If I had a magic wand, an immensely powerful magic wand, I would just wave it and make all the guns in the United States, my home country, disappear. Problem solved. Maybe.
Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
The first plenary session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held on Saturday, and the first plenary session of the 13th National People's Congress opens on Monday. People all over the country will be watching to see how the two sessions will affect the quality of their lives.
Viewed through a pessimistic prism, it would appear that China and the United States are on a collision course, since the US has identified China as a rival and "revisionist state" seeking to undermine the Pax Americana.
ON SATURDAY, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the nation's top political advisory body, commenced its annual session, and on Monday, the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, begins its plenary session. This year, there are passages where NPC deputies and CPPCC National Committee members can be interviewed by the media before they enter the conference halls. Beijing News comments:
ON FRIDAY, a news conference for the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top political advisory body, was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Wang Guoqing, its spokesman, said it is necessary to effectively reduce the schoolwork burden on students. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:
FRIDAY was Lantern Festival, a traditional festival for family reunions because it is the first full moon after the Lunar New Year. However, the festival was on Friday this year and most people were working. Thepaper.cn comments:
Forty years ago in December, Deng Xiaoping delivered his historic speech: "Emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts and unite as one to face the future." This triggered four decades of reform and opening-up that have transformed China into the world's second-largest economy. By some time in the next decade, China will be among the few countries in the world that will have transitioned from low-income to high-income status since World War II.
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