Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On May 25, 4:30=A0am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 25 May 2008 08:03:35 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
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> > On May 22, 8:48=A0am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:36:49 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
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> >> <7f5279d3-dfc4-4e04-b1ed-49814a13d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> Hong Kong is autocratic.
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> >> No, it is not. Autocratic countries do not permit free speech, free
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> >> freedom of religion etc.
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> >> Autocratic countries do not permit substantial economic freedom.
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> > Autorcratic only means that the ruler (theoretically) has the power
> > exclusively. Hong Kong chief executive appoints judges, and is a lot
> > more powerful than the legislature. His power is from the central
> > government and a small group of elites, not from a popular election.
> > And he has the exclusive power unrivaled to rule Hong Kong. Isn't Hong
> > Kong an autocratic society? At least it is NOT nearly as democratic as
> > Iraq.
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> > Said that, it does not mean that autocratic society does not have
> > substantial freedoms. It only means that the ruler has the power to
> > curtail / =A0take away the freedom if he or she sees fit. Many parents
> > are autocratic, but their kids still have freedom to pursuit some
> > happiness.
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> >>> For example, the most im****tant political
> >>> move in Hong Kong for the last ten years is that the Chief Executive
> >>> requested the central government to interpret the basic law and
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> >>> a decision by the Hong Kong supreme court. The move was made by the
> >>> Chief Executive alone. Cheered by many though.
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> >> This decision is famous because it is a virtually unique example of
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> >> interference with a Hong Kong court. In autocratic countries, nearly
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> >> court decision is made by the autocrat.
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> > Don't be so ridiculous. No autocrat can make every court decison and
> > is still expected to survive for more than a month. The workload will
> > kill him or her.
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> Every court decision in the PRC is subject to the concurrence of the
CCP.
> That is the official procedure.

What is this official procedure to get the concurrence of the CCP for
every court decision? Mind to give any references?