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Death by a Thousand Cuts
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Author: Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue
In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers “death by a thousand cuts” or “death by slicing,” this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674027732
ISBN-10: 0674027736
Publication Date: 3/15/2008
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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