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Demonstrators Arrested in China as Communists Meet

By Steve Inskeep,  Rob Gifford
Published November 8, 2002 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 22 years ago.

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

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

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