In China, the popular Internet idiom “advanced blackening” has been used to describe a defamatory tactic in which a sentence of praise actually hints at discredit. During the period of the recent Two Sessions, the annual political meetings of the Chinese regime, the phrase has frequently been used to describe how the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda department abnormally discredits Party leader Xi Jinping.

Strikes and protests over unpaid salaries broke out throughout mainland China during the period of the Two Sessions, the annual political meetings of the Chinese regime’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

China’s “national team,” which was organized by the authorities and endowed with billions in cash to save the stock market following last year’s crash, pledged that the rescue operation would extend into the next few years. However, reports published by a number of listed companies have revealed that it has been staging a silent retreat.

Hong Kong businessman, Lew Mon-hung “Dream Bear”, a former member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and former ally of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, was on Feb 29, 2016 sentenced to 18 months in prison for perverting the course of justice.

The “Two Sessions,” or annual political meetings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), started in Beijing on March 3, 2016.