look over towards the west, though, beijing with a high of 11. in ulan bator, not getting up to the freezing mark, minus 3 will be your high to start off your weekend. let's take a look at your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. another historic night for barack obama. surprising many by easily winning the electoral eg

the congress opened thursday morning in beijing's great hall of the people. it's about a ten-minute drive from our studios. i went there to watch it all unfold. 2,300 delegates from across the country gathered inside the great hall of the people. president hu jintao is now in the midst of giving a work report on past achievements and future goals. >> translator: the communist party has united all ethnic groups across the country and led the people. we have also transformed the old, underdeveloped china into a new china that is prospering every day. but we have to realize that there is room for improvement in our work. the imbalance of development and the lack of sustainability are still evident. there are many obstacles. the disparity between urban and rural areas is wide. the gap in income distribution remains large. and corruption is still a problem. >> hu spoke for about 90 minutes. he laid out an economic challenge for china. >> translator: let's work together to double the gross domestic product and the average income and build a moderately prosperous so

the problems they face. nhk world's james tengan is in beijing covering the congress. he told us more about the main players in china's transition of power. >> reporter: we've got an idea who will head up the next generation of leaders. we've heard their names before, xi jinpi xi jinping. we heard their names before and will be hearing them for years to come. they will be chosen for top party posts next week and unveiled to the world. analysts say xi will become president taking over for president hu jintao. >> chinese president xi jinping is 59 years old. communist party leaders named him vice chairman of the central commission in 2010. xi's taken an act i havi role in diploma city as well as domestic affairs. >> xi jinping's pather was a vice premier, so she became part of china's informal network. princelings gain power by taking advantage of their parents and status and ties to influential fingers. but xi didn't have it easy. authorities ousted his father and jailed him during the cultural revolution. xi was forced to work in the countryside as a teenager. he went

the congress. he joins us from beijing. james? >> reporter: gene, this process is carefully choreographed and controlled. chinese authorities are generally restrictive. but the bamboo curtain really comes down during the congress. that makes the job of jury roomism that much harder. still china's political transition is one of the biggest stories going right now. so despite the controls, no media organization wants to miss out. they got up early to get in line outside the great hall of the people. journalists from china and abroad, hundreds of them, all jockeying to get a better position for the opening of the communist party's congress. journalists from around the world have converged on beijing underlying the international community's keen interest on what direction china will take with the changeover in power. chinese government officials say more than 2,700 domestic and international journalists are covering the meeting. media are trying to find out something, anything about this secretive political process. it's not easy. >> i

economic growth is at the forefront of discussion in beijing at the moment. growth in the country has slumped to a three-year low. mr. hu already talked about boosting domestic consumption to offset the dramatic decline in exports that we see. he talked about the need to move the yuan to a more market-based exchange rate. but one country and particularly we will be watching very closely is india. one of china's largest trading partners. a rather unequal relationship. exports -- giant -- a three-time is from china to india. apparently the religious has been improving recently. trade ministers left where china assured india of greater market access. let's listen to what the indian finance minister has been saying about that relationship. >> china is an important country for india. they are a neighbor. they are the largest trading partner. and we remain engaged. at the same time, continue trying to create a balance because there is an adverse balance of trade, and we are seeking market access to companies -- in be in pharmaceuticals. i hope it will happen. >> sl

they were trekking on a mountaineer the great wall outside beijing. two women and a man in their 60s and 70s died in the incident. another woman survived, as did the group's chinese guide. the japanese survivor said the group became stuck on the mountain due to a sudden snowstorm. parts of the region have snowfall of more than 50 centimeters, that's the most in over half a century. >>> members of the antiwhaling group sea shepherd have set sail from the coast in australia, setting to protest whaling expeditions. they say they'll confront the whalers in the pacific ocean, instead of the antarctic ocean as in past years. paul watson is said to take part of the operation. he's on interpol's wanted list for skipping bail in germany. sea shepherd activists obstructed whaling activities 12 times during last season's expedition. >>> militants in pakistan have staged another attack against women seeking an education. the targets this time were college students. the attack occurred on a van that was carrying 20 students. they were returning home from their univ

members of the communist par stay started their national congress last thursday in beijing. they're talking about the issues faced in different provinces and cities across their country. but they're having most intense discussions about who will be among china's next generation of leaders. party spokespersons confirmed the new leadership lineup will be unveiled thursday. nhk world's james tengan is in beijing covering the congress. james. >> reporter: the discussions and deal-making are coming the a climax. roughly 2300 delegates of the congress will pick about 200 members for the communist party central committee. then wednesday, the congress will close. the next day around 20 individuals from the central committee will be chosen to sit on the party's political bureau. after that officials further whittle down the list to see who will be on the plight bureau's standing committee, china's top decision making body. analysts say xi jinping will replay hu jintao in the job of general secretary. they also say the number of politburo standing committee members will be reduce prd t

in washington, 8:00 in the evening in beijing, where the communist party has almost completed the process of handing power over to the next generation of leaders. 2000 party delegates have been meeting for the last week, most of the time behind closed doors. the party congress has now concluded in the coming out of their new leadership lineup. >> as they stepped aside today, the outgoing chinese communist leaders congratulated themselves. under their watch, china has risen so fast that this century is often called china's century. an authoritarian model of the future. many in china, however, were not so confident. the new leadership, rubber stamp, will be unveiled to the world tomorrow with a question, can it continue to keep china's 1.3 billion people excluded from power? there is no sign that the party is willing to engage with those who want real change, like the nobel peace prize winner from china. he remains in this jail for calling for reform. >> people want more reform. people want democracy and freedom. for example, in the constitution it says that people have the right to freedom

the country's future. communist party members have been in beijing since thursday at their national congress. attendants are excited about the hottest topic on the table -- who will make up china's next generation of leaders. party officials will reportedly unveil the new lineup on thursday. but a human rights campaigner says the only way china can move forward is to move towards democracy. nhk world's makoto ota has his story. >> reporter: 29-year-old is one of the democracy activists being watched closely by the chinese government. he's been involved in environmental issues and also campaigned for the rights of hiv patients. in 2007, he was arrested after he criticized the government on the internet. he was charged with plotting subversion against the government. and in 2008, he was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. he finally returned to his home in beijing in june last year. >> translator: the communist party doesn't care about people's suffering, only protecting its one-party dictatorship and its own profits. we must transform this country into a democracy. this will lead to benefits fo

the two countries economies are too intertwined. nhk world, beijing. >>> the heads of other nations have joined the leaders of china and japan in offering barack obama congratulations on his re-election. south korean president lee myung-bak is among them. lee sent a written message saying he's very pleased. he said he's sure the u.s. and south korea will continue to develop their alliance. he added the ties linking the nations have gotten stronger and more dynamic than ever over the past four years, especially because of a free trade agreement. a spokesperson for the presidential office said wednesday south korea will keep working closely with obama for peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. >>> russian president vladimir putin sent obama a telegram congratulating him. putin's spokesperson declined to discuss the contents of the message, but said he hopes obama's re-election will have a positive impact on russia's ties with the united states. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has congratulated obama. in a statement he

of the congress. beijing inflation continues to cool. >>> and we'll hear from the cfo of alliance. >>> and credit agricole pay as steep price to exit greece. it posts a loss in its third quarter. >>> i'm afraid there's only one day left this week to enjoy the if stuff here on on "worldwide exchange." >> but there are two of us. you're back. >> i'm back here. eyes are getting better. >> glasses are gone. >>> so on today's program, we'll

the problems they face. nhk world's james tengan is in beijing covering the congress. he told us more about the main players in china's transition of power. >> reporter: we've got an idea who will head up china's next generation of leaders. we've heard their names before, xi jinping and li keqiang. and we'll be hearing them for years to come. they'll be chosen for top communist party posts next week and unveiled to the world. analysts say xi will become general secretary, taking over for president hu jintao. chinese vice president xi jinping is 59 years old. communist party leaders named xi vice chairman of the central commission in 2010. xi's taken an active role in diploma city as well as domestic affairs. >> xi jinping's pather was a vice premier, so xi became part of china's informal princeling network. princelings gain power by taking advantage of their parents and status and ties to influential fingers. but xi didn't have it easy. authorities ousted his father and jailed him during the cultural revolution. xi was forced to work in the countryside as a teenager. h

the problems they face. nhk world's james tengan is in beijing covering the congress.

the inner circle. really it's just a waiting game here in beijing. everyone is watching to see how the pieces of chine's leadership puzzle will fall into place and who will secure a spot at the top in the politburo standing committee. the politburo standing committee is the communist party's top leadership. experts say it adopts key policy with a majority vote. right now nine of the party's more than 80 million members are in the bureau. that means the fate of a country with a population of 1.3 billion is in the hands of a small group of people. here's how the process will unfold. delegates to the national congress will select about 200 members to be on the central committee. those individuals then meet the day after the congress closes. they choose china's new leadership, the members of the politburo standing committee. now within that group, there's a pecking order. president hu jintao currently sits at the top of the politburo. he is general secretary of the communist party and chairs the central military commission which controls the people's libe

but there has been no change in the way it treats citizens who speak out. nhk world, beijing. >> one of the biggest critics weighed in, too. the dalai lama told about 130 japanese lawmakers they are wrong to fear at this bet an religious faith is promoting independence. they're urging china to stop violating rights in the region. >> in narrow minded communist officials they feel tibetan buddhist culture, buddhist faith some you see fear. that's a source of separate -- danger of separation. >> the dalai lama said tibetans are trying to preserve their culture. they're not threatening to become independent. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry had little sympathy. >> translator: >> translator: the dalai lama is a political refugee aiming to defy the country in the guise of religious activity. >> hong said the government condemns japanese right wing forces that openly support the dalai lama's anti-china activities. he says this is interfering with china's internal affairs. >>> cradle of culture, economic powerhouse. many enjoy the fruits of prosperity along the path to

to go to nepal and to go speak at the beijing women's conference. i then took my middle son who was 21 at the time. we did all of that. and it awakened me in a way i had not been awakened before about how women are treated all over the world. and the struggle of women. slowly but surely realizing that if women did not come to the table in a real way, statistics are staggering, that the world would always be in turmoil. that if women were allowed a place at the proverbial table, that the environment was better, that their villages and communities were stronger economically, that their children were healthy, that there was literally no down side. everything changed and made a more stable community. and you realize when women are subjugated and treated as fodder of war, and in this country when they are not allowed to be paid equally, there is a real problem in that. and until we can fight and scream and kick and demand a change. and women not be slaughtered. that there were 100 million women missing off the planet. this is inequality here that must st

the heaviest rain today. temperatures will be quite warmer than yesterday in beijing. 11 degrees expected. tokyo slightly cooler than seasonal with high of 17 degrees. rain will be clearing up by this evening. all right. moving into the americas then. a low pressure system is moving into british columbia once again. that's going to produce coastal rain and heavy mountain snow. expected to see as much as 30 centimeters of snowfall in the next 24 hours. even vancouver and seattle will turn wet from tomorrow. and then we have another system moving along the u.s./canada border spreading rain in the north dakota and south dakota. and snow showers in central canada. the system will continue to head towards the east and affect the western great lakes region on tuesday. we have a high pressure system over the great lakes region at this moment. this is a very troublesome system because it's dragging in colder air from the north. so temperatures are quite chilly for this time of year. we'll show the figures in this time of year. and it's forcing another low pressure system over the lower mississippi

>> well, they have different expectations for the country's next generation of leaders. i spoke to beijing residents shortly after the party's official announcement. not many people commented on xi jinping's popularity. this suggests they will likely leave them for the coming decade. opinions on the new leadership varied from widely hopeful to completely indifferent. >> translator: with the way things are now, i have no expectations for the government. nothing would change. >> other chinese we spoke to say they want the new leadership to fix the country's social problems. >> translator: there are big economic disparities between the regions. i want the new leader to bring about improvements. >> translator: corruption is still a huge problem. i would like to see more done to eradicate it. >> reporter: china covered the power and we profiled the seven standing committee members, include i including xi jinping and lee kequ ainge. they suggested the transition was a success and it would show people in rural areas don festive costumes to celebrate. >> what challenges will the leadership likely

the main news. security's tight in beijing. the communist party is opening its national congress on thursday. the delegates will approve a group of leadership in charge of the world's most populous country for the next ten years. party delegates gather for the congress every five years, but the leadership change is a once in a decade event. preliminary meetings are already under way. members of the party's central committee assembled on thursday. their job, to prepare the reports to the national congress in a draft of party rules. analysts say those taking part are engaged in last-minute bargaining over who should be included in the leadership lineup. the most powerful posts are in the standing committee. socialists close to the party say the number of members will be reduced to seven, down from the current nine. the change is meant to speed up decision making. vice president xi jingping is expected to uphold general secretary. analysts say li keqiang is likely to be on the standing committee. likely newcomers include zhang dejiang. the analysts also say president hu jintao may remain head of

xi and six other senior officials appeared before the media inside the great hall of the people in beijing. >> translator: our responsibility is to rally and lead the party and chinese people of all ethnic groups. we take up the historical baton from the older generation. >> reporter: china's new leader vowed to take action on issues such as jobs, social security, and corruption. >> translator: in the new environment, our party faces many tough challenges. there are numerous pressing problems within the party and senior ranks that need to be resolved, especially corruption and the acceptance of bribes. >> reporter: xi jinping is taking over the position of general secretary from hu jintao. he will lead the political bureau standing committee, china's main decision-making body. the number of seats on the committee has been reduced to seven from nine. analysts say the party made the change to speed up the decision-making process. xi jinping and another top official, li keqiang, have been on the standing committee since 2007. the rest of the members are new. xi introduced them all during his

. >> reporter: about 2300 delegates gathered in the great hall of the people in beijing. the party's outgoing general secretary tau delivered his closing address. >> translator: all party members should unite under the leadership. >> reporter: the president has managed to carve out a place. they've incorporated a concept he supports into party policy. it's known as the scientific outlook on development and it advocates growth that takes into account social and environmental needs. delegates also voted to pick the roughly 200 members who will sit on the party's central committee. the committee meets thursday to choose china's next generation of leaders. vice president shi jing ping is expected to become the primary party leader. >> reporter: really it's just a waiting game here in beijing. everyone is watching to see how the pieces of china's leadership puzzle will fall into place and who will secure a position at the top in the politiburo standing committee. >> reporter: the politiburo standing committee is the communist party's top leadership. right now nine of the party'

he's travelled widely in the west, organized the beijing olympics and has a daughter attending harvard. for the next ten years, he will head up a ruling elite of seven men and oversee economic change in the world's most populous nation. to many, xi jinping's life of contradiction may be to the west's advantage. head of china's ruling communist party and married to a pop-star, his teenage years were spent working the fields in one of china's poorest areas. his daughter now attends harvard. as an adult, he's seen a lot outside china. "he lived in the u.s. and learned american business. was it a favorable experience? yes." at this chicago business conference promoting trade between the u.s. and china, participants knew well how xi jinping worked his way up the party ladder - that, officially, he'll be in charge of the military, but his experience is in politics - governorships and party chief in shanghai who will likely fight corruption that has scandalized china's leadership lately. "i think he's more open than other leaders we've had." alex lives and works in shanghai. "i'm very positiv

the past 24 hours. temperatures in beijing, a high of 10. ulan bator near the freezing mark. in tokyo the low 20s on your thursday. over towards the americas, let's talk about this storm system. this nor'easter pulling off towards the north. it has been bringing rough weather already and already hurricane-force-strength winds in effect across the region. it doesn't mean it's a hurricane. it's a nor'easter. heavy winds across this area as it pulls to the northeast. potent storm system not to mention the heavy rains, but also the snow that's going to be pulled in from maine to eastern pennsylvania. tuflly winter storm advisories in effect. you'll be seeing about three to six centimeters of snowfall. even the mix of rain and snow near the coastline arc companied by the very gusty winds. some of these areas will be seeing blizzard and whiteout conditions. driving is going to be extremely dangerous. you plan on flying in and out of here, do expect delays and cancellations as the storm system pulls to the north. temperatures will look like this, single digits in winnipeg. chicago a

drawn to a close in the country's capital the big question is how the new leadership will affect the beijing's relations with the top political and economic rival the us which continues its military expansion in china's backyard analyst john nesbitt says america's strategy is an indication of its weakening position on the world stage. westwards the. wind power or powers that receive the always. or. somehow or the stabilizer mediator or agreements there are. those issues what. the east. with the rise in the east you have a lot. of latin america and africa and asia and i just ahead for you here on our list of brings out the latest edition of capital account. the sun rises over what seems like and lowest forest but here in the new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all storms as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. mortgages both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund f

sunday with heavy snow, causing at least 46 vehicles to become damaged in a multicar pileup in the beijing tibet expressway. unfortunately, one person did die in this accident. another five were injured. following the accident, three people were trapped in the wreckage. local firefighters and nearby motorists helped to free them after a three-hour ordeal. now, it's still very cold in the region, but thankfully that snow has started to taper off now. heading back to our bigger picture, we'll be seeing pretty clear conditions for the rest of china, but down towards the south we've got this rain band maybe bringing about 50 millimeters of rain in some places so, fairly significant. some showers for western indochina as well as for the philippines. temperatures down here are going to be pretty comfortable, 34 degrees in manila, even on the hot side. in, but 17 degrees in hong kong. further up towards the north, minus 15 in ulan bator, and that's your high, remember, on tuesday, 16 in beijiaeijing and seoul. quite quiet in the americas. we are watching the east for stormy activity moving in tow

place is that it's economic growth model has become very and sustainable that most of the decision makers in beijing also know that this is the case they even know what their has to do to be done to reform and to balance but also most of the decision makers in beijing tell me that there is a problem with the leadership that the leadership is more fragmented than before cannot make it make up its mind about how it wants to implement these changes and that there is and i think this is essentially to stress that there is a growing tendency towards towards nationalism and that of course is going to shape china's position in the global scene it will have more domestic pressures as my my colleague already stressed and emphasized but it will also have more expectations from from the world the leaders will be stuck in between and have not much maneuverability at all to make concessions and compromises you know brian what do you think about the the element of nationalism because jonathan got ahead of me and i agree with him completely you know that that's something a lot of a lot of steam when you begin to r

to become number one by twenty six the beijing is promising to increase its influence across the globe by buying up ailing businesses in europe and developing africa's vast resources lucy catherine of traces the nation's rise the corruption issue and that's a huge issue among the chinese population i've talked with students as recently as three weeks ago when i was in beijing. and i asked them what they considered the greatest weaknesses and this is a pervasive sense among young people that the party leadership is not. in touch with the aspirations of the younger generation or the people generally in this this is a question of the very legitimacy of the party and that i think is a huge challenge that they're going to have to address the chinese are very concerned about these so-called obama pivot the asian pivot which is really a china pivot that obama announced earlier this year the south china sea the provocations there with the eastern part of that with the islands next to taiwan where the japanese government made an extremely provocative move no doubt at the behest of washington to

romney victory china is also among those closely watching the republican candidates ties between the beijing and washington have already hit a low with the u.s. planning to relocate most of its naval force into the pacific but romney's even more combative stance is met with criticism in china namely his calls to step up weapons sales to taiwan and labeling china a currency manipulator all randomly has to do is declare trade war on china on a day on the first day it takes office relations with russia was a large chunk of romney's election campaign and that's where he also created some grounds for concern just like his republican predecessor in the presidential race john mccain romney has been expressing a hard line if not hostile attitude towards moscow which made many in russia think that should he become the new u.s. leader the relations would be reset again but this time towards negativity president putin wrongly is branding of russia as the united states main geopolitical foe even prompted some rather sarcastic gratitude from russia's president. putin said it's thanks to romney that mosco

the final bill. >> you are watching "bbcworld news america." a new team takes charge in beijing. china's next president promises a new style of leadership. can he deliver it? the euro zone has gone back into recession for the first time since 2009. the country is facing the biggest protests against austerity cuts. across the 17 member states, output fell by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year. only germany and france managed to grow. our chief correspondent reports. >> going into reverse, the year as an economy has seen a second successive quarter of contracting output. between july and september, there was a fall of 0.1% in overall economic activity. more problems for the euro zone political leadership as they try to chart a course for the single currency. the german finance minister speaking at a business conference said the challenges ahead could be addressed. >> investors cannot ignore europe as the largest economic zone in the long run. or leave it out of their economic considerations. the world needs a strong europe. >> weaker economies brought down the performance of the

midday in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington and 8:00 in the evening in beijing where delegates of china's, this party have been deliberating. this week the focus on the world will be on the handful of men about to take their seats at the very top of china's, this party. but what about the other 82 million members. why did people join? do they still believe in communism? from the chinese capital -- interesting times, john. >> they are very interesting times. of course, the focus has been on the very few men at the very top of the party, for good reason. we have heard a lot less from ordinary chinese citizens this week because they have almost no say in the power transition taking place here in beijing. nonetheless, this is all about the party, of course. this is not the changing of the offices of state but the shuffling of key positions at the top of the communist party. in that sense, in the broadest possible sense, the opinions of party members do matter. we have been speaking to just three of them. but people are for most, says the slogan at this factory gate. inside, the fla

stressful week. >> when he has some time off, he likes to take his family on a stroll through the city. in beijing, he earns a lot more than he did back home as a farmer, so he has already made it one step up the social ladder, and he is sure his children will have a much better life than him. >> china's steel mills are operating at full capacity. demand remains high, but that has not been the case here in europe for several decades. >> that has forced steel plants to rethink how they operate and what they produce. here's an example from the german city of hamburg. >> with the move of joystick, scrap metal was dumped into the furnace to be melted down. that happens once every hour. for years, steele was in high demand across the eu, especially for the then-booming construction industry. >> construction declined drastically due to the financial crisis. construction volume in spain, for instance, collapsed to 20% of what it had been. 80% of that business vanished and no longer needs steel, but of course, the production capacity remains. >> he's trying to avoid cutting his plant's capacity, searching

the president calls on china's new leaders to turn the country into a major naval forces beijing begins a once in a decade communist power transfer. international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. we've got exclusive access to the syrian president who continues to govern from damascus in defiance of foreign calls to step down bush on assad condemning those calls and warned against outside intervention in syria my colleague he said now we spoke to ortiz sophie shevardnadze who interviewed the embattled leader in his capitol. hill had a chance to speak about fifteen minutes before the interview very educated very down to and definitely not. contrary to what people like people praise him in the media very well informed he feels like i think that this whole thing that's happening is like a cancer that either he has to beat or he has to die of it but there is no other way out when what we're talking about western leaders telling him to step down i mean it kind of sounds ridiculous because he really has nowhere to go like when he were to step down where wou

while a lot of focus is on the communist party in beijing, the com positive the had its worst day in nearly two minutes. hang seng suffered its worse daily loss in 3 1/2 months and we saw a broad based selloff in commodity lays, industrials and financials. nikkei slipped 1.5% to more than half month low. the yen strength took a toll on automakers and other exporters. citizen tanked 8% after cutting it full year outlook. down beat september orders added to pessimism. elsewhere, south korean banks, steel makers and ship builders weighed on the kospi. australian fell the most despite a stable jobless rate. miners led the declines. sensex now lower by a quarter of a percent. back to you. >> thanks very much for that. we'll check back in with you in a little bit. >>> up next, mar ydraghi as war markets the slowdowns has reached germany. so what prospect is there of a rate cut? we'll be live outside the central bank next. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first inves

new group of officials to herald the country's growth further in a few minutes we look at the problems beijing's mr economy might face all that still to come. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas all of catalonia economic success is a way putting the region into debt trust me hard only to have it all taxed away is very aggravating i can see why people are frustrated but the people who want independence have a very odd slogan catalonia a new european state so let me get this straight you want independence but you want to stay in the e.u. is that what you mean what exactly would that change that's not really gaining independence that shifting dependencies stay in the e.u. means you won't have control of your borders you'll still be on the euro c won't have your own currency you will be able to establish your trade standards those will be dictated to you by brussels and if you don't like the austerity measures from outsiders like in madrid then you might want have a conversation with the greeks because being an independent country in the e.u.

i think the people in beijing can be very glad that they're not sharing the stage with people in athens let's talk about what you just said the the people in athens i mean china's rapid economic growth is that hailed as a serious success story and i just think i was an economist as also facing the debt crisis what lessons could be there for other students on this chinese models very brief. well first of all because it's much easier being a follower rather than a leader so china is catching up it's returning many ways to the position and head up to the eighteenth century largest economy and so forth so. that is the challenge is really going to become more daunting china is a leader when it's a leader in terms of technology and science. and social order and governance and so forth so this giant is model has been very successful we don't know yet whether it's going to continue to grow into a ball and sickly and what will all the rest of the twenty first century but in the omens of the moment are are pretty good for china. we'll reset or are they need to add space in wellington new zealand

group of officials to herald the country's growth even further just a few minutes a week to the problems beijing's blistering economy may have to face up to. things are just getting too expensive in london many families just can't afford to live in the city anymore so because of upcoming welfare cuts the government is buying or rented property to relocate people outside of the city the maximum housing allowance for welfare will go down to four hundred pounds a month which is peanuts compared to the one thousand two hundred fifty pounds need to pay for the average three room apartment expelling the poor from london seems a bit fishy to me so instead of say regulating prices are cut for big using the money from the welfare cuts to create jobs so people can earn a living for themselves rather than rely on handouts london has decided to make itself some official get to see what else to call a place where everyone from a certain economic classes forcibly shove to although this may sound like some sort of help from the government it seems to me like a means to get rid of the poor rather than trying to m

the area. temperatures are going to be shaping up like this, though. beijing with a high of 11, chongqing at 14, and over here towards tokyo getting into the low 20s. now, looking at europe, we are watching a low-pressure that is moving across italy here, some windy conditions for you, but also a little bit farther towards the east, we have this frontal area which is pushing off towards the back black sea, already into the balkans. this has been bringing some very heavy rains and even flooding conditions. i want to show you video coming out of this area where heavy rain over the weekend has caused rivers to burst throughout sloven slovenia, reld alarms sounded as some floods cut off entire communities here. these cars are under water. but also in croatia, they were also sit by heavy rain and strong winds, which flooded streets and brought down trees, although damage was minimal here. it does go to show that the strength of these storms as they did push overhead. now, once again, in italy, we have this other storm system a little bit farther towards the west ac