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cinemas in hong kong and macau, abruptly council showings of a new horror. flick, starring, we need the pool. is it a case of self censorship? ah, irish manager, welcome to did up the news. asia. glad you could join us. the past few days. have seen the articulation of 2 very different visions of international governance. one based on might the other based on rules and to leaders from asia have symbolically represented. these visions, chinese president, she jumping matters down to about vladimir putin in moscow. on the same day, japanese prime minister for me. okay. she there was an keith meeting president vladimir at the landscape. japan has already sanctioned russia taken in ukrainians and provided more than $7000000000.00 in assistance to cave. but cuz she does,

it took everyone by surprise, including japanese citizens, ball and home, well done to japan, foreign ministry. i'm usually frustrated with the diplomacy, but this time i think they didn't very well. my only concern is how we can come up with the money to fund a to you as a japanese person. i wonder about that. but the pledge cuz she did made was a good thing for the people in ukraine. women, i hope to pans action will lead to peace. not too much, i want to criticize or deny the importance of what he did is out that it will have a positive outcome. i think you should have made the visit the same intention. joining me for more now is japan foreign policy specialist doctor l e caterina paul camp. she's a visiting fellow in the isha program at the think tank. the european council on foreign relations are to pull up. why is japan supporting ukraine? japan has strongly condemned the kremlin invasion and unilateral changes to the status quo by force and about to defend the international order based on the rule

of law and tim, rush of war. again, ukraine and the strong ties between moscow and baiting the perceptions of security have drastically changed around the world. and the pam has tracked that the ration . the gratian is a direct read can security p, after ability, not only for europe, but for the into the big. and they yawned as well. and here by having concerns around the situation in the east and tell can be and, and, but i want trade in mine and i was concerned the role that china would be encouraged to take similar actions possibly. and they, taiwan, japan, curiously, alarm that as prime minister kish has said, europe today can be up tomorrow. japan has provided aid and a sanctioned russia prime minister. you should, i could've easily left it at that. why the need to make a personal visit to give it is actually you should have

refer posts for prime minister to visit an active warrant on. and this one's provide you that the opportunity as the chair of the g 7, to reaffirm the 7th values and emphasize respectful sovereignty and territorial integrity. and these are principles that any country can ramp behind, but that is very important that the. com as the sole age and member of the 27, and continue to write the flag. but also whether intended or not. the business may has the strong symbolism, especially because it was taking place at the same time while president she was visiting president. and so that way slid of what the 2 countries stand for. i'm not takes an impartial position of the conflict and ukraine and japan clearly does not . and of course, it was the signature count of china, media,

and diplomacy and present a symbolic and stark contrast to china. but also it was a huge lucio for europe and european allies. that the palm clearly to european security and stability of what the future being and from your case, she does visit, say about divisions in asia to the war in ukraine as well. as i said before, it clearly shows what each country is standing for and what country, what country of the family, what kind of values. and of course, it shows a clear contrast of these 2 countries. and clearly what kind of positions they take that is what these 2 countries are. what about the other countries in asia? do these 2 ways that you have talked about represent in any way what the rest of the countries in the region are following, or is that

a 3rd and perhaps 4th way as well? well, as i said, department 10 for the grantee and for the integrity and a territorial integrity. and japan clearly has that. these are values that not all solely democracies have stand behind. so what japan clearly tries to do is to rabby allies. i'm that to underline the new strong and stronger political role. japan wants to play and to defend the value of time a standing for by showing strong leadership in the defense of european and international security. and for this, he's trying to build a broader coalition and a rally behind like minded partners for him. and this includes also countries like so isn't countries or it countries from the global style where to

she tried to emphasize get into dialogue and, and clearly communicate with countries. and given the where the japan has been taking the need when it comes to sanctions against russia, support for ukraine, a 1st visit to keep it quite apparent that talk years potentially the foremost partner for the west in the asian region. yeah. as a strong you ally and of the strong us ally as a member of the g 7. and presently the chair of japan is clearly one of the key allies and partners for the west in be in the pacific and the, and in asia. and the a very important one, and especially since the palm has as shown, commitment to, to beat up is the presence on the international stage and to defend the national

democratic values and the rule of law. clearly, corporate alliances have been improving and have been enhanced. believe that. thank you so much for speaking to us today. dr. l. e kathrina full. com. thank you so much so much. ah, cinemas in hong kong and macau has got plans to show a horror film featuring a twisted version of we need to pull the films distributor, announced it's great regret over the cancellation on facebook, but gave no other explanation. yes, a quick look at what audiences will be missing. ah, you know, you're the 1st person i've shown this question. why my so special consume will be christopher moore. you should be close now. we're not going to find then we will

pu piggly e o. we were friends for many years, no out with critics of largely band winnie the pooh blood and honey as heavier goal and jump scares. but lacking in plot and humor. many in hong kong suspect the reviews have little to do with the decision to pull it from theaters. let's get more from correspondent phoebe gong. phoebe doesn't come to the surprise that cinemas won't show this film in hong kong. while it settles $5050.00 for many people in hong kong, ellen and also those in the theme industry that according to what i learned from

the theme distribute and also the authorities, it seems that it was the decision of the cinemas to can. so the screenings at the very last minute that seemed distributed, told dw, that they really wanted to be least a theme. but we're only informed off the cancellation on this monday. so that was our only 3 days ahead of the public screening. and they were given no reasons by the cinemas. so originally there are 30 cinemas are which are like, or lodge, and mainstream cinemas. and hong kong they who agree to of, to play a 2 showed a theme. but like they, they a poured out one by one, let's just say say i, i had often for these. so, and none of them have given any explanation. and the authorities, actually, they attribute a cancellation to what a quote as are purely commercial decisions. so we must say one on one hand is not unusual for such thing to happen because it is not the 1st theme ought to be poor

by cinemas after the national security law was imposed in hong kong. but on the previous bands, fans who are mostly about protests and politics so on the other hazy is also surprising that this is to very fast went into poor theme to abandon hong kong boy marked the character. winnie the pooh reeves alarm bells for cinemas and hong kong . well, many matches since and also that the members from the general public. cory lays the are the bare to chinese leaders shooting pings and it began back in 2013 when the chinese leader shooting ping of he'd visited the united states to mit his county park. the u. s. president. barack obama at that time. and some madison's and also like online commentators made means about to 2 of them walking side by side and to compare the 2 i went to pool and ticker in the cartoon. so like since that and the we see i like many symbols i like about like when it's a pool,

which represents jim king almighty, on dissenting artworks. and even that many protest among chinese and hong kong citizens. so like the chinese authorities actually sensor wanted to pull from chinese social media, but that has never happened before in hong kong. china's boss of the measure since the 2020 national security law. that gives a thought of these groups of muscle to sensor entertainment. what cases have you soon while it seems to national situational was imposed to government, also produce a new of theme. censorship law in hong kong in 2021. so it gives grace greater power for the official censor took bar any themes that they think may endanger national security in broader sentence. so since then we have seen early, more and more independent themes and movies to be a band from cinema because they refused to amend their scenes in their artwork lay

according to the week passed off the authorities and a many of them they just chose to. i released a theme overseas, so upset in the past many of the themes they, those band themes were about a politics or protest or social issues. and i just ready, i read to see like a commercial for him to be banned in hong kong, reliever birth. thank you so much for joining us today. if you become and that doesn't for today, there's a frost mall on our website. we're back here tomorrow. you. then we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, go magic corner, check hot spot for food. and some great cultural memorials to boot d w,

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