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Senior official urges lawyers to protect legal rights of clients

A senior Chinese official called on the country's lawyers to serve their clients wholeheartedly and be a guard for the legal rights and interests of their clients, at Saturday's opening of the Seventh National Lawyers Congress. The congress will... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Oct 26 2008

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