ok well let's get the thoughts now i think to gary he's director of the china national association of international studies and he's here with us good afternoon to you victor thanks for coming on to r.t. firstly what sir your reaction then to the announcement of these terrorists i think the tariffs to be in polls by the united states all these exporters of steel aluminum products to the united states are the wrong sanctions are the wrong thing for the united states to do and it's very counterproductive and it will arouse retaliation by the power which these terrorists will be imposed and china will also react to these. protectionist measures by the united states and we urge the u.s. government to do the right thing to protect trade free trade and to avoid using these trade the protectionist measures against trading partners in the world china has said it will retaliate what sort of retaliation would you expect. it really depends on what the united states will do china has been working with the united states in the recent months there have been two members of the political role traveling to washington to me

china's economy grew to become the second largest in the world all right let's bring in our guests joining us in beijing we have victor gao director of the china national association of international studies in hong kong political scientist joseph chang a convener for the alliance for true democracy and in canterbury in the u.k. via skype keri brown author of c.e.o. china the rise of xi jinping welcome to all of you victor i want to start with you just how significant a move is it abolishing term limits in china this is one of the most important proposed amendments to the chinese constitution made by the central committee of the communist party of china and i'm sure the m.p.c. will have this amendment adopted was it is adopted to ensure that the incumbent president xi jinping will continue to serve as the chinese president for more than two terms that is ten years how long he will continue to serve after the original a two term limitation we do not know he may serve four years or he may serve even for another couple of decades this will help ensure the stability of the very top of the chinese leadership and i think it is a good thing for china it is a good thing for the world and the reac