Xinfang

Abuse of Power is the Biggest Problem

Southern Weekend looks back at ten major lawsuits in 2010, as chosen by the China Legal Case Study Research Committee (中国法学会案例研究专业委员会). Their online poll ranked the “My Father is Li Gang” incident as number one....

The Petitioning Experience of a Letters and Visits Director

Wu Zongming, former director of the Letters and Visits office in Guiping of Guangxi Province, found himself resorting to petitioning channels when a project to create a shipping route went underway in 2007, forcing him and...

Stopping People’s Grievances from Visiting Beijing

Andy Yee from Global Voices Online shares netizen reactions to the August 2009 document from the Central Commission on Political and Legal Affairs of China that “encourage[d] people to resolve their disputes by legal means...

What Has Happened to Petitioning in China Since the 2005 Xinfang Regulations? – Carl Minzner

From Chinese Law and Politics Blog: Chinese authorities report overwhelming success in resolving citizen grievances and reducing the numbers of petitions brought through the xinfang (letters and visits) system since the amendment of the national xinfang regulations in 2005. But a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) suggests that the core institutional […]

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