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Your fingerprints were found

on both bottles.

Hotel records show that

two bottles were ordered.

Accused Moore, are you finished ?

Accused Moore,

are you quite finished ?

Just one more question,

Presiding Chairman.

Captain, did you find a gold Iocket

on or about the person of Hong Ling ?

I have no information about a Iocket.

There was a Iocket there.

Where is it now ?

I'm sorry, I didn't get a translation on that.

Why are they Iaughing ?

How can I defend myself

if I can't understand the Procurator ?

The People's Assessor may not

be interested in Iistening, but I am !

Accused Moore, what the Procurator said

that brought Ievity to this court

was that perhaps the victim

had a magic wand

and turned the Iocket into

a second bottle of Scotch.

Are you finished now,

Accused Moore ?

Yes, I am finished.

The court is dismissed.

In our country, it is wise not to raise

questions to which you have no answer.

In my country, too.

If you wished to have Iaw books,

you should have requested them from me.

I hear you've been questioned.

Then you appreciate

the situation I'm in here.

You should go home.

What should I tell David about Hoffmann ?

Tell David...

Tell David to let HoffCo have the satellite.

Focus on American content production.

Make Hoffmann pay through the nose.

You think the world's waiting

for programming from Bonn ?

I doubt it.

If a Chinese guy woke up at the PIaza

Hotel with a dead American girl,

and the Chinese government tried

to interfere... I kind of see their point.

Your Iawyer's good.

She even got a few dissidents off.

Go on.

Give my best to Janie and the kids.

I will.

Get outta here.

Thanks, Jack. I'll be back.

Mr Moore ?

I have some questions

to ask you.

But,

if you still prefer that I resign,

I will do as you wish.

No, I do not prefer.

CHINA PEOPLE'S TELEVISION

Roll it, please.

What is my country girI

with a city mouth Iooking for ?

The truth about my client.

Wait.

Freeze it.

Hit "play".

I have a certain sympathy for your

American. One man against everyone.

Very cool.

Peng, back it up.

Stop.

What are you doing ?

Take the book away

so I can examine him.

No ! No ! You cannot have this book ! No !

No ! No !

No, you can't !

The Iocket your client

mentioned was a gift from me.

It's not good that he argues

before the court

that you do not represent his wishes.

I think you must satisfy the American

by changing your plea.

General Hong, that is a death sentence.

My duty under the Iaw is to defend

the accused according to Party principles.

Yuelin,

ifl construed my own duties

so narrowly

I would have allowed the Red Guards

to crush your father

during the Cultural Revolution.

But I intervened.

I valued his friendship.

As I value yours.

PIease. Do as the American wishes.

I wish to discuss the Iocket

you said Hong Ling wore.

- She was wearing a Iocket.

- I now have confirmation.

- Confirmation ?

- Yes.

- You didn't believe me.

- The Iocket was a gift from her father.

- He asked for its return.

- Where is it ?

It has not been found.

You find that insignificant ?

Xie xie.

Open this.

I have already examined this.

Smell it.

What do you smell ?

Something strange.

Exactly.

Dr Tao, do you detect

a chemical odour on this shirt ?

A familiar chemical odour ?

These questions serve no purpose.

We will see. Continue.

Could you give us your expert opinion

as to what the odour may be ?

Maybe chloroform or an ether derivative.

Could chloroform or ether be used

to render someone unconscious ?

Yes.

These questions waste the court's time.

I will make that decision. Continue.

Presiding Chairman, the accused had no

chloroform nor ether in his possession

when he entered the country,

and no authorisation was issued

for him to purchase either chemical.

Neither chemical was found

in his hotel room.

These chemicals must have been brought

to the crime scene by someone else.

By the someone else

who rendered Mr Moore unconscious.

By the someone else

who murdered Hong Ling.

Presiding Chairman,

the accused wishes

to change his plea to not guilty.

The court is dismissed.

Wei.

Shen ma ?

I want to see any of Hong Ling's effects

gathered at the scene.

- Why put yourseIf at risk for a foreigner ?

- This foreigner was attacked Iast night.

Because he is a foreigner.

I may not be able to protect you this time.

Thank you for your concern,

Division Chief Li.

Good morning, Mr Moore.

I was informed that you

were attacked Iast night.

- Are you okay ?

- Yeah. What am I doing here ?

A provisional guarantee. Court will not

meet today. We may prepare your defence

Embassy finally got off its ass.

You must return to confinement

at nightfall.

Would you Iike some tea, Mr Moore ?

Yes, tea. PIease.

You play the piano ?

I am teaching myself. My progress is slow.

When I was younger,

I played the Chinese instrument, the piba.

- The what ?

- Piba.

What does it sound Iike ?

- We have much to do.

- No, please...

PIay for me.

I'd just Iike to hear some music again.

You have beautiful hands.

Why did you stop ?

We have Iittle time and much to do.

My grandmother.

Ni hao ma ?

It's a great honour to meet you.

Xingjian dao ni.

Hen Rong, xingjian dao ni.

Xie xie.

So, your parents are deceased ?

Yeah.

And brothers and sisters ?

No.

And a... wife ?

No wife.

For us, to be without a family

is a terrible thing.

But you've never married.

I have not found a man who's not

threatened by a woman's intelligence.

With haIf a billion men in this country,

that's hard to believe !

Yes, isn't it ?

You had a prestigious and expensive

education at Harvard

and Stanford Law School.

I had scholarships.

I served drinks at rich people's parties.

You pursued the Iaw because you wanted

to be one of the rich people you served ?

- No, I wanted to be in control.

- And were you ?

I thought I was.

Until now.

Yeah.

You asked me if I had a wife. I said no.

I don't, but I did.

We had a daughter, seven years old.

They were in a taxi in San Francisco.

There was an accident.

I am sorry.

Anything else you wanna know ?

Um...

What was your first contact

with Hong Ling ?

You think I killed her ?

My job is to find the truth.

To handle this case according to Iaw.

Do you believe me or not ?

I have growing questions

about what happened that night.

Now, please tell me of your

first contact with Hong Ling.

Did you approach her ?

No, she was modelling.

Some kind of a fashion show.

You simply saw her ?

We saw each other.

Your eyes met ?

I guess so.

- Are you sure ?

- Yes. Yes, I'm sure.

So you were attracted to her ?

Yeah. Yes, I was attracted.

Because she was... beautiful ?

I guess so.

You approached her Iater

when you saw her at the table ?

I was over there. She was over here.

She was Iooking at me

and drawing something, so...

You were curious and approached her.

What was she drawing ?

My nose.

She said "Da bi zi".

Da bi zi.

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