The exact number of executions carried out in China is not publicly disclosed, as the country treats execution data as a state secret. However, human rights organizations estimate that China executes more people annually than the rest of the world combined.
According to estimates by organizations like Amnesty International, the number of executions in China is believed to be in the thousands each year, but precise figures are difficult to verify.
At least they get a trial… In the US “officer involved deaths” are the preferred method of state execution.
The best estimates I’m seeing are from https://worldcoalition.org/pays/china/. They are almost certainly inflated, but the last official count was back in 2009 by amnesty international which counted 1718 instances. (Compared to world coalition’s estimate of 8000 for the same year.) that puts the per capita death rate at ~1-3 per million. Police/extrajudicial killings in China are almost unheard of.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China
At least our statistics are available…
At least they get a trial… In the US “officer involved deaths” are the preferred method of state execution.
The best estimates I’m seeing are from https://worldcoalition.org/pays/china/. They are almost certainly inflated, but the last official count was back in 2009 by amnesty international which counted 1718 instances. (Compared to world coalition’s estimate of 8000 for the same year.) that puts the per capita death rate at ~1-3 per million. Police/extrajudicial killings in China are almost unheard of.
Police killings alone (which it should be noted are also statistics which are also not publicly available) were estimated to be ~1300 last year putting the lower bound per capita death rate at 4 per million. Capital punishment in the US is about as unheard of as extrajudicial killings.
Comparing “apples to apples” the US kills ~400% more of its citizens annually, but neither government is overly transparent about it.
“…but if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, ya ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow… cause ya know it’s gonna be…”