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Demonstrators Arrested in China as Communists Meet

NPR | By Steve Inskeep,
Rob Gifford
Published November 8, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

As the Chinese Communist Party Congress meets at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, anti-government protests result in arrests at Tiananmen Square. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford.

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Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
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