A soldier stops photographs being taken outside the Jingxi hotel in Beijing, believed to be the venue for the Chinese Communist party's secretive annual meetingPhotograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty ImagesA policemen tells an elderly man, who was writing characters on the street, to move onPhotograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty ImagesA soldier guards an entrance to the Jingxi hotel. Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP
A woman walks past the Beijing home of Liu Xia, the wife of the jailed dissident and Nobel peace prize winner, Liu Xiaobo. The banner reads: "Sorry for the inconvenience due to the construction."Photograph: David Gray/ReutersPolice patrol Tiananmen Sqaure near a portrait of Mao ZedongPhotograph: Alexander F. Yuan/APPolice keep watch on a Beijing street as the Communist party meeting opensPhotograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty ImagesSecurity cameras installed in Tiananmen SquarePhotograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP
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