95bFM: The Tuesday Wire with Kim Choe

95bFM: The Tuesday Wire with Kim Choe

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Today is my last Wire for the foreseeable future. Many thanks for your support, it has been a great journey and I will miss it immensely! - Kim

13th October 2009

12:00 bNews, Weather, Surf

12:15 Rebiya Kadeer
The latest news from Xinjiang province in China today is that a Chinese court has just handed down death sentences to six men for their involvement in the July riots there between Han Chinese and the indigenous Uighur people. Also today, Rebiya Kadeer, a well-known activist for Uighur rights, is in New Zealand at the invitation of the Green Party. Kim talks to her about her amazing life and what the future holds for the Uighur people.

1:00 Big Bucks
It's hip to hate Starbucks. It's big, bad, and expensive - but with around 16,120 stores in 49 countries, it's obvious that most people don't agree. Least of all Americans - about 11,000 of all Starbucks stores are in the U.S.A. Kim talks to History Professor Bryant Simon from Temple University in Philadelphia about his book; Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks. Is the country really in such a state that we can learn that much about it from its biggest coffee shop chain?

1:20 Hot Wok: News from Asia
bFM’s Asia correspondent Marc Checkley with the latest from Asia. This week: how Indonesia is recovering from the Padang earthquakes; China promises to protect the rights of international news organisations working in the country; and the demise of Singapore’s wet markets.

1:40 The Green Desk
Simon Miller checks in with resident Green Desk gardener Paul Thompson to see, How does our garden grow?

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