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during the 72 years, the prc has had five principal leaders -- mao zedong, deng xiaoping, young zoom in -- hu jintao, and since 2012, current head of state xi jinping. george washington university professor david shambaugh has written close to 30 books devoted to the subject of asia. we with the professor about his newest book titled "china's leaders: from mao now." >> get booknotes+ wherever you get your podcasts. . ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a forceful empowerment. that is why charter invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering community in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, given you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ >> via party line of 220-212, the house took the first step in the budget reconciliation process by approving the senate-past $3.5 trillion budget resolution that congressional

mao zedong, deng xiaoping, and since 2012, the current head of state, xi jinping. george washington university professor david s. has written close to 30 books devoted to the subject of asia. we spoke with the professor about his newest book titled china's leaders, from mao to now. >> you can see this at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> middle and high school students, your opinion matters. with c-span's studentcam competition, be part of the conversation by creating a documentary that answers a question -- how does the federal government impact your life? c-span's studentcam competition has $100,000 in total cash prizes, and you have a shot at a grand prize of $5,000. entries for the covered dish and will begin to be received wednesday, september 8. for more information on how to get started, visit our website, -- at studentcam.org. >> earlier today, ranking member michael mccaul number represented andy kim of new jersey, and other members of congress discussed evacuation efforts in afghanistan. from capitol hill, this press conference

during the 72 years the prc has had five principled leaders, mao zedong, deng xiaoping,. [inaudible] she's into how and since 2012, the current head of state, xi jinping. george washington university professor has written close to 30 books devoted to the subject of asia. we talked with the professor about his newest book titled china's leaders from mao to now. >> listen to booknotes+@c-span.org/podcast or whatever you get your podcasts. my pleasure to introduce sam apple. sam is on the faculty of the inmate and science writing an inmate in writing programs at johns hopkins. prior to his arrival at johns hopkins, sam taught creative writing and journalism at the university of pennsylvania for ten years. he holds an ma in english and creative writing from the university university of michigan, and then msa in creative

reporter: it was included in party documents by mao zedong. during that era, lost emergency after he lost focus -- was in focus on developing and letting some people get rich first. he never really forgot about that term common prosperity and saying it is something we need to tackle once the economy develops a certain stage and it seems that we are seeing some of that now. haidi: lucille lou in beijing. we do have more to come on "bloomberg daybreak: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: we are looking ahead who were -- reported their earnings later. anything from chinese crackdown will dominate the earnings call. we are joined now for a preview. catherine, what should we expect on the business performance i of things? reporter: for jg.com for the month -- jd, we expect them to report higher retail operating margins and take a step back. the sale was one of the highlights for the company during the three months. they rose 28% on a year in year basis. that will be a positive for the retail businesses. for the rest of their business, that include