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China's Supreme People's Court Rejects Western-style Judicial Independence

As Xi Jinping tightens control over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), further restricts freedom of speech and revives Marxist and Maoist ideology, the judicial system, too, is undergoing a conservative counter-reformation aimed at strengthening the role of the Party and excluding possible reforms inspired by the judicial system of liberal countries.  According to China News , on February 25 the Party leadership group of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China released a statement stressing that the country must preserve "the judicial system of socialism with Chinese characteristics " (äø­å›½ē‰¹č‰²ē¤¾ä¼šäø»ä¹‰åøę³•åˆ¶åŗ¦). At the same time, it strongly rejected what it described as "Western judicial independence and the separation of powers" (č„æę–¹“åøę³•ē‹¬ē«‹”、“äø‰ęƒé¼Žē«‹”). The Supreme People's Court said that the judicial system must "resolutely resist the influence of wrong Western thought and wrong Western viewpoints."