. >> running for president in indonesia. trained prabowo subianto extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990's when he was head of the entry special forces. he was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time -- ouster of long-time dictator. we will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former general's role in mass killings of civilians. then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. the united states in many ways was really the first up state. africa, the south founding fathers of apartheid did not intend [indiscernible] >> all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. sunni militants in iraq have reportedly executed up to 190 captives in the northern city of tikrit. the massacre took place earlier this month according to human rights watch. the news comes as iraq he prime

he believes it's too early for indonesia to participate in tpp negotiations. >> indonesia is not part of tpp right now. we are watching it very closely. indonesia right now is still having its homework on how to strengthen infrastructure inside the country. we are very busy in development. >> the new winner will have to balance economic growth with finding ways to raise up the country's millions of poor. improve education and health care. and rebuild infrastructure. the presidential election is scheduled for july 9th. hiromi hirose, nhk world. >>> some south korean business owners are breathing new life into old products. they're helping to fuel global demand for second-hand goods, and this new line of exports is turning out to be profitable. nhk world's anna jung explains. >> reporter: this is a rental shop for wedding gowns in seoul boasting over 200 dresses. but it's a fickle market. wedding fashions change so often that the dresses have a rental life of only two years. cheaper dresses are china are also hitting the shop's product life cycle. that means a growing stockpile of used

and a lot of it is coming from here in indonesia. they've converted the lowlands already. and now the palm oil plantations are moving up and up the slopes, to here, leuser rainforest. we've gotta go. >> leuser isn't the only place experiencing deforestation. since 1985, more than 50% of the forests in sumatra have been cleared, not just for palm oil plantations, but also for paper, wood, mines, and road infrastructure. what took thousands of years to grow is coming down at an alarming rate. >> look at that. we traveled for over an hour, deep into this palm oil plantation, till we've got here, the front line of the expansion. this expansion here is illegal under indonesian law, and it's all happening for palm oil. this timber will be shipped off to market, and in its place, in a matter of days, young palm oil seedlings will be planted. >> palm oil is one of the most widespread vegetable oils throughout the world. within indonesia itself and also china and india, the 3 of them account for far more than half of the, uh, the world's consumption of palm oil. but the u.s. and eu

to eastern indonesia.one spokesperson, it also canceled flights from five airports in eastern indonesia. domestic carrier, line did also.- lion air it directed last friday creating ash clouds creating disturbances. flights in and out resumed yesterday afternoon. according to the provinces regional disaster mitigation agency, volcanic activity, including gas and volcanic ash is in decline. it is a small standing volcano island largely uninhabited by used by locals for farming. we will continue to track the volcano and if you are flying today from indonesia and to indonesia, best to check your flight status. let's time -- time to check some of the corporate headlines. aaron meritslure away from airbus. it is talking about buying the -- lureemirates emirates away from airbus. it is talking about buying the 787. a deal between etihad and eight tell you is close but not yet sealed. italial enter -- and a tile is close but not yet sealed. it will enter into final discussions only under certain conditions. has di

. >>> morphing pictures out of indonesia -- more amazing pictures out of indonesia.he volcano belched three ash plumes today blocking flights in indonesia and australia. australia's deputy prime minister says it could take days for air service to return to normal. >>> all right. we have some clouds in the bay area not nearly of that variety although i was, you know, reminding myself that there are deposits of volcanic eruptions from the distant past that you can actually see in the cliffs above fort funston at the beach down there and it's pretty spectacular sight you might want to google some of that after you listen to the weather forecast. we are starting out with fog and low clouds along the shoreline. and that includes the golden gate bridge. and quite a temperature range, too. 80 at concord. 62 oakland. san francisco 60. santa rosa, 75. tonight we'll look at the fog and low clouds to persist at the shore. upper 60s i understand, upper 50s around the bay with mostly clear skies. out the door tomorrow morning, fog and low clouds to start the day with. but to fini

. >> indonesia can call itself the world's tenth largest economy after battling economic and political crisis for years, but not everyone is benefiting. some are earning more money, many are left behind. it's a huge challenge. when announced his candidacy markets reacted positively. tens of thousands of people living in slums were relocated and given jobs. she was mov moved to an apartment. >> a lot has changed. in the slum we could only sell sum goods and we were not sure we would earn money. now i have a fixed salary. >> for millions this is how life is like. their lives untouched by the economic boom whoever becomes the next president will have to deal with the growing gap between the rich and the poor to make sure indonesia is stable and the country as a whole prospers. the other candidate has a more initialistic approach. he has lashed out at foreign companies benefiting from the country's natural resources, a popular theme with indonesias overseas investors. >> i think it's very temporary. a week, two weeks. so in the week or two weeks it will be the prize of share drop by 10% to

and indonesians will decide who they trust to run indonesia. al jazeera, jakarta. >> the vatican has promised to seek the toughest possible penalty for its former ambassador to the dominican republic after found guilty of abuse. >> he's being defrocked and shamed in the most public of ways. the former ambassador to the dominican republic found guilty by the church itself of abusing boys. the authorities on the caribbean island where the alleged abuse took place has hoped an investigation. >> in my meeting with the holiness, he opened the meeting talking about the subject, and he assured me that the vatican would not be at peace. so if they have expelled him, that is the maximum penalty, expulsion from the priesthood and the church. >> reporter: for years the vatican has been accused of doing too little to prevent abuse by its own clergy. earlier this year the united nations called on the vatican to open up its files from the past. since being appointed pope francis has apologized over clerical child abuse, and has gone further than any of his p

towards indonesia because they might think the population as a threat.the two countries to remain friends. and emphasizing the importance of diplomacy to improve the relationship between both countries. , indonesiathe trust and australia must increase in medication and exchange it -- increase communication and exchanges. the tension between the two countries has suspended cooperation in several areas. tony abbott met with the president earlier this month. he is confident resolution is on the way to mend relations. candidates' towns but lookingalistic to strike a balance. the next debate is scheduled on the 29th of june. on-topic will be human resources and technology. >> thank you. is australian government again trying to get rid of the carbon tax. we can head over to paul allen who is in sydney. opposition stalled this last time. is tony abbott a bit more confident now? >> the odds have improved tremendously. there will be a new senate in australia from the first of july replacing the outgoing labour greens dominated senate which was really never going

that is the case for indonesia.nd, the political quagmire notwithstanding, despite martial law, a military coup, a market has been pretty resilient. >> clearly, elections are in massive thing for india and indonesia, thailand. how does that affect investor sentiment? time,this point in investor sentiment is pretty much, let's wait and see. take a look at thailand alone. someally, it showed resilience, but there is some sort of tapering. investments are pretty muted at this point in time. japanese carmakers are putting their investments on hold. sentiment, pretty muted. they are waiting and seeing what is going to happen next. , thank you so much for that. john dawson, thank you for that, as well, the outlook for asia in the second half. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines for you. bnp paribas is set to plead guilty to criminal charges in the u.s. over alleged violations of sanctions. that is according to a person familiar with the matter. the bank could be fined up to $9 billion. that is the big

over in indonesia and thailand we are seeing a mixed picture. thailand, that political intransigence with the military coup in place, not seeing collections for perhaps at least another 15 months. we are still seeing equity see some upside despite all of that. over in australia, on the heels of that china data, the top trading for australia, we are seeing gains there. the amount is slightly under pressure. in an exclusive bloomberg interview, the prime minister making comments about possibly identifying china in a u.n. court as it looks to fight over those maritime disputes. nikkei 225, it is climbing more than 2%. well despite disappointing export figures coming out of south korea. the strong one bank. -- strong won. >> european companies are becoming increasingly pessimistic about china, with some saying the golden age for multinational's is over. stephen engle spoke to the to see what iser striking the sentiment down. the economic slowdown is a game changer. companies operate in an environment of 10% growth for many years and now they are dow

whether be it indonesia, the philippines, india or taiwan tech. china has a little bit of a catch up. then these countries with better macroeconomic stories continue to lead the market. >> what do you like in terms of something you did not like last year? recently upgraded russia to overweight. ea --rt with russia over we started the year with russia overweight. it looks as if the tension between ukraine and russia are diminishing. we also need to hedge ourselves a bit because with the problems in iraq, we want to make sure that the portfolio has some hedges in it for higher oil prices. so going pro-russia is a good sign. we cut korea from an overweight down to a neutral position. woulde hoping that korea perform in line with taiwan. but some of the specific issues around the bigger companies in korea is holding that back. >> does the south korea story discourage you? the concerns with korea have not been quite company specific. elections juste finished and there are some concerns that maybe they reforms, there is not support for the kind of refor

nairn has reported from indonesia for years, previously exposing government killings of civilians. journalists covering the united nations held an emergency session on wednesday to denounce egypt's sentencing of three al jazeera journalists to between seven and 10 years in prison. peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed were convicted this week of "spreading false news coastal in support of the muslim brotherhood, deemed by the government a terrorist group. speaking before the united nations, al jazeera america president kate o'brien demand it the trio's release. >> we want our al jazeera journalists returned to their families and colleagues where they belong. we're doing everything in our power to achieve that. it has been 179 day since they were arrested. it is time for them to come home to their families, their colleagues, into their all-important work. >> an egyptian official attending wednesday session said it may take three to four months for the journalists appealed to be heard. also addressing the gathering the robert mahoney of the committee to protect analyst calle

indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world.ed he is not against foreign investment. but he emphasized the importance of mutual benefit from both investors and indonesia. is amply said the contract contract that needs to be respected. even when both candidates seem debateood, the -- the could not come up with a the candidates were discussing to make up its. >> thank you. pickwick check on the markets and how they are doing. by .6% by the end of its morning session. going down the sydney, we do have some traction there when it comes to these commodities trades with oil and gold climbing to nearly three-week highs with the escalation of violence in iraq. looking at the hang seng, yes, we are just a little below are. markets reacting with movements in crude and precious metals prices. and fixed-income assets, you see some escalation. geopolitical shocks coming out of new edge. singapore, a quick check of the straits times industry yes, we are flat. runs one of only four international operators in the mobile satellite services marke

you have the market leaders, like malaysia and indonesia.seeing carriers and more mature markets like japan and korea. falling in these two countries. let's take a look at japan, for example. -- thisining profits purchase of the u.s. carrier has expects --osts and expenses. you are seeing the first decline in 11 years. you have struggles with profit margins there. it is too much money to market. it is over 6.5%. where does this leave you now, as an investor? you want to take a look at the carriers in these economies. in indonesia, you have a fast-growing subscriber base. it is up 23%. there have the example that provides a lot of services that are up 13.5%. you have them up 4.8%. this, it is not just one huge market. it is very diverse and driven by different things here. you have spending habits and it is not always just about china. it is big. the risk is priced he regulation. they could be similar to what we are seeing and south korea. the message here is smaller markets. do not forget to look at relative valuation. i am david. guest has

the world economic forum's most recent global competitiveness report ranks indonesia 61st, india 85th8 economies for their infrastructure. decades of dysfunction have led to huge deficiencies on that front. >> it looks and feels different in an archipelago as it does in an subcontinent. somehow connectivity is a major theme for both with all of the rail, road, port investments that are required to address the connectivity needs. >> reporter: but there are promise of change in indonesia, with hopes resting on jakarta governor, widely tipped to be the country's next president. >> translator: hopefully indonesia will be like singapore with its mrt or similar transportation technologies. we will wait and see if there are any other solutions out there. >> reporter: change could also be on the cart in india with modi's sweep into power. >> i'm hoping that given the organizational background of the leader of the new government you'll see a little more development in infrastructure, at least in the city. >> reporter: this is the ceo of idfc which right now manages close to $10 billion in asse

this is important for the country. >> the election could be decided by indonesia's youth.untry has yet to achieve. the road to prosperity may be long, but the youth will keep leaders on their toes. bbc news. >>> now bad news. if like me you're planning to fly to or from france in the next few days, one of the two main unions representing air traffic controllers started a six day strike today. the other main union called off the protest against planned government cuts. civil aviation authorities expects three quarters of flights to operate despite the action. with me the travel journalist of the bbc world travel. what's happening? >> it's pretty messy. i've been getting the latest from the airports in the uk here. it's clear the impact is actually getting slightly worse than we had hoped. the way that it works is that the french authorities, the day before each strike tells the airlines you have to cancel a certain portion of your strikes. it's about 20%. however, those are only flights going to or from airports in france. there's a heck of a lot of other flights which are

it was carrying hundreds of illegal migrants from indonesia. >>> several have been killed in a suicide bombing, a taxi detonated packed with explosives next to where football fans were watching a world cup match. >> both the military and police confirmed yes, there has been an attack on football fans gathering to watch a live event in the holding in brazil. they are not saying how many were killed or injured by the explosion. hospital authorities in north-east nigeria confirmed many have been killed or injured by the explosion. the device was delivered on a trisickle. no one claimed responsibility. the finger of blame points to boko haram, which launched a violent campaign since the beginning of the uprising in 2009. thousands of people have been killed since then. a state of emergency has been declared in the north-east. over the last five or six months the north-east has witnesses a rise in boko haram attacks and the attacks are getting bolder. the nigerian authorities say they are trying their best to bring the situation under control. more and more attacks by boko haram is being re

we report on indonesia's changes ahead of the presidential elections next month.lus... [ ♪ music ] ..harmony in a land of dischord. we meet some of gaza's promising musicians. >>> and a disappointing comeback for tiger woods at the u.s. pga event. robyn has that and the rest of the sport later. stay with us, we are back after the break. >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the iraqi army launched a grouped and air offensive. a convoy of 20 rebel vehicles near samarra, it says, has been destroyed. and there has been air strikes in mosul. >>> e.u. leaders nominated the former leader of luxembourg as president of the european commission. he led a center rite group which run european elections last month. >>> one of mexico's vigilante leaders has been arrested for carrying unauthorised weapons. he's a member of a defense group battling drug cartels. snoos it was the act of defiance sparking wort war one in 19 -- world war i in 1914. a century later people debate whether the young boss ni an was a hero or criminal. we have this report from sar

. >>> people in indonesia are getting ready to choose a new president. the two candidates have made their appeal to voters in a televised debate. jakarta governor is running against the former general. they're looking to succeed the incumbent president yoed honeo. the election takes place next month. the candidates discussed how to promote democracy and how to get rid of corruption in indonesian politics. joko is backed by democratic party struggle the biggest group in parliament. he called for more transparency in the public procurement system. prabhal is backed by the third largest group in parliament. he proposed finding corruption by waiving the salaries of civil servants. indonesia's economy is the largest in southeast asia but many people fear that widespread corruption could hinder growth. opinion polls suggest joko is the front-runner but prabahal is narrowing the gap. >>> many people in the united states see hillary clinton as leading contender for president in 2016 but the former secretary of state says she'll likely wait until next year to ann

indonesia, 430 churches burned. let me start with karl higby and jonathan, both of you former navy seals. both of you fought on the ground. are we seeing the rise of radical islam in a way that's worse than what we saw after 9/11? >> absolutely. what happened in 9/11 was a build-up of a long time, but now we've gone into those countries, made even more people angry by fighting the war on their terms and wishy washy policies between two president sis. i think we're going to see an even steeper rise in violence because of it. >> we call it radical. the reality is we should call it for what it is. it's not necessarily terrorism. it's not necessarily radical. it is a global movement called the caliphate. when we fight these skirmishes, and create a vacuum and we basically do the dirty work for these really, really bad people who want to go and change the way the face of the globe. >> it's interesting, general petraeus said this week that we can't become the air force from one side over the other. >> but where we've crea

involvement in indonesia didn't end with the. failed sex tape according to journalist kathy caden who interviewed former officials from the u.s. embassy in jakarta the state department and cia quote systematically compiled comprehensive lists of communist operatives from top echelons down to village hargraves and as many as five thousand names were furnished to the indonesian army that's the same indonesian army that carried out the murder of up to one million people during a yearlong massacre look i can go on all day about what the cia has done to subvert the world and evolution of humanity but i only have a thirty minute show so please keep all of this in mind the next time the cia attempts to play nice and interact with the public it has nothing but contempt for because it's hard to fit it's a long list of war crimes subversion and extrajudicial killings into one hundred forty character trait. new york city is the center of the world and features some of the most prominent galleries in the world from moma to the guggenheim but

lane the cia will stoop to insure us and gemini even hold on to your seat because a failed plot in indonesia takes the cake sukarno the country's first president probably the most absurd character assassination plot of all time happened to him is this incarnate threaten the u.s. goals for southeast asia in the one nine hundred forty s. by aligning with its cold war enemies but instead of ordering a simple sasa nation the cia got a little more creative believe it or not the agency crafted a plot to produce a porno film starring actors who resembled sukarno and his russian girlfriend hoping that the circulation would hurt his popularity in the muslim country according to blues book production went as far as developing a mask designed to resemble the president alternately this scheme only produced photographs and sukarno's constituents didn't fall for the fraud he was ousted by a military coup regardless the following year u.s. involvement in indonesia didn't end with a failed sex tape according to journalist kathy kagan who interviewed former officials from the u.s. . in jakarta the state depa

in indonesia working in rural villages dealing a lot with some of the poorest of the poor and then she went on to work with women's world banking the ford foundation and they implemented some of the early micro so what is an economic out apologists are is a she was an anthropologist the economic anthropology came about because she was dealing so much with with the impoverished people so what she did was she went into these villages and also into households what a lot of people don't understand is that a lot of our men micro and macro economic theory was based on the household as a unit and in my film i have susan davis who's worked with microcredit for a long time who talks about how it took women and feminists to go into those households and see how the resources were allocated within the household to actually understand where funds and help was really needed that's why they also focused a lot on women in terms of micro credit ok so micro credit a micro finance just a bit of a review here this is the ability for. low income poverty income people to borrow very small amounts of money.

more conciliatory status coming out of the kremlin towards the new president in ukraine, so russia indonesia and the two other big ones in asia outside of china, are not expensive, but, arguably, india has had this eerie important election, and indonesia is going to have one next month, july, and i think one of them will win, and there are plenty of good things to talk about in the emerging space. talking aboutst the fragile five now. >> is it enough to put more money in emerging markets as to u.s. equity? yes, i think they really got clobbered last year on the back of the federal reserve tapering and various political uncertainties in this space, and the concern about china slowing now, for whatever reason, i am not entirely sure, the market seems comfortable with the fed tapering. they have managed to give the message that even if they raise interest rates next year, it will only be from .25 to .5. it is not like we're going back to five percent, and the political uncertainty seems to actually turning out to be a positive, and a lot of emerging countries, particularly india and maybe indon

thousand are believed and crucifixions most of its funding is traced to southeast asia particularly indonesia because she would the biggest muslim population on earth and look to the conflicts in iraq and syria. while baghdad seek support there are over whether the u.s. military intelligence needed for a precision getting involved in iraq again. weapons are already ended up in back to iraq is going to cost more money spent you know they've spent ready the isis insurgency is not just a problem if you are almost at five percent. currently trading at this price more than one hundred and for. the next couple of months. the situation could indeed become catastrophic iraq exports about two point five million barrels a day to the global market his production is about four percent used. as is about the same as what iraq exports so if we were to lose that oil from the market it would be the target for a long long time and even then it's not clear that saudi arabia would be able to replace the last sort of change on the oil market we're going to see people having this kind of an old. in the program wik

widespread beheadings and crucifixions most of its funding is traced to southeast asia particularly indonesia the country with the biggest muslim population on earth and would fall into the arrest of high profile jihad is there it said extremists are now turning their attention to the conflicts in iraq and syria. well baghdad may have the fish really asked for help u.s. defense officials are reportedly lacking intelligence information to actually carry out precise strikes defense analyst ivan eland says the getting involved in iraq again would be a major blow to america's federal budget but providing more weapons to the iraqi military i think would be a nightmare of a half of the weapons of already ended up in the isis hands or least a lot of weapons have so then you have the other thing is a good be a drone campaign or it could be a full fledged air campaign and the economic consequences of course all that cost money and the united states is already has a seventeen trillion dollar debt and i think we're already overextended around the world and to get back into iraq is going to cost more mon

they were hiking on an island in indonesia. it was a treacherous hike. if it happened on komodo island. >> my wife would have come alone to philadelphia. >> it was a life-changing experience for him. does that mean that his gary papa run days are over? >> no i'll do the one next year. >> all right. you are not at quitter. >> no, no, no way. you will see me doing it next year. >>reporter:at the hospital of pennsylvania i am dann cuellar "channel~6 action news." >>> the united states men he is soccer team gave fans much to cheer about the union hosted a viewing party in northern liberties. they gathered at the piazza at schmidts. they are leaving a legacy. tonight they held a special ceremony to reflect on four years at the school. class leaders showed off a time capsule. it shows the every day and the special moments that the class of 2014 shared. >>> still to come on news new problems for general motors after it recalls another 3 million vehicles. >>> a bear is spotted roaming the neighborhood. >>> 90 as well as more humidity and storms. all the details

widespread beheadings and crucifixions most of its funding is traced to southeast asia particularly indonesia because she would the biggest muslim population on earth would following the arrest of high profile jihad as their it said extremists are now turning their attention to the conflict in iraq and syria while baghdad seek support their advice over whether the u.s. has the military intelligence needed for persuasion earth difference on list even ellen says getting involved in iraq again would be an unwelcome blow to the. to the iraqi military i think would be a nightmare they have the weapons. isis hands that weapons have so then you have the other thing is. overseas but also the ice is still very crude has. to have a major major impact if you so if we were to go. it would be the tightest we've had for a long long time and even then the barrels we're going to see change and then we could even see another still ahead in the program with the late kitty comes on run the clock surveillance and. economic down in the final. day. sang i and the rest of life a living every week. welcome back to t

on the ring of fire in indonesia, a deadly eruption claimed the lives of 15 people in february. those killed would not outrun the sering debris that poured. more than 30,000 people had been evacuated from local villages as the volcano rumblings grew larger. >>> california has seven volcanos but that the usgs considers high risk. one of those is mount shasta which reaches 10,000 feet into the sky. part of the cascade ring, the last time mount shasta had a significant outburst. >> reporter: mount st. helens the wild child of the cascades remains the youngest, most active volcano in the southwest. the gaping wound from its eruption still sees raw. steam sizzling up from the hot rocks inside the crater an unmistakable arounding that it will roar to life again. the mountains once forested flags with barren. and for miles, steam and volcano ashes slammed them down that morning. here with an inspiring view of mount st. helens, bob andrew points out details of the eruption that almost killed him. >> we heard nothing, we felt nothing. we were too close. that's the strange thing about it.

he has roots in hawai'i and kenya, indonesia, and hawai'i is a cosmopolitan city, too, this is a good place to tell his international story. >> reporter: and while hawai'i can often suffer from the stereotype of sun and sand and little substance, the sheer number of visitors make the aloha state contenders. >> 8 million tourists come through hawai'i and they come mainly for the natural features of hawai'i, the beauty, the ocean, but they look for something educational and civic as well. >> reporter: hawai'i's vision is as big as the pacific ocean. maxine burkett. >> nowadays we have various things we can choose to enhance the library commission. one of those things could be a policy institute and we have a learning academy looking at cultivating the next generation of thinkers and leaders in innovative ways. >> reporter: while history has shown that presidential libraries are usually located in the commander in chief's home state which for president obama has many looking to illinois, his political hometown of chicago, hawai'i's governor neil abercrombie said that the president's ties

frontier being like indonesia and vietnam -- >> no, i would say -- >> nigeria. >> much more they areg capital markets. >> where do you want to be? >> i think africa is going to boom over the next decade. i'm not sure i would enter the capital markets -- rule of law is critically important and that is not necessarily here. i would be greatly numbers on --tern europe right now incredibly nervous on eastern europe right now. turkey -- jeff, can you help us understand what is happening there? >> valuation in turkey is still looking quite attractive. a lot of bad news has been priced in, and the domestic story continues to be a pretty strong one. we have to differentiate the good from the back, there is a lot of dispersion within the country itself. >> i think that what tom said when he was talking about the oil markets was key. in the geopolitical risk southeast asia islands. it is so imperative or oil is for these frontier and develop markets. >> we will have to leave it there but we will watch oil all through the day. dr. shen, we would love to have you back for a longer period. >> com

mongolia, indonesia can do it. chinese leaders very early on were calling for freedom of the press.y saw that it would be a way to relieve some of that steam. administrative measures just don't work. the only way is to provide more outlet. absolutely, i think that china is looking at some other countries and what they've done is absolutely ready for major steps towards freedom and .emocracy importantbe in an position rather than prison. >> do you think the event of the middle east have had an effect on political opening in china? >> i think chinese leaders saw the protest as something the u.s. had a role in. they thought the u.s. was aspiring to start some kind of revolution in china. there's a lot of paranoia about the u.s. trying to undermine or overthrow the party in some ways. whyink that is one reason xi jinping has taken such a tough line on just about anything political. it's a deep insecurity about the risks of unrest. >> i met something different. what happened in the middle east have given democracy a bad name in china. they want no part of it. >> i don't think ordinary ch