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The Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, on March 9, 2006 in Beijing, China. (Guang Niu/Getty Images)
Business people watch an electric board indicating the foreign currency of 114.59-62 yen against the US dollar at a foreign exchange brokers on December 6, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during House of Representatives question time at Parliament House on September 15, 2015 in Canberra, Australia. (Stefan Postles/Getty Images
Chinese President Xi Jinping views an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on March 26, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)