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A promise that can not be kept kenyas chief election official calls the upcoming election into doubt by saying he cannot guarantee a free and fair vote. And chinas president xi jinping heralds a new era for his country at the opening of the communist Party Congress in beijing. Plus the transformative power of music and dance this. New project here in berlin is bringing young refugees and locals together and giving them a new lease on life. Im bring its good to have you with us tonight germanys political leaders are trying to build. Bridges to places theyve never seen before today german chancellor Angela Merkel began reaching out to other Political Parties with the goal of forming a new Coalition Government and she has done this several times before but this time shes trying to bring four parties together to form one federal government its never been done if it works it would be called a Jamaica Coalition because the colors of the Political Parties here are the same as the flag of jama
Gets underway here in berlin also coming up a promise that cannot be kept kenyas chief election official calls into doubt the upcoming election by saying he cannot guarantee a free and fair vote and chinas president xi jinping heralds a new era for his country at the opening of the communist Party Congress in beijing. Im bored gough its good to have you with us tonight germanys political leaders are trying to build bridges in territory that theyve never heard never seen before today german chancellor Angela Merkel began reaching out to other Political Parties with the goal of forming a new Coalition Government now she has done this several times before but this time shes trying to bring four parties together to form one federal government its never been done if it works it would be called a Jamaica Coalition because the colors of the Political Parties here are the same as the flag of jamaica. Black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks o
Reality of doing business in china has yet to catch up with the chinese president s promises. Privatization and a more open economy five years ago that was chinese president xi jinping his plan for economic reform. More free market less state control many hope that would mean the break at the state owned companies. Opening the door to more private businesses. Allowing the currency to float and a fight against corruption. But five years on many are disappointing. And there have been some successes in recent years chinas leadership is again promoting economic nationalism. The countrys huge state owned enterprises are once again determining the communist party strategy. Thats true of Many Private Companies too. And the yuan is largely back under the control of chinas central bank. Foreign companies are also dismayed at beijings about turn xi jinping punished greater access to chinas market the promise that hasnt always materialized. In many cases foreigners can only manufacture and market
Reality of doing business in china has yet to catch up with the chinese president s promises. Privatization and a more open economy five years ago that was chinese president xi jinping his plan for economic reform. More free market less state control many hope that would mean the breakup of state owned companies. Opening the door to more private businesses. Allowing the currency to float and a fight against corruption. But five years on many are disappointing though there have been some successes in recent years chinas leadership is again promoting economic nationalism. The countrys huge state owned enterprises are once again determining the communist party strategy. Thats true of Many Private Companies too. And the yuan is largely back under the control of chinas central bank. Foreign companies are also dismayed at beijings about turn xi jinping punished greater access to chinas market the promise that hasnt always materialized in many cases foreigners can only manufacture and market