China Braces for New Leadership
A security guard watches as Fudan University students form the Communist hammer and sickle emblem, ahead of the upcoming 18th Party Congress. (Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song)
The Chinese People’s Congress meets this week to select a new set of leaders for the country.
The decisions will all be made behind closed doors.
The regime is extremely concerned about any disruption.
“They’re very insecure,” says The World’s Beijing correspondent, Mary Kay Magistad.
For example, “taxi-cabs must keep their windows closed to prevent passengers scattering leaflets.”
Magistad says it couldn’t be more different from what’s happening in the US.
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