Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 21, 2016
The current effort to expand control of personal conduct is the latest in a series of moves to control behavior that now include campaigns against corrupt officials, rights lawyers and others whose conduct and actions are considered “subversive” both in person and otherwise—such as in social media.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 7, 2016
Wrongful convictions are well-known examples of some of the egregious problems in the criminal justice system. Professor He Jiahong, of Renmin University in Beijing, documents a number of wrongful convictions, such as the case of one man executed for the murder of a woman who was discovered to be alive six years later.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2016
The thrust of the new law is very clear: It is consistent with a vigorous neo-Maoist campaign launched by President Xi Jinping against foreign ideologies and other influences on Chinese social and political development, and is intended to strengthen control by the Chinese Communist Party over Chinese society.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2016
Notably, human rights groups have long charged that one of the crudest examples of illegality in Chinese criminal procedure is the political use of psychiatry to detain, imprison, and forcibly medicate dissidents and activists.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2016
Mr. Zhu has criticized the common practice of using televised confessions, which are used “to humiliate human rights advocates, lawyers” and others as part of the current crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping. Dozens of televised confessions have recently been broadcast before court proceedings by persons detained for stirring up trouble, corruption and endangering state secrets.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, China RealTime blog, Jan. 23, 2016
The current crackdown appears to be a continuation of relentless pressure by Beijing to expand its authoritarian rule, which makes any of its invocations of the rule of law a travesty.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 30, 2015
In the current political atmosphere, courage to speak out for change faces heightened threat, and the party-state’s treatment of Pu serves as a tough reminder that its authority cannot be challenged by critical speech.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 1, 2015
The criminal process remains a crude tool of Communist Party policy in China. The suppression of activists by the party-state continues with blatant repression of speech and conduct deemed dangerous to stability.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time blog, Nov. 12, 2015
The need for a sweeping birth-planning apparatus will remain, even if the scope of its impact—including forcing abortions and sterilizations, and the imposition of ruinous fines and punishments—may be lessened.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 7, 2015
One prominent example is the oxymoron of “harmonious demolition,” which refers to removal by local governments of houses targeted for sale to developers. When local governments decide to expropriate land occupied by residents, they must obtain their agreement, but the result is often far from harmonious.