CONSTITUTION OF CHINA.
In a short description of the constitution of China as it now stands, Mr W. Wah, who lectured to the Social Discussion Group last evening, on that country, showed how the core of the Government consisted of five
“Yuns,” roughly analogous to ministries. There were the Executive, the Legislative, the Judicial, the Examination and the Control “Yuns.” The first three were sections apart, but the Examination Yun. unique to China, and the responsibility of ensuring that all Government officials were fitted and educated for their positions, while the Control Yun, also perhaps unique in the world, supervised the working of the other four departments, keeping a check on “graft” and inefficiency, and having the power of impeaching suspect officers, or even de partments. “As the constitution now stands,” said Mr Wah, “China is to be a republic on the three ‘people’ principles, and sovereignty resides ultimately in the hands of the people.”
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20484, 10 December 1934, Page 3
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