China's power transfer: infighting and spectacle

A Chinese soldier gives a command on firefighters near a screen showing Tianamen Gate in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress is scheduled to begin Nov. 8 in the Chinese capital. In addition to selecting members of the leading party bodies, the 2770 delegates hear and deliberate over the work of the party over the past five years, a party discipline report and revisions to the party constitution. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)