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Grandpa Wen, so happy to see you!

North Korea knows how to put on a show. Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was this week treated to a special performance of the "Arirang" mass games, the world's biggest choreographed extravaganza with as many as 100,000 participants. This time it... ...full story at Countdown to Beijing

from Countdown to Beijing on Wed, Oct 07 2009

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