Earlier in the week, China's president spoke of the West's 'all-around containment, encirclement and suppression of China' with uncharacteristic bluntness.
Delegates at the closing ceremony for China's National People's Congress in Beijing. Pic: APAside from the business at hand, events in China's Great Hall of the People really are an impressive spectacle.
Everything is performed to perfection, from the synchronised tea pouring to the delegates clapping and even page-turning in unison. The National People's Congress is an annual event that theoretically decides policy and occasionally makes changes to the constitution.But amid the show and ceremony, this year has largely been about the continued entrenching of the power of one man, PresidentDuring this session, he has been confirmed to a precedent-busting third term as president having previously done away with the traditional two-term limit.
He has also succeeded in confirming a cabinet of staunch allies, most notably Li Qiang, the new second in command, a former protege and architect of the brutal and destructive
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