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10.15.13Li Tianyi Sentencing Is Small Step for Chinese Women
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In the trial of Li Tianyi, the 17-year-old son of prominent entertainers in the military on trial for gang rape, an important detail in the court’s recent ruling may improve thewelfare of the women who work in China’s illegal but widespread...
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09.05.13Rape Trial Casts Spotlight on Offspring of China’s Elite
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Like the recent trial of Bo Xilai, the fallen former politician, the case has become an intensely watched and debated parable about the privileges and limited accountability of the Communist Party’s highborn.