Is the Chinese state a dictatorship or an enlightened meritocracy? The once-in-a-decade leadership transition in Beijing has raised this question.
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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
by Michael Sandel
Allen Lane (e-book)
The number of applications for permission to lodge a judicial review last year dropped by a fifth from a peak figure of 149 cases in 2005.
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Long, long ago in Mongolia, there lived an emperor who was extremely vain and conceited. All he cared about was his appearance.
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