{"id":24990,"date":"2008-09-30T18:52:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=24990"},"modified":"2008-09-30T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:52:53","slug":"legal-activist-fosters-public-interest-in-china-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/09\/legal-activist-fosters-public-interest-in-china-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Activist Fosters Public Interest In China Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/article\/20080930\/FOREIGN\/938349748\/1015\/NEWS\">The National<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The importance of obtaining a receipt after buying a meal on a train, in the greater scheme of legal issues in China, may be difficult for most people to comprehend. But for <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/tag\/hao-jinsong\/\">Hao Jinsong<\/a>, a public interest legal activist, this small piece of paper can have a major effect on the promotion of the rule of law in China.<\/p>\n<p>When Mr Hao forced China\u2019s ministry of railways to provide train passengers with receipts for purchases of food and other items while riding China\u2019s rails \u2013 often worth less than US$1 (Dh3.67) \u2013 the effect was big. By challenging government branches in the courts \u2013 he is the first to succeed \u2013 Mr Hao is proving to the Chinese people that they can have their day in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry of railways is a huge bureaucracy, and so if you can beat it in court, then it will give the public tremendous confidence in the law,\u201d said the 35-year-old lawyer. \u201cPeople saw this and said, \u2018Hao Jinsong is just one person, but he defeated a huge bureaucracy\u2019. They gained a new understanding of the law, which they previously thought was useless.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The National: The importance of obtaining a receipt after buying a meal on a train, in the greater scheme of legal issues in China, may be difficult for most people to comprehend. 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