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she signatures to recovered policy. did these leave him weakened glass? tensions with taiwan, chinese threats of re unification are impacting the lives of residents of an outline, taiwanese island, and china. those attempts to rewrite the history of hong kong, how a group of journalists are fighting to keep the fact alive. ah, by british manager, welcome to the w news asia that you could join us earlier this month. china eased some of the rules governing it's 0 over policy. the frequency of b. c, r testing was reduced warranty requirements eased, and the scale of locked down to relaxed. but it took more than 2 years. and a series of people protests to get here. in november for the 1st time in decades,

mos protests erupted across the country. not just by themselves, this was historic. what was even more what the demands that some of the protest is made, especially in shanghai. ah, this is an extraordinary moment in china, and it's spreading further. am wider in cities right across the country. hundreds and taking to the streets, angry and fed up with the government. they wrote code policy. oh, in the capital beijing, they lined the banks of it for several hours, many holding up blank pieces of paper. now a symbol for this growing unrest and an act of defiance in the face of chinese censorship. in shanghai, another outpouring of anger and something different that will concern not only china's ruling party but also it's leda. 7 amongst the

crowd, one protest the shouts out, down with she ging ping, they. c they reply unison stepped down. it's dangerous to criticize the government and his lead a hair and such a public challenge is extremely rare to. there's no surprise when police move in and detain, protested. oh, these latest protests was sparked by the deaths of 10 people in a fire at an apartment building in the city of her room. she, with accusations that strict coven restrictions were to blame vigils to remember those who died that. and now at the heart of these growing demonstrations which have spread beyond china, they may even reach sydney in australia with

i think 1st is because of the stinky. so personally, the kitchen a wish old, and that he's very competitive because he only cavalcade. he's the only cavil himself because he's the pen shape. so this is why many of you with that and that was to mod, correspondent 5 encroachment got to see for himself at one of the protests in beijing. yeah, i'm in beijing very close to the embassy area. also the area where many foreign correspondents live and i think it's not a coincidence that the protesters have chosen exactly this area behind. you're behind me, you can see a lot of police cars and at least several thousands, i would guess approaches to say they're clustered into several groups and it is peaceful, but it's not escalating, it seems peaceful, but also the moot is quite, quite explosive. i think many people are very frustrated. yeah. but just a month before that things were very different. streets were come and orderly as

she jim being assumed the 3rd time as leader, making him the country's most powerful figure. since german bout so tune it happened at the communist party congress, but the larger the scripted vent included one on expected seen that raised eyebrows formerly to who didn't tell was or should from center stage in front of live tv cameras, triggering wide spread speculation that this was a public act of humiliation and may have been on orders of sheet being so was this a demonstration of complete control by she at the time we spoke to china and miss steve sank on what she's confirmation as party leader ment. why it means now china is being lee shaped after she jin pings image. he has now we paste any one from other factions within the communist party by his own papa

jays and proven loyalists. they will all say, yes sir, we will go and follow you wherever you want to take us. and china, he say, said the part he leads everything everywhere in china and beyond china, which is concerned. so he has to get the con economy right. he has to get his foreign policy, right. he has to get the social policy right. if he doesn't do so, big mistakes can be very, can be made. and they will have consequences for the people of china and also for the rest of the world. and you don't need to look beyond neighboring taiwan to understand what that means. she jumping has vowed re unification with the self governing island and has refused to exclude the use of force. its promptitude one's longstanding weapon supplier and ally, the united states to issue repeated assurances of support to taipei. that was the

intention of a visit to the island in august by them. house beacons for lucy, the visit didn't go down well with china, which launched its largest ever military drills around the island in response. but tensions with china out of daily reality for the people of taiwan. nowhere is that more apparent than on the taiwanese cayman islands. just of the east coast of china . the fairies from kent men to mainland china have been idle for 2 and a half years. so is the tourism industry on the island? one child megs, so from the a shop has suffered from the lack of curious visiting. but he's also worried about security and relations with china. felon avoiding way only. we get it what i want to peacefully unify with china equal not to cut our ties co, else we will become enemies. our ties if china have prevented war. china, no use the people of kinley are not hostile follow so he won't attackers. we are

like brothers now. she in the year while he shows us a bomb shout, i liked the one he had in as a child, when the communist attacked his from that generation that experienced war with china. now he says he would accept anything to survive. power and double patio jim and jill safe on her and she will try one and china go to war. can mean that would be done for you? would you the high one can't. protectors is too far away to give his military support. if war comes, i will defense to the communist as for the sake of survival locality. ethiopia tinman was an antique holeman as frontline during the cold wall. residents were cut off from even their relatives on mainland china, and they were also unable to freely travel to mainland taiwan. many felt like they didn't belong to either side. opening direct links to china 20 years ago, east cross street tensions can madness now the most pro beijing part of taiwan.

it's only 5 kilometers away from the chinese said he, salmon manichean my residents are hoping to build a bridge to get to the other side portrayed and medical care. but opponents rejected the idea. calling it a trojan horse that could 8 h. hi, nice invasion. henry lane as of the generation that, that not experienced a fighting. he built his war game business on widespread interest in recent history and wants to show customers what's at stake to day who find their hawaii ties. so do a lot of your degeneration fought so hard to defend our land, so we can have such an advanced democratic and free country if we give our so so easily to the communist. those fellows who blood, sweat and efforts will be in vain. by a great deal, henry has family and business ties with maine and china. the economic growth de impresses him, but he says, tie wants,

freedoms are more important. and whilst i want to protect, it's freedom's hong kong has lost, its the national security law has wiped out any chance of democratic protest. and now being is attempting to rewrite this, it is history. this year, the government began amending middle school textbooks to say, hong kong was never a british colony because britain assumed control illegally. that kind of historical revisionism has prompted a group of journalists into action. did i lose? phoebe cong reports. the journalists who run this bookstore. com to write about hong kong present any more. so they've decided to said an accurate record of the cities passed alongside the books for sale. they've put up newspaper clippings like from july, 1st 19971 of the oldest english language papers here. the south china morning post ran the chinese characters for handover on the day china assume control over hong

kong from britain. there's also a press kit given to reporters who covered the hand over 25 years ago. proof of key events in hong kong past. now, under official dispute, you close head or why they tell you that 1 may, captain, said them, what will be changed after the hand over they get these values? the answer is very little. it is a historic document now one year they, we want to share these histories and values similarly, since they can hardly be found elsewhere in hong kong. as you all emotionally holland me, that's because begging is changing the narrative of hong kong past, which was under british colonial rule for a 150 years. now the government is amending middle school textbooks saying hong kong was never a bush colony, because bridging didn't recognize the treaties, it signed authorities, every move, news clippings, and books deemed as political dissent from public libraries. people feared this

could be part of a plan to reshape public memory. observer say, although beijing already controlled hong kong, politically, the handover of people's hearts remains a challenge is road difficult to up? what are the core beliefs of the hong kong people? they will see themselves not as seen, poll or narrow a sense of nationalistic, a sentiment. as a hong kong chinese e ordered the force, everyone can give up what they have been believing. you have hostetler's. it might be our goal for the high support used to do so by very hot lie approaches. so it is very obvious that now one country will systems become a model for china. that they only expect hong kong to be at economic city without any political gravity. and with the cities future out of their control, many hong kong, as a voting with their feet and mass exodus is underway since mid 2020. when the new

national security law came into effect, more than a 100000 people have chosen to leave the city rather than live under beijing's rule . and that's it for today is most stories from china on our website dot com forward slash asia. thank you for watching. mm hm. and in a joy ride through fascinating worlds, into uncharted depths, our guides know their way around with a strictly scientific trip to some pretty wacky places, with curiosity is required to borrow to day next on d. w. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation.

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