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  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    Human Rights Watch: Year After Tibet Riots, Hundreds Of Detainees And Prisoners Unaccounted For 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    unknown title 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    unknown title 2009

  • Under Chinese law, the term zishou, or "voluntary surrender," simply indicates that, at the outset of formal legal procedures, a suspect has already admitted to having broken the law.

    BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed 2009

  • Many tributes to that time have been recorded: In 94 CE, Moyan, the king of Dunrenyi, located outside Yongchang Prefecture, sent a tributary envoy with rhinoceros and elephants; in 97 CE, Yongyoudiao, the king of Sham, and other barbarians, out of the frontiers, presented treasures. 87 Emperor He presented Yongyoudiao with a gold seal (jinyin) and purple ribbon (zishou) and gifted other "barbarian" chiefs with silks and coins; both of these tributary missions were accompanied by interpreters.

    Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

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