About three thousand delegates from around China are in Beijing for this year's meeting of the National People's Congress.
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The new Court of Appeal, meanwhile, handed down the judgment that Hong Kong's courts have no right to challenge a decision by China's National People's Congress, even if it seems to contravene the Basic Law.
Lau Nai-keung, a Hong Kong member of China's National People's Congress, adds that because of Macau's reliance on tourism, its low tolerance for troublemakers is understandable.
Such incidents have thrust the environment onto the agenda of this year's National People's Congress, China's annual legislative meeting in session in Beijing.