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China’s rule of law

Elizabeth Corrin

In the last few decades, since starting its reform and policy of opening up, interest in China has been reawakened in the popular consciousness of the West and has become a staple in the diet of western media. China’s emergent form is that of a growing economic power set to occupy centre stage in the near future. The relatively sudden attentiveness of the mainstream media in the West is perhaps not so remarkable as its previous absence, given that the people of China make up one-fifth of the world’s population. This third of humanity is under the de facto control of – and has its destiny shaped by – the Communist Party of China.

Perhaps the reason for past inattentiveness is that China has been perceived ...

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