If only we'd seen one press release this year or last from any
of the
major publishers even vaguely alluding to the fact that they have to work within various strictures and that there is a desire, however minimal, over time to develop a dialogue with China's authorities to talk about legal issues such as human rights environmental rights issues and a myriad
of other social rights concerns, as well as other issues in the PRC, from housing law to dealing with the
fallout of local government mismanagement after
disasters such as the earthquake in Sichuan.