chinese president xi jinping has been confirmed for a second term as the country's leader she was selected as secretary general of the communist party's ruling council now the other leaders alongside him are either loyalists or a lot threaten him the party didn't did not select clear successor now that is a break with president critics say the concentration of so much power in one person is a troubling development especially for human rights and the rule of law. talk about this more let's bring in mathias bollinger who joins us from beijing ts g.'s hold on power now has been cemented is being called the most powerful man since mo where does he want to take china. he wants to make china more powerful that's what he has said from the beginning. and he wants to have the communist party even more powerful in china so i guess we will see here on