June 30, 2011 11:48 PM
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Why Liu Ping’s Candidacy Failed
Caixin Online reports on the hardships one local woman faced while trying to run as an independent candidate in a Jiangxi election. Liu Ping wanted to be an everyman’s candidate in a race for a local delegate to the National People’s Congress. She wanted to represent her neighbors in the Yushu District of Xinyu, a city in Jiangxi Province. She gave it her all. But the high-school educatedJuly 12, 2011 3:23 PM
After 12 Years, Law Knocks Down Forced Demolitions
China Daily reports the passage of a law, twelve years in the making, designed to rein in the use of “coercive measures”
China Legislator Seeks to Criminalize Banquets
Zhao Linzhong, National People’s Congress delegate, is proposing an interesting piece of legislation. From AFP: “Public
November 22, 2009 10:39 PM
China’s Annual Congress: Seen One, Seen ‘em All
Take a look at this website, which has posted six years’ worth of People’s Daily front pages reporting on the
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