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In reply to the discussion: In Beijing's backyard, U.S. demonstrates its military might [View all]
EX500rider
(12,581 posts)120. The National People's Congress (NPC)
The National People's Congress (NPC) is the national legislature and constitutionally the supreme state authority of the People's Republic of China.
As China is an authoritarian state, the NPC has been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Chinese regime. Most delegates to the NPC are officially elected by local people's congresses at the provincial level; local legislatures which are indirectly elected at all levels except the county-level. The CCP controls nomination and election processes at every level in the people's congress system, allowing it to stamp out any opposition.
As China is an authoritarian state, the NPC has been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Chinese regime. Most delegates to the NPC are officially elected by local people's congresses at the provincial level; local legislatures which are indirectly elected at all levels except the county-level. The CCP controls nomination and election processes at every level in the people's congress system, allowing it to stamp out any opposition.
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I don't think there is a choice, either with China or Russia/ Ukraine. We need to be there.
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2023
#1
Autocracy doesnt come externally, it comes from rot within...checkout last two years in USA??
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#28
You are correct about our home grown internal rot. And I've never been a military industrial
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2023
#60
Taiwan is especially sought after by Xi and this Congress? That would be huge news!
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#62
Think poster means conventional war. Nuke war no one wins, so USA also loses war against
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#29
I think them not selling their crap hurts them more than us not buying their crap
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#49
I wonder why all that did not work in any other Asian country where we have lost.
former9thward
Jan 2023
#111
America is already under 🇨🇳 thumb, and happy to be so ...ever go to a Walmart? 🇺🇸
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#31
Massive shipping yes, lot to America! No evidence massive shipping interfered with?
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#38
What areas, many areas, require a major military buildup and permanent presence 10k kilometres away?
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#84
There are some posters at this site who'll take the opposite side of the US
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#109
Yes. Its not hard to drill down to the truth if the American war media blinders are lifted.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#83
China is the one trying to steal territory far from their shores, not the US
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#92
Stop the cargo ships! That will teach China! Walmart can handle it!
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#41
The lesson will be learned by a crashing western economy, for sure!
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#66
BUT. Given our other 245 similar ships, newer and more powerful, you could probably surmise that
ancianita
Jan 2023
#18
Well said. America operates its trillion dollar a year military everywhere, because it can.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#33
How do you know what the Order of Battles for the US Navy would be?
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2023
#39
We're powerful for reasons the US military doesn't tell. So let me make a bet with you and
ancianita
Jan 2023
#46
China would know better then to target US cities with their very small ICBM force
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#77
It's still all about the Carville variation about delivery -- deterrence of that "progression."
ancianita
Jan 2023
#119
Taiwan has said in would retaliate by blowing up the Three Gorges dam, killing tens of millions
Swede
Jan 2023
#86
Wrong application of definition of fascism. Its not business by now, its dependency. By America.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#32
Yes, a mixture. Orwellian yes, America ranks first in the West in Orwellian.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#63
Not really, the UK has much more video surveillance of the their citizens then the US
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#70
China is in poor shape right now except saber-rattling. The media has well covered a host of issues
machoneman
Jan 2023
#40
Media versus media rattling, fair comment! Its what they do, we dont have to.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#43
The South China Sea isn't "China's backyard." That's the way China thinks about it. But most
Martin68
Jan 2023
#61
Chinas annexing a Sea? That would be huge news, never been done before!
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#85
So is Brunei, on the evidence of that map!?? Not uncommon on law of the seas.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#102
No Brunei is sticking with the standard mileage off of their Coast as their eez
EX500rider
Jan 2023
#110