Some echoes of the ‘Dragon Slayers’ case: also a bomb plot, also dating from late 2019, also tried under the UN model anti-terrorism law, and all but one of the seven defendants were found not guilty last year. Nowadays, the suspects would be charged under the local NatSec law, and tried without a jury by NatSec judges who hardly ever deliver ‘not guilty’ verdicts. The poster was only displayed for around 40 minutes and did not obstruct pedestrians walking past, he added. This view rewrites the history of global war and peace to firm up the narrative of China’s centrality. It was the CCP, the story goes, that decisively won the war for Asia and for the world.