Seeing is believing.
China's parliament a rubber stamp? The answer from Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten, a long-time observer of China, was no.
Pfetten once took part in a local level CPPCC session as a specially invited member.
"People were very vocal and very direct" at meetings, he said. "China's democratic practice is devoted to solving practical problem."
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