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Chinese state media say more non-communists will be given top
government posts following last year's appointment of two ministers from
outside the Communist Party since the late 1970s.
China's eight non-communist parties are reported to have a
combined membership of 700-thousand. The media cited Wu Jianmin, who is
spokesman for the first session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference. The meeting opens today ahead of
China's legislature.
China's official Xinhua news agency says more than two-thousand CPPCC
members will meet in Beijing for the next 11 days. Wu says Taiwan's upcoming
referendum on joining the United Nations will be a key topic at the meeting.
Wu said he hopes Taiwanese independence activities will be stopped.
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