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China's parliament meets only once a year - for just a few days. It's such a brief event that members of parliament line up to take souvenir photos of themselves outside the steps of the parliament building - the Great Hall of the People next to Tiananmen... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Thu, Mar 05 2009

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