CHINA: Preview of five day congress

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Updated October 12, 2007 19:32:29

Final preparations are under way for a five day congress that will, in effect, deliver the country's leadership team for the next five years. The man presiding over the Chinese Communist Party's 17th national congress will be party leader and President Hu Jintao. But while Mr Hu will soon be able to run China the way he wants, nobody's certain what the secretive leader's vision for the country really is.

Presenter: China correspondent, Stephen McDonnell

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