dan flies

This is a terrific story of law emerging in China. Everyone should read it.

In China, Turning the Law Into the People’s Protector (washingtonpost.com): “Attorney Pu Zhiqiang sat with the two authors on trial, listening intently and taking notes, his broad shoulders hunched over a small table. Facing him on the other side of the courtroom, Zhang Xide, a short, slightly pudgy Communist Party boss, leaned back and smiled as the first witness took the stand.”