stan grant joins us live from beijing with all the details. stan, the headline number obviously today is that growth number, 7.5%. >> yes, they really have their hands on other levers, haven't they? growth's a bit slower than it has been. in recent years they've been setting the target at 8% and exceeding that. they've also got the problem with the old model, the export model, the investment model simply isn't going to be enough anymore. you and i were talking a moment ago about that world bank report which is saying that china has to start this reform process, the government has to back off a little bit, allow private industry to work more effectively in a more liberal playing field with the publicly owned companies here and allow people to move more freely throughout the country, to work, wherever they can find it. it will mean more freedom in the economy if they want to achieve that. premiere wen jiabao has been concerned with the international outlook, this is what he had to say. >> translator: we are keenly aware that china faces many diff

as stan grant reports now, finding the truth could lead all the way to the top echelons of power. >> reporter: the streets of chongqing in southwestern china, more than 30 million people and the story shrouded in mystery. we are following this tale of intrigue, betrayal, and suspicions of foul play, that has now spread as far as britain and drawn in the uk's spy agency mi6. first stop for us, the british consulate. >> hello? >> reporter: yes. hello. i was wanting to know if the consulate official was in at moment. perhaps here some answers about what happened to neil hayward, a british businessman with chinese connections whose companies used to help broker deals. he was found in a chongqing hotel room last november. the british media reports that chinese officials say he drank himself to death and his body was cremated without an autopsy. now hayward's death is being linked to the sacking of a rising star of the communist party and britain wants china to investigate. just come out of discussion with the consulate officials behind those doors. they say because there is an investigati

stan grant met the former housewife turned high powered executive. >> you're a good player? >> not very good. >> reporter: no one can beat the boss lady. >> crystal wong is not used to losing, not in ping-pong and not in business. she's part of a new breed, female capitalists who wear high heels but whitted to the communist party. >> i have an important skill. when i have problems i turn to the government for help. and they did help us overcome all the initial difficulties. >> reporter: in 1994, wang founded newland technologies. how many staff did you start with in 1994. >> only 18. >> reporter: the rise mirrored china's emerge enas the world's second biggest economy, rapidly closing in on the united states. as china's economy continues to diversity, newland is at the cutting edge, tapping into food safety and green energies. >> when i go to the shop and they swipe this, it's newland? >> newland, in china, yes. also in other countries. >> reporter: newland develops software, chances are whether they are aware of it or not, people in china are using newland-based products ev

stan grant takes a look at what happened in the potentially far-reaching ramifications that china's system as well as its business climate. >> reporter: he has seen a lot in his 72 years. once the soldier, later the father of china's environmental movement. now, he's watching china gripped by more political intrigue and upheaval. this is a fight between the gods, he says. way beyond the reach of ordinary people. the gods, china's inner circle. the communist party inner bureau. in a year of transition, the secretive party is turning on one of its own. and not just anyone. the son of communist revolutionary hero. bo xilai rose through the ranks. more than 30 million people. he revived maoist slogans. he was slacked last week amid intrigue and rumor online that chinese media is celebrating his public disgrace. but in the restaurants, locals toast and praise him. >> i like him. >> reporter: on the streets, too. bo xilai has a lot of support. has the economy has grown, so has the population. more and more of workers like this lady, have flocked here, looking for a better life to earn more money

stan grant is covering the story from beijing.on social media sites where were there gun shots. truly unusual that it is happening happening, isn't it? >> reporter: absolutely. you are so right. this does read like a spy novel. it is absolutely captivated people here in china. what we are seeing is we are peering into the corridors here of power, the inner sanctum, the secretive inner sanctum of the public bureau and it involves a man. you can go right back to 1949 with the communist revolution here. his father was a right-hand man. he was seen as a revolutionary hero. he moved through the political ranks and appointed as the chief secretary. that's a massive city in southwest china more than 30 million people. now at that time he launched an anticrime crusade. he shot down a lot of the corrupt business men. he formed a top cop turned on him. in february he went to the american consulate seeking asylum apparently in fear for his life and holding incriminating information. that a man once talked about as a talked about as a future

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