I’m not surprised by this at all. The Chinese g0vernment is well known for its stance on the death penalty, along with their lack of compassion and tolerance for criminals of any sort, plus their long standing human rights violations cited by other countries. I’m not sure how I feel about this personally, except to say that in China, money talks much louder than law sometimes, and that seems to be the rule more than the exception. Whereas in the US it tends be more of an exception than the rule.