No to democracy in China, Parliament Chief says

In an annual parliament session this week, Parliament chief Wu Bangguo made the following comments suspected to be "a deliberate rejection of calls in China and abroad for greater liberalisation" towards democracy:

"We must draw on the achievements of all cultures," he told delegates in Beijing's Great Hall of the People."

"...But we will never simply copy the system of Western countries or introduce a system of multiple parties holding office in rotation."

"Although China's state organs have different responsibilities, they all adhere to the line, principles and policies of the Party."

These comments come during a time of a number of highly sensitive anniversaries this year, including the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and 50th anniversary of the anti-China uprising in Lhasa that sparked the Dalai Lama's flight into exile.

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