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World Service,20 Nov 2014,55 mins

China Cybersecurity Conference

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China stages an online summit - in a country where the internet is severely restricted. But we hear arguments for censoring the internet. We have a special report from our team on the ground in Zambia, looking at the continuing impact of HIV/AIDS on the children of Zambia. Also, as the biggest billboard in the world is unveiled in New York - we ask how effective this kind of advertising is. Finally, authorities in Thailand have banned a certain hand signal from Hollywood blockbuster 'The Hunger Games' - because it is being used in real life to show hatred for the military. We look at other film symbolism that has translated in to real life. All this with our guests Jose Martin, a blogger and researcher of social unrest, who's in New York, and Simon Littlewood of the Asia Now consulting group in Singapore.

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