they're going to represent us on japan, on mexico. mexico, by the way, is taking our jobs. i love the mexican people. they're great people. but the leadership is too smart for our country. ford motor company, moving a $2.5 billion plant to mexico. mexico... >> pelley: but there's nothing you can do about that as president. >> trump: sure there is. >> pelley: how do you keep them from exporting american jobs to mexico? >> trump: let's say ford... let's say ford moves to mexico. if they want to sell that car in the united states, they pay a tax. here's what's going to happen: they're not going to build their plant there. they're going to build it in the united states. >> pelley: but there is a north american free trade agreement. >> trump: and there shouldn't be. it's a disaster. >> pelley: but it is there. >> trump: okay, yeah, but... >> pelley: if you're president, you're going to have to live with it. >> trump: excuse me, we will either renegotiate it or we will break it. because, you know, every agreement has an end. >> pelley: you can't just break the law. >> trump: excu

they're going to represent us on japan, on mexico. mexico by the way is taking our i love the mexican people. they're great people. but the leadership is too smart for our country. ford motor company moving a $2.5 billion plant to mexico. >> there's nothing you can do about that as president. >> sure there is. >> how do you keep them from exporting american jobs to mexico? >> let's say ford moves to mexico. they want to sell that car in the united states, they pay a tax. here's what's going to happen. they're not going to build their plant there, they're going to build in the united states. >> but there is a north american free trade agreement. >> and there shouldn't be it's a disaster. >> but it's there, if you're president you're going to have to live with it. >> we'll renegotiate it or break it. every agreement has an end. >> you can't just break the law. >> excuse me, every agreement has an end. every agreement has to be fair. every agreement has a defraud -- we're being defrauded by these countries. >> it's called free trade and

they're going to represent us on japan, on mexico. mexico by the way is taking our jobs.xican people. they're great people. but the leadership is too smart for our country. ford motor company moving a $2.5 billion plant to mexico. >> there's nothing you can do about that as president. >> sure there is. >> how do you keep them from exporting american jobs to mexico? >> let's say ford moves to mexico. they want to sell that car in the united states, they pay a tax. here's what's going to happen. they're not going to build their plant there, they're going to build in the ups. >> but there is a north american free trade agreement. >> there shouldn't be it's a disaster. >> but it's there, if you're president you're going to have to live with it. >> we'll renegotiate it or break it. every agreement has an end. >> you can't just break the law. >> excuse me, every agreement has an end. every agreement has to be fair. every agreement has a defraud -- we're being defrauded by these countries. >> it's called tree trade and it is a plank of the republican platform. >> we need fair tr

on the record, the u.s. military told us it's always difficult when two cultures live side by side, but the u.s. will keep trying to be a good neighbor. and japan's government has suspended construction on the new base for a month to hold talks with local leaders. but the toguchis say they'll keep fighting their battle - to keep american forces out of their back yard. >> 11 years sounds long, but i will keep doing this until they stop the construction of the new base. and even if they don't, i won't give up. >> while the debate over the u.s. presence in okinawa continues, its strategic location means the american military is likely here to stay. up next, we travel to tokyo, where we'll meet the beauty queen who's forcing japan to rethink what it means to be japanese. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down >> i've been asked to keep my voice down >> around 127 million people live in this island nation, it's one of the most homogenous countries in the world. people here who are only half japanese are called "hafu", and when a hafu became miss japan earlier this year, it reignited a discussion about what it means to be bi-racial. >> ariana miyamot

more potent, that they're no longer restricted by this very limited use of japanese forces only on the event of a direct attack on japan people use different scenarios, imagining north korea gets a missile which it says it's working towards, with a range to reach an american territory, say for example the island of guam. if that missile was fired if it was going through japanese air space, japan could steal that missile, track it down, would not be allowed to use it. people would argue it is reasonable for a an ally of the united states to take down a missile like that. those who support this legislation says it just brings the powers, the rules for using force up to date in this part of the world but for this area it is symbol of japan breaking away from a path of pacifism i.t. has followed for past 70 years. >>> first talks in more than ayear to discuss the conflict in syria. the phone conversation came when u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with allies in london. avoiding direct military confrontation. the two talked about i.s.i.l. and agreed to hold further talks. rosalyn jordan has more from washington, d.c.

us on this edition of "newsline." it's wednesday, september 9th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> a severe tropical storm has made landfall in japan. many people are seeing high winds and intense rains. meteorologist robert speta joins us now. what's the latest? what's going on? >> our storm system is making landfall. but what has been bringing is really these gusty winds. but the rainfall, that's the biggest story coming out of the storm system. take a look at some of the rain totals over the past 72 hours out here. upwards of 362 millimeters along the pacific coastline of japan and the wind is really kicking up as well. we had winds reported upwards of 111 kilometers per hour. this is the radar just prior to landfall. i want to show this to you because this really indicates we have our center of circulation coming on shore here, but then just to the right of that circulation, this is where all the moisture hits the mountains, then it piles up. in the yellows and the reds, that's where we've seen rain reports of 50 to 60 kilometers an hour. let's go to video we have coming out of this area. because this just shows you what it's lik

they've been used on burgers in japan for some time but this is the first time in the u.s. >> so other than the bun and some a1 sauce on there, it's just a regular whopper. if you're looking to keep the halloween thing going, bk will also be offering a pumpkin spice oreo milkshake. >> i look forward to that one. >> sounds kind of gross actually all of it. >>> coming up, the party continues all night long. all night long. lionel richie making a huge announcement. find out what it is in "the skinny." >>> and an abc news investigation helps nail the california connection of a debt collection scam. but first, we're taking a look at today's weather across the nation. >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by oral b. oothbrh was going to clean better than a manual. he said sure... but don't get just any one. get one inspired by dentists. with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque, and rotates to sweep it away. and oral-b delivers a clinically proven superior clean vs. sonicare diamond clean. my mouth feels super clean. or

us. >>> on to other stories. >>> members of japan's opposition party have blocked a final debate on security bills. they prevented entry to the room where the discussion was to take place, the chairperson decided on his own authority to hold the final debate from wednesday evening through thursday morning local time. the legislation would expand the role of japan's self-defense forces abroad. it would allow sdf personnel to use force to defend countries that are closely related to japan. but lawmakers flocked around the entrance to the committee room and stopped the meeting from taking place. the committee's executives met off and on to discuss how to proceed. talks between the chairperson and senior officials of the democratic party failed to narrow their differences. the chairperson decided on his own initiative to resume the executive meeting on thursday morning. the governing coalition remains poised to have the bills enacted by the end of the week. they want to move quickly to committee vote following the final debate. some upper house members of the ldp are starting to get anxious. the

an earthquake damaged the reactors, causing leeks >>> and japan is about to begin a research whale operation despite a ban on whaling. japan uses a provision allowing them to be killed for scientific purposes. this year it plans to take up to 51 miniwhales. >> to jordan, where the government is launching a new campaign. they'll be getting fewer and fewer. one of the most important archeological sites in the world. almost empty. we have this report. >> reporter: empty information and ticket booths at one of the seven wonders of the world. horses pulling carriages. standing idol. it used to by busling with tourists walking down to elaborate ruins. western tourists have been hesitant to come here, officials say that the tourism is based on a misconception that it wasn't safe. >> we did a bit of research. everything on the internet was positive. no one was saying anything detrimental, and since we have been here, we have had nothing but welcoming people everywhere. and no hassle. >> nearly 3,000 were used every day. that figure went down. plummetingar jordan joined the coalition. >> this area in front of the treasury taking picture

on commodities. reporting live for us from the tokyo stock exchange. japan is becoming an aging society more so than any country in the world. the number of people age 60 and older account for more than 30% of the population. elsewhere in asia the percentage stands at almost 18% in singapore and thailand and china. the percentage of senior citizens in these countries is expected to rise in the next few decades. in the first of it a three-part series on the business of aging in japan we look at companies that traditionally targeted younger people but are now refocusing on the elderly. nhk world reports. >> reporter: an increasing number of older japanese people are making trips overseas. many are going not just to sight see but to study. 65-year-old is a volunteer teacher. she uses her english language skills to teach japanese to foreigners living in japan. she started brushing up on her english by studying abroad. she took the first trip when she was 59 years old. sin then she travelled to other countries every yeerb. she decided to invest time and money in

japan time. we'll use the data from hawaii to estimate the tsunami's likely impact on japan. >> waves could range from 20 centimeters to 1 meter and urged people to stay alert for possible advisories. >>> toshiba is looking deeper into a scandal that dealt a heavy blow to the firm's bottom line. gene has the details on that and a wrap up of today's business headlines, gene? >> thanks, james. officials at toshiba appointed a new panel to take a closer look to look at irregularities in the company's account, asking three lawyers how much involvement former executives had in the matter. the officials at the tokyo based firm were forced to write down pretext profits for seven years by $1.9 billion, reporting a net loss of $315 million for the year to march 2015. a shareholder is pressuring auditors to pursue former executives for damages. the three independent lawyers will interview at 100 people about what went on at the firm. they are expected to submit a report focusing on individual responsibility by early november. executives will look at the findings before deciding whether to seek damages agai

it's no longer life as they knew it >>> japan is said to start the whaling operation. despite a ban on commercial whaling. japan uses a provision allowing whales to be built for scientific purposes. there are plans to take 51 whales. a whaling expert from macquarie university in sydney joins us. >> the problem we have is that we have killed a lot of whales under the scientific program, but japan has not used the science to improve our understanding of whether or not the fishery is going to be sustainable. and so they have a lot of data which they have not used to quantify why they they've been killing them in the first place. japan is the only country that has this with the rationale that it is for scientific purposes. there's whaling by other countries, in groups from canada and from alaska, and there's norway does commercial whaling and iceland. whales are killed in korea. but they were under the indigenous traditional harvest option. they just apply a revised management procedure process. japan didn't take the option of doing commercial whaling when the i.c.c. put them in place. they said they would like to do it

many, many hispanics but whether china or japan or mexico there outsmarting us and we will not let it happen anymore. i asked one week ago what is the trade deficit? what is it with china? it is almost $400 billion per year. that we're losing almost 400 billion. that is just china. in japan it is $75 billion. has brought -- gone up of course, .

one person is reporting missing. these pictures coming to us from josa city in japan. thousands of people are stranded. some on the roofs of their homes. heavy rain continues to drench eastern japan. the man is on the roof trying to rescue a person who has managed to climb through the roof of the house and is awaiting rescue. it looks like an elderly gentleman waiting to be winched to safety. we'll bring you more on that rescue. we'll keep our eye on what's going on there. and we'll bring you more on the heavy rain, the flooding, it's affecting parts of japan a little later here on al jazeera. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry expressed concern over reports of russian military activity in syria. kerry warned if the reports are true, it could lead to greater violence. pictures released by syrian activists show russian fighters backing syrian forces. there are reports that more russian military equipment arrived in the country. the secretary general says he's also concerned. >> i'm concerned about the reports about the increased russian military presence in syria. that will not contribute to solve th

one. cheers for that report. >>> some worrisome news weather related news. several ships capsized in japan. jonathan oh joins us with information on what the weather conditions were like leading up to those accidents. >> hello. yes, it looks like the weather was quite severe as we went through the morning hours. we're talking about heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts. we had one report of gusts up to 70 kilometers per hour in the area and then rainfall rates as high as 93 millimeters per hour. that's just a ton of rainfall falling in a short period of time. and, in fact, if we look at the radar perspective here, we're watching after this cluster that moved through this morning and, in fact, there was a slight indication of maybe a rotation that might have made it into a mess sew cyclonic type setup and because of that at least the latest information we know at this point, four people have died because of the ships overturning. two are still missing. and so this is something that officials will continue to monitor and try to seek out those that are missing at this point. the reason why we had this type of setup

jonathan: for more on japan, we strategist hebal joins us from hong kong.m is still with us, as well. first, you for that conversation with brian fowler, the first question you have a series of goals for this morning. the question would be, can he complete this term? is this a slow burning, or will the political crisis, around? crisis is slightly a strong word for me. i think mr. abe has a standing, i believe with your tokyo report that he has wasted and spent some capital on a very contentious issue. the point is now here is to get back to get this back on the economy. he can still do it, i'm quite excited about this signal of having a nominal gdp target. i think it should be japanese policy. i hope the central bank takes and adopts-- cue this target. let's see what happens. i remain confident at this stage. jonathan: just to follow-up up, a nominal gdp target may be better than an inflation target, but why does that mean they can hit it? target -- inflation it consists of many unknown and movable parts which is why they are missing it. was launchedcy you

us tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern time for roxanna's full report on our special journey to japan. or joining us, i am tony hair let new york city. the news continues next live from london. >>> this is al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >>> hello i am lauren taylor this is the news hour live from london. coming up, international pressure grows on hungary over the spiral refugees crisis, as thousands of people try to pass through the country. four people are charged over the death of the three-year-old boy whose photo highlighted the flight of syrian refugees around the world. >>> the united arab emirates blames the houthis for a missile attack that killed 22 of its troops in yemen. the new saudi king arrives in the u.s. for his first meeting since relations

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us on "newsline." i'm james tengan in tokyo. we're keeping a close eye on the flooding in japan. a dangerous situation is going on in ibuaki prefecture. flood water is inundating several communities. you can see the levee breaking next to the fallen tree. officials say this happened just after noon. local authorities say they believe the waters have carried off houses and cars. some with people inside. they say they're having difficulty reaching inundated areas because of a strong current in the water. flood waters continue to flow into residential areas including joso and other neighboring cities. hundreds are stranded. about a hundred people sought shelter on the second floor of a supermarket. employees say the waters rose to two meters inside the store and are still rising. many residents remain in their houses. others who have escaped to evacuation centers say they feel trapped. staff at the land infrastructure and transportation ministry say the water covers as much as 37 square kilometers in this area. they say the break many the levee was initially 20 meters long then grew

one takes love. ♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. people who vanished in flooding in japan. all but one are from the town in northern japan. crews are usingters to look for them. thousand are waiting for the water to recede and reveal the magnitude of the destruction power and other utilities are wiped out. goodness gracious. >> reporter: you can google japan's floods, some of the stuff that comes up, 100,000 evacuated. they are calling it in the one in 50 year storm. levees are breaking. all kinds of landslides it's a mess. >>> for us in the delaware valley we'll not see any weather like that, but we have the possibility of seeing drenching downpours again. we had heavy weather roll in thursday evening that produced minor flooding in western camden and gloucester counties. obviously nothing like that. we could see more rain this afternoon. there's the view in center city. 70 degrees, the clouds are rolling in. dewpoints are climbing. 66 it's muggy. winds out of the south/southwest. look at this shot. that almost reminds me of the my vacation in aruba. look at the clouds. 72 degrees in atlantic city. dewpoint 69. the winds down the shore

using baton against refugees who have gathered at the border with greece. >>> and one hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes after floods washed away houses in japans return to developments in syria's civil war. thanks for being with us on the program. how significant do you think is this so-called russian military buildup in syria? >> well, i think it's very significant. let's not forget that putin's support of the assad regime is not new. this has been happening since the syrian uprising. however, the increased buildup shows how far he is prepared to go. >> why have they admitted it right now? >> i think -- we have seen putin has been trying to establish a coalition to fight isil. really, however, i don't think this is so much about isil as it is about keeping assad in power, and pew -- putin wants to position russia as a world power with without which decisions cannot be made. at the same time he is talking about fighting isil, however, that is probably not his real intention. this is pretty risky, the russian military is already stretched pretty thin. it's unlikely that russia can continue sustained long-term military involvement both in ukrai

japan's chief delegate said marine resources must be used sustainably and called for international measures such as fishing regulations. the group will meet on a regular basis, but some doubt whether china, taiwan and other countries will agree to japan's call for regulation. the discussion appears to be headed for rough waters. >> that's it for business news for this hour. but i'll leave you with another check on the markets. >>> 4 1/2 years ago on march 11th, 2011, a major earthquake and tsunami struck japan's northeastern region. the resulting devastation left thousands homeless and providing adequate housing for evacuees in the three hardest-hit prefectures remains a major challenge. police say the disaster left over 18,000 people dead or missing. government authorities say more than 3,000 others died in shelters or from disaster-related causes. officials at the reconstruction agency say as of august 13th, over 140,000 people are still living in temporary housing in miyagi, iwate and fukushima prefectures. nearly 11,000 units of public housing for evacuees had been completed by july in the three prefectures, but that still represents onl

interviewer: how do you feel that the use of the atomic bomb on japan? dieter: there is a story that oppenheimer walked into truman's office and said, i have blood on my hands. and that is the last time truman ever spoke to him. what choice did the commander have at that moment in history except to authorize dropping the atomic bomb? he didn't have a choice. as gruesome as it was and horrified as i and my colleagues was at that time, i feel it the correct decision. it brought an end to the most horrible war, saved millions of lives, american and japanese soldiers. to regulate personal responsibility? of course. i took part in fact. was it the correct decision? quite a few men were in europe and at the end of the european there were loaded with books and transferred to san francisco. way to then their invasion of japan. when the bombs were dropped they were very happy. they didn't have to fight in the pacific. i know several guys who were in that position. we must not let it happen again. if iran gets the bomb and drops it on israel, that will be world wa

on asia, not just a pan. -- not just japan. faces astry says downward pressure it lets get details on what those policies could be. we're joined by chief asia correspondence -- take ushrough what is being proposed here. >> good morning john. this is all about trying to funnel money into the real economy to get projects going. the export engine in china is struggling in a big way. ist people are hoping for infrastructure spending might give the economy and bit of a bump going into the years and. they are trying to funnel money into infrastructure projects. they are talking about partnerships to get these projects often ground it to get .hese government spending money it all boils down to try to get money into the real economy in a way that cuts interest rates. exports are giving the money the bank for the buck right now. jonathan: the catalyst for some thehe market instability, volatility surge, was not just china.atility in is hong kong's dollar peg the next thing we should be focused on? da: hong kong is pegged for the u.s. dollar. if the fed does tighten interest raise borrowing costs in hong kong. at the same time of their being squeezed by slowing chinese econom

japan is one of america's most critical allies and economic partners. each of use more we do to strengthen our partnership, we all know the better the both of our countries will be. we are grateful for the prime minister's leadership. glad he is here today to share some of his thoughts about the future. you should know, is one of the most important markets for the company. we sold the first bloomberg terminal back in 1980 32 years after the company was started. we decided to open the first office in asia, we did it in japan in 1987. that office is still growing. i'm glad to say the first person we ever hired in tokyo still works for us after all of these years. 1987 was two years before the japanese stock market reached an all-time high. the country passes economy went through very challenging times since then. not easy, japan has proved itself to be a highly resistant culture and country. the financial collapse of 2008 was followed by the tragic earthquake and synonymy of 2011. 'sder prime minister abe leadership, they have continued to build momentum. advances i

japan. >> we have received a couple of comments. it makes us seem like we are racist. >> japan is one of the most whom only nous countries. 2% of the population is of foreign origin. this is a hot topic, how much should japan let in. the population is defined thing. fertility is one of the lowest in the world. this report does point to some of those issues and some japanese people don't want to hear about it. >> you and i talked when we came back from iran. now that hafoo is not derogatory, i should let the viewers know you are also hafoo. >> yes, and i've been wam in japan, they treated me kindly. you have been to japan, you probably received the same treatment. >> this trip made be wonder if i was darker skin. talking about the challenges. as there is everywhere in the world. many people are open-minded and welcoming, no matter the colour and background. >> like you would see in america when there's milestones or breakthroughs, there's a lot of media celebrating this as a milestone. >> definitely, there was a lot of support. people tweeted who cares if she's an hafoo. although there were sweets and posts saying she doesn't wept j

have get more on japan, we eugene nakamura live for us in tokyo right now. the day going to look like in tokyo, do you think? eugene: it does look like we will get some selling at the open. not sure after that. japaneseake a look at stocks that have exposure to the emerging market. companies like daihatsu, suzuki, komatsu. keep a lookout on those because what happens to the emerging markets today will be a big dream. also keep in mind that japanese markets are on holiday after today until thursday. a lot of the trading will be compressed. if you are a fundamental german japanese shares, sold today or wait -- fund manager with japanese shares, sold today or wait for a week. rge, japan is the big market in asia so that might dictate trading for the rest of the day in europe as well and america. a key market to look at. angie: absolutely, looking to japan for direction. as you said, it might be a unique day because it is going to be a market holiday for the next four days. the last market to get things done. which sectors do you think we should pay attention to

us on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. >>> people in eastern japan have seen torrential rain that's caused massive floods and landslides. at least three people died and more than 20 are missing. a levee on the kinugawa river about 60 kilometers north of tokyo collapsed on thursday. more than 6,000 homes in joso city, ibaraki prefecture, have been flooded. rescue crews are getting people out of the flood zone using helicopters and boats. they say hundreds of others are still waiting for help. about 100 people spent the night on the second floor of a supermarket. employees say the water rose to two meters inside the store. officials say there's not enough food and supplies at some shelters as thousands of people fled their homes. local volunteers here provided evacuees with handmade rice balls. >> translator: i'm so glad, because we didn't have breakfast today. >> the recovery efforts could take a while. workers here started pumping water back to the river. and some residents are now clearing debris from their homes. >> translator: i'm just shocked, really shocked. >> translator: i don't even know w

watched that in japan and we will keep an eye on what is happening in china. stay with usore on that development. angie: why don't we do it right now? a deeper dive in japan's wireless carriers. they are the leading laggards on nikkei 225 today. ntt docomo, leading the decline today. yvonne man is here with how these companies are really reacting to a new edict from shinzo abe. what is it? yvonne: he says they need to reduce the cost of mobile phone bills in japan. and a big burden for a lot of households. right now, an individual smartphone plan might cost you 80-80 three dollars. similar to what you might see in the u.s., but quite big when compared to other parts of asia. that has sparked a lot of talk about lowering prices among japanese carriers. kddi, the number two preventer, announcing they were announcing fixed rates, but we have steam -- seen still the shares plunging. docomo plunging the most in seven years. the parent also falling. this could be a huge challenge moving forward for ntt docomo, which is japan's largest wireless carrier. the latest move by kddi co

on false pride that japan fought the war. in october 2014, japan's national broadcaster issued a ban on any reference to non king and to the country's use of sex slaves. in the new history text adopted by increasing number of school districts including tokyo -- there's not one mention of japan's war as that of aggression, nor a single mention of comfort women, nor massacre. in direct contradiction, the recommendations made by the treaty bodies including the human rights committee in 2014. committee on the elimination of discrimination on women and torture in 2013. it's important to recognize the anti- memorial movement in the us will be in this -- whatever your reasons, if you don't support this memorial, make no mistake. it will be counted ads a victory -- nationalism is currently serving as the glue that binds the -- it must be chinese or korean or if you're really japanese, i would oppose. there's false division amongst those all who wants grandmas rights -- united nation for human rights in 2014, stated that the comfort women is human rights violation against these women continued to occur as long as their rights to justice and -- a

on false pride that japan fought the war. in october 2014, japan's national broadcaster issued a ban on any reference to non king and to the country's usef sex slaves. in the new history text adopted by increasing number of school districts including tokyo -- there's not one mention of japan's war as that of aggression, nor a single mention of comfort women, nor massacre. in direct contradiction, the recommendations made by the treaty bodies including the human rights committee in 2014. committee on the elimination of discrimination on women and torture in 2013. it's important to recognize the anti- memorial movement in the us will be in this -- whatever your reasons, if you don't support this memorial, make no mistake. it will be counted ads a victory -- nationalism is currently serving as the glue that binds the -- it must be chinese or korean or if you're really japanese, i would oppose. there's false division amongst those all who wants grandmas rights -- united nation for human rights in 2014, stated that the comfort women is human rights violation against these women continued to occur as long as their rights to justice and -- and

message to the world - we were on the winning side in the war against japan 70 years ago, and we'd be on the winning side again should that country or any other attack us because of this vast military arsenal that we have. president xi jinping, as you pointed out, announced a 15% cut in the size of his armed forces. analysts say one of the reasons for this is that he wants to have a modern army, a fit ir military, and focus more on the navy and the air force. that has implications for disputes in the south china and east china sea. let's listen to what the president said a short time ago. >> translation: we will make sure that we can build a new international relationship based on mutual respect, development and peace. i hereby announce that china will reduce the military number by 300,000 >>> now, adrian, interesting that beijing says the parade of military ice is a parade of peace. what is the message the communist party is sending out, with the spectacle on show? >> well i think there was a lot of heavy symbolism. president xi jinping appeared in a uniform. he wants to become the most powerful leader since mao tse-tung, and that would have been soli