A woman with a bouquet of flowers being questioned by police near the Xidan shopping district in Beiijng yesterday amid heightened security with the ruling Communist Party’s annual Parliament underway. China’s state media stepped up its criticism of recent calls for anti-government rallies, saying stability was key amid concern unrest sweeping the Middle East could spread to the Asian nation.

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