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Tourists stand in front of a newly erected billboard in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. The Chinese characters read "Socialism," part of a slogan which reads "Push forward the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics." The square is being decorated ahead of celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Str)