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The democratic future of Hong Kong has reached an important crossroads. In this episode of Asia News Weekly, host Steve Miller dives into the details of what led up to the Occupy Central’s ultimatum for Chief Executive CY Leung to step down and for Beijing to uphold its promise of universal suffrage. Miller breaks down key events over the past week, and highlights possible outcomes, including Beijing’s latest threat that if protestors don’t disband, they will reap what they sow.
Hong Kong isn’t the only region in China facing difficulty. Even after the sentencing of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti last week, violence continues in Xinjiang where a bomb blast killed 54. Miller invites RAND Corporation analyst Scott Harold onto the podcast to discuss what’s China’s strategy to curb what it calls terrorism in the region and if it’s effective.
Kim Jong-un, the young leader of North Korea has been out of the public eye for nearly a month. Some say he’s fractured his ankles, while other reports state he’s been removed from power. The RAND Corporation’s Bruce Bennett joins the podcast to help make sense of it all.
Closing the podcast this week, intern Judy Lee hosts The Weekly Brief. In this segment she explains why the film Diving Bell is causing such a stir at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. Lee also provides updates on the Mt. Ontake eruption and the possible bid by Japan’s Softbank for one of America’s animation studios.
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Swami Vas
Hong Kong is in its electoral transformation and the present turmoil is just a prelude to the opening of a new page in the territory's democratic ambitions! What goes on now are just teething problems common in any evolutionary process!