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VAP97112304 -23 NOVEMBER 1997 - VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA: A Vancouver Police officer orders a protestor back behind the barricades across from the Hyatt Hotel where Chinese President Jiang Zemin is a guest speaker at a dinner hosted by Vancouver's Mayor Philip Owen, Nov. 23rd. Jiang Zemin who is in town for APEC'97, is being protested for the lack of human rights in his country. UPI/H.Ruckemann

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