Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II listen as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Oct. 20, 2015.
Actor Chen Xuedong, actor Zheng Kai, singer and actor Lu Han, actor Zhang Hanyu, actor and singer Andy Lau, actress Jing Tian, director Zhang Yimou, American actor Matt Damon, Chilean-born American actor Pedro Pascal, American actor Willem Dafoe, actor Eddie Peng, actor Lin Gengxin, singer and actor Wang Junkai attend the premiere of Zhang Yimou's film "The Great Wall" on December 6, 2016 in Beijing, China.
To go with AFP story 'China-politics-Internet' by Pascale Trouillaud
This photo taken on May 12, 2011 shows people at an internet cafe in Beijing. China, which employs an army of censors to police the Internet, has also deployed legions of "web commentators" to get the government's message out -- in a crafty but effective way. AFP PHOTO/GOU Yige (Photo credit should read GOU YIGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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