As we’ve always said it’s Rule By Law (of the CCP) not Rule Of Law…. everybody should be reading this and Belt & Road spreads China Communist Party law into smaller juristications . The effect of China’s “development” of their legal system is going to have far reaching consequences and with the pandemic sooner than many worl like to think.
Asia Times reports
China has a new way to exert political pressure on the West in the name of rule of law
Most legal cases in Chinese courts are relatively uncontroversial. However, in cases considered “political” or “politically sensitive”, the Communist Party has weaponized the legal system and judiciary to wage political warfare against those deemed a threat to the state. Gilespie’s case has certainly triggered party intervention.
China’s Foreign Ministry denies the death sentence is related to strained diplomatic relations with Australia. Spokesman Zhao Lijian maintains the ruling was made by a Chinese court in accordance with the law.
But Gilespie’s appeal, the expected next step, will reveal much about China’s socialist rule of law, which may have ominous implications for Australia and other nations. A message is clearly being sent: we have leverage with cases like this, and we demand compliance.
The term “socialist system of law with Chinese characteristics” was announced by the Communist Party in 2011 as a major milestone in the country’s history.
But what does this mean? The Chinese legal system is based on what the party calls the current “situation and realities” in China, with the law an expression of the will of the party and the people.
These “realities” include a rejection of political reform or any relaxation of party control. There are no multi-party elections, no diversified guiding political principles and no separation of powers. The party rules absolutely, with General Secretary Xi Jinping as its Stalinist helmsman.
The “situation” refers to the increasingly fraught and highly contested geopolitical rivalry between China and Western powers. With the US distracted with coronavirus and domestic issues, China has sought to advance its interests across the Indo-Pacific region.
Read on ( and we suggest you do) at. https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/china-weaponizing-courts-against-westerners/
