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a change of thailand is don't for it's strict anti drugs laws. so what is behind the decision to legalize the brewing and consumption of marijuana? ah, i british manager, welcome to d, w. news asia that you could join us. the warden ukraine has forced i want to re focus on howard defends itself from a possible chinese envision in recent on speaching has stepped up military guns into ty, wants air defense identifications on raising a lot levels on the island. taipei is now thinking of improving training for it's nearly 2000000. reserve force investing in specialized weapons and civil defense. and there's also a greater willingness among people to be prepared to take up weapons. should the

time come? ah, yes, they are taiwanese civilians with a new purpose beyond their day jobs. they are regulars at a combat skills training academy. oh, the weaponry looks and feels authentic with the hardware in a country with strict gun ownership laws fires 6 millimeter rounds made of non lethal hard plastic. as the war in ukraine has spurred debate about how taiwan should bolster its defences, including compulsory military service. people like suit chun want to get out front . so chun is a tattoo artist by trade. he keeps a replica gun and a bullet proof vest in his office and figures should war come to taiwan as it has

in ukraine. people like him will be called up and handed real guns at some point and those who are prepared, people who aren't prepared and also those who are panicking. i think all those types will be there. i'm sure most people don't want to go to war. i also don't want to go to war, but in the unfortunate event it really happens. i'll be mentally prepared. housings of wear suit. chun is now that's where a travel guide chang woo wants to be. he's in an advanced beginner class, learning more about gripping a gun and moving with a weapon. place i, it's only because of the ukraine more that i more urgently started feeling that threat from china. so i decided to gain some deeper knowledge about these defensive weapons in the past before the war started, i was mostly interested in 1st aid, sissy the but i do you. this is already been a trend in the last 2 years since chinese fighter jet started flying close to

taiwan. there's been an increase. and after the ukraine war started, the numbers of tripled or quadrupled. more and more people are coming to take part . the so called air soft guns are used for competition, sport, and taiwan assimilation of real combat. the preference of course is that these students use their new skills only in future simulations even games. but they're gaining confidence that they'll be ready. should the games to real and gentlemen out for more from taipei is wendy. so he lecture that camber as a new college of asia and the pacific. mr. so how high is the threat of a chinese invasion of taiwan with a war going on in your grain? at the moment? a thing the common assessment is that it's on a low side, at least for this year. and the re is, are a couple, 1st and foremost, it's straightforward. it's less than fun ukraine conflict. we can see from that even for great power like russia. it's proven to be immensely challenging and

difficult to take down ukraine with ease. now, how one has the additional natural defense in terms of the power straight making any of asian a, necessarily. and phoebe as one which is much more complicated to maneuver in china, learning from that in china. i was thinking, i better make sure that i have everything prepared before i give it a try. so i think there is confidence at the moment that is for now, that will be stability in telling state. what about taiwan preparations? what is taiwan strategy to counter a possible chinese invasion whenever it comes up with the chinese field? they are ready for one, if at all frowning taiwan strategy are, i guess both domestic and diplomatic domestic front is of course got help. those who held themselves right? so i think i was trying to pursue greater as the magic defense capability. so for

example, laughing, how wants defense beauty is moving away from buying big ticket items like warships, for example. and stat is trying to focus on smaller defense acids. things like drones, for example, or coastal defense me solve their income in china, worships as well as things like c mines. for example. these are sort of cheaper smaller items that i can buy from a cheap, but they are not unless very factors for defense purposes. if i were to add another point onto that and now be a focus on civil defense, power, defend ministry just and now it's a new civilian defense handbook. a couple months ago to try to harmonize standardized understanding of what to do during war time, emergency where to the average member of public go, for example, to get resources. and how do you sort of improve your capacity, the joy to come over into a fighting force at

a moment's notice should the moment cause for it. right. and what is one's assessment of chinese military preparedness, particularly it's naval capability to cross the taiwan straits to attack at the moment, i think it's pretty clear that china does have conventional enable superiority over tie one what china still needs to developed before you can be confident of success in the cross to accomplish scenario is that china needs a stronger, and phoebe as lending transport capacity. so it's easier for china to fly the airplanes over to tie one atlas launch in big warship towards taiwan. to actually make a occupation happen, you would need to have a whole lot of transport that can move to soldiers on to how want occupied. and that's the part of china still needs to work on for a few more years before that can be short of

a success nation. right. so i would just like to bring in another topic involving china now and chinese naval capability. one that is raising concerns, especially in the u. s. i live this week, china and can board you officially began work on the expansion of naval base, facing the gulf of thailand and adjacent to the south, tennessee of the us fears that this could provide aging to strategically important when a treat outpost in the region. both and beijing have been careful to say it will not to present a threat to switch into what the chinese ambassador had to say. don't go you angela . this project as a result of mutual respect and equal consultation in line with the laws of both countries and relevant international laws and practices. it is not targeted at any 3rd party and will assist even closer cooperation between the 2 militaries, better fulfillment of international obligations and the provision of international public goods. mr. so you probably heard about, the chinese ambassador said,

but he's essentially saying it appears that no one has anything to worry about is that in the short ones that will go down well in the region. i think with growth in chinese military power, there will naturally be a increasing concern in asia pacific more broadly about what china intend to do with the increasing capability. and certainly historically, china was always talk about how you have no intention to viewed military base abroad. we knew that the device there 1st was in your booty in africa and nowadays expanded into selby's asia, much closer to home, the china for, for that matter necessarily, i think the regional state will be concerned about if you don't intend to do anything about it, why would you spend resources choir in the 1st place? so on that basis of income asian countries are watching very closely at the moment . and it's just a matter of particular concern,

given that china is militarization of the the islands in the south china sea. i think so, and i think that's a major concern. the us, the southeast asian countries, i'm paying attention to being the natural that connects to freedom of navigation in southeast asia as maritime fishery and all those maritime territory claims. the whole concern stuff is asian countries. a lot. so that's a factor that i think the regions paying close attention to any remains to be seen what china intend to do with that new axis. right? we'll leave it there for the time being, but always a pleasure talking to you about the song from the in your college of asia and the pacific. thank you so much for joining us today. thanks for having me. ah, thailand has become the 1st asian country to legalize growing and consumption of

mattie wanna smoking it, remain span though. growers will have to register with the government and when offered in food or drink its strength will have to be limited. the aim is to give a boost to the agriculture sector and no one has a problem with that. i. there's plenty of public interest and a triumphant 1st customer with options resembling a fast food menu, closely scrutinizing the product. wow. oh, and buying some apparel as well to mark the occasion. country me, milan sang, i got here last night. after work i showered and took the bus. i knew the shop was still closed, so i waited with some beers and watched the staff getting ready. i wanted to witness the beginning of change will be the all that kind of an oligarchy,

gallup on but too much change is not what authorities want the cannabis on sale is low potency and people are being warned against smoking in public and creating a stink violations can bring fines and even jail and beyond the head shops, getting lit is not something everyone approves of. ah, young lives at law. i think i'm a python. i feel like tie people are not fully ready for the legalization because people do not properly understand the use of cannabis when they can be. that's why they need to be educated on how to use canopies and also the limitations. because as we all know, it could cause more harm than benefit. there are also concerns about unwonted drug tourism that bangkok could become an asian amsterdam. others are less worried. i

just think that he's got a lot more to offer than just made out to smoke. cannabis mother is a beautiful, beautiful part of the world and thought, i think can it's kind of his main legalized would make me come any more. so for better or worse, thailand's cannabis experiment is open for business. and as high hopes as well, that's it for today, there's more from the region on our website delivery dot com forward slash asia as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter, you tomorrow. the by ah, it's the end of the pandemic in sight. we show what it could look like will return to normal. and we visit those who are finding it difficult

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