tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post4040200746267289725..comments2023-10-30T00:44:05.942-07:00Comments on Governing through Crime: Capital Punishment(s)Jonathan Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15217567476776700363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-26409560902803716792007-07-12T09:21:00.000-07:002007-07-12T09:21:00.000-07:00BTW the journal I co-edit with Malcolm Feeley, Pun...BTW the journal I co-edit with Malcolm Feeley, Punishment & Society will publish a volume of articles on penality in Asia that begins to shed some much needed light for those of us stuck in English only reading skills.Jonathan Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217567476776700363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-83444330332476405332007-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:002007-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:00What I could learn about China would fill volumes ...What I could learn about China would fill volumes in libraries if we still had them. I suspect you are right that the Chinese state takes deterrence quite seriously as a mechanism of power (as the US and UK did at comparable points in their industrialization, although I would not tie it to that). That is by no means incompatible with sending a message about the state's unified virtue as the protector of the people, re-charged by the taking of life.Jonathan Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217567476776700363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-23171551441599725202007-07-12T06:23:00.000-07:002007-07-12T06:23:00.000-07:00I agree with your claim that both Iran and China a...I agree with your claim that both Iran and China are using capital punishment as a display of their sovereignty, but I don't quite agree with your assessment that Chinese capital punishment is a reflection of Confucian values. <BR/><BR/>I think China is executing corrupt officials as a means of deterrence, albeit an extremely drastic one.Michael Zhouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162450286746540437noreply@blogger.com