Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us weve reported on the hundreds of detention facilities across the shing gem weekend in china where the government has rounded up some 1000000 weekers a muslim and ethnic Minority International condemnation has not discouraged beijing it appears that the system put in place inching genk is being installed in tibet once again china says these are voluntary Vocational Training centers but if whats happened in ching gen is any indication its more about forcing Chinese Culture on unwilling to bend. Over the world you are going to continue to distance china seize control of the land they live on tibetans have complained that their religious freedom and traditional way of life are being actively cotyledon now it appears the situation is getting was best evidence that beijing is slow seeing hundreds of thousands of tibetans off balance. And and into socalled Vocational Training centers that are set to resemble labor camps traditional farmers and herders that being turned into factory workers and other low paid labor and made to relocate to other parts of china. Those are the findings of a report by u. S. Based Research Institute findings chinas governor in tibet denies. There are no forced labor transfers as the Party Secretary and i explained just now people have a strong desire to travel for work and people have a strong desire to learn new skills. The government has followed their wishes and needs. But the information gathered by the Jamestown Foundation tells a different story it says the rural tibetans are coerced into militarized training regimens in facilities like this one and subjected to quote slow transformation patriotic and Legal Education and chinese language teaching. Its aspects like these that are causing comparisons to jan province where beijing is accused of indoctrinating ethnic weak is and socalled reeducation camps. Theres no evidence that tibetans are facing the same level of persecution as the week as the International Community is taking note on october 14th washington appointed a new coordinator for tibetan issues and had a message for beijing. One of the core challenges that we were identified from the Chinese Communist party there a consistent violation of the most basic and fundamental human rights for their own people whether its in john whats taking place there whether its tibet talked about that a little bit earlier this morning well work hard to do everything we can to build out a coalition all across the world comes to understand how important it is alongside of us and works to impose costs on the Chinese Communist party when they act in ways that are inconsistent with those basic fundamental human freedoms. Beijing sansa the us should mind its own business. Truly so with the establishment of the socalled special coordinator photo betten is used by the us is totally out of political manipulation aiming to interfere in chinas internal affairs and undermine the development and stability of tibet china has always opposed this position and has never recognized that. Tibets government has said that some 15 percent of the regions population have received locational training in just 7 months and the program is ongoing. Rights groups worry that with every person thats unrolled tibetan culture is being further eroded. Joining us is Kate Saunders a specialist and writer on tibet kate the report documenting this just came out i know youve monitored whats been happening in tibet for years what have been some of your own findings. Yes this is the this report. Hortons indication of the very rapid social economic transformations taking place and tibet and what we found is that this combination of intensified securitizing militarize a show of force in jank came to that in which dystopian police state was set up in which emerging from chinas economic and strategic objectives on tibet and with the ultimate aim of. An official document put it breaking connections breaking lineage breaking roads and what we found is that this goes beyond the superficial measures now so tibetan buddhism a loyalty to the dalai lama runs very deep into people and so the measures need to go very deep to so weve seen the party using new language a new focus on ideological control and focusing really on a literary conduct collective memory of what it is to be to that raising alarm or influence this this further emphasis on sinusitis ation and even while we may not understand fully what sinusitis ation means its linked to the objective of creating a compliant citizens in the way that and with a focus on not only. Recitation of party slogans but but really the emotional buy in of of tibetans to an ideological really multimode really why rank which is very of course right you mentioned that its a police state im curious what is different this time do you think that theres going to be an expansion into bed of what has taken place and she began with the detention camps is there more systemic thing that theyre going to try to import into tibet this time. Its very different in that we have amounted to the same mass inter monk that has been seen and shen jank. But all over the house been a large scale expansion of prison in some ways notice the deeper institutionalization of this ideological agenda with the construction of a new Party Building facilities. Incenses research they seem to be centered on the military style training in many cases also taking tibetans off their land so this is linked to. Drive that weve seen since 9992000 though the socalled western Development Campaign in which tens of thousands possibly many ns of tibetan nomads and herders have lost their traditional livelihoods. In the whole program of mass. And this is one of the elements that is most important in the latest research because tibetans are being removed from their lands linked to these massive social engineering policies that weve seen over the years right that appears to be chinas endgame kate sanders thank you. In hong kong it has become increasingly difficult for School Teachers particularly those in history in politics to do their jobs recently one Primary School teacher was banned after a lesson plan about free speech and democracy and the government has warned it would be good out other quote black sheep from the Education System. Preparing for classes now a struggle for secondary School Teacher tell me he teaches wont history and some of the concepts have become politically sensitive. When we talk about ideas like social contract people have the right to overthrow a corrupt government or tyranny. But now under the political atmosphere and especially the National Security law we have to be very careful about these topics. We dont know what the socalled red line is. That creates a white tara among teaches. He now has to self censor every word he says in the classroom fearing that students with a different political stance would secretly report him. You dont know if the students a progovernment oprah democracy so anything we say could be used as an excuse for a complaint against me and i may lose my job at any time so its very tiresome. It gets very tiring day after day like that. Paging in post the National Security lawful hong kong in july just 2 months later a Primary School teacher was banned from teaching for life after giving students worksheets about independence and freedom of speach. The initiative was backed by the probating cam in hong kong newly formed to parents groups recruit hundreds cell phone tears as an anonymous spies to report teachers on their list of problematic teachers reasons of complaints include expressing prodemocracy fear in school. We need no funding for a lot its wrong to have an Anti Government stance in the Education System but its very clear if you hold an Anti Government stance on your teaching is problematic according to a guy look at all the violence on the streets last year what went wrong and who caused it the teachers should not encourage students to take part in illegal events by put away by christie since the Antigovernment Movement broke out last year the education period has received over 200 complaints against teachers dozens of educators have sought Legal Assistance from the Hong Kong Professional Teachers Union the union things it is a systematic approach. In the high court over the pro beijing camp refused to admit hong kongs problems are caused by the wrongdoings of the government or Police Brutality who are what they need an explanation for the social conflicts and they make teachers the scapegoat down accusing them of agitating the youngsters because ego would go with the trigger. Under their political pressure some teachers have already left the industry tommy has also thought about quitting his job but he doesnt want to give up yet if all of us leave the teaching profession who will there be to teach the next generation. Even though there are things that i cannot say in front of my students i hope my students can understand. And they would know that i havent quit. If these teachers are still trying to keep our core values of hong kong i wish that i could give them a little bit of hope that theres still a good future for them. Thats it for today theres more on. Asia well leave you with pictures from tibet where human rights observers say the culture is under threat thank you for watching time. People forced to hide in trucks. But. There are many cancers. Us. And there are stories who. Make up your. Abode. Made for mines. Welcome to news from the world of arts and culture over 60 priceless artworks and ancient artifacts have been damaged here in berlin in a number of museums more on that story in just a minute also coming up today. A german short film the beauty is won this Years International student oscar for animation. And in meet the germans today rachel stood tells us about some surprising things that are not allowed here in germany. But we begin with the extraordinary news that nearly 3 weeks ago on october the. German Unification Day a Public Holiday a large number of artworks were deliberately damaged in museums here in berlin however this was kept secret until a National Newspaper got wind of it on changed weve been down to the citys Museum Island to investigate. Some of the damage is clearly visible like on these egyptian side coffer guy on the 3rd of october a total of 63. 00 artworks and artifacts in 4 museums were vandalized with an oily liquid investigations are still ongoing and the extent of the damage remains far from clear police only said the liquid was transparent and not corrosive Authorities Say theyre at a loss as to how when by whom and why the crimes were committed the museums do have security cameras but. If somebody doesnt say fire a water pistol and you see it but instead they smear something in a concealed way then you might not see on the camera that theres liquid on the floor or in the object. Of. This police informed the public more than 2 weeks after the incident and only after media reports broke on tuesday as part of their search for witnesses they have now written emails to more than 600 Ticket Holders but at least 3000 people visited Museum Island on that day and there is no confession note speculation quickly focused on a Group Supporting germanys most notorious conspiracy theorist a man man has previously said calls for attacks on the museums because of what he calls satanist artifacts there the museums distance themselves this summer with corresponding flags still flying. We dont want to participate in such speculation were investigating in every regard all directions. Billings Museum Island is considered one of the most presses art collections in europe that directors say the security concept is currently being reviewed. For more on that story my colleague Adrian Kennedy is here now what do we know agent about the extent of this damage well as we heard over 60 exhibit free museums have been named the outearned thats now calorie the noir museum the Pergamon Museum these are all on both ends famous Museum Island on sambal which is a World Heritage site just how serious the damage is is not 100 percent clear the damage is visible and of course a 200 year old painting is very sensitive indeed. This all happened on also the 3rd a very important day here in germany is german unity day but it has come out through the press there was no statement by the police 3 weeks ago or nearly 3 weeks so thats why the police say they kept it under wraps in order not to jeopardize the investigation the National Newspaper site broke the story it seems that they probably got wind of the story when investigators started trying to Contact People who had been at the museum on the day in question now as we heard in the reports the press had started to link the attack to this guy attila his man hes a well known controversial figure here in germany but theres a bit more about him yes he is very controversial this is a huge man a celebrity chef and offer a view can cook books has been a prominent 1990 and it has organized demonstrations against covert restrictions some of these protests took place on the steps of the outer museum just around the corner prompting the foundation to distance itself from. And with that statement against and he semitism one of the many wild conspiracy theories hilda math is that this Pergamon Museum is the center of a satanist cult hes also recently posted a rants on the Telegram Messenger service where he has 100000. 00 followers making a bizarre claim about the german chancellor and human sacrifices that were taking place at a month after closing time completely unfounded completely untrue and as you say extremely bizarre but hes not yet been named as a suspect you know absolutely no this is just press speculation the place of only said that they are investigating all possibilities they say they havent mentioned motive of course most attacks like this are carried out by people with psychological problems or by criminals demanding ransom political actions are usually accompanied by a claim of responsibility that wasnt the case here but of course this all right is very serious questions about security at early in museums at museums in germany after multi 1000000. 00 fare for interest in the green votes last year and in 27. 00 saying at the botha museum right there on Museum Island in 27. 00 st ok adrian thank you for that round up over 60 artworks vandalised smeared with some sort of oil in 3 major berlin museums are on germany will keep you up to date with this is obviously were going to find out a lot more about that right the most significant prizes for young filmmakers around the world the student oscars have just been awarded in los angeles in of course a bushel ceremony the International Student oscar for animation has been won by director Pascal Shipley from the. Bad move looking back film academy not the schools 1st oscar indeed it is considered a real Talent Factory for special effects the short film the beauty is certainly very topical. To beauty takes us on a journey into the depths of the ocean to get that much a little longer. And you realize its no documentary but a parable fees for about pollution. Starring characters made of Plastic Waste and just. A basic concept was to tell the story poetically and with irony. All the videos you see featuring distressed whales and turtles are so shocking and somebody oh i have the feeling weve become emotionally immune to the wider. Filming and postproduction took a year and a half. The characters like the pufferfish made a bubble wrap. The school of fish made of flip flops where digitally animated and later integrated into night action underwater footage. I think the concept only works if it looks realistic if it makes you believe that thats what really a moon rail made of a car tire that just swam by. Shelbys photo realistic aquatic fantasy invites us to suspend our disbelief and dive into a world in which nature and waste deal with police by entering into a sea cannot trust symbiosis but the film doesnt spare us the harsh reality. It ends with a look at the ever growing forest of synthetic refugees thats gradually. Suffocating operations and everything good lives in them. Has rightfully won accolades the International Student propels pascoe show billies arts the appeal to save the seeds into the running for the best animated short in the main oscars competition. Now its no secret that the germans like their rules which some of which to be honest could be quite useful at times sometimes not for instance there are times when you cant divulge all the lore so would meet the germans today heres our very own Rachel Stewart to explain a few quirky dos and donts to keep you on the right side of the law. But i thought do yo