jiang zemin spoke english, and made big efforts to build good relationships with the u.s. rang the opening bell at the stock exchange in 1997. an economist says, he brought a liberal street to china's reforms with the assistance of zhu rongzhi. they implemented things that move china in the right direction. he was succeeded by hu jintao as general secretary of the commonest party and china's president. tom: welcome back to the open. we are 54 minutes into the european trading day. still risk on, gains of .3% across the european benchmark. futures up stateside, futures on the nasdaq .3%. we look ahead to jay powell and that speech, whether it tempers this equity market enthusiasm. and some of the use around china -- news out of china around easing of restrictions as we digest the death of jiang zemin. the u.k. is planning to relax ring fencing around banks, to get a hopeful big bang out of brexit. lizzy burden is across the details for us, what we know about the ring and sing -- fencing plans? >> the point was after the financial crisis to reduce risk and prevent collapses.

the former chinese leader — jiang zemin has died in shanghai. he was 96.ath of the tiananmen square massacre in 1989. for more than a decade he presided over china's extraordinary rise in prosperity and global influence, though it was also a period of increased religious repression, corruption and environmental degradation. steve mcdonell reports from beijing. jiang zemin will be remembered as the leader of china when his country rejoined the global community. a time of opening up and high—speed growth. he is also known as a powerbroker, economic reformer and something of an eccentric. after the bloody 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around tiananmen square, china was ostracised internationally. in the aftermath, jiang zemin was chosen as a compromise leader in the hope that he would unify hardliners and more liberal elements. he prioritised market forces, giving china the highest level practitioners who were seen as a threat to the party. the world trade organisation, and when it was awarded the 2008 summer olympics. singing... 0r showing off his hawa

affected by another major political development here, and that is the death of former president jiang zeminstate media today reported that jiang, who oversaw the country in the 1990s and the early 2000s, died in shanghai at the age of 96 because of leukemia and organ failure. under his watch, china entered the wto. hong kong was successfully handed over from the uk to china, and also a big multinational companies like gm, mcdonald's entered china, which was in a period of tremendous economic transformation and opening up now, in light of the covid protests, there are many who are already making comparisons with the tiananmen square protests in 1989, because for those protests, they were sparked by memorials of the death of another major senior political leader in chinese politics so, that man was beloved by chinese reformers, and what investors should really be watching for now is whether or not we see public gatherings and vigils for jiang zemin, which could potentially become a part of a larger protest movement, and what this all means for the power of president xi jinping. already, we ar

jiang zemin was i think a little more ready to experiment.uture growth, whereas today, that is rather less certain. time for the weather forecast. hello, many of us have stuck with rather misty and murky conditions today, and where those areas of mist and fog and low cloud have not broken up it has stayed rather chilly. more of the same to come over the next few days. for the rest of today, where the low cloud continue to linger, temperatures will continue to struggle. we have seen a little bit of brightness here and there, lifting temperatures into double digits and some rain in northern ireland and the north of scotland. elsewhere, once again, some big areas of low cloud and mist and fog and a few clear breaks allowing temperatures to drop—down to freezing or even a touch below. into tomorrow, this rain tending to retreat from northern parts, some big areas of limited fog, limited sunshine, and top temperatures at best between 6—12. hello, this is bbc news with me, tim willcox. the headlines... an historic breakthrough in the treatment of a

his dies former president jiang zemin was 96 . he came to office just after the 1989 to genamin squeal protests and cracked down . katrina, you look back on his life rare among chinese leaders junk. the men seemed to enjoy the spotlight. he stepped into the top job during a turbulent period. he was appointed communist party general secretary in june 1989 following the military crack down on student led protests in tenement square. his predecessor delta young had been removed from power for openly sympathizing with the demonstrators. john was a former mayor of shanghai, a city then at the forefront of ambitious economic reforms slowly spreading across the country. those reforms would eventually allow china to grow into the worlds 2nd largest economy and shanghai into global financial hub. although china presents itself as a communist country, an increasing number of party members are becoming millionaires. and some billionaires. as economic growth surged under junk, foreign investment poured in. in 1997 patriotic pride sought when

jiang zemin was crude and he rose to power after tee enna man square. a year after the bloodshed jiang told abc news, it was much to do about nothing. at first he was written off by most as a political light weight that wouldn't last. he was known as the flower pot. lots of decoration and no action. history would prove them wrong. >> jiang zemin has had many more successes than failures and he surprised many people with his staying power. >> as leader he courted the military and was determined to keep the communists in power while pushing ahead with economic reforms. >> he's definitely not going to be remembered as china's gorbachev, he's not even close. >> reporter: on an official u.s. visit in 1997, jiang was lauded by wall street and chastised by president bill clinton over human rights. >> on this issue we believe the policy of the government is on the wrong side of history. >> reporter: but he never gave ground on political reforms and explained why during a rare interview with cnn. >> i do think that to require all countries to adopt the same model

i want to ask you too about the former chinese president jiang zemin, the reports that he has died at the age of 96 of his death. could it be useful politically for she's been paying in view of what is happening right now on the streets across china? well, i think i'm already seeing a lot of p po morning and das of john's a me, it's less about and they really, you know, missed the time john was to president is more about and they are using a desk of jell using the morning of jazz of jung to, you know, sent a message you would really don't like the current guy. so, and also i saw some people are saying, let's go to the street and to code a video of commemoration of john. but you know, they wanted to use this event and to, you know, show their, that they don't like the current rule. they don't have the current, they don't like the current president. i'd have to look down some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. democrats in the u. s. congress made history to day choosing the 1st black lawmaker to lead their party in the house of representatives on hawking je

in the aftermath, jiang zemin was chosen as a compromise leader in the hope he'd unify hardliners and, who were seen as a threat to the party. he was at the helm for the hong kong handover, when china joined the world trade organization, and when it was awarded the 2008 summer olympics. with it be playing ping—pong, singing or showing off his hawaiian guitar skills, jiang zemin was a showman — in sharp contrast to the leaders who followed him. exciting! too simple. sometimes naive! he famously gave hong kong journalists a public dressing—down in english. and his images have become gifs and emojis, still flying around chinese social media with a mixture of affection and hilarity. at a press conference with former us president bill clinton, there was debating and light—hearted banter. it's hard to imagine this happening now. cbs news asked if he was running a developmental dictatorship. am i wrong? of course, this is a big mistake. big mistake? of course. in his elderly years, there was still talk of him retaining a factional power base, as he survived rumour after rumour that he'd pass

you will see it again, victor, as the country tries to figure out how to celebrate the life of jiang zeminformer chinese president, who died yesterday because he represented an era of greater openness in china and certainly greater growth and you're already seeing chinese authorities scrub social media of praise of jiang zemin that they interpret as hidden criticism of the current president xi jinping. >> yeah. david sanger, always good to have your insight. thank you. >>> so team usa is getting ready for their next big match against the netherlands following their huge win over iran, and they're not the only winners. usa women's soccer is cashing in on this victory too. we'll tell you how, next. before... & bath fitter. before.. & bath fitter. if you have a "before" bh, now's the time to call bath fitter to get aeautiful "after." with our unique tub over tub process, there's no mess or stres spend smaron a beautiful new bath done right, backed by a lifetime warranty. join over 2 million happy customers who know: it just fits. bath fitter visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation

former chinese president jiang zemin has passed away. e media report he died today in shanghai of leukemia and organ failure. jiang took over as communist party leader just before the tiananmen square protests in beijing were crushed in 1989. his 10 years as president saw rapid economic growth. jiang zemin was 96 years old. so forces -- security forces moved to stop new protest over strict covert policies. amateur video showed riot police carrying shields and patrolling streets. protesters toppled a covid testing tent. meanwhile, rally goers in japan and elsewhere showed support for the demonstrators. this woman from shanghai turned out in tokyo. >> this is the first time actually 've seen the chinese people really stand out in public saying we don't like the , communist government, we hate xi jinping, we don't like these policies. this is the first i've seen. judy: also today china's ruling , communist party warned of a crackdown on what it called "hostile forces." in iran, kurdish protesters celebrated the national team's loss to the u.

china's former leader jiang zemin, who came to power after the student protests in tiananmen square inp on a vast scale and saw high—speed growth. a chinese communist party statement said he died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure. his death comes as china sees some of its most serious protests since tiananmen square, with many demonstrating against the tough covid restrictions. in afghanistan, an increasing number of restrictions are being imposed on women by the ruling taliban regime. in the past month, women have been banned from parks, gyms and swimming pools. girls are still barred from secondary schools in most of the country, and women are not allowed to work in some sectors. from kabul, yogita limaye reports. rare moments ofjoy in a country where so much is often bleak and sad. but the mothers of these children denied the right to be a part of the memories they're making. women aren't allowed in parks anymore. barred from the simple pleasure of a bit of fun with family and friends. this is only a male privilege now, one that many from the ruling taliban appear to enjoy, wh

as we saw with the innovation of ukraine earlier this year, for my chinese president jiang zemin has died and he was 96. he rose to power just off the t ellamin square protests serving as president from 1993 to 2003 chang is seen as one of the architects of china's transformation to a global power. thousands of people in south africa have been protesting against the planned release of janice walsh, the convicted killer of an anti apartheid lead m. chris honey. demonstrate is took to the streets of pretoria, while others marched outside parliament in cape town, while osha polish citizen was granted parole last week of to serve in nearly 30 years of his life sentence for shooting hani outside his home in 1993. he's you to be released on thursday, but he's currently receiving medical treatment in prison after being stabbed by an inmate, a blast of the ukrainian embassy in madrid, his injured at least one employee. officials say the explosion happened when the staff member was handling unless he suffered light injuries and took himself to hospital. the ukrainian foreign ministry spokespe

i want to ask you too about the former chinese president jiang zemin, the reports that he has died at the age of 96 of his death. could it be useful politically for she's been paying in view of what is happening right now on the streets across china? well, i think i already see a lot of people morning and das of jones and me, it's less about and they really, you know, missed the time john was to president, is more about and they are using a das of gel using them warning or jazz them down to, you know, sent a message you would really don't like the current guy. so, and also i saw some people are saying, let's go to the street and to code a video commemoration of john. but you know, they wanted to use this event and to, you know, show their that they don't like the current rule. they don't have a current, they don't like the current president and the current president use in ping. we could say that that his grip on power is stronger than the former president's ever was. is that grip now? is it beginning to be weakened? well, i think the protests on the street are a clear sign that, you

patrick, fog al jazeera hunker, former chinese president jiang zemin as died of the age of $96.00 the rose to power just after the 1989 tiana min square protests serving as president from 1993 to 2003 chang is seen as one of the architects of china's transformation to a global power. nato had supplied support to russia's neighbors on the final day of a meeting of the alliance as foreign ministers in romania, moldova, georgia and bosnia herzegovina who fear being destabilized by moscow have all received reassurances from nato. sweet meanwhile, says it's made progress towards an agreement with turkey on its admission to the alliance. ministers also disgust sending more and defense systems to ukraine. i think is if there's one the lesson learned from ukraine, is that we need to support them. now. the more support you're able to provide to these countries being the front, but under russian pressure inference in different ways. and it is much better to support them now than that done when we have seen her developments in going the absolutely wrong direction. as we saw with the innovation o

jiang zemin's fan base are not in alignment with xi are part policies.ll quite unique in this waiver _ have seen before? it is all quite unique in this waiver protest. i have seen before? it is all quite i unique in this waiver protest. they are no longer specific, summer planting political demands, freeman speech and challenging the legitimacy of the chinese commonest party and its leader. the waiver protests has organisation mechanisms. it is completely spontaneous and decentralised and breaks through the most pervasive chinese censorship and mass surveillance. look at the protest symbolism, white paper revolution, pieces of blank paper. a symbol of passive defiance. seeing this, it is a very powerful form of freedom of expression in a country where freedom of speech is not available. ., , available. how is the government differentiating _ available. how is the government differentiating between _ available. how is the government differentiating between people i differentiating between people protesting politics and government and those protesting the

we've just heard the accomplishments of the late leader jiang zemin. e implications of his death in this broader economic picture for china and their president xi jinping. >> absolutely. in the normal sway of things, although jiang, is a venerated figure in the commonest party history -- communist party history, this would have been a traditional period of national mourning. but the timing of this complicates the issue, because of the very widespread and deeper frustration around covid zero that we have seen, along with the protests breaking out in many of china's major cities. historically, in china, the death of a leader has been a reason for chinese people together. and there is a concern that potentially, over the two week period of morning we typically see, this may give an opportunity for protesters to rally together. we've seen a heavy police presence. this will be something that authorities are looking at very closely. the timing also highlights this really significant difference between the era that jiang presided over, characterized by opennes

former chinese president jiang zemin has died in shanghai at the age of 96.onomic reformer and something of an eccentric. gunfire. after the bloody 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around tiananmen square, china was ostracised internationally. in the aftermath, jiang zemin was chosen as a compromise leader, in the hope he'd unify hardliners and more liberal elements. he prioritised market forces, giving china at the highest level of per—capita growth of any major country. but political reforms were put to one side, and he has been criticised for the mass detention of falun gong practitioners, who were seen as a threat to the party. he was at the helm for the hong kong handover, when china joined the world trade organization... bejing! ..and when it was awarded the 2008 summer olympics. whether it be playing ping—pong... he vocalises. ..singing... ..or showing off his hawaiian guitar skills, jiang zemin was a showman, in sharp contrast to the leaders who followed him. excited! too simple. sometimes naive. he famously gave hong kong journalists a public dres

all this amid news tonight that china's former president jiang zemin, who helped modernize the country's economy in the 1990s, has died. the question now, will his death become a rally cry for renewed protests? china has been trying to top the covid cases for almost three years now, but this week, they hit the highest number of more than 40,000 daily cases. despite this, today, chinese health officials appeared to be softening their tone, urging local governments to avoid lengthy lockdowns. david? >> we'll be watching and waiting to see here. bob woodruff tonight, thank you. >>> back here at home, prince william and princess catherine here in the u.s. tonight. the first royal visit since the death of queen elizabeth. but their arrival overshadowed by the headline back in london tonight. the resignation after what a guest was repeatedly asked. abc's trevor ault from boston. >> reporter: tonight, the prince and princess of wales touching down in boston. the first visit by a royal to the u.s. since the death of queen elizabeth. they're here on a three-day trip leading up to the ceremony for

ah ah, let's take you through some of the headlines now. former chinese president jiang zemin as died. he was 96. he rose to power just after gentleman square protests, serving as president from 1993 to 2003 jang, as seen as one of the architects of china's transformation into a global power in china. protest is a fault with police in the southern manufacturing hub. of one jo as anger of a covey restrictions continues. similar demonstrations have taken place in beijing and shanghai, while not directly addressing the proto, the rude and communist of the high school, and it will crank down on what it referring to as sabotaged activities. china is foreign ministry is criticized in countries for commenting on its handling of the recent protests, the us ambassador to china had said the demonstrators have the right to rally peacefully. beijing also maintains its policies have helped contain the virus tunes on doing 2 more such over the years has fully proven that china covered protocols has protected the security and health of the chinese people to the greatest extent and minimized impact o

chinese politics today the death of the former president and communist party general secretary jiang zeminminutes ago state meade dwra said jiang died in shanghai at the age of 96 due to leukemia and organ failure. now, china was tremendously successful under his tenure. china joined the wto it also successfully oversaw the return of hong kong to china from the uk, and it was a time when gm, mcdonald's, as well as a lot of other multi-american nationals came into the country because it was a time when there was tremendous economic reform opening up there are already comparisons being made to the time of jong xeomin or before the tiananmen square incident in 1989. that's because there was also a death and memorials which had sparked the tiananmen square protests so people are making comparisons already, and in light of the fact we have these covid protests as well as a lot of these concerns, the chinese leadership is going to be thinking a lot about this. >> eunice yoon is your audio up can you hear me? >> reporter: now i can hear you. >> my question before was guan guangzhou, is beijing pr

former chinese president jiang zemin has died at the age of 96. jiang became president in 1993, and is credited with mending china's ties with the international community and overseeing its economic boom following the country's isolation after the bloody 1989 crackdown on the tiananmen square protests. jiang's passing comes amid a series of rare public protests against the government, triggered by beijing's stringent covid-19 policies. in afghanistan, at least 15 people, including children, were killed and several others wounded wednesday after a bomb exploded at a religious school in the northern samangan province. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. in missouri, 37-year-old black father and grandfather kevin johnson was executed tuesday evening by lethal injection. the u.s. supreme court denied his last plea for a stay of the -- stay. a special prosecutor had pleaded the missouri supreme court to halt johnson's execution in order to fully investigate evidence of pervasive racism in his prosecution but the request was denied monday.

>ft jia jiang zemin has died from cancer he was chairman of central military commission from 1998-2005. >>> the country's pmi is falling for the second straight month. it came in below the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction. it comes awake fresh covid restrictions in major cities as authorities battle a wave of new cases. former pbo senior adviser and mansfield professor has spoken with our asian colleague this morning and outlined the reopening options facing chinese authorities. >> there are many ways let's start with the first one the first is to relax the travel restrictions so they go in and go out so that's number one it should be relaxed number two is to elect people to stay home instead of transporting to some hospital or facility once they're diagnosed with covid number three is to relax the restriction of people who are in close contact with people who have the covid, and also number four is to require people to stay home rather than to go to the hospital when they are diagnosed to save medical resources for the most urgent and severely ill people. so there

affected by another major political development today and that is the death of former president jiang zeminersaw the country in the 1990s and early 2000s died in shanghai due to leukemia and organ failure. during his watch china entered the wto, hong kong was successfully handed over from the u.k. to china and mcdonald's, gm as well as a lot of other multi-national countries entered china which was in a period of tremendous opening up and reform. now in light of the covid protests that we've seen during the past several days, people have already been making comparisons with the tee enna men square protests in 1989. that was sparked by memorials after the death of another very senior leader in chinese politics who was revered by chinese reformers. so what -- for investors at this point what they should be watching for is whether or not we see public gatherings and vigils for jiang zemin do they eventually leave and add fire for a protest movement and what the impact could be to the power of president xi jinping. jiang was part of a competing faction to president xi. joe? >> eunice, once agai

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ah, i'm told mccrae into how with the headlines on al jazeera for the chinese prison jiang zemin has died. he was 96. he rose to power just after the tenement square. protests, surfing as president from 1993 to 2003 young is seen as one of the architects of china's transformation to a global power to gao from the center for china and globalization explains how young is seen today. i think his legacy is a very great legacy because he was the, a public china for about 30 years. and then his influence actually reached into the 4th generation. and until very recently is very much revered and respecting china and in leadership of china. really oversaw china overcoming the very difficult, challenging pods in the early 1990 s. m, normalizing the relations with the united states, the west launch and also joining w t o for example. which by the way, for the subsequent rapid economic transformation of china also and china protests have fought with police and the southern manufacturing hub of gong show his anger over covert restrictions continues. similar demonstrations have taken place in beij

just in the xi jinping era, but in the supposedly days of us-china relations under deng helping jiang zemin, were those leaders. zemin literally says to his comrades in this internal meeting, you know, clinton just told me the united wants to engage us, but don't be fooled by that. whether they call it an engagement strategy or containment strategy, what they want is to change us. they want our regime to change, to become a democracy, which means that we effectively lose our iron grip on power. we will never, ever let that happen. we're not going to do a stupid gorbachev move and up. look how that turned out. in 1989. you know the berlin wall falls because of gorbachev. we faced the tiananmen square and we rolled tanks into the streets. we're still here and we're on our way to become the dominant country. i think in their minds it was a natural experiment that justifies their ideology. and then accentuates the ideological aspect of this conflict. today. and i'm going to ask a slightly different of question, but i also want to get questions from you guys. so if anybody one please echo. we've

former chinese president jiang zemin died. he oversaw a period of economic growth after tiananmen square. the economy at double when he was in power, but he also resisted political form. he was 96. global news 24 hours a day -- global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm lisa mateo. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are looking at the oil pan in europe and the price cap announced. >> i don't think there is a resistance on establishing it. we are trying to understand and work with our colleagues across the world and in europe to make sure we are with the eu and they are taking the lead set the price. it reflects a price that restricts putin's revenues, his profits. jonathan: always good to hear from him, u.s. energy security advisor. counting down to chairman howell this afternoon, follow-ups on the s&p 500. down by .1%. yields are lower on the 10 year, 3.72, down by a basis or two. the two year in november has done nothing, unchanged

just in the xi jinping era, but in the supposedly days of us-china relations under deng helping jiang zemin, were those leaders. zemin literally says to his comrades in this internal meeting, you know, clinton just told me the united wants to engage us, but don't be fooled by that. whether they call it an engagement strategy or containment strategy, what they want is to change us. they want our regime to change, to become a democracy, which means that we effectively lose our iron grip on power. we will never, ever let that happen. we're not going to do a stupid gorbachev move and up. look how that turned out. in 1989. you know the berlin wall falls because of gorbachev. we faced the tiananmen square and we rolled tanks into the streets. we're still here and we're on our way to become the dominant country. i think in their minds it was a natural experiment that justifies their ideology. and then accentuates the ideological aspect of this conflict. today. and i'm going to ask a slightly different of question, but i also want to get questions from you guys. so if anybody one please echo. we've