nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200514-013704-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200513s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200514-013704-0 doi eng 342 23 Ye, Ruiping Author aut Kill the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys - China’s Enforcement of Laws in the Containment of Covid-19 Ye, Ruiping Verfassungsblog 2020-05-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As the Chinese saying goes, killing the chickens to scare the monkeys, China’s courts were quick to set examples of people who committed offences in relation to the country’s response to Covid-19 in order to deter potential offenders. However, the punishments of ordinary offenders and responsible officials highlight China’s constitutional setting – the dominance of the Communist Party in state affairs, and the political role of courts in times of national emergency. This is consistent with China’s self-proclamation – the centrality of the Communist Party’s leadership and the division of functions among state organs without separation of powers. Under such a setting, ordinary people and officials are subject to different rules and have different fates. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 Criminal Law separation of powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/kill-the-chickens-to-scare-the-monkeys/ raw object