that was not to provoke beijing. so that was another element in the stir that he caused by his statements. i just say finally on taiwan is that the reality that i don't think anybody can be elected in taiwan who advocates independence. the people did not elect tsai to move toward independence. she frequently says she is committed to maintaining the status quo. she won't endorse beijing's definition of the status quo but i believe her pollees in fact generally speaking have been consistent with that. there are other issues, textbook issue, separating chinese history from taiwan history. things like that. but i don't think the people of taiwan are willing to bring down a disaster on their own heads. as many of you who suffered through some of my articles on leadership model will know i keep raising the issue of independence rather than one chinese. perhaps she could say taiwan independence is not on her agenda. that's a statement of fact from my point of view. she hasn't said that. when i raise something like that with

the talk about reform in beijing of course like everything coming out of china should be taken with a great grain of salt everyone knows that the president of china talks about a more open economy the reality in business looks quite different that's the same with the growth numbers coming out of china china has a long story and history of doctoring its economic data but the mere fact that for example this data more or less comes in line with what had been predicted by the government in beijing is reassuring for markets and we have to live with that i guess who come on let's have a listen in to one investor he's based in beijing and had some very interesting things to say about as far as access goes for foreign firms in china. well we've heard these these talks and i think all those who are holding the speeches especially the governor of the central bank are probably convinced that that's the way to go but what we see on the ground is that reform state owned enterprise reform is not happening actually at the contrary we're creating more and more gigantic monopolies like a railway or in

the talk about reform in beijing of course like everything coming out of china should be taken with a great grain of salt everyone knows that the president of china talks about a more open economy the reality in business looks quite different that's the same with the growth numbers coming out of china china has a long story of history of doctoring its economic data but the mere fact that for example this that more or less comes in line with what had been predicted by the government in beijing is reassuring for markets and we have to live with that i guess who come on let's have a listen into one investor he's based in beijing and had some very interesting things to say about as far as access goes for foreign firms in china. well we've heard these these talks and i think all those who are holding the speeches especially the governor of the central bank are probably convinced that that's the way to go but what we see on the ground is that reform state owned enterprise reform is not happening actually at the contrary we're creating more and more gigantic monopolies like you can see in a

beijing's definition as the status quo. but i believe her policies in fact, generally speaking have been consistent with that. there are other issues there. there are textbook issue, separating chinese history from taiwan history. things like that which i think need to be addressed. but i do not think the people in taiwan and just to bring down a disaster on their own heads. as many of you have suffered through some of my articles and leadership monitor know that i keep addressing the issue of independence rather than what china, perhaps he could say that taiwan independence is not on the agenda. that is a statement fact for my point of view. she has not said it. and when i raised something like this with mainland, they say yeah, sure. that will be a good thing. but she doesn't do it. and then there is a whole issue of taiwan independence and the party charter which is more complicated. the us role i think is important. we cannot forget that.when i just a bystander in this relationship. our goal is clear and consistent. tha

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 belt and road initiative they also have challenges in north korea south and east china seas and how to deal with just the sheer size of their growth internally they have issues that they have to address but i think you saw within the document that he read very clear signal as to why he wants his party his comrades to rally around this why sacrifice is needed and why they have to go along with this program if you have been what we mentioned earlier on the economist saying the president xi is now the most powerful man in the world would you agree with that number one number two explain to us how he has got m

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

to happen during this closed door session today what should we be looking out for there in beijing. there is no doubt that he will consolidate his power on this congress and what he should be looking out for is how much that means how many of the people in this standing homey t.v. in the hot seat leading group will be his people will be considered his people and also how he was able to get his ideas into the party constitutional common it was heat off well in his address president xi jinping said that china has zero tolerance for corruption within the ruling communist party hell successful has his anti corruption drive been in recent years. if we take the numbers it has been very successful one point three million officials have urged you to corruption if we see it as an element in power struggle it has been extremely successful he has been able to get rid of most of the people who would challenge his power by accusing them of corruption or by. proving that they have corrupt it has let the less successful in establishing an independent draft already that would function this recovery

or more now let's bring in our beijing correspondent much he is betting on what's expected to happen during this closed door session what should be be looking out for well as you said he's going to strengthen his position and what we should be looking out for is probably to what extent which means we should see who gets them you can see a hockey stick close is eating sort of how many of them would see loyalists and we should also see how you met with managed to get his name his ideas into the pot you constitution it will also give us that in how you read. the president she said in his speech earlier that china has zero tolerance for corruption within the ruling communist party how successful has she been in his anti corruption campaign in recent years. while it has definitely been the strongest anti-corruption campaign in the office within decades it has been quite successful if you know if you look at the numbers one point three million members or socialist urged it has been even more successful in strengthening seize power as he has a tool to fight against anybody who opposes and i

s correspondent mathias bullinger there in beijing. well while addressing the communist party congress president xi also said that his country supports an open world economy hinting at a bid for more global trade so what does that mean for one of the country's most important trading partners australia helena is here for a look at the i think it's fair to say terry the australia will certainly be paying attention to any statements coming out of that communist party congress in beijing china is australia's largest export market in the past signed a free trade deal back in twenty fifteen so let's take a closer look at the state of the australian economy well it set a world record for going without a recession for the last twenty six years since nine hundred ninety one the country's economy has only grown and that's largely thanks to an on power boom in things like this it's war materials tons of minerals coal gas and precious metals most of which are exported to china now the inclusion of australia in the trans-pacific partnership suffere

foreign companies are also dismayed at beijing's about turn xi jinping hums greater access to china's market the promise that hasn't always materialized. in many cases foreigners can only manufacture and market products in the people's republic with the chinese business partner at their side and there are restrictions and getting profits out of the country so many are listening to the speeches at the party congress with more than ten just skepticism. foreign companies inside china prize their secure data connections with their headquarters that way they can keep sensitive information within the fob but now china is set to ban the technology that makes this easier many see it as yet another obstacle to doing business in china. i'm calling is a german company that provides data system consultancy to foreign firms with operations in china. the beijing government is now planning to block access to virtual private networks will be pms encrypted connections that tunnel data traffic to a proxy server. b.p.'s cost just a few euros and have become a critical tool for secure communication betwe

the beijing government is now planning to block access to virtual private networks all v.p.n. . encrypted connections that tunnel data traffic to a proxy server. b.p.'s cost just a few euros and have become a critical tool for secure communication between foreign based companies and their headquarters. they're also used by millions of individuals to circumvent china's censorship system. because. most of our clients are very concerned. if not horrified upon it. because of how dependent they are come on v.v. ends. for been going on for lawson and. the author of interfered with b.p.'s before especially in the run up to communist party congresses but the regime had appeared wary of enforcing a complete lockdown on v.p. ends probably out of consideration for the business world but in the new year beijing will order telecoms providers to close the data tells us this is serious this time they mean it and they'll go through with it too. many details remain unclear. but for the european business community in beijing china's internet policy has always been troublesome. we see it as kind o

doubling down beijing threatens to make the great firewall of china even more impact. trouble cracking down on b.p.'s and turning the page on a greek tragedy after years of economic hardship leaders promise growth is said to return. and been physical and that's to business investors call it promise for teak they want action from china the leader of the world's second biggest economy has cast himself as a champion of globalization as the top economy the us were traits but is president xi and in his first term he disappointed many on market reform especially in the debt ridden state sector this time he opened his week long party congress with even more pledges valid to protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors said all businesses registered in china will be treated equally u.s. and european firms have banned from certain sectors and forced to share their technology with local competitors to gain access she also wants to strengthen state firms that could be good if it means tackling debt but foreign business groups see it as a push to foster home gr

now beijing is threatening to crack down on v.p.n. to lifeline for many foreign firms doing business that. and twenty six years without recession some countries may look at australia's economy with envy but is its economic luck running out we talked to the country's finance minister. this is your business update on her home free in berlin good to have you with us greek prime minister alexis tsipras says his country is quote turning the page after years of economic hardship citing forecasts of two percent growth for this year now he made those comments during a meeting with i.m.f. chief christine leg out but the latest figures suggest greece's goal of quitting its bailout program next year could be overly optimistic. a warm embrace for christine legarde the head of one of the institutions keeping his country of flows the greek prime minister and the i.m.f. chief both won greece to return to self-reliance as soon as possible with out in mind alexis tsipras presented an optimistic outlook for the future of the greek economy. after severa

that match gets underway in beijing's national tennis stadium on wednesday.rgios is first out in his match with mischa zverev. the pick of the men's schedule is in the evening when grigor dimitrov plays juan martin del potro. meanwhile, at the japan open in tokyo, milos raonic is into the second round. the canadian saw off his first round challenge from viktor troicki. the world number 12 and third seed beat the serb 6—3, 6—4 and next up he'll face japanese rising star yuichi sugita. but the japan open has already had a big casualty in the first round. number two seed dominic thiem was beaten in three sets by american steve johnson. in other tennis news, briton dan evans has been banned for one year after testing positive for cocaine. the davis cup playerfailed a doping test at the barcelona open this year and his ban has been back—dated to when the sample was collected on the 24th of april. the 27—year—old was ranked 50th in the world injune when he admitted failing a doping test and reached his first atp tour final this year in sydney. the international ten

joining us from tiananmen square in beijing is robin brant. be taking place on the final day of the congress? we get is some up from the president. it won't bea some up from the president. it won't be a rerun of that epic 3.5 hours on his feet last week. these will be the final words as this seventh and final day comes to a head, then later in the day we get to see changes that are likely to be made to this party's constitution. this is usually significant in china. mal saved in, the people who founded the people's republic of china. it looks like xijinping, he is neither leader, he will be given the same accolade. it is a hugely symbolic moment. also a moment to judge accolade. it is a hugely symbolic moment. also a moment tojudge how powerful this country's president has become. another key event comes tomorrow when the congress is formally over. we get to see five of the new members of the politburo standing committee. this is the circle of seven, the important decision—making body in this country. five will be retiring. i many will be the

our china correspondent robin brant is in tjiananmen square in beijing.curity is very intense for this event, which, as i say, comes every five years. it lasts for about a week and it starts today, with a significant moment, a speech from the country's president. more importantly, today the general secretary of the chinese communist party, xijinping, and that will look back on the last five years, assessing how the communist party has done and if it might live up to the pressures of reform. and looking to the next five years, which are more important for xijinping, because he hopes to stamp his authority on this party, consolidate his power in the leadership at the top of the party. and he hopes that will give him the opportunity to have a much stronger influence on trying to bring about the influence he wants in china going forward. so we technically do get elections here but people are not voting freely. it is a very small number of people. xi jinping will be confirmed for another five—year period in charge. crucially, there will be a substantial change

we will have the latest live from beijing.elebrations as islamic state fighters are forced out of raqqa, the syrian city isis called its capital. the son of a maltese journalist killed in a car bomb blames a culture of impunity for his mother's death. and we have a special report on the people who have risked everything to escape from north korea. china's top officials are gathered in beijing for the start of the communist party congress. it is a piece of political theatre, though key proceedings are shrouded in secrecy. president xi jinping is expected to consolidate his power for a second term in office. in his opening address, president xi will set out his future priorities. we are looking at live pictures from the congress in tiananmen square and just outside as our correspondent. it is getting started. yes, it is. prepare yourself for almost a week of... it is fair to describe it as the best of authoritarian theatre. just over 2000 of the most senior leaders within the communist party of china will gather here in the grea

in the new year beijing will order telecom providers to close data comes. >> this is serious.s time they mean it and they will go through with it, too. reporter: many details remain unclear. but for the european business community in beijing, china's internet pace -- policy has always been troublesome. >> we see it as kind of attacks on doing business in china and that is not good for china. we're looking at creating more productivity, more efficiency in the economy, certainly ensuring that companies have readily, timely and stable access to information. and it hurts for the companies even more. reporter: there is more in store for those companies. a new law on some security introduced even more laws to an already highly restricted technology regime. certain data may now only be stored on the mainland. for foreign countries in particular, the adjustments involved will be a major burden. >> ultimately, the cyber security law means not being compliant can get your company into serious trouble. it could even mean the company being closed down or having to disclose all of its data

that typifies the extent and speed of china's growth in just two years time this building site in beijing will house what could be the world's largest airports at twelve billion dollar investment that comes as chinese president xi jinping hailed a new economic era that's all about looking outward. will push forward a new situation of complete openness openness brings progress closing yourself off will inevitably lead to falling behind china's open door will never close it will only be opened further. but critics say the door is far from open many foreign companies complain about the difficulty of accessing the chinese market and accuse the government of failing to implement necessary reforms. one big issue the government is trying to tackle however is soaring desk the sum total of what china owes is now valued at two hundred forty six percent of its g.d.p. that sparked fears of a financial collapse for the world's second largest economy the true cost of debt fuelled growth has yet to be revealed and that party congress president xi saying he was keen to open the market to foreign investor

when beijing asked you to put your data center in china, you consented.ctivists ask, what happened if the chinese want your user data like photos and e-mails belonging to antigovernment protesters or dissident writers? again, you said you would consent. when the us authorities ask for your user data to invest with the investigation of the san bernardino terror attack, you do not consent. in fact, tim cook, you wrote 1000 word letter not consenting. let's review. you bend over backwards to please a murderous authoritarian dictatorship but make a huge show of defiance of the democratic government investigating the terrorist of 14 people. i wonder why could it have anything to do with china's 1.3 billion people in the fact that 90% of the chinese smartphone owners don't have your richard iphone. tim cook, we are fine with the businessman who is honest about making money but what makes us sick is that 145 million-dollar a year hypocrite tackles on about changing the world when his real motivation is greed. the tim cook is not the only one desperate to suck up

and i think that's a critical issue that both beijing alone but beijing together with taipei will need to mess with an exit me time i think they need to redefine what one china means, what unification means, what sovereignty means. and unless and until they can do that, i don't see, here's the question, i don't see a way out in essence. but i think they can do that and think they have had time to do that. michael i think is exactly right rather than on the 2020 date, i don't think it's a meaningful date and i don't think based on ian eastin's followed state expense been meant to be a a follow-up date in his mind. but i do think he wants to go beyond not losing taiwan before he leaves office. as i said i think it's focused on one china. they have been trying for a long time well before tsai ing-wen came into office to get consensus in taiwan. i don't think that's changed. i think it's become somewhat more problematic and in a way more urgent. so, yes, i think he wants a legacy but i don't know how to define it beyond what i have just said. >> i mean, dennis, you and i were both in a mee

and president xi jinping is in absolute control of it all right andrew thomas there in beijing andrew thank you. now you know such a state rex tillerson has been holding high level talks across the middle east he was in iraq on monday and met prime minister hideout a body that follows tension between the two countries about iranian backed militias in iraq to listen once they pop in a member nation forces to be sent home but how about of defending their own innocent old i made a brief stop in afghanistan to discuss the fight against the taliban we have to continue the fight against the taliban and against others in order for them to understand they will never win a military victory and there are we believe moderate voices among the taleban voices and they don't want to continue to fight forever they don't want their children to fight forever so we are looking to engage with those voices and have them engage in a reconciliation process leading to peace process and therefore involvement in participation in the government well tell us in his next stop is pakistan where the taliban is expe

for the nation and some live pictures there from the chinese communist party congress in beijing wherehe president xi jinping is expected to be confirmed by his positions for another five years the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness saddam's forgotten films that's going. on counting the cost china two point zero zero how president xi jinping wants to reboot the economy with a high end robotics look at why hydro economics is causing tension along the river nile plus the u.k. see you divorce is breaks it failing counting the cost at this time.

china's communist party congress is moving into its final stages in beijing. but very few of them are what you would describe as ‘young'. xu chuan is the exception and as he told the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell, he is optimistic more young people will get involved in chinese politics. two cities have taken decisive steps that will affect the car industry. from february next year, people in singapore will not be able to buy a new car until 2021. and in london, the mayor announced a new levy, the t—charge, on the oldest and most polluting cars entering the city centre. earlier, i spoke tojemilah magnusson from the institute for transportation and development policy in new york about the moves taken by london and singapore. i think london and singapore arejoining a big group of cities around the world that are finding the limits of the road network are at a tipping point when it comes to air pollution and traffic congestion and quality of life in cities and are taking drastic action. with cities like london and singapore, it makes sense to drive people to transit and

we have our entire team in beijing with all eyes focused on xi jinping. i wanted to ask about one of the remarks he made about china ensuring national security. when you are in beijing, we often talk about the economy, the outward miss -- outwardness of china, but when it comes to domestic national security, what is going on there? >> there is a lot that is going on in parts of china, regions. where china has great focus and great interest, on .rying to maintain stability but those have been going on for some time, and there's now a very robust approach that has been taken. then in terms of the online restrictions, we have seen a greatp in terms of the around internet access and social media as well. it is becoming a more stifling environment. also, executives and academics, five years ago, 10 years ago would have been far more happy to talk to you about some of their concerns and now are closing the doors on that, so it is a more stifling environment in terms of what is able to be as there in china, even economy grows relatively strong. beyond china, the

i went to beijing film institute.my: and you immediately got involved with politics and freedom of expression movement. >> yes, the first time trying to war called the democracy war. we put our art works or writings, our poetry on the wall. after the wall being torn down and people got involved, some of them being put in jail. that is the reason i decided to leave china. amy: you new right-of-way, you had just come out of exile, you knew what you faced doing what you did. >> yes. it is unbelievable. after the revolution, everybody has to think about the lessons they paid for this kind of harsh political moment. then some young people started protect it from this political event. crashed.gs the students. you know, the people who are trying to make china a more progressive. amy: so you left and you came here to the united states. >> yeah. i had a chance, so i left and i come to the united states. i stayed in new york about 10 years post of amy: the lower east side? >> yes. in brooklyn. most time, the lower east side, 3r

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

as he put it ensure the survival of mankind's our china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. 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. our country is at a strategic point in. 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 it then jeff 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 to fifteen years insists his supporters at one stage fo

let's get to tom mackenzie in beijing. of steel production have been scrapped this year. in a broader context, in the first nine months, steel production was above 2016 by 6%. is so shift seen between august and september where still production fell by 3 million tons. the chief economic planning group here in china said they would continue as part of overcapacity they are trying to curb and production and pollution curbs they are putting into place. take a listen to what the vice chairman had to say. >> we will stick to the mission of reducing steel capacity. prevent shuttered and illegal steel plans from returning to the market. china's steel industry still has a considerable capacity. out demand and supply and continue reform on the supply side. tom: we are seeing the impacts of this on steel prices. there is an impact as well, potentially european and u.s. producers of steel. the official also said they hope to transition 1.1 million jobs in two other services and sectors of the chinese economy. haidi: the congress is o

the beijing government is now planning to block access to virtual private networks all b.p.'s encrypted connections that tunnel data traffic to a proxy server. costs just a few euros and have become a critical tool for secure communication between foreign based companies and their headquarters. they're also used by millions of individuals to circumvent china's censorship system. because. most of our clients are very concerned. if not horrified upon it. because of how dependent they come on v.v. ends. for lawson on. the or thirty's of interfered with b.p. and before especially in the run up to communist party congresses that the regime had appeared wary of enforcing a complete lockdown on v.p. ends probably out of consideration for the business world but in the new year beijing will order telecoms providers to close the data tells us this is serious this time they mean it and they'll go through with it too. many details remain unclear. but for the european business community in beijing china's internet policy has always been troublesome. we see it is kind of sort of a tax on d

destinations fall in and out of favour on beijing's rulings.t year a top spot for chinese visitors during golden week, has dropped dramatically after political tensions with beijing and seoul. in order to keep chasing the chinese dollar, it appears one key strategy would be to stay in the good books of china. sharanjit leyl, bbc news, singapore. and now for some other business stories. ba rcelona—based bank sa badell says it's moving its legal base out of catalonia following threats by the region's leaders to declare independence. spain's fifth—biggest bank says that on friday it will start the process of moving its legal base to alicante. its headquarters and employees will remain in barcelona. according to reuters, the board of spain's number three bank caixabank will meet on friday to consider a similar move. shares of netflix have risen after it announced it's raising prices in the uk and us for the first time in two years. the streaming video service will also increase subscription charges in some european countries. a premium uk subscript

you are looking at live pictures of beijing right now. ♪ we are minutes away from the opening of china's communist party congress. taking live pictures in beijing, let's get to -- willamette more analysis. we've been talking about any mention of economic reform. that is not what this is all about. this is all about political leverage. politics and it was in his report. he is going to make a wide range covering everything from developmentcultural and even hong kong and taiwan. the number one question is whether or not they will point a successor. becauselso curious already compared to mao in terms of how powerful he is, you has a lot of grams. what is an issue that is going to be discussed around the scenes? is looking make sure like the ultimate power now for china. -- he is set to emerge stronger actually from isgress, but i think he planning to gain a majority which is the parties top decision-making party and perhaps going to have it enshrined. >> we all here -- what is the signal to send to the world. shake thereally parties in china?

to suggest that in beijing thank you very much thank you u.s. backed forces in iraq are carrying out mopping up operations one day after they took the city from support islamic state they're removing land mines and clearing main roads they're expected to announce the formal liberation of the city later today assuming forces capture the former i.a.s. stronghold on tuesday after an intense four month campaign. after an assault lasting four months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flag in rocco's main square. it's almost a near the main roundabout and we haven't seen any i.s.i. tell us we haven't seen any near the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next two days. but how do i feel i'm flying look at me i'm flying and i'm so happy. jubilation on the spot known as the round up out of hell over the past three years my ass used for public beheadings and crucifixions shoring the terror that characterize the militants rain. in twenty fourteen it was here that i celebrated its push into the city rocca was dec

this old remnants of beijing is vanishing. from the seven percent average growth seen during she jim pings five years in power. only the chrome have fallen through the fingers of the wealthy. released. independence headed to the polls this weekend for a snap election called by the prime minister himself chins army. the move described as a political maneuver by his opponents. but obvious says he wants public support for his policies. during a meeting this wednesday in tokyo he exposed his plan to increase childcare facilities. in order to help women enter the work force. but in an aging society where a woman's place is still very much in the home. how realistic is this polic? our correspondents* where and julie dongle hive have been meeting people there to find out. and nmama and you fewer foreign. this group of working pareres have big ambitions. as election day approaches. they're discussing how best to deliver that message to the political heat. some of the scenes were examining all the manifesto is to see which party is par

she's expected to be confirmed as leader for another five years under thomas has more from beijing.hairman mao had his court named in the constitution at the moment. and other presidents who have been named in the constitution they've only had theories mentioned thought is seen as a much higher. much higher level to have achieved. while president and while alive is totally unprecedented the u.s. is considering sanctions against me in march for its treatment of range of muslims the state department says washington may use a human rights lot target leaders or groups involved in the violence in northern rakhine state more than six hundred thousand are injured have fled to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown myanmar's army denies accusations of ethnic cleansing. the suspects in the killing of the north korean leader's half brother had been brought back to the scene of his death for a reenactment two women are accused of smearing a nerve agent on came junk them at kuala lumpur airport in february they say they were tricked into taking part and the pair could face the death penalty.

but to give us a sense. >> beginning of 1949, mao is doing clean-up operations taking over beijing and shanghai. but now the civil war had been going on over 20 years one way or another they have been adversaries 20 years going back to the '20s. at one time they were fellow travelers in this effort to modernize china with the regime of the dynasty trying to modernize china but in beginning in the '20s then now -- mao flees to the mountains but then there is a period where the japanese they were preoccupied with the japanese occupation during world war ii and never stopped clashing were fighting but their focus shifted to the japanese and then after the collapse of japan and hiroshima or nagasaki the civil conflict reignited this civil war that had been simmering came to the end game and that is where my story starts at the beginning. >> so this just hastens along so can you talk about that?. >> he went on in manchuria a couple of different times 1947 or 1948 so there is this historic debate about why cater i checked lost the civil war. end they made these errors at the decisive point t

to suggest that in beijing thank you very much. thank you now ben from on business says joins me now but now investors reacting to news coming out of the party congress in beijing basically they call it promised fatigue i think that sums it up quite nicely they want to see action from china the leader of the world's second biggest economy has cast himself as a champion of globalization as the top economy the u.s. retreats in president she's first term he disappointed many a market reform especially in the debt ridden state sector this time he opened his week long party congress with even more pledges he vowed to protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors and said all businesses registered in china will be treated equally well u.s. and european firms are barred from certain sectors and forced to share their technology with local competitors to gain access she also wants to strengthen state of firms that could be good if it means tackling debt but foreign business groups see it as a push to foster home grown com

as a teen he became party secretary in the village and was eventually allowed to study in beijing. you know. we had a very high opinion of his father and we were all therefore under the illusion that the son of a reform must also be a reform argue that. she. she has improved relations with russia and let china to increasingly take on the role of the superpower he is sticking by its ally north korea but now adopt a more critical time about its dictator. the usa wants china to exercise more pressure on north korea but she is cautious for the west china's human rights violations remain a big problem under siege critics even more harshly persecuted than before the most recent example despite suffering from advanced terminal cancer dissident a nobel prize winner. was forced to remain in jail until shortly before his death. she obviously enjoys being on the world stage especially with his wife the famous singer penley un with she at the helm china appears to be more martin but that's only partly true ultimately she stands above all for one thing the survival of the party that puts him wh