The Economist (March 6)
“So far the signals” from China’s annual meeting of the National People’s Congress “are not reassuring. They suggest that China lacks a robust plan to deal with its economic slump and that some of its targets are drifting from reality. Power is concentrating even further in the hands of President Xi Jinping.”
Tags: Annual meeting, China, Concentrating, Economic slump, Lacks, National People's Congress, Power, Reality, Reassuring, Robust plan, Signals, Targets, Xi
New York Times (January 6)
“To put the rise of China in perspective, “the 70 richest delegates to China’s National People’s Congress have a collective net worth of almost $90 billion…. That’s more than 10 times the collective net worth of the entire American Congress.”
“To put the rise of China in perspective, “the 70 richest delegates to China’s National People’s Congress have a collective net worth of almost $90 billion…. That’s more than 10 times the collective net worth of the entire American Congress.”
Tags: China, Congress, National People's Congress, Net worth, U.S.
