Smoke rises from a bridge in Beijing where protest banners were hung before authorities arrived to take them down. A person was seen being put into the back of a police car as the banners were folded up. Read more here:
1:01A rare protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken place in China ahead of a historic Communist Party congress. The rally in Beijing's northwestern Haidian district on Thursday was swiftly ended by police and security personnel in scenes that went viral online.
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