Recurring Dreams for the Rule of Law

(Beijing) – On the Beijing campus of the China University of Political Science and Law stands a dramatic monument inscribed with the words of legal expert and former university president Jiang Ping: "Rule of Law for Everyone."

Jiang's words carry special weight, even from retirement, because for decades he stood up to – and survived – ideological opposition that nearly crushed his quest for individual rights, academic independence and free speech in modern China.