Tag: National People’s Congress

  • Publisher behind Xi biography released from China prison

    Publisher behind Xi biography released from China prison

    A Hong Kong-based publisher arrested while preparing to release an unauthorized biography of Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been released after serving a 10-year sentence in a prison in southern China. The respected San Francisco-based rights monitoring group Dui Hua reported Thursday that Yao Wentian, 83, was released on February 26 and returned to his…

  • Suggestion: Hong Kong politicians must be approved by China

    Suggestion: Hong Kong politicians must be approved by China

    New candidates for Hong Kong’s parliament must first be approved by a committee controlled by the Communist Party of Beijing, according to a proposal in China’s National People’s Congress. In addition, parliamentary elections are said to be postponed for another year, according to sources in local media in Hong Kong. The changes are expected to…