‘The Place of the Constitution Is Empty’: Chinese Political Aesthetics of Commanding Constitutional Faith Kuo, Ming-Sung Author aut Text xx# 2018 Verfassungsblog 2018-03-23 eng
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 ‘The document emblazoned with the Chinese characters the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the constitution in its material form, was gingerly held and escorted by a military guard of honour onto the lectern at the centre of the podium of the Great Hall of the People in the First Session of China’s 13th National People’s Congress on 17 March, 2018.’  This is the snapshot of a video cap about the inauguration of the PRC’s (new/amended) constitution, which was part of the so-called core leadership’s constitutional oath-taking ceremony before the audience of the members of the National People’s Congress for the first time in the PRC history. Watching that video, I cannot help but attempt an aesthetic read of the unsubstantiated Chinese political order in the light of Claude Lefort’s famous ‘empty place’ thesis. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Kuo, Ming-Sung funded by the government Constitutionalism Xi Jinping 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-place-of-the-constitution-is-empty-chinese-political-aesthetics-of-commanding-constitutional-faith/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20180323-172117 180323 10.17176/20180323-172117 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)