Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ...
by marvin on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:14AM
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That's an interesting distinction. I don't know how this is expressed in English, but the Norwegian language has a term called "the principles of a state that follows law/rights", (the word 'law' is the same word as 'right', as in French - full term "rettsstatsprinsippene").
This term is commonly translated as "the rule of law", but strongly implies the distinction that you're saying the English term does not.
Central parts of "rettsstatsprinsippene": Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law, laws cannot be reteroactive, the accused is innocent until proved guilty, the arrested must be presented to a court within 24 hours, the accused have a right to a state-appointed defender.
Not that I disagree with a large chunk of what you said either, but it's just not hyperbole that China has no rule of law per a common definition of the word because of party and worker judicial supremacy.
Rule of law definition: the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
Three Supremes: http://chinamediaproject.org/2010/11/12/three-supremes-%e4%b...