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World Service,09 Jan 2016,23 mins

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Pascale Harter introduces tales of change from around the world, with dispatches from: Steve Evans, examining the contradictions and the strangeness of modern Chinese economic policy in Beijing; Jack Garland, on the terrible aftermath of a suicide bombing in the Yemeni capital Sana'a; Tim Ecott, following the island gossip (or 'kankan') over the Seychelles' recent close-run election result; and Sally Magnusson, who reflects on how a rising tide of tourism and migrant workers has changed the Iceland she once travelled. Picture: Chinese children dress up as fastfood chain Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders look-alikes during a store opening ceremony in Beijing, 12 April 2006. (AFP/Getty Images)

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