Justice in China isn't blind.... it just has Chinese characteristics

it's so bad how these kind of news don't get to our ears by regular sources. they should stop putting band aids on everything china does!! damn asslickers. thanks for always keeping us informed on the real china.

Sick and Wrong, but nothing that we have not come to expect in this up and coming superpower and world leader. Still, as bad as they are, they are far from being the worst in the world and let's not forget all the other similar stories from around the world.

You might be interested in this post of mine. http://www.the-eleven.com/~tjlegg/index.php?/archives/2315-Justice-Mainland -Style.html

:::A Jan 1. decision by the Supreme People's Court to take back power to approve death penalties, devolved to provincial higher courts in the early 1980s, would not mean a more lenient criminal justice in the future, Xiao {Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court} said.

"The courts should harshly punish major crimes to safeguard national security and social stability," Xiao reportedly said.

Only 1 464 people out of 760 694 criminal defendants, or 0,2 percent, were acquitted in their first trials from January to November last year, Xiao said.:::

I wrote about the high conviction rates a while ago, but I can't remember what the context was right now so I can't find the link.

When you come down to it though, China's acquittal rate isn't as bad as it might first seem. Yes, there is a lot of injustice in there and a lot of people are unfairly convicted, but it's explainable by looking at China's justice system.

Once you get past the injustice, China's low acquittal rate is down to several factors.

1) The low rate of criminality in China. Fewer people commit crimes and those who commit them stand out more amongst the population.

2) Lower trial rate. Many crimes never go to trial, and those that do are often open and shut cases in Chinese terms so conviction is easier (as in, if you're standing over the body with a knife, you are going to be convicted, if you're not standing over the body with a knife, you won't even be caught).

3) Rape. In the West, rape and other sex crimes are very hard to prove and often result in acquittals (less than a 50% conviction rate in some places when no guilty plea is entered). In China, these cases simply aren't brought to trial. This throws the statistics off.

When you get down to it, China has a comparable conviction rate to Japan, where all of the above are also true.

China cannot do anything wrong, of course, because we have a 5000 year history and everything was created from Chinese culture and ideas. I feel Japan is possibly behind this as Japanese past aggressions have always been the problem with China. Perhaps the Falun Gong is to blame. I am sure GWB is also part of the problem too. I bet there is also a connection with the war in Iraq as another possible cause too.

xie xie for reading my response, now I must get back to a few "business deals, red envelopes and dang yuan membership drives"

My 3rd wife is waiting for me in my BMW while my driver is getting my Black Audi washed, so I cannot comment any further upon any of these issues. You can get more details on how great the economy is and how great our growth rates are right now on CCTV. Just look at all those new offices being built right now for the 2008 Olympics!

• I have more pressing things to do and do not have enough time to respond the truth to all. It has been difficult to get to the golf course these days from my 3rd villa since those evil migrant workers and low-life peasant farmers with their donkey vegitable carts seem to block the traffic flow on the 4th ring road.

Komrad,

Mao Zhi

You brought a foreign car? Traitor.