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Political protest banners removed in Beijing

Visitors pose for a video in front of an installation of the Chinese Communist Party flag, at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, on Thursday. (Reuters Photo)

BEIJING: Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress.

The banners bore several slogans, including a call for President Xi Jinping’s ouster and an end to strict Covid-19 policies, according to numerous images and videos circulated on Twitter, which is blocked in China.

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