China’s tantrums and a justice system in question

Politicisation of the CISA however is destroying the steel mills’ confidence in the consortium. It is also likely to result in the “removal” of many experienced Chinese steel executives. The outcome will be detrimental to China’s steel industry and increase friction between steel mills, the CISA and Beijing.

This Rio Tinto arrest charade and “dummy spit” by Beijing is backfiring and undermining the Chinese government’s credibility in the global marketplace.

Steel is the pillar industry for China’s economy, and as head of the CCP’s nine-member standing committee, Hu Jintao wants a greater say in the economic decision making process that is currently the jurisdiction of the State Council, led by Wen Jiabao.

The entire Rio farce has all the appearances of a power play in which Hu Jintao is preparing the stage to lay the blame for any worsening economic downturn on the state of China’s steel industry on Rio. Rio would then be in the frame for any steel industry setback and flow on effect, exonerating the CCP from blame.

China’s judicial process is not about justice

Wang Shengjun, president of China’s Supreme People’s Court, concisely summed up the purpose of China’s justice system in his article in the CCP journal, “Seeking Truth” in which he exhorted the judiciary to:

• “... pay more attention to maintaining state security and social stability.”
• “... boost consciousness of safeguarding the power of the regime.”
• “... fully develop our functions as a department for proletarian dictatorship.”

Wang Shengjun clearly confirmed that the justice system’s primary objective is to maintain state security and social stability by safeguarding the power and legitimacy of a proletarian dictatorship.

The implication of that philosophy gives a greater understanding for the use of excessive force by the police and military in brutal suppression of those demonstrating against environmental impact on public health, disenfranchisement, and official corruption.

Wang Shengjun’s philosophy also gives added support for increasing claims of disenfranchisement, brutality, imprisonment and death sentences experienced by Tibetans and Uyghurs, especially in recent times.

It is the manner in which the judiciary applies its immense power, however, that gives added support to criticism and claims of blatant political bias in China’s legal system. This is particularly apparent when it comes to their dealing with claims involving state secrets, official corruption, environmental degradation, unemployment, ethnicity, and related demonstrations.

In 2008, China’s senior judiciary vowed to implement the bidding of the CCP and “use the judicial apparatus against the party's foes” in dealing with demonstrations before and during the Olympics, including those in Tibet and Xinjiang. China’s judiciary has played a critical role in "expediting the conviction of counterrevolutionaries" in CCP political purges throughout recent decades.

Understanding the legal system

In China, the CCP is the law and that leaves the obvious question of the veracity of evidence given by executives of state-owned enterprises.