when i was the young man, i was -- only years old, i joined the 23 communist party. a member of the national executive committee of the american young communist league. in 1930, i was official communist candidate for election to new york state assembly. i knew gus howell and other top rating american communists very -- ranking american communists very well. because i trained with them at lenin university in moscow. i joined the party because i honestly thought the communists were trying to help american negroes. i broke away from the party when it became clear to me what the commies were really up to. it was to use the negro people in this country as cannon fodder in a violent and bloody revolution aimed at establishing an american soviet dictatorship. it was that simple, and it is still that simple today. make no mistake about it. what is happening in the united states right now under the banner of civil rights is exactly what has happened in china, in cuba, in algeria, and many other places around the world. >> i am julia brown. for nine years, i was a member of the

why he didn't join the communist party when he knew he could get ahead if he did. he said i knew the system was wrong but i wasn't going to trade my integrity for material benefit. and then he said for me it wasn't about material things, wasn't about wanting better products or food when there are food shortages. none of that mattered to me. i just wanted to be free. thanks for your attention. [applause] i think probably went a little over but we can take a few questions if anybody has any. >> thank you very much for the story. two somewhat closely related questions, the rain one being the whole process and idea of joining the communist party in east germany during the cold war, was it easy to do provided that -- what were the requirements for being able to join the party? with anyone with a clear criminal record or no criminal record or something allowed to join or was it based on some other level of achievement? >> generally speaking it was based on your willingness to be a member. that was about it. but they vetted people and it was not difficult to become a memb

have in the communist party their best offenders. -- their best defenders. i accept this nomination for vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] narrator: by this time, the communist champions of the negro race had hidden the slogans for a negro republic behind the humanitarian banner of jobs, security, civil rights, and peace. ♪ these humanistic issues were to provide the friction necessary to divide the american people , and lay the groundwork for revolution. >> when i was the young man, i was 20-years-old, i joined the communist party. i was a member of the national executive committee of the american communist league. -- american young communists league. in 1930, i was official communist candidate elected to the state assembly. i knew top ranking of american communists very well. because i trained with them at the lenin university in moscow. i joined the party because i honestly thought the communists were trying to help american negroes. i broke away from the party when it became clear to me what the commies were really up to. was to us

that east becomes a police state based on communist authoritarianism, one-party communist dictatorship based on-- modeled on the soviet union with state security notice the secret police and is modeled on the soviet kgb and basically forces the population into submission through fear and intimidation. on the other side, the west administered by the nato allies and is based on democracy and freedom. as the as they begin to develop the west thats soviets stripped the east everything from railroad tracks to farm machinery to toilets even doorknobs, entire cities and towns are gutted. factors are dismantled to be reassembled in the soviet union. food is to be turned in. divided equally among the people, which is either slow to happen or does not happen at all in the communist authorities called the state private land, private property and the soviets and communists impose rules which essentially amounts to conform or you are an enemy of the state. words against the regime or not to happen. my mother's village, the new soviet occupiers arrived telling the villagers the soviet army comes as

who are basically convicted simply for being members of the communist party. the smith act was a law passed in june for me that makes it illegal to advocate for the violent overthrow of the u.s. government and pass at the time to pass congress but mostly use during world war ii. once the cold war started after world war ii, things changed a lot. by the late 1940s coming harry truman was under tremendous pressure from republicans who accuse him of being soft on communism and to rebut the charges he decided he wanted to make an example of communists. the question was which he was going to use and at the urging of jay edgar hoover and the fbi they settled on the smith act. truman could not have found a less sympathetic group of defendants at the time. you hear so much from the era were people who were erroneously believed to have communists were unfairly targeted. these 11 were just communists, very proud and public members, leaders of the communist party. they pretty much fit the stereotype the average american had to achieve. one of the defendants was eugene de

as the other boys go flawed and snickered, let's get to see the communist party stared at him with a penetrating player. they hauled him out of class. he was not seen again. so tens of thousands of people were sent to jail and hundreds would be executed. while many were able to flee east germany in the first five years, it becomes harder as east germany fortifies its border with the u.s. and border guards are given orders to shoot. so while food is coming into west germany, in the east people go hungry. they are being so hungry, but decimating a single carrot for fear that someone will see your eating unauthorized food and she will be shot. two teenage girls sat out a site in which they wrote please give us food. not the image the soviets want to portray. i know the store from having interviewed one of the girls who served a year and a half in jail for that offense. and sean burke, my grandfather is a village teacher who is now required to teach soviet doctrine, marxist theory and even the russian language which he learned that night before teaching at the next day. my grandmother tr

censored by the communist party. "the truth is this president-elect is inexperienced in diplomatici practices." he has overestimated of dominating the world and fails to understand the limitation of u.s. powers in the current era. it is safe to say that the communist party approve what is is printed here. the negative feeling to the president-elect is continuing just one day after we heard from the first time from chinese officials how unhappy they were about donald trump's comments. >> we heard from the tabloid and officials and we also saw a show of military force over the weekend. >> reporter: that's exactly right. what we saw actually was december 7th and 8th. between the call that donald trump had with the taiwanese president and the comments he made to fox news. according to officials that spoken to cnn, china flew for the first time over contested areas in the south china sea bombers cape aable of carrying nuclear weapons. it is obvious this could be a signal to the president-elect a show of force, if you will

the east becomes a state based on the communist authoritarianism, the one-party communist dictatorship based on bottled by the soviet union and for state security. it basically forces the population into submission through fear and intimidation. on the other side, it is ministered by the nato allies and it is based on democracy and freedom. as they begin to develop the west, the soviets struck the east. everything from railroad tracks to the farm machinery, entire cities and towns, full factors to be victories are disassembled. food is to be turned in and of divided equally among the people which is either slow to happen or doesn't happen at all. they confiscate private land, private property, and the soviets and the communists oppose the rules that essentially amounts to conform. words against the regime are not enough to have anyone interrogated or imprisoned so my mother's village the occupiers of iraq telling them they come as friends and brothers to help build the new germany but they follow that to be relinquished and anyone found hoarding food with the shop. anyone that attacks

usa as the american communist party was known. she had known, lena doubtless would not have carried. she did not know a communist from a republican. [laughter] but in the 1950s, every performer who appeared at cafÉ society would be blacklisted. now, however, she was able to bring me and little teddy to new york where we all entered her childhood brooklyn home. little teddy's visit was short-lived, however. louis' cruel divorce agreement stipulated that i would live with my mother while teddy lived with our father. but my mother and i were soon to move even farther away. because of her cafÉ society success, lena had received an offer from hollywood not for the movies, but from a new nightclub called the little trock. once again, she was an overnight sensation. one man who came night after night was mgm's roger eden, the man who discovered judy garland. talent and beauty won lena a long-term hollywood contract, the first in hollywood for a black performer. but it might not have happened without world war ii. lena arrived in hollywood

that's the communist party wisconsin's platform. do you disagree with any of it? >> i don't even know if there is a communist party in wisconsin. again maybe they have a website. i know a lot of 13-year-olds who have websites. the reality is wisconsin is the economic engine for the state and last decade 73% of new jobs have come from madison. i don't know if that's exactly the way i look at communists. i always think of that as state-run businesses and stuff. we have a vibrant private sector. we have a lot of republicans, independents and democrats. i don't know if it does any good to trash the second largest city in your state so you can make an incorrect point like he did about one county hand counting when there are 37 others. >> what i'm trying to get to is -- i think you could argue the most popular personal figure in the democratic party this year was bernie sanders who is a socialist. self-described democratic socialist. what does that mean, exactly? what -- how is that different from a liberal democrat and how is that different from a communist as describe

and then i chose to focus and it is shocking and that was the smith act trial in the end of the communist party. and then the law that was passed and made it illegal to advocate for of violent overthrow of the u.s. government. now wants the cold war started and with the tremendous pressure from the republican regarding criticism. -- communism. and at the urging of hoover and the fbi to have of less than empathetic group you find so much once they erroneously believed bois to be unfairly a targeted a very proud am public not member lettie and then the of the defendant and was charged with sedition to go into hiding and changes name and travel the of world and had to leave their son because of the russian government taken back to america. so i did that. so perhaps that is why to be remembered so well now the justice department as they were plotting but that entire case rested upon the violent overthrow of the government but even in that case could do to a number of circumstances with the very bizarre legal strategy with propaganda and disruption and the appealing this all the way to the supreme c

it is in this location where we have come to support the agreement made with the communist party of cuba. and it is in this same spirit that we have seen over the last few days, the people participate with great engagement by the youth who have expressed a moving tribute. and who have sworn loyalty to the ideas and the work of the commander in chief of the cuban revolution. dear fidel. here, standing at the monument, national hero, and inspiration of the attack where we have been meeting for more than half a century, during periods as well as to honour our martyrs, to proclaim our ideals, and revere our symbols as well as consult our people on key decisions. it is especially here where we commemorate our victories and we say to you. that together to our selfless struggling and heroic people. to say we will move forward until we achieve victory. [ clapping ] [ chanting ] [ clapping ] [ ♪ ] [ singing in alternate language ] [ singing ]

italian communist party, the french communist party. there were domestic communists who believed in that and were patriots, but there was a lot of money and stuff flowing from -- >> you know, sadly you sort of have to give this kind of retrospective tip of the hat to the cassandra of the republican party, mitt romney, who four years ago when he said -- when he said that russia is our major geopolitical strategy and it was dismissed from president obama on down and he was right. >> and in terms of what we learned this year, it's just been astonishing. i never -- i did think they were nationalists and would not -- and would not happily -- >> would not brook this interference. quickly, your person for person of the yore? >> actually entity of the year i would give to the grim reaper to reaper because of all the creative minds we lost this year. but i would give it actually to kellyanne conway who was the third or fourth campaign manager of donald trump and was the one who ended up managing to rein him in in the moment that was most importa

unknown it was a fundraiser for the then legal communist party usa: if she would have known she would not have cared, she did not know a communist from a republican. in 1950 every performer who appeared at cafe society would be black listed. now, however, she was able to bring me and little teddy to new york at the brooklyn home. little teddy's visit was short-lived. lewis' cruel divorce agreement stated i would live with my mother and teddy lived with my father. my mother and i would move farther away because of her cafe society success lena received an offer for hollywood, fot for the movies, but a nightclub. once again, she was an overnight sensation with lines around the block. one man who came night after night was mgm's roger eden who discovered judy garland. talent and beauty alone won lena a contract, the first forea black performer. but it might not have happened without world war ii. she arrived as the same as a presidential candidate windell wilkey went to hollywood producers, against the degrading roles. and lena's contract partly brokered by her father stated no servant o

imperialism wish to thank the communist party of china and the chinese people for their pledge of supportes in their struggle against u.s. imperialism. >> in keeping with communist principles and expectations, the atmosphere of hatred generated in the watts riots resulted in 32 martyrs for the cause of liberation. >> in their memory, wiest read -- we pledge to this story u.s. imperialism. still again in 1965, we hear a negro people as a nation in the black belt of the south. there be any misunderstanding, nobel peace prize winner martin luther king lenined the example of peace prize winners and and tired oft "imc people saying this movement has been infiltrated by communist and communist sympathizers, there are as many communist in this freedom movement as there are eskimos in florida." ♪ announcer: in the past hour, we have offered only a brief survey of the material available to support the charge that the civil rights movement as we know it today is simply part of a worldwide movement organized and directed by communist to an slave all of mankind. enslave all of mankind. ♪ announcer: t

nothing gets published without the signoff of communist party censors. you may not hear the foreign affairs ministry get up and make statements, but this is a state-run newspaper with state views. the question is how will this affect u.s.-chinese relationship going forward? if you look at what has happened, it is the latest negative incidents in terms of the relationship with both sides. it all surrounds the incoming trump administration. donald trump taking a call in early december from the president of taiwan and questioning the one china policy and tweeting about this latest incident and its drawn the ire of the chinese government. whether that is part of the trump administration plan going forward we are not sure. the tough take on china. it is safe to say on the chinese side that the chinese government given statements not happy so far with the take and the track of the incoming trump administration. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. >> matt rivers, thank you. >>> all that black friday hype. the deals are still there. retailers rolling out new deals ahead

guest: putin's father, also vladimir was hard-working, you know, labor, communist party member, had been in the military, but when world war ii, the great patriotic where they call it began he was recruited to fight. of course, everyone was. ended up fighting at the beach of leningrad, which is where putin is from, today's st. petersburg and if you know your history of the war, the beat the beach of leningrad was horrific. 's father and mother were trapped inside the city. on older brother of his died during the siege and his father was terribly wounded on the battlefield that most people unless they are really history buff probably have never heard of. when they tried to break out of the siege and it's an amazing sight to see even today. it was a horrific battle, the soviet army lost 300,000 men during that battle and his father barely survived. he was previously wounded and limped as a result for the rest of his life and i wanted to begin the story there because even though the war is receding farther and farther into history , it's remains a something very much current in today's russ

mao had decided to drive the young people in a vast campaign to purify the communist party.as to be a new revolution, a cultural revolution, a revolution in people's thinking. inspired by mao, the red guards went wild in their enthusiasm to keep the revolution alive. they worshipped mao as their leader and followed his instructions without question. they consider long hair and western—style clothes uncommunist. after reports of rioting, beatings up and even murder, the red guard seem to have gone too far. their leaders have told them to cool off and go and help with the harvest. saul yeung, talking to witness in san francisco. in january 1986 tragedy struck the us space agency nasa, when the space shuttle challenger exploded shortly after launch. six astronauts and a school teacher were killed. barbara morgan was another teacher who trained alongside the challenger team. my husband and i, we were sitting on the sofa watching the news, and president reagan came on and made this announcement, it was quite remarkable. today i am directing nasa to begin a search and to choose as

>> well, the chinese communist party here has reacted in several different ways throughout the day.ake you through it chronologically. we woke up this morning here to an editorial in a state-run newspaper that is censored by the chinese communist party usesed to express often more, less measured tones, if you will, and so in this editorial in the "global times" a tabloid newspaper, they wrote, he, meaning donald trump is like a child. the one china policy cannot be bought and sold. both by going through tough times will he come to realize that china and other international powers are not to be bullied. very negative editorial there followed up later this afternoon by a regular scheduled press conference at the ministry of foreign affairses where the spokesperson reiterated china's staunch support of the one china policy saying that if it is compromised, cooperation, bilateral cooperation between the u.s. and any major fields between the u.s. and china would be out of the question. so very strong words, but to your question of why this is such a touchy subject, look at the policy its

it happens to met with -- meet with china's communist party. it is an extraordinary alignment of interests. hollywood is chasing lucrative isnese audiences, and china chasing the power that comes with global movie success. is the great wall has been kept to keep out monsters. the director insists it is a genuine fusion of east and west the nothing to do with extension of chinese cultural or political influences. it is the result of deep cooperation between chinese and american moviemakers, he tells me. the unity does not stop at service level. it is deeper. i would like to look at it from a positive angle, he says. what is certain is there will be more to come. china's desire to be a major film power will depend on if audiences flock to the cause or need it with a wall with the difference. bbc news, beijing. jane: i'm sure the controversy will not do it any harm. that brings this show to a close. you can found out more on our website. to reach me and the rest of the bbc team, go to twitter. here, thankus you for watching, and please tune in tom

. >> communist party members criticize the legislation calling it nothing more than a gambling bill. >> translator: how this bill was passed was unprecedented. it's absurd to stimulate the economy by creating more gambling addicts. >> the largest opposition party abstained from the vote. >> translator: i've never seen such a steamrolling despite concerns from the ruling bloc itself. >> there are multiple local governments and businesses eyeing the move as an opportunity to invigorate the economy. but there are growing concerns over the legislation including possible health issues. >> translator: i have doubts about the morality of the bill as it will bring a new type of gambling to japan. that will create more patient suffering from addiction. >> the ldp is aiming for the bill to be passed by both chambers of the diet before the end of the month. but that does not mean casinos will be legalized immediately. first legislation on ways to regulate casino operators and cope with gambling addiction must be passed. >>> japan's diet will toughen bus regulations. it follows a bus accident tha

she and her husband both do not join the communist party. they suffer consequences especially professionally. but they also create a sort of little secret hideaway, sort of a magical place with a flower garden that becomes kind of a refuge where they can escape emotionally from the stresses of society. paradise bungalow what they call it, becomes a tiny oasis of freedom and life energy. i have won't ruin that story for you. you have to read that one. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. well, welcome to the 33rd miami book fair. [applause] some of us have been involved from the beginning. many some of us gray beards realize we've been doing this more than half our lives which is pretty astonishing when i think about it. what an affair we have for you this year. we have everyone from james car develop to dane that perino to, we're doing a program this year call read caribbean. we have programs in spanish. we have wonderful new part of the fair called the porch, which is right that way. and

is state run news agency says attackers drove into a communist party facility and detonated explosi explosives. two people were killed and three others wounded. the bombing happened in the southern part of the region. the three bombers wide receiver attacked and killed. people have criticized government policies in the region calling them oppressive. a former top aid to south korean president park has denied colluding with the leader. this came out at the second hear of a trial relating to the crimes of park's long time friend choi. the former presidential secretary appealed at the seoul central district court. the president is enmeshed in an influence peddling scandal. chung was channelled with leaking 47 documents to choi allegedly at the president's approval. during thursday's trial, his lawyer admitted his client handed the documents to choi. but the lawyer denied that chan conspired with the president. saying the former aid did not receive specific instruction from park. during the first hearing last week, the lawyer suggested his client would admit to conspiring with the president. two o

party in germany doing? how is it different than the communist and socialist parties that are all over europe, and does it have anything to do with co-ops? >> yes. the name of the party in germany is called the die linke. "die" is "the," and "linke" is the german word for "left." they didn't want there to be any ambiguity about where they werere coming from, s so ty basically call thehemselves thte lefft party, die linke, and it is a party y that came together out of two other parties. first was the left wing of the social democratic party, the old established socialist party that has been in the governmentnt, has been the government. last leader of germany before angela merkel, the current leader, was a man named schroeder, and he was a member of the social democratic party in germany. the left wing under a very, very charismatic leader, which was important, a man named oskar lafontaine, withdrew from the socialist party in order--excuse me--to found this new party the die linke. thehe other part of the die linke is the party that used to be the dominant party in what was east germany. you know, the east germ

and the communist party that runs the country is very sensitive to the demands of the middle class thathave created, the 150 million people they have brought out of poverty, and those people say fix it, or we are to change the government. and they are doing that. they are closing power plants, they are closing steel plants, they are banning smoking in beijing even though the chinese government owns the tobacco companies. companies. it really does work. thomas friedman: china is really is the people's republic of deferred gratification, and we are the united states of get it now, instant gratification, and we have got to change that equation. terre: that can get a little painful. thomas friedman: yeah, it is going to get painful. the only question is if market or mother nature or political leaders will deliver the pain, but the pain is coming. terre: do you think we have time to change? tarja halonan: i hope so. we kind of know that whether it is already too late, but if we postpone it tomorrow, at least it does not help the situation. so it is time to act now. ♪ tarja halonan: i think s

. >> the leader of the communist party praised the prime minister of another sensitive issue.e asked him about expanded duties given to japanese peacekeepers in south sudan. for the first time in their history, they're being allowed to use weapons to rescue u.n. personnel. >> translator: there have been fierce battles there. what would happen if the new mission found itself in such a situation? self-defense force members would have to use weapons against south sudanese government forces. that would constitute the use of force abroad, which is prohibited by the constitution. >> translator: south sudan is not a safe place. there may be dangerous situations, but no country has pulled out its peacekeepers because of the security situation. both south sudan's government and the opposition forces welcome the contribution of japan's self-defense force unit. the sdf will never engage in a fight with south sudan's government forces. >>> a representative of the fight with south sudan's forces. >>> a representative of the nippon ishin party raised the upcoming meeting in japan between ab

and to stalin's surprise, the small holder's party won 57% of the vote. the communists only 17%. well, racosi was put in power anyway and resorted to what he called salami tactics which is slightly slicing off the opposition parties and getting rid of them until in the end the communists dominated and the secret police was put into police to arrest anybody who looked as if they might challenge the status quo. and the same sort of thing happened in albania, yugoslavia was a slightly different case. we don't have time to go into. but i wanted to mention one other thing stalin did particularly in the run-up to potsdam which was to push these governments, poland, hungary and romania to push their german minority out as quickly and brutally as possible. just sometimes people living in places like former east prussia had just a few hours to pack up and go. and the reason this is important is because all of these people were added to the destitute masses of germany and other countries in europe. the economies were in dire straits. destitute, bedraggled people all over the place. this was

this is something that gm has been in the good side of the chinese communist party.eware it's starting. that's all i want to say. gm has a very good move here because expansion, numbers are good, cash flow is good. a lot is because china has been such a standout for them. never expected to see this so quickly. >> it's a reminder of how many of our companies have significant amounts of business in china that that are profitable. i can think of one that has the largest market cap in the world. makes a great deal of money in china. >> do you think that willhe sum? >> lhow could it not? >> china and too much money being paid by the federal government to your company, these are new risk factors. they were not risk fak fctors te months ago. this is an inexpensive stock that may have gotten more expensive. >> a lot of work do between now and then for you and me in terms of trying to understand this and what's going to develop here in terms of the u.s. and china. first, we have the opening bell. that we can understand more easily. it's coming up right after this. hey gary, w

weis worth remembering that do have this communist party congress next year.y from lawmakers to resort back to stimulus if the economy slows. they want to see economic stability ahead of that event, so that is a risk as well. we hope to get more details later today. one, tom.ice sophie: let's get the latest on a public spat in india. group facing opposition and its plan to force out cyrus mistry. what is the latest? >> two american advisory firms are recommending investors d reject the vote to oust cyrus mistry. motors being one of six companies under the tata brand that are asking investors to choose whether or not to oust cyrus mistry. ratanterim chairman is tata tata, a psion of the founding family. isrelated news, ratan tata likely to step down as chairman trust, which is a philanthropic organization, but some suspected as a tool to control the tata group. sons is the holding company of this conglomerate. what is going on with the family? where do they stand right now? >> it is a complicated spat between two families. the founding family as not stepping ba

the communist party newspaper said the world's second largest economy could potentially penalize starbucks an unnamed american automaker. the report pressured shares of the seattle coffee company, as well as ford and gm with gm falling the most as you see there, almost 4%. the warning comes as american companies try to make a bigger push into china, and as president-elect trump tweaks beijing on topics from trade to taiwan. eunice yoon reports from beijing. >> reporter: china is sending a not so veiled threat to president-elect trump after he questioned the one china policy. today, the state-run media has been forecasting potential trouble for american companies here. the global times, the communicatist party paper, specifically referenced starbucks, saying the coffee chain, which has 2,500 stores, may perhaps have to watch its competitor, the uk's costa seize market share. separately, the china daily reported that antitrust authorities are now reviewing business practices of an unnamed american automaker which would likely be slapped with a penalty soon. ford said it's unaware of any inve

so we always have one eye on who the chinese communist party might punish.oes the chinese communist party like michael jordan? i mean, it gets a little granular. remember, they could say, listen, we think that no longer represents what we favor. carnival cruise by the way, yesterday, a fabulous quarter, talking about how they simply do not have enough ships to meet chinese demand. chinese communist party likes cruises, do they like basketball shoes, do they like starbucks, do they like yum? kentucky fried chicken? we don't know. what we know is none of that matters, it's what they decide to strike against, apple with the assurance they make a lot of parts there, they want to have that assurance in india too, but we all have one eye on twitter not just because messenger left cto an incredibly important guy, but one eye on it because if trump says, listen, i don't like what's happening in the south china sea and i don't care what they do to some of our exporters, which would really be rather radical. >> so everything we just talked about, does that mean this r

the pressure that is going to put on the yuan, it is the communist party congress. is maintaining economic stability. >> it is a laundry list of potential concerns. thank you so much. let's stick with politics for a second. policiesdonald trump's towards china are a particular concern. $150ank is redeploying billion and hiring 4000 staff. that chinant told us made the decision. >> the issue in china, an economy of that size and expert economy, to a consumer driven technology savvy research and development economy smoothly. big steps have been taken. the population is supporting the transition. that is reflected in political support. it is a massive undertaking. see the research side, the consumer side, it is going strongly. the chinese firms are beginning to invest in low were wage economies. myanmar,going into they are going into africa. you were a because something interrupts it. managedchina has successfully so far. >> how many do you think chinese banks have? see they report many things. there may be other elements in the investment companies that are yet to be

she remembers him as a star pupil, who climbed to the communist party ranks to launch the reforms thatchable lad, from an ordinary village. and in front of our eyes, he rose to become general secretary. he was very clever. so, 25 years ago, she remembers watching this broadcast and worrying, as gorbachev was forced to resign. it was the end of an empire. it's strange to think that gorbachev, such an important historical figure, came from this remote russian village. people here have told us they are very proud of that fact. and yet many russians have extremely mixed feelings about gorbachev‘s legacy, and particularly about the collapse of the ussr. some reminders of the old days remain intact here. lenin was restored only recently. but there's now a church alongside him. part—funded by the man who once led an atheist state. the right to worship was one change the villagers here welcomed. 0ver tea, they told me they liked gorbachev‘s economic reforms, too. but an increasing number of russians now regret the loss of the ussr. and that's true even here. translation: germany is united now,

more so than the communist party, i would say. >> hinojosa: all right, so we've got one minute left. let me ask you this question-- you think of cuba, do you think of optimism, potential, hope, you know, creativity, possibility, or do you think of cuba and think, "another decade or two of really rough times for the people there?" >> oh, i'd like to be optimistic for the cuban people. you know, i'm really fond of the cuban people. i spent a lot of time there, and i just... i mean, i don't think it'll happen as fast as a lot of people would want, but i think it's going to happen. i do think things are going to open up there eventually. you know, and i think people deserve a chance, people deserve some options. >> hinojosa: all right, and we'll see if anita snow makes it back to havana or not. thanks for joining us, anita. a real pleasure. all right, thanks. continue the conversation at wgbh.org/oneonone. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org - [narrator] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partn

it is about the communist party. stuart: let's reverse this for a second.robably push hard on china. do you think that will make china retreat into nationalism, dangerous nationalism within china as a response to trump? >> they have already retreated into a dangerous form of nationalism under xi jinping. that is continue ages what his predecessor, hu jintao is doing. under xi is accelerated. trump will face different cut period of time, even in best of circumstances chinese leaders test american leaders. april 2001 for george w. bush, and march and may of 2009 for president obama. trump will get a hard time from chinese leaders, especially because they know he said all those things about china. they want to defang him quickly before he can do real damage to their fragile economy. stuart: dying to see how this plays you out, it actually could be a very dangerous situation. it could be. gordon, come back and tell us how it is playing out please. gordon chang, everyone. thank you very much. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: all right. now this, in the united kingdom

came to united states in 1968 to go to business school, i was asked whether i was a member of communist party all that stuff, they went to great detail on a student visa, that no longer happens in europe they have a stupe stupid plan that thank goodness britain is not a member of but under a politically correct david cameron we did open our base to massive immigration. liz: if you try to bring this here in u.s., you are called antimuslim. >> everything you do, that is not little bi politically correct you are slandered, whether you are racist or sexist or anything. we have to battle this back. it fled the nazis to new york then to california, political correctness spreads eastwards across united states across atlantic into europe. and to stop us communicating with each other, in terms of that we understand. the words we understood since childhood are taken out. you can't say crippled you have to say that willed and all this thing. and this is trying to affect our military service, i could all armed forces of nato have been affected by political correctness in a very detriment a detrimental wa

>> for three decades the legitimacy of the communist party has been the delivering of prosperity. charles: would they crack down on their own people and take an aggressive stance towards taiwan? i always read ultimately there might have to be a military solution to that fragile relationship. >> that's what china says. but they do not take that off the table. the united states, the basis our one-china policy has been a peaceful resolution of taiwan status. once china starts taking about force and move in that direction, the whole basis of this relationship with beijing goes down the drain. >> have a fantastic week. i have a programming note for the audience. lou dobbs will be live tonight with a two-hour special. from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with extended coverage of the trump thank you tour. california electors nancy pelosi's daughter attempts to hijack my show and the democratic process itself. you said it was embarrassing information. >> i can't jacques i can't see. so i can't tell what you we would do after a briefing. charles: i gave you the opportunity to come on the show, let

but, of course, future of the communist party is secure. because they've got access to international capitol and legitimacy. >> well castro says he will leave in 2018 and we don't know if he will leave in 2018 and yet there seems to be this concern right now things could get worse for cuban people in this in between time. castro has been out of power officially for ten years now. but, is there a concern right now people yo this government this cuban communist dictatorship will clamp down and get clutches fighter now to dissuade anybody of any ideas from making move on castro regime. >> we should have de mapped economic or political reform as part of diplomatic opening. we did not and so it looks like yes, they're going to stay in power and you know, they're going to survivefiedle and a corrupt leereders and power comes 1st and human being an people serve the interest of corrupt tote tall tearian state. >> quickly we have 30 second. do you feel cuban americans from your take do they feel hope from trump president denny or concern? >> well i

implemented measures to open up the market despite these doubts over the tpp, how supportive has the communist partyen in taking the economy forward? very: they are doing a good job. it has been a communist government for the last 40 years. or so. track.re reforms on listed.ers have been the opening to foreign -- two markets to foreign investors has not happen. we have a degree that is in direct conflict. somebody needs to take charge of that and work it through. if the anonymous to have a chance of getting into the msci emerging markets. given that opening up to doestors has not happened, they want foreign investors to cool down on their interests and vietnam question mark -- vietnam? guest: we will get back to a situation where foreign investors could not buy [indiscernible] so everyone is able to buy. muchped it would be broader across the market. it has not happened. it does not seem likely under current conditions. >> thank you for your insights, cautiously optimistic about vietnam. telling us that the solid growth and howtnam is saying caution it is -- cautious it is about foreign investors. g