Marriage and child bearing. Plus the Afghan Government and the taliban is not by choice. But by necessity find they must get along, at least on one major project, and elephants on parade in china. Where are they going . And why . Its an mystery dumping wildlife experts was the me. I melissa chan, thanks for joining us. Chinas announcement earlier this week about a change to its Family Planning policy to a maximum of 3 children per couple. Grabbed a lot of attention, but its not the only country in east asia facing a demographic crisis. South korea, for example, has spent billions of dollars trying to convince families to have more kids. Japans crisis has gone on for decades with serious economic consequences and tie one as well faces the same problem, dw, when ye li reports from ty, pay. In taiwan, your babies are born each year. Last year it had the fertility rate of less than one child per woman is trained, its not reversed. The negative population grows could have a huge impact on the economy and society. Family demography, again, seeing john stays much of the problem comes from changes in lifestyle. So here he say, up to 80, to 90 percent of the 20 Something Group still havent got married the 40 years ago, the group may or they have have 2 to 3 children with thing delayed marriage and child bearing. John also thinks that traditional concepts in east asia america have made women more cautious about deciding to get married hunker. Taiwan probably has the best gender equality is asia, but that is only reflected outside of the household like in education or workplace where women are more equal to men ever in hows, hows the work low is mostly on women in terms of house for tyrese and elder care responsibilities more than a certain and still has been in the position for 11 years and thinks that he wants society, you should give women more flexibility in their life choices. This may be actually a fisher about your masters degree. You can be pregnant and then go back to school for a ph. D. We dont necessarily have to follow certain live sequence from schools graduations to marriage and child bearing. She also supports the coupling of marriage and childbearing values. There are so many we may my clinic that dont want to marriage. They are hoping they can have a child that conscious the large official insemination for a single women so they can have their own child. I filled that wish a lot, the roof, the in terms of what the family should look like for you. And while the nations low fertility is cause for concern, it can also be an opportunity for taiwan to reconsider the tradition or role of women in society. An opportunity for possibly a change for women now, as well as for future families. Joining us this d w. When you lee who filed that report when ye, the women, you know, why are they choosing not to have children . Theres a lot of reasons. Grayson pal, i grew, is the expert that told me about theres a delay marriage in taiwan. But of course if for people in my, in lay twenties, like for example, friends around me, they are on there. Most of them are married. And for my a close friend of mine who just marry last year just told me that she that she doesnt want to try because theres so many expenses. They have to take care of the childs education and maybe to find a babysitter. So theres just a lot of burden them then they have a lot of concerns on financial deviation. Now declining birth rates, impact a countrys economic output, the fuel workers, you have, the less your economy will grow and thats the concern here. So what is the government of taiwan doing to convince people to have children so the government is trying to help couples to raise their children from age neuro to each stakes. I raised the child racing stuff, the be also increase the capacity of public Childcare Centers and preschools. It has also increased the special task deduction for those who have children under age 5. So these or, or to help ease the parents burden and also to ease their financial. Jason has taiwan considered other options such as welcoming more immigrants of course theres a lot of voices calling for a well coming more immigrants. But this is not a priority priority for the government. However, the government has been trying to check highly skilled for intelligence and lutheran related regulations for these for him. Professionals, which may also help improve taiwan population structure. But as i mentioned, the government focus more on helping parents to raise children. And of course, weve mentioned this is a challenge facing east asia in general. Tell us a little bit more about some of the other countries. Japan, for instance, face this problem, the very earliest yes, there has been a low history of total for 2 of your re decline in japan as started, or if theyre on the 4th in 2000. And it happened to even earlier than its neighbors, like taiwan or south korea, japan low facility rate has led to the aging population that even the population decline more than 25 percent of the population in japan or h seek over 65. We have japan, we have japan as an example. So consciously, high one, south korea and even china do need to prepare well when he lee. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. We mostly see the Afghan Government and the taliban in conflict, but sometimes cobble has no choice but to cooperate with the militants. One of the countrys most important hydro electric dams is an example of this complicated relationship. Kaji ki dam provides power to more than 3000000. 00 people in the country south, and is run by Government Forces, though it fits intel upon territory to the point that the insurgents even charge locals for the electricity generated by the dam is just another example of how the decades long conflict plays out in the most extraordinary ways. Flying into a vital source of energy and income. Ca, jackie dam on the Hillman River is under siege. Its controlled by the african government, but surrounded by taliban rebels. The only way Government Forces can get here is by air. A perilous journey run by the taliban has attacked this area with heavy weapons. Sometimes theyve shut down to military helicopters as close to the dam. Make the hydro electric plant provides energy to millions of people. Many of them live in areas beyond the governments control. The electricity of this power project is distributed to all of the key districts. And its clear, there is a threat from the taliban and other challenges. So the government cannot collect the electricity fees. There will be some Dollar Benefit for the building. Im assuming its the taliban. The tax is electricity in areas that controls which use about a 5th of the plants capacity. The blurred boundary between combat and cooperation is something workers here experience every day. To reach the facility, they need to permits a government id and papers issued by the rebels. Were still polarity could be we think danger on the way home and back to the down. We are crossing the front line between the government and the taliban and work for that several times when we were crossing the fighting started and we were caught in the conflict in the area. If it were what your food was that the taliban may tolerate the hydro electric plants staffers, but they give no respite to the Government Forces, guarding it from there, often lonely and exposed outposts 3 months. And were surrounded. If we dont have a way out by land, we have to fly 1st to kandahar, then some of the soldiers go to alaska. Got a couple of those are and other areas that i kind of kind of a conflict with compromises. As foreign troops prepared to leave afghanistan, perhaps the country will see more sharing of not just electrical power. Its being called the longest distance migration of Wild Elephants recorded in china. A herd of 15 wandering elephants have embarked on a 500 kilometer journey after string from a nature reserve in chinas south west. There now on the outskirts of the major city of quin mean, where authorities are rushing to try to keep them out of populated areas. An epic truck through southwest and china Destination Unknown now uncertain why this heard of 15 wild asian elephant strayed from a peaceful, National Nature as in united province. One theory is that their leader lacks experience and lead the group astray. Other experts say the journey is the result of Human Development and the elephants of searching for new habits, half, whatever. The reason that track has become the longest distance migration of wild ellison ever recorded in china. This is that this is the 1st time in history that weve seen anything like this. Its never happened before. So everyone is trying to figure out why its happening. We need to observe the elephant further and study them movements. You can have the group set out as 16 animals that to turn around and went home and the baby was born during the track. The herd has moved through villages, broken into bonds, trampled crops, and caused more than a 1000000. 00 of losses. But now the elephants are approaching can ming a city of 7000000 people . And wild chinese social media is full of post and videos of citing a task force of 360 people. And 9 drones is busy tracking the heard, desperately trying to keep them away from the most populated areas. Thats it for now, be sure to check out or other stories on d, w dot com, forward slash asia or on facebook and twitter. And well leave you with more pictures of the wandering elephants lumbering around china. Thanks for watching and see you tomorrow. Ah, the news. Happiness is for everyone. Human penises are very different from primates. We have a totally ridiculous romanticize view nature. And david and this is climate change, pregnant sex who happiness in 3 books, youll get smarter for free. D w books. On the green. Seafloor worried about the planning me to neil, host of the, on the green and both go and to me is clear. We need to change the solutions or alpha, join me, predict the green transformation for me, for the me the, the me, scholars and performers pushed for more Record Mission for African American composers long overlooked for here more of their wonderful works coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show, the situation in bella, ruths heats up for artists after the regime dramatic arrest of a dissident journalist while after 7 long months of lockdown, silenced the ed philharmonic concert hall and hamburg. Germany finally reopened to a live audience. The special concert paid tribute to under appreciated African American composers, part of a 3 concert many festival organized by renowned american baritone, Thomas Hampson and soprano scholar, louise top and now all 3 concerts are going online. This week, Thomas Hanson is going to tell us more about that in just a moment. But 1st, heres a quick look. I want you this the works of black americans and hoses, hamburg film on concert halls, names including William Grant still in the 1950s was one of the most played composes in the us performers and music scholars, Thomas Hampson and louise top in curated the program. There is no more expert in this field and in we grants, feels offers and doctors with the top piece thanks the time. And William Grant still wrote 8 operas, of which these are to be the thing is also performs well known African American spirituals. A type of music originally born and slavery. The me ah, the worlds renown freeman chamber orchestra, also the phone of the baton of conductor roderick cox. The concert and 2 others in the series will be available this week for view as around the world online. Yeah. Ah, ah, i will tell you where you can catch those wonderful concerts online in just a moment. Im going to pull in Thomas Hanson, now world renowned baritone, living between the us and europe, and the motor behind this project. Thomas, how did you, as a white musician, come to co create the special program of black american composers . And why is it important to you . Good afternoon. Thank you so much for the invitation. It is incredibly important to me over the years through my amazon congregation and on a professional tours, i had a series that started in cooperation with the library of Congress Called song of america. And weve had different sort of centers of gravity to these tours and concerts. The beginning of american song and the birth of liberty and all various subject matters. And through the years recent years, especially, ive been very supportive of the African American song alliance, as well as the east hawkins website of African American d. S. For our music project. And with the enormous outpouring of sympathy and concern in europe, especially in german speaking countries last summer for the black lives matter movement, it just seemed to me the time to try and bring this literature, this sound of diversity to europe. And so my good friend, christopher, even i propose that to him, he said it was a wonderful idea. And so we put it together on the 1st phone call i made was we stop and i said, i think weve got something to do here. And she was very excited as part of the project i want to, i want to pull in a clip now, an excerpt of the opera highway one usa, and heres you, and we have top and playing a loving couple who are in a gas station as well. As Lawrence Brown singing, the role of your spiteful brother who basically tries to ruin your wives all the time is just prefer you also focus in the series on spirituals, a type of song that originated during slavery in the us, including the well known song. This little light of mine, the arrangements may seem a little unusually classical, the people who know the songs tell us a little bit about those. Well, we have a very wide ranging repertoire in these 3 concerts. And, and the spirituals dont just, just come from the tradition of slavery the time the slavery bond. And one actually can look at a lot of the spirituals like folk songs of the African American culture, all the rich thereof. And quite frankly, the denial of those Cultural Roots was a big problem in the beginning of the 20th century. And my, my, my biggest passionate about all of this is that this is not some other culture within american culture. This is american culture, langston. Hughes is paula, as an american, he is also an African American and the passion behind this project is democracy with the capital, the diversity with a capital d. And this is what it sounds like, and it is the american culture. It is not a subculture. So those are very exciting, this so i was handsome, i know Langston Hughes as the focus of one of those amazing concert for jar online this week on the still harmonious website at outfit when he died. The thomas hans and thanks for joining me. Its a great pleasure. Thank you so much. Now for decades, artists and bella roost have faced censorship, and many fear the situation is getting worse with the resumes latest crack down on dissidence leader Alexander Lucas shanker, is also tightening. Bella rue says orders making it impossible for most citizens to leave. Now those who dare to speak out or saying theyre scared. Ryan flight 4978 already has its own wikipedia page. On may the 23rd, the flight escorted by bell russian. Find 2 jets was forcibly diverted to Minsk National airport on the orders of bell russian president , Alexander Lucas shank. At de stop journalist roman photos a which was arrested that has been widespread outraged across europe, which is which co founded the news channel nash top on the messenger app. Telegram the channel follows the actions of the opposition in bella, rose from exile in war, saw more than 4000000 bella. Russians have subscribed to the channel that allows them to observe the increasing the arbitrary behavior of the russian states since Election Fraud protest, summer to have been 35000 arrests, so immense rights. Victor martinez, which an unimaginable development is why it is better at full costing them political scientists because they books and not just the news and have a broader perspective. But what fellow ruth has experienced in the last 6 months is really question on a scale that used in europe has much known capital. All storage naval, this is now happening in this country, is a real tragedy volume. Happy ava, bella, russian writes, and poets has lived in exile for many years. We met her at the like sick book for in eastern germany. A year was latest book camel travel is about growing up in an era of conflicting transformations. That up was the vantage was a very interesting time so that the children saw and experienced 3 different years or times name and or the susie and dr. Via union on 4 years or 5 years of independence over the ocean renee song and the latest era with the president and the regime. We see ruling today, side me to president. 17 in the book is no doubt you look back on a soviet childhood. Rather, it tells with irony about a country called between times one well then, and can be found in school books where i cations are taken in distant soviet republics, where a little go, having her photo taken with a camel, has to suck in her tummy and when you learn to play the piano without a piano, a childhood in poverty and austerity in a post soviet culture that helped shape the country to this day. Me almost up when, why didnt come about by accident. Rather, hes of the soviet system. And thats where he can, how can power the feeling . Its a very interesting pollution. We came to the transformation of power in the former soviet union from the communist party to a state protocol. P is the subject of victor, martina, which novel revolution. Its the comical and turbulent story of a naive and out of touch architecture lecturer, who gets blackmailed by the messier, as he times the korea letter hes forced to complete assignments. So once critical spirit becomes a cynical and fruitful 7th of a secret order, the book is set in a symbolic moscow. But during the recent protest, it became a manifesto of resistance. For many bella, russians. Sure, a huge portion bella and russia are very similar. We have both decided to make a post soviet to see the new ideology in these countries. Everything is still on the ideals in inventing from ocean. There are many similarities. And when i talk about moscow at the turn of the century, i am of course, also talking about minutes. Many people have come to realize, especially during this repressive chime, why my muscle last cut on us procedure earlier me was just about everything is seen as anti states, even when a member of the opposition shouts, long live battle ross. They act and see could in backyards and streets where people can easily hide today. 9 months after the start of the protests, a climate of fear hangs over the country all over the last 6 months. Ive had the feeling that our society has had these cuts off, and this just when it was breathing a sigh of relief, we are talking to not hearing one another little like we are in the most important voices of Famous Artists and writers have fallen silence because everyone is afraid to speak, but we cant get into this fear human rights is to keep talking, to call a spade a spade, to remember everything. Because sooner or later, we will have to remember what happened here. But also to me, but almost or on the, on the number for me like and ill, and this arts and culture on a lighter note because Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones is turning 80. Ill leave you now with a little look back bye. For now. The news, the news, the news, the news, the news ah, the me the me ah. The whos whos been going for a bit . If you change the, the spring began in 2011 people stood up against what the rulers and dictatorship all these moments have left the box in my memory the bug cuz it was a huge. It was an incredible feeling that people were liberated the for more security, more freedom, more dignity, have their hopes been fulfilled in where does the stand today . 10 years after the arab spring, rebellion starts june 7th on d, w. The news. This is the w news live from berlin. 3 love the worst ever. Marine in my environmental disaster made worse, a container ship carrying chemicals and plastics. The room for days im spilled. Cargo is now thinking how to try to pull it further out to see you. But a Big Oil Spill is now a possibility. Also coming up russia crackdowns on descent. He was plucked off a plane in petersburg by police on monday. The report 2000 miles away today, a judge orders, opposition figure under people about to be j