general xi jinping took power in 2012. now, all eyes are set on the 19th party congress slated for this fall. the leaders of all the all-powerful standing committee and bureau offer material signals into the direction of how the prc policy will be conducted for at least the next five years. and many of the members of the current bureau as well as the central commission are set to retire. arguably nowhere could the impact of a shift in the current approach on policy be greater felt than in the case towards taiwan. the general secretary wields enormous power and could theoretically end the state of hostility by deciding to make peace with taiwan. perhaps more practically, he could and should end the current stalemate in the freeze of high level government dialogue with taipei. on the other hand, he could allow the military brass to dictate an even more heavy handed and belligerent posture against taiwan. under the ccp, the general secretary chairs an interagency policy setting process through the taiwanese leading small grou

relations right now and certainly president donald trump and president xi jinping will have an awful lot to talk about if as expected president donald trump begins an official visit to china in november richelle ok adrian brown live for us and beijing adrian thank you well as alluded to the insults continue to fly between the u.s. and north korean leaders with donald trump calling him a madman on twitter and in response to a chemist official statement calling the u.s. president to ranged and i barking dog meanwhile russia says it's time for the war of words to stop and for mediators to step ahead of america to tame space reports in the united nations. for now it's a war of words but diplomats increasingly fear that the heightened rhetoric coupled with any miscalculation could lead to actual conflict kim myong own has been calling president trump a mad man after trump mocked him as rocket man russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says it's time for threats to give way to dialogue i asked him about president speech and his threats to destroy north korea do you think that his language

it should allow president xi jinping to tighten his grip on power.t can we expect when this new standing committee has announced? >> a number of scenarios. ,hen the curtains are unveiled does president xi jinping signal he wants a third term? depending on what he does, it will provide clues into that. he could reduce it to five andle from seven right now stack it with some allies and that would be an indication he is doing that, or he could put his successor right on there. president xi jinping was named of the core of the party last year. can we expect this time around? >> there have been two other leaders who have gotten their name in the party constitution, so that is something he might get this time, his name in lights so to speak. that would be an accolade that only two other chinese leaders have had, essentially putting him in the top three all-time in china and shows how much he has consolidated his power, and it gives in that mandate to tackle some tough reforms at a time when growth is slowing in china. haidi: before the last congress and th

his sanctions strategy and this is what the president had to say i made a friend in china president xi and yesterday he basically took the banking industry away from north korea never been. whatever. you know it's based on relationship relationship is very. good but we're dealing with somebody that will figure out he may be smart he may be strategic and he may be totally crazy but you know what no matter what he is we're going to handle it for a leave me. well confusion and contradiction have become the hallmarks of sino china relations and of course president xi jinping and president donald trump will have a lot to talk about if as expected president jiang will trump makes an official visit to china in november richelle brown live in beijing adrian thank you. and there was a hint to there but the insults continued to fly between the u.s. and north korean leaders with donald trump calling kim jong un a mad man on twitter it's in response to kim's official statement calling the u.s. president to range and a barking dog meanwhile russia says it's time for the war of words to stop and for

. >> the first question i have, president putin and xi jinping will not be there. on theis have an impact outcome of what you will discuss on syria and north korea?\ also, you have existed a lot on the respect of sovereignty. wouldn't an investment in this week part of getting involved, -- wouldn't an investment in this help? -- there will be several ministers there. i think it will be serious discussions that we will have. the fact that president putin and xi jinping could not be there was not change what we are discussing. that was their choice to not show up. >> www.c-span.or the you in un general assembly is not a substitute for bilateral relationships between any nations. the president has discussed things with xi jinping many problems. those discussions will continue. bilateral continue in relationships, also in the context of other relationships. >> general, question regarding etiquette. in the past, president have copiously avoided certain world leaders. a decade ago, president bush avoided president ahmadinejad. will the president speak to president maduro

jinping a relationship that really began to improve really after president xi jinping became leader back in early two thousand and thirteen erin thank you. protesters in the u.s. have held a full day of rallies off the white form a police officer was acquitted of shooting a black suspect they demanded justice in the city of st louis at least one hundred twenty people were arrested on sunday off the demonstrations turn violent protests have been taking place since friday when jason stokley was found not guilty in the twenty eleven shooting of anthony miss john hendren has more now from the university city area instant louis demonstrators protested in st louis for a fourth day if you look behind me you can see several people left behind what was a protest of hundreds of people outside of the jail here in st louis this is after one hundred people were arrested on sunday night and we are told fifty still remain in that jail behind us so the demonstrators came out here they demanded the release of those people and they collected bail money for those they could now demonstrators say the p

president xi is due to open this country in a couple hours from now. whether he mentions north korea, we don't know that. but it may be he prefers to ignore it publicly and then speak to vladimir putin about it tomorrow when the two leaders meet in a bilateral meeting. >> perhaps it also illustrates the disregard, perhaps, that north korea holds china these days. we know there is more tension between these two countries. andrew stevens for us. we'll wait and see if xi jinping does make statements in a couple of hours. >> let's try and find out whether russian is reacting to this. fred pleitgen is in moscow. fred, moscow is -- russia is one of those countries that has warned the u.s. against the fiery rhetoric and stumbling into a war with north korea. what are you hearing? >> they have and quite recently, vladimir putin has told americans in a speech in china saying that the rhetoric coming out of the united states, the threats coming out of the united states, the russians don't believe those are very helpful or will persuade the north koreans to chang

when would we in the world, certainly not during eight years of the obama administration, and now xiinping is acting like a true strategic partner? >> it is the mark of the success the president has had, despite all the criticism he has gotten this week is a triumph. i thought his speech on tuesday at the u.n. general assembly was top of the line and what china has apparently done, although we need to see their performance, in the past they have had the rhetoric, but not the performance, i think xi xinping appreciates that barack obama is no longer president and donald trump is a very serious person. so when he says as he did on tuesday, the only acceptable outcome in north korea is no nuclear weapons capability, that this president means it and the one before him didn't. lou: and the one before that and the one before that. all the way back to clinton. >> 25 years of failure. lou: as we look what is happening domestically, in our domestic politics here, susan rice, the former national security advisor lying again, talking about the unmasking of trump administration officials, trump

president trump and president xi have had very productive conversations, and we appreciate the way they are working with us. i'm going to take one more. reporter: i would like to follow-up on my initial question. you said this is not targeted at china specifically, but china is the largest trading partner with north korea. can you tell us how that will affect them, and how it will affect the u.s. relationship with china? secretary mnuchin: this is targeted at north korea, and anybody that wants to do trade or business with them. we appreciate the relationship with china, and we look forward to working with them. thank you, everybody. announcer: we heard more about the north korea sanctions with you and ambassador nikki haley. briefing in new york city and also discussed the iranian nuclear deal and the ongoing concerns over human rights in myanmar. this is 25 minutes.

i think he has done better with xi jinping.hey have developed some way to talk to each other on the phone, now that they have met a couple of times, and we will need china. charlie: they were in favor of the sanctions. did they not support the sanctions must recently? >> one of them>>, but the previous ones they were more dodgy. charlie: they seemed to want to send some signal to the north koreans. >> with the europeans, they don't feel as if there is any pressure on them to help trump out. that is why iran is interesting. this is a classic deal where if you did want to do something with iran, you would perhaps escalate pressure on them, you would start talking about maybe off.ing, pushing the deal the thing that worries people is -- obama deal is meant to 10, 12 years away. in order to get that degree of agreement about what to do about iran, you need the europeans onside first. you need the british at a minimum to be sympathetic, and then maybe you reach out to other people. this is why all the problems of the previous rhetor

and india were the face is a slap in for president xi.osting leaders from brazil, russia, india and south africa. this is the second time he has been holding a summit when the north koreans have taken some kind of provocative act, whether a missile test or a nuclear test. we heard from the chinese, they put out a statement saying the north koreans should move away from their wrong actions, they should stick to the security council resolutions. but we also heard an advisor to the state cabinet they north korea is becoming more hostile to china. we heard from an editorial in the state run global times suggesting more sanctions were inevitable, and the question was whether or not there would be fallout from nuclear tests on the chinese border, whether the chinese should be noticing those, and if there is pickup, that china should consider rethinking its ties with north korea. from that, butay this was an embarrassment for president xi, and it has ramifications because rumbles and tremors were felt in .ortheast china analysts think it has not

reporter: the president earlier thanked xi jinping for his bold actions, so would you say these actions today were enough? also, would you call on russia to put more pressure on north korea? secretary mnuchin: we will call on russia to do more. president trump and president xi have had very productive conversations, and we appreciate the way they are working with us. i'm going to take one more. reporter: i would like to follow-up on my initial question. you said this is not targeted at china specifically, but china is the largest trading partner with north korea. can you spell out how that will affect them, and how it will affect the u.s. relationship with china with regard to north korea? secretary mnuchin: this is targeted at north korea, and anybody that wants to do trade or business with them. we appreciate the relationship with china, and we look forward to working with them. thank you, everybody. >> at the end of the day, we heard from u.n. ambassador nikki haley on the new north korea sanctions and the president's we get the u.n. general assembly meeting.

chinese president xi jinping and vladimir putin agreed to appropriately deal with north korea.uclear test is seen as a sharp provocation to china. that is of the only challenge facing the summit. several nations facing slumping economies as commodity prices fall. economic rivalry and border disputes between china and india have been heated. ansident xi maintained ambitious outlook. >> we must move the international economic order and a more just and reasonable direction. however closer ties with the rest of the world the man's hour i've countries to play a bigger role in the global governance. without our participation many pressing global challenges cannot be effectively dealt with. host: monday being labor day in the u.s., and the u.s. leverage the history and conservation of labor movements. the outlook for working people somewhat complicated under president trump. brian: he has regularly presented himself as a champion of the american worker, from protectionist policies aimed at bringing back working last jobs to the u.s. america's unappointed rate is near historic lows, wa

and kim jong-un shows no sign nor does president xi jinping of making mr. trump's choices any more attractive. >> previous presidents, namely mr. clinton and mr. obama paid the ransom to north korea and did not secure the hostage, they did not build down or dismantle the capability. this president is faced with far fewer options that are much more grave. that said, i will tell you he's hitting center on one important point. the deterrent is always in the mind of the aggressor or your opponent. if there is one absolute imperative for north korea, that's the survival of the regime. if any of their missiles become florida joke try to potentially threaten american citizens, that the response would be capable of obliterating that regime. if that's clear in their minds, it's a tremendous deterrent. i congratulate the president for that kind of clarity. no matter what kind of words it puts in. even if they are not diplomatic ease. his commitment is very, very, very important. >> i think in that context the president in fact as you well know has made it clear that

he spoke today with chinese president xi who is holding out hope north korea will back away from its nuclear weapons program. >> he's very much in favor of the denuke of north korea and we're talking about different things. >> reporter: as for president trump, he's still not ruling out a military option. >> we'll see what happens. certainly that's not a good choice, but we will see what

xi jinping has a lot to lose.ump has enormous leverage between now and that date. >> gordon, thank you so much. columnist for the daily beast and author of nuclear showdown. north korea takes on the world. >>> if what are the military options? colonel jack jacobs joins us next. when i walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, that's when i knew i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste, plus intense craving relief. every great why needs a great how. ♪ wise man, i'm nervous about affecting my good credit score. i see you've planted an uncertainty tree. chop that thing down. the clarity you seek... lies within the creditwise app from capital one. creditwise helps you protect your credit. and it's completely free for everyone. it's free for everyone? do hawks use the stars to navigate? i don't know. aw, i thought you did. i don't know either. either way it's free for everyone. cool. what's in your wallet? hundreds of dol

kennedy: is that why xi jinping is not at the u.n. general assembly. >> it's not uncommon to send deputies. it's not going to be a comfortable meeting for china and putin if the president asserts himself. kennedy: like he says he has done in conversation with the chinese president. but it will be interesting to see what conversation follow and take place. you can't screw around here. you and i were talking this afternoon and "outnumbered" how when president trump gave his first address to the u.n., he was applaud. >> you are not suppose to applaud. you are supposed to listen quietly. and president obama gave and speech at the u.n. attacking donald trump. i don't think the united nations will do much. but donald trump did give me a little bit of hope when he ordered missile strikes over dessert and informed him. this was a meeting where xi jinping was supposed to come out looking like a noble statesman and donald trump was a moron. trump reached out over dinner and he said i told you over dessert, do you want seconds. xi had to suck it

to listen is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterpart wang louis and is to meet president xi jinping later the u.s. views china as crucial to attempts to stop north korea developing nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with pyongyang accounting for around ninety percent of its foreign trade. for more we're now joined on the line by correspondent felix li who is standing by for us in beijing felix it's good to have you with us now the u.s. is china as critical to preventing any kind of military confrontation with north korea but what exactly do they want to china to do. yes and teaching is now sharply also criticized someone could not. be more clear action from. washington one china to put enough pressure on kids who used to bring oil to the negotiation table and in order to achieve this china would have to implement really painful sanctions i think this is what washington really wants you're describing them as painful sanctions and i know you've been at the border between china and north korea is it evidence that the functions are being imposed. or are have just bee

president xi is hosting many diplomats.ed before where north korea has disrupted a meeting with some type of provocation. what message do you think today north korea is trying to send to china? loss of faceher for president xi. there was a missile test with the belt and road summit. this is the second time, as you say. it is a humiliation for the chinese and a challenge for beijing. it is a challenge from washington because president xi is hosting the presidents and leadership from russia, india, south africa, brazil. he gave a speech talking about corporation that is hollow only this nuclear test and divisions we are seeing around the korean peninsula. china put out a statement saying it condemns the test, calling on north korea to abide by security council resolutions and for a restart of dialogue. there was editorial on the state run global times thing it seems further sanctions are inevitable, but the embargo of north korea is the wrong approach, saying china should monitor nuclear fallout. there were rumbles, vibration

xi jinping wants to be the next chairman mao.ope president trump is putting the kind of pressure on him so he tries to find a deal. quietly the chinese like to save face. the president understands that. he is a deal maker, but also have to have the loud sounds of the military buildup on the outside. lou: all that has been done by this president. three carriers dispatched to the region, all of them armed to the teeth. god knows how many u.s. subject marines are in the region. the threat is clear, the response is clear. what is not clear is whether china will take responsibility for its irresponsibility in the last 30 years in its management and support of north korea and its nuclear ambitions. thanks for being with us. great to have you here. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe president trump's deal with the democrats on the debt ceiling has rendered ryan and mcconnell irrelevant and it's time for them to step aside for the good of the nation. this is a video of four friends who are inseparable at least for a whil

onto the gulf news business pages and the story with xi jinping opening the brics conference.dowed by the development to north korea but nevertheless he made his big speech and his plea is forfree—market, very much the anti—trump agenda when it comes to what is happening in the markets at the moment. the resort irony that china, a huge market and one of the core rook economies, is coming in with questionable practices in a fairly closed economy is calling for greater openness, in line with the america first policy. rob on we must remember that also that these big four countries are meeting at the time when the economy led economies of the emerging markets are suffering, we see it in business at the moment, a lot of these markets dominate the regions in which they are waste. they are all suffering. is a lot to be talked about here. this idea of expanding the brics group as well, mexico would like tojoin. it would be extremely timely with what is happening with america, for them to be brought into the group. the question that has to come down too, have they got enough clout as a

but, i mean, we will hear from xi jinping in a few hours time. i suspect it will be a reiteration of what he said, what the russians and the chinese said about a deescalation and bringing these -- the u.s. and north korea back to the negotiating table is the only way forward, isha. >> as we say, so many interrelated pieces. andrew, stay with me. i want to share this with our viewers, the fact that china's earthquake administration has said that it detected two earthquakes in north korea. we have been telling you, of course, about that large explosion, that seismic activity that the usgs picked up on alongside officials in south korea. well, according to china's earthquake administration they detected two earthquakes. let me read you part of the statement. they're saying that the first earthquake was a suspected explosion. it occurred around 11:30 a.m. beijing time and it was a 6.3 magnitude quake, measuring at a depth of zero kilometers. the statement goes on to give the epicenter of being about 70 kilometers away from a city, about 390 kilometer

defense secretary jim matters also president xi jinping and president donald trump have held a further telephone conversation their second in less than two weeks north korea of course figured high on the agenda both leaders saying they remain committed to enforcing sanctions against north korea but president xi jinping also saying once more that diplomacy and negotiation had to be given a chance as well. nine pro-democracy activists in hong kong have appeared in court for a pretrial hearing they're charged with conspiracy to commit a public nuisance for their roots and protests in twenty fourteen sarah clarke reports now from hong kong. today is the much anticipated pretrial hearing that nine made about this including the founders of occupy home mom movement made by. this and legal academics. have been charged with inciting public nuisance for their roles. like tests which shut down. today right about civics and. rally that's not the quartet's can hear behind me they're watching this case very very very closely and last month three students including a high profile job. you can set up

president xi feels some pressure now, there's in doubt about it.t, you know, chinese communist party congress coming up, he's trying to solidify his power. he has -- he's one of the most ambitious chinese leaders that we've had in a generation. he clearly, in my judgment, wants to replace the united states as the preeminent global power in the world. he's revising the order or, you know, in the pacific and in asia. and this thing has finally gotten to be one big pain for him. and i think he and his team are likely going about getting, trying to get ahold of this thing so it stops taking them off the agenda that they have now. but you're absolutely right, lou, and our audience has got to understand that. they don't have nuclear weapons 12 years ago without chinese complicity. they don't have icbms without chinese complicity. they don't nuclearize icbms without chinese complicity. but now president trump says this is going to stop, i need your help, and if you're not going to help me, i'm going to go alone, and i'm going to take careful this. nothing

i think that's possible. >> it was a frank conversation that they had, but where do president xi andeed to be talking about, besides, obviously, what you described, this 15, 20, 25-year plan? >> they need to be discussing what our relationship is going to be with china. right now it's unclear. what are we going to do vis-a-vis china. china is a growing power. you've got this imbalance taking place for the existing power being confronted with a rising power history has not been very positive on that. of the 16 studies thavsh dot han done, 12 of those studies looked at past history. 12 of those instances involved war. we're trying to avoid that, if at all possible. with respect to north korea, the north koreans have been basically showing contempt not only for the united states, the united nations but also for china itself. china has its principal benefactor. if the principal of china says time for a change here, i think the president of north korea has to wonder what will happen to his regime. >> you saw vladimir putin with the south korean president today and he said the north korea

>> let me make sure i understand you on that point, david, because a lot of people are saying xi jinping doesn't want to do anything now. everything is geared toward the congress where he will solidify more of his power and have more his allies on the standing committee. >> i don't think he wants to do anything, charlie, that would undermine his status as a strong leader many china, able to put all of his five or seven members on the standing committee of the bureau. the only question at some point is this area so turbulent that he looks not as strong by doing nothing but weak, and that's the delicate balance. >> rose: in terms of the united states' policy and in terms of looking at the options and on the diplomatic front, do we have divisions within the government at all -- and forget what the president is saying even though that seems to be a powerful factor out will in terms of how they read where we are -- are there divisions between state and defense on this or are they simply looking at the separate responsibilities in terms of diplomacy and military action? >> let me lead off on t

thanking xi jinping as well.: of course, we know about the ongoing bromance between the countries, and japan being vulnerable with the missile launches over the country. david: coming up, our interview with the turkish president. what he has to say about his relationship with russia and the ongoing conflict in syria. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: welcome back. this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." i'm shery ahn. david: i'm david gura. turkey may be ready to send in more troops to syria where is working with russia to bring an end to the civil war. president erdogan discuss this and more yesterday in new york with john mickelthwait. [speaking turkish] >> let me say this, before anything else, our political thesis is this. increase your friends, increase your enemies. we are working on this and we have had something negative with russia, but in a very short time , we got pass this issue. we havew, with russia, gotten to a very significant climb in foreign trade volume. we reached a trade volume of $36 billio

chairman xi is hosting brics emerging economies in the city. this forced this chinese leader to deal with stubborn and worsening threat on its borders while also seeking to project optimistic image of free trade and prosperity. remember, it was only a few months ago china signed on to u.n. security council that levied harsh sanctions against north korea. china remains by far north korea's largest trading partner. it could dock north korea's revenue by as much as a third. president trump, al, isn't first president to express frustration with how china is dealing with north korea. president obama and george bush before him were all frustrated with lack of resolve when it came to dealing with north korea. once again, all eyes are turning to china and xi jinping and asking to put pressure. because really, al, china is the only country that can apply that kind of pressure because they are the only country that has a rigorous and robust economic relationship with pyongyang. al. >> thanks, matt bradley, for that update. turning our attention back to t

jinping praised president xi jinping for saying that he told china's banks to basically no longer do business with north korea then on friday night china's official foreign ministry spokesman said actually that's not quite the case so he raised a serious question mark as to whether china really was now targeting north korea's financial system but once more on friday president trump insisted the president xi jinping was going along with his strategy on banks this is what he had to say. i made a friend in china president xi and yesterday he basically took the banking industry away from north korea never been done it was never been the big space the relationship relationship is very good but we're dealing with somebody that will figure out he may be smart he may be strategic and he may be totally crazy but you know what no matter what he is we're going to handle it folks believe me. i think that what we're seeing at the moment is clear evidence of the different strategies that the united states and china have when it comes to north korea president donald trump likes to shout very loudly

i think he's done better, frankly with xi jinping. they seem to have developed some kind of way to talk to each other on the phone now that they met a couple of times. and we will need china obviously in the next round of north korea. >> rose: they were in favor of the sanctions most recently? >> they have achieved something. >> rose: did they not support the sanctions most recently. >> they supported one of them. but the previous ones they were more dodgy on. >> rose: the most recent one is the one that seemed to indicate that they wanted to send some signal to the north koreans. >> but i think there is still a basic problem with the europeans. they don't feel as if there is any pressure on them to help trump out. and that's weirdly why iran is interesting, is because this is a classic deal where if you did want to do something with iran, you would perhaps escalate pressure on them. you would start talking about maybe changing the-- fushing the deal off. the thing which really worries people is the obama deal is meant to end dependin