World: China’s way of dealing with ethnic violence? Death penalty threats.
- When it comes to the death penalty, BTW, China doesn’t mess around. In looking for the best way to deal with the ethnic violence that’s broken out this week between the lower-class Uighur people and higher-class Han people, Urumqi’s Communist Party boss, Li Zhi, has threatened the death penalty for those responsible for the riots in the Xinjiang capital. If you give even a minor to-do about human rights, this should anger you greatly, because of China’s history in this regard. source