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Chinese President Says His Country Is Now A Great Power

18/10/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Chinese President Says His Country Is Now A Great Power

President Xi Jinping spoke at the Communist Party Congress in Beijing

President Xi Jinping spoke at the Communist Party Congress in Beijing.

Xi Jinping tells the Communist Party Congress that China is now a great world power, ready to take centre stage in the 21st century. Also: Top Kenyan electoral official resigns, saying she fears for her life, and the British MP who misses a vote because he's a linesman in a football match.

(Photo: Chinese president Xi Jinping at Party Congress, Credit: Reuters.)

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