BEIJING – Hope and danger collided at the recently concluded National People’s Congress in Beijing. The two-week conclave meets annually, and while it is unfair and inaccurate to characterize the Congress as a rubber-stamp exercise, delegates tend, in the main, to jump on the bandwagon of policies constructed by the central government, and by the Communist Party.
BEIJING – La esperanza y el peligro chocaron en la Asamblea Popular Nacional que acaba de terminar en Beijing. El cónclave de dos semanas de duración se reúne anualmente y, si bien es injusto e inexacto calificarlo como un ejercicio de ratificación incondicional, los delegados en general tienden a adherirse a las políticas creadas por el gobierno central y el Partido Comunista.