Chinese President Xi Jinping adjusts his jacket during the closing session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 11, 2024. This year, China's national legislature resumed its annual in-person meetings in a way that it hadn't done since before the pandemic. Though officials say China is back to business, in practice, the meetings have become even more tightly scripted to broadcast Chinese leader Xi Jinping's message, leaving little room for the spontaneity and open engagement the sessions once offered before COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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