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Foreign Policy Magazine List: Top Ten Worst Chinese Laws

FP has put together their list of the top-10 worst laws on the books in the PRC.  Making the cut were Article 105 of the Criminal Law Code (subversion) and the Law on the Supervision by Standing Committees of the People’s Congress at All Levels, Arti... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Tue, Aug 19 2008

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