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China's Two Sessions 2018
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A veteran pro-establishment figure warned that those calling for an end to one-party rule might risk their future political career locally, raising legal issues requiring further clarification.

Journalist Liang Xiangyi was right to react after a colleague at the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress would just not shut up

Gone are the good old days when some took advantage of the annual event to cultivate personal business, political and social contacts with the who’s who of the nation

The ‘two sessions’ are upon us, and there will be restructuring in the party and the state. But speculation that the bodies dealing with these two complex places would merge is wide of the mark

Pan-dems ignored the advice of Shih Wing-ching on the 2015 reform package but now with events in Beijing they would be wise to pursue a different course

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Those appointed to the country’s top political advisory body will now have to prove they are putting the work in, Standing Committee member Jonathan Choi Koon-shum says

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The 57-year-old was involved in drafting recent changes to China’s constitution, and his appointment could signal greater scrutiny of whether Hong Kong laws are aligned with the national constitution

Top legal experts say legislators should not face being disqualified for expressing pro-democracy views, rebuffing earlier comments from a local member of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.