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An historic quinquennial congress of the Chinese Communist party will get underway in Beijing this weekend.
Ed talks to Lynn about the congress and why is it so important for the future of China and its leader Xi Jinping, and how China's security forces are preparing for the congress.
And Sri Lanka's energy and economic crisis is making it turn to Vladimir Putin's Russia, of all places, for support.
There are also more signals from Japan that a big change is coming that will overturn the country's long-standing pacifist policy.
Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.
