China's National People's Congress (NPC) made strides in transparency over the past decade but has recently shown a preference for secrecy. While initially seeking public input on major bills and promoting legislative openness, the NPC has increased the withholding of legislative drafts and concealed certain bills until shortly before or after their adoption. This departure from transparency norms contradicts China's official rhetoric and legal reform agenda. The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) is now considering making this secretive practice a law, highlighting the conflicting desires for legal predictability and flexibility within the party-state.
https://npcobserver.com/2022/02/10/the-chinese-legislatures-hidden-agenda/
https://npcobserver.com/2022/02/10/the-chinese-legislatures-hidden-agenda/
NPC Observer
The Chinese Legislature’s Hidden Agenda
On February 9, I published in The Diplomat an article titled The Chinese Legislature’s Hidden Agenda. It begins this way: For about a decade, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), made real improvements to its transparency. In…
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Research on the environmental impact of socialist countries challenges the belief that they caused extreme ecological damage. While the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 reinforced this perception, recent studies suggest that socialist states' environmental record resembled that of capitalist nations. Ecosocialist thinkers are reassessing non-capitalist environmental efforts, and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro's book examines examples from socialist states as models for future ecosocialism. It compares the environmental performance of socialism and capitalism, finding that capitalist countries had worse instances of environmental destruction. While acknowledging some negative impacts, particularly during the Stalinist period, the research challenges the notion of communist ecocide and highlights the Soviet Union's role in creating ecological consciousness. However, caution is necessary in fully embracing a positive view of the Soviet Union's environmental legacy.
https://monthlyreview.org/2022/09/01/a-new-environmental-history-of-socialist-states/
https://monthlyreview.org/2022/09/01/a-new-environmental-history-of-socialist-states/
Monthly Review
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Andy Bruno is an associate professor of history and environmental studies at Northern Illinois University and the author of The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History and Tunguska:... READ MORE