China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes

Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by luqtas on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @01:32PM (#48820970)

barbaric is society which has half of the worlwide population living with less than 6 USD per day in borderline slavery

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by klaff on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:38PM (#48821771)

barbaric is society which has 1% of its adult population living behind bars

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by ImJamal on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @12:12AM (#48827408)

If 1% of its adult population have committed crimes then it would not be barbaric if they were in jail?

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by anepoitilivam on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:48PM (#48822788)

The funny thing you really believe that, american m..n

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by khazhoux on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:15PM (#48821445)

Objection: relevance

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by fragmede on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:12PM (#48824681)

The problem with putting a dollar number on it is it's devoid of context. Lunch from McDonald's is going to cost me $15 in the US, so $6 is not enough to live off of here. But the actual number is irrelevant. Is it enough to get food for the day or the week. How about housing? $6 doesn't sound like a lot, but if lunch is $0.50 and a roof over your head is $1.00 for the night, $6 goes a lot further!

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