Duan Xiumin, retired judge from Shiyan, Hubei province, relives her time on the bench at the Supreme People's Court in Beijing on Tuesday. [Photo by WANG JING / CHINA DAILY] |
Duan Xiumin, 65, banged a gavel on Tuesday, 30 years after her last court hearing.
With a backpack over her shoulders, the retired judge was very excited as she sat in the chair of the presiding judge, not in the small city court that she used to work at, but in a tribunal of the Supreme People's Court.
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