against governor ahok, former jakarta governor, accused organisations against governor ahok, formerjakartanment tone to the demonstrations. people telling me they would overthrow the government of presidentjoko widodo if they didn't achieve their aims. this caused the president to order a review into these mass organisations and asa review into these mass organisations and as a result back in may the government announced that they would ban hizbut tahrir because they say they were going against the country's constitution. but they met a number of roadblocks, legal problems, that means that they can't automatically do that. so this presidential decree that has come out this week is an attempt by the president to get his will and to have that group banned and also potentially other groups as we go along. rebecca, you and i have been speaking much about the protests taking place in jakarta, speaking much about the protests taking place injakarta, and also the fear that many people have raised about freedom of speech being thwarted by the government. what has been said about that in line with

huge street protests by islamic mass organisations against governor ahok, formerjakarta governor, accusedo the demonstrations. people telling me they would overthrow the government of presidentjoko widodo if they didn't achieve their aims. this caused the president to order a review into these mass organisations and, as a result, back in may the government announced that they would ban hizbut tahrir because they say they were going against the country's constitution. but they met a number of roadblocks, legal problems, that means that they can't automatically do that. so this presidential decree that has come out this week is an attempt by the president to get his will and to have that group banned, and also potentially other groups as we go along. with the us distracted by a number of problems at home, china is seizing the moment to promote an alternative world order. its plans for a new silk road, a rail route across two continents, promises almost a trillion dollars in lending to boost world trade. in a series of special reports this week, our china editor, carrie gracie, is travelling