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Appendix II: Glossary of Chinese Terms

English

Pinyin

Chinese

Rights protection

Weiquan

维权

Rights protection movement

Weiquan yundong

维权运动

Rights protection lawyer(s)

Weiquan lüshi

维权律师

Ruling the country according to law

Yi fa zhi guo

依法治国

Stopped for rectification

Ting ye zheng dun

停业整顿

De-registered

Zhuxiao

注销

Issued administrative warnings

Bei xingzheng jinggao

被行政警告

License withdrawn

Diaoxiao

吊销

Suspended for a period of time

Tingzhi zhiye

停止职业

Issued criticisms

Tongbao piping

通报批评

Temporarily de-registered

Bei zanhuan zhuce

被暂缓注册

Law enforcement organs

Gongjianfa

公检法

The “Three difficulties”

San nan

三难

Collective case

Jitixing anjian

集体性案件

Mass case

Quntixing anjian

群体性案件

Sudden incidents

Tufa shijian

突发事件

Litigation

Susong

诉公

Non-litigious

Fei susong

非诉公

Letters and Visits system (colloq.)

Shangfang

上访

Collective petitioning

Jiti shangfang

集体上访

“Stability overwhelms everything”

Wending yadao yiqie

稳定压倒一切