what are our expectations? which of the things we desire are within reach? if not now, when? and will there be some left for me? i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found some something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la china s younger generation is driving a growth in consumption. this is where the real power is china. if you live in manhattan like i do and you think you live in the center of the world, this place, shanghai, will confront you with a very different reality. turn down a side street, it s an ancient culture. a centuries-old mix of culinary traditions, smells, flavors. a block away, this. an ultra modern, clanging cash register, levels of wealth, luxury, the sheer volume of things and services unimagined by the greediest, most bourgeois of capitalist imperialists. the city split by the
Also coming up, more protests across the streets of barcelona after two leaders of the catalonian separatist movement were jailed. Thanks for joining us. We start with china, where the biggest political gathering, the communist party conference, kicked off this wednesday. The event, which takes place every five years, determines who will be chosen to lead the party and the country. Addressing 2003 hundred 40 delegates assembled in the great hall, president xi jinping laid out a roadmap to turn china into a leading global power by 2050. Lets cross over to our reporter for more on this. Present xi jinping spoke for three hours and 23 minutes. What stood outut for you . [noise] facing congress, he laid out his vision for china for the next five years, but also the three decades down the road. Things stand out thehe prededominance of party leadersp is one. The party will lead chchina inse and d outside its s bords. Itit will be present at every sisingle layer of society. The second theme i
Theresa may, who is headed into talks with the block. Also coming up, the clock ticks down to elections in japan. Our correspondent meets the three front runners on the campaign trail. Thank you for joining us. We start with catalonia, where Carles Puigdemont faced a final deadline this morning to drop a bid for secession from spain. Has notfor independence been abandoned. The Central Government has announced it will move ahead in suspending catalan autonomy. Many fear that could lead to unrest and catalonia. We have heard from the government spokesman for spain, who talked about the lack of clarity from the catalan leadership. Question ofthe whether or not catalonia had declared independence was asked, in the clearest terms, we did not receive an answer. The Spanish Government will therefore continue with the procedures outlined in article to of the constitution restore legality in catalonias government. For more, we are joined by our International Affairs editor. Pushed intoas been a
European countries, about a dozen Eastern European countries before he gets here for the Worlds Largest economy. The country that has taken a front and center stage here is one that will be a part of none of these talks. That being north korea after the launch of its latest Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The president was asked at the press conference what he might do about it. Does he think north korea will take a uturn . Is the president at this point willing to take military action . The president called it a threat that needs to be confronted. Other nations need to publicly demonstrate to north korea that there are consequences for their actions, but the president would not say exactly what the next step might be. Only as you said the two words to get a lot of play on this. The president saying that there could be severe things. Listen. As far as north korea is concerned, we will see what happens. I dont like to talk about what i have planned. I have some pretty severe things
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