{"id":17959,"date":"2025-03-04T04:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/tightly-choreographed-two-sessions-opens-in-beijing-as-the-world-order-roils\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T04:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:38:03","slug":"tightly-choreographed-two-sessions-opens-in-beijing-as-the-world-order-roils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/tightly-choreographed-two-sessions-opens-in-beijing-as-the-world-order-roils\/","title":{"rendered":"Tightly choreographed Two Sessions opens in Beijing as the world order roils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Trump\u2019s tariffs and DeepSeek\u2019s AI tech in the news, China waits to see how the Communist party plans to revitalise a stagnating economy<\/p>\n<p>As thousands of delegates from across China arrive in Beijing this week to participate in the annual parliamentary session, there is a barely perceptible shift in the mood in the capital. Though few ordinary Chinese pay much attention to goings-on inside the Great Hall of the People, the imposing 1950s modernist building that flanks the western edge of Tiananmen Square, the ripple effects of this week\u2019s conclave can be felt across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Security is heightened. Extra uniformed personnel have been deployed to stand guard on Beijing\u2019s bridges \u2013 lest anyone attempt a stunt inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/oct\/14\/we-all-saw-it-anti-xi-jinping-protest-electrifies-chinese-internet\">Peng Lifa\u2019s protest at Sitong Bridge<\/a> ahead of the 20th party congress in 2022. Guards at busy subway stations subject commuters to random scans of their identification cards.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/04\/china-two-sessions-beijing-opening-parliament\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a806895b931340bd7e5b06e7e2d83c67c7bc8a76\/0_400_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=beae3e488ed42cc5d37e1baf0d86d7ae\" title=\"Tightly choreographed Two Sessions opens in Beijing as the world order roils\" \/>With Trump\u2019s tariffs and DeepSeek\u2019s AI tech in the news, China waits to see how the Communist party plans to revitalise a stagnating economy<br \/>\nAs thousands of delegates from across China arrive in Beijing this week to participate in the annual parliamentary session, there is a barely perceptible shift in the mood in the capital. Though few ordinary Chinese pay much attention to goings-on inside the Great Hall of the People, the imposing 1950s modernist building that flanks the western edge of Tiananmen Square, the ripple effects of this week\u2019s conclave can be felt across the city.<br \/>\nSecurity is heightened. Extra uniformed personnel have been deployed to stand guard on Beijing\u2019s bridges \u2013 lest anyone attempt a stunt inspired by Peng Lifa\u2019s protest at Sitong Bridge ahead of the 20th party congress in 2022. Guards at busy subway stations subject commuters to random scans of their identification cards. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Trump\u2019s tariffs and DeepSeek\u2019s AI tech in the news, China waits to see how the Communist party plans to revitalise a stagnating economy As thousands of delegates from across China arrive in Beijing this week to participate in the annual parliamentary session, there is a barely perceptible shift in the mood in the capital. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/tightly-choreographed-two-sessions-opens-in-beijing-as-the-world-order-roils\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tightly choreographed Two Sessions opens in Beijing as the world order roils<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}