New Lawyer Rankings to Put Politics Over Experience
South China Morning Post’s Nectar Gan reports on Ministry of Justice plans for a new lawyer...
Li Zhuang
“Little Cause For Optimism” in Shadow of Pu Zhiqiang Case
At The Guardian, rights lawyer Teng Biao writes that “China’s civil society has little cause...
In the Courtroom, Eye-to-Eye With Bo Xilai
At South China Morning Post, a lawyer who attended the trial and sentencing of disgraced Chongqing...
Bo Xilai: One Day My Name Will Be Cleared
Jinan Intermediate People’s court has announced that it will deliver a verdict on fallen...
Bo Supporters Protest; Wang Lijun ‘Comfortable’ in Prison
Just over a year after his attempt to seek shelter in the U.S. consulate in Chengdu triggered the fall of Chongqing Party head Bo Xilai, the city’s former police chief Wang Lijun is serving a 15-year sentence for...
Bo Xilai Trial May, May Not Start Monday
The South China Morning Post has poured lukewarm water on earlier reports, originating in state media, that the trial of fallen Chongqing Party Chief Bo Xilai will begin on Monday. When asked by reporters, a spokesman for...
Reflections on Chongqing
Among the stories being revisited in Chongqing following Bo Xilai’s fall from power is that of Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang, imprisoned after his own clients were coerced into falsely accusing him. At Economic Observer, Li...
Torture and Betrayal in Bo’s Chongqing
As Chongqing cleans up after its deposed former Party chief Bo Xilai, a series of articles at Caixin describes the notorious case of Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang. Li went to Chongqing to defend alleged mobster Gong Gangmo during...
Righting Wrongs in Chongqing
With former municipal party chief Bo Xilai awaiting trial, his erstwhile right hand man Wang Lijun already sentenced, and rising star Sun Zhengcai now in place as Bo’s successor, Chongqing is quietly cleaning itself up....
Bo Xilai Expelled from Party, Will Face Criminal Charges (Updated)
Together with the long-awaited announcement of a start date for the 18th Party Congress, Xinhua revealed on Friday that Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Party and will now face criminal prosecution: Investigations found that...
Wang Lijun Sentenced to 15 Years
Xinhua reports that former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison “for bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribe-taking”. Wang, the former vice...
Lawyer Li Zhuang Released From Prison
Following the release of Li Zhuang from prison in Chongqing, where he was accused of fabricating evidence to defend a client, Global Voices Online translates excerpts from a Sina blogpost by his own defence lawyer, Chen Youxi:...
One Year Labour Reform for Mocking Party Leader on Weibo
A Chongqing man has received a one year labour reform sentence for mocking party leader Bo Xilai in a microblog post, in which he referred to Bo as “Mr Erection”. From Oiwan Lam at Global Voices Advocacy: Mr erected...
Latest Directives From the Ministry of Truth, April 11-April 19, 2011
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Prosecutors in China Drop Charges Against Lawyer
Charges against lawyer Li Zhuang, who was accused of falsifying evidence while defending a gangster in the Chongqing corruption crackdown have been dropped. From the New York Times: Li Zhuang, 50, a criminal lawyer from Beijing,...
Children of the Revolution
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the political dynamics behind the complicated case of lawyer Li Zhuang, who was recently sentenced to one and a half years in prison for allegedly fabricating evidence in the Chongqing...
Lawyer in China Mob Trial Gets 1 1/2 Years on Appeal
Lawyer Li Zhuang has had his sentence reduced to one and a half years on appeal. From AP: The lawyer for an alleged mob boss in southwest China was given a reduced 1 1/2-year prison term Tuesday during his appeal on charges that...
Caixin (财新网): The Li Zhuang Case
Caixin, Hu Shuli’s new publication, has produced an English-language page compiling information about the trial of lawyer Li Zhuang. From one article on the site: Li Zhuang, known as the lawyer formerly representing an...
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