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. 

. >>> chinese president hu jintao has expressed his determination to fight rampant corruption on the ruling communist party. hu made the pledge in a speech at a ceremony held in beijing on friday to mark the 90th anniversary of the party's founding. >> translator: we have to implement strict policies against corruption. otherwise we may lose the trust and support of the people. it's a critical issue for the party. >> hu stressed that china will carry out political reforms in line with the country's situation, while acknowledging the citizens' rights are still not fully protected. china has adopted market principles under its one-party rule and overtook japan to become the world's second largest economy. the rapid growth has widened economic gaps and fueled inflation, causing popular dissatisfaction. hu jintao also expressed this. >> translator: it rests on a strong defense and a powerful military. the country must pursue a stronger defense as well as economic growth. >>> this aircraft carrier seen last month is a signal of the ongoing buildup. they bought the carrier 13 years ago. the

result people begin to fight against each other instead of working for what they did for president hu jintao a said that people's trust in the party could be compromised by incompetence and corruption and it's a really any danger that sure i mean as we know with you corruption is a danger to every government in the world look at the middle east and north africa one of the reasons they have to have problems now it's it's corruption so in china corruption is also because of course the government is worried their population does support the past as well the desperately for corruption growth for. there are still those social differences some people are very rich some people have record some by the officials are in breach themselves and this is of course dangerous for them because people might say that about one thing to go but you get everything i don't get it and i thought zero or china or russia say you know the will second knowledge is the economy which is extraordinary really are do you think this growing prosperity is due to their party's policies or other other factors involved as well wel

president who gentile is making a speech -- hu jintao is making a speech on the communist party's handling of the economy. they have become more prosperous and more materially wealthy. many people will support the party. there are a group of people, it is not clear how many, but there are hundreds of dissidents calling for political reform in china. they want a western-style democracy. that is something the party has ruled out. the chinese communist party will remain the sole authority here. >> july 2, the tour de france. had you become a vegetarian? >> at last year's door -- and there was contaminated meat. he said that all of the food being eaten will be prepared by the team's shaft. there is another story about how to refueled during the tour. one writer is a beg-- rider is a vegan. it is the first time a cyclist will come -- will try to complete the tour while being a vegan. [unintelligible] people fly in to threats from all over the world just to be at one of the 21 stages. >> the thing is how they will react to having people on the road at every stage. the french do not trust them. t

was a late night in january when he accepted a painting to be given as a gift to chinese president hu jintao you're standing there. you have to -- the south portico of the white house at midnight. it's freezing cold outside. and you're receiving the painting. >> it's no big deal. >> on behalf of the president that he's going to give to another world leader, which i i kind of -- you know, you tak a moment and kind of realize where you are. and it's pretty humbling. >> reporter: he's clearly loved every minute here. so this is where all the magic happens? >> correct. >> reporter: you're in this office with six other people. five other people. >> correct. >> reporter: it's kind of hot in here. >> it is. there's a little temperature control over there, but, you know -- >> reporter: it's not glamorous is what i'm saying. >> no. >> reporter: worker bees. >> yes. they're -- it's a great team of people here. i think they're putting in some hours doing some good work. >> reporter: penn says the plan was always to work for two years and go back to hollywood, where work awaits. a guest role on "how i m

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 many years. >> we have heard in the last year two premier wen jiabao talking about the need to acknowled

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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't succeed and so he decided to introduce democra

. >> rose: to hu jintao andothers.o they represent something different, or is it the generation after this generation that you'll see a different kind leadership, more open, more bolder, more aware of china's role on the global stage? >> i frankly don't think there's that much difference, and nor does it matter. ros from one generation ofpolie next. >> first of all, they all come from relatively similar background. none of them have fought the war for the revolution. so -- >> rose: none of them?none of t. and yet they have all tasted the fruit of open door and the reforms, economic reforms. but, you know, deep down, they're still very much into the legacy of communist party. so i think, you know, whether it's this generation or next generaon, i personally don't see much of a fundamental change, but i do see -- >> rose: in termof theattitude - >> the style, the attitude, the education. i think you would get more or less very similar style. >> rose: you don't have the samn leadership and the public at large that you have

that you do not expect reform to comele from the generation that's now takingower that replaces hu jintao and wen jiabao but you expect genuine reform to come from the next generation, which could mean literally eight ars from now. >> right. >> rose: because the next generation comes in in 2012. >> and so we have to knowuch more about who they are and what they're saying. we shod b translating everything they write and say so we understand it. and then we must hope they succeed. because if theyon't if ina enters a time of troubles with enormous tension, suppose their economy ceases to grow so effectively, the tensions between time and country, the vast numbers of migrant workers and so on, the housing bubble, inflation and so on what happens we know again from history, when a dictatorship... still a dictatorship, authoritarian system, faces these vast internal tensions, faces internal challenges, they try to divert it. and so their answer will beo appeal to nationalism. >> rose: but the chinese are different than that, in fact. what they see as the opportunity for global prosperity is the

joint statements we have put out with the chinese over the last two and a half years and president hu jintao and president obama had nine face-to-face meetings. you'll see a reference to that. they understand that. >> rose: except for the fact that t united states will remain a pacific power. >> it's important to demonstrate we can do that. >> rose: what do we say about their influence in the region? what is it rerecognize on the part of a growing, expanding economically power china. >> it's one of the most prow found view of strategic events in theoming century. it's happened with incredible speed. when you look at statistics and numbers over the last ten years, the rise of china has happened with incredible speed which is one of the reasons we needed to rebalance and engage in a deeper way. cole points on this. one is engagementnd we engage the chinese on solvingroblems, frankly. >> rose: give me an example of that where the engagement works at it best. >> well, let's art from the beginning of the administration. let's start on april, 2009, when the world faced a profound economic crisis.

there's a huge pron problem in with corruption, and hu jintao alluded to that in a 90-minute-long speechhing 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 stolen about $120 billion. that's a lot of money. the other problem you have, too, is that the communist party controls everything.k(q the head of the bank of china, the head of air china, the head of china telecom, which is basically american airlines, at&t, you know, they're all members of the communist party. you can't get anywhere unless you're a member of the communist party, and there's no mechanism for investigation if someone is corrupt. >> another celebration, we have 20 seconds or so. the other is happening in canada. big celebration for canada. >> o canada, william and kate are there. it was a big day. a 21-gun salute. i think we have pictures, what i thought was interesting and what a lot of the press are talking about, what kate was wearing, the maple leaf thing on

we will have a greeting from president obama and from president hu jintao.n turn, the american governors will visit china in the fall to continue this dialogue in the forum that we start today. it is a great opportunity, and then the baton will be passed individual group -- in a vigil governors in china and america to carry on the tradition we started here in february and july in america. thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this weekend on c-span, live from salt lake city, the nation's governors look at the lessons of 9/11 and features speaker, thomas friedman, talks competitiveness and the economy. look for live coverage saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >> next, ari and i have been 10 and tim armstrong talk about the merger of aol and the huffington post. after that, the deficit and debt reduction talks. >> this is the members room here at the library of congress, a private room for senators and house speakers. th

president who didn't tell him to visit the state of washington -- president hu jintao came to visit the state of washington, and as a result, we have emphasized knowledge of china. thank you each for your presentations. we are out of time, but i do not want to take away from the opportunity, so madame li and i have agreed to limit the questions to two. . you're sorry sorry. we will rotate from one side to the other. if we could keep the questions short. orry.am sar we could keep the questions short, meaning no more than two or three minutes, because we would like the opportunity to take questions. i will ask if a u.s. governor has any questions you would like to pose, our host from the great state of utah, governor herbert. >> thank you. i think it has been enjoyable new mexico formative for all of us to hear the comments from the presentations. i question is simply this -- we talk about we want to have better relationships with each other, to foster economic opportunities, and i just want to ask the question -- what is the obstacle that you see or the challenges which are going to get

we will have a president for -- a greeting from hu jintao. it is a great opportunity. then the baton will be passed to individual governors in china and america to carry on the tradition we have started in february and america. to every much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the opening session look at fostering education and economic growth. this is about 90 minutes. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. we will try it one last time. good morning everyone. good morning to the governors. good morning to our distinguished guests. the reason that i am good morning as loud as i can is because if you recall in february, i had laryngitis and i could not say a word. i am back. it is my honor to call to order the 103rd meeting of the national governors' association. we have a packed agenda for the next two and half days. let me run through it. we will have a governor's only lunch and business session. later this afternoon, we will convene the first-ever united states-china governo

. >> the chinese president jintao has warned residents of the communist party they must fight corruption to retain the support and trust of the people. mr. hu was speaking in a televised address to mark the 90th anniversary of the party's founding. our chinese correspondent reports this anniversary come as longside growing evidence of social unrest across the country. >> who said communism is dead? the party once lens by chairman mao is 90 today. other communist regimes collapsed, china's has gone from strength to strength. the men in suits may look like a relic from the past but today china's communist leaders were congratulating themselves. translator: looking at china's progress over the past 19 years, we have naturally come to this basic conclusion -- success in china hinges on the party. >> there was no mention of mao's disaster, tens of millions who died from famine or persecution but plenty of talk about how the party is restoring the dount greatness. chairman mao is still at the center of everything. looking down on tiananmen square, his body lies in state here. but the secret of the party's success is the way its adapted, dumping c