"I am honored to ensure an environment in which the powerful strongholds in Chinese politics can hold their sessions and party members can continue to be vanguards, proud to fly our Party flag high, thanks to our impeccable security." These are the words that Zhao Kezhi, Minister of Public Security (Gonganbu), China's main police authority, used on 22 February to salute the national police force and the work it will do to provide secure conditions during the National People's Congress (NPC) and the