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melissa chan welcome to asia thank you for joining us thailand is facing another weekend of anti-government protests and demonstrators have been holding daily rallies to with tens of thousands of people turning out the activists have 3 demands they're calling for the prime minister to step down for a reform of the constitution and a reform of the monarchy they've been keeping momentum up with some inventive events such as this a terrible fashion show held earlier in the week meant as a criticism of the elites and especially of the royal family's fast well. joining us now to what kind of fellow who has been out on the streets over the past few months and a critic of the government since his university days you know what i remember the protests earlier this summer and then to see people still out now why do you think

this movement has gained momentum i think that. you would not have been given moment because of their fellow economic situation is thailand to column and kind in manage the economy to cope with 90 happening and it's also about the political structure that have some groping things the coup d'etat in 2014 that made up a lot. of mr canby the provinces there by the when top using he made those. elected and elected. to do you know make up over many a prime minister for you to make a lot of. decent men a bottle of money young people are not really quality from the cold we make people think it's better go now to the. i'm not

a new. the cost structure new constitution so people are going to straight to the man changes. and when it comes to monarchy why do you think so many thais especially the younger people you mentioned want to see a reform of that institution. monarchy had many would choose but it also have a lot. to explore chile when it came to about helen hill a guy thirty's steps that you know make maybe defy the last really good but sudden my not even people expected so i think the king now is so all i have a lot of strength to behave all on and i saw he us his life really like to lead in germany and is to be said that so people are now in very poor economic

situation if they did that they use a lot of tax they have to spend a lot of money for the king and his nicely so people you know people want to share it and also i think that the monarchy play really put that low in politics for some time so now people are paying that because you can chant if they want out you still you know behave like you saw a young now spock the movement and many people questioning this endeavor my father the long path also charging the young people. now nothing seems to happen without the approval of the military in thailand so do you think things can really change. military have been in a pod and know very much since nike in for their say britain. since they're you know who are the most critically government at the time and have been.

a lot the problem since then and they change a lot of things in a fair were obviously such as. i said at the culture i'm deciding the to be more are made whole isolation. it have not been challenge it's probably long but i think that when people are speaking truth. when they're speaking for what is the early happening in that myth that being thailand it means that the militantly is strong is good having quits in the exchange yeah no to which at a price sell thank you. china's video gaming industry makes more money than hollywood and bollywood combined and its latest hit is a real winner the game is called against an impact and players both in and out of china have become big fans in just the last few weeks the action adventure game has already outgrows to the country's other text success story video and social media

at tick tock kenshin impact is just the latest example of china's growing multibillion dollar industry. enter the world of china's new video game it's only been a few weeks since impacts release but the multi-platform game has already captured the hearts of players around the world. according to research firms the action roleplay has already entered the top 10 list of most popular adventure games in many countries a new record for the chinese industry. while it may seem to be the moment for chinese developers in fact the country has already been quietly expanding into the industry over the past decade one chinese firm tencent is currently the largest video gaming company in the world making up nearly 15 percent of. it is shares in the 2 most popular games fortnight and player and now it's

battlegrounds. meanwhile china is one of the world's most important gaming markets and is expected to reclaim its number one spot from the u.s. this year with more than 600000000 active gamers china is the clear winner of firms. but it isn't all fun and games daily reports friendly joins us to explain let's start with the basics tell us a little bit more about this industry the gaming industry is to foster scrolling sector of the media and entertainment industry according to market research and news in the industry generated 115000000000 euros in last year and hollywood generated 30000000000 euros that's just a fraction of gaming x. in fact the whole lot catch general the whole market generated even more money than music and the film industry worldwide combined and china is

a big player in this industry and impact really is just the latest example of how china is infiltrating in the industry now their issues are also we wouldn't be talking about this on the news program what other problems so concerning engine impact there's been lot of discussion about the controversial business model all suspected plagiarism but there is one aspect that's the less discussed and that's censorship so the chinese state has a strong oversight of its own gaming industry and developers have to comply with chinese regulations that means words that are sensitive will be censored and some players of tension impact complained that they couldn't actually use words such as hong kong or taiwan in the chat with tested it and as of yesterday we could actually do hong kong it wasn't a problem but as soon as we type in taiwan or fallen gone or even put in then the message will be turned into esther ricks or with also try that with names and we'll get

a message saying that the name contains illegal keratosis now that means. that players all over the world are actually under chinese censorship no matter where they're based yeah i was wondering about that essentially that and china is exporting its censorship around the world i honestly don't think that developers or tech companies want to be involved in politics. but they just can't get away from it we can tick tick tock for example last year it had to briefly take down a video by a u.s. teenager because she condemned china's treatment of we can muslims in america and i think companies even if they don't want to be involved in politics they will be because they're under the watch of the chinese government and they just have to be really careful ok so let's flip this around if if a u.s. video game company or a japanese video can company wants to go into the chinese market does that mean

they have to comply with the censorship rules there yes or you out last year a very popular nintendo which game animal crossing was taken down from the chinese major market because activists have used a platform to promote pro-democracy movement and if a game or tech company wants to enter the chinese market it will have to accept china's world we as well and with over 600000000 active users of course chinese market is very attractive and the market really grow further and that's a choice that many companies will have to make in the coming years a very tough choice hunch only thank you. when talking about north korea the news often doesn't go beyond nuclear weapons and the cult of personality around kim jong un so we'll end friday by taking a closer look at ordinary life in one corner of the country in the northeast area around. mt job in the northeast corner of north korea

it's forested peaks are home to the country's most prized coal unary delicacy the pine tree mushroom there are said to have an almost meaty taste with a chewy texture. local village under new york is getting ready to set out for a day of hunting. he has into the hills in the peak season of early autumn. pine tree mushrooms are hard to find if you don't know what you're doing you'll just wander around all day long but you might even miss them right in front of your eyes but someone who knows what they're doing can dig up a q. and a day. and knows just where to look. at this is it a pine tree mushroom when the weather is good the might be a dozen of them in the same spot but those are the best kind of days and also takes great care when it comes to digging up the forest delicacy using the proper

techniques for villages like foraging for pine tree mushrooms is an annual tradition and a way to supplement their diet. ordering the specialty an appealing young restaurant will set you back the equivalent of about 10 u.s. dollars a small fortune by local standards pine tree mushrooms from the slopes of mount chilled are so treasured that leader kim jong un once sent 2 tons of them to a south korean counterpart as a post summit present. that's it for today we'll leave you now with pictures from japan where people are getting into the hollow i mean their it might be an american holiday but it's certainly gone global thank you for watching and have a good weekend.

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make up your mind. made for mines. greetings from berlin the looming lockdown for germany in november is still a hot button topic for public debate particularly with regard to its impact on the cultural scene also coming up. german composer khan performs one of the last concerts in berlin before the coming lockdown and celebrates the high point of his career so far. and after nearly a decade of delays the new berlin brandenburg international airport is poised to

open at the weekend we sent a reporter to see if the architecture was worth the wait. but as i mentioned germany's 2nd coronavirus lockdown coming into effect this monday for the entire month of november is a blow to creative industries across the board and this means no feeder concerts movies or museums and many artists and musicians have started speaking out saying they fear for their very survival a louder than most this time around was german trumpet virtuoso till behind who posted an angry video on his facebook page and instagram site that instantly went viral it was planning to tour next month with a brand new album that's fresh out on friday let's see if we can have a quick listen to.

it and i spoke to earlier on today. and it's a pleasure to welcome german trumpet virtuoso to welcome to the show tell your new album on vacation was just released today congratulations on that front but of course this lockdown puts a bit of a damper on things how are your plans most immediately affected. they actually have been affected because all of the causes you know maybe with the exception of 3 concerts up and so that is a severe change but for the entire country for the time well no. yes obviously i do you would you say that you agree with the basic necessity of these lockdown measures given that the alternatives could be even more damaging i'm an artist and everything that's necessary to make sure that everything is

secure right now to find out about the virus is something we all support the other question is really you know what are we talking about right now how long will this actually left and also how are we going to survive you know i'm going to be ok i guess you know but there's so many people right now you know in my environment in the periphery that really really suffer big time and we're trying to address this matter. as so much uncertainty there at the moment now you did go i would on a bit of a limb posting your video citing discrepancies between state aid for big business and those for the cultural creative sector were you surprised at the support that you got from the artistic community after after your posting. i was surprised yes because you know i have a decent following you know but this is ridiculous as this is because i seem to have. been open gotten a point there you know and i understand right now it's important to talk to who

titian's in the main question really use do politics understand you know how we work we're talking about a scene that hasn't been suffering before the crisis and most likely won't answer the crisis you know so we're not a huge company you know just trying to degree billions right now right now the government has said that it has provided a 1000000000 euros in support through the 1st lock down and now it's making an offer of 75 percent of november earnings can you just tell us quickly why does that fall short for you and what do you feel needs to happen what are your demands. i think anything is welcome right now but i think the basis of no 2 to the pain that we're facing right now for. november is all the income in november 2019 and also this is not how freelance people work you know many people maybe including me you know i haven't made any money you know in november 2008 so i think it is

a good way to look at it so it's to find out you know what is the 12th you know all of the last year. that is a suggestion and. it's going to be the goal she added with the government right now tailored plan are calling for more support for the cultural sector and for artists to mobilize themselves thanks very much for speaking with me and all the best in the coming weeks and months we'll speak again. thanks thanks for having me. on now to a concert that should have taken place at the end of march spots to choose the spring lock down it was pushed to october 29th and that was the time a break for 29 year old can react a german with turkish roots embodies a new artist type for the 21st century as a composer and instrumentalist who is active on social media and the master of his own label and his concert on thursday night here in berlin was like balm for the

soul of his audience. just moments before the concert at the berlin philharmonic it's a definite high point in the life of the composer pianist producer and label founder. loves the freedom to improvise when playing music but he's also a perfectionist i want to feel a certain degree of perfectionism as long as you don't overdo it can lead to endless freedom if you take care of certain things ahead of time it makes it that much easier to just let yourself go and. his bearing studio combines electronic music with works from across the centuries for the be beethoven project marking the 250th anniversary of beethoven's birth he took his inspiration directly from the great german composer. he was also a teacher. as

a teacher i think he would be on the side of helping young musicians and composers to find their own way their own path through music and this is exactly what the beautiful is helping me to do. using his rented piano mixes electronic sounds tailored to his specific. so what i'm doing here is mainly adding the something electronic to the acoustic sound of the piano and where i'm doing this is i have the life sound coming through the microphones into my system and the effect sound is going out over here. into my loudspeaker and that's the idea behind it that i can the acoustic and electronic sound in the here in the concert hall and there is no amplification going on in the piano. the concert at the berlin

philharmonic new york and his own song will take a musical journey through time a selection of works seems to perfectly encapsulates the prevailing mood it's one of the last concerts in germany before all venues are shut down for november. if you will just keep making music i'm always composing and i don't need a concert for that i'm satisfied we just play in my shoes judio. for them. moving for you knowing and hopefully. will return to the stage before too long. thank you thank you. and good to see that optimism there well still waiting for the curtain to go up is the brand new berlin brandenburg international airport and needless to say since the original opening was postponed way back in

the summer of 2012 it's become a bit of a running joke that it will at the building will already be out of date by the time it finally opens for business so let's hope that it really is for real this coming weekend because architects surely it looks like it could have at least reasonable staying. this is it the 33000 square meters of glass for sard 9000 tons of steel and 160000 cubic meters of concrete that make up the main terminal of the new berlin brandenburg. the building was finished 9 years ago but technical problems including with safety systems delayed the opening architecture critic nicholas a burnout has come to check the building out. that they wanted to make an airport that fits into the plant's plateau of the telco region they also wanted to make an airport that is grounded not so dramatic in terms of its effect although it is vast

. it's from the broken he was. entering terminal one the route is clear long escalators lead to the main of. the check in area is clearly structured steel pillar supports. church of traffic all modern and some of the huge glass fronts of unimpeded views of the surrounding landscape and up into the sky. the idea in the ninety's and for 20 years was completely dominated by this idea that we have to build huge funky dramatic. now architecture has gone back into other functional buildings it's an airport is 1st and foremost a technical device so this means that the airport had for a time become totally outdated in terms of architecture but today seems up to date

again not least due to its understated approach to architecture and space to be. internationally renowned architects meinhardt from gerken unfortunate mark designed the airport in 1998 what do they think of their work a good 20. years later. it's not so easy to say oh now i would make it round or square or hexagonal it's not our intention to make a unique piece something unique in the world so i had knowledge of the if this dish use a bit of best thing would be if it were called classical architecture no matter whether you are thinking of the 19th century and ching color or the 20th century and. that we. are. the architects have been in the business for a long time to take pope which we're now close is actually one of the early works

the architectural icon through praise due to the short distances to the gates and it's hexagonal shape. we have is basically always the same but what comes out in relation to the location in relation to the time is in relation to its perception and appearance very different. back to our architecture critic. what's his final verdict on the new but old. 'd as a portable money well today you would take a completely different materials you would choose a completely different aesthetic to it but it isn't a port that remains true to its own aesthetics and effects. from theory to practice it's time for a balanced new ports to spread its wings and fly.

along the lines of all good things come to those who wait that is a long awaited occasional i have to say all mistakes all just a little bit that's all for this time so until we meet again don't forget about the website thanks for watching stay safe and.

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