Whistle-Blower Controversy Casts Shadow Over China’s 'Judicial Progress'

The president of China's Supreme People's Court praised the country’s progress in advancing judicial reform over the past year during an annual government work report Tuesday to the National People’s Congress. An earlier whistle-blower case by a Supreme Court judge tells a different story, which, observers say, may epitomize how China’s judicial system remains very opaque. In his 40-minute-long speech, Zhou Qiang told nearly 3,000 members of the...

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