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JIANG HONGBIN, Chinese legislator, renewing calls to close a controversial Starbucks outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City, in a speech during China's National People's Congress
"Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture." JIANG HONGBIN Chinese legislator, renewing calls for the closure of a controversial Starbucks outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City, during China's National People's Congress
Because the chances of success are infinitesimally small - even the one in a thousand petitioners who succeeds in getting some sort of response from the authorities in Beijing usually finds that the resulting judgment is simply ignored back home in the provinces - petitioners often travel to the capital during the...
Every year, some 3,000 delegates from every corner of China converge on Beijing for a two-week meeting of the National People's Congress, the country's legislature. The meeting is largely a sham: Although the delegates are "elected," candidates have to be approved by the ruling Communist Party...
Ground zero for petitioners is the area where the Beijing South train station once stood, which is the location of the main Petition Office run by the State Council, China's cabinet. The urine-scented alleyways and half demolished streets are filled with knots of grimy, exhausted petitioners, most clutching...