we're talking about here is not only disorganized violence, it's not only terrorism. it's politics. found it over 150 years ago. it's repeatedly died out, but always been resurrected. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on d w. this is the dublin years, asia coming up to date, hong kong loosens covered restrictions off to full months. the box or among some of the places hong kong residents can visit again the pursuit of 0 over cases had led to stringent restrictions across the city. so our residents reacting, correspondent reports, and easing of some restrictions to in shanghai, another chinese city bearing the brunt of the pseudo covered strategy. that is, the government determines to stay the course and later in the program,

fortune telling of the digital age traditional tie astrology is reaching hundreds of thousands of young people through apps. ah, i british energy, welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us for the 1st time in 4 months. residents of hong kong have something to look forward to in that cobra plague city, james beauty parlors, theme parks, and cinemas have reopened. people can dining restaurants to 10 pm, photos longer than the earlier 6 pm cut off. some schools have also resumed in person teaching. it's part of a relaxed ation of covered restrictions that have been one of the toughest, anywhere in the world. it's been prompted by a fallen daily covey cases to below 1000 from hi. more than 70000 in botch.

under the middle of it all has been d. deborah correspondent, phoebe gong, who joins me now from hong kong. phoebe going to cinemas of visiting a beauty paula things that hong kong residents haven't been able to do for about 4 months now. talk to us a bit about how people are reacting to day. but definitely we can feel a sense of excitement and relief i on the ground in hong kong here today as like various venues allow to be opened, including a recreational, as sports and entertainment facilities like cinema's and so on. and the restaurants can resume our dining services are for dina's hours that are the number of people her table can be raised from 2 to 4 right now i'm so like as it's really hard to gather seat like 14, i'm in hong kong for any popular or even just average restaurants as my friends and

i try to make a reservation. but like many of the restaurants happen fully booked for the coming weeks or even months. so you can feel like you sense i'll lay popularity in how people are excited to go out and dine out again and ghetto with their friends. and we also seen pictures of parents all who can't way to bring the children to a theme pots light. this deal and even though today's a whacking bay, so although there are still some sort of kind of limits like this kind of values as to subject to that they met on capacity and fact seem pasta, policy, a mosque is still compulsory every way in hong kong but still from what we have seen today, these kind of constraints is not stopping people from going out or even to just to have some fresh air. however, these are covered restrictions have been in pursuit essentially of b james 0 corporate strategy, which aims to isolate people to break off infection trains. i wonder what the cost

of all of this has been to hong kong while the faced wife of code it in sections is not only that li ford at the human lives in hong kong, but also p post lately who is especially on the business is i'm and no man, i, it's more effect businesses, us or hot hit during daylight, his wife out in offer infections that according to the official i'd just released to day on that the unemployment rate has to search to 5 percent, which is the highest vickers in 9 months. and or so is or so like, affecting public services like for example, today was seen people lining up on like long queues as seen outside government department, for like people are rushing to renew their trifling license. that's because such public cephas has happened heavily in print are interrupted 3rd of hostile months. so how has become like kind of lay lashley on functional light, joined a faith wave of infection and essentially because up the seo cove it policy that

has put to city are in a standstill and is also scaring of foreign talents that we have seen like the most sophia brain drain off la foreign talents during the fif wipe off the infection that a lot sub expatriates have left the city because of the boy, the closure and, and the various jenkins, charger, county and meshes that such damage has been done. and people fear that that could be turned on a permanent. so given what you're saying, what is the government plan moving forward? well on the government is still all like remaining pretty cautious about the, the, the, the, the feature of the and also the situation of the infection. although to day many meshes helping relax, but basically where it was just getting back to the status before to faith, wave off infections. it is still like one of the most jenkins, ah, like an imposed city around a well that,

and essentially many people concerning that. the government is not laying out a road map, lie for them to, let's see. like last you know, and in site like to and to see a copay policy and, and the stylus paging is taken where they, it's, it's not very likely that hong kong can make a detour. phoebe going, we'll leave it there for the time. be with thank you so much for doctors today. and as a phoebe was just saying hong kong 0 corporate policy hasn't just taken a toll on human beings. it's also having a huge impact on the embodiment here's why. ah, from the moment you step off the plane and hong kong, there's people wearing plastic everywhere you look i can and once you've collected your luggage and are taken to a quarantine hotel, there's even more plastic. all that kind of stuff is that typically with touch with

your hands, like say you know, the phone and everything's been santa fe wrapped. every single one of the staff members here was so p, p, you know, the gowns, the glass, the teeth, the hats, and that every staff member and on every school. this, the toiletries provided by the hotel come double wrapped in plastic. and the food is also no exception. the meals arrives 3 times a day. so morning lunch, dinner. and they are all and provided in a plastic bag. which begs the question, what to do with all that extra plastic waste generated by the pandemic. much of it ends up in one of 3 municipal landfills. although hong kong is one of the world's richest cities, and one without much space, little of its waste is recycled. the posse? oh fall recycling weight? far. i think i scrap it's about 11 percent only. who's

a small percentage and so you're worth nearly 90 percent of your plastic waste is either an up in our own field or it end up being a later environmental activists say the government's quarantine policies make the city's waste problem even worse. and that more items should be reused or recycled people, anything in here, quantity, hotels, here and not confound the cases. so what they have used to flight and the normal process, etc. as if the plastic waste weren't enough. hong kong is also rushing to build temporary isolation centers and waterfront property. critics say the units have no long term use and will eventually also wind up as garbage. so that's hong kong, but what is happening on the chinese mainland?

as you've been reporting the situation in shanghai has been especially difficult with as many as 25000000 people confined to their homes. since the start of april, were starting to see some easing there with residents in certain district allowed out. but for now, most curbs appear said to remain in place as infections outside of quarantined areas. rise again. correspondence, i've been crushed. my home based in beijing has more on how authorities are handling the crisis. the new hopes that the ongoing lockdown in shanghai might slowly come to an end. for the 1st time, 2 districts have announced that there are no new daily symptomatic cases. that means it several 1000000 residents. by now, i at least able to go outside and walk on the street. however, the city is still far from being norma. most residents are still locked in sight the apartments. and even if you allow to go outside the us, really not much what you can do with most facilities being shut down. and for some

residents, the suffering continues on social media. they are new shocking videos posted every day. for example, about an elderly woman. she's over 90 years old and because she tested positive but didn't show any symptoms. still help workers forced away into her apartment and direct her against her will into an isolation center outside of the city. it's clear that the chinese leadership will stick to their 0 covert approach. a stately does, sheeting ping has a recently announced it. more heart effort is needed to fight the pandemic. what that means is quite clear. even if the outbreak in shanghai can be brought under control, it means that it's only a matter of time until the next lockdown will be imposed for the economy. there will be ongoing downward pressure. and also the already huge isolation of the country will further deepen. according to estimates by the european chamber of

commerce, half of the rear european residents, he and china have left the country since the pandemic began. and it is estimated that over the course of the summer, among the remaining people in other half will also move out. ah, to thailand next, which has a long tradition of astrology as follows. us predict the future provided by some guidance to those who wanted. and now in keeping with changing times, it has gone online and digital that was going shuffling the cards before revealing what they say about the future. astrology has long been a part of tie culture. and now fortune telling has gone online. a new app with nearly half a 1000000 users is geared to the younger generation. one student who says he didn't previously believe in the supernatural now follows fortune tellers advice. i listen

medication, i said is wallpaper. oh. and i thought so that every thing that a space, oh, because more the whole fortune tellers say they'd noticed a change in customers priorities over the past couple years. oh, so there are more people looking for career advice. now. i know before the pandemic, it was mostly about love and relationships. but since the pandemic i've had twice as many questions about careers coming, psychologists acknowledge that stress levels are high and people need someone to listen. but caution against relying on fortune tellers. why can he to me hate having someone help relieve your anxiety? is only mental 1st aid. now ha, the young name. it could jeopardize your ability to make decisions for yourself in the long term. the wow. the apps managers, as young people already know how to get the answers they need from the internet.

and that fortune telling is one way of trying to find peace of mind when it comes to life's uncertainties. and that's it, sort of, it is more on our website and on facebook and twitter, we're back again tomorrow. at the same time, we'll see you then with that he wanted to know what makes the germans do just in the gym. love on banning thing away from us, but i'm not going to have to watch my own car and everyone with later holes and everything today. just getting, are you ready to meet the germans? gonna join me, rachel stuart on d. w. making the headlines and what's behind them. dw news africa, the show that faculty issues shaping the continent life is slowly getting back to

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