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struck the right balance in reopening a tourism hotspot. the became a refuge for aquatic life during lockdown. ah, i'm paid for sewland, glad you could join us. german foreign minister on alina babble has arrived in china on a 3 day trip, closely watched in both aging and the world over. it comes just stays after the french president, a memo my cause visit. he raised concerns in europe, and the u. s. full cautioning against being drawn into a crisis over taiwan. babylon says she'll be spelling out germany's position on the island and calling on china to use its influence on russia to help and the war in ukraine. before leaving for china, bare bulkhead for our country a lot depends on whether we succeed in properly balancing our future relationship

with china. potter competitor systemic rival, that is the campus of european china policy, in which direction the needle will swing in the future depends in part on which path china juices while ma, how all back is a senior fellow with the inner pacific program of the german muscle fund is bare balkan away, leaving it out to china to choose is said no stopping by jane. i mean i think she's telling them low here reading tressa and talking were interested in striking a balance. but she also right the but yeah. china doesn't have agency and not every escalation, not every problem in the relationship is necessarily always on the german end or on your side. but i think it's actually a very smart way of saying what we talk while also recognizing that the other side

can also take decisions that are not always going to reach for something that we need to realize and happen for too long. when it comes to the european side of things, the french president, in my mom, i would prefer europe not get entangled in something like time one, where does that leave bare block on this trip? i mean, she's already made it quite clear. i think prior to that trap that, that this is a european entrust not to see military escalation and the ones right. but i think in that she walks and communicate it that most i think you're, you would take quite clearly is not in our interest. and it's certainly not in our interest to communicate to basing that, oh, if you do something young here, which is obviously not directly what happened, but which could you read that way? at the top of her agenda, her hopes of enlisting china to help in the war in ukraine,

but beijing's already shown its support to moscow. i think i'm those my, my, my personal a gasoline but that she and other people in the morning office probably clear that aging is not going to take they're not going to become the great media love and hoping they might take. but i understand why she would bring that up and i think it's an issue where you can say, well, we have to try because anything that we can try something that we need to try. * but i'm not, i'm not hopeful that making i'm trying to work as a mediator on an issue to be a doctor. so what are her chances of getting paging to budge on anything, not just taiwanda ukraine, but also human rights and sion. janet, for example, which the use for lions, said she addressed on her recent visit with my car. i think i'm human rights

violations. i'm shooting against ethnic minorities and she's down. the important thing is to consistently pointed out both in public and private and to put pressure on china. and that way we're going to be changing renee and i have communicated. we don't want to accept any criticism. we don't want any criticism from you, but it's still important to point out and the fact that aging. yeah, the way that it does, which is anger and, and now it shows that they're not indifferent to those kind of credit. and that, that back. why keep bringing it up to try to get some change under way, even if it's not going to be on the big policy mind, but at least improving situation and small way. so keep chipping away as, is that your advice? i mean, all this comes with berlin, still formulating its china policy. how would you describe what's emerging?

we're going to have to see what is actually going to be in the china strategy, whether really they are very hot of a whole lot of different people and fees involved. and i think many people are aware that there are some differences, mainly between ministry and the chancery. so we got to see what the final document is going to be compromised in some way or another. but as long as i take, they stand on the big line that, that, that should be helpful for defining germany policy. but perhaps also non that word that we get a document that is quite wishy washy and very wobbly. it's probably going to provide an opportunity for other countries in europe to hide behind that and say, well, germany is not doing anything. give us

a bit more detail on that tassel that's playing out at the moment because it, it's a, it's a tricky balance to, to strike between these 2 huge economies which really rely on each other for business, but are on very different pages when it comes to democracy, right, so in the case of germany, we have some companies, large companies that are a large part of the business of dependent on china and the company of industry. i've actually been trying to apply or sign up for brandon or new me out more finance or certain there are certain interest of you or when you say, well, we need to maintain it, maintain release china for long as possible. we need to make sure that we know we don't get caught up with great power rivalry between china and us kind of a lot of roughly along the lines of what unfortunately articulated during his

last one fine. and then the other side is saying, well, we can't really get caught on tuition where we were dependent on strategic sector in areas and critical area on a country that could harm of what we need to make sure that we believe the term up here. each the rest are relationship or china, but doesn't mean that we have to couple the mean we have all our relations with china, but we need to make sure that we're left vulnerable in critical areas and fatigued area. but mariah, or if i can jump in there, there's another side to this as well. the 3rd side, china is looking for a business partner to help it revive its huge economy, which is a lot more sluggish than it has been in a long time. i think this is definitely something that, that,

that some parts of the economy here in europe trying to take advantage of. i think the problem is that china, while now has been pursuing a policy gradually reduces its own dependencies on foreign countries. while making sure that foreign countries remain reliant on china honestly, how to war from a, you know, entanglement double sided the pan going both ways. one which china is much less vulnerable in conflict or in, hey, you know, when you're united states i to, to cut off certain areas so that you have to see that yes. on the one hand, they are looking for this kind of thing. but they are, they're looking for it in a way that creates one side of dependency and that's not in our interests. ok, thank you very much for the talk. my i co only back from the inter pacific program

of the john marshall fund. thanks for having me. a brief look at some other stories making headlines around asia, brazil's liter louise scenario alluded as silva is also in china to boost trade and wind support for his push for peace and ukraine. he saw his political ally gyla bruce if inaugurated as president of the brakes, new development bank lula is trying to re position his country. as a key global player, a sandstorm has swept through china's capital by jing authorities appoint people to reduce outdoor activities as the official and pollution index exceeds its top level . beijing faces regular sandstorms in the spring brought in by winds of the gobi desert and soil erosion in the north. ah, now i remember visiting thailand's beautiful my a bay on copy p before the movie block buster,

the beach turned the quiet island and ideal film location into a tourism mecca. i refused to go back, but guess who has retired. a whole lot of sea life which could be driven out again, even quicker. for about 4 years, my abbe looked pretty much like this, mostly empty of people, and a prime spot for black tip reef sharks. a 100 to a 160 a day in this quiet, sheltered coral reef cove tie authorities had closed access in 2018 to mitigate the effects of tourism. and then the pandemic hit, keeping people away even longer and allowing the sharks. they're obviously not the jaws variety to flourish. oh, so now what with what was called a limited reopening in 2022. limited as in $375.00 visitors per

hour. and no one allowed in the water over their knees, plus no boats, docking in the bay project. my a bay shark watch says the shark numbers are down by 3 quarters from their recent peak that's not unexpected and considered well. ok, we're hoping that we ah, with the restriction in place, we can mitigate that service on them. and we're doing this research in hopes that we can find out the best way for tourism and other environment to co exist. yet they have to save it. if you will let people go so it will destroy it. definitely. so i really appreciate the, the way that the close the beat for the swimming. probably it does because to save the need, turn barring another intervention. environmental stewards, no. this space will remain a tourist destination, but if the coral reef is now safe and $30.00 to $40.00 sharks still come here each day, it can still sort of be

a win win each actually going to bring new ah tourism scheme as well. and are we going to benefit from that overall? so we don't talk about, you know, closing every way or reducing the tourism number. but i think the talking about minutes in it wisely, as the tourist numbers to this famous beach hold to about 4000 a day. the research and a black tip reef sharks can continue, because now there are at least several dozen a day to track more sharks and motorists. let's see who went. i been visible and see you again say hold. imagine how many pollution, lunch or so now in the world, climate change, very often story. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much wife can really get

we still have time to go. i'm going with what with the trio, taking on nigerian trafficking edwards. i'm for the student who in those mounting evidence that nigerian human trafficking and forced upon the tuition are also taking place here in school with the trio, combating, shady dealings. starts april 29th on d. w with ah, germany waters down its plans for commercial sale of cannabis, domestic opposition and you concerns mean businesses could be years away from a working market will get reaction from a cannabis grower. also on our show, a german punk band gets turned back in the british border and they're not the 1st

band to struggle with post brags that paperwork will hear from a tor promoter. i've seen fiercely in berlin. welcome to our show. germany is pulling back on plans for a broad commercialization of cannabis following some political opposition, as well as concerns from the e. u. government ministers presented the new plan this week, calling for a model project to proceed any further commercial sales. new legislation would otherwise legalize possession of up to 25 grams of cannabis and allow private growth of up to 3 plants. it would also permit so called cannabis clerks for adult consumption. now under the new concept, a nation wide commercialization of cannabis would only come after a 5 year model project with a more limited scale. the exact outlines of that model, including the area involved involved have yet to be clarified. but the plans call for scientific and policy evaluations along the way with results to be offered to the.