China: A Macro HistoryThis short history of China includes a new preface, additional illustrations and a more reader-friendly format. |
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Page 12 - And it may come as a surprise to many to learn that in the Assemblies of the Buddhists in India two thousand years and more ago are to be found the rudiments of our own parliamentary practice of the present day. The dignity of the Assembly was preserved by the appointment of a special officer — the embryo of 'Mr. Speaker