I'm always curious what triggers these reform efforts. It sounds like a wave of bad press
In recent years, several high-profile cases involving wrongful convictions have made headlines in China. In 2020, 53-year-old Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison after he was wrongfully jailed for 27 years for murder, and in 2018, another man, 50-year-old Liu Zhonglin was acquitted after 28 years.
that may have shifted public sentiment towards prosecutors and alerted ranking officials to impose retribution as a means of reestablishing public faith in the institutions.
But that would imply (a) the generally free nature of the Chinese press, (b) ranking officials recognizing the risks associated with public backlash, and (c) retribution aimed at local prosecutors being seen as politically advantageous rather than at-risk of provoking a reactionary pro-cop backlash.
Which paints a wildly different picture of Chinese domestic politics than what I've been raised to believe.
What the fuck
I can't even imagine the US doing even 1% of this
I'm always curious what triggers these reform efforts. It sounds like a wave of bad press
that may have shifted public sentiment towards prosecutors and alerted ranking officials to impose retribution as a means of reestablishing public faith in the institutions.
But that would imply (a) the generally free nature of the Chinese press, (b) ranking officials recognizing the risks associated with public backlash, and (c) retribution aimed at local prosecutors being seen as politically advantageous rather than at-risk of provoking a reactionary pro-cop backlash.
Which paints a wildly different picture of Chinese domestic politics than what I've been raised to believe.