Friday, March 04, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetan self-immolator's family “pressured” by police
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pressured-03032016162204.html

Tibetan woman detained in Ngaba following solo protest
Radio Free Asia, March 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-03032016144442.html

政协委员抵京‧两会今揭幕, 传中国军费激增两成 (CPPCC Standing Committee members arrive in Beijing: Two Congresses open today, China's military expenditure said to increase rapidly by 20%)
Nanyang Online, March 3, 2016
http://www.nanyang.com/node/750842?tid=461

千人之诺诺,不如一士之谔谔 (The yeses of a thousand people cannot match the honest opinion of a single gentleman)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, March 1, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xcjy/lsjj/201602/t20160229_75034.html

Related:
Tense start to China’s political sessions
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1920433/tense-start-chinas-political-sessions