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[...] halfway through President Hu Jintao's two-and-a-half-hour speech at the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, as the 81-year-old's eyelids drooped and his head flopped on to his chest, I experienced a certain fellow feeling. The speech contained not a single new thought, but rehashed a dozen tired slogans: "Harmonious Society", "Scientific Outlook on Development", "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics".
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The Great Bore of the People
Never before have I felt at one with the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. But halfway through President Hu Jintao's two-and-a-half-hour speech at the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, as the 81-y...
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