{"id":4368,"date":"2023-02-28T13:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","slug":"china-eliminates-western-erroneous-views-from-legal-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/culture\/china-eliminates-western-erroneous-views-from-legal-education\/2023\/02\/28\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"China eliminates \u2018Western erroneous views\u2019 from legal education"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> China<\/span> has<\/span> ordered<\/span> stricter<\/span> adherence<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ruling<\/span> Communist<\/span> Party<\/span> and<\/span> leader<\/span> Xi<\/span> Jinping’s<\/span> directives<\/span> in<\/span> legal<\/span> education<\/span> and<\/span> opposes<\/span> and<\/span> resists<\/span> “Western<\/span> fallacies<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> constitutional<\/span> government,<\/span> separation<\/span> of<\/span> powers<\/span> and<\/span> judicial<\/span> independence.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> decree,<\/span> which<\/span> came<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> before<\/span> China’s<\/span> ceremonial<\/span> parliament<\/span> began<\/span> its<\/span> annual<\/span> session,<\/span> marks<\/span> the<\/span> ideological<\/span> leadership<\/span> of<\/span> Xi,<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> named<\/span> in<\/span> documents<\/span> 25<\/span> times.<\/span> This<\/span> is<\/span> to<\/span> reconfirm<\/span> the<\/span> role<\/span> of<\/span> Xi,<\/span> already<\/span> China’s<\/span> most<\/span> powerful<\/span> leader<\/span> in<\/span> decades,<\/span> was<\/span> given<\/span> his<\/span> five-year<\/span> term<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> third<\/span> time<\/span> as<\/span> party<\/span> leader<\/span> last<\/span> year,<\/span> lifting<\/span> the<\/span> president’s<\/span> term<\/span> limit<\/span> and<\/span> effectively<\/span> reigning<\/span> for<\/span> life.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Similar<\/span> guidelines<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> published<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> past,<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> students<\/span> are<\/span> encouraged<\/span> to<\/span> report<\/span> on<\/span> professors<\/span> who<\/span> speak<\/span> favorably<\/span> of<\/span> Western<\/span> concepts<\/span> of<\/span> governance.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Despite<\/span> the<\/span> intertwining<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> global<\/span> economy,<\/span> President<\/span> Xi<\/span> has<\/span> sought<\/span> to<\/span> rid<\/span> the<\/span> education<\/span> system<\/span> of<\/span> liberal<\/span> Western<\/span> concepts<\/span> and<\/span> mandated<\/span> the<\/span> “Sinicization”<\/span> of<\/span> foreign<\/span> religions<\/span> in<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> in<\/span> China.<\/span> He<\/span> also<\/span> attempted<\/span> to<\/span> reshape<\/span> popular<\/span> culture<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> more<\/span> conservative<\/span> direction,<\/span> with<\/span> limited<\/span> success.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Legal<\/span> professionals<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> particularly<\/span> targeted,<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> early<\/span> hours<\/span> of<\/span> July<\/span> 9,<\/span> 2015,<\/span> three<\/span> years<\/span> into<\/span> Xi’s<\/span> first<\/span> term,<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> nationwide<\/span> raids<\/span> led<\/span> to<\/span> nearly<\/span> 300<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> lawyers<\/span> and<\/span> their<\/span> A<\/span> close<\/span> activist<\/span> was<\/span> arrested.<\/span> Under<\/span> such<\/span> constant<\/span> pressure,<\/span> activist<\/span> defenders<\/span> were<\/span> intimidated<\/span> into<\/span> silence,<\/span> effectively<\/span> preventing<\/span> dissent<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> emergence<\/span> of<\/span> public<\/span> intellectuals<\/span> independent<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> party.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Such<\/span> an<\/span> approach<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> consistent<\/span> with<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Xi’s<\/span> more<\/span> aggressive<\/span> foreign<\/span> policy<\/span> aimed<\/span> at<\/span> challenging<\/span> and<\/span> potentially<\/span> replacing<\/span> the<\/span> US-led<\/span> international<\/span> order<\/span> of<\/span> multiparty<\/span> democracy,<\/span> civil<\/span> society<\/span> and<\/span> human<\/span> rights.<\/span> I<\/span> am<\/span> doing<\/span> it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Executive<\/span> Committee’s<\/span> directive<\/span> states<\/span> that<\/span> law<\/span> teachers,<\/span> students<\/span> and<\/span> legal<\/span> theorists<\/span> must<\/span> be<\/span> guided<\/span> to<\/span> “take<\/span> a<\/span> clear<\/span> stance<\/span> and<\/span> take<\/span> firm<\/span> stances<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> face<\/span> of<\/span> fundamental<\/span> questions<\/span> and<\/span> important<\/span> questions<\/span> of<\/span> right<\/span> and<\/span> wrong.”<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> must.<\/span> The<\/span> Secretariat<\/span> circulates<\/span> information,<\/span> including<\/span> draft<\/span> policies<\/span> and<\/span> memos,<\/span> within<\/span> the<\/span> party,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> 96<\/span> million<\/span> members.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> section<\/span> titled<\/span> \u201dAdhere<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Correct<\/span> Political<\/span> Direction,\u201d<\/span> the<\/span> directive<\/span> says<\/span> teachers<\/span> and<\/span> students<\/span> must<\/span> \u201ccomprehensively<\/span> implement<\/span> the<\/span> party’s<\/span> education<\/span> policy,<\/span> insist<\/span> on<\/span> educating<\/span> people<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> party<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> country,<\/span> and<\/span> focus<\/span> on<\/span> cultivating<\/span> builders<\/span> and<\/span> successors<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> cause<\/span> of<\/span> socialist<\/span> rule<\/span> of<\/span> law.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cOppose<\/span> and<\/span> resist<\/span> Western<\/span> erroneous<\/span> views<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> ‘constitutional<\/span> government,’<\/span> ‘separation<\/span> of<\/span> three<\/span> powers,’<\/span> and<\/span> ‘independence<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> judiciary,’<\/span> it<\/span> says.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>While<\/span> China’s<\/span> constitution<\/span> pays<\/span> lip<\/span> service<\/span> to<\/span> ideas<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> freedom<\/span> of<\/span> speech<\/span> and<\/span> religious<\/span> observation,<\/span> it<\/span> places<\/span> the<\/span> interests<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> party<\/span> above<\/span> all.<\/span> Past<\/span> attempts<\/span> at<\/span> promoting<\/span> even<\/span> grassroots<\/span> democracy<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> village<\/span> level<\/span> have<\/span> sputtered<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> face<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> party’s<\/span> overwhelming<\/span> power<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> authorities’<\/span> willingness<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> force<\/span> and<\/span> coercion<\/span> to<\/span> achieve<\/span> their<\/span> desired<\/span> outcomes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Criticism<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> party<\/span> and<\/span> government<\/span> policies<\/span> is<\/span> much<\/span> more<\/span> lively<\/span> online,<\/span> despite<\/span> censorship<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> threat<\/span> of<\/span> punishment<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> create<\/span> and<\/span> disseminate<\/span> them.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> annual<\/span> session<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> People’s<\/span> Congress,<\/span> comprised<\/span> of<\/span> 2,977<\/span> handpicked<\/span> members,<\/span> opens<\/span> Sunday<\/span> with<\/span> an<\/span> annual<\/span> report<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> work<\/span> of<\/span> government<\/span> presented<\/span> by<\/span> outgoing<\/span> Premier<\/span> Li<\/span> Keqiang.<\/span> The<\/span> chairman<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> commission<\/span> will<\/span> issue<\/span> a<\/span> report<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years<\/span> that<\/span> also<\/span> includes<\/span> commitments<\/span> to<\/span> abandon<\/span> Western<\/span> political<\/span> governments<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> separation<\/span> of<\/span> powers<\/span> and<\/span> an<\/span> independent<\/span> judicial<\/span> system.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered stricter adherence to the ruling Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping’s directives in legal education and opposes and resists “Western fallacies such as constitutional government, separation of powers and judicial independence.” The decree, which came on Sunday a week before China’s ceremonial parliament began its annual session, marks the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1154,2425],"tags":[152,1304,1305,1306,1307,1308,1309,1310],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cchn.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4370,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions\/4370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}