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• China rising
  Chinese officials are meeting at the National Congress of the governing Communist Party to lay out their plans for national leadership. Midmorning discusses the impact of their decisions on China's political and economic future.9:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Barry Naughton: Professor of Chinese Economy at the University of California San Diego. He is author of "Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in the Post-Deng Era."
  Adam Segal: Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Digital Dragon: High-Technology Enterprises in China."
  More from MPR
  What Pawlenty will find on his trade mission (10/15/2007)
  The environmental cost of China's economic growth (08/30/2007)
  A Chinese road story (06/26/2007)
  Resources
  About Naughton
  About Segal
• Bush discusses foreign policy, health insurance, in news conference
  President is urging Congress to hold the line on spending and reject a bill charging Turkey with genocide, even while both the president and Congress ignore Chinese protests and hold a special ceremony to honor the Dalai Lama. During a Wednesday news conference, Bush also defended his veto of a children's health insurance program.9:40 a.m.
  More from MPR
  Groups target Bachmann on children's health insurance (10/12/2007)
  Minnesota pressures Washington on health care for kids (09/13/2007)
• Newbery Reader's Theater
  Newbery Medal-winning authors Sharon Creech, Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Paterson read from each other's work. They also describe what it's like to be writers before an audience filled with fans young and old. The event was recorded October 15 at the Fitzgerald Theater.10:30 a.m.
  More from MPR
  Adventurous rabbit is Kate DiCamillo's newest hero (02/14/2006)
  Resources
  Newbery Medal Web site

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