It was to be passed a year ago, but was delayed after howls of protest from leftists, who see it as among the final of many sell-outs of the ideas of Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong, to which the party pretends fealty.

• 所以，当本月这条法律即将要被全国人民代表大会通过，并使个人所有财产受到和国家财产同等的法律保护的时候，一场异乎寻常的争论就出现了。