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How to put the PR in PRC

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May 2006

From press conference set pieces to talking down stock prices, the fourth generation of Chinese leaders appears to be learning how to massage the message

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gives an open press conference just once a year, to mark the end of the annual 10-day session of the country's toothless parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC). Over a thousand journalists, diplomats and government officials gather in the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square to witness an event which is broadcast live across the nation with a handy five-second delay so any embarrassing incidents can be quickly excised.

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