Comments on: sanlu + government pressure = no lawyers… http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/ A China law blog covering issues in Chinese law, business, and society Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: T Chow http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/#comment-2659 T Chow Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/#comment-2659 Rich, Thanks for the mentioning that distinction. It's something I glossed over when I was thinking about policy implications. Tom Rich,

Thanks for the mentioning that distinction. It’s something I glossed over when I was thinking about policy implications.

Tom

]]> By: Crossroads http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/#comment-2636 Crossroads Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:10:19 +0000 http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/#comment-2636 Thomas I greeted this news with an element of "it was only a matter of time" also, however I think it is important to point out that this report is saying that local and provincial authorities are making these phone calls, not the national or party level officials. These are the people who are being probed, and it is in their interest to keep things quiet. The national level though, at this time, has a very different attitude and is reaching out to new groups (media and NGO) for assistance in making sure information isn't buried. R Thomas

I greeted this news with an element of “it was only a matter of time” also, however I think it is important to point out that this report is saying that local and provincial authorities are making these phone calls, not the national or party level officials.

These are the people who are being probed, and it is in their interest to keep things quiet.

The national level though, at this time, has a very different attitude and is reaching out to new groups (media and NGO) for assistance in making sure information isn’t buried.

R

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