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Mandarin language mandatory for minority communities in China

  
  
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  China's parliament wrapped up its annual session today, approving a slew of laws, including a new five-year plan to stem the country's economic slowdown, a boost to the defense budget and a controversial law making Mandarin mandatory for all minority communities. The National People's Congress (NPC), often called the "rubber stamp parliament" for its routine approval of laws proposed by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), has wrapped up its annual session in less than two weeks. The NPC, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and more than 5,000 delegates began their annual sessions in the first week of March. Both sessions have drawn international attention because they come amid the US-Iran war and Chinese President Xi Jinping's massive military downsizing. Xi Jinping, 72, attended both sessions. Earlier, during his address to both houses (two sessions), Xi called on military officers to increase political loyalty.
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