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I'm not sure how common the death penalty is in China.
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In 2005, it carried out an estimated 1,770 executions and sentenced nearly 4,000 people to death, human rights group Amnesty International says.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6101380.stm
In 2005 the United States executed 60 people. Per capita, China's execution rate is about 90x higher than the US's.
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also, i would wager that most of the executions arent for murder