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11:03 am
Thu November 8, 2012
In China, A Transition Of Power Begins
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Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 12:27 pm
The handover, only the second orderly transition of power in China under communist rule, began Thursday. Party leaders kicked off a weeklong congress that will end with President Hu Jintao handing power to Xi Jinping. NPR's Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt talks about China's new leaders.