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In September, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress published draft legislation that would, among other things, outlaw speech and dress deemed to criticize the Chinese nation or people.
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Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 27 June 2024
The atrocities did not stop Chinese leader Xi Jinping from being named head of the CCP for a historic third term or from stacking the Politburo standing committee with close loyalists.
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James Millward, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2023
Davis called a special meeting of the Unified Government’s Neighborhood and Community Development standing committee to take place May 15.
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Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
But real decision-making authority remains firmly in the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and its seven-member standing committee.
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Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1632, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of standing committee was
circa 1632
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“Standing committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standing%20committee. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
Legal Definition
standing committee
noun
: a permanent committee
especially
: one in a house or senate with jurisdiction over legislation in a particular area (as the judiciary or the armed services)
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