Tag: Local elections

16th Party Congress 19th Party Congress 21st century business herald 2008 Sichuan earthquake Barack Obama Beijing Beijing Internet Instructions books Bo Xilai bribery campaign censorship Censorship Vault Century China Charter 08 Chengdu Chen Guangcheng Chen Hua China National Radio Chongqing corruption Cross-Talk Comics David Bandurski democracy Directives from the Ministry of Truth DPP

In China Voters Pick ‘Clinton,’ ‘Trump’ ‘Braised Chicken’

Voters in several cities across China are heading to the polls this month to elect deputies for local People’s Congresses. Every five years, eligible Chinese citizens over the age of 18 are given the opportunity to vote for grassroots legislative representatives in a series of staggered elections. The elections, however, are highly undemocratic, with Party leaders stressing political loyalty in candidate selection and nervous local governments thwarting independents