Communicate With Your Government Via SMS
I had seen this yesterday, but the original article was not written well at all, and it was tough to fully understand what was happening. However, this UPI article has some more details about how people in China are now sending opinions and suggestions via SMS to delegates in the National People's Congress. Of course, it's not as direct as the headline makes it out to be. The messages are first sent to a website, and then people at that site will determine which selected messages to pass on to delegates.
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