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China's party-run courts have one of the highest conviction rates in the world, with forced confessions remaining a central feature. Recounting some harrowing cases of wrongful conviction, acclaimed legal scholar and novelist He Jiahong analyses many problems in China's justice system.

The current democratic system in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is based on the political consultation and the people's congress. In this system of indirect democracy, the key is to ensure that those in power are representing the people's interests. Over the last thirty years, China has been exploring the pathway toward democracy, but a long road lies ahead. Currently, China needs to take substantial practical measures to guarantee people's democratic rights, including the right to know, the right to speak, and the right to vote.

The democratic system based on political consultation and the people's congress in PRC belongs to the category of indirect democracy, in which the key is to guarantee those in power represent the public's interests. The Cultural Revolution was an attempt for this purpose and gave Chinese people a chance to experience some practices of mass democracy, including the democratic supervision in the form of mass criticism, the democratic governance in the form of rebellion and usurping, and the democratic participation in the form of Trinity. However, the Culture Revolution became a national disaster. With lessons learned, the Chinese leadership recognized the importance of the rule of law.