Re:China drafts law protecting foreign IP and prohibiting fo...
by everybodyknows on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:52PM
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The "show the sword" metaphor is intriguing. Show it to whom? To anyone who would challenge a central party official?
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170119/china-chief-justice-co...
Quote: “We should resolutely resist erroneous influence from the West: ‘constitutional democracy,’ ‘separation of powers’ and ‘independence of the judiciary,’” Chief Justice Zhou, the head of the Supreme People’s Court of China, said in a speech to a group of legal officials in Beijing. “We must make clear our stand and dare to show the sword.”