Word: yuan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little awkwardly, the Chinese people took another step toward popular government. They elected the 768-member Legislative Yuan, which will be China's (heavily Kuomintang) Parliament. It was still a toddler's step, but somewhat more assured than last November's National Assembly* elections. For one thing, the Chinese showed a growing feeling for machine politics...
...Under the new Chinese Constitution, the principal duty of the National Assembly (3,044 members) is to elect China's President. The Legislative Yuan will be the lawmaking body...
...sheng calculated that 150,000,000 Chinese were eligible to vote. Nobody had any hard figures on the number of candidates, but in the polls of Nov. 21 and Dec. 21, some 4,000 delegates would have to be elected to China's National Assembly and its Legislative Yuan. Constitutional government was being inaugurated on schedule. Last week, China, just like Western models, had ward heelers, slush funds, wire pullers, whispering campaigns, vested interests and a sprinkling of high-minded amateurs...
...Silly." Office seekers worked out their own electoral techniques. Nanking noted with special interest the race of the Misses Liu, Li and Shen for a seat in the Yuan. Gossiped China News: "Miss Liu has been telling people, in an offhand manner, 'Oh, by the way, do you know that Miss Li long ago said she is not interested in running?' Miss Li has countered by telling people, 'Don't be silly-of course I'm interested...
There were, however, plenty of signs that the democratic process in China, while not perhaps as up-to-date as that of Kansas City, was not wholly different from it. When the Kuomintang announced this week its list for the Legislative Yuan, old-guard members who were not up for renomination let out a howl of protest. They had fed so long and faithfully at the public trough-and was this to be their reward...