The New York Times - MARCH 11, 2014
Last
week, China’s two primary legislative bodies, the National People’s
Congress and the People’s Political Consultative Congress, convened
their annual meetings in Beijing. Although the delegates’ primary
function is to ratify decisions made by Communist Party leaders, the
occasion of the two assemblies often stokes debate on policy reforms.
The
delegates had much to discuss, including a recent murderous rampage on
civilians at a train station in the south, linked by the government to a
separatist movement in the west. Yet the most promising path for
long-term political reform in China was not on the agenda: federalism.
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