adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the changing faces of the chinese communist party and the ever so slightly aging face of our correspondent adrian brown well let's discuss the issues surrounding the congress with our panel in beijing that we have tangan he's a political and economic affairs analyst joining us on skype from new delhi job in jacob a fellow at the institute of chinese studies and in washington d.c. we have isaac stone fish a senior fellow at the asia society is center on u.s. china relations welcome to you wall i'm going to start with you because you are where things have been happening in beijing we heard the chinese leader say that china has entered a new era what will define this era well quite frankly a lot of the kind of things that he listed in is more than three hour intense discourse very solidly delivered quite a lot it's a difference from twitter tweeting other major leader but i mean seriously the things that will define china it's our push how it deals with the belt and road initiative they

before we start our discussion our long term china watcher out there as beijing correspondent adrian brown reports from the communist party congress. president xi jinping can control a lot of things but he can't influence the weather to the superstitious and many people here are the damp grey start to this congress was perhaps a warning sign. in spite of the weather this was a day of choreographed unity after what has been a tumultuous few years for the party. but there was a stirring welcome for the president. this is as close as the foreign media get to the opaque workings of china's communist party. she reported on his past five years in office saying the party had achieved miracles he also warned serious challenges ahead. our country is at a strategic point is the moment the future is extremely bright but the challenges are also extremely serious all party congress must assert their size and the high and the think of a danger in times of safety his address lasted three and a half hours if nothing else it showed that she now sixty four is healthy healthy enough to rule for another ten t

term and this congress seems set to cement his position as china's top leader for a lot longer adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the changing faces of the chinese communist party and the ever so slightly aging face of our correspondent adrian brown well let's discuss the issues surrounding the congress with our panel in beijing that we have tangan he's a political and economic affairs analyst joining us on skype from new delhi job in jacob a fellow at the institute of chinese studies and in washington d.c. we have isaac stone fish a senior fellow at the asia society is center on u.s. china relations welcome to you wall i'm going to start with you because you are there where things have been happening in beijing we heard the chinese leader say that china had entered a new era what will define this era. well quite frankly a lot of the kind of things that he listed in is a more than three hour intense discourse very solidly delivered quite a lot it's a difference from twitter tweeting other major leader but i mean seriously the things that will define china it's our push how it deals with the b

correspondent adrian brown joins us live from. age three and he spoke for three hours or so so you have the task of kind of wailing that town rested elsewhere the highlights are. well guess what he's still talking and i guess that proves that the chinese president is in good physical health he has covered a whole range of subjects and of course a lot has happened in china during the past five years these i think with a kind of stand out issues for me he said that socialism with chinese characteristics would continue that is a mantra that of course was coined by dung sharping who was responsible for the open door policy back in the early eighty's and of course that was a mantra you heard when i covered this congress exactly twenty five years ago so in that sense nothing is changed he also said that the controversial anti corruption campaign that he began shortly after he became president in two thousand and twelve will continue now that anti corruption crusade has so far snared more than one point four million party members so the

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founded china's ruling communist party well let's get more on this now with our china correspondent adrian brown who's joining us live from beijing just how historic a moment is this adrian for xi jinping for china and. well elizabeth we've had the chairman mao era we've had the dung shopping era welcome to the xi jinping era it is a very significant day for chinese politics throughout this congress president xi jinping has been stamping his authority outlining his vision not just for the next five ten or fifteen but twenty years now comes news that his name is going to be written into the constitution now only two other leaders have had their names written into the constitution that was chairman mao it took him decades for that to happen the other was done shopping the architect of all of china's many economic reforms his name was only added to the constitution after his death it has taken cheating paying just five years that's because during that five years he has turned the communist party upside down thousands of card or is have been purged in his anti corruption campaign and that campaign o

adrian brown al-jazeera in china. now some of the biggest names in italian fashion are restoring ancient roman monuments to their former glory the government is turning to private businesses to help pay for the huge cost of renovating sites such as the coliseum now after four years new areas of the building have been opened up to the public and parker went along to take a look. it's a steep climb to the top of the coliseum commission by the emperor of a speccy and in the years seventy two for the past forty years the fourth and fifth levels have been locked away from view until now welcome to the ancient cheap seats that probably wouldn't offer the best view of the regular bloodbath down below but they do offer a sensational view of the city. the opening of the upper levels is the result of a four year epic restoration project the outside's also been strengthened and spray clean to remove generations of grime the cost a colossal thirty million dollars and there's still more work to do the sheer scale of rome's archaeo

the only other member who's kept a spot in the seven man lineup his premier league could chime adrian brown reports . the guessing game over who will be china's new top decision makers is finally over. the line up includes five new faces all over sixty the men they've replaced to reach retirement day as expected president xi jinping and premier league retain their post but once again no woman was selected for the past week president she has been stamping his authority on the party a party he still warns is threatened by the virus of corruption. you know you have a young largest political party the c.p.c. must behave in a way commensurate with the status. this is as close as foreign journalists get to chinese leaders the president said he welcomed objective reporting but not apparently from some of the world's biggest news organizations who were not invited to witness the leadership stab you in theory one of these new leaders will replace huge in paying as president in five years time but the presidency is not the most powerful political position in chinese politics party secretary is xi jin

adrian brown has more from the congress in beijing. where president xi jinping spoke for incredible three and a half hours which proves if little else he's in good health healthy enough to perhaps rule china for the next fifteen twenty years even president xi jinping outlined a number of important issues during his address he said the china remained committed to fighting climate change you also warned against independence for taiwan and on the economy rarely he warned that china face severe challenges in the years ahead he also said that socialism with chinese characteristics the formula that has underpinned china's economy for the last three decades was now entering a new stage he also warned that the campaign against corruption would continue that corruption has so far purged more than one point four million party members the party really has been through a very tumultuous time in the past few years and the our people is by no means over but on wednesday we got a picture of choreographed unity this congress of course is all about pre

term and this congress seems set to cement his position this china's top leader for a lot longer adrian brown al-jazeera beijing qatar's leader is calling for a dialogue with the four arab countries have imposed a blockade on his country so after i mean one hundred thirty made the comments during the final stop of his tour through southeast asia he met the indonesian president djoko we do know in jakarta to sign trade agreements. and we've spoken about the continuing embargo imposed on qatar and the humanitarian effect it's having on qatari sites and those from the g.c.c. cats are as ready for dialogue to solve the g.c.c. crisis there are no winners in this we are all brothers and all losing out and so qatar is open to dialogue as long as demands and expectations are meds for all parties involved everyone sovereignty is respected spain has warned it will take the unprecedented step of seeking to suspend catalonia as autonomy if the region's leader doesn't abandon his secession beds this spanish government says madrid would trigger article one fifty five us spain's constitution and never befor

adrian brown al jazeera played. an elaborate five day funerals begun in bangkok for thailand's late king bhumibol agile a day now a buddhist funeral ceremony was held at the grand palace with king rama lighting candles in front of his father's coffin and more than one hundred monks chanting prayers the much loved thai king died just over a year ago after reigning for seven decades and you exhibition has opened in london igs lowering life in the internet age the main sponsor of the tech giant mazola hopes to inject a healthy dose of paranoia into our use of digital technology we've barkha went along to find out more. from the outside you'd be forgiven for thinking that this was an apple store but when you come inside you realize that there's much more than the latest technology on the show is a collection of art installations some of them full immersion sensory experiences that are designed to help as we evaluate our relationship with technology but almost some very big profound questions like what happens to all of

adrian brown al-jazeera beijing for women who quit their jobs to have children or look after elderly relatives often find it difficult to get back into the workplace but a new model in london is helping women regain their professional identity just baldwin explains. constructing a super sewer to meet the demands of a growing with us tideway is building the twenty four kilometer tunnel it's also building up its workforce of women with internships designed for women who've taken career breaks henry had to give her to time off to raise three children she wanted to go back but with a gaping hole in her c.v. companies weren't interested so she applied for a high level paid internship i felt quite confident but when i said i'm. going to what am i doing i do. these questions so i think that's a natural way to feel probably when you're suddenly back in that situation the internship now a full time job was organized by women return or they found many women needed support to get out of the house and into the office there is an erosion of self confidence and self belief that happens when you lo

stronger and more prosperous his message appears to be this i need more time to make that happen adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. on your mind of the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. back forces have driven out i saw from itself the cloud capital of raka in syria syrian democratic forces have raised their flag inside the city stadium which also had turned into a huge prison to hold anyone who oppose their rule the battle to take the city for myself again in june civilians have been fleeing for weeks as the fighting intensified i shall bring has more from attacking. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people who fled the fighting who were affected by the fighting. in iraq over the last few months of basically you will be able to send them back home because the into the areas that are safe about booby trapped buildings or mines in the area and some entire neighborhoods in iraq were completely destroyed this is going we hardly dacian and rebuilding iraq is something broke wising amount of. a lot of money. kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops

consolidate his power so what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on algeria. thank you. thank you thank you. thank you. there are two staples to vietnamese life rice and bamboo for its many uses. thank you. so hot hot hot hot. so we go now not on the out like that. you know. i am going to make one more. you know when you're not going to get new laws what are you going on new i mean you're got to get your home gotten it right you want to make up some not. so make up your. dollars that's looking to you know i mean here we make someone else's money but we didn't exactly do you know i mean do you going to be going to one point capital for a living but we didn't want to. write. the province of time who are has one of the largest bamboo forests in southeast asia. in just three years bamboo stalls can grow up to eight metres tall. it will. be and in my field the lamb. doesn't need. that myself. until night means i can get. to line of. a later. model. they carry the bamboo for more than a kilometer. from the my way. up t

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on the internet through new technology and is still closing off markets to foreign competitors adrian brown has more from beijing. this is the party congress where president xi jinping is stamping his authority by mapping out his vision for china for the next thirty years shining the banner of socialism with chinese characteristics is now flying high for the world to see it will be an era that is china moving closer to the center stage close to the great hall of the people where the party congress is taking place is an exhibition detailing china's technological achievements jewing the president's first five years in office the showcase offers clues to his ultimate quest to bring about what he calls the rejuvenation of the great chinese nation at the heart of that strategy is the creation of an economy built on homemade innovation with a particular emphasis on robotics and electric cars. these efforts with her wired power for support for building china's strength in science and technology product quality aerospace cyber space and transportation and for building a digital and the society pres

further consolidate she's power putting him on par with mao zedong who founded the communist party adrian brown has more from beijing. we've had the chairman mao era the dung sharping era welcome to the xi jinping era state media has confirmed the president xi jinping name is going to be written into the constitution this means he's now in the same club as chairman mao who led the communist to victory in one nine hundred forty nine and dunk shopping who was the architect of china's many economic reforms but it took chairman mao decades for that to happen and also dung shopping's name wasn't added to the constitution until after his death she jinping has achieved that in just five years this is being the congress where he's been stamping his authority outlining his vision for china not just for the next five ten fifteen years but for the next twenty and he now wants to be around to ensure that happens and the fact that his political thinking is now going to become the party's guiding ideology will of course make it much easier for him to remain in power perhaps for another twenty years now the p

the authority to push his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. and elaborate five days in bangkok for thailand slaking for me paul de put this funeral ceremony was held at the grand palace with king rama next lighting candles in front of his father's coffin more than one hundred monks chanting prayers and much loved type king died just over a year ago after reigning for seven decades. that cultivation of the cocoa leaves the base ingredient for to came as once again the columbia the government's trying to stamp out production by employing farmers to destroy the corpse by her. excess. coca fields extend for kilometers through this stretch of one splurge and jungle where flying with colombia's and pain are caught the police to look at the latest efforts to eradicate the country's biggest cash crop. farmers hired by the police are destroying the plains by hand in this region on the border with ecuador the grows more coca than the entire country of bolivia and. we have at the moment seven hundred policemen and three hundred twenty

the authority to push his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. and with an honesty to miscarry brown biographer and author of china the rise of it have you with us here in the studio. she's sixty four there's no clear successor which is somewhat unusual i gather is he just biding his time or is he actually planning to extend his his reign like well i think he's give himself a lot of flexibility so the problem if you have a successor as he he was a man who can tell successor and so for five years everyone was courting she and just ignored who so i think he's very aware of that and doesn't want the political kind of attention to be sucked from him so he's given himself time he's got this. there's a standing committee which is seven people and that's announced today and then there's a full politburo of about i think twenty four and there are younger people in that so he would potentially be able to pick a success from that group in the next five years or continue i mean i guess the fact that he's not naming someone away even you

consolidate his power but what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on i'll give you. the camaro rouge once ruled cambodia its oppressive policies by the nation's rich culture performance the band and most artists and musicians here. today a local circuits sparking an artistic revival by turning street kids into world class at the bands and at the same time pulling them out of poverty. this week and one on one east we go back stage into the lives of cambodian circus to. play. their song like the lower. part of our body of my heart but also. for the life go on but i love my family in the show when i played a part of the devil spirit that possesses the body of a despicable man who played a part on wonderfully in fact uplifting the man just wants to fit in and be a part of the community and he was above the village just to be checked and appease him for the fact that. the god son say his prayers and turn him into a beautiful woman a long hard look at. the beautiful woman and then take the bench and the holy just . twen

the authority to push his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. we're going to stay in china because we're here has a story about sexism controversies surrounding act here oh it's whatever. every night is controversial let's break it down for you so the first a giant has found itself in some seriously hot water on chinese social media after this thirty second advert hit t.v. screens it features a family dinner with a mother snaps of her daughter saying don't call me mom until you have a boyfriend and all of a sudden a boyfriend ip is in the shape of a very handsome man the parents are overjoyed and then. intended to try and redecorate the apartment with ikea products to welcome the new son in will now to describe the ad as extremely disgusting and aust of women don't get married they should be despised by others even if it's their own families and most of the outrage actually circulated on the giant chinese social media platform way bo which is where i hear posted it's apology i'll read some of it for you it said we understand

term and this congress seems set to cement his position as china's top leader for a lot longer adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. still to come here in the al-jazeera news hour president denies making insensitive comments to the widow of the soldier killed in the air plus a us university prepares to host a white nationalist amid growing racial tensions in the country. the n.f.l. bosses players and team owners for a second day in new york that and a lot more coming up later this. much of the eastern u.s. and now east encounter is settling down to a few days a fine looking weather except for florida maybe with from front to still lying but this cloud played tuck in in the pacific northwest as an active system is bringing snow to british columbia is bringing rain further seattle's max one hundred fourteen degrees probably no sunshine at tall and that's going to keep bringing rain through california washington oregon the snow for montana and snow for the hills for the sas san francisco is at seventeen degrees but if you look to your east you'll see rain or snow falling and that's the case the nex

jinping premier league that was the only one to retain his spot in the seven man lineup but as adrian brown explains there is no clear successor to see. the guessing game over who will be china's new top decision makers is finally over . the line up includes five new faces all over sixty the men they've replaced to reach for a time of day as expected president xi jinping and premier league retain their post but once again no woman was selected for the past week president she has been stamping his authority on the party a party he still warns is threatened by the virus of corruption. you know you have a young. just political posturing the c.p.c. must behave in a way commensurate with the status. this is as close as foreign journalists get to chinese leaders the president said he welcomed objective reporting but not apparently from some of the world's biggest news organizations who were not invited to witness the leadership stab you in theory one of these new leaders will replace huge in playing as president in five years time but the presidency is not the most powerful political position in

xi jinping is expected to map out his ambitions for china and further tighten his grip on power adrian brown reports. she jinping is a confident leader confident enough to be carrying out the biggest of a shake up of the communist party that has ruled china for almost seven decades. the unprecedented overhaul includes the people's liberation army until now untouchable three hundred thousand troops have been dismissed and top generals ousted with many accused of corruption combating graft in the military is part of a wider cleanup more than one point four million high and low ranking officials have been brought down including some regarded as political rivals she's also taken a hard line against dissent with a string of labor rights lawyers and social activist jailed many people have compared him to mao tse-tung but i think he simply doesn't mesh measure up to the to the quick and because. people fear him much more than people respect or love him and all of his power has the right from the fact that he has been very effective in using the anticorruption operators according to precedent she sh

adrian brown al-jazeera in china. still ahead an al-jazeera in sport find out who's claimed to pole position for the japanese formula one grand prix. in the hash tag hero when news coverage of looking for an easy solution we delved deeper from on says and challenge the status quo join me man the hot sun for a new season of love from at this time of his era. al-jazeera where every you are. up to mizzen has faded. cons elected leaders are divided. attention grows as fears that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who fought for democracy divide and conquer. part five of the six part series filmed of a five years. on china's democracy experiment and this time on al-jazeera. it's time for the sports here's five. thanks very much the netherlands have kept their slim hopes of reaching next year's world cup alive despite beating bellers three one on saturday they face in near impossible task they need to be sweden who they trailed by three points by seven goals in their final match to make the playoffs if they f

the authority to push his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al jazeera major well let's just take a closer look at some of the key figures and she is leadership team so as we said there is premier league chang was the only one to retain his spot alongside she has mainly responsible for overseeing the economy and leaving the cabinets the next and seniority is legion and show who have actively serves as she is confidant and chief of staff has been by she sighed during state visits and other important occasions there is also joe logie who's been overseeing promotions in the party for the past five years so that makes him a key figure and she's campaign to promote supporters and control the political hierarchy will speak to jeanne-marie yes sure she's a senior fellow at the university of london school of african and or oriental and african studies that so as excuse me joining us from london good to have you with us al jazeera so how significant is it that we saw him unveil sort of the leadership but how significant is it that he's broken with trad

adrian brown al-jazeera in china. now not probably disposing of electronic waste is a global problem no matter where you live in fact the united nations estimates that around fifty million metric tons of phones laptops and other electronic devices will be thrown away just this year alone now activists say waste has increased by more than sixty percent in last five years no surprises there as a throw away culture becomes the norm but we've all been that smart phones or computers. computers don't walk it costs more to replace them than fix them so out with the old and in with the need and if that isn't bad enough ninety percent of these races illegally traded or dumbs and it's a shame because most of the products we do throw away which harm our environment can be reuse in fact technology progress is rapidly new products and models are released and thousands of people want the latest gadget or gizmo but one man's rubbish as they say is another man's treasure and most of your household electronic devices might not functio

term and this congress seems set to cement his position as china's top leader for a lot longer adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. united nations says it's considering whether violence against muslims constitutes genocide or than five hundred eighty thousand ranger have fled me in march from bangladesh since august in what the un has previously described as textbook ethnic cleansing amnesty international accuses me of mass curacy forces of raping and killing villages and setting fire to homes is calling for an arms embargo on me in march and criminal prosecution of its forces un human rights chief says perpetrators of crimes against range of muslims must face charges and if they don't he's calling on the security council to act it all out there is mike hanna the crisis that began in august is only getting worse. the attacks by the american salvation army was met by a very methodical and well planned well organized response that did not seem to us to be anything remotely like counterinsurgency but a wholesale displacement of people from northern iraq to cox bazaar and bangladesh and so it had a

stronger and more prosperous his message appears to be this i need more time to make that happen adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the philippine president has declared the southern city of liberated a five month battle against fighters as the report of the threat of volunteer extremism remains not just in but across the mindanao region. this ceremony to signal the end of a month long military operation to take back full control of. an i saw inspired group called the mouth had taken parts of the southern philippines city earlier this year even though the military admits there are still pockets of resistance. here. i started with the mountain armed group raised its black flag over several government buildings last may now to fighters wanted to set up an islamic state in the mindanao region. but the significance is not lost today has been. liberated over a thousand people have died more than a hundred soldiers have perished in the battle lasted for more than four months. for the soldiers this celebration is bittersweet. in. our brothers whom we lost in the fighting especially our marine soldiers

what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on how this is. the top story tonight because. i think i'm right. i'm. going to. give me a little. bit. hello i'm richard gere's virgin europe the listening post here are some of the media stories we're tracking this week running scared more and more indian news outlets are shying away from stories the prime minister would disapprove of on the us media and the harvey weinstein story what took you so long the n.f.l. loves a man in a uniform we look at the league's relationship with the pentagon and let's call the american n.r.a. what it really is nonsensical rifle addiction people who suffer from n.r.a. and have a big impact on the environment sometimes the reaction to a news story can tell you more about the state of politics in a given country and the state of the media there than the actual story itself that's what happened in india this past week a news website the wire reported on the finances of j m each shot the son of prime minister narendra modi's right hand

with this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown live coverage and analysis here. declares victory in austria's national election which feels to the right so where will the so-called take. what this is right for europe this is inside story. welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than now the results from austria as national election are in and it looks like sebastian kurtz is poised to become the world's youngest head of government declared victory after his conservative people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote it wasn't enough for a simple majority. form a coalition government that marriage is expected to be a union between his party and the second place far right freedom party during the campaign kurds adopted a tough stance against refugees and immigration in his victory speech kurtz talked about his mandate. thank you all. i have a big request for you used today to celebrate you all have ended through hard work and dedication at the same time i need to tell you that tomorrow the work starts we did not just run to win the elections we did so to br

consolidate his power one of the main for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on how this is a family business handed down from generation to generation but when this funeral director retire as will his son continue the tradition but don't think he was. naturally belfour just like i don't feel like i was actually built for a difficult choice for an al-jazeera producer caught between two worlds well it's really five tending to the dead to the living get better an intimate portrait of an industry most and counter only fleetingly al-jazeera correspondent death in the family at this time al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. this is al-jazeera.

the what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on our visit. in slave abuse i'm longing for you to. the plight of too many nepalese go after a lifetime of service a remarkable young woman breaks free. to lead the abolitionist movement of electrifying force was. driven by her favorite recollections of subjugation. my memory is my power a witness documentary but this time on a. new stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the way. al-jazeera. you're watching algis there over the hill robert these are all top stories the iraqi army says its achieved its goals of the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the country's north it's now in control of areas around mosul province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a setback to the kurdish administration's hopes for.

consolidate his power but what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on how the. provoking debate the corporate tax has not hurt job growth on the barack obama that well but only that's not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on media freedom of a tree killings torture maybe you giving me room and give me but challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who was killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them you didn't prosecute if you didn't show the shot that one saw a joint lead he has done for up front at this time on al jazeera al jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. i don't know nor untender nandan the top stories on our jazeera head of kenya's electoral commission is warning that he can't guarantee that next week's presidential rerun

consolidate his power but what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brownlive coverage and analysis here. this is al-jazeera.

the one of that means for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on out. we have a newsgathering team here that is second to none and they're all over the world and they do a fantastic job and information is coming in very quickly all at once we want to be able to react to all of the changes and al-jazeera we adapt to that. my job is is to break it all down and we held the view on the stand and make sense of it. facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt here there's a story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven i saw out of itself the cleric capital of rock in syria after a former.

correspondent adrian brown joins us live from beijing so he talked for for quite a while adrian day you know he setting an agenda for for his party and for us country so tell us more about what he sat. well rachele he actually spoke for three and a half hours which is pretty impressive and i think what we can deduce from that is that president xi jinping is very healthy healthy enough to perhaps you know lead this country for the next ten fifteen or twenty years that is certainly the message that his supporters would like to put out now he spoke during that time he touched on a whole range of issues because of course so much has happened in china during the past five years he said that you know china's economy was going to face challenges in the years ahead that was a rare acknowledgement that the economy is facing difficulties he also said that socialism with chinese characteristics which is the theory which has really underpinned china's economy for the past three decades or so will continue but it's now reached a new stage of development he also spoke about taiwan you're warning agai

the authority to push his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the un security council is considering a draft resolution that would condemn the violence against over her community and myanmar's rock and. the proposal expresses grave concern to its security forces they accuse of destroying homes and raping a woman. meanwhile there's been a new agreement between. hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled their homes more than six hundred thousand have crossed into just in the past two months. of international community for more help as conditions at makeshift camps the rate of a child even. just try and imagine you're trying to take care of the health care facilities for the population of the city of washington d.c. that is about the size of population refugees who crossed over to bangladesh in recent days from me on my plus those who are in recent years that would make up close to one million the size of the population we're living in squarely refugee camps all across there just isn't and i think hospital beds in this part of

adrian brown with more from beijing. we've had the chairman mao era the dung sharping era welcome to the xi jinping era state media has confirmed the president xi jinping name is going to be written into the constitution this means he's now in the same club as chairman mao who led the communist victory in one nine hundred forty nine and dunk shopping who was the architect of china's many economic reforms but it took chairman mao decades for that to happen and also done shopping's name wasn't added to the constitution until after his death she jinping has achieved that in just five years this has been the congress where he's been stamping his authority outlining his vision for china not just for the next five ten fifteen years but for the next twenty and he now wants to be around to ensure that happens and the fact that his political thinking is now going to become the party's guiding ideology will of course make it much easier for him to remain in power perhaps for another twenty years now the past few years of course ha

adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. you know nations as is considering whether violence against muslims constitutes genocide well then five hundred eighty thousand revenge or have fled me in march for bangladesh since august in what the un has previously described as textbook ethnic cleansing amnesty international accuses me of massacres the forces of raping and killing villages and setting fire to homes it's calling for an arms embargo on me and maher and criminal prosecution of its forces your human rights chief has told others here the perpetrators of crimes against rangers must face charges and what we clearly need to see happen is that the violence must be brought to an immediate and those who are displaced must be invited back their homes must be rebuilt of course there are their rights need to be respected human rights of course we need to see we need to see those who are responsible for this punished and they need to be. brought up before a judge. is president donald trump is facing more controversy over his han