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China’s Annual Party Conclave Goes Modest

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Mar 07, 2014
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The National People’s Congress fortnight-long meeting which began Monday in Beijing, is normally a backslapping affair during which the 3,000 delegates, arriving in luxury cars, flashing their Rolex watches and wearing their best suits, rubber-stamp whatever decisions government and Communist Party leaders put in front of them.

This year is decidedly dif…

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