So too are the frequent invocations of the term “rubber-stamp” to describe the NPC, as well as heated complaints about that term from Chinese officials and other supporters of the system.

HANGZHOU, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China Post has issued a set of stamps featuring scenes from the Yue Opera, a traditional Chinese opera originating from east China's Zhejiang Province and one of the most ...

The first zodiac stamp for the Year of the Monkey (1980). [Photo/IC] The year 2016 marks the start of the fourth round of Chinese zodiac stamps. 92-year-old celebrated artist Huang Yongyu, who ...

A memory: Chinese zodiac stamps from 1980 to 2015 By Li Hongrui (Chinaculture.org) Updated: 2016-01-08 15:19 Comments Four stamps from the first generation of Chinese zodiac stamps.

We are inching closer to the end of the year of the Tiger. In fact, 21 January 2023 will officially mark the end of the Year of the Tiger, and welcome in the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac.

BUCHAREST, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A commemorative sheet of postage stamps celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, was unveiled on Wednesday at the Central Post Office in ...

The first Chinese commemorative stamps were issued in November 1884, celebrating the 60th birthday of Dowager Empress Cixi. This set is known in China as "Long Life" stamps.

BEIJING — The prime-time soap opera on Chinese TV had the usual cast of characters: the hard-working peasants, the aspiring businessman and the earnest Communist Party member. Then the surpri… ...

Yang Zhiying poses for a photo with samples of stamps for the Year of the Snake in Beijing. Photo: Chen Tao/GT. By 3 am, some citizens in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province had lined up outside ...

Three thousand delegates have gathered in Beijing to kick off China's annual rubber-stamp parliamentary meetings. The National People's Congress is long on pomp and circumstance and short on ...

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