Written by The stage is set for China’s biggest political gathering – carefully choreographed annual meetings of the political advisory body and the rubber-stamp national legislature. The “two sessions”, which started on Wednesday and typically run for one to two weeks, signal the priorities of the world’s second-largest economy. Observers will be watching if…..
Source: National People’s Congress: What is China’s Two Sessions and why does it matter?
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