because if the chinese communist party is to rule, it has to have legitimacy. we need people's approval and support. mah had that. -- mao had that. >> it might want approval but the party is not going to told lerkses to get -- hold elections to get it, in fact a crackdown on dissent. all this, though, is swept under the carpet in yen-on. new members pledge their allegiance to the party. old ones renew their vows. and at the moment, economic success trumps political repression. that means the party still is strong and is popular as it's ever been. >> we will have live coverage of the celebrations in the coming hours right here on bbc news. a united nations tribunal investigating the murder of the former lebanese prime minister, rafik hariri, in 2005, has delivered a sealed indictment of the lebanese authorities. the suspects have not been named. but lebanese officials say several of them are members of the shia organization, hezbollah. including one senior commander. owen bennett jones reports from beirut. >> investigators and lawyers working behind these walls b

communist party say that china. children love the party, even before they are old enough to understand why. >> we are here to remember the parti's great achievements. great achievements. those achievements are not hard to find. it is a remote place far from the coastal city that drives china's economy. the communist party we energized this struggling nation. its success draws people from across china to hear. they come to see how it all got started. it is a pilgrimage to the chinese revolution's only land. this is the most sacred spot. people lived in caves carved out of the mountainside. the ideas that were stuck there are now gone. capitalism has largely replaced communism. the party is still in power. they had managed to do that by keeping tight control. party members sit in sessions or they get the latest instructions. they are learning political skill. >> why do we study mao tse tung? because if the communist party is to rule, it has to have legitimacy. >> it might want approval, but the party will not hold ele

china is marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of its ruling communist party. this is the seen in beijing. hu jintao addressing an audience. there were hundreds, including top leaders. he warned that rampant corruption in the ruling party marking the birthday could lead to a loss and a public confidence. -- a loss in public confidence. thanks for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. 

the party once led by chairman mao is growing. other communist regimes have collapsed, tied up's has gone from strength to strength. this might look like a relic from the past but the leaders were congratulating themselves. progress, at china's we have come to this basic conclusion, success in china changes. there was no mention of the disaster. tens of millions to died from persecution. and chairman mao is at the center of everything. his body lies in state. a secret of the party's success is the way has adapted, dumping communist economic ideas but keeping strict political control. they are crushing anything that challenges their right to rule. the communist party is presiding over an economic transformation. hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty. open just yesterday, the longest sea bridge spanning 26 miles and a bullet train line from shanghai to beijing, 800 miles long. under our to buy and democratic revolutions in the middle east, they are in the middle of the most severe crackdown cents the tenement square incident 10 years

building the communist party has involved -- mostly over land. forcing people to make way for lucrative new flats, offices, and shopping malls. there are many who believe the party is increasingly corrupt, unaccountable, driven only by power and greed. >> we have had no compensation. nothing. in january, their hired goons attacked us. we have decided enough is enough. >> we were lied to. cheated. our land was stolen and sold. they send thugs to beat us. nobody cares. and i will go on fighting until my last breath. >> despite this, new recruits keep swelling the communist party's rank. it has 80 million members and driving. that's no surprise really. the party is seen as a route to success in china today and it has eliminated all its rivals. >> flooding from a tropical storm in mexico has left two people dead and affected 20,000 others. heavy rain fall led a river to burst its banks in mexico city, flooding neighborhoods and overwhelming the sewer system. it's expected to bring even more rain. chile's ash cloud has grounded passengers again, but th

building the communist party's new china has involved frequent battle. most are over land, local developers making way for new plat flats, offices and shopping malls. and there are many who believe the party is increasingly corrupt, unaccountable, driven by power and greed. translator: we have had no compensation, nothing n january the hired goons attacked us. we have decided enough is enough. >> we were lied to, cheated. our land was stolen and sold. they sent thugs to beat us. nobody cared. i will go on fighting until my last breath. >> despite this, new recruits keep swelling the communist party's rank. it has 80 million members and rising. that's no surprise really. the party is seen as a root to success in china today, and it has eliminated all of its rivals. >> venezuelan president hugo chavez credited his friend and mentor former cuban president fidel castro for saving his health. in a phone call to cuban state television, he said it was fidel castro who persuaded him to undergo the help. cuban doctors removed a tumor from his pelvis. the greek coa

well, china today is marked the 90th anniversary of the founding of the communist party. amid this of congratulation, president hu jintao deliver a blunt warning to comrades -- corruption, he says, could cost the support and trust of the people. he was speaking to thousands of party members in the great hall of the people in beijing. joining me from the chinese capital is our correspondent. martin, is the 90th birthday seen as an opportunity for the communist party to reinforce its complete dominance inside china? >> i think in many ways it is time for the party to reflect, but arguably it has never been so popular as it is now. and one of the key reasons, one of the main reasons, is the country's remarkable economic success in the past 30 years. china is now the world's second- largest economy. and i think many chinese have bought into the idea. their lives have gotten better. where the communist party, of course, has not moved is the crackdown on dissent. and in the months leading up to this anniversary we have seen some of the biggest crackdowns against dissidents in ma

could be more prepared in beijing which held lavish celebrations to mark the anniversary of the communist party. this is the largest and most powerful political party in the world. this is also the second biggest economy. that growth has come at a cost. >> who said that communism is dead? the party was led by chairman mao. other communist regimes have collapsed, tied up's has gone from strength to strength. these men in suits might look like a relic but the leaders were congratulating themselves. >> looking at the progress, we have naturally come to the conclusion that success in china and changes on the party. >> there was no mention of mao's disaster, tens of millions who died from famine or prosecution. chairman mao is still at the center of everything. his body still lies in state here. the secret of the parti's success has been the way it has adapted dumping, and his economic ideas and the strict political control and crushing anything that threatens the parties' right to rule. the communist party is presiding over a transformation unlike anything that has been seen. longest sea bridge spa

could be more prepared in beijing which held lavish celebrations to mark the anniversary of the communist party. this is the largest and most powerful political party in the world. this is also the second biggest economy. that growth has come at a cost. >> who said that communism is dead? the party was led by chairman mao. other communist regimes have collapsed, tied up's has gone from strength to strength. these men in suits might look like a relic but the leaders were congratulating themselves. >> looking at the progress, we have naturally come to the conclusion that success in china and changes on the party. >> there was no mention of mao's disaster, tens of millions who died from famine or prosecution. chairman mao is still at the center of everything. his body still lies in state here. the secret of the parti's success has been the way it has adapted dumping, and his economic ideas and the strict political control and crushing anything that threatens the parties' right to rule. the communist party is presiding over a transformation unlike anything that has been seen. longest sea bridge spa

, and the communist party used emilia-romagna as an example of good governing. [speaking italian] [translator] it's well-known that the culture in emilia-romagna is traditionally leftist, and especially so after the liberation, as the region has been ruled by the communist party, which is communism with a humanitarian face, and has organized many useful things to improve the quality of life and of the population. [different man speaking italian] [translator] first of all, we have to bear in mind that immediately after the second world war, emilia-romagna, unlike other northern italian regions, was a strongly agricultural region. at the beginning of the 1950s, more than half of the work force was still employed in agriculture. from this starting point, we have arrived at the situation today in which, as in all other parts in italy, the service industry now prevails. as well as services to business, emilia-romagna provides some of the best social and health services in italy. statistics show the highest percentage of working women in italy, though they've not yet

but china is celebrating the ninetieth birthday of its ruling communist party which is also the largest political party in the world president hu jintao praised the party's achievements while in power that i did that corruption could cost him the trust and support of the people on this with not going to budge on off who's the director or the diplomatic academy of russia's foreign ministry has to do thank you very much for joining us here now the communist party came to power in china nine hundred forty nine hundred managed to survive a civil. suit spin very successful. despite its devised time reforms and china develops faster than any other country in the world so as a result it's still in power now the only other common a superpower the u.s.s.r. collapse the soviet union so what does china have that the u.s. is i didn't have well i think the soviet union collapsed because of the democratization that gorbachev would use them occurred because he couldn't make reforms chinese style he tried. he was resisted by the communist party he just stood by the military industrial complex he couldn

well the chinese communist party is celebrating ninety years since it was founded and after taking power through the revolution of one nine hundred forty nine the parties turned the country into the world's fastest growing economy from more i'm joined now by the deputy director of the russian institute of asian and african studies and they have well thank you very much for joining us here in the studio so ninety years on this communist china still as communist as it was or how has it evolved. in. rhetorics it's of course communist but of course it's not that communist as it used to be and some people even argue that even the top brass of the communist party the only lip service to communism while building capitalism well but of course a lot of ideological. peoples republic of china know you talk about the ideology of communism would you attribute a lot of the economic boom to the ideology that they have as a foundation i would say well if you look at india you look at brazil so there are these countries that have huge populations they all heard cheap at the start of their economic miracl

shanghai, but what is interesting and what a lot of people don't really understand about the communist partyty trumps everything. the army pledges its loyalty to the communist party. they don't pledge loyalty to the country. >> and they're celebrating with an epic film, they're encouraging, it's topening in 6,000 theaters. it's a big hit. >> this is coming from the central municipality of about 30 million people, the local party secretary there is quite ambitious and they've started the nationalistic revivals if you like, and they're actually even sending cadres back out to the farm for a month which is very mao-like, during the '70s you had to go work on a farm for a time. this is all about essentially trying to recapture the spirit of nationalism. there's a huge pron problem in with corruption, and hu jintao alluded to that in a 90-minute-long speech. he said corruption is one thing that can cost us power. it's costing us support. it's costing us the trust of the people. there was a study done by the central bank that said over the last 15 years or so corrupt local state employees have sto

but china is celebrating the ninetieth birthday of its ruling communist party which has also been not a spectacle party in the world president hu jintao praised the party's achievements well in power that i did that corruption could cost him the trust and support of the people on this now talking a very bizarre off who's the director of the diplomatic academy of russia's foreign ministry here the studio thank you very much for joining us here now the communist party came to power in china in one hundred forty nine hundred going to survive to salute all cause it's been very successful. at this point since you post the reforms. china develops faster than any other country in the world so as a result it's true or now the only other common a superpower the u.s.s.r. collapsed the soviet union so what is china. uses i didn't well i think the soviet union collapsed because of the democratization that gorbachev would use democratization because he couldn't make reforms trainee style he tried it so it was resistance but they're coming it's probably going to be just a possibility of industrial

is it communist party has chosen mikhail gorbachev as its general secretary. in nineteen ninety five gorbachev started his policy of perestroika to bring down the iron curtain soon after suffering of received that famous call from goldberg shelf he told him his seven year exile was over. when the abnormality of the situation became clear everyone went on to discuss it i said so what let's face the issue. i think we should get suckered back let him come back from exile and get to work because even at that time glasnost was already underway in the country. a week after gorbachev's phone calls sattar of return to moscow and was met by dozens of journalists sattar of had no idea what was in store for him he abstained from giving any political statements the first place he visited was is. the limited physical institute he went there to attend a scientific seminar but unlike seven years before he was not detained by the k.g.b. on his way there for groceries for similar to the seminar as usual on tuesday it was a seminar very much like the one that is being held here

now the chinese communist party is celebrating its ninetieth year after taking power in the revolution of one nine hundred forty nine the party's turn china into the world's fastest growing economy for more we're now joined live from the u.k. by professor shuji yal of the university of nottingham thank you very much professor yow for being on the program well china has made incredible achievements under the communist party but has the quality of life for the ordinary chinese caught up with this in. nomic boom which yeah i kinda really cure people leaving spending increase quite significantly even most recent one ticket for the poor people was an income hit increase now you need an income because of lighting equalities so dearly. it's not really obvious you have some sort of low income people will may not trios as heavy as to which people so yeah we have beer polices siskel economy but the kinds of social inequality and justice in corruption include in italy this guy quite a lot of social problem i think just following the train of thought of social problems so the president did mention