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Sweet dreams: Rows of delegates doze off as they sit through the opening sessions of the National People’s Congress in Beijing [last week]. Around 3,000 people convened in the Great Hall of the People to attend the annual meeting of the nation’s parliament. Photo: Reuters (Source: South China Morning Post) 

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Delegates doze during the opening of the National People's Congress in Beijing March 5, 2007. Around 3,000 delegates to the annual meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, convened in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Monday. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)

Sweet dreams: Rows of delegates doze off as they sit through the opening sessions of the National People's Congress in Beijing [last week]. Around 3,000 people convened in the Great Hall of the People to attend the annual meeting of the nation's parliament. Photo: Reuters
(Source: South China Morning Post

Sweet dreams: Rows of delegates doze off as they sit through the opening sessions of the National People’s Congress in Beijing [last week]. Around 3,000 people convened in the Great Hall of the People to attend the annual meeting of the nation’s parliament. Photo: Reuters

(Source: South China Morning Post

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