Don't hold your breath: will the legal system ever be free of p[arty influence?
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China's National People's Congress may revise some of the country's legal system at its Mar 1996 meeting, but removing the Communist Party's thorough control will be difficult. Under Qiao Shih's leadership the NPC has shown signs of independence. It will consider amendments to the water-pollution law and will rewrite most of the criminal-procedure law, and may try to make it harder for the State Council to invoke martial law. Currently judges must report to party authorities, and reach their posts politically.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Rule by law: as parliamentary chairman Qiao Shi pushes for legal reform, delegates to the National People's Congress will be watching for signs of a split between him and party chief Jiang Zemin
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The annual National People's Congress in China, organised by chairman Qiao Shi, will focus on legislation that will affect everyone. Qiao wants to pursue his reform ideas, which could place pressure on President Jiang Zemin. Legislation would eliminate counter-revolutionary statutes from criminal law and this may lead to a reassessment of the Tiananmen uprising of 1989. The PLA will also have to restrain unrest in Tibet, under the defence law, which will place the PLA under the control of the Communist Party.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Serve the people: the rural poor get a taste f legal aid
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Wang Shuzhen founded what may be China's only free legal-aid clinic in rural Qianxi county, in Hebei province. The head of Qianxi's Women's Federation, Wang wanted to help women defend themselves against abusive husbands, employers, and others who had greater access to lawyers. With a grant from the Beijing office of the US-based Ford Foundation, she opened an office, hired four lawyers at $50 a month, and began dispensing help. As the lawyers establish themselves, however, she may have to find new ones.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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