Chinese security laws elevate the party and stifle dissent. Mao would approve.

Stanley Lubman quoted in The New York Times, May 29, 2015

“The ideology is far thinner and holds the attention of the populace far less powerfully than before,” said Stanley Lubman. … “As a result, the Chinese Communist Party needs more institutional support than before, and may need even more. This helps to explain the attention that law has recently been receiving since Xi came to power.”