Shaolin monks, antlered delegates, and security guards are all present at the “Two Sessions,” the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Click an image to launch the photo gallery view.
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- March 5, Beijing, the first meeting of the 12th NPC kicks off in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Shaolin Temple Abbot Shi Yongxin is surrounded by journalists, but does not say a word and passes through the crowd of people. (NetEase)
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- March 5, the square outside of the eastern gate of the Great Hall of the People, a journalist places his network card on his head to file his report. (NetEase)
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- March 5, Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, minority delegate in traditional ethnic attire. (NetEase)
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- March 5, security guards in the Great Hall of the People. (NetEase)
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- March 5, a police dog checks the busses delegates have ridden in Tiananmen Square. (NetEase)
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- March 5, Beijing, the NPC kicks off. A military band rehearses. (NetEase)
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- March 6, a small group representing the arts in the first meeting of the 12th CPPCC. Following a speech by renowned oil painter Jin Shangyi, committee member Feng Xiaogang proposes that all present honor the artist by toasting him with tea instead of alcohol. (Chinanews)
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- The afternoon of March 6, Beijing, foreign diplomats and their families invited to observe the sessions exit the Great Hall of the People. (CRI)
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- March 6, a reception is held in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People to celebrate International Women’s Day. A Japanese woman wearing a traditional kimono passes by a security guard on her way to the reception.
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- March 7, the second full meeting of the first session of the 12th CPPCC is held in the Great Hall of the People. CPPCC committee members listen to a speaker.
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- March 5, the delegation from the People’s Liberation Army marches in formation into the Great Hall of the People. (Southern Weekly)
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- March 2, Saturday, State Council Premier Wen Jiabao reviews documents as usual in his office in Zhongnanhai. His books have already been taken off of the shelf behind him and packed in boxes.
Via CDT Chinese. Translation by Liz Carter.
