Chinese Leadership Remains Silent on Deadly Beijing Storm
In the wake of Beijing’s heaviest rain storm in at least six decades, members of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership refrained from making any statements about the disaster during their appearance at a meeting on Monday.

The 17th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress on October 21, 2007 in Beijing. The little known Political and Legislative Affairs Committee has become a second center of power. Guang Niu/Getty Images
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