NPC is currently holding its 10-day annual session. It shrugged off the image of a rubber stamp parliament for its 3,000-strong member NPC for its routine adoption of bills put forward by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC). "The ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) China's top legislature, provides a suitable backdrop to reflect upon the country's 61-year-old fundamental political system," it said. "Or, China could have become certain African democratic country that has struggled with civil wars, military junta, coup d'etats and the curse of resources for decades following the end of Western colonial rule in the 1960s," it said. State-run China Daily which carried Xinhua's commentary as editorial omitted references to India. "In 2014, India registered a per capital GDP equal to a mere quarter of China's GDP," it said. "At best, China would have been another India, the world's biggest democracy by Western standards, where around 20 per cent of the world's poorest live and whose democracy focuses on how power is divided," the commentary said, mocking the democratic political system in India. READ ALSO: India, China bound by 'unbreakable bond', Narendra Modi says Half of the 1.3-billion population may have been recipients of foreign aid, making it a huge burden on the world," it said. "Further, China's feat of becoming the first developing country to halve its population living in poverty would have never been accomplished. "Hindsight shows us that the Western political system, which is not inherently problematic and was designed to encourage freedom, would have been incompatible to a country where efficiency has driven remarkable economic growth and social development," state-run Xinhua news agency said in a commentary. The Chinese and Indian foreign ministries have been approached for comment.BEIJING: Deriding India's democratic system, official Chinese media here on Thursday defended ruling Communist Party's monopoly on power, saying if China had opted for democracy it would have become another India "where around 20 per cent of the world's poorest live". “Many Chinese firms and private organisations are also using their own channels to provide various help to India.” “As far as I know, Chinese companies have been accelerating production of at least 40,000 oxygen generators – orders placed by the Indian side, and they are working around the clock to deliver them as soon as possible,” Mr Sun was quoted as saying. “I don’t think it is appropriate for an official account,” he said.Ĭhina’s ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, told Chinese state media that China had supplied more than 5000 ventilators and 21,569 oxygen generators to India in recent months. Mr Hu argued that Chinese official media “should have showed sympathy to India”. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of China’s nationalist Global Times tabloid, disagreed. China is reporting very low case numbers. “We should show our fury to India,” Mr Shen wrote on the Weibo post. Shen Yi, a prominent lecturer from Shanghai’s Fudan University, praised the composite image posted by the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. Indian authorities reported 401,993 new cases on Saturday, the highest ever daily count globally.Ĭhina, meanwhile, reported just 11 new cases across the entire mainland on Sunday. Experts say the real numbers of infections and deaths are likely five to 10 times higher. India is suffering one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, with around 20 million cases and more than 215,000 confirmed deaths. #CHINA MOCKS INDIA HOW TO#“India does not know how to appreciate us.” “I have always felt that our country is too benevolent and kind to India,” wrote another Weibo user. Some Chinese netizens were less sympathetic, linking the COVID crisis in India to the border dispute. “India’s people should be united.” Tweet from between China and India – the world’s two most populous nations – have escalated over the past year, particularly in light of a border dispute in the Himalayas and amid upsurges in domestic nationalist sentiment. “The majority of those who died were the underclass in India, who suffered from the inaction of the Indian government,” wrote Weibo user Laowujiadetianxin. Thousands of Weibo users criticised the “inappropriate” post and it was deleted after about five hours. A hashtag indicates that India’s daily cases surpassed 400,000. The caption reads: “‘China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire”. A social media post juxtaposes a Chinese rocket taking off with a mass cremation in India. The image was uploaded by the Chinese Communist Party’s powerful Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission to Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
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