Editing Rule of avoidance (section)

== China ==
The rule of avoidance employed during the [[Han dynasty]], and persisted through various subsequent dynasties and continues to influence the appointment of local government leaders in the [[People’s Republic of China]] and the [[Chinese Communist Party]], prohibited local officials from serving in their places of origin, so that family and friends would not influence them and prevent the potential [[separatism]] movement.<ref>{{cite news|author=胡萧力|title=从“地域回避”到“利益回避”|url=https://journal.pkulaw.cn/OldIssue/Detail/159675|work=中外法学|year=2016|publisher=北京大學法學院}}</ref> Terms of service were for only three or four years, and parents and sons over fifteen could not accompany officials. Each prefecture sent delegates to an annual court assembly. This practice would continue through to the end of the Qing dynasty.