Chinese Government Sued Over Dog Height Censorship

Googling Yourself writes "More than 30,000 censors are employed in China to monitor the Internet, so it was no surprise when censors deleted a posting by Chen Yuhua protesting Beijing municipal government's regulations barring any dog over 14 inches high and restricting each family to only one dog. The surprise (reports the Washington Post) was when Chen studied China's civil code and marched into court with a lawsuit, only the second time that a Chinese citizen has gone to court over party censorship. 'I was very careful to follow the correct procedure,' Chen said in an interview, while pointing at the official legal manual on his dining room table. On December 14 Chen was told by clerks that the district court, after referring to higher-level judges for advice, had decided to reject the case. The next step, Chen said, is an appeal to the Supreme Court."

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Only the second time someone sued the government

[roman_mir]

I am surprised there is any way to sue the Communist government at all. Obviously this guy will not succeed, but maybe he won't get killed either. I can see two outcomes: The Party changes the law to disallow the citizens from suing the government or this will work as an encouragement for more lawsuits for other more important things (this one is not really as important as for example Internet censorship IMO.)

Hope this guy lives (I am sure he'll lose though.)

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