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ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us today. friday mark's 50 years of diplomatic relations between germany and the people's republic of china. 1972 bauder don't was still alive, and the cultural revolution was actually in full swing. a decade earlier, china had experienced one of the worst man made disasters in human history. a communist party produced famine that killed 25 to 35000000 people, if not more. how much things have changed? now, it is asia's great power. the world's 2nd largest economy with more billionaires than any other country in the world. it is the european union's largest trading partner, which puts germany at the center of this globally critical relationship. d. w. richard walker examines where things go from here, between berlin and aging, all the hamburg, germany's gateway to the world handling trade. this made germany rich. above all, with china, it's biggest trading, honor of all. this is part of the legacy of anglo merkel who built very close ties with a jing, an approach that wasn't just of our busines

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ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us for the 2nd time in recent months in online ab appeared in india at targeting well known muslim women listing them as women for sale as part of an auction. the massage is dek, harassment, campaign, targeted journalists, activists, academics and others on social media. other women responded with outrage and horror . journalist runa, are you tweeted, quote, hindu nationalists are trying to silence the voice of muslim resistance and india. but we cannot be silenced from a con, says she's tired of being quote, exotic sized, demonized, and patronized all at once and zebb of our c rights. it's infuriating that this shameful crime happened again in india. it is because the last time it went on punished we have journalist deborah var, see from that last tweet with us. thanks for joining the program. thank you for having me been listen. can you tell us how you felt when you 1st learned that you were on this app? well, you know, just to give you some context, i woke up on your usb and you know, you've filled with hope and anticipation and generally a v

ah, i melissa chan, welcome to another year of d. w. news, asia. one of the big stories we kept coming back to in 2021 was the erosion of democracy and personal freedoms in hong kong. and china's communist party looks set to tighten its grip on the territory in the year ahead. just a few weeks ago we saw probation candidates sweep. the poles in hong kong legislative council election after law changes designed to exclude the opposition. ah oh, today those newly selected lawmakers took their oaths of loyalty to what's now being called the patriots only parliament. and reflecting the new political realities, hong kong, traditional emblem in the chamber has now been replaced by china's and over the weekend came the news that china's cracked down on independent media in hong kong had taken another casualty. on sunday, the online outlets, citizen news announced that it was ceasing operations because of hong kong, deteriorating press freedoms. a statement posted on facebook by the editor is said, this quote. we all love this place deeply. regrettably what

ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us in afghanistan, the generation of young taliban fighters that conquered cobble has gone through the euphoria of victory to a more uncertain future. the country they won after decades of war is on the brink of economic collapse. most of the young g hottest have known only fighting. now they have to adjust to a world that wants to forget about war. for 20 years, f canister was a country at war. while the u. s. lead lines tried to build a nation. the taliban tried to tear it down. then in august 2021, they succeeded the taliban over and cobble the insurgents. once again, the institutional power was to do one. now these young taliban fighters room the streets of the capital. as urban police. it's a new chapter for a generation. there's no nothing but you had looks you tell them to call you to call it. but when i started fighting the americans, i was 14 or 15 years old to them on the road to. my brother was a group leader. and i could only take part in some vessels. colors for my the my, when i turned 20, i spent all my time fighting with the merger,

beijing will look at the spectacle that'll be on display and the humans suffering that won't ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. india struggles with gender equality. it's a country where we still see issues of gender, wage gap, dowry harassment, child marriage, the denial of right to education to girls. while the situation has improved over the past few decades, they're still a long way to go to address some of these problems. the government of india has come up with a new bill aimed at increasing the legal age of marriage for women. t w's many are chaudhry reports from delhi. i think this also has been great points, counterpoint, agreements and disagreements. he in these young college going women are deleting the right agent to get married, to avoid it. doubt associated with an organization or then care which heads girls and women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds pursue and complete their education. yeah. yeah. do you think they did? when do you and then you've been my dear friend, you must be independent enough to dig. this isn't if she wants a more excuses as well because

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