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Global media descends on Beijing

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) attracted global attention with 1,818 journalists from abroad to cover the event in Beijing on October 18-24, more coverage than for the 18th CPC National Congress. Most of them have been based in China or visited China on several occasions. They have witnessed the changes of Chinese people’s life in the past five years. What topics are they most interested in? What have impressed them the most? Here are some excerpts of their views on these and other issues: