Online Mediation: Coming to a Chinese Village Near You?

An interesting article from BusinessInsider.com about how technology is being used to apply dispute resolution services in rural China.  The author, Stan Abrams, also views the data wearily as it was provided by the Chinese Government:

This story is obviously a perfectly vetted Xinhua poster child for dispute resolution with Chinese characteristics, a process that helps poor folks who do not live in cities that offers harmonious results:

Judge Chen Liaomin not only helped a struggling mother solve her dispute with a hospital, but also changed her impression of legal authorities.

These effects came about through an online mediation workshop run by Chen, a 40-year-old judge of Xihu District People’s Court in Hangzhou, capital of eastern China’s Zhejiang Province. Such services are on the rise as China’s legal system embraces modern technology.

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