China Rule Of Law Rising? – Dan Harris

On the China Law Blog, Dan Harris comments on an article in Asia Times about a recent land requisition case and its implications for the future of rule of law in China:

Wu Zhong sees the substantial official Chinese press coverage of this case as Beijing wanting “to deliver a message through its propaganda machine to people that unfair land requisitions can be dealt with by the rule of law, instead of through violently confrontational ways.”

I agree. [Full text]