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When the NPC is not in session, its permanent organ, the Standing Committee, exercises state power.
When the NPC is not in session, its permanent organ, the Standing Committee, exercises state power.
In 2010, China’s national domestic security spending exceeded its spending on external defense for the first time.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110305</ref> According to some estimates, on a purchasing power parity basis, China’s domestic security spending in 2017 was equivalent to about $349 billion, more than double the United States’ estimated $165 billion. Besides major increases in spending, security officials have adopted advanced technologies for surveillance and security purposes, such as facial recognition and “social credit” rating schemes through information technologies.<ref>https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/responsibly-competing-with-china</ref> The increasing expansion of [[law enforcement]]
capabilities and international outreach raises the risk that Chinese security forces will extend their hunt for political opposition abroad.48 Already, requests by Chinese police officials to establish extradition agreements has raised concern that the MSS and MPS may serve as vehicles
for capturing political dissidents.<ref>https://psmag.com/news/is-china-using-interpol-to-try-to-bring-back-political-dissidents-from-the-u-s</ref>
===Legal system===
===Legal system===