China is waiting for the political loosening by Nina Gotzmannova

Only in five countries has the leader position Communist Party, better long forgotten phenomenon from the 19th and 20th century. China is among them. Although one of the rules of the communism is no private ownership, China represents the power of economy and incredible economy growth. After five years the delegates all over the country have a Party Congress, where they will sum up the progress and set new goals to achieve. The 17th Party Congress is held under strict security arrangements. The 2,200 delegates were carefully chosen to listen to the words of Hu Jintao, Chinese president. He presented the "state of the nation" report on Monday and revealed several interesting facts about China. The economical growth of the one of the world biggest and most populated country is no surprise. But Hu admitted that this growth wasn't with any consequences. There was a strong impact on the environment, something very precious in the country dealing with the problem of overpopulating. With destroyed environment there may be strong economics, but no place for people to live. And that's definitely not what the Party wants. Other problems except pollution China has to deal with are the deep gulf between rich and poor and official corruption. But in Hu's two hours long speech resound some more positive words. Hu said there is a possibility of some political loosening. He has been president in the past five years and under his reign China has become a major economic and diplomatic power. In 2008 China will host Olympic Games. In the end of his speech reporters had a chance to ask questions, for the first time in history. It seems the loosening has begun…

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by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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