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The headquarters of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China is pictured in Beijing.

China’s new anti-graft super-ministry adds to concerns about suspects’ rights

February 23, 2018Justice

A new “super-ministry” set to deepen Chinese President Xi Jinping’s war on graft and extend it to all state employees is likely to undermine years of work by Chinese legal reformers to protect the rights of suspects during investigations, according to some Chinese academics.