Security steps up for petitioners as China parliament meets

By , on March 11th, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A few miles from China’s National People’s Congress in Beijing, citizens who have travelled from across the country to tell the government about their problems face tight controls on this age-old right. China’s centuries-old petition system, developed under imperial rule, is meant to offer people with grievances against local officials the chance of redress from the central government. <!– google_ad_section_end –>