the press. should work on the 4th estate when it comes to the. microphones. trust us. this is. coming up today in just fine china. this week chinese state security. is moving outside china. germany and is warning of china's intentions. china knows exactly how to find its adversaries how to get their information and they're trying everything to stop us from speaking out. the will.

welcome to news asia glad you could join us the detention of up to 1000000 weekers and other ethnic minorities by china in its region is relatively well known and something we've reported on for more than 2 years now what's less well known however is how china is eventually forcing some we goods to spy on we go to communities living abroad correspondent. met one such man who claims chinese state security aust him to spy on someone in istanbul this man fled to germany where he's awaiting the outcome of his asylum application which is story begins in his native in china northwest. on arrival. at the airport i was

told to wait at passport control until everybody was gone. and 2 policemen pulled my jacket over my head. so i couldn't see anything. they put me into a car and drove me away i had no idea where we were going. ace a mean was a shop owner selling imported foods including product in his hometown of course. in 2015 when he returned to jump from a business trip to malaysia he was stopped at the airport and brought to a detention center he can then to not only brought me into a room there they sat me down at a metal table and they tied my legs and my arms to it. and they tightened the cuffs until i couldn't move and hurt. i stayed in this position for 2 days.

we need a say in an apartment in munich germany he says he was never told what he was accused off his papers say he was suspected of endangering state security he says spent a month in detention then suddenly he was released but under one condition he had to agree that he would work for chinese state security. i thought i'd just say yes and stay in touch with them but i had no intention of really working for them again that was an illusion after his release i say you mean regularly met with an agent who introduced himself as quote on he was able to continue traveling abroad he says in the beginning nothing specific had been asked of him and he maintains he never reviewed information on anyone but it's impossible to verify these claims. about one year later isa was detained again this time he was freed with a specific request he was told to spy on a young man in turkey

a cell left for his them ball then he decided not to return to china and went on the webcast with his story on court after the show aired. is the man accused of it he told me you decided to appear on the show and talk but you know that your family is here in china or on the ground that stuff. since then many of his relatives have disappeared 5 siblings have been arrested a says oldest brother was sentenced to 25 years in jail either week is gave him the news since he cannot reach any of his relatives by phone is below them. now the chinese government has separated us forever. what they did with my life wasn't bad i was in good health doing all right financially it was

a happy life permission but bill. i tried to see the place where he used to live an american colleague and i are followed around closely constantly harassed. the villages in the area seem to really empty and many houses have been sealed by the authorities. before reaching ace's village we are stopped. 2 men say they coronavirus pandemic is why they're blocking our way then a chinese official tells us the real reason. they will give woman the police there is security guard lines for news and shinji you can't just walk around here and interview people. the international community watches shin john closely. there have been many negative reports. i don't know do you assess all of this but one day i ask orbán. so many people have been detained and many disappear every

day so where is this going to end. no he answered america did not become america without shedding a lot of blood. a lot more is going to happen here and when the the little stuff. and he remembers another thing the book club on once the agent had met with him in istanbul it became clear to him that could ban was able to operate freely between turkey and china recently your former week a spy was shot in the back on the street in the system so a said decided to move to germany. at a yoga summit but does cut a sin a china knows exactly how to find its adversaries. and. how to gather information that will stand up to listen is no closest of them and they're trying

everything from think you can get it. to stop us. from speaking out like that i laid out a lot of the notion this didn't because. he's waiting for his refugee status to be approved they say means things that he's relatively safe here but he also knows that he could be targeted and. joining me now is choose the u.k. director of the world we go to congress and she joins me now from london is normal but how common is it for weavers to be made to spy on we girls living abroad it's very common it's not a new thing it's been a long history china has been trying to spy on annually or is a leading up role that what the chinese government is already accused of imprisoning up to a 1000000 weekers in detention camps unsure injuring why does it need to spy on weaker support. well it's chinese government often

a ques all whores exiled communities are * * carrying out. in their own version of terrorist activities spill it is them and trying to separate this turkistan from there from china i know that is one of their theory of. persecute teaching imprisoning all the horrors even though you you just mentioned about 1000000 this is started from 20162017 but since the occupation 1949 the c.c.p. has been persecuted only worse inside china and also monitoring any or your borders living abroad and i'm wondering with this up and feel the way you describe or how we can community is in exile or living abroad how are they reacting do they feel

safe. no i know all i lot of all horrors a lot of it we were the only war including students they don't feel safe when the latch trying that is specially the students who are after updating students with these are there is terms and conditions attached when they left china so it is easy and all especially in during the real recent years we know since 2017 they've banned all what is travel abroad but prior to that time the students law also suffering and even the people who came for just 2 weeks it other countries they were also asked to. spy on others so this is a very common thing. for me even even for me it

seems incredible and unbelievable is it simply it's very difficult to understand why the c.c.p. have to push or forcing this all horse and including some chinese from that region we have actually some credible. credible information some kind chinese who came to your europe and they were also forced to to spy on the oil wars and in some cases when people went to the chinese embassy to extend their passport and also they get that there was a condition and also if you can spy on if you work for us then we can extend your passport that was a kind of common common situation a brief remember what do you think governments are aware of this problem and if so

are they taking action to counter. i think the women support regularly in our aware of what is happening but not yet taken any concrete actions but i know for a like to see me in sweden a man called the bob or was arrested in 2010 and because of his activities spying activities i know i also know several others in germany that was arrested as well that. this is situation is so widespread and i do believe other countries should take more concrete action to protect to the only force and that is specially protected it were activists like myself as i think of that happens right in my memo to the director of the world we the congress thank you so much for speaking to us thank yous pleasure.

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patrick hughes. but 1st since me on mars military crew earlier this month hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting for democracy and the release of the country's elected leader aung sun suu kyi among the crowds of young demonstrators a 28 year old german pop star has musician and actor mickey's maybach has lived in myanmar since 2015 and has become somewhat of a celebrity there appearing in films and fashion hats as well as singing in english and for me it's. the world of. the living you. know the. the with the with. the earlier i spoke to make use of a bar at his home in the capital gang gone about how he as a foreign a pop star in may and maher has been supporting protests against the military. well

after show my colors i support the people by going on the street by posting certain think some paper going but at least of course sharing that you and getting interviewed international media. i have to take after watch out a little bit as i have quite a media presence but i won't get too involved politically or i won't make dangerous statements that could lead to my my arrest or anything because of course i'm also in the spotlight of the media but. yeah. i could show my support and i also let people know that well. how are artists and me and my handling the crew what does it mean for them. and that's. already going on for over a year people were already used to a preexisting condition that people couldn't. shoot. but now of course the whole thing that changed and that people. more celebrities that i know on the street not

only i just but also like big top tier celebrities they show their support and. people. see that even and those kind of people are on their side and everybody is on by but you see i just on the street playing music doing. doing you know you have painted musicians and basically everybody on the street at a very unique protest because you don't see. it all fighting against each other every. basically every every person it's. to get on the street and i think by the same reason you know i do understand that at night time the situation is good time served particularly when the military cuts off the internet what has nighttime been like for you in the area where you have. frankly it's been very spooky since tonight night and the night before we had

internet. we couldn't even. and i think we had a lot i mean here in the neighborhood we have a neighborhood watch you might know there were 20. in there to have been released and they have been doing i think that it was done by a lightning water. i think people know the people that are going to be there being contracted by military police but they say and not to know what's going on but before what you think that you need to imagine you are in a country and. everybody's recording things like and you can you can watch live online now people are. doing arrest and such or interrogating. from a prison not in touch and this is that is a way that we have to try to stay calm and pray that we don't hear any alarm sounds and we can. right and i know that the internet and particularly facebook play

a really big role over there do you see yourself staying in myanmar now do you think that you can stay. i think i have to be prepared paul scenario so i have to pack my back in any case and then i could be kicked out and there could be that might be that won't be approved again they're like well if you just have to leave or whatever. if i leave. ok for me i mean it's just i am so many people i love to get up the country i love people i don't want them to wake up and. actually because everybody is combine and people are suffering it's just unfair and not. human rights restrictions. mentioned to people well wake up in a peaceful country again and what might happen. not relevant for me i can come back at some point if i'm not elected. because favre thanks so much for talking to us

and please stay safe. well here in germany celebrations are about to begin to mark 1700 years of jewish history dating back to the 1st recorded evidence of jewish life in germany in the year 321 and then author of the occasion we're meeting jewish artists and leaders in cities across germany today actor alexandre vamp mine his debut film mazeltov cocktail has struck a chord with young jewish viewers here it's a comedy about anti-semitism. alexander semin is a good example of the new jewish generation he's young cosmopolitan and confident we meet up with the son of russian immigrants in berlin where he's just finished his acting studies. and. thing with me is i didn't even really know that i was jewish it was not a big deal in our family courses. nothing much to me at all and she was even a swear word i even used to use it myself this way late in primary school and high

school and short and. the funny thing about this is. investments acting debut takes a stand against anti semitism. it's . an end to a culture of remembrance that ignores the problems of today. well. i just don't feel that i can accept this situation anymore or the semitism is on the rise it's real and it's happening here as a jew in germany i just can't say everything's cool and i feel good at the situation of development. this really is a teenage that we haven't really discovered his jewishness who is also joining this time that he became a star member of the local youth theatre trip and i'd like to see people take

a clear position in the for them to also take action. today being jewish is a big part of the actor's identity sometimes is more and sometimes less active than you synagogue in iranian bogus traffic lane really consecrated in 1998 it stands as a symbol for a lively jewish community. rabbi gaye said the bag she's one of and i 9 fame our rabbis germany wide her synagogue stands for diversity and tolerance as well as confronting the issues of the day. we would like to call ourselves l g b t i q stright inclusive which doesn't mean this is us and queer people are now welcome here but of course they are welcome here and have been so for a long time. to beg studied jewish theology and converted to judaism 30 years ago. she was fascinated by religion which allows room for maneuver in

terms of faith and lifestyle. to day is a most always been a religion that changed with the times and has asked the question how does what our ancestors handed down to is fit with today's times where do we need to attach and where is it important to keep things the same. a balancing act between looking to the future and preserving the past. and development also wants to move forward. so he's leaving barely envy his 1st acting engagement at the renouncing the shush bin house for whom. to choose leaving engine money that men humps above all this i wish that people wouldn't see this is strange will an alien not treat us as though he was something special is not just one way of being jewish it's actually incredibly divinest up if you hate to hear.

it. and we'll have interviews with more jewish artists and leaders in germany coming up this week on arts and culture but now we're off to london to the studio of painter patrick hughes he's got his own unique perspective on the world or should i say perspective this is an. optical illusions on 3 dimensional surfaces. they play with trappers or it's and perspectives to trick the mirror into seeing what's not really there. british artist patrick hughes calls this reverse specter for the 1st perspective the painter developed the technique in itself. it's extraordinary because it uses you to create the movement there are artists who make the move through the machines inside

but my work makes it work by having you move and the painting seemed to move. he's got a team of 6 to support him in his london studio the act of creation is a very involved process. it can take up to 3 months to complete one image. the 1st step is to build a 3 dimensional base out of wood. then patrick you sketches out his ideas. music. puter to project his designs onto the canvas then he and his team paint the pictures and orioles trash accused likes to reference the work of other artists we choose back to paul because people like him and i quite like i'm not mad about him i quite like him and love who goes there wools though any graffiti office would prefer to work in a concrete but we like to make out the brick pools. patrick hughes created his 1st

reverse effective picture in 1964 and called it sticky room. but not until the 1990 s. 57 self perfect this painting technique. the work titled jazz from 26 teams made him world famous. and physical it's a combination of the whole person is what you feed and your knees and your legs your body your stomach because your as well as your so although has been an intellectual unfold it's all in the mind is actually all in the mind and the goal of a more perfect feel lucian for more complete the experience patrick hughes creates fascinating perspectives on our world. well that's almost it for this arts and culture so thanks for watching and i'll leave you now with

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