Constitutionally Capable
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from China, Venezuela, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire and Kosovo. As the news of Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential election sinks in around the world, former China correspondent Celia Hatton reflects on how the whole story of his campaign has been spun in the Chinese media - and whether it's dampened or sharpened the public's appetite for more democracy at home. James Copnall takes in the new air of bustling, business-friendly Cote d'Ivoire - a country which seems keen to leave its recent political crises behind it. The eclectic, insurgent Five Star Movement has shaken the political landscape of Italy and Helen Grady weighs up what it's offering voters as they prepare for a referendum on changing the Italian constitution. Amid the escalating chaos and often-alarming news in Venezuela, Daniel Pardo concentrates - for once - on the nation's brighter sides. And Andrew Gray gets on the supporters' bus with the passionate fans of Europe's newest national footaball team: Kosovo.
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| 0:00.0 | If by chance you'd like to hear stories from China, Ivory Coast, Italy, Venezuela and Kosovo, |
| 0:05.8 | then you're in luck. |
| 0:07.0 | Since they're all in this edition of From Our Own Correspondent, which was broadcast on Thursday the |
| 0:12.2 | 10th of November 2016 and with more information |
| 0:15.8 | here's Kate Aide. Hello today the aftershocks from the upheaval in America are being felt everywhere, but constitutions and |
| 0:24.6 | referendums are on the minds of many far from Washington. The Ivory Coast has held a |
| 0:30.0 | referendum and it's now on track to become Africa's fastest growing economy. |
| 0:35.4 | The Italian Prime Minister insists his actions are all about preventing chaos. |
| 0:40.4 | The opposition disagrees and is trying to get him thrown out. |
| 0:44.0 | Their instrument of choice, a referendum. |
| 0:47.4 | If any country is in chaos, Venezuela is, and yet our correspondent on leaving has good memories to take with him. |
| 0:55.0 | And in Kosovo they're convulsed with really serious matters. |
| 0:59.0 | Which football team should they support? |
| 1:02.0 | He won't be president until the 20th of January, but |
| 1:06.5 | naturally people across the world are wondering what a Donald Trump presidency |
| 1:10.7 | will mean for them. Mr Trump gave some rather blunt clues about his |
| 1:15.0 | foreign policy. He criticized NATO. He said he'd scrap free trade deals. He'd step |
| 1:21.0 | up the military campaign against IS and get rid of the nuclear deal with Iran. |
| 1:26.0 | And he's proposed a 45% tariff on most Chinese goods. |
| 1:32.0 | Celia Hatton spent 14 years based in Beijing and has been gauging Chinese feelings on a Trump victory. |
| 1:40.0 | Donald Trump's Chinese nickname, Twonpoo, started as a bit of a joke. |
| 1:45.0 | Tronpoo sounds like Trump, yes, |
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