watertown but a ten minute drive around there's a whole compound of labor camps. you know, you just drive ten minutes away and use the guards, using the barbed wire and you really don't have to go far to come across them. >> since you went on a tourist visa, were you fearful if they found out that you are doing actually journalism instead of tourism, would you be fearful of you would be detained or imprisoned or anything like that? >> i was nervous but i was pretty sure that even if i got detained i would have been fine at the end. i don't think that they've ever done that to a foreign journalist but they will try to scare you and they might even beat you up a little bit but they are not going to kill you the way that they could do a citizen journalist who was a chinese national. so i thought i was in a better position to do reporting on this than other people in china. >> i want to ask about that. were you taken as a native in doing this? >> i went and spoke mandarin with the guards. they couldn't really tell that i was a foreigner so i got lucky i just passed th

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host: watertown, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. let me do you a little history about what all politician commissions have given us. they have given us bankrupted social security, $100 trillion in debt, endless wars, the investigation on hillary's emails, benghazi, the financial crisis, so when you say you want to go bipartisan, no. we have a unit party in washington. you are all in it together. if you have legitimate investigations and a legitimate government, donald trump could never have gotten elected, but he did, and the reason he got elected is because guys like you think in terms of democrats and republicans. it is not going to work and if you do have nothing but politicians on your commission, nobody is going to believe it. host: ok. i'll calling for the governor, governor go ahead. -- calling for the governor, governor, go ahead. guest: there are a lot of commissions that have not worked. many of them a note investigation that you are talking about -- congress has a problem with those. they are very highly structured. they

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i stuck pretty closely to the tourist sites there is a beautiful watertown, but just a ten minute drive away there's a compound of labor camps. you drive ten minutes away and you see guards and barbed wires and you really don't have to even longer far to come across them. >> host: since you went on a tourist visa, were you fearful if they found out that you were doing actually journalism instead of tourism, were you fearful you would be detained or imprisoned or anything like that? >> guest: i was pretty sure that if i got detained i probably wouldn't have been sentenced to prison in china. i don't think they've done that to a foreign journalist. even if you are not on a journalist visa but they will try to spare you and might even beat you up a little bit but they are not going to kill you the way that they could to a citizen journalist who is a chinese national. i thought i was in a better position to do this than other people. >> host: were you taken as a native to do this? >> guest: i spoke mandarin at the guard and they couldn't really tell that i was a foreigner. >> they were not

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for example, people say it's the venice of china, it's a beautiful ancient watertown but just a ten minute drive away there is a whole compound of labor camps. you just drive ten minutes away and see guards, barbed wire and you really don't have to even wander far to come across them. >> since you went on a tourist visa, were you fearful of, you know, if they found out you were doing actually journalism instead of tourism, were you fearful that you would be detained or imprisoned or anything like that? >> i was nervous. but i was pretty sure that even if i got detained i would have been fine in the end. they wouldn't have sentenced me to prison in china. i don't think they've done that to a foreign journalist even if you are not on a journalist visa. but they will try to scare you and might even beat you up a little bit. but they are not going to kill you the way that they might that they could to a citizen journalist who is a chinese national. so i felt i was in a better position to do the reporting than the people of china. >> so, i wanted to ask you about that. since you look chinese, w

the old watertown on the floodplains of the child cry a river has become a sprawling metropolis but such rapid growth has come at a high price. the government at that time like the idea of building. into deals people to drive. driving around bangkok these days means traffic chaos air pollution and the threat of flooding but there could be a way out just waiting to be discovered we cannot. dismiss it. in this film we will meet the people unlocking one of the city's greatest treasures and those who depend on their success. and we will see how german technology is helping the thai capital return to a more reliable form of mobility. she had our own likes to stroll she says it's the best way to get through bangkok traffic in her lifetime the city has grown 10 fold but she still knows where she can go to escape the pressures of station. is that remind you of. you know a lot of. these days you have to the car to see any resemblance to the italian city the arrival of the motor vehicle in the 1st half of the 20th century led to many of bangkok's canel springfield in all built on to create more ro

i stuck pretty closely to the tourist rights and which this beautiful ancient watertown a ten minute drive away this whole compound of labor camps you just drive ten minutes away and see guards and barbed wires. you really don't even have to go far to come across them. >> since you went on a tourist visa, were you fearful if they found out you were doing journalism instead of tourism, were you fearful that you would be detained or anything like that? >> i was nervous. i probably wasn't, they i don't think have ever done that to a foreign journalist even if you are not on a journalist visa. they might even beat you with a little bit they are not going to kill you the way that they could to a citizen journalist who is a chinese national. so i felt i was in a better position to do reporting on this than others they couldn't really tell if i was a foreigner, so i got lucky. i just passed through. >> do you think you got more information that way when they show up at the campsites. like a complete stranger. so i also wanted to ask part of the narrative includes how the consumerism is cont

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host: watertown, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call.et me do you a little history about what all politician commissions have given us. they have given us bankrupted social security, $100 trillion in debt, endless wars, the investigation on hillary's emails, benghazi, the financial crisis, so when you say you want to go bipartisan, no. we have a unit party in washington. you are all in it together. if you have legitimate investigations and a legitimate government, donald trump could never have gotten elected, but he did, and the reason he got elected is because guys like you think in terms of democrats and republicans. it is not going to work and if you do have nothing but politicians on your commission, nobody is going to believe it. host: ok. i'll calling for the governor, governor go ahead. -- calling for the governor, governor, go ahead. guest: there are a lot of commissions that have not worked. many of them a note investigation that you are talking about -- congress has a problem with those. they are very highly structured. they ha