TOPSHOTS A security guard watches through the curtain during the 3rd plenary session of the third session of the 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2015. China's Communist Party-controlled legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), gathers in the capital for the annual show of political theater, with the "rule of law" high on the agenda. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO