The shock uptick of capital punishment in recent years, and the brutality of methods still used around the world, has thrust state-sanctioned executions back into the spotlight.
In 2022, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty said that at least 8,000 people per year were executed in China from 2007 - more than all other countries combined by some margin.
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China has been branded the worldâs worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans.
The true numbers of those killed by the Communist Party are thought to be staggeringly high â but the regime keeps them closely concealed as state secrets.
Human rights experts said the vile system has come into spotlight again after the killing of Chinese tycoon Lai Xiaomin.
He was executed last month on corruption charges â as in China even white collar crimes and drugs charges can land a person on death row.
And should you end up in the dock be wary, as Chinese prosecutors have a conviction rate of around 99 per cent as they doom thousands to execution.