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No Endgame 　　During its bi-monthly session held on December 28， 2013， the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress （NPC） adopted a resolution to abolish the laojiao， or “re-education through labor” system. The notorious system， which allowed police to sentence peo- ple to up to four years in confinement without trial， has long been called a violation of human rights and the rule of law. 　　According to the resolution， all legal laojiao penalties issued before the abolition of the system remain valid， though any unserved “sentences” will not be enforced after the abolition.It guara