The number of Chinas annual death sentence is considered a state secret and has not yet been announced. It is widely estimated in the academic world that about 8,000 people are sentenced to death each year in China, almost 20 times the total number of people sentenced to death in other parts of the world. China is currently preparing to issue a new version of the Criminal Code with the intention of canceling 9 articles for death.
Even if this is an estimation, the number is still more than impressive. I wonder what does it speak for: excessive list of death penalty articles, or that death penalty doesn`t work as an effective preventive measure to prevent further crimes and people are still willing to risk their lives to pursue their illegal goals.
8,000 people is only an estimate, but most of them are suspended sentences (this is not true death, but nominal), only 30% of them are death actually executed.
So, I think the actual number of deaths should be around 2000-3000 people per year.
Though I agree with some of the crimes on the list, I think some of them are too severe and I am talking about the jailbreak here but if in the case of a jailbreak people die then I think it will be okay for the death penalty in that scenario.
Yes, you are right! It depends on the consequences of jailbreaking.
In fact, in the specific articles about jailbreak, death penalty is stipulated that only in the case of jailbreak and causing death of others.
The list China have is certainly excessive. Death penalty is too much for such crimes as, for example, smuggling and fundraising fraud.
The two death sentences you listed will be cancelled soon, smuggling and fundraising fraud.
Read my reply on the 3rd floor "China will cancel 9 articles for death penalty".
At the same time, it's hard to miss that lots of the articles on the list are connected to military and are applicable only during wartime. It pretty much speaks for the fact that China is still highly militarized country, no doubt it has very strict rules regarding death penalty.
I agree that China is indeed a highly militarized country.