And the creeping trend thailand is cashing in on demand for snail slime skin care fanatics are crazy for the stuff thats now more precious than gold. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in china and a look at a man who once upon a time was in the good graces of the communist party but not anymore activist twang she has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for quote deliberately disclosing state secrets thats the crime the party usually uses to go after people like him for almost 2 decades wangs run a website documented human rights abuses including. The legal confiscation of land from powerless farmers to the prosecution or rather persecution of religious groups early on his coverage of social problems was actually praised by the government but space for criticism has narrowed over the years and hes found himself in and out of jail we have Sophie Richardson human china director of Human Rights Watch to talk more about this so if he saw one shes been c
A creeping trend thailand is cashing in on demand for snail slime skin care fanatics are crazy for the stuff thats now more precious than gold. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in china and a look at a man who once upon a time was in the good graces of the communist party but not anymore activist she has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for quote deliberately disclosing state secrets thats the crime the party usually uses to go after people like him for almost 2 decades wangs run a website documented human rights abuses including the legal confiscation of land from powerless farmers to the prosecution or rather persecution of religious groups early on his coverage of social problems was actually praised by the government but space for criticism has narrowed over the years and hes found himself in and out of jail we have so few richardson human china director and Human Rights Watch to talk more about this so if he so one shes been convicted of d
With a longtime contributor to cwi, jen murray. Jen murray is currently an assistant teaching assistant professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is as you know an expert in the civil war and also a specialist in military history in general. She has i would say a full publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memory of get Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a i biography of George Gordon meade which will hopefully be publi published in the civil war america series. She is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battlefield tours which are outstanding. Its largely because she cut her teeth as a young historian seasonal here at gettysburg for nine years . For nine years. So it is my pleasure to welcome jen murray who will be speaking about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg Na
Last weekend . Guest theres so much energy on our side of the aisle right now. Saw, hundredss we of people here at the state i was at the wing ding friday night. It was a great weekend for our party, a great weekend for caucusgoers. Now that the fair is winding fair, we willthe see more people making up their minds as to who they are going to support. On tophat are the issues of iowa voters minds . I hear is not dissimilar from what people are hearing across the country. Issue, change is a huge especially given the challenges weve seen in iowa with letting ,his year flooding this year education and jobs, people want good paying jobs. People are having to work 23 jobs just to make ends meet. Those of the issues im hearing when im out on the road. Thats whats driving a lot of the conversation out and about across the state. Host what do those candidates have to say . How did they appeal to the iowa voter, the typical iowa voter then . Guest iowa is one of the last places where retail pol
Bring a tank. Chinas legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life. The new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. Hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure right away lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 Different Countries its a project the likes of which the world has never seen. Its a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one for some it brings opportunity for others misery. The new silk road a testament to chinas revived ambitions on the global stage. Just 40 years ago this was a market town today shenzhen is a high tech metropolis with more than 25000000 residents china silicon valley. The cratering metropolis brimming with confidence is the face of the new china an ambitious china with eyes clearly focused on the west. And the way there is the new silk road we retraced 2 routes over land and sea from the chinese city of shenzhen to the germ