Chinese Justice, the FictionDuring the first thirty years under communism, China completely banned crime fiction. After Mao, however, crime genres of all kindsold and new, Chinese and Westernsprang up in profusion. Crime narrative again became one of the most prolific and best loved forms of Chinese popular culture, and it often embodied the Chinese peoples most trenchant and open critiques of their newly restored socialist legal system. This is the first full length study in