“China will launch pilot programs to overhaul its judicial system and curb abuses of power by local governments without sacrificing the ruling Communist Party’s control of the courts, state media reported on Monday. Legal reforms are a key platform for President Xi Jinping’s government to restore popular faith in the Party and judicial system amid simmering public discontent over miscarriages of justice often caused by officials’ abuse of power.”
Source: China aims to revamp justice system but Communist Party to retain control | Reuters
