constituency, 2 1/2 years ago you were elected here and shortly after the sanctions were lifted and myanmar, berma's isolation from the rest of the world came to an end. now that reforms seem to have stalled, do you regret that decision to join parliament? >> no. no. because i didn't join parliament because i expected something from it. i thought it would give us an opportunity to contribute something to the development of the country and also of course if you believe in democracy, you do have to try to do your best to strengthen the legislature. >> how successful do you think that's been? it's been a struggle at times, hasn't it? >> i think life is a struggle. it's always a struggle. i'm relatively satisfied what we've been able to achieve in the legislature taking into consideration that we're only 46 out of 600 and we haven't done too badly. >> reporter: the constitution bars you from becoming president here. with less than a year to go before the general election, is the dream of becoming president over for you? >> first of all, that's not my dream. my dream is the kind of country i would like t

i was thinking of that critique in light of something that jeremy berma wrote recently. he said in the anti-corruption campaign, xi jinping has not yet gone after any of the second generation of the red founders of china, or the leading officials from the early stages of the people's republic. do we see in tandem with the anti-corruption campaign, or in connection with the legal reforms, do you see any ways that the group of families of which xi jinping is a representative are actually protecting or legalizing any of their prerequisites? is there any process of that ongoing in corruption of the legal angle? >> interesting question. why don't you start while i'm thinking. >> so i just blythely jump on. if you look at china more generally, looking beyond the current anti-corruption campaign, china faces a real challenge in that a generation ago there was no wealthy class in china. one of the by-products of rapid economic development, and that the chinese economy is as big or bigger than the american economy is, there's a whole new strata of wealthy chinese. many of whom ar