xi calls himself "core leader," just like mao. xi's travels recreate mao's countryside visits.year, the cult of xi has become less visi bookstore, "xi jinhought," the book, has pride of place. despite nearby, bookstore manager qin hui says xi's books are best- sellers. >> ( translated ): because we're entering thinew era of development, general secretary xi's thought points a direction for our fure. so we have to seriously study the spirit of general secretary xi's speeches. >> schifrin: but fly 1,200 mil south of beijing, and hundreds of thousands of people reject xi jinping thought, and everything it stands for. xi jinping's critics say he's not only spreading his own ideas-- he's closing the space for anyone else's ideas, both in mainland china, and here in ho kong, where these protrs say, they feel like the city's independence is being eroded. on andff for months, hong kong police have clashed with protestors, and many of the protestors connect the crackdown in hong kong to the restriction of rights in mainland china. >> ( translated ): how can we expect that we will have p

we are going to hear from president xi later on. outline his vision of a strong china but can we really expect to hear anything on the big issues of the day? the trade war and the like? will he sticks trickling to the celebratory nature? richard: i think it is ceremonial. there will be a lot of coded language that may be give you an idea of the leadership thinking about the trade war. in the report you just heard, we had a lot of big speeches by xi jinping where he talked endlessly about struggle. that is an important word for the communist party and certainly one he applies to the trade war. i don't think it has any major market moving announcements. mao and usea fan of the few lines in the context of the trade war, including the long march. do you get a sense that if things do not go china's way, they are prepared for a war of attrition? richard: absolutely. it is interesting what you say about mao. the 70th anniversary of the communist party saving china from foreign predators, as it were. tradition is very important. for all the

xi has cemented his power. he is the world -- the country's most powerful leader since malls little. he does face a very challenging time, the most challenging time he is facing now since he took over party rule. he is dealing with a slowing economy, the trade war with the united states, as well as long-term demographic challenges. you have a rapidly aging population in china. externally, they are dealing with a u.s. that is becoming less interested in seeing china as a strategic partner and viewing china as a strategic adversary. you also have the hong kong protests that are continuing, despite these massive celebrations. despite the fact that xi doesn't have any concerns about losing his power, he is facing many challenges in terms of maintaining the party's legitimacy moving forward domestically and on an international stage. paul: tom, i want to get back to you. what has xi jinping been saying ahead of today's event? tom: we actually saw some remarkable photos of president xi jinping in tiananmen square whi

what evidence exists that xi jinping himself is an economic reformer? is there any? no. that is an easy question to answer. >> i do not think xi jinping cares all that much about the economy. i think he cares about politics and his project is to rejuvenate the communist party in china. delegated the economic decision-making to the -- vicemier and premier. campaign was about -- xing xi jinping seer jinping's ear. that is the last thing on his mind. he cares about politics, military, and chinese culture. >> i would say, not that he does not care about the economy because he does have built into his great rejuvenation of the chinese nation, having china be on par with the united states and japan and germany, doubling chinese incomes by 2020. you asked about xi jinping as an economic reformer and if we take reform to mean opening up not just reform as change, he is clearly not an economic reformer. everything about xi jinping has been about reasserting the rule of the party into chinese society. in chinese enterprises or joint ventures, or you are talking about continuing to

really is diminishing xi j jinping's reputation. i think when he first took power, at least he saw himself and, therefore, of course, the rest of the party also had to agree with the perspective that he would be the savior of the chinese communist party. and now we've seen not sort ofb fairly costly blunders and him having to sort of change course. so i think going forward, this is going to be interesting. it, perhaps, will change the way in which he makes decisions to make it a bit more democratic instead of just him making all the decisions. we don't know. that's an open question. there's some signs to suggest that maybe this is the case. in terms of the reform, a lot of it is -- as the blunders accumulate, the party increasingly shifts from, you know, wanting to sort of try new things to speed up growth, or to make the market more market oriented, to just risk management. this is something that andrew pointed out already. and, again, i was very -- also struck by this speech in the central party school where, was this the -- one o

>> i would strongly distinguish between putin and xi because china has a governing system. an ethos instead of institution, common, almost bureaucratic decision. russian, i an author tearon -- so even though you have two liters who appears as they've could i rule for life you have two different systems. xi can technically rule now -- they still -- not -- he abolished term limits adult there are term structures and in russia put has been president and prime minister and can decide which portfolio is more important. so i can imagine a scenario where xi jinping steps down either after one more term, let's say, because he has a number of rings -- >> in his second term now. >> he is, he could do one more, for example and that would be republican desendded bit a finite period and he has a set of people around him from which he can choose. >> does xi jinping for the chinese people, want a tariff agreement or trade agreement with the united states or reay not want one. i mean, one of the hardest things to know is whats the chinese people think other than what is mediated through th

so i think xi, that's last thing on his mind. he cares about politics, military, chinese culture and the economy is just a tool to get those things done. >> dr. economy or dr. shih? >> maybe not that he doesn't care about the economy, because he does have built into his great rejuvenation of the chinese nation, having china be an modern innovative economy on par with the united states and japan and germany, doubling chinese incomes by 2020. he definitely has economic objectives that you asked about xi jinping as an economic reformer. and i think if we take reform to mean opening up, reform and opening up, not just reform is change. he's clearly not an economic reformer. everything about xi jinping from day one has been about reasserting the role of the party into the chinese economy come into chinese society. so whether you talk about enhancing the role of party committees, whether in chinese enterprises or in joint ventures or even ensuring multinationals have party committees or your dog if i continue to strengthen the role of

>> i think there is pressure on xi jinping. frankly, i think he probably cares more about hong kong than the u.s./china trade talks. that may be hard to believe, but one of the communist party goals in china is to have unity of china, not to have the foreign barbarians take hong kong or taiwan away. so this is crucial. what seems to be going on, i watched that interview. i think what jimmy is pointing out, which is very important, there's no enforcement mechanism for the agreement in 1984 maggie thatcher got with the chinese. even though that document and the basic law that china passed itself in 1990, they both talk about universal suffrage in hong kong is a goal -- maria: which is the ability to elect your own leadership. >> yes. so what's been happening, jimmy kind of pointed out there's a strange mechanism that can china will decide which candidates can run, so, yes, there's a universal suffrage election, but only for people you and i, we pick three candidates, and the vote is for one of our chosen candidates. that's not un

chinese president xi jinping and. instead mass demonstrations have dominated the count. down to the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china these protesters are no mood to celebrate. with the world watching closely they want to capitalize on the attention and make them and ahead we should be a great day but we really can find a reason to start to bring we feel more sorry and sorrow for what do you have suffered i hope to make our country attention to understand more whites we are going to fight for this this spring is a good one to protest to to show them home we will lose. feet of where we will no matter how low. also artie's hit their mass on rest on cheese day they want to avoid a repeat of more scenes like this. images of angry young patients should threaten the full focus from beijing celebrations and embarrass authorities police have made clear this weekend that un sanctioned rallies will not be tolerated boss there's only so much they can do to keep people off the streets instead of massively scaled back the annual celebrations to prevent them from bein

xi xinping can't control hong kong.e of president trump. that's coming up, top of the hour. ♪ i get it all the time. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i don't wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. stuart: over the weekend, more evidence that china's leader xi jinping is in some trouble. now, of course you wouldn't know it from chinese state-run media, where xi is called the people's leader. that's the kind of hero worship not seen in generations. but that's a mask. concealing a troubled economy, a still-chaotic hong kong and reports of grumbling inside china. those are real problems for a leader facing a u.s. president who will not back down. >>> look what happened over the weekend. tens of thousands marched to the u.s. consulate pleading with president tru

new york china's president sends a powerful message to the opening of the 2nd biggest in the world xi jinping is signaling that. growth comes before. people in greenland are adopting to make the best. out of us but we start with this news just in the form ahead of down in a stone. has been found dead initial reports point to suicide police have been searching for since he left his home on monday he was part of the ongoing investigation into an alleged money laundering scheme investigators allege that funneled some 200000000000 euros in illicit funds through its tiny estonian branch during his tenure. to keep you updated on this developing story of course. but today many in germany and especially here in berlin are looking to china with envy because while the capital berlin here is still waiting for its new apple to become operational a full 13 years after construction is started an 8 years behind china's president xi jinping officially launched a glitzy new. 50 kilometers south of the capital beijing. shaped like a giant starfish beijing dossing international airport took just 4 years

. >> sullivan: within hours, esident xi of china was on the ground, bringing together the leaders of the world two largest economies. >> one of the things that president trump believes-- h believes in this total-- is s of personal relation great powersan make a difference.re >> the pdents face-to-face for the first time. (cameras clickinin >> thank you, everybody. thank you. re >> tas a lot of time in the schedule with them literall one-on-one, begether and creating the relationship thhi the, the two big economies needed to have with each other. >> sullivan: the leaders seemed to connect. and so did the families. >> we wanted to make you feel ao . >> nihao. >> nihao. >> hello, how are you? >> that summit was important, because the two leaders established a strong personal relationship. i think the image is that the antwo leaders sit getherd two family actually sit together. president xi and his we had a very good interaction with president trump. >> we've had a long discussiony, alrend so far, i have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing. but we have developed a friendship, i can see th

, will be emperor xi. that's the uphill and long-term battle. in 2047, no matter me or sunny or others, we will be at age of 50. and i hope after 28 years hong kong can still be our hometown with freedom and democracy. and i think it's the time to thank all the congressmen and senators in the past few years, and even in the past few decades, really paying attention to protest movement in hong kong. with he stand as one, hong kongers never walk alone. thank you. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] letmy thank the staff and commission for all the work they did in preparing. let me thank the panelists. to our friends in hong kong, let me thank you for your courage and commitment. i think what is prompting action here in the congress is, you know, your courage that we see unfold i unfolding on our television screens and we read in the newspaper. i have to say, for everybody here, you have been an inspiration. and, you know, as i said at the beginning of the hearing, we're a diverse political group on this com

my beef with the policies of president xi jinping and the chinese communist party. not with the chinese people. and especially not with americans of chinese decent. but the chuting truth is the chinese communist party is intent on fundamentally reshaping the norms and values that underwrite decades of global stability, security and prosperity. the question is, how do we respond? do we engage mcin a head to head square cold war on multiple fronts? or do we embrace what i would argue is our more traditional leadership role and strengthen the international order that beijing is attempting to upend. i would argue the second approach of offering a better model to the world, rooted in freedom and opportunity is both consistent our values and the approach most likely to succeed. first, i want to talk briefly about how we got here. in many ways we're having a conversation like this because the conventional wisdom has changed rapidly over the past few years. until recently conventional wisdom told us that the u.s. and china would both rise together, two nations intertwined,

xi wouldwhat president like to avoid is a crackdown.hat would have significant economic and diplomatic consequences for china. we cannot rule it out. i think there is a very high bar before beijing comes in with a serious security crackdown in hong kong. is also quite willing to see hong kong diminished in its importance to china. it is already far less important for china's economy than it was 10 or 15 years ago as shanghai comes up as a financial sector, as china relaxes capital controls. those unique features of hong kong start to erode in terms of their value to beijing. i think for xi jinping, there is a willingness to revisit hong kong's role for china. i do not think that translates to launching a crackdown anytime soon. cannot rule it out, but there is a quite serious risk even for xi jinping in doing that. shery: michael hirson, thank you so much for your insights. kevin: coming up next, massachusetts may be ground zero fight over vaping. we are live from boston with an update, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is "balance

you've said that hong kong is the new berlin what do you mean by that under the rule off president xi jinping erode on hong kong's people autonomy and freedom we strongly experience the crackdown off human rights with protests brutality which similar as was experienced by people in burning in the last century also and. that's the reason we have people in germany can stand with hong kong standing with hong kong means what are you here asking for immigration policy to be changed for hong kong or is coming to germany how do revealed occur and weezer mechanism to. welcome hong kong people the under threat that will be a good move and a good direction but more important is we hope people in germany and the chancellor castro a strong stand to support hong kong's democratization to ultimate and fundamental call for us is to elect our own government the leader of hong kong which means chief executive should be bought by us instead of handpicked by beijing did you hear from the the foreign minister today did you get a promise that it's going to be easier for hong kong was to come to germany wi

certainly, xi jinping hasn't.versity of california at san diego professor and former deputy assistant of the secretary of state susan shirk. we will continue our coverage of china 70 years later with kelsey broderick. on friday, bloomberg television takes a look inside the hong kong protests in a special one-hour program. stephen engle investigates the cause of the and rest and looks for possible solution. that is hong kong on edge this friday at midday, 2:00 p.m. in sydney. ♪ paul: let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. setting up a $4 billion operation to develop autonomous vehicles with a u.k. based company. the project will be split 50-50 and aims to have a production driving platform by 2022. plans to invest more than $12 million in autonomous or electric cars. shares rose 12% this year while aptiv has surged more than 40%. kathleen: the aviation authority and lion air are pushing back at a local investigation into last year's fatal boeing 737 max c rash, saying too much blame is bein

minister of germany i expressed the must for germany coffer meant to send a clear message to president xi with me it's room for german media and politicians to grab attention to my staging a political show with anti chinese separatists disrespects china's 70 and its interference in china's intent on the fence just like ali no one could predict what imagine the burden will fall or soviet union will collapse from decades ago we have to let the dream come true and continue our fights. and plucks things he foreign support to split the country will fail. also coming up us president trump wanted to negotiate with the taliban at camp david his national security adviser john bolton did not bolton is now history what about those taliban talks. dead dead dead for us i'm concerned that that they thought that that it killed people in order to put themselves in a little better negotiating position can't do that with me so they're dead as far as i'm concerned. go to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome. in the day with the man from hong kong who refuses to accept

you've said that hong kong is the new berlin what do you mean by that under the rule off president xi jinping erode on hong kong's people autonomy and freedom we strongly experience the crackdown off human rights with produce brutality which similar as was experienced by people in burning in the last century also and. that's the reason we hope people in germany can stand with hong kong standing with hong kong means what are you here asking for immigration policy to be changed for hong kong or is coming to germany how do revealed occur or mechanism to. welcome hong kong people to under fret that will be a good move and a good direction but more important is we hope people in germany and the chancellor castro a strong stand to support hong kong's democratization to ultimate and fundamental go for us is to elect our own government the leader of hong kong which means chief executive should be a vote by us instead of him picked by beijing and let's say that happens what happens after that. hong kong people can finally be the master of their own house we can determine our own field and that

xi communist party do not align with that vision. instead, the chinese government has worked to challenge the rules-based international system and expand its brand of global influence, military presence, and economic power. it is time to wake up to the fact that beijing is pursuing a strategy not only to strengthen china, but to explicitly diminish u.s. power and influence. to do this, the communist party elementsting all the of state power to strengthen china's position in the world. and they are doing this at the expense of human rights and human dignity. they way i see it, these efforts bucket -- military economicfluence, expansion, and science and technology. front, thee military people's liberation army is expanding both its own domestic bases and starting to establish overseas. china's naval forces are now able to conduct operations farther from home. in the indian ocean. , waters around europe, and the western pacific. under the doctrine of military-civilian fusion, beijing has pursued a cutting edge technology -- is that of c

so, china didn't get here just because of xi jinping. it wasn't realised yesterday.hrough different generations of leaders, different generations of chinese... establishing china and working and chasing this dream. and that is something that i think all chinese people would agree is worth celebrating. john, you also have a long personal experience of china as a reporter for the new york times, in fact, an unpleasant experience when you are kicked out in the mid—80s. you were there in the ‘70s, you were there again in the ‘80s, you were back last year, what do you make of the trajectory? it's probably an appropriate moment to quote the premier of china during my first five years in china, who, whilst attending the celebrations in paris for the french revolution in 1989, 200 years after the french revolution, was asked what he made of the french revolution. he said, "it is too early tojudge." so i think the verdicts are not yet in. it is a story of light and dark. my own personal experience before i left, knowing very little of china, speaking very little chinese, one

and the fifth thing xi jinping took control of hong kong affairs.seeking to broaden beijing's powers, it's so-called comprehensive jurisdiction and hong kong and to roll back hong kongers high degree of autonomy, liberal freedoms and limited democracy by forcibly transforming hong kongers into a chinese communist city while maintaining a veneer of no changes. my next few observations will quickly touch upon the extradition law nexus to national security. senior chinese officials have described the battle, extradition battle as a battle of life and death and as a battle to defend hong kong. a decisive war defending one country two systems are jeopardizing it. since xi jinping came to power national security is now a mandatory obligation for people in the hong kong sar. this was never written in the original basic law. this has been done post fact toe since 2012. early in the extradition law saga senior chinese leaders have made extraordinary endorsements of the extradition law expressing their full support. this included two committee members, the he

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is xi jinping going to say that is not a problem or is he going to say we have to redouble our efforts to develop our own supply chain that does not depend on the u.s. and as jason said, that has long-term consequences. supply chains take a long time to create. there is a lot to add. -- there a lot to it. lining up trusted vendors, making to your specifications, and we are seeing it now. we are seeing that change happening where the u.s. companies -- and i talked to some of them, are finding ways to put plants or move production to vietnam, thailand, taiwan, and they are doing it out of necessity, not preference. jason: we talked china trade with the new dean of columbia business school. carol: appointed dean over the summer after teaching for 21 years at the school. he spoke about how the trade war impacting students crossing borders and is an mba degree worth it? >> we are constantly looking at the cost of education and trying to take it out of the equation. we work on providing good financial aid to our students to eventually facilitate the investment on their part and we are really

is xi jinping going to be president for life? >> i strongly dismiss between vladimir putin and xi because they have a government system. a common almost bureaucratic tradition that goes back 4000 years, russia is an oligarchic authoritarian autocracy. even though you have two leaders who appears if they could rule for life you have 22 very event systems. xi can technically rule -- he abolished term limits but there are still term structures whereas in russia vladimir putin has been president and prime minister and he can decide which portfolio is more important. i can imagine a scenario where xi steps down either after one more term let's say because he has a number of rings. >> he is in his second term now. >> he could do one more and that would be unprecedented but it is a finite period and he has people around him from which he can choose. >> do xi jinping or others want a trade agreement with the united states or not? >> one of the hardest things to know is what the chinese people think other than what is mediated through the

president xi told them to repair for a long, drawnout set of struggles.larly, he noted economic risk, economic struggles but as well as security challenges facing china. he also names hong kong and taiwan. he says he things the struggles could continue until 2049. so, three decades from now, which is when the communist party will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. some strong words from the president, effectively telling the communist party to prepare themselves for long-term challenges. china is facing unprecedented challenge from the u.s. in terms of the trade front but also the security front as well. paul: a slowdown in china is leading economists, some of them to revise down their growth or cast. what are the expectations there? tom: yes, so now you have the likes of merrill lynch, ubs downgrading their forecast for 2020. ubs now expecting growth to slow to 5.5% in 2020. bank of america merrill lynch has it around 5.7%. bank of america says policymakers are behind the curve when it comes to the need for stimulus. we have seen a package of measures

xi jinping, when problems emerge, all of them go to him. stability of china. elizabeth: at this point in time, do we need to be worried about the stability in china? authoritarians an regime, and we do not have a perfect read into all the policies of the country. is it possible that at one point in time we could wake up and find out that xi jinping has been pushed back to the second line, that he is no longer the preeminent leader? it is possible. as a former student of the soviet union, who would have predicted gorbachev, the select -- the collapse of the soviet union? very few people. we can never just ignore the possibility that there could be a significant political transformation change within china, but at this point i do not think the stability is in question. francine: what does this all mean for the world economy and the chinese economy echo ian: it is kind of a problem because xi jinping's personal position is perhaps not as robust as it might appear from the outside. weak int be seen to be negotiations with the u.s. we have two s

if your businesss in china, xi jinping is more importantna to you than trump or barack obama.at these are bad people who don't care about america, but their incentives are tshareholders, not to the government of the united states. (band playing "hail to the chief")>> ullivan: neither google nor y the other companies we contacteabout cyberattacks would agree to talk to us. and chinese officials deny they've been involved such practices. but by 2015, american businesses and government officials were increasingly alarmed. in negotiations with president obama, xi pledged that china would not engage in economic cyber-hacking. >> i believe that have made significant progress inin enhaunderstanding between our two nations. >> sullivan: obama also brokerei a major trade agreement with allies, the trans-pacific partnership, or tpp. (crowd applauding) ss was supposed to put pree on china to fix the growing two countries.ems between the but all of that would me unraveled with a new president in the white house. (march playing) trump quickly withdrew from the ofp agement. and by the fall

president xi jinping and the thing veryo make one clear at the outset. my beef is with the policies of president xi jinping and the chinese communist party, not with the chinese people, and especially not with americans of chinese descent. but the truth is, the chinese communist party today is intent on fundamentally reshaping the norms and values that have underwritten decades of global stability, security, and prosperity. let question is, how do we respond? to engage china in a head-to-head cold war on multiple fronts, or do we embrace what i would argue is our most traditional leadership role, and strengthen the international order that beijing is attempting to upend? i would argue that the second approach of offering a better model to the world, one rooted in freedom and opportunity, is both consistent with our values and the approach most likely to succeed. first, i want to talk briefly about how we got here. in many ways, we are having a conversation like this because the conventional wisdom has changed rapidly over the past few years. until recent

the ground a full 13 years after construction started and 8 years behind schedule china's president xi jinping officially launched a glitzy new mega airport around 50 kilometers south of the capital beijing today and it took just 4 years and outward demonstration of might amid a difficult time within the country. shaped like a giant starfish beijing dossing international airport took just 4 years to build and cost $60000000000.00 euros it's already the world's largest single airport terminal building it's going to be one of the busiest president xi jinping cut the ribbon on the boss terminal the launch comes just ahead of the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china a mass of days in the ruling communist party's calendar or simple. i hereby declare beijing dossing international airports officially open. the airport is a powerful symbol of china's rise putting on a show of strength is important right now china is seeing its biggest economic slowdown in decades because of a better trade spot with the u.s. designed by the late iraqi born architects deed the new airport will it 1

chinese president xi has formal opened beijing's new airport. project cost around $63 billion and took five years to build. it is one of the largest single-structure airport terminals in theorld. china says it will be a new powerful source of national level. -- national development.

and i will do that, again, in hon nor of president xi. that's it. any questions? [inaudible] president trump: i wouldn't. i think he's fantastic. i spoke to mike pompeo about that. he decided, he and i -- i get along with him so well, we have a lot of the same views. a couple of little different views, but he likes the idea of having somebody in there with them. i do too. i think they'll have an answer for you. we are 15 candidates, everybody wants it badly, as you can imagine. we'll probably next week sometime make that decision. e look forward to that >> [inaudible] >> we have at least 10 more. a lot of people want the job. it's a great job. it's a lot of fun to work with donald trump. it's very easy to work with me. you know why it's easy? i make all the decision you on't have to work. reporter: you called baltimore at one point, what's your message to the people of baltimore as you head to baltimore? president trump: i look forward to -- we're going to baltimore right now, i look forward to it. we'll be with the republican congressmen. i think it's going to be

beyond east asia, china military activities have increased significantly during xi's paper. the chinese 2019 white paper, china participated in 11 international humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations, 100 international joint exercises with 17 different countries and organizations and has been active in five peacekeeping operations overseas. in 2019 alone they have already conducted 13 of these joint exercises and humanitarian aid disaster relief operations which suggests this pace is increasing. of significant concern i think is china's increased military presence in africa which is primarily expanded through their first and only military base in djibouti. they also sell a lot of military equipment, drones and other surveillance equipment to africa. i think this is an area to be watched chinese military exports abroad. also, future developments in china and the pacific islands and the arctic deserve to be watched, but right now, especially in the arctic, the focus to be mainly on energy, and china is increasing their corporation, military cooperation with the europe

ceremony to honor the creation of the communist state and the heroes of the civil war chinese president xi jinping paid his respects to the fallen. in the evening he attended a theatrical celebration that recalled china's rise from a nation in despair to the world's 2nd largest economy. october 1st 1949 mousa dong to clear the founding of the people's republic of china and transform the country. his great leap forward aim to industrialize the country but instead left it devastated the famine was widespread and tens of millions died mao's cultural revolution followed opponents were sent to camps or executed in his attempt to purge china of counter-revolutionaries. after decades of isolation beijing took steps to open the country and its market up to the world. today china is on the podium of the world's leading nations but rapid growth has come at a cost. cities are choked by pollution and society is strictly controlled. behind the spectacle authorities are hoping the pro-democracy movement in hong kong doesn't mar the landmark occasion for the world's longest surviving communist state. wel