English Service,Rti

The Divide

Society EN ↓ 78 episodes

"The Divide" is a show that explores the things dividing us as human beings. In a world where differences often seem insurmountable, this show delves into the complexities of our diverse societies, shining a light perspectives and experiences that create divisions.

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English Service,Rti

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HKSAR v. Jimmy Lai and Others (feat. Steven Butler, Mark Simon, and Steve Vines) 25.03.2024

A devout Catholic and media mogul, Jimmy Lai voluntarily gave up his freedom to stand trial in a case he could never win. Steve Vines, a veteran Hong Kong journalist who witnessed the downfall of Lai’s newspaper Apple Daily; Steve Butler, former Asia coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists who spoke to Lai about the deterioration of press freedom in the city; and Mark Simon, Lai...

HKSAR v. Jimmy Lai: A billionaire's courage to lose everything (feat. Mark Simon and Steve Vines) 18.03.2024

At the age of 12, Jimmy Lai escaped Communism from mainland China, finding refuge in Hong Kong aboard a fishing boat. In 1981, he laid the foundations of his fortune with the retail chain Giordano and later established Apple Daily, the most popular Chinese-language newspaper, through his Next Media empire. A staunch critic of authoritarianism and the Chinese Communist Party, Lai and his publi...

Unraveling the danger of authoritarian regimes' information operations (feat. Christopher Walker) 04.07.2023

When a group of analysts and researchers at the National Endowment for Democracy were tasked with identifying threats to democratic development and security, they found an unexpected enemy that's been brazenly violating the democratic institutions: disinformation campaigns.    In this episode, Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the National Endowment...