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Communist Party Congress: Beijing under tight security

Ahead of the all-important Chinese Communist Party congress that begins on October 16, 'Neighborhood Security Volunteers' have been placed along every corner of the Beijing street. The authorities and militia members are on strict vigil. Their one and only mission is to make sure that nothing disrupts the congress meeting.

Our Web Desk Published 16.10.22, 10:54 AM
Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday, October 16, 2022, authorities in China have arrested a million criminal suspects, curbed travel to Beijing to keep Covid out, and deployed an army of neighborhood monitors.
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Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday, October 16, 2022, authorities in China have arrested a million criminal suspects, curbed travel to Beijing to keep Covid out, and deployed an army of neighborhood monitors.

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Images of Xi Jinping on display at the military museum under the slogan: “Inspiring the Three Armed Forces to Forge Ahead,” in Beijing, September 2, 2022.
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Images of Xi Jinping on display at the military museum under the slogan: “Inspiring the Three Armed Forces to Forge Ahead,” in Beijing, September 2, 2022.

Portraits of China’s famed leader Mao Zedong, left, and and current President Xi Jinping hang in a souvenir shop for tourists near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, October 11, 2022.
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Portraits of China’s famed leader Mao Zedong, left, and and current President Xi Jinping hang in a souvenir shop for tourists near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, October 11, 2022.

Pedestrians walk past a display set up ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday, in Beijing on October 16, 2022.
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Pedestrians walk past a display set up ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday, in Beijing on October 16, 2022.

A bus passenger looks towards increased security measures Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 13, 2022.
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A bus passenger looks towards increased security measures Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 13, 2022.

A guard at a gate for a new exhibition called “Bravely Advancing Toward a New Era,” in Beijing on October 13, 2022, ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday.
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A guard at a gate for a new exhibition called “Bravely Advancing Toward a New Era,” in Beijing on October 13, 2022, ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress that begins on Sunday.

Neighborhood security volunteers keep watch on a street in Beijing on October 12, 2022.
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Neighborhood security volunteers keep watch on a street in Beijing on October 12, 2022.

People in protective gear on a street in Beijing, where Covid restrictions have tightened drastically ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress meet.
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People in protective gear on a street in Beijing, where Covid restrictions have tightened drastically ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress meet.

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