contrast , china practices the philosophy or the rule man, seeing the right of the "man," today in the form of the CCP, the act of checks and balances. Besides being the law, the CCP is seen above the law. Criminal defendants, for example, have limited access to legal counsel, few rights to call their own witnesses, or even opportunities to contest testimony. Rare is the Chifnese criminal-core proceedings that ends with anything other than a guilty verdict. rather, said an FBI Special Agent and legal attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, "there is really no rule of law here ... they (CCP) make make a decision ahead of time to make a point.