Not defending surveillance at all. But I want to mention that China's CCTV network is an important part of the legal improvement on self-defense. From ancient

Not defending surveillance at all. But I want to mention that China's CCTV network is an important part of the legal improvement on self-defense. From ancient time, the law in most dynasties strongly discourages self-defense because it's unjudgeable most of the cases. And it also could be a tool of murdering. Modern China pretty much inherited this tradition. Although the self-defense is defined in the law just like most countries, in practice it's way too strict almost like non-existence for tens of years. Until last year, a famous case[0] causes massive debate across the country, and finally justified as self-defense. The main reason behind this is the massive surveillance network makes legal apartments confident enough to judge. [0]: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/03/WS5b8c877ea310add14f38926c.html http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/03/WS5b8c877ea310add14...