Im british welcome to news asia its good to have you with us protests have erupted in northern china over the new education policy that replaces mongolia as a medium of instruction with mandarin you know mongolia also almost region borders mongolia and russia ethnic mongolians comprise about 17 percent of its 25000000. 00 residents on monday before the start of the new Academic Year the new government announced schools would have to use new textbooks in mandan the changes extend to 3 subjects literature politics and morality and history that we gradually be taught in man didnt instead of mongolian the changes are typical in schools by mongolian is the principal language of instruction patterns and students say this puts the future of the mongolian language at risk and is an attempt by beijing to promote the majority han culture or the ethnic mongolian one. A rare scene in a mongolia a protest over chinas new education policy for these ethnic. Languages their cultural identity something they cant bear to lose. Across the border and independent mongolia people have also taken to streets to show support. Is the last region in the world which keeps using the traditional mongolian scripts. That is why mongolians all over the world for straighted about chinas new policy of cutting the language from to school program. Under the new policy schools in the chinese autonomous region gradually replaced the teaching of course subjects from mongolian to man dream many fear that the Younger Generation would gradually lose fluency in their model tongue kiddo are. Proud of our brothers who are very few but fighting hard against a belief. That is why we have to send them our love and support. Im afraid that they might get endangered. Thats why were here to not let it happen. China says the concerns are unfounded. To parliament what the constitution of the peoples republic of china a regional autonomy of ethnic minorities and the education law all stipulate that citizens have the right and obligation to learn and used in the sion of language. Guarantee the freedom of all ethnic groups including mongolian to use and develop the languages of the ornish anality. And assurance that could be a hot sell for a minority determined to protect its cultural tradition. For more im joined by anger but the true hes director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center its an exile group based in new york mr touchett welcome what does the try and these government want to achieve with this new education policy so what the Chinese Government is trying to achieve is a total eradication of long on their Language Culture and identity. The socalled bilingual education is in fact is monolingual education where all the subject will be taught in chinese and the mongolian will be taught as a Foreign Language so the official documents issued by the Inner Mongolia autonomous region edgett department of education already. Laid out the 3 year plan to replace mongolian entirely with the chinese. And the mongolian language will no longer be the medium of education and the document also said that by 2022 day everything will be taught in chinese but if its about propagating the mongolian language it is not thing entirely banned it will stick is to be taught as a language. Are you not satisfied with that. Well. Dee as i mentioned earlier. Among millions will be taught but as Foreign Languages for the mongolian students so the mongolian students and parents are not accepting that because they think the mongolian is their native language and they have been. Learning mongolian and learning on the subject subjects in. The mongolian as as a medium of. Instruction in them among all the schools here to further the parents and students and there are no actively protesting as we hear in Inner Mongolia and now police are reportedly offering bounties for information about people who are involved in these protests what effect do you think that will have on the protests. Well yes the many. Different areas in in many different areas the Public Security bureau us are starting to post. The post asking people to report about the suspects who were involved in what is authorities called. Involved in it picking quarrels and provoking troubles and at least a few 100 people who are listed and we can see there it is as the start of mass arrest and consider this as the. Starting start of the the harsh crackdown where do you see the protests against this new policy headed in view of this harsh crackdown that you are expecting. And. The protests have been a very good example a textbook example of for nonviolent noncooperation still civil disobedience resist moment and we believe it will remain so there in the entire course of the moment. What chance do you have of a success do you think when similar changes to the curriculum have been instituted in other ethnic minority areas such as tibet and shin jiang well noam no matter what the met that the authorities use and no no matter how harsh the government crackdown on the protests 1st esthers. Mongolian will not give up and they are determined to continue the the mass Nonviolent Resistance Movement and. So we believe we believe. There is still some chance. Of success even though the government is using Excessive Force even if there is some possibility that the government all crack down on the under protest entirely for this time but. We among millions will continue to resist through widespread none cooperation and civil disobedience in the years to come. Whenever they are there for the time being angry about todd strong director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center thank you so much for speaking to us. Thank you for having me. Despite protests and legal wrangling india is going ahead with crucial Competitive Exams that will determine the future of hundreds of thousands of students the annual exams are taken by those wishing to enter prestigious engineering and medical universities but with india fast approaching 4000000. 00 coronavirus cases in total there have been concerns about holding their exams in the middle of the raging pandemic. Examinations during a pandemic and the white schools and colleges remain closed as India Records the highest increases in the world. These students are appealing for a crucial test. Yes and its testing like never before. Mosques assigned at the exam center constant sanitization and repeated calls for social distancing questions and this is the use of parents im students here are reassured by these measures these see they cannot afford to lose any more time to the pandemic all the candidates are trying hard to give the argos all big because as all the Safety Measures were taken so that was all going to get better than before the bend and they go up they could have conducted this exam and. They push it to july and now because they cant afford any more delays yet not everyone has been listened to about that many of the competitive advantage held every year in india have default position this time students have protested online against address these pay they are being forced to take and have even approached the Supreme Court all of the students took to social media to trend the harsh times dries against exams and quit while the Supreme Court has rejected their demands didnt say forcing them to appeal for the exams is cruel its probably a good while an aspiring doctors is expected to travel 150 kilometers next to me to the test center she hasnt stepped out in 5 months and a steady fight to do so she had a muzzle with social media that another exam led to dozens of call was 19 deaths in 01 i know many students whose parents are asking them to skip exams this year it is far too risky to go for them nothing is decided for me either my family is scared they dont know whether i should go for the sick someone not. Opposition parties have taken up the cause as well as the accuse them or the government of being and i student protesters insist they dont want the exams cancelled but simply postponed until it is safe for everybody in the. Control. Of the in their county. And the. Goals of petition for government all of the you can only question but i mean. These students however intend to get on with their parents these see their careers will have to be formed within this new normal. Thats it from obvious the other stories on the dot com forward slash on facebook and twitter we live in now with images from thailand. That exhibits that look like theyre made of frost when in fact theyre made of white Sand Sculptures that inspired by characters from tie for cloth. Over. Beethoven. Does about a 16. Brands of stolen beethoven. Of course the subconscious always one thing is clear. Is wildly popular. I see assure. Yourself. I cant even begin to imagine a world class one player similar on a musical journey of discovery. Without the. Stars of timber 68. Welcome to arts and culture of the 77th Venice Film Festival is underway bashing on despite the covert 900 pandemic and hoping to give some momentum to an industry in danger of being usurped by streaming Services Also coming up in the pipeline. The museum bought a bit any in potsdam welcomes its Permanent Collection of impressionist paintings including the Largest Selection like. Outside of paris. And in our series on german artists and colonialism. Uses her work to bring forgotten colonial histories back to life. Cinema is the real antidote to this pandemic those are the words of spanish director pandora and as the Venice Film Festival bravely resuscitate the festival circuit one can only hope that hes right suffice it to say the cinephiles in attendance were determined to keep the dream alive. Whether you. Jury president Cate Blanchett or spanish directing legend Pedro Almodovar theres no escaping the strict hygiene regime on the 1st night. Fired up this century distance audience even at c. R. Cinema cinema cinema what can go for. Nothing but love. Cinema is a lie even during a pandemic. Ceremony swinton was honored with a golden lion for high lifes work then he is the 1st of the worlds major Film Festivals to take place in person since looked down. On the 3rd day the most back in its old swing the themes are once again in the spotlight not the measures required in order to show them. And my colleague scott roxboro joins us live from the lido in venice welcome scott there you are and you know this is so crazy bannister in a Global Pandemic so different from what youre used to whats hows it going. Yeah its going surprisingly well carrot i mean it is odd to be here with a mask half wear masks in the cinema have the sort of the smell the scent of disinfectant gel everywhere you go but it actually does still feel like a real Film Festival and i think that has so much to do with the fact that everybody here the stars like a planned child like Pedro Almodovar like Tilda Swinton but also all the ordinary film fans and film reviewers here are just desperate for venice to succeed they really are desperate for the Film Industry to get going again to get restart again and i think thats really creating a wave of optimism here at here at venice oh thats great to hear now weve heard in the piece that its a very political festival this year especially the competition film so whats striking about the lineup for you this time around. Yeah its interesting because usually venice is a very big hollywood festival a lot of big oscar films start here and that hasnt happened this year because so many of those films are being held back by the studios so in their place we see a lot of more interesting european and political very political Strong Political films there was one the premier earlier this week. Which is about the srebrenica massacre at the bosnian film and this is incredibly powerful it follows a u. N. Translator boston Woman Working for the u. N. Peacekeeping group translating between them and and the bosnians there and basically the film is about her struggle to try and desperately save her husband and her 2 sons from being swept up by this serbian military and then as we know be executed it is a very very powerful film i mean i think this will go down probably as the definitive film about the 70 to massacre it really shows how rawson about can be and how cinema can really. Be a testimony to history of very very powerful movie and i think will go far after its premiere here in venice ok scott were running shortly out of time but still early days what other highlights do you see coming up or what youve seen so far. Well one of the big highlights for me was a french film called lovers a completely different not a political movie at all film the war are sort of in the style of a clue. Just a film with a lot of sexiness a lot of danger and and crime and some incredible interiors a film a film to escape into and i think thats also something that were seeing a lot of here in venice and im really looking forward to in the coming days and what will we be checking in with you about on monday because we will check in obviously early days still whats coming up next week. Yeah monday i think is one of the big holiday of this festival one night in miami its a directorial debut of oscar winning actress regina king and its set in 1964 and its a civil rights drama about a real life meeting that occurred between Muhammad Ali Al comebacks the singer sam cooke and jim brown the. N. F. L. Football player or not and civil rights activist im really excited to see this movie its already being seen as an oscar candidate so i i think will be really excited to see it on monday thanks very much to scott well check in with you again on monday and between now and then happy viewing and stay safe. Well it was a huge win for the city of pottstown when German Software magnate. Renovated a Historic Building to how was his Art Collection and a rich one is the museum exhibits works that range from the old masters to contemporary art and this week his long awaited impressionists joined the Permanent Collection making one of the most impressive outside of france. Morning i bought. The impressionists are strongly associated with france but now the barbering museum in potsdam nearby in those its own striking collection of impressionist paintings thanks to a permanent loan by german businessman possible plattner. Mr platinum built the museum precisely for this moment he wants to share the paintings 103 of them with the public that was always his wish and its now been accomplished. He fell in love with france as a sailor i as a nature lover because hes always been interested in bodies of water. Shifted meat isnt passive flesh and i do francis and the french impressionists i live next to the same river they wanted to be close to the river to the sea. Thats what fascinated him was another pursue near. Among the highlights of the plot in a collection are more than 34 morning paintings some of them are now on display for the 1st time i. Can is feel like theyre learning is perhaps the painter he succeeded the most in capturing the atmosphere he said that he wanted to paint what was between him and the motif you want to motif it means that he really takes you when you were invited to dive into his works. And long side monet many other impressionists are also featured alfred sees lees paintings of snakes scenes stand out. The impressionists were fascinated by snow because it gave a completely different outlook to landscapes they were familiar with but i think the really interesting thing with these landscapes is when you see them from far away you think of the color white but the closer you get you actually see the paint with so many different views of things sparkles and vibrates the surface of detail so you really need some time to discover the painting for yourself. With the platen i collect. Now on display. I mean parts looks like any tool carried in the heart of any. French cabin these are has not. Started performing as a child while suffering from leukemia her family moved to europe for her lifesaving treatment and due to language barriers she started to express herself through performance in order to cope with the pain well now shes based in berlin and she says her work is about healing. Could this quiet german lake be holding secrets secrets of history mysteries but art could uncover. Things were hidden under the sand and makes the nature speak something here needs to happen a process or ritual of remembrance or same goodbye or pass it has to happen artist. Felt that here for talent outside berlin with nazi bunker towers between houses like this one collapsed. Abandoned soviet barracks testify to the cold war. But it was a deeper layer of history that shocked her most a story nearly unknown and seldom told from the 1st world war people died in the camp because of hunger because of pneumonia germany already believed that people of color when nonhuman during world war one prisoners from french and british colonies were kept here soldiers from africa and asia it was here that germany built its very 1st mosque meant to show what was taking care of the mostly muslim prisoners and they were not actually praying inside of the mosque it was too small for the amount of soldiers that were here which was up to 9 falzon but actually the soldiers were praying on the fields on the outskirts with guns on the head. Of a century later found the space is now a camp for asylum seekers. With the mosques to it is now a parking lot. Only a tiny marker testifies to its existence. But because it was born in. Which she feels a personal connection to this point yes she came here to understand her own news stream i found out a few years ago that my great grandfather. In a german court on your count in north get on which used to be soft. The family has never buried his buds. Near the camp are the graves of inmates indian soldiers of the British Empire who died while prisoners here. Wonders where the other body is why. There is not a trace of african soldiers here that are buried. She believes there are traces in this nearby lake. I wanted to come here and think about an underground. Archaeology of water. Her performance in arcadia how soldiers become. Together with artist and he. Is about remembering and mythologizing those who died. Thank you name who are you to always hear boyces of the left into need incentives they have found a way i can talk you know every language i can help you to do that and which is to come back here was a way to bury those voices that were raised and those soldiers that were murderers and make a sort of. Yes act of healing and of burial in this water. The work also uses original audio recordings from the colonial prison camp. Believes that some contain the voices of female prisoners whose stories she says historians have ignored. I dont think that history disappears i think that narratives take power but we have forgotten how to listen. She says its up to the descendants of colonial victims to hear their ancestors story and bring them back to the surface. Cool and thats all for this week so until next time thanks so much for watching and all the best. 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The reason i became a journalist im a storyteller and i use my words to how quick Intercultural Understanding my name is only in one way and they were edited out. Frankfurt. International gateway to the best connection self in road and rail. Located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. Experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and trying our services. Be our guest at Frankfurt Airport city managed by for. This is the w. News live from berlin nato wants answers from moscow of the poisoning up of position leader lives a novel germany says it has proof now bali was dolls with a deadly nerve agent the kremlin denies involvement now nato has called for an International Investigation also coming up german prosecutors are preparing to charge a mother with murdering 5 of her children the best against believe she 1st sedated and then suffocated. Complaining is ramping up ahead of us