Inside view through eyes of the outsiders
By Mu Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-14 07:16
Left: Inspectors check a ballot box before members cast their votes at the 4th plenary meeting of the first session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee. Xinhua Right: Reuters reporter Ben Blanchard talks with Yang Jinsong, an NPC deputy from Naxi minority community in Yunnan province, on steps of the Great Hall of the People. Xu Jingxing |
Bill Smith still can't boast of covering eight annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) because his boss has done that 15 times. But the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) correspondent knows what the German news agency is interested in during the sessions: China's economic policy.
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