on saturday, announced a lockdown that will limit gathering over christmas and close the shops, restaurants, and cultural then use also feel mowgli air. we need to intervene now forced to prevent a much worse outcome. the lockdown is a precaution for that to complicated story. we have to tell. shoppers rushed for some last minute, purchases before the measures came into effect, lockdown or none. the w h o expects amik run to become dominant in the countries where it has taken hold. scientists war and the search in cases could further burden overstretched health systems and lead to staff shortages across many sectors . now, while several governments in europe are drastically tight and in restrictions, they also seen pushback this. we can saw protests against restrictions in a number of major european cities. some results in clashes between protesters and police. breach bubbling over in germany. i bought

more than 11000 protesters flooded the streets of hamburg as opponents of tighter cobit measures came out across the country. oh fis also flying in london. these protesters said they've had enough ground. 5000 of them marched against the latest round of cobit restrictions in the u. k. here, the more transmissible on the cranberry and has forced the government to tight restrictions. but scientists, a warning that even more must be done and fast if the country wants to stop hospital admissions from soaring, all of the meetings that we've attended in so far as the network is concerned with modeling is taking place. that the message is clear that this looks like it's the calm before the storm. ah, it's a problem across europe. searching cases, obama crohn and increased frustration that restrictions to combat it. in austria,

several people protesting of vaccine mandate were arrested after demonstrations. got increasingly out of control thousands of protesters in france also took to the streets to express their anger over vaccine past being discussed by the government. if the bill passes, it will bar the unvaccinated from entering public establishments like bars and cafes rather feed on and say that scene pass is a form of dictatorship, not a public health issue, but a political one. we have to realize we're in a system that is working more and more to reduce our freedom and liberty, ask governments across europe, get ready for an onslaught of our micron. they may also have to fight against frustration and wariness. that new restrictions can bring. the the be a report on michelle stockman joins us in the studio for more. hello michelle. so

tell us what's really behind to put as we've seen across europe recently. so there is a chant that's being sung in protests in spain over the weekend that i think pretty much sums up what is driving a lot of people out into the streets. the chant goes, who is the government to tell us what to do? because that is happening more and more over recent weeks as we're seen, europe in the middle of a krona virus wave. and we're seeing several governments niv to lockdown or seen several governments limit the public access to people who are unvaccinated, to public spaces. and we're seeing some government considering a vaccine mandate, or even going so far as to institute of axing mandy. and for some people that goes with their profession. so if, say your health care worker, in some countries you choose not to be vaccinated, you risk losing your job. so that frustration people who believe the government should have that kind of reach, they're going out on the streets and making a very publicly known. so who exactly are these protest?

this is a really varied group. there are lots of different social groups with very different core beliefs that are driving them out to these protests. so you've got the anti back scene group who doesn't believe that the vaccine is work or that they're unhealthy. you've got people who don't necessarily doubt the science of the vaccines, but they just for them, it's an issue of personal liberty. they don't think the government to tell them what to do. and then you've also got political groups extremist, political groups who are participating in these protests. germany's new interior minister says that some of these right wing groups are actually driving violence and radicalization. but it's important for our viewers around the world to understand that this doesn't necessarily represent the majority opinion of europeans. for example, here in germany, a recent poll suggested that 57 percent a large majority of germans actually support a mandated vaccine. so what are authorities doing about this? so some of these protests are going forward. police are moving to arrest people

who've gotten violent. some of them, the police are shutting down because of math mandate. the people aren't hearing to . but eddie, i really think we're going to see more of this. the trend right now, as we're seeing this, only cron waive come is for governments to move to lockdown life, especially close it down for people who are un vaccinated. so we're likely to see more frustration moving out in the street. michelle stockman need to report to thank you. you're welcome. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in sudan, hundreds of thousands of protesters of marched through the capital ha to, to reject the october 25th military cool protestants from outside the capital streamed in last night. and this morning to join the march on the presidential palace voting. his underway in chili's presidential run of election. the pool comes up that new candidates are past the 50 percent threshold in the 1st round. held in november, voters are now being asked to choose between 55 year old fire,

right, former congressman. as jose antonio cast, and that's a 5 year left wing candidate, gabrielle bridge. the philippines disaster agency says that that total from typhoon ry has risen to over $140.00 with officials warning. many people remain missing. a storm swept across the country on friday, leaving a trail of destruction and force and 300000 people to evacuate. its been called one of them was powerful storms to hit the philippines in recent years. a 6th child has died 3 days after a bouncy castle accidents. in tasmania, australia. a gust of wind sense, the inflatable pirates is flying 10 meters or 3 feet into the air. the primary school was celebrate in the last week of class before christmas, holidays on kong has been holding it fast elementary elections since the

crackdown on the pro democracy movement by beach in observer. see their turn out could be the lowest since hong kong honda of angle o handled, i should say to china. midi hong kong residence at the saw the vote. us need affair . not democratic. and a news only candidates considered the traffic to china were able to run media position candidates where silenced jewelled or fled their territory. hong kong leader, carrie lamb was one of the 1st class have vote. she denies like he's ations, had government sets both turn out rates. but i do have said very target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. now we had from our correspondent phoebe kong in hong kong. she gave us this assessment with all the major opposition

parties absent from this election. many of his support us, especially the young people, are no longer interested in a vote long noise, a rally seen outside polling station like this one. on one hand, the government is stepping up f as to prevent any resistance, like open courts. but boy, cause of the action as it has been criminalized for the very 1st time in hong kong, electro history and all the other hand, to offer free rise for public transport and setting up new polling station at the border in a pit to booth to turn all right, so the tunnel rate is the core issue of this election as many up service see that speaker as a kind of vote of confidence of the latest political situation in hong kong. and also a reflection of the legitimacy of the new electro system. as 5 years to the day since germany's deadliest islamists are attack on a christmas market in berlin, the attacker hijacked a truck and cale to the driver before plowing into crowds of the capitals bry sites flat christmas market, killing 11 more people. another man died

a few weeks ago this year from injuries sustained that night, bringing that tool to 13 have a traitor and his angry was a field to nation asylum seeker who was known to authorities. a few days later, he was shot dead by police while on the run in italy. and brenda's nigger football dots monde wrapped up the idea with a shock. last, who hath berlin? and without loss, they've more or less dusty title hopes fall in line points behind by in munich, berlin's olympic stadium was lit up for the last match of the year with a sparse crowd of hands, a fancy enjoying the spectacle. and with their site hosting tort men, the match was set to be blue flashing hair to fighting to avoid the relegation. battle came out fiery missio alida burst ahead adornments defense and tapped home just 15 minutes in. but after b a r cheque t made a shock,

belford ill was world to be here off side on the play. no go! the visitors didn't squandered their good fortune with julian bun summoning its spectacular tight ankle finish. 16 minutes later one mill dort men in their hopes of chasing by him still alive. but here to return from the half time break, reinvigorated. built it. oh, make good on his early infraction. racing past his opponents to equalize with the strong so record in the 51st minute. 6 minutes later here to double their score. markovich the screamer lift workman's stunt. ah. with 20 minutes to play? the star twisted the knife, making a 31 hampton step in tickets.

dornan's deficit with the late header. but it was already too late. doors were dealt their 2nd lawson for matches the series go to any realistic title hooks. while heritage celebrated the hall the give of a massive step towards mid table safety. the abundance legal saturday games are over. so let's take a look at all the results so far on march day. 17 heather as be jessa defeated dot bond fairfield, stand. avi life such frankfurt, beat mines, half an m. and glad back. drew bolcom down on yon berlin, furred shared the spoils with alex book on sunday, fryeburg face liver, cousin, and cologne bottles to get some football related news, alto, paris, france, over 50 people were arrested overnight, a spines of arab cobb. when as all gerry are classed with police following the nations victory about tenicia, small clashes broke out between police arnold jr and fans all over the city,

mainly in paris city center. french police consent there with fair incidents in neil on by the are up top was revived this year with a fever after a 9 year hiatus. that's all for now. next, a documentary about taiwan, the laboratory for democracy in the shadow of china, who have more well headlines at the top of the hour. stay with us. thanks for joining us. but that's more coming up with an interest in the global economy. our portfolio w business. beyond here, the closer look at the project. to analyze the fight for market dominance.

ahead with the w business beyond on you tube. oh, an isolated island in the south china sea. 16th century portuguese sailors called it ella formosa, or beautiful island. but to day, we know it as taiwan. taiwan is a de facto state home to 24000000 residents. it has its own flag and them currency language and institutions. located 200 kilometers off the coast of the people's republic of china. taiwan cannot escape beijing's shadow in the eyes of the chinese government,

taiwan is one of its provinces. easy any and all attempts to divide. china will inevitably fail. in 6 full, they will be scorned by the people and history. beijing's guiding policy is one country to systems. in other words, taiwan should return to the fold but can theoretically maintain its economic and political autonomy. taiwan is on the front y k. one is the democracy, guarding against the expansion of chinese authoritarianism. and k, one needs to stand tall, are in the face of the chinese onslaught, even though the chinese government, including presidents, shipping himself, are they want to impose one country to. so some model, anti one by one,

is always say, no way on january 11th, 2020 thousands gathered on the streets at the time when he's capital time pe, anxiously awaiting the results of a pro then shall election tie one's future hung in the balance ship. i wish one might, the incumbent candidate didn't view taiwan sovereignty as some future goal. she and her party firmly believe it's already a reality. ah. the results were decisive. receiving a record breaking 8000000 votes, president sy, in when secured her 2nd term in office, a blow to beijing. thinking that then i would like to remind beijing that piece a quality democracy and dialogue are prerequisite spin,

lasting understanding between our countries. when ah is full words are the key to peace and stability on both sides weight. it's high time for china to quit putting pressure on time one. i wonder what a way here ah, a triumph not just for the incumbent, but for a whole generation of so called activists. this group of tech savvy and politically engaged programmers and computer engineers reject a future dictated by china. together, they want to strengthen their young democracy into something that solution driven and transparent. democracy is a set of technologies, of course going into the voting booth. or this are mechanism designed to bait better reflect the actual ality of the policy that what people perceive the world is and also what a common problems are and what come a solutions are. and a to increase the bandwidth that is to say,

the available input into the collective decision making by everybody taiwan lungs, to step out of china's looming shadow. can taiwan withstand the tension and what beijing's next move. how stromey is this young democracy, really? j way, leon is a passionate believer in democracy. it's the backbone of his taiwanese identity. he seeks to distance himself from his chinese roots. oh, but that's no easy task when china is omnipresent,

it's the land of his ancestors and traditions. he's constantly reminded of his family's origins. oh, it's all good. she hall. what's india dosage when i was in china? how was i phoned my friend to talk about the gentleman square massacre elsie hall, which was august at some point. i noticed that i'd been under surveillance or 2 weeks now. how y'all was you? i had written articles to tell my friends in taiwan, the state of chinese civil society are yodi chairs, but these articles were censored and blocked by the chinese government. one, when zone was a senior, dogs out our it's, i had the feeling that taiwan was warming up to the idea of reunification. i know how much to my dismay, one bow. so was the people that social incognita. so i returned to taiwan in to me

and started a social movement in white out. how on either or to local mean don't j way lean is perhaps among the most skilled program as of his generation. as an engaged citizen and civic hacker, he uses his vast experience in open source software to bypass security measures in pursuit of his personal convictions. china, all the while is tightening its grip on its population through measures like these social credit system, where citizens behavior is monitored to rank if they're good or bad. j way lean once fair and functioning systems. he'll even hack taiwanese institutions to meet that goal. to southern donald, i saw where my goal is to protect democracy in taiwan. what i shall, how i want the coming generation to have more choices and ownership to go on living freely and democratically so and to choose their own politicians at barrow of was

it's in and not be oppressed. i me and censored like the chinese up live and addicted tauriel regime. cycles herself were shop, was up with 0. so when they felt their democracy was at risk. j way, lynn, and his tech savvy piers, mobilized at the time, they were alarmed at how many concessions were being made to beijing. oh, march 18. 2014 month. the emergence of the so called sunflower movement, tens of thousands of students gathered in front of the taiwanese parliament to protest the ratification of a trade agreement with china, which they feared would shift control of ty, one's economy to beijing. this agreement was initiated by ty, one's ruling majority party at the time the comin tang or the chinese nationalist party. the party was originally anti communist but had favored building

a more harmony his relationship with china since the mid 19 eighties. the leaders wanted ratification without delay or debate. the uprising last 23 days, joe, awake, a new political consciousness. no doubt in the state was oppressing the people, so the occupation of parliament can absolutely be labeled as a legitimate act of liberation. if this occupation had indeed been a crime, i would have gone to jail for it. i applied march to jail at the drop of the hat for taiwan, where you, you are a tower and your daughter go, i don't want to do your for your high one is our land together will defend democracy. does the woman lie will defend freedom. and we will defend life, the future, one of taiwan hill. oh wait,

i ah, the controversial agreement sparked an unprecedented wave of protests. for the 1st time taiwanese civil society, he openly opposed china and dreamed of a new future with me. ah sam young is the lead singer of the band fire aches in ireland. sunrise. he sings about the breaking of a new dawn. the song became an anthem to the sunflower movement.

oh oh sancho, that's all i remember climbing over the fence and standing in front of the parliament's main entrance. i'll show you what joe or joseph way the students needed a song that touched hearts and invigorated the movement sizes. oh god hasn't gone me. yeah. hope she, this song has been my contribution in those has any judy that is and will be no politics concerns us all. hi andrew, it's really a shame that there's so much apathy these days, or people don't care about politics. so yet we're a democracy. she says,

if we do nothing to we risk returning to authoritarian isn't always on that alarms me uncomfortable. the system time one's modern history is closely linked to china's one looming figure is former president chiang kai shek, who once ruled both china and taiwan with an iron fist. by 1949, a civil war had been raging in china for more than 2 decades. it was a bitter struggle between mousy tom's communists and the ruling party. the nationalists of the quote min tang or k m t for short in the driver's seat chiang kai shek. ah

yes. facing internal strife. shank, i shake, depended on the support of the victors of world war 2. above all the americans the communists advance could no longer be stopped. as mount c tune declared the founding of the people's republic of china, chiang kai shek and his supporters went into exile. nearly 2000000 people left their homeland. huh. junky jakya didn't like god in the song. you know, getting started to predict. are america got it. is that you need help in that? was you the i lose analogy. thank you. memory surgery on the molly gander from that point tone. there were 2 regimes in the 2 lands. on one side of the

foremost a straight. there was communist china. on the other, taiwan a military dictatorship. both ladies insisted on their legitimacy. huh. and then lou suffered at the hands of the generalissimo, spending 12 years as a political prisoner. the notable feminist played a pivotal role in transforming taiwan from a dictatorship to a democracy. her personal museum contains memories of a life filled not only with struggle, but with triumph. oh, see this here is the archive of the working groups. i found it. oh, we published many books to drive forward, the democracy movement and ty, ones development, the t so sir, this is the magazine full knows that we published full issues of it before we were

arrested. degraw. don't try to draw a title of this article is long live democracy, democracy 3 your site over 30 years. the democracy movement in taiwan force in and out of jail or all the sites out cecia g shit that i saw a 38 years of martial law meant that people had no democratic rights during that time. so lindsey damira, there was no freedom of expression to you. the press was controlled and sent it out . oddly, there was no freedom of assembly or association mailed and criticizing. the government was forbidden. the woman thought the old people could do was listen right and debate. yet, so today young people argue with their parents who were loyal to china and urged their children to vote for candidates. he saved reunification which is that the young people refuse.