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WHERE MATTERS ARE ENDED AS A MAN IS BEFRIENDED: WITNESSES KNEELING IN A CHINESE LAW COURT Examination in open court is an ordeal the mere thought of which send shivers down the spine of the ordinarily impassive Chinese. Any sort of evidence is admitted, however irrelevant, and even when a magistrate means to be just, many a case is decided at last on some minor issue. Officials fetter every step of a litigant with a network of red tape, and subject him to "squeeze" at every stage of the proceedings |