national people's congress

www.lostlaowai.com — In this edition of Fact or Fiction, Glen goes head to head with Matt Schiavenza discussing Google, the Shanghai expo, free trade in Asia, prostitution, and the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of the National People’s Congress.

www.todayonline.com — Last week a senior leader said that Xinjiang was stable. Now the province's highest Uyghur official claims otherwise while in Beijing for the National People's Congress. Who's right?

blogs.wsj.com — The post leads off with "Cynics say that the National People’s Congress never changes: the Communist Party sets the agenda ahead of time and the parliament wields its rubber stamp to give a veneer of legitimacy." But goes on to illustrate that Chinese journalists are asking some tough questions of their parliamentary representatives. Good to see.