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4m ago 23.59 EDT The stage is set in Beijing: Staff members prepare the podium before the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters 22m ago 23.41 EDT Some scenes from the party congress area over the past few days: Chinese military delegates outside the Great Hall of the People after the party congress’s closing session. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Xi Jinping, centre, and other officials at the closing ceremony. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock Security officers march by...
