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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong1.jpgChina's leaders gather for the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on November 8th, 2012 in Beijing, China. The congress convenes until November 14th and will determine the party's next leaders. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong2.jpgChinese President Hu Jintao (bottom right) speaks during the opening session of the Communist Party congress in the Great Hall of the People. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong13.jpgAttendants serving tea ahead of the congress opening. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong4.jpgPresident Hu (left), with former president Jiang Zemin (centre) and prime minister Wen Jiabao (right) during the congress opening session. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong7.jpgVice-president Xi Jinping (left) and vice premier Li Keqiang at the session. Mr Xi is all but certain to take over as party chief after the congress ends next week and to take the reins as state president next March. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong9.jpgPresident Hu bows before a speech during the opening. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong6.jpgA military policeman monitors Tiananmen Square during the congress opening session. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong5.jpgAnother view of police on duty on Tiananmen Gate outside the Great Hall of the People. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong12.jpgDelegates dressed in ethnic attire leave the opening session. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong14.jpgA delegate in the traditional garb of an ethnic minority at the congress session. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong15.jpgA member of China's People's Liberation Army on guard in front of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong16.jpgMembers of China's People's Liberation Army band perform during the session. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong17.jpgMilitary police patrol in front of a giant portrait of former Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
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China set to choose new leaders
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/chinacong18.jpgClose-up of an ethnic uniform worn by a delegate for the opening ceremony. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
