China’s Communist Party says it welcomes complaints
Just don’t go too far
“Grim” is a word often used these days by officials responsible for handling petitions submitted by aggrieved citizens. They apply it to the task they face as the Communist Party prepares to convene a five-yearly congress later this year. The last thing they want is embittered people making a fuss as the party gets ready to reanoint its leader, Xi Jinping.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Complain at your own risk”
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