One of the least attractive things about China from Britain is its ready
use of the death penalty. Presumably that is not the main obstacle to
friendship with China in the USA.
These repeated accounts are sometimes taken as proof that China is just
going capitalist, or if not, is a most
Monday, April 24, 2000
China executes deputy mayor for graft
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING, APRIL 23: Chinese authorities executed a deputy mayor on Sunday for
massive bribery, the latest official punished in a year-long campaign
against rampant corruption.
After a case review by China's Supreme
