The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, August 31, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/08/31/dont-overlook-chinas-ordinary-laywers/
There is a relatively small number of activist Chinese lawyers (commonly referred to as “rights protectors”) who specialize in representing Chinese citizens whose rights are violated by government agencies…. Some of them have received much publicity because they are often known to suffer severely and brutally at the hands of police and government authorities. But what about the rest of the country’s 200,000 lawyers?