John Pomfret writes about how in China, the deck is stacked against lawyers. That's not news. But,

authorities have manipulated the new criminal procedure law and the revised criminal code to weaken the ability of defense attorneys to defend their clients.

Arresting attorneys for perjury in cases that the state risks losing, not to mention witnesses and even victims when they don't support the prosecutor's story, rearresting acquitted defendants and packing them off to labor camps, torturing defendants, concealing evidence....have I left something out?