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[announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] chinese history for the past 30 years has been a story of economic growth. - there's never really be an economic revolution quite like china's. the most populous country in the world also enjoying the most rapid economic growth in history. an industrial revolution is far more rapid than in britain or america, for example. - we've never seen so many people come out of poverty so quickly. we've never seen so many people go from the rural countryside into the city so quickly. what had took europe 150 years to do in the industrial revolution, china has done in 30 years. - [narrator] in 1979, chinese leader deng xiaoping called on the country to combine socialist ideology with elements of a pragmatic market economy, under the banner of socialism with chinese characteristics, reportedly telling the chinese people, to get rich is glorious. - after mao died and deng xiaoping rose to power, that w

announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reutersg for great decisions is provided by price waterhouse coopers, llp. (regal music) - [narrator] when america's founding fathers wrote the bill of rights, they enshrined freedom of the press in the very first amendment. - freedom of the press was one of the foundational elements of democracy and one of the most important elements. but the press was very different in those days, and maybe that's a good reminder when we look at our partisan bickering and polarization today. the press was very partisan. - the idea was partly an extension of political competition and partly, it believed that robust debate and argument would over time create a healthier democracy and a more informed citizenry. this was still early in the idea that the press should be fact-based. (simple piano music) - [narrator] the democratic process requires a government watchdog, an independent force that holds leaders accountable to the voters who elected them. - we have believed in our country that a free and independent

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elsewhere, news and information services company thomson reuters is expected to report first—quarter $17 billion deal with private equity giant blackstone, which now has a controlling stake in reuters' lucrative financial terminal business. joining us is maike currie, investment director, fidelity international. yesterday was the day where potentially we were going to get a rate rise from the bank of england and then all of the mood music changed, and then they said they wouldn't do it. but the most interesting stuff was in the detail about growth forecast and inflation reports. things can change quickly ina reports. things can change quickly in a month because in mid—april there was a 90% probability that we would see a quarter of a percent rise. if we look into the detail of what the bank of england said yesterday, one, global growth is slowing but uk growth has slowed significantly and inflation expectations have been reined in the key thing the fragile consumer and we can see that with retail sales as the high street is struggling and with the housing market cooling because the h

risks faced byjournalists, and the ongoing trial in myanmar with the chief operating officer at thomson reuters there was a ruling by the judge that the testimony of a police captain, who said that our two reporters had been set up, the judge ruled that his testimony was credible and that he would be brought back for further questioning. the prosecution had attempted to declare him, i guess, a hostile witness and his testimony not credible, so this is a good step forward. we welcome that, obviously we do not think they should be in jail to begin with but at least now we have got a police officer who is willing to tell the truth about what happened. it is now more than 140 days since your two journalist were arrested. what effect is that having on the work of otherjournalist in the online specifically their ability to report on what is going on in the country? well, you know, ithink at one level obviously, it has helped galvanise a sense of solidarity amongst journalist ‘s there. i think we have had much is in supported them and we have been really happy to see that support from everyone. on the

reg chua is chief operating officer at thomson reuters.. you mentioned afghanistan, we had a photographer barry nearby, he captured images of the tragic deaths right after the second bomb went off. there has probably been never a more difficult time for journalist is to work around the world, in terms of restrictions, in terms of physical threats, in terms of digital threats to them. i wish i could, i wish there was a happier message on world press freedom day but i am afraid it is not all good news, but we do keep going, i think we all have a real sense of mission and a desire to serve the public. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. we meet a troop of girl scouts. they're young, they are determined, and they‘ re homeless. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anyth

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