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party and are mostly members of the communist party. so you're not going to have any friction between, say, the entrepreneurs and the business owners and the party because they're, essentially, one and the same. and if anybody bucks the system, they can just be plucked out and replaced with somebody else. i guess the underlying crisis that i address in the book is, um, and on the back of it there's this great photo. people think i'm too fixated on it, but it's the president of the united states bowing to hu jintao, the president of china. and, you know, a picture can speak a thousand words or more. you know, he's the head of state of the land of the free, and here he is in an act of subservience to the head of the communist state. so i think you have to think what that means and then look at the policies that he's implementing and wants to implement and what that means for our relationship with china and america's relationship in the world. and i think you can look at several things, but one is just the amount of debt that he, that pres
party and are mostly members of the communist party. so you're not going to have any friction between, say, the entrepreneurs and the business owners and the party because they're, essentially, one and the same. and if anybody bucks the system, they can just be plucked out and replaced with somebody else. i guess the underlying crisis that i address in the book is, um, and on the back of it there's this great photo. people think i'm too fixated on it, but it's the president of the united states...
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after the massacre of tiananmen square the communist party scratched their head what people bono had uprisings across chinato everywhere else the to detriment moved in to to suppress uprisings across the country with communist party looked in the near and decided to loosen up a little to continue economic liberal visitationease to help the middle class but not make a free society but fr coopt the educated class leading the revolutionhe rev before that is what theyso have t right now. ad the businessman and leadersth and the white-collar class low where they are to the communist party you not havetiot been awe fraction between the entrepreneurs and business owners and the party because they are wide in the same. if anybody bucks the system they can be replaced. the underlying crisis i e book the th president bowling to the president of china, hu wo jintao. state he is the head of the state state, the land of the free and enact of subservience. t you have to think what that means and the policies he is t implementingo and wants toh ch implementi and what that means for our relationship
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the communist party controls the courts and the size the outcome. the embassy gave the report a guarded welcome. >> is this a result that will please the hayward family? >> i don't know. >> hayward was living in china, trading on his connections with powerful officials, brokering up -- broker in deals. the two fell out over a failed property venture. hayward demanded millions he had been promised. so she lured him to this hotel, got him drunk, and poured cyanide into his mouth. >> what this trial did not address for the most sensitive questions. it triggered china's biggest political scandal in years because of the corruption and abuse of power at top of the communist party. >> did her husband have any link to the crime or attempted cover- up? he has vanished, detained by the party and held in secret while it decides what to do with him. he was hoping to join the ranks of these men, the top of the bureau that run china when new leaders are selected. but they have cast him aside. >> they want to draw a real line between these crimes and the party and
the communist party controls the courts and the size the outcome. the embassy gave the report a guarded welcome. >> is this a result that will please the hayward family? >> i don't know. >> hayward was living in china, trading on his connections with powerful officials, brokering up -- broker in deals. the two fell out over a failed property venture. hayward demanded millions he had been promised. so she lured him to this hotel, got him drunk, and poured cyanide into his...
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and in the next step will be to put this whole sorry event behind the communist party. >> ok, time to get back to the eurozone debt crisis. a day before the greek prime minister visits the berlin, athens is hitting back at growing speculation of a possible greek exit from the eurozone. >> the country's foreign minister, dimitrios avramapoulos, was talking with guido westerwelle. he says his country's committed to implementing reforms required by the country's international lenders. >> it is the start of a big week of diplomacy over the crisis in greece. >> these two foreign ministers say they both want to see greece stay in the tourism, but germany is taking a hard line, insisting athens must meet its budget goals. german foreign minister guido westerwelle indicated there's not much room to maneuver. >> of course, our position is clear, we have discussed it. we're of the opinion that we can not soften the existing agreement and the agreed upon reforms in any substantial way. >> westerwelle said further financial aid would have to wait for the troika report by the imf, the eu, and the
and in the next step will be to put this whole sorry event behind the communist party. >> ok, time to get back to the eurozone debt crisis. a day before the greek prime minister visits the berlin, athens is hitting back at growing speculation of a possible greek exit from the eurozone. >> the country's foreign minister, dimitrios avramapoulos, was talking with guido westerwelle. he says his country's committed to implementing reforms required by the country's international lenders....
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party usa to grow pro-soviet cup propaganda and communist party publications. lou: clearly establish the relationship between young obama, how long that's relationship lasted? >> it lasted throughout the 1970's. obama countries for my father, talks about the parting advice that he got before leaving to go to college from frank marshall davis. and that, which obama quotes at length, the parting advice from frank marshall davis is a diatribe about the american way and all that. he uses a curse word. and i found, lou, in articles that davis was writing for the chicago start, which was the communist party publication in chicago, not only a weekly columnist, but he was a founding editor in chief. i found articles where davis was just blasting, not just harry truman, not just once in churchill, but lasting the american way. lou: let me turn to their relationship. david axelrod the, you talk about their ties as well. it is interesting, t circle of influence that you drop. i would like to go into it much longer, but it was a fascinating book. >> thank you. lou: you
party usa to grow pro-soviet cup propaganda and communist party publications. lou: clearly establish the relationship between young obama, how long that's relationship lasted? >> it lasted throughout the 1970's. obama countries for my father, talks about the parting advice that he got before leaving to go to college from frank marshall davis. and that, which obama quotes at length, the parting advice from frank marshall davis is a diatribe about the american way and all that. he uses a...
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it's peeled open the curtain here on the highest level dealings of the communist party. this is a secretive party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case, this is the very top. gu kailai is married to the son of a revolutionary hero here in china, someone himself was talked about as a potential future president of china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs, someone who saw himself as the very conscience of the communist party. well, now he's being stripped of his position. he's being kept behind closed doors. we've heard nothing from him. his wife, in the meantime, has admitted to murdering, poisoning neil hayward a british businessman who had strong and very close business links with the family. now, this is something that has involved both neil hayward, a person -- as i say a businessman in china, someone who apparently himself has links to spy agents in the united kingdom. the man who broke this story wide open, a senior chinese poli
it's peeled open the curtain here on the highest level dealings of the communist party. this is a secretive party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case, this is the very top. gu kailai is married to the son of a revolutionary hero here in china, someone himself was talked about as a potential future president of china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs,...
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the wife of a former communist party leader and an aid were accused of poisoning. what is the verdict? >> reporter: allison, what we are hearing now is a friend of the family that she has been given a commuted death sentence. that is a two year reprieve. at the end of the two years there will be a full sentence that may be life in prison. her accomplice in this has been given a nine-year jail term. neither of them we understand are going to appeal this verdict. but this has been the most extraordinary story because it has peeledopethen curtain here on the highest level dealings of the communist party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case this is the very top. gu kailai is married to a revolutionary hero in china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs, someone who saw himself as the very conscience of the communist party. he has been stripped of his position and kept behind closed doors. we have heard nothing from him. his wife has
the wife of a former communist party leader and an aid were accused of poisoning. what is the verdict? >> reporter: allison, what we are hearing now is a friend of the family that she has been given a commuted death sentence. that is a two year reprieve. at the end of the two years there will be a full sentence that may be life in prison. her accomplice in this has been given a nine-year jail term. neither of them we understand are going to appeal this verdict. but this has been the most...
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i know that she has a close relationship with the chinese communist party. the chinese consulate. we hope this will not affect our decision. >> [speaking chinese] >> she says, on july 14 and 15, you were in washington d.c. holding rallies. we also talked to congressman and congresswoman. they are very supportive. there is a picture. can i put it here? you can see that. this is part of a picture. thank you. >> [speaking chinese] >> it has been 50 days since the last attacks. they marched to cases into one. >> [speaking chinese] >> he thinks this is related to the people -- it is related to the last eight attacks as well. >> [speaking chinese] >> he feels like when we were in washington, all the congressmen and congresswomen, they were friendly. here, he feels like people do not listen. >> [speaking chinese] >> he thinks it has been a long time. some of the hearings have already postponed. he hopes that all of the supervisors and the president can help them. the superior court and also the police station to investigate the whole thing. thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >
i know that she has a close relationship with the chinese communist party. the chinese consulate. we hope this will not affect our decision. >> [speaking chinese] >> she says, on july 14 and 15, you were in washington d.c. holding rallies. we also talked to congressman and congresswoman. they are very supportive. there is a picture. can i put it here? you can see that. this is part of a picture. thank you. >> [speaking chinese] >> it has been 50 days since the last...
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the wife of a former communist party leader and an aid were accused of poisoning. what is the verdict? >> reporter: allison, what we are hearing now is a friend of the family that she has been given a commuted death sentence. that is a two year reprieve. at the end of the two years there will be a full sentence that may be life in prison. that is still to be determined. her accomplice in this has been given a nine-year jail term. neither of them we understand are going to appeal this verdict. but this has been the most extraordinary story because it has peeled open the curtain here on the highest level dealings of the communist party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case this is the very top. gu kailai is married to a revolutionary hero in china. someone himself talked about as future president of china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs, someone who saw himself as the very conscience of the communist party. he has been stripp
the wife of a former communist party leader and an aid were accused of poisoning. what is the verdict? >> reporter: allison, what we are hearing now is a friend of the family that she has been given a commuted death sentence. that is a two year reprieve. at the end of the two years there will be a full sentence that may be life in prison. that is still to be determined. her accomplice in this has been given a nine-year jail term. neither of them we understand are going to appeal this...
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the communist party will now be in china. the bbc news. >> we go live now to our china correspondent. they say it is case closed, but a very different conclusion is under way for the case as we saw it. a very talkative woman working out the best result for her family and her position of .ower >> that is right. and the law is absolutely clear. they want to drop a line under this scandal. this trial was held two weeks ago. and then we have the sentencing today. it lasted a matter of one hour. authorities want to drop a line under the scandal. it does appear that the authorities want to wrap this up very neatly. the reason is it has exposed corruption and murder at the very heart in china. >> they do not want that to spread in terms of what people do or do not know. he is clearly now the big issue. >> that is right. in many ways, he is in the big issue ever since this case began. indeed, i was down a couple of weeks ago. that is where i want to roll over. most people say this was a political case. it was not a criminal case. the
the communist party will now be in china. the bbc news. >> we go live now to our china correspondent. they say it is case closed, but a very different conclusion is under way for the case as we saw it. a very talkative woman working out the best result for her family and her position of .ower >> that is right. and the law is absolutely clear. they want to drop a line under this scandal. this trial was held two weeks ago. and then we have the sentencing today. it lasted a matter of...
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communist party after couple of years and following her own political path. some people call her naive political person, but still, to find a woman who can both manage to make it and who is political, that's already sort of two balls she's juggling in the air. and finally, she is a -- what can we call her but a celebrity. she becomes partly through the talent as a play writer and screen writer, partly through the force of per son that she becomes a celebrity. it she hangses out in 1960s with jackie kennedy and arthur junior with little archie or the -- william, norman may already, you name it, she's part of a community of celebrity people. she's famous for her dinner parties and her other parties. she's an entertain -- she entertains. ed monday wilson call her the queen of the cocktail belt in the 1960s. so she has a kind of presence in person in of herself. so here's a woman then who touches a varietity of strands of american history, and yet, she's a woman who goes down, if you like, in the late 1970s, she's labeled a lier, labeled a stay lymphist. her play
communist party after couple of years and following her own political path. some people call her naive political person, but still, to find a woman who can both manage to make it and who is political, that's already sort of two balls she's juggling in the air. and finally, she is a -- what can we call her but a celebrity. she becomes partly through the talent as a play writer and screen writer, partly through the force of per son that she becomes a celebrity. it she hangses out in 1960s with...
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they are also watching to see how it affects the communist party's choices of leaders later this year. makoto oda, nhk world, china. >>> japan is feeling the impact of an economic slowdown in china. its exports to the giant market next door fell between january and june for the first time in three years. the japan external trade organization or jentro says exports to china totalled about $73.7 billion in the first six months of this year. that's down 5.7% from a year earlier. shipments of steel, construction machinery and semiconductor equipment showed declines. that reflects flagging demand in china due to the effects of europe's debt crisis. jetro officials say the imports from china hit a record $91.3 billion showing a 7.5% year on year gain due in part to rising smartphone imports. as a result, japan's trade deficit with china grew to a record high of about $17.6 billion. officials say exports to china are expected to continue to fall as production in the country is likely to remain sluggish. they also predict the bilateral trade deficit for the entire year will also set a record.
they are also watching to see how it affects the communist party's choices of leaders later this year. makoto oda, nhk world, china. >>> japan is feeling the impact of an economic slowdown in china. its exports to the giant market next door fell between january and june for the first time in three years. the japan external trade organization or jentro says exports to china totalled about $73.7 billion in the first six months of this year. that's down 5.7% from a year earlier. shipments...
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-- >> communist -- >> communist -- >> communist party. >> get the beep out of the united states. >> you're a threat to the gene pool. >> allen west said all these things and worse, but bullying and name calling has no place on the playground or in congress. >> you need a time-out. >> kind of along the lines of saying don't say anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to hear. >>> next, the latest from congressman steven king raised eyebrows for defending legality of dog fighting and saying it's not against the law to impregnate a 13-year-old girl and kidnap her across state lines to have an abortion. the latest, steve king takes on the tsa. take a look. >> as america, we decided we're going to process everybody the same. that means the 75-year-old grandmother gets the spread eagle search. and while that happens, maybe the 20-year-old middle eastern male waltzes through with a smirk on his face. i'm not making that up, i've seen it. that image will not ever leave my mind. we're so squeamish about making judgment calls that we put everybody through a formulative process that everyo
-- >> communist -- >> communist -- >> communist party. >> get the beep out of the united states. >> you're a threat to the gene pool. >> allen west said all these things and worse, but bullying and name calling has no place on the playground or in congress. >> you need a time-out. >> kind of along the lines of saying don't say anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to hear. >>> next, the latest from congressman steven king raised...
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party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case this is the very top. gu kailai is married to a revolutionary hero in china. someone himself talked about as future president of china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs, someone who saw himself as the very conscience of the communist party. he has been stripped of his position and kept behind closed doors. we have heard nothing from him. his wife has admitted to poisoning a british businessman. owe has strong and close business links with the family. this is something that has involved neil hayward, a businessman in china, somebody who apparently himself has links to spy agencies in the united kingdom. the man who broke the story open is senior chinese policeman ran to the american embassy with news when the story first broke. and a man touted as the future president of the country held behind closed doors an
party. we never get to see or hear about the people at the top. in this case this is the very top. gu kailai is married to a revolutionary hero in china. someone himself talked about as future president of china. he ruled over the biggest city in the country of more than 30 million people. he was someone who dressed himself in the slogans and the songs, someone who saw himself as the very conscience of the communist party. he has been stripped of his position and kept behind closed doors. we...
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-- >> communist -- >> communist -- >> communist party. >> get the beep out of the united states. >> you're a threat to the gene pool. >> alan west said all these things and worse but bullying and name calling has no place in the playground or in congress. >> you need a time-out. >> kind of along the lines of saying don't say anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to hear. >>> next, the latest from congressman steve king, recently the iowa republican has raised eyebrows for things like defending the legality of dog fighting and saying that it's not against the law to impregnate a 13-year-old girl and kidnap her across state borders to have an abortion. the latest, steve king takes on the tsa. take a look. >> as america, we decided we're going to process everybody the same. that means the 75-year-old grandmother gets the spread eagle search. and while that happens, maybe the 20-year-old middle eastern male waltzes through with a smirk on his face. i'm not making that up, i've seen that. that image will not ever leave my mind. we're so squeamish about making judgment calls that we
-- >> communist -- >> communist -- >> communist party. >> get the beep out of the united states. >> you're a threat to the gene pool. >> alan west said all these things and worse but bullying and name calling has no place in the playground or in congress. >> you need a time-out. >> kind of along the lines of saying don't say anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to hear. >>> next, the latest from congressman steve king, recently the...
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party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but this you know they get beat up on it because i don't. know whether that was. ok. if you look at what. you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah but it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid. now in this government goes a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's that's kind of using for greek i'm not going to say what it is but in the case you know he has some other people it is a little bit use the word and if you can see the woman that the member of parliament for the the communist party stood and took all through those so i suggest you go hit the gym at the gym a big guy you know get some since you you couldn't even go. after three good smacks and now she's tough and this has lady goes a wimp just like the rest of his gang but you know they talk tough but they're nazis thing i
party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but this you know they get beat up on it because i don't. know whether that was. ok. if you look at what. you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah but it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid. now in this government goes a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me....
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party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but you know they would be the court of peace at the moment. but i think that was. ok. well if you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah but it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid i know now in this government's case a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's that's kind of using for greek i'm not going to say what it is but in the case you know he has some other people who know by use the word and if you can see the woman that the member of parliament for the the communist party stood and took all through those so i suggest they go hit the gym at the gym a big guy you know get some since you couldn't even go. after three good smacks and. now she's tough and this has lazio is a wimp just like the rest of his gang but you know they talk tough but they're nazis thing is and we're g
party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but you know they would be the court of peace at the moment. but i think that was. ok. well if you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah but it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid i know now in this government's case a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's...
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party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but this you know they would be quite a. good movie but i think that was. ok. well if you look at what. you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah well it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid. now in this government goes a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's that's kind of using for greek i'm not going to say what it is but in the case you know he has some other people is a little bit looser world and if you can see the woman that the member of parliament for the the communist party stood and took all through those so i suggest you go hit the gym at the gym a big guy kind of you know get some since you you couldn't even go. after three good smacks and their shoes telephone this was lazio's a wimp just like the rest of his gang but you know they talk tough but they're nazis thi
party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but this you know they would be quite a. good movie but i think that was. ok. well if you look at what. you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah well it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid. now in this government goes a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's...
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. >> handed out a suspended death sentence to the wife of the disgraced communist party member. gu chi li killed hey wood last year. because she feared he was plotting to harm her son. her sentence may be life in prison. questions remain about the fate of her husband who was dismissed as the powerful communist party boss of a major city. >>> in south africa demonstrators sang hymns. police killing of 34 striking miners one of the miners shot at the officers with a pistol they fired at the cloud self defense. earlier in the week strikers use mad she tee use mad she tee used macheteties. >> muslims are encouraged to offer a special prayer. give to charity and spent time with their families. muslims around the world tried to show a common goal of unity. >> a singer who helped spark the summer of love has died. ♪[ music ] if you're going to san francisco. scott mckenzie sang a theme song that drew thousand of young people to san francisco. a gentle message to wear flowers in your hair became an instant hit. he join add revamp version of the mamas and the papas. he died at the age
. >> handed out a suspended death sentence to the wife of the disgraced communist party member. gu chi li killed hey wood last year. because she feared he was plotting to harm her son. her sentence may be life in prison. questions remain about the fate of her husband who was dismissed as the powerful communist party boss of a major city. >>> in south africa demonstrators sang hymns. police killing of 34 striking miners one of the miners shot at the officers with a pistol they...
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the incident didn't go unnoticed by the communist party's top brass. the next month china's fear was full of rumors he had blown his chances of promotion. then premiere indirectly addressed the situation just one day before bo was stripped of his post. he then disappeared from public view. by march the 26th the u.k. was asking for china to re-examine the death of british businessman neil hayward. within days beijing announced that bo no longer held any party post and that was being investigated over hayward's death. the couple are now being painted as money and power hungry. by the end of april "the new york times" allege the they were involved with wire tapping, including personal conversations with the president. so what the sentence will be is being closely watched. so, too, what happens next to her husband. back over to you. >> thanks for that. don't go anywhere because we'll come right back to you for a markets update in just a moment. >> yeah, we will do that. let's just remind you where we are now. european stocks over an hour into the trading d
the incident didn't go unnoticed by the communist party's top brass. the next month china's fear was full of rumors he had blown his chances of promotion. then premiere indirectly addressed the situation just one day before bo was stripped of his post. he then disappeared from public view. by march the 26th the u.k. was asking for china to re-examine the death of british businessman neil hayward. within days beijing announced that bo no longer held any party post and that was being investigated...
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and my father was a communist party member. of course, he was very torn because if this had been this country, it wouldn't be very difficult. but in china even now a burial in major cities is banned because of practical reasons, of course, you don't have enough space. and the other one is for ideological reasons. during the 1970s all the coffins associated with all the bad things about the past, the traditions were considered not revolutionary enough. so that, that whole coffin caused so much tension, and my father spend the next 17 years preparing for the coffin. and we, the whole family was impacted. so when i hit upon this, i said maybe i should use this coffin to start out and then string everything about china around this how we prepared this coffin and give people an idea of what china was like in the '70s, '80s and even now. so once i found the structure, it came very easily. so throughout the whole thing i use the coffin as a metaphor for what's, what was china then and what is china now. i would just use a very simple
and my father was a communist party member. of course, he was very torn because if this had been this country, it wouldn't be very difficult. but in china even now a burial in major cities is banned because of practical reasons, of course, you don't have enough space. and the other one is for ideological reasons. during the 1970s all the coffins associated with all the bad things about the past, the traditions were considered not revolutionary enough. so that, that whole coffin caused so much...
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he joined the rank-and-file of the party literally so-called card-carrying communist and have a party identification name, false name f paulson. jackie his wife had been a student at berkeley remember the communist link when she was here when they moved to pasadena and frank was working on his doctorate she was working for the west coast version of people's daily. next slide, please. a french literature professor year at berkeley we know now from documents that have surfaced fairly recently the include the unpublished memoir of haakon chevalier that in 1927, 1938 robert and probably six other individuals caught haakon would name a joy in it and formed a secret underground unit of the so-called professional section of the party. it was an espionage section it was a discussion group and that is the way robert always described it in fact it was as haakon would say in his memoir something more than at that it was affiliated directly with the party and membership in its ranks was secrets. next slide, please. steve nelson tv was on her way to spain to rendezvous with her husband. she got as
he joined the rank-and-file of the party literally so-called card-carrying communist and have a party identification name, false name f paulson. jackie his wife had been a student at berkeley remember the communist link when she was here when they moved to pasadena and frank was working on his doctorate she was working for the west coast version of people's daily. next slide, please. a french literature professor year at berkeley we know now from documents that have surfaced fairly recently the...
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at one time i was a member of the communist party for a few years. >> stephen: i'm getting to that. i'm getting to that. in 1955 you refused to testify before the house on american activities. >> well that was -- >> stephen: would you like to name names now. i'll start pete seeger. [ laughter ] i gave one. now you give one. >> my father had written articles -- >> stephen: you just turned your father in to the house. american activities committee, wow, bold. >> actually, he -- as a teenager, he became skilled at reading symphony scores and when he went to college got a plus in all his music courses. went to do graduate work in germany. found himself going deaf at an early age but also met the president of university of california who was impressed by this self confident youngman and next he found himself in charge of music department at berkley -- berklee. but his fellow professors said you may know about music but you are an ignore ramous when it comes to history and pretty soon he was a socialist. and he made speeches about imperialist war. my mother said can't you keep your mouth
at one time i was a member of the communist party for a few years. >> stephen: i'm getting to that. i'm getting to that. in 1955 you refused to testify before the house on american activities. >> well that was -- >> stephen: would you like to name names now. i'll start pete seeger. [ laughter ] i gave one. now you give one. >> my father had written articles -- >> stephen: you just turned your father in to the house. american activities committee, wow, bold....
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questions remain about the fate of her husband who was dismissed as the powerful communist party boss of a major city. >>> in south africa demonstrators sang hymns. police killing of 34 striking miners one of the miners shot at the officers with a pistol they fired at the cloud self defense. earlier in the week strikers use mad she tee use mad she tee used macheteties. >> muslims are encouraged to offer a special prayer. give to charity and spent time with their families. muslims around the world tried to show a common goal of unity. >> a singer who helped spark the summer of love has died. ♪[ music ] if you're going to san francisco. scott mckenzie sang a theme song that drew thousand of young people to san francisco. a gentle message to wear flowers in your hair became an instant hit. he join add revamp version of the mamas and the papas. he died at the age of 73. >> protecting the sikh community has become a national priority. alameda county da told the community they're doing [ male announcer ] ever wonder what's behind two little fle the next generation and then countless more.
questions remain about the fate of her husband who was dismissed as the powerful communist party boss of a major city. >>> in south africa demonstrators sang hymns. police killing of 34 striking miners one of the miners shot at the officers with a pistol they fired at the cloud self defense. earlier in the week strikers use mad she tee use mad she tee used macheteties. >> muslims are encouraged to offer a special prayer. give to charity and spent time with their families. muslims...
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party and most of the members of the communist party. you are not going to have any friction between the entrepreneurs and businessif and owners and the party. they are essentially one and the same. if anybody bucked the system, they can just be plucked out and replaced with somebody else. of i guess the underlying crisis by address in the book, and on thee back of it, people think i am too little about this -- but the president is bowing. a picture of him.ftate it speaks a thousand words orbsh more.unist sate. he is the head of the state and the land of the free, and here he is in an active subservience to the head of the common stateh you have to look at the policie. that he is implementing and wants to implement and what that means for china and america's relationship in the world. i think you can look at several things. one is just the amountin of debb that president obama is stacking bu up.t, we are at the point where thatlh is about $15 trillione and growing. i did not check this morning. b, inich is roughly the size of an entire y
party and most of the members of the communist party. you are not going to have any friction between the entrepreneurs and businessif and owners and the party. they are essentially one and the same. if anybody bucked the system, they can just be plucked out and replaced with somebody else. of i guess the underlying crisis by address in the book, and on thee back of it, people think i am too little about this -- but the president is bowing. a picture of him.ftate it speaks a thousand words orbsh...
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i think the communist party is very morally bankrupt at this point. and also, the government has made it very clear they would provide space for citizens to do things that are economic and financial and perhaps social, but would not provide what is political, but a lot of people's political ambitions has been curtailed accordingly as a result of this bargain. i think the better question is in the long run once people become more well-educated and people become better off, are they going to continue to put up with the kind of political repercussions that the state institutes? is a difficult question to answer, simply because the state isn't just couldn't sit there and take it. it's going to do all kinds of things to bolster and strengthen its rule. it will reform internally. it will also surprise where necessary. i think it's going to deploy a combination of tactics and strategies. it's not going to be so clear-cut was going to happen, but i think as a society becomes wealthier and as people become more well-educated and become better informed, the pre
i think the communist party is very morally bankrupt at this point. and also, the government has made it very clear they would provide space for citizens to do things that are economic and financial and perhaps social, but would not provide what is political, but a lot of people's political ambitions has been curtailed accordingly as a result of this bargain. i think the better question is in the long run once people become more well-educated and people become better off, are they going to...
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. >> the question of whether this now contains the damage to the chinese communist party. >> will not know for a while. one sign is the wife was accused only of murder, not of economic corruption so that is a way of isolating her with a normal homicide as opposed to opening the lid on these economic scandals. that are associated with her husband and many people in china suspect are rife throughout the communist hierarchy. >> she lived in beijing for a long time. this comes at a point of important leadership transition. how much has this route of the party within china? >> it is conventional wisdom this is the biggest upset in chinese politics in 20 years. since they t. hanneman -- tianemen appeals. xilai was on track for the highest rank so the transition of power is coming this year about which no one outside china and few people outside understand the fundamentals and a major player is derailed in a murder scandal. this is a fraught moment for china. >> when the transition comes is inevitably tainted or can they move on and have the transition? >> the hope is to move on. it does sho
. >> the question of whether this now contains the damage to the chinese communist party. >> will not know for a while. one sign is the wife was accused only of murder, not of economic corruption so that is a way of isolating her with a normal homicide as opposed to opening the lid on these economic scandals. that are associated with her husband and many people in china suspect are rife throughout the communist hierarchy. >> she lived in beijing for a long time. this comes at...
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we are talking about gu kailai and she is the wife of an ousted communist party leader and a very senior one, bo she lie, and she is accused of killing a british businessman, and she raised no objections to the murder trial today in court, but the trial was closed to the public and the international media, but it all started and ended abruptly. seven hours the whole thing and a verdict will apparently come later, and a sentence, too. now while the case is being followed closely in china, not many people here in the u.s. know who gu kailai is, and steven jiang in the city of hefei fills us in. >> reporter: she was educated in the country's top university and married a handsome and ambitious politician. gu kailai and her husband bo xilai were the perfect power couple until the downfall last spring. this once fast rising star of chinese politics was stripped of the leadership positions and accused of seriously breaching communist party discipline and his wife gu was arrested with a household aide for killing this british businessman neil heywood. >> they are saying a powerful wife may take
we are talking about gu kailai and she is the wife of an ousted communist party leader and a very senior one, bo she lie, and she is accused of killing a british businessman, and she raised no objections to the murder trial today in court, but the trial was closed to the public and the international media, but it all started and ended abruptly. seven hours the whole thing and a verdict will apparently come later, and a sentence, too. now while the case is being followed closely in china, not...