victory to the remaining candidates are familiar crowd to the go to the unchanging leader of the communist party good ideas are going to present a fresh image with a campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party to still be in it on the streets trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promises never show his face. on the street politics there are only talk i have a big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage oh he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of sup

communist party in the autumn. obama says cooperation between the two countries was good for global stability.i jinping also met with u.s. vice president joe biden. yet another bump in the road to gris''s second bailout. eu finance ministers said the creek -- again delayed a final decision on releasing the funds. the meeting due on wednesday has been scaled down to a conference call on what they're calling outstanding issues. greece needs that bailout to avoid going bankrupt, and a new figures show how dire its economy has become. gross domestic product plunged 7% in the last quarter of 2011 compared to a year earlier. greece is facing its fifth straight year of recession. in greece may be the worst case, but it is certainly not the only country suffering in europe right now. >> the ratings agencies were on the prowl again last night. this time it was midi's with downgrades. it had some big targets. >> britain saw its outlook lowered to negative. that is not the same as a downgrade, but it is a blow to a country outside the eurozone that so far escaped the ire of the ratings agencies. >> it is

communist party. >> mr. xi describe you as a friend of the chinese people. that is not always a good thing. there is a lot of pressure to be tough on china. does america have it right on how they feel in their relationship with beijing? >> we have had 40 years. february, 1972. president nixon made that historic trip to china. we have had a relationship that has been based on shared interests, trade, investment. in entering a time where we will have to bring some shared values into the relationship. america is at her best when we live and speak of those values whether it is liberty, democracy, human rights, open markets, we should never shy away from those discussions or reaching out to the descended committee. >> they are also talking about things like a trade war, such as one of your colleagues was doing. that does not help either, does it? >> it is a very accomplished relationship. you have to sit down at the negotiating table and take all of the aspects of the relationship into account when you are carrying on a negotiation. there's trade and investment, north korea, pakistan, burma, the

goods. from high tech gadgets to fish. but it kidnap -- but it still cannot export books to china. this one about the secrets of the chinese communist party are banned in china, but are easily sold in taiwan. students make a point of visiting bookstores when in taiwan's just to pick up titles banned in china. taiwan is one of the biggest industries for publishing chinese-language books. and publishers, such as this one, are eager to tap into the 1.3 billion readers in china. he wants to see a breakthrough in this issue in upcoming talks in beijing. many people doubt that they can convince china to ease censorship. >> diplomats at the united nations say that russia has threatened to veto a u.n. security council resolution aimed at stopping the bloodshed in syria on friday. >> the russian envoy said that it had been a roller coaster of a day. the ambassadors from the security council met in intense consultations for three hours to four hours and were unable to agree on a syria resolution. the issue at stake is an arab peace plan that calls for the president to yield power to his deputy who would then oversee the political transition to new

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. >> reporter: his lineage runs deep in the communist party but jon huntsman believes that he can be goodp on economics and knowing full well that these are the issues that are going to determine whether or not the united states and china are going to get through the years to come. >> reporter: china has been blamed for the loss of american jobs but from 2000 to 2010, the state enjoyed an increase in exports. the governor of iowa thinks that xi can help with that. >> i think it's very helpful to the state of iowa. >> people here are excited, including the mcleans who say that they are honored that the man standing in their kitchen 27 years ago wants to come back. >> just for a little time, spend an hour, hour and a half, that's significant. >> ted rowlands is joining us from iowa. >> reporter: i'm in muscatine. >> i don't know why it says des moines. i grew up right outside of muscatine. iowa is the bread basket of america. it's just amazing. people must be buzzing about how important he is now. >> reporter: oh, yeah. absolutely. who knew? he's going to be in this house, he had dinner in

communist party newspaper. staff monitor the site around the clock. they came up with detailed instructions for government responses. they say officials should head off criticism by engaging with citizens on the site. >> translator: it's a good way to promote understanding with the public. i think it will lead to less friction and resentment. >> reporter: some local governments have embraced the site as a way to communicate with the public. officials in a city post news and information about 20 times a day. they immediately respond to comments from citizens. >> translator: we provide information that's relevant to people's daily lives. we hope it will bring us closer to the public and help us build a relationship based on trust. >> reporter: more and more users join the site all the time. they post more than 100 million messages every day too many for the government to sensor. now users suggest the site may be the best platform for free speech in the country. >> we have weather up next. >>> hi there and welcome back. let's first talk about australia. outbursts of heavy rain is continuing here in australia. as you can see this rain clouds as this rain band is actually going to be persisting here for the next few days this is

communist party ranks. they have to stand up and say, and talk about if there's comments like the mitt romney comment. >> to pick up on that good, it's not only this election they will face, but what is happening inside china and we only see the tip of it, is there are thousands of strikes, each year, growing in intensity. workers demanding higher wages as they see the growth in china. that and, and i understand labor in the country, why they feel it's a unlevel playing field with china subsidizing its exports, but that striking in china will effect a lift of the wages in the country more than the bashing. you know, there's also the possibility of what we have seen around the world with protests. there was a tibetan woman who self emmolated herself in china, you are seeing protest, with the use of social media, however censored it is. >> tibete has been a problem for china and apple suppliers in china are going to be investigate the conditions of the factories where our devices are a assembled. america's involvement in the human rights equation, how much does this sort of make it worse existing tension with the chinese? >> the

communist party school as the third host. this man says producers are finding it difficult to figure out what might offend regulators. >> there are goodentions behind the regulations. but then the rules become very complicated. and people down the line still have to car eye them out. >> reporter: but many of china's culture consumers disagree with the government's very premise. this man, who worked for an insurance company in beijing, is certain that western culture isn't taking over china. >> i feel both cultures are very good. they should be mutually beneficial and not replacing each other. >> reporter: chinese culture often takes western influences. walk into kfc and you'll find an egg tart and a menu almost unrecognizable to someone in the states. that fusion has happened on the internet too. which with more than 500 lliousers is even more popular than television. this person is an american who has lived in beijing for 16 years. he's a spokesman for china's top internet site and a well known local rock musician. >> aate low of the names that have become popular in china are indecipherable to western audiences. of course that's bec

good spirits but was visibly frail. his voice sounded a little hoarse. he was last seen in april when he attended the closing ceremony of a communist party congress. >>> thes victoria era novels spoke of social injustice and the struggles of the working class with a perspective that's still relevant even today. a look at how the writer's bicentennial birthday is being celebrated there. >> reporter: britain is celebrating 200 years of one of its greatest authors, charles dickens. prince charles and his wife camilla came here. this is where charles dickens is buried. prince charles laid a wreath there. he was yoind by filmmakers, writers, but also more than 200 direct descendants of charles dickens. it was the biggest gathering of the dickens family ever. we had a chance to speak with mark dickens, the great, great grandson of charles dickens. >> we in the family are completely bold over by the phenomenal interest worldwide of charles dickens. we know he was a great man and we're terribly proud to be related to him but this has completely taken us by surprise. >> reporter: as you can imagine, there are events happening all across the country. there is a dic

good. >> if i can break in there for a moment, do not hope for huge inflation in china, okay? the little leadership of the communist party of china knows that's its own death seven sense. it will not go that way and it will not happen. >> interesting discussion. we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much. and, erik, you'll continue to stay on with us as our guest host. >>> the other big stories from around the world, still here in asia looking, of course, at what's happening still in china. china saying the u.n.'s recent climb is not connected to vice president's visit next week by xi. it would imply a manipulation of the exchange rate saying china has been diligent about advancing its exchange rate reforms and will continue to do so. xi is touted to be china's next president is scheduled to meet with u.s. president barack obama next tuesday. >>> and some earnings to tell you about this time from the world's number two pc maker lenovo group are reporting numbers that beat market expectations. the company's profit surged 54% versus a year earlier while revenue rose 44% in the same period. however, growth was sluggi