China executes 10,000 people a year: NPC delegate

[rodbarnett]

BEIJING, (AFP) - China sentences to death and immediately executes around 10,000 convicted criminals every year, according to a delegate who was seeking to curb the practice at China's just closed parliamentary session.

"Every year China has nearly 10,000 cases of the death penalty that result in immediate execution. This is about five times more than all the other death penalty cases from other nations combined," said Chen Zhonglin, a National People's Congress (NPC) delegate from Chongqing municipality.

Chen's statement, in a weekend edition of the China Youth Daily, is believed to be the first time that such a number has appeared in the state-controlled press.

If correct, the numbers put to death are far higher than the estimated annual number of executions reported by human rights groups.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040315/wl_afp/china_npc_executions_040315061433

[Ruby Romaine]

1. There are reports they sell organs from executed prisoners

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49239-2001Jun26?language=printer

[Gman]

2. The US executed 10,000 or more Iraqis at the start of the war

we're no better.

[montana_hazeleyes]

3. Maybe George* could apply for the job

after he's* booted out of office here.

[progressivebydesign]

4. Why are we enriching that country?

I'm sorry.. WHY are we allowing that country to become rich at the expense of our workers and our economy? Oh yeah.. so we can buy 5 dollar shoes at Payless and Walmart... thereby hiding the fact that we have no longer a middle class.. but poor and rich. I forget sometimes.. sorry.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Because Big Biz makes money off the sweet deals with the CPC butchers.

But Chávez, OHHHHHHHHH, Chávez is EEEEVEEEEEEL!!!! :argh:

[Fargin Ice Hole]

7. And to celebrate our independence on the 4th of July.......

We shovel a shit load of cash right over to the Red Army. Talk about weapons of mass distraction?
Freedom!!!!!!! yaaaaa right

[rumguy]

6. great - and this is where we are shipping all of our jobs?

gross human rights violations, cheap labor - I guess that makes it a corporate pardise...

[northzax]

8. I do believe that is second (percentage-wise)

only to Texas...

[denverbill]

9. So THAT'S why Bush likes China, but hates Cuba.