and that may come with hu jintao's name attached it. whether they add to the party's guiding ideology, i think is a trickier question, and if i were pushed to make a guess, i suggest i think no. i think this will await until '22 and the party congress. will xi jinping get another title? how many does he need, guess. but there has been suggestion that he'll take the title of party chairman. no. that's not going to happen. period. is the party leadership structure going to get changed? there's been suggestions along with restore chairmanship we ol' reappear legislation is of the standing -- abolition of the standing committee. i don't see that happening and whether it was floated as you suggest as a kind of a move in the chess match preceding the congress or whatever, don't think it's going to happen. thrill be a successor to change jinping's place in 2022 and 2023. think the will be. i'm basing this simply on norms and of course this is one of those ones that might not work that way. ... have to face the political confrontation and confl

and that may come with hu jintao's name attached to it. whether they go beyond that, and add to the party's guiding ideologies i think is a trickier question. and if i were pushed to make a guess, i think no. i think this will await until the 20th party congress. will xi jinping get another title? how many does he need, i guess? but there has been suggestion he'll take the title of party chairman. no, that's not going to happen, period. is the party leadership structure going to get changed? there have been suggestions, along with restoring the chairmanship. we'll see obligation of the party's bureau standing committee, maybe recreation of vice chairman. i don't see that happening. and whether it was floated, as you suggest, as a kind of move in the chess mastery in the congress, i just don't think it's going to happen. will there be a successor or successors appointed at the congre congress? to prepare successors in training in 2022 and 2023. i think there will be. i'm basing this simply on norms, and, of course, this is one of those ones

allison: we will see a defining moment that if he is more like those who went before him, hu jintao,nd he is crowned, in effect, as the emperor with no time limit, not only for a second five-year term but without any obstacle to a third term. if the latter, we see that he has consolidated his power, to an extent that i think we're going to see a surge of initiatives both at home, especially in the economic reform area, and also in toughening the authoritarian structure, which he has done, and abroad, as he has done. first, he actually has to settle for just being more of the same. i think we will find a china that is a little more cautious. charlie: we have seen someone who has accumulated power. mr. allison: right. charlie: he had more power at the end of his five years than what hu jintao had at the end of his term. mr. allison: yes. nobody anticipated. he is cautiously moving the pieces and has had this anticorruption inquisition in effect run by his best buddy, which basically instills fear in everybody and has taken down even members of the standing committee. charlie: the might

charlie: he had more power at the end of his five years than what hu jintao had at the end of his termmr. allison: yes. nobody anticipated. he is cautiously moving the pieces and has had this anticorruption inquisition in ,ffect run by his best buddy which basically instills fear in everybody and has taken down even members of the standing committee. charlie: the might be opponents for him. mr. allison: absolutely. charlie: were they guilty of corruption? mr. allison: since deng xiaoping said rich is our power, almost everyone has gotten rich. the people who have been selected also had another attribute. charlie: accumulate more power. but there is a 2 billion-term --it, and he can change that there is a two-term limit, and he can change that. yes, plus there is a 68-year-old retirement policy, so we will see a choice to runsr keep his buddy who the anticorruption campaign, who is now 69 -- he will either keep them on the standing committee, in which case he will erode this custom that you have to retire at 68, or he will have an opportunity. secondly, in general, the custom , at this

. —— hu jintao. his 90s. but in towel, xijinping's predecessor. —— hujintao.fluence is waning. this is their influence is waning. this is the first time xi jinping has influenced the top and he has done that today. it doesn't look like he is working through his final term. no, he clearly is not. look back to the work in that marathon three—hour speech last week and his china dream, which is at the centre of his leadership. it's not something that he hopes to see realised in the next couple of years. it's about a modern military by 2035. it's about reclaiming china's space on the ce ntresta g e reclaiming china's space on the centrestage by 2050. this is a man who believes this new era extends far beyond 2022. he would be set to leave this day —— stage as convention would have it. we are just giving you a shot here of the seven man committee, the most senior decision—making body in china, with of course xijinping decision—making body in china, with of course xi jinping at the podium. moving on with the rest of the news today. two senators from donald trump's re

even mr xi's predecessor hu jintao, touching his watch, appears to signal it could have been, well, ad for the main message. the world's second—largest economy will remain firmly under the command of a one—party state. and if anyone had any lingering doubts, mr xi has surely now swept them away. next week at the end of this congress mr xi will unveil his leadership key, the standing bureau of the politburo and surely they will tell something more about exactly how much power he really wield. a us—backed alliance of syrian fighters says it has taken full control of raqqa, ending three years of rule in the city by so—called islamic state. kurdish and arab fighters have battled for more than four months to retake control of the city, which was seized by is in 2014. our correspondent feras kilani has gained access to raqqa, and sent this report. this is what is left of the so—called islamic state capital. the empire is over. can we now say that racket is completely free of so—called islamic state? almost 99%. other any areas still under is control? no. the empire, it has taken four months

waiting in the wings who will be gradually start to eclipse him the way he started to eclipse intel in hu jintao last couple of years as president so that's the first thing and then secondly i think it means that she has really consolidated his power in addition to this public standing committee that was also the central military commission named he's got his allies in place and he's there to pursue his china dream for the next five years if that is the case the agenda has been set now and she does consolidate his power there were many issues that he touched on in this very short address to the international media which was around about twenty twenty five minutes of foreign policy was top of that. mentioning hong kong and taiwan than alluding to security in his area so one assumes the south china sea issues that china is central of. well well that's right i mean it isi him to also in that first address he gave to this party congress that stem winder of a speech of about. three and a half hours you know he basically said that this is going to be the era when china now starts going outward he real

the role of the party is much stronger than it was under hu jintao. it does stretching out into many more sectors of the economy, and he does see that as fundamental. as a former revolutionary hero, it seems very much ingrained in president xi that the party remains at the forefront. greater control on what can be said, what can be spoken about, and what can be printed online. those discussions. [no audio] much for that, tom mackenzie at tiananmen scale -- square. the speech now 90 minutes strong, still continuing, reflecting on the past five .ears not a lot of detail, but certainly some very broad themes , the veryough paramount nature and status of the chinese communist party, socialism with chinese characteristics. resounding applause. let's bring back david callahan, .irector of chinese policies you are right in the heart of political power here in beijing. what i find quite interesting is this idea that in davos, we heard from him, right, he gave the really powerful speech and had a lot of people questioning if china is now the helm of the global

like hu jintao. his immediate predecessor.e expected the first five years -- he ran a powerful anticorruption team for the first five years. his trustee lieutenant helped him. that conveniently wiped out many of his rivals. him.is a real victory for this moment in party congress. he has reached the apex of power. muchhe has harnessed as political capital as he can. -- how see how much capable he is as a leader in instilling changes. charlie: president trump is going to asia, on his way to beijing. xi jinping is talking about making this a giant celebration for donald trump in a sense. [laughter] charlie: north korea hangs over them. a lot of conflict they need to talk about. do we know anything about how he feels about president trump? donald trump says he has a great relationship with xi jinping and xi jinping says he has a great relationship with donald trump. the chinese are good at ceremony and flattery. [laughter] richard: i think they will treat donald trump sumptuously. i doubt that donald trump will get much out of it.

above as you said hu jintao and it is veryver significant. >> xi jinping has closed the 19th party congress amassed more power than any leader in a generation. in a break with the 25-year-old succession system, members of the politburo, the ruling committee, will be too old to rule after xi finishes his second term. that opens up the prospect that the president can stay in office beyond 2022. >> the politics of it are clear. he has consolidated power. it is not clear where he will go on the economy agenda. will he actually be emboldened to shake up the state-owned sector? will he actually go hard on putting flows in the economy? if you look at the personality promoted today, they were similar reformers promoted -- >> -- there were some whose background is not really great for the economy either, so it is a little bit as we were. >> ecb president mario draghi trying to head for the qe exit, but draghi emphasizing the central bank will proceed with caution. mario draghi: the decision today is for an open-ended program and it will not stop suddenly. it is not going to stop suddenly. matt: we g

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compared to other political reports such as hu jintao who mentioned democracy very often. now he didn't mention political reform which is interesting to note but. this emphasis on reform certainly acknowledges that the chinese part he will have to change its position views of the chinese society over the next five years. major part of his of his presidency has been about starting out corruption this is often seen as code for getting rid of the political opposition how successful has to be that. it's a bit hard to tell from the distance but the anti-corruption campaign has been a major part of his rule over the past five years when he took over in twenty twelve the chinese party was in a very difficult stage with corruption being quite rampant the population being quite unhappy. since then literally hundreds of thousands of fishel is have. and have been indicted for corruption and removed. some lower middle ranking officials bird also some very high ranking officials beginning with bush a liar and twenty twelve who was arrested as one of the shipping first acts and then. im

even mr xi's predecessor hu jintao, touching his watch, appears to signal it could have been, well, alook hard for the main message. the world's second—largest economy will remain firmly under the command of a one—party state. and if anyone had any lingering doubts, mr xi has surely now swept them away. linda yueh — economist and broadcaster — joins us now from westminster. you did not sit through all three hours? tell us about what he has set out. most politicians in the west would be lucky to get to the end of their first term and maybe a few yea rs their first term and maybe a few years down the line but he has set up years down the line but he has set upa years down the line but he has set up a platform taken as all the way to 2050. yes i think he's trying to address some criticism that china has been under that they do not do enough institutional reforms to support the second—biggest economy in the world. so even if he clings on to power beyond the second term as some speculate he might, his legacy by the end of the second term, he has set out to be setting china on a path of hav

heir now that is unusual but it's unusual simply in the last two terms under under just a minute hu jintao. didn't appoint an heir done shopping appointed many years and lost many of them before he finally came up with gentlemen ok this is what he said recently as well he said about guiding the international community towards a more just and rational new world order when it comes to international issues on the global stage sort of issues do you expect him to be top tackling. i think he will take a very different approach because he comes at it from very different reasons she jumping is not looking at creating a voice a chant on a world stage just for the sake of it she jumping is looking at global issues because he needs to tame global voices in order to manage domestic change at home we're looking at a at a socialism which is predicated on the idea of seeking truth from fact it's a bit of a long story to go through so i won't go into the details now but essentially it's about objective thinking it's about saying ok we want to get to this goal we're going to get to that goal if everybody b

even mr xi's predecessor hu jintao, touching his watch, appears to signal it could have been, well, ain message. the world's second—largest economy will remain firmly under the command of a one—party state. and if anyone had any lingering doubts, mr xi has surely now swept them away. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. and finally 110 years ago — edward the seventh was on the throne. a man died in care, he was severely autistic. the european commission has expressed its horror at the killing of a maltese journalist in a car bombing and called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. daphne caruana galizia was described as a thorn in the side of the establishment and the criminal underworld. she'd highlighted alleged corruption by senior politicians, including malta's prime minister who denies any wrongdoing. andrew plant reports. we have been watching this morning as 20 or so specialist scene of crime officers have been poring over the hillside over there wearing specialist forensic suits. they are working both in the fields and on the road which daphne caruana galizia was driving