From Mr. Liu Shibi, a judge in China, announcing his retirement on social-media site Weibo:
I don’t know when I started to feel less and less able to handle cases. So much time wasted on political study, the transmission of new attitudes, reflecting on important speeches, evaluating statistics and the rest. Why not waste it on other useless things: daydreaming in the spring sun, howling at the moon, getting drunk with friends in a field of flowers?”
Wall Street Journal, “China Tries Offering Freer Hand to Judges,” 10/21/14
If you’ve ever wondered what judges do in a country that doesn’t believe in individual rights or the rule of law, here’s your answer. It doesn’t sound like a very satisfying job.
