“The party undeniably has a larger-than-ever presence in the NPC’s work, most visibly in lawmaking… That has, in my view, contributed to a stronger NPC vis-à-vis other state institutions.”
China's parliament approved changes to a law on Monday that would allow it to pass emergency legislation more quickly, the official Xinhua news agency reported, a move that analysts say could further erode public debate and scrutiny.
The US consul general’s warning of an erosion of judicial independence fails to understand the nature of Hong Kong’s ‘high degree of autonomy’. The power of interpretation in a civil law system is legislative in nature, not judicial, and it deals with the constitutional or legislative intent of a law, rather than specific cases.