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\nFrom Southern Metropolis Daily, via Lian Yue’s Eighth Continent <\/a>blog, translated by EastSouthWestNorth:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nOn January 6, there was a Southern Metropolis Daily news report titled “Nominating himself as a People’s Congress
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representative, a Shenzhen citizen claims to be a grassroots representative. The report was about Shenzhen citizen Zou Tao’s Internet-published statement “Open letter to nominate myself for the Fourth People’s Congress of Shenzhen” which expressed his desire to become a “People’s Congress representative who truly represents the broad masses at the grassroots level.” According to report, the response was great.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAny People’s Republic of China citizen whose political rights have not been stripped away is entitled to say: “I want to become a People’s Congress representative.” It is logical that the starting point for becoming a people’s representative is to want to be one (after all, many people do not want to a people’s representative for reasons such as interests, occupation, physical health, etc). It would have been very strange if someone becomes a people’s representative against his\/her intention — that would mean that the election system was not objective. This is to say, Zou Tao only said something that was the most ordinary in a civic society. Yet the audience found it refreshing, perhaps because his words let them see the blind spot in their thinking: they have not thought about trying to become a people’s representative and to fulfill their ambition to serve society and nation. Perhaps, they even felt that it was improper to even try to say something like this.<\/span> <\/span>[Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Southern Metropolis Daily, via Lian Yue’s Eighth Continent blog, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: On January 6, there was a Southern Metropolis Daily news report titled “Nominating himself as a People’s Congress representative, a Shenzhen citizen claims to be a grassroots representative. 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