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Open Image ModalChinese military soldiers match past the front of the Great Hall of the People after a pre-opening session of the National People\'s Congress (NPC), China\'s parliament, on March 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalParamilitary guards stand before a wall near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 4, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese paramilitary police officers march during the flag-lowering ceremony in front of the Tiananmen Gate on March 2, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese paramilitary policemen monitor the square on the Tiananmen Gate on on March 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA group of soldiers make their way in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2013. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA paramilitary guard salutes during the opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese military personnel watch over Tiananmen Square from a rooftop across from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalA conductor of a military band performs during a rehearsal before the opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing\'s Great Hall of the People on March 3, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese paramilitary police walk at Tiananmen Square during the opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference on March 3, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSoldiers dressed as ushers guard outside the Great Hall of the People after a pre-opening session of the National People\'s Congress (NPC), China\'s parliament, on March 4, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese paramilitary police officers march during the flag-lowering ceremony in front of the Tiananmen Gate on March 2, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalChinese paramilitary police stand guard in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong before the opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA military band conductor rehearses before the opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing\'s Great Hall of the People Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalA soldier dressed as usher guards in front of the entrance of Great Hall of the People before a pre-opening session of the Chinese People\'s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 2, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)