Professor He Jiahong, who teaches criminal law and anti-corruption investigation techniques to students and government officials at Renmin University in Beijing, has invited me to join him at a seminar he is hosting there before we go to lunch. Also present, seated around a table in the middle of the room, are Lord Justice Toulson, a UK Supreme Court judge, and three other visiting British jurists, who are exchanging views on judicial precedent with a dozen or so Chinese legal experts. Behind them are rows of desks packed with students.
何家弘教授(He Jiahong)向中國人民大學學生(Renmin University)及政府官員講授刑法與反腐調查技術手段。與我共進午餐前，他邀我先參加他主持的一場研討會。在會議室正中央桌子端坐的還有英國最高法院(UK Supreme Court)大法官圖爾森(Lord Justice Toulson)以及其他三位到訪的英國法律專家，他們正就司法程序與10多位中國法律專家交換意見看法。他們身后則擺放了好幾排課桌，坐滿了旁聽的學生。