we shed light on the opaque worlds who's behind benefits. and why are they a threat to us? all opaque worlds starts january 5th on d, w. mm. mm. ah, this is d, w. news ally from berlin, hong kong rounds up more journalists in its crack, down on the free press. this latest raid targets the offices of online outlet stand, news reporters are arrested and documents hold away. the latest blow against independent media in the chinese territory that says china, seas grown,

a virus cases rise for the 4th day in a row. despite a huge locked damp, 13000000 people are confined to their homes in the country's biggest outbreak since i welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael local. hong kong police have rated the offices of the independent media outlets. stand, news, police sources say 7 people were arrested in the case, and charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications. more than 200 people police, i should say. police officers entered the offices of stan news and took away large boxes of evidence. police also search the journalist homes, the chief editor of stan news, patrick lam, ease among those in custody. earlier this year, police also rated the offices of the now defunct apple daily,

and now the vocal critic of the hong kong and chinese leadership. stan news is the largest remaining news out with seen as close to hong kong pro democracy movement. for more on this, let's bring enough phoebe kong in hong kong. phoebe what more can you tell us about these detentions are up to now as far as we are, the media is sources that at least 7 people, happy, arrested, relating to this case. so 6 of them are the eye on diploma and also the acting. she's had a thompson news outlet and also on the porch. i'm getting a pop singer. he's who, he's very outlet and not only is a mystery, but also is, has more and activists and also a change. and we're not sure about whether they will be officially

prosecuted because we have to wait for more information from the police office, especially the departments. and then as you have mentioned, it is also made in the newsroom. authentic thought, 200 offices to session seats. the materials, including some of the documents and also a news on materials from the user. phoebe, these are clearly not the 1st cases. what does this say about the current state of press freedom in hong kong? well this is indeed another mentioned low to the especially the journalistic industry call. and then also a report of my kid co cover on the news and also the sensitive like a new style like how holidays because earlier this year on david,

the former a charge for lucia one. how and this was the national security all. and just yesterday they were oppressed and additional charge us same us the one day. so if it were in chance or maybe jealous that the government is telling the vicious publication offensive to talk opposition yet. and the general is just a definition of what is so vicious needs to do. that is phoebe kong in hong kong, many thinks is always and staying in china, the country has recorded its 4th rise in new crone of irish cases in a row. that's despite some 13000000 people already under locked down in the countries shun. she province. the spike, in cases there has produced china's highest infection rates since the pandemic, very 1st outbreak and woo hot. it's been almost 2 years since china

has seen the streets of major cities deserted. but once again, millions a back on to lockdown. well sorry, she's widened the restrictions across. shun she province on tuesday. as they grapple with the country's biggest outbreak since the initial months of the pandemic, china has pursued a 0 tolerance approach, rolling out mass testing and draconian lock downs for relatively small outbreaks in shun she's capital city of c. on 13000000 residents are under strict stay at home orders after reporting less than 200 daily infections. do you, do you hear from him the way you house? we have quickly adopted containment measures for these risk areas. the implementation of various measures will help to effectively control the outbreak. despite administering almost 3000000000 jobs, initial research shows the locally produced sign or evac off his limited protection

against the omicron variant. the beijing winter olympics are set to start in just over a month. with only spectators from mainland china permitted to attend with diplomatic boycotts already being announced, beijing will be eager to ensure that covert outbreaks don't further chill the already frosty atmosphere. for more let's of bring in correspondence, fabi and crash more in beijing, a fabi and the numbers are bear repeating. 13000000 people in lockdown for less than 200 daily infections. how were chinese citizens coping with such a tough measures? well, i mean, the general and the public are supporting those measures mostly. and the reason is that in most parts of china right now, you can live her relatively care free am normal life without restrictions. however, the people who are affected by the 0 covert strategy named be the citizens of c on

who are really under strict locked down. they cannot even leave their house right now. they are relying on and neighborhood committees to sent them or food and daily necessities. they are making a lot of sacrifices, and if you scroll through am social media, for example, waybill, which is the dominant and i am platform here. you can find the signs of discontent . for example, people complaining that they are running out of daily necessities and that there are no new supplies, however, and most of the posts have since been deleted. and it's not really easy to have open and critical debate about the virus strategy because it is sensitive in china to criticize the government. no doubt, as we just heard in the report, the chinese vaccine center that appears to offer limited protection against the american varian. i'm curious, is the country looking into other vaccines as an option for booster shot? i don't see that happening and the reasons why, for example,

it by and take madonna. they have not been approved in china, that there was a purely political decision. am in the state media, he and also the government. they've placed their own domestic vaccines as being superior. and now it would be a huge lot of loss of phase if they would turn to a foreign and especially western which seems what they are betting on is that a sign away sign of found their own m vixen produces are developing a new generation of m r in a vaccines and then they get approved. but, and the bigger picture is, are the big question that people are wondering is, what is the long term goal? what is the exit strategy? i mean so far, and it's hard to imagine that china will open up its board us anytime soon. probably in one imagines china needs to show they've got the virus under control ahead with the olympics. just very, very briefly, if you can, what's at stake? what the national prestige last year they claimed the victory over the virus and am now the situation is quite different. and but the olympics themselves,

they will be under restrict bubble and the games are not m e r at danger. and i think they will take place mostly without spectators, but m. yeah, there will be a very strict covert bubble during the games to seal off them. yeah. the athletes and the journalists from the rest of the population, that's f albion crash mom in beijing. many things, fabia and some other developments in the global pandemic, france as announced her record number of new corona, virus infections. or authorities counted almost 880000 new cases in 24 hours new cases or shoring in australia as well. health officials in new south wales warned that the sudden outbreak is overwhelming testing centers, causing long queues and delays and receiving test results. and the w h o has warned that the amok on variance still poses a very high risk and could overwhelm health systems. let's get

a round up of some of the other headlines at this hour. authorities in chalet have gate declared an emergency in the southern region of santiago. as forest fires, red tens of thousands of hector's of forest and farm lands have been destroyed. truly has recorded nearly 50 fours fire so far this year. dozens of them still ongoing. members of jordan's parliament have traded blows during a debate about gender equality and changes to the constitution. the altercation began when deputies discuss adding the female noun to met amendments. that guaranteed equal rights for all citizens. no one were seriously injured. american football grade, john madden has died. he was 85. madden was a hall of fame coach with the nfl oakland raiders before beginning a long distinguished career as a sports broadcaster later his name was best known attached to the hugely popular video game. madden nfl. well,

it was 30 years ago this week that the soviet union officially ceased to exist. it marked a new era of independence for people in the baltic states, ukraine and elsewhere. but for many in russia, the soviet heart land, it ushered in a traumatic experience of economic collapse and ramping corruption. d w's moscow bureau chief, uri rossetto, spoke with a man born 30 years ago, whose views of the soviet past reflect. many of those russians ego disk of its loves, his hometown, the siberian metropolis of noah's abyss like no other city in russia. it stands for the shining achievements of socialism, a bygone era that brought large scale industry and scientific institutions to the region, but also imposed communist ideology. an ideology that is alien to ego the annual enable buckle. i'm

not a follower of the soviets. i met divided on russian orthodox christian a little. daniel was young yet i don't mourn the soviet era or slap woke up. ego believes in a strictly conservative russia way, strength lies in god rather than in lenin, as it did in communist times. but he still appreciate some relics of socialism from his youth. the mere thought that with name, if i have very fond memories of this place with him, i grew up here in this neighbourhood available to fit. and i was in the theater and this cultural center, when i was a teenager, nothing has changed since then. time has stood still here without him as i've been a little ego says that now values like family ties, love of god and hierarchy, a rush, his wife for it will continue to work. and we don't want to go down the path that europe is going down in victor, or d, islamic world. oh, is lumpkin,

we are still. instead, our path is somewhere between the good things from the soviet era and a returned to the old russian national traditions of can, would you let alone so carol's was livable. but that's not everyone's cup of tea. many and nova spears calling for a different modern and european russia. we are the power he and they chant, demanding western values like freedom of speech and democracy. thousands regularly take to the streets to make their voices heard. ego tis culverts doesn't agree. democratic the one of the democracy is fiction. we russians don't believe in the real power of the people in we move in. we don't believe in a democratic transition of power, but instead we need a strong leader in whom we believe level of the way they did a comparable by the 2. so 2 years after the fall of the soviet union, russia no longer has a weak economy,

higher oil prices in the early 2000 scape the country and initial boost. but the gap between rich and poor is widening. for ego, that's no cause for concern. he will, but only for me, ideological strength is more important than economic prosperity. and i already earned that myself without the state will show it with a brand new lawn. as a wedding, d j. eagle earns the equivalent of a 1000 euros a month at events like this, where couples celebrate the most beautiful day of their lives. that makes him one of siberia is higher notes. of able to return to that of what i love, my child. it makes me feel like i'm doing something useful. yep. i didn't. e go to his culverts is convinced that 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union, russia is a land of many opportunities for those who know what they want. and who don't

question politics? ah, the you are state of virginia has opened a 130 year old time capsule found in the base of a statue of a civil war. general conservatives opened the copper box on live tv, expecting to find it swamped with water. instead, they found a collection of books, cash, ammunition, and documents, and surprisingly good condition. the box was in the pedestal of a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. that stature was removed in september after becoming the focus of protest against racial injustice. you're watching dw news. the coverage special is up next . with the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what are the latest we.