Three long years ago,liberals and human rights advocates in China took heart from the view that basic rights such as freedom of speech might be secured by fighting for the legal application of their country’s constitution. In January 2013, just weeks after Xi Jinping offered a hearty defence of the constitution on the occasion […]The post Constitutional Hostility: The language of the state’s ‘fundamental law’ haunts Chinas activists and lawyers appeared first on Hong Kong Free Press. Author: David Bandurski.
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