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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by renlo on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:51PM (#35922230)
If China executes prisoners who would be imprisoned in the US, is it a fair to compare the number of incarcerated in the US and China [1]? In the US they get a lengthy prison sentence, increasing the moving sum of incarcerated for the US, in China they are shot, decreasing the moving sum of the incarcerated for China.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_offences_in_China

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by maxerickson on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:30PM (#35922678)
~10,000 executions a year¹. It would take roughly 5 million people for China to match the US incarceration rate.

So it's probably fair enough to compare incarceration rates and numbers.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China#Ra...

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Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts by cscurmudgeon on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:49PM (#35922920)
From your link:

> The exact numbers of people executed in China is classified as a state secret;

In addition to executions, China has been clamping down on entire populations, therefore, preventing future incarceration.

> Uyghur birthrate fell by almost half between 2017-2019, research finds, adding to evidence of coercive fertility policies

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/12/chinese-uyghur...

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