As leaders of China’s Communist Party prepared to meet in Beijing, they were met with a rare protest, including banners on a highway bridge that read, “Go on strike, remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping.” David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist, talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about how China’s top brass is combating dissent in the prelude to the party congress.
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