A tourist holds a Chinese national flag to pose for photos while paramilitary policemen patrol on Tiananmen Square before the 18th Communist Party Congress is held at the nearby Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. China’s ruling Communist Party opened a congress Thursday to usher in a new group of younger leaders faced with the challenging tasks of righting a flagging economy and meeting public calls for better government. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)