China's power transfer: infighting and spectacle

Paramilitary policemen patrol Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in front of Tiananmen Gate, near the Great Hall of the People, seen in the background, where Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress will begin Thursday in Beijing, China. The once-a-decade event installs a new leadership to run the world's second largest economy and newly assertive global power. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)