More security, less soccer, for China Communist Congress
Nightclubs have been raided, TV dramas targeted by censors and football matches postponed -- China is tightening security and discipline to ensure a landmark Communist Party meeting passes off flawlessly.
The police and censorship organs have kicked into high gear to prevent anything overshadowing the week-long, twice-a-decade congress which opens on October 18.
The gathering is expected to hand President Xi Jinping a second five-year term as general secretary of the Communist Party, solidifying his position as the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation.
Red banners that "warmly welcome" the 19th Party Congress have appeared across Beijing and officials hope to clear the capital's notoriously smoggy skyline when more than 2,300 delegates gather.
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