Welcome to this special episode of. Glad you could join us now back in february. The death of dr lee one prompted an outpouring of soto and grief in china dr lee was one of the 1st funtime doctors who sounded. About the coronavirus outbreak of thought of these silenced him for his efforts his death became a trigger for other activists who norwell the risk involved to demand Greater Transparency and free speech. Met up with one such activist in beijing. It is of course a provocation few people in china would dare to walk around with openly demanding freedom of speech yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus is far from alone in taking issue with chinas censorship. I think in the whole world you wont find a better example an example thats happening here and now and concern so many people if the communist party and state media had not tried to cover up the outbreak we would not be suffering like this. Who has signed an open letter by some 700 citizens demanding freedom of speech the letter was drafted after the death of me when young a doctor who warned other Health Care Professionals in chat groups about the disease and was silenced by the police later he died of the virus his death triggered an outcry on social media and led to demands for an end to censorship the police made him sign a pledge not to talk about the disease again a copy is circulating on the internet sicko to get how many cattle who remember him who are posting demands for freedom of speech on social media see themselves and lee went beyond. They say i would have done the same i would have signed and kept silent and now we are seeing this huge crisis so remembering him has become an act of resistance. That he really sort of got i took the cup. Speaking up is not without risks he has spent 4 years in prison and has been warned repeatedly that he might be sent back any time most likely for many years who is suffering from Liver Disease and thinks he might not survive another sentence where you have so you know they also told us that your parents are already 83 years old and theyre in poor health so if you go to prison again your whole family will perish. But who has decided not to comply he is under constant Surveillance Police guard the entrance to his apartment and he had to sneak away from them to meet. The doctors are saying when there arent many people around you can take off the mask. Take a deep breath. Who is a marathon runner that recently has been mostly staying in people are advised to stay at home in some cities theyre even forgotten to leave their houses after signing the letter was confined to his apartment by the police now the restrictions have been eased that he never knows whether the next day he will be allowed to go out again. Its been quite a while more than 40 days its so depressing. Most people have never experienced this suddenly theyre experiencing something we dissidents have known for a long time house arrest base appearance what it means to be locked at home. For now he hopes to get back to regular training when things get back to normal he wants to run another marathon. In february of this year the virus was friending around the globe from its origin in china several nations shut their borders to travelers from the country but that didnt stop the spread of racist attitudes against people of chinese origin here in germany for instance this cover by the magazine dish legal offended many elsewhere in europe people of chinese descent became targets of discrimination over unfounded fears about the viruses transmission correspondents went to china in paris to find out more. A basement in paris is chinatown. These elaborate costumes were meant for the annual Chinese New Year parade the draws thousands of spectators but for the 1st time the event was called off the seer so only 10 was a regular participant blames the coronavirus and the stigma its fueled certainly. Was cancelled not out of fear of the corona virus but the fear of children being stigmatized with being told that asian children are coming back from school crying because they were singled out and made fun of they were insulted and called names so we didnt feel like celebrating but its been very tough. It was only 10 grew up in this neighborhood a melting pot known for its 960. 00 s. High rise apartment blocks and dozens of east asian stores and restaurants the frenchman is of chinese and cambodian descent and says he never really experienced racism opened in paris until a week ago. It was a. Mess took the metro and as i sat down the person next to me got up and moved away and then he covered his mouth and nose with a scar i realized it was a form of xenophobia and fear i was sad and shocked because its far from being an isolated case accounts of prejudice avoidance and slurs a piling up in france stalking the needs. Here in southeastern paris the citys main chinatown which is home to large numbers of frances ition community the usually bustling neighborhood seems a bit subdued many residents a wary of speaking on camera but some are clearly rattled by incidents off racist abuse amid fears of the coronavirus a medium what a friend of mine whos asian was taunted and called a virus in a metro thats not very nice but. Our customers wanted to know if our waiters had chinese nationality even though ours is a vietnamese restaurant seeing asian faces didnt reassure them to me because really given free rein to racism against asians something which in france was not really talked about and not taken seriously the issue was revoked aerated across the french media on the banks of the river same. A journalist has been following accounts by french have been targeted using the now popular hash tag i am not to buy it was. The french training. She has Long Campaign that gets them in france but nothing prepared her for these responses to an article on the coronavirus in china she translates into english you shouldnt have weird beast this is normal they would do anything in that country the country is overcrowded major is doing its work this is horrible like people they have no empathy were just talking about sick people from the. Racist things like that and a virus is just a pretext to be hateful it will react clear said she was trying to force little and has been speaking out against the hate on talk shows and on social media shes also hit out at sections of own professions for example for this headline in the local newspaper warning of a yellow alert. So far france has recorded only a few cases of the coronavirus if the numbers go up the fear is the prejudice could spread just the smallest and the numbers did rise fearing the same increase it was in late march that india and a 6 week lockdown one that strictly the movements of its 1300000000 people the Indian Government contends this was crucial to break the chain of transmission however the countrys fight against the coronavirus soon took on a religious hue muslims were being blamed for what some locals called. The double trouble to the north indian city of made out. To find out more. 3 more weeks of lockdown businesses closed of restricted movement. But these men are fuming about Something Else abdul rashid a shop people in the Northern City of me that says islamophobia in india is at an all time high. He squarely blames the indian media. Corona has arrived this is what they say when they see muslims. There reaching us shouting at us saying here comes corona is this a way to behave so if there is a limit to our patience the discrimination started after an event by the leakey jamaat and islamic sect was recognized as occurred on our wireless hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became covert 19 carriers across India Several Media Channels were quick to claim that this was a deliberate attempt to undermine india some even alleging corona jihad. These allegations have also had a severe economic impact. Moment if the us would normally travel to different neighborhoods hawking has with some of these were predominantly hindu 6. Now people refused to let him in so when everyone is turning so away the residents say dont sell food here go back to your own neighborhood. Police are stopping us to beating us down. These muslim vendors can now only sell goods in their own majority muslim neighborhood business has dried up elsewhere in iraq rumors are circulating about malicious intent. Locals who are fighting a pots of multiple incidences of muslims entering neighborhoods and putting in them to spend the coronavirus residents here a standing guard and barricading gates to prevent this from happening. Even lead us from the ruling b. G. P. Have claimed that members of the leaky jamaat sect have deliberately spread the wireless youre going on about how india should have been free of coronavirus by now but dont give up but these members this collective like suicide. When these suicide bombers them should face the strictest possible legal action and its got a right they should be punished in a way that generations to follow starting up will be too afraid to commit such crimes. If the allegations the sec testbed the virus on purpose are still unfounded but feel and go across communities but still. For these men bad religion has become an added burden during the long lockdown. Prejudice over a virus that itself does not discriminate who it infects thats it for today be sure to check out the other stories on the dr dot com. Or on facebook and twitter. As the pandemic spread across india the death toll mounted and Cremation Centers became we leave you with us now from delhi and how they coped and continue to cope with the influx from those fires consume next time i know. In the light of climate change. Conference most of. Whats in store. For the future. For to make a city to get inside the school culture. And you yes yes we can hear you and how the last 2 years german sounds that will bring you im going to a man called and youve never had to have a whole surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves and want. To talk to people who follows her along the way i admire and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaping huddling could join us from apples last stops. Virtual osso those prodigies and stars the big names and sounds of Classical Music in one place for free its got to be the d w Classical Music channel on you tube im. Welcome darts. Culture and spend a hard year but one good thing thats kept us going here at the w. Is our Classical Music channel on you tube and so for this edition of arts and culture we want to share with you some of the highlights some concerts and interviews from that channel you may have missed its going to be a show with lots of music so if you love Classical Music or you think you might learn to like get stick around just to get you caught up this is d. W. Classical music. Teach you channel thats your key to the mosque pieces d. W. Classical music celebrating more than 4000000 visit since launching just a year ago. Users can watch video play lists tailored to that taste the world of opera playlist for instance with stars such as im not. A music documentaries playlist features prize winning productions. Such as beethovens 9th symphony for the world i. The playlist music on my extra features concerts im conversations with mexican conductor a long drive. I. Quit clips to full concerts d. W. Classical music has hundreds of videos for classical newcomers and lifelong fun to like. My colleague Michael Krueger is one of the many culture journalists behind. When you Classical Music micah micah this is been quite a year for people looking to expand their horizons online looks like this channel can have come at a better time absolutely and its not just because of the crew on the pandemic its also beatle fans 250 best day. Is involved in so many couples. With a Beethoven Anniversary Society for example the beatle fest. All of them worked really so hard and so many festivities festivities couldnt really happen in this is so we really try hard to make the best out of it and to give the Classical Music a platform pretty tough times speaking of tough times during the 1st lockdown here in germany you helped put together a series of they were called corona concerts for the channel with some really top musicians some of them performing even at home was it hard to get them to sign on for this project absolutely not the 1st reaction with all those musicians was yes of course because all of them with willie shocked in the 1st time of the corona pandemic and were asking themselves oh gosh when will it end and so it was really a relief and we asked them to do a little concerts with just one to musicians one of my favorites is the one was nicholas states on the channel on the lake and maybe we have some pictures. Playing. Tango. It was really just magic. Before we talk a little bit more lets just take a moment to enjoy some of those wonderful concerts you hope to put together yes. 2 2 we are so happy to be out of our living rooms because living rooms are not a good place to practice the french horn. Ready. Were talking about Classical Music channel on you tube mike dare i say it on you tube its not just about the artistry though its also about the clicks so whats been in those terms the most successful video its a video from bon from the oprah gala with nearly 600000 clicks its an aids Fund Raising Event and the golf course wasnt possible so they decided to do a best also in this video without areas from valley of racine either. Organizers always pickings sing us one famous yet but probably. Some highlights from previous years there speech here big events that didnt happen as planned this was actually supposed to be the International Beethoven year. D. W. Produced 3 big music documentaries about 1st of all. The. 9th symphony for the world its about the meaning of this months of peaceful people around the globe this has won lots of prizes. And how would that be because it was and still is an inspiration for so many musicians. This is the sound of nature this is about a symphony number 6 is to nature that. Environmentalists today. So great big music to see all 3 of them theyre all on the you tube channel theyre really good they really make you see beethoven in a completely different light and even though its pretty tough when youre didnt go as planned it is the 250th anniversary of his birth this month so you are honoring the great composer lets take a look back at his life and works. Everyone can mean mr beethovens 5th symphony is one of the most famous pieces of music in history its creator beethoven was the definition of genius beethoven is just he is the ultimate expression of music humanism. Politics forward thinking fighting against all odds. Beethoven was born in bawn in december 17th 70 his father recognized his sons astounding talent beethoven gave his 1st public piano recital 7. You grew up in a politically liberal environment and quickly came in contact with the ideas of the french revolution. Which was a difficult time. Every person in difficult time becomes a difficult person. Difficult many music historians would call that an understatement beethoven has been described as grim selfcentered irritable impatient and selfindulgent but could someone like that produce such beautiful music. Music like the 6th symphony. Maybe or all the stereotypes that we thought about beethoven and these famous. Images of bedouin are not true at all. Theres no doubt about the great tragedy of beethovens life but the age of 28 who was nearly completely deaf a man who lived for music for the perfect sand could no longer hear the notes it was in this state in 824 that he composed his masterpiece. The 9th symphony. Opened died 3 years later. In vienna where in the citys theatres and concert halls his music made history. Is eternal music. And of course weve got plenty more on beethoven at w. s Classical Music channel on you tube mike and its not just about beethoven or you and your colleagues are giving a platform for a living artist is one. Of the most exciting people from the Classical Music scene like i was a female and then the tepco you go live it and the piano player and composer to go saw this explains why is it really ok not to like it or not so if they said oh that sounds very controversial and i one of the artists who really impressed me actually was tenor you want to ask weve got some excerpts from our special on him that we can check out now. Yes. Does this does this give us. This does this. Mean. In a given enough time to get caught and not the justice on this front line it is. Coming open and thorsten. Of the peanuts washed in by. Youre going to start fresh butte and even talk lengths to. 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