Pioneer of mediation focuses on community

When she graduated from college in 1994, 20-year-old Zhu Zhengxu was confident she would be a good judge.

She had achieved high grades, undergone demanding internships and had pored over legal columns to find the right combination of words for her carefully crafted written verdicts.

In fact, her verdicts were so proficient that they were selected by the national judiciary newspaper as example essays.