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The World Tonight: Start of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing

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18/10/2017

Start of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Start of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing

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(photo: 19th National Congress Of The Communist Party Of China; credit - Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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