Posts tagged ‘CPPCC’

Mar 5

The elegant new spokesperson vs. the steadfast old cultural icon

Today is Lei Feng Day, but there’s an elegant and amiable woman who stole his thunder on China’s newspaper front pages today.

Who would you put on your front page today? There’s the elegant, amiable, humble, eloquent and female new spokesperson of the Two Sessions who held her first news conference yesterday…

重庆商报

东莞时报

江淮晨报

南方都市报

潍坊晚报

信息时报

 

And then there’s this guy who turns fifty today….

三晋都市报

武汉晚报

西海都市报

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Mar 6

Should Chinese political delegates wear $2,000 suits?

A photo montage is being circulated on Sina Weibo that shows Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) delegate Li Xiaolin wearing an Emilio Pucci blazer and pants suit contrasted against a group of raggedy village children. Read more

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