CHINA-CONGRESS

A man checks his mobile phone in front of portraits of China's late-leader Mao Zedong (L) and former president Liu Shaoqi (R), 07 November 2002, on display in a Beijing store. Liu, who called for economic reforms as far back as the early 1960's, was consequently banished to prison by Mao and died there in 1969. Although China theoretically possesses a complex system of civil government, in terms of power this has been entirely subservient to the Communist Party which has ruled the nation for 53 years. The 16th National Party Congress begins 08 Bovember in Beijing. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)