Delegates of the Chinese People’s

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Delegates of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) yawn and sleep in the gallery during explanations of the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law at the second plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 8, 2012. China’s parliament unveiled legislation on Thursday to solidify police powers to secretly hold dissidents and other suspects of state security crimes, a year after a spasm of clandestine detentions drew international condemnation – REUTERS