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April 12, 2017, 9:06 PM UTC

China’s ‘Trial of the Century’ Spotlights Changes in Legal Profession

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

Book Review

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Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work

By Sida Liu and Terence C. Halliday

221 pages. Cambridge University Press.

In December 2009, Li Zhuang, a partner from an elite corporate law firm in Beijing, traveled to Chongqing in western China to meet with a local businessman facing a raft of criminal charges, including murder.

As Li launched a zealous defense — insisting on private meetings with his client, among other things — he clashed with local authorities and wound up being charged twice with “lawyer’s perjury” — accused of instructing his client to lie. For ...

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