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(FILES) An armed Chinese special forces policeman guards an armoured personnel carrier on a street corner near Tiananmen Square as pedestrians stop to look from behind police tape in Beijing on September 26, 2009 ahead of 60th anniversary celebrations of communist rule. As the year and first decade of the 21st century comes to an end and China's diplomatic and economic power rises, the West seems to have less sway over the Asian giant, as evidenced by the execution of a Briton this week despite pleas for mercy, observers say. While in the past China conceded on rights issues as a trade-off to secure membership into the World Trade Organisation, the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games and gain greater international recognition on the whole, Western governments are now calling on Beijing to help prop up the flailing world economy and resolve thorny diplomatic disputes such as the standoffs over the controversial nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea. AFP PHOTO/FREDERIC J. BROWN
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Beijing, CHINA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Frederic J. BROWN |
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26 Septembrie 2009 |
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