying tibetans have not benefited from this but certainly i mean one must bear in mind that any a tibetan self-will would have led to some sort of progress and development and self and we must not forget the problems and the crimes actually of the communist party in the past which if lets to a lot of hardship loss of life and also a lack of development and impoverishment. if we you look at specifically at

literacy we we are concerned for example in this regard literacy in chinese language fluency and not and to batten language which is a poses a huge problem in terms of protecting tibetan culture so what you're saying is that this progress is coming at the cost of tibetan culture and to better language for instance it certainly is because we are talking about coercive programs not just as recently has been reported in terms of those labor programs but if we look at the past 2 decades since the 2000 years take for example the coercive programs of fetal catering tibet nomads and herders against their will so these coercive programs have a massive impact on tibetan culture and we are concerned that this slowly and gradually leads to the eradication of tibetan culture where you're from an organization that is calling for the self-determination of the tibet peoples i

wonder how realistic that goal is given everything that you have said attorney terence state course of progress. well certainly the situation for the time being doesn't give much reason for to be optimistic but. it is important to to raise these issues to keep raising these issues on the international stage because there are many tibetans on the ground who struggle to keep their culture alive to keep the language their religious identity alive and these people simply deserve our support the support of the international community for in their struggle to maintain to protect their rights speaking about the international community is their support for the tibetans cause it is the to britain issue on the international stage. it certainly is but we what we have been experiencing over the past decades is that dialogue is not enough we conclude from

also the recent developments that they need to be consequences taken by the international community by the european union for example by the german government tensions will consequences for example for those who are responsible in the chinese state and party apparatus for the repression in tibet for example also for for the lockdown we are observing the inaccessibility of tibet for independent experts by the united nations for journalists for parliamentarians to investigate the situation so we need. to be open to be transparent and the chinese government to be make accountable we leave it there for the time being but thank you so much for coming in kind of an international campaign for tibet. and in another of china's autonomous regions shinji allegations of use of forced labor have prompted a u.s. ban on imports of garments cotton and other products from some companies in the

region so the dish loads retailer h. and m. has also halted sourcing of cotton from the region the chinese government is accused of detaining up to a 1000000 ethnic weaker than so-called vocational training centers and using some of them in the region's factories. cotton fields in china's province they're among the world's most productive accounting for as much as one 5th of the global crop and much of it is harvested by china's muslim we are minority. it's recently come to light that many of the more than 1000000 we detained in what beijing calls reeducation camps are being put to work in the textile industry. leaders who are detained in these camps are being forced to work in factories involved in the global supply chain of clothing and other products consumers need to be aware of. china's treatment of its muslim minority has drawn sharp international condemnation and now there's growing economic pressure swedish

clothing giant h. and m. is halting cotton imports from the region. and u.s. lawmakers are considering forcing companies to disclose whether their chinese imports were made with forced labor beijing insists its vocational training centers are intended to help people gain work skills diplomats deny western media depictions of modern slavery. with. fabricated accusations we never forced anybody to work by the chinese authorities aren't keen on letting reporters in a closer look. one week a woman who escaped from china says that for her the worst part has been not having any information about her family back home until now international appeals to beijing to improve its treatment of minorities have largely fallen on deaf ears some activists hope attaching

a price tag to the weaker crackdown could help pressure china to rethink its policies. with the u.s. election just weeks away many indians are asking themselves who would be a better friend in the white house pro-business trump has courted more the end stood up to china but his visa policies throw the future of many indian professionals into doubt joe biden's v.p. pick of harris has won fans but what else is there in the plus column for india would take the temperature. it's an election on the other side of the world but opinions on it abound on the streets of delhi. and it is the one from. the 4th part that there may be and people impartial and one from my perspective i think on tumblr to be a better president so i keep the job within the definitely we'd better put india and he would be better for the us as well to serve it comes. with the presence of

for us the relationship of india it would be much much better but for some here the result of that election so far we could be life changing the least chuck nic a software engineer at google lived in the us for 6 years when india started canceling flights amid the could only crisis in march he rushed home to his family now despite about it he no longer feels confident about returning to silicon valley taxed too confusing restrictions on immigrants from the current administration. leases decision to return will hinge on whether trump is reluctant i am very worried about a 2nd. because. to say what other laws will come in i can just go back and have. my life bacon away from me again. his sister simran wants to study design in the u.s.

but the of what putting their plans on hold it until they see the outcome of the election. some see it want to just to continue tom presidency under a governments exporter sees immense value for his whole sector interim stuff stunts on china the movie will be really good it is for sure that your office fiction will be imposed on china chinese goods and chinese exports to us and the movement the cop and spoofing of the guy there have to be set in duties. which really big plays with putin india and us and those potential treaties he believes could be boosted by trump's comment actually that india's prime minister in a dream to more the. fun now indian workers here will put plans on hold. until the signal comes from the next american president. and that's it for today we

leave you now with pictures of tibet today 70 years off to china 1st invaders. all issues that have long been on the streets made by rights groups once you have some time tomorrow but. why are people forced to hide in trucks. since. there aren't any answers. and there are. these stories.

make up your own. w. made for minds. musicians and music fans are remembering the late great rocker eddie van halen a man who revolutionized the guitar. together with his band van halen he made a dozen studio albums that influenced a generation eddie van halen died of cancer on tuesday it was 65. welcome to arts and culture event helens producer said he played with

a complexity that rivaled but one thing is for sure eddie van halen changed rock n roll forever and just a moment we'll see how the music world is paying tribute 1st a look back at his career. this was the band band highlands biggest hit jump from 984. that had a distinctive style with front man david lee roth splendid buoyant take on the rock gods and eddie's iconic guitar solos. they appeal to people from all age groups and his brother alex formed them highland in the 1970 s. younger fans don't even know where i have 11 other records show up with very or if

we get the chance to meet one they want to buy. songs not for the money because we want to. buy em all. both going to announce the death of his father on twitter. my heart is broken and i don't think i will ever fully recover from this loss i love you so much paul. van halen joined the band as its bass player in 2007 making it a real family business. eddie van highlands born in amsterdam in 1955 the family moved to los angeles in the early 1960 s. he started life as a musician on the piano but like to switch to sam visions to the top. cut rock band released their 1st album in 978 shot into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade.

highlands pioneering virtue or so guitar technique and him a place in ropes all the time alongside the likes of jimi hendrix and eric clapton . a band highland was a man who not only changed guitar player. forever but touched briefly those who knew him. and we're going to keep looking back at his legacy now with my colleague mike kruger mike how is van halen being remembered well maybe as a guitar genius as the right of the left hand of the devil oh yes of course in 2012 we just pull in the popular music magazine voted him. the greatest guitar player all the time and see his 1st guitar himself i think maybe we have a red guitar really wrecked his guitar he set some call it frankenstein but i call

it my baby he may not invented the 200 topping but did it and he was the master of this lightning fast take legal gravel and devil playing and introduced it to a mass audience and despite all of this and never want to play to reach music whatever like i take no never and by the way his 1st cherries choiceful playing rock music with the drums but one day he came home and his big brother was sitting there at the drums and he said oh my god he's playing much better than i so i'll take the guitar and the rest is history oh my gosh we're so very for that happened now there's been a huge and really emotional outpouring we're seeing coming in from other musicians what can you tell us about that it's really overwhelming so many rock stars posted something we have just a few examples for that lenny kravitz he wrote the happen will be electric tonight and nikki sixx from the crew said you were the most out of iraq guitar and

his band my david lee roth posted just one sentence what a long great trip it's been wow now singer david lee roth wasn't always with the band van halen he was on again off again the resort of turbulence. there over the years. they were told to. stop all the time even when he had problems even when there were problems with a record company in even when some of the members were replaced. and especially singer david lee roth's he left the band come back and left again but. eddie van halen worked rarely with other musicians but when he did it was spectacular and we have a really good example michael jackson on the song beat it we all know it he wasn't even stratus is on the album and didn't appear in the b.t.o. back and here is a guitar that came here is guitar really make this song to his son. michael krueger

thank you so much for coming in studio to honor that event when. and from a giant of rock n roll now to of literal giant well it was actually supposed to be an auction of impressionist and modern art except ben christie's auction house threw an giant t.-rex into the mix and big surprise it wasn't the picasso that got the highest price about auction it was the t.-rex who sold for almost $32000000.00 and in other dinosaur news the release of the new drastic world film has been pushed back from next year to 2022 that's another big blow to movie theaters after hollywood had already postponed the release of other blockbusters including batman . and the way to james bond film due to the coronavirus.

that's enough dinosaurs for this arts and culture so how about some spies well right now the show. in frankfurt is all about espionage with the exhibition we never sleep. espionage is the stuff of great films but it's also a real part of our world now more than ever with surveillance cameras data profiling and our not so very social social media although no one calls that espionage and in the midst of all this data sharing and stealing there's art we never sleep at the show up museum in frankfurt features works like this one by canadian rodney gray an artist has a spine. when say artists or spies but in a way they are models operandi sometimes functions like those of us by sometimes they become they have to almost become spies for the research like trevor

paglen photographed the u.s. national security agency by night from 50 kilometers away. just cornelia shaima from the former east germany mines her own biography and the files to the east german informants compiled on her superimposing them with i want to self portraits. the exhibition gets a lot of spice it is to be an art form. and real spine devices like a tree trunk with a hidden camera. can with its own secrets even an exploding right it does seem like something out of the film and speaking of films hollywood star had lamar was also an inventor who helped develop frequency hopping technology now used in encryption technology. espionage both glamorous and dangerous

and today the spy business is booming with countries trying to steal each other's vaccine research. sniffing out the secrets of life here in germany each week our reporter rachel stewart has the scoop this time she's demonstrating her strong stomach with a look at german cuisine now around 8 percent of people in germany are vegetarians but the average german eats 60 kilos of meat per year some even make meat sculptures. yes that's a role. but it's heyday back in the sixty's and seventy's but the main ingredient that is still popular across it's usually spread on. seasons with. topped off

with some. health and safety reasons it has to be eaten on the same day as. we. are just going to leave the meeting in germany is about much more than choosing between one sausage and another trip to the boat shows all of the meat counter in a supermarket can be a veritable adventure. alongside the full spectrum of fresh and cold there are some more intriguing products for example. translates as blood sausage no prizes for guessing what the main ingredient is. and you know what to. do so. often. to spend it in a. book.

but it was just like a bad. friend. to kids as a treat. i've lived a life as neat so what exactly is it. it's essentially fact to me. ground up baked into a loaf shape with a lovely brown crust in most areas of germany you can only because it contains at least 5 percent liver but very little cheese is absolutely not enough to contain liver and certainly. countries like australia america and argentina are way out in front when it comes to meet consumption but the germans do eat twice as much meat as the global average meat is an important component in many traditional dishes and

there's not much the germans take more seriously than a barbecue. pork is the nation's favorite and around half of the meat eating in germany is consumed in sausage germany also produces more meat than it can eat you thinking well i'm thinking there's a big meaty elephant in the room right. c c especially around the environmental impact of meat production is gathering pace and a few years ago a green party proposal to introduce a veggie day in canteens across the country went down like an empty be ok but around 8 percent of the population now claims to be vegetarian and the trend is even stronger among the environmentally woke younger generation. and began a. complex system as. the only dog. food in 5 euro zone unshorn. through your.

individual. well if not quite your appetite we've got plenty more installments of meet the germans online at d w dot com slash culture thanks for watching the next time. the

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this is the wus live from berlin and athens court delivers a landmark verdict in a marathon trial protesters clashed with police outside the court while inside the leaders of the far right golden dawn party found guilty of running a criminal organization also coming up u.s. president trump stops talks on the stimulus package to the u.s. economy congress fails to agree on how to prop up businesses that can chin this as the fate warms americans will face unnecessary hardship. to women when the 2029.