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Demonstrators Arrested in China as Communists Meet

NPR | By Steve Inskeep,
Rob Gifford
Published November 9, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

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.

Copyright 2002 NPR
Steve Inskeep
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
See stories by Steve Inskeep
Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
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