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President Xi Jinping (right) and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wang Qishan toast with high-ranking officials at a dinner marking the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People on September 30, 2013 in Beijing. On October 1, 1949, Chinese leader Mao Zedong stood at the Tiananmen Rostrum to declare the founding of the Republic.

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President Xi Jinping (right) and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wang Qishan toast with high-ranking officials at a dinner marking the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People on September 30, 2013 in Beijing. On October 1, 1949, Chinese leader Mao Zedong stood at the Tiananmen Rostrum to declare the founding of the Republic.