the answer to almost everything our documentary series with lever, crazy and ground breaking news, kids can go into the afterlife. are we getting dumber in dumber? how can we feed everyone? questions for the present it? future emp heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d. w. with this is did up in years asia as we look back at 2022 to day stories of courage, overcoming adversity and people making a difference. a shows no can heroes. first up putting facts before fear, the hong kong journalist who refuses to be bowed by beijing's crack down on the

free press. managing jakarta, infamous traffic jams will meet a man who is overcome disability to direct traffic in one of the wells busiest cities. building homes for birds, daily's nest man. as pioneered the practice and not use teaching others to protect the cities for that friends and reciting, to put on with your hands. how deaf students in indonesia finally have a way to study islam. so holy book, ah, i'm british bandage. you're welcome to the special edition of d, w. news asia that you could join us. this past year has seen beijing cement control over hong kong and imposed ever type thing restrictions on the territories media lab. skip. often a series of high profile arrests and newsroom closures,

most independent outlets have folded to day, various looking press, freedom left in hong kong, but journalists can be stubborn people. the dublin, phoebe kong met one who refuses to be silent. physically risky business. jackie is a journalist and is out reporting out of the anniversary of the town of and square massacre, beatings, brutal crack done on student protests in 1989 hollow. wow. oh hello. can i ask you a few questions? yeah, i'll show you some news pictures and see if you know what they are. yeah, well, it, jackie shows them photos from the day of the massacre. images like these are censored in china. video, you know where these images were taken? victoria park. but jackie's reporting is soon cut short a rare occurrence in his experience. okay. oh oh, excuse me, under teacher, what are you doing here? oh, how do i send you a,

a telephone interview in the mail? louisa. all manner to that. sorry, you should speak to the school 1st. we too are asked to stop filming the teachers that the sensitive interview could put the school under pressure from an hong gave high the room for news reporting and shrinking. it's not only because of the authorities, but also because of society. the effect is chilling and there's a sense of terror, which is making it harder to find people willing to speak up a well going. yale jackie runs his own news platform and tell a few months ago he worked for citizen news and award winning media outlet. it shut down due to political pressure. journalism is not well paid in hong kong, but jackie publishes his reports for free. he wants them to reach as many people as possible, especially as censorship grows, got a whole st dot nowadays in hong kong, journalists face arrest and then detention once we cross the red line, there's no more gray area. that's also why i choose to work alone. so i won't

implicate others to of a high. the height is hon all. since the introduction of the beijing imposed national security law, hong kong ranking and the world press freedom index has plummeted from number 68 to 148. the likes of apple daily. the cities leading opposition newspaper shut down with its executives and chief editors detained. at least a dozen media platforms collapsed in the following year. putting hundreds of reporters out of work. jackie's report on the tian him in square massacre anniversary has achieved the highest numbers since he launched his platform. but it is a double edged sword. one commenter said he had reported the video to the national security police. oh, shall were as incom quarterly, a whole independent journalist to compensate by filling in the blanks i. we have to try because if you don't try that space will disappear from the whole. yes,

we take a lot of risks and stress and that makes the future look doomed like bah, but hong kong journalist, a resilient, the what i can still see are vibrancy. yo young title, maybe we just need to transform the industry the well, hi, hold. how you should it should be in all an uphill battle, perhaps as more media regulations are pending. but for now, jackie won't give up reporting the traffic in indonesia, capital jakarta is notorious for being among the worst in the world. and all the vacant club in the city streets take more than stoplights enrolled signs to manage . so many busy crossings come with dedicated directors to keep the traffic flowing . we met one who had to overcome more challenges than most to do this. demanding job was managing this intersection in chicago. next courage and experience. united has plenty of both for all for 2 decades tonight,

also known as daddy has been helping reduce traffic jams in this mega city despite his disability. because his hearing impaired and can't speak, he relies on his wife to communicate thank god, he has work. he's got the trust of the police to he was even given a uniform because of his enthusiasm. they were very happy with daddy because he works alone as a disabled person and didn't get an education. he could only be a topic director. what matters is that he has an income jack out about one of the most fun, just the theories in the world. and now that corporate restrictions happening relax, traffic is back to normal. and official traffic directors help prevent a total collapse, assisting cars and trucks, particularly at crossing speed out. traffic lights bespoke the japan as they are

known, work in exchange for tips from drivers. there are thousands of them across down even a train crossing here in south jakarta, solar and the team of tough workers have been managing the barrier for years. snellville back down the pit where he fall 24 hours. we shed the job of the crossing. some managed traffic and others helped push carts. ben, as the sunsets we change teams, but i'm still here for 24 hours. i give them the language and all my them and it, even in recent years, traffic jam in indonesia as capital, have decrease, some se, thanks in part, due to policy, japan, but others disagree. intellect. alexander, man, there are times when they're helpful, but sometimes they prioritize the people, giving them money and hold up those who don't. and that causes the traffic tobacco, monumental m. i get that if that the more bit though, when we don't have any small change in the car up with that,

we automatically won't give them any money. and then they won't stop the traffic for us. my younger i'm back and i don't think that money and i been working at the intersection is the call of duty for denied. and like some people who quickly lost their nerves in traffic. essays he likes being in the midst of chaos, and it gives him a good feeling to change things. a little bit for the batter. ah, now to a story about building homes, birds as homes to be precise. and when he moved to india's capital delhi, the man in our next report says he noticed something was wrong. he didn't hear any birds chirping. so to bring back his favorite sounds, a rakish country took up a hobby that became his life's work. and as owned him, the nickname, nest man. will these house sparrows have returned to the city after many years?

thanks to one man who has been making homes for thousands of birds. his name is rob cash country. but i used to get worried and think a lot about why we don't get to see any nests anymore. where have they gone? so i used to feel sad. there were new terms introduced like global warming climate change. birds like peacocks and cuckoos were disappearing. people used to talk a lot about these things from the comfort of their air condition rooms. i used to think that these people talk so much about these big issues, but why don't they even think about where the nes have gone? so the delhi resident and his wife started to build enough for the birds with plastics and tetra pack. then they switched to eco friendly materials such as bamboo sticks after a lot of trial and error. that eureka moment came when we made over 20 next, like this, and we sat down with our cameras. we waited for 3 days and people used to laugh at us. they would say, why will the birds go to your net?

they make their nest by themselves. on the 4th day i was sitting with my camera. people were passing by and laughing, but soon a male sparrow sat on one nest. i have a photograph of that sparrow on the nest on my website. he inspected it and flew away. then it came back after 5 minutes with a female spare, and the 2 had straws in their mind. it sounds like a story from a movie, but it's the reality of my life. so when i saw this, i stood up and started clapping. the bird started coming to my knowledge. every country himself has built nests for hundreds of thousands of house sparrows and has won several awards for his work. but everybody, fig organizations in the country and people abroad. i also realized that they can do this if my husband can do it, then others can also do this kind of work. not only for sparrows, but for other animals to talk to a or b animals that was delicate. now, country teachers, school children to make nests passing the idea of conservation on to the next

generation. boyer on this journey that i started in 2008 is currently at 250000. now, yes, i've taught this to more than a 1000000 students, teachers, and corporations. and i think this journey is never ending. as long as i have the strength in my body, and i hope i will continue this work is my passion and my profession. and islamic school near the city of dr. carter in indonesia is down teaching derfin hearing impaired children and young adults to reside the koran using sign language. from many it is the 1st time they had such an opportunity. until recently, students such as these with hearing impairments had almost no access to religious education in indonesia. now, with the help of this is la mic boarding school. they're learning to memorize and recite the koran in sign language. it has given many

a new perspective on life through an interpreter, this 20 year old student say's. i decided to learn the qur'an in this boarding school, so that in the after life i can live in heaven bringing along my parents with me. i'm a summer 17 year old zara says the school has also given her a chance to get to know new people. and she hopes one day to become a teacher herself. mama, i was 1st invited by my mother here, she says, i'm really happy to be able to learn to read. and to memorize together with my hearing impaired friends. the school was founded in 2019 by religious teacher. i will coffee. he says he took the step because children with special needs, after not helped by public schools. when i jump teaching the crown to the school

age children, i think when they grow up it will be much easier because as children, they have had a foundation at the moment, some hearing impaired adults in the school belly, no religion because they did not have a foundation when they were young in learning to find the koran is challenging. students need to memorize every single character of the holy book in arabic. for most it takes around 5 years, but they say it's worth it as it gives them joy and pride. and that doesn't for today, there's of cost more on our website. thanks so much for watching. goodbye. sh her. i'm just kinda, i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the

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