Through time China has developed into a more trade-based and "market-oriented" economy. With this development came a further involvement in international affairs as well as a move toward more Western-based ideologies and practices of law (Ren 2). Within more recent years, China has moved toward a much more for

Scholars have often made attempts at explaining the reason why the Chinese have implemented laws, and "side-step" them to implement alternative methods of social control. Some of the most debatable offenses of this are relevant in the areas of religious freedoms and human rights. Many individuals view the Chinese form of government as being abusive towards its citizens and failing to implement just and fair rights. This is clearly evident in the Eric Kolodner reading, in which he directly discusses religious and human rights of the Chinese. Some of the human rights violations the reading discusses include the shutdown of newspapers and the torture of prisoners.

mal law based society as evident through their implementation of concrete statutes and laws. However this fact has still not detracted from the fact that the government is still authoritarian and very strict in regards to its control over its citizens. "Laws are often sidestepped by governmental officials" to abide by the interest of the state to control the Chinese people (Ren 2).

For a large portion of its history, primarily in ancient times, Confucianism was a major part of Chinese religious life, constituting the most influential religious movement in Chinese history (Kolodner 463). Aside from Confucianism, there was also Buddhism and Daoism in the ancient times. During this time the elite were Confucius and persecuted other religious pra

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