BEIJING -- China's most important political meeting in years starts Sunday as nearly 2,300 Communist Party delegates from every corner of the world's most populous nation convene in Beijing for the twice-a-decade national congress.
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A portrait of Xi Jinping is seen at the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution in Beijing ahead of the 20th Party Congress. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
BEIJING -- China's most important political meeting in years starts Sunday as nearly 2,300 Communist Party delegates from every corner of the world's most populous nation convene in Beijing for the twice-a-decade national congress.