First, it offers us no reason to change our understanding of the Chineselegalsystem as directly subservient to politics when sufficiently powerful politicians choose to get involved.
Nobody I know, Chinese or foreign, with the remotest knowledge of the Chineselegalsystem thinks that anything of importance will be decided as a result of what went on at the Gu trial.
Since WTO cases often challenge Chinese law, Chinese lawyers are often best equipped to defend Chinese law to the rest of the world, as they are inculcated in the domestic legalsystem and culture, said Xiao.