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World Service,01 Jul 2021,49 mins

President Xi Jinping marks 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party

Newsday

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The Chinese communist party is celebrating its 100th anniversary and its rigid leadership of a country now positioned as a global super power. Some 182 unmarked graves have been uncovered in a third Canadian indigenous residential school - found on the eve of the official National Day holiday. Economists often point to gender disparities as a major brake on development - today a host of world leaders are gathering in Paris to tackle this problem with a $40 billion investment.

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