Conducive to justice

Apparently the Communist Party of China's Central Political and Legislative Affairs Committee has come up with a workable scheme to divert the pressure posed by letters and visits of complaints, or "xin fang," on Beijing.

Instead of being overwhelmed by desperate visitors from provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities, the authorities want to pre-empt the throngs and have the stories of injustice heard and handled outside Beijing.

We do not know for sure whether this is an expedient engineered specifically with an eye on the upcoming National Day celebration, though some do suspect that to be the case. We hope it is not. We would like every measure conducive to justice to prevail. Any constructive attempt to address the xin fang conundrum is more than welcome.