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Beijing’s Two Sessions: Dissidents and Petitioners ‘Placed Under Control’
Petitioners and dissidents in China have been rounded up or suppressed to keep them out of the public eye so as to not disrupt one of the largest political events of the year, happening today, known as the “two sessions.”
The meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and its top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are usually preceded by a crackdown.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its own process of appeal to the ruling party in 1951 called a “petition system.” However, it has often failed to protect Chinese people as offices from regions outside of the center do not have the authority to solve many of the issues brought by petitioners. Even worse, many of the issues brought by petitioners involve corruption by CCP officials who have power.
February 24, 2021
published at 6:30 AMReuters A demonstrator holds up a sign at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, China, July 6, 2020.
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LONDON - Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied to live, work and study in the United Kingdom under a new visa scheme which opens up a path to British citizenship for people fleeing China’s crackdown in the former colony, The Times newspaper reported.
London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law that democracy activists say will end the freedoms promised to the territory in 1997.
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London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law that democracy activists say will end the freedoms promised to the territory in 1997
Almost 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for a British visa after Beijing s imposition of the national security law in the Asian financial hub last year.
London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law that democracy activists say will end the freedoms promised to the territory in 1997.
Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied to live, work and study in the United Kingdom under a new visa scheme which opens up a path to British citizenship for people fleeing China’s crackdown in the former colony, The Times newspaper reported.