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contributed his participation at a forum recently held in Beijing on “A Reflection of the Theory of Mainstream Economic Development from Environmental Crisis”. Many media have tackled the hot topic of a coming ‘global food crisis’. Most of them have focused their attention on various factors, be they financial speculation, energy resources shortage or genetically modified organisms. Zhou Li’s article opens up a new field of reflection: capitalism and development are “polarised” on industries and trade. But what about agriculture, without which no nation can neither be nourished or survive? More locally, so to say, in China, Roderick O’Brien, barrister and solicitor from Australia who taught Law for several years in several Chinese universities, knows how much Chinese society continues to develop a more effective judicial system that fits with its modernisation. Official and public media quite often report cases where lawyers’ difficulties are laid quite bare. Without asking if this is only a “particular” or “structural” issue, in his article he examines “what makes a good lawyer in China” and explains the system of awards.
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