Death Penalty In China Research Articles

Reasons for death penalty attitudes among Chinese citizens: Retributive or instrumental?

There is strong support for the death penalty in China; the reasons behind the support, however, are unclear. Retribution and the instrumental perspectives are two major reasons for pro-death penalty attitudes in the United States. Two survey-based studies partially examined whether these two perspectives are also the reasons behind pro-death penalty attitudes in China. Those studies, however, were limited to college students. Using a survey data of 108 regular citizens from different areas and occupations, this study found that both instrumental and retributive perspectives are predictors of pro-death penalty attitudes, and that the former is stronger than the latter.

Abolition or retention: rethinking the death penalty in China

死刑废止论正在成为一种为刑法学界所广泛接受的理念，废止死刑目前也被当作 是一项目标而不再根据现实国情和罪情去思考。促进此种理论共识形成的诸多因素之 中，极为重要的原因之一，是废止死刑国家的数量统计，以及建立在这一数量统计基 础上的“废除死刑是一种世界性潮流和趋势”臆想性认识。客观地看待废止死刑国家 的真实数量，反思已经被法学界全面认可的统计数字的非科学性，并深入思索死刑存 废的国际现状，对于立足中国国情去理性地思考死刑的存与废，并警惕学术研究中的 数字陷阱和数字诱导，意义重大。从中国的历史阶段和整体情况来看，死刑在中国不 宜立即废除。 关键词: 死刑 刑罚 立法潮流 刑事政策 刑罚目的 The idea of abolishing the death penalty is increasingly accepted as a goal by scholars in the field of criminal law, who have put aside all consideration of national realities and the crime situation. Among the factors that have brought about this theoretical consensus is a very important one: statistical data on those countries that have abolished capital punishment, together with the assumption these figures promote: the fiction that “abolition of the death penalty is a world trend.” Looking objectively at the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty, reflecting upon the unscientific nature of the statistics that scholars have swallowed whole, and exploring the current international situation are all valuable activities that may significantly assist our thinking on this issue in the context of Chinese realities and help us avoid the pitfalls and blandishments of figures in academic research. China's stage of historical development and overall situation mean that this is not the time for the immediate abolition of the death penalty.

How do mediated and non-mediated power affect electronic supply chain management system adoption? The mediating effects of trust and institutional pressures

Electronic Supply Chain Management systems (eSCMS), as instances of information technologies spanning organizational boundaries, have the potential to provide operational and strategic benefits. However, the high uncertainty of adoption consequences impedes firms from adopting eSCMS. Research on how to facilitate eSCMS adoption is of significance. This study investigates how institutional and socio-political factors in a dyadic trading partner relationship affect the dependent firm's eSCMS adoption intention. In contrast to prior research, we examine the confluence of institutional pressures, the focal firm's trust and the dominant firm's power. In particular, we differentiate power of different sources, and examine the mediating effects of the focal firm's trust and perceived institutional pressures on the relationship between different types of power exercised by the dominant firm and the focal firm's eSCMS adoption. Data collected from executives in China largely support our research hypotheses. Theoretical contribution and managerial implications of this research are discussed.

The death penalty and society in contemporary China

Why are death penalty provisions, convictions and executions so prevalent in China? This article aims to answer this question by way of defining China as a 'state power' based society characterized by a socialist social system. The prevalence of the death penalty in China can be explained in terms of the following factors: first, the death penalty is a political issue of state power; second, the death penalty is a crucial part of criminal policy in a 'state power'-based society; third, the issue of whether to retain the death penalty is a political rather than a legal matter. The Chinese government has improved its death penalty system in recent years; however, the situation has not fundamentally changed. The future of death penalty policy and practice in China will depend primarily on legal rather than democratic developments. The death penalty serves as a focal point that can help illuminate issues of punishment and society in East Asia. Accordingly, this article will elaborate my theories regarding the death penalty in contemporary China, with the primary intent of elucidating the relationship between punishment and society in China.

Correlates of Support for Capital Punishment in China

Although China has long used capital punishment, there is a lack of research on the views of Chinese people about it. Using survey data from 524 college students at a Chinese university, this study examined their support for the death penalty and correlates of the support. The study revealed that the surveyed college students had a strong support for capital punishment. Students who held the deterrence and retribution perspectives were more likely to support capital punishment than those who did not, whereas students who held the rehabilitation perspective were more likely to oppose capital punishment than students who did not. The variable incapacitation was not related to the support for capital punishment.

Capital Punishment Views in China and the United States

There is a lack of research on attitudes toward capital punishment in China, and there is even less research on cross-national comparisons of capital punishment views. Using data recently collected from college students in the United States and China, this study finds that U.S. and Chinese students have differences in their views on the death penalty and its functions of deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. This study also reveals that the respondents' perspectives of deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and incapacitation all affect their attitudes toward the death penalty in the United States, whereas only the first three views affect attitudes toward capital punishment in China. Furthermore, retribution is the strongest predictor in the United States, whereas deterrence is the strongest predictor in China.

Taiwanese executive practice knowledge management in mainland China and Southeast Asia (Malaysia)

PurposeMany scholars and practitioners argue about the Taiwanese government policy of investing in “Go‐South” or “Go‐West” approach. Therefore, this paper aims to present data from two groups showing the differences of Taiwanese executives in China and in Malaysia from the point of view of knowledge management (KM) usage.Design/methodology/approachKnowledge management is very important since enterprises are eager to create value through the better use of knowledge in today's globalization trend. In this study, the State of Knowledge Management: An Assessment Questionnaire, which includes 19 KM tools, was used to identify various kinds of KM tools usage frequencies. Data were collected from 200 firms in China and Malaysia. These firms represent several manufacturing industries, including food, textiles, rubbers and plastics, electronics, and metal manufacturing.FindingsThe results show that executives in China have higher scores in 16 KM tools than executives in Malaysia, which means the former executives practice KM more than the later executives. Chinese people in both Taiwan and China share the same traditional values of respect for age, authority, hierarchy, culture, and language. Therefore, cultural and contextual variables differences may not affect the mix of knowledge‐sharing problems.Originality/valueThis paper reveals useful information showing the differences of Taiwanese executives in China and in Malaysia from the point of view of KM usage.

Destiny of the Death Penalty in China in the Contemporary Era

This paper is a study on the abolishment of death penalty in China. The author first reviewed the ancient death penalty in China, looked at the history of death penalty from its evolution and reform, then examined the status quo of China’s death penalty, and brought forward a practical question of what course should the flourishing death penalty in China follow in the international trend of abolishing and restricting death penalty. In this regard, the author analyzed the conditions for abolishing death penalty from the perspectives of public opinion’s influence, choice of politicians, control of crimes and structure of criminal penalty. He also designed a course for China to restrict and abolish death penalty from the legislation setting and judicial restriction, expecting to find a practical way to abolish death penalty.

Death penalty in China: The law and the practice

China is a nation that carries out the death penalty with a broad scope in its transition to a market economy. The present study described and analyzed the legal concept and practice of the death penalty in China in a comparative context. It presented an overview of the Chinese legal tradition of the death penalty, the legal development of the death penalty since the Chinese Communists took power, and the current practice of the death penalty in China. It represented an attempt to offer a research-based understanding of the capital punishment in a nation that was experiencing significant change and transformation since the early 1980s.

China's leading Internet guru Charles Zhang, chairman of SOHU.com Inc., on how the Internet has changed the world's most populous nation

The article presents an introduction, foreword, and speech from Charles Zhang, chairman of SOHU.com Inc. to the Academy of Management Executives on August 8, 2004. Zhang discusses the need for cross cultural understanding and mutual respect for cultural difference, SOHU.com's role in the development of the Internet in China, and the emergence of China as a global economic power. Dr. Charles Chao Yang Zhang is the founder of SOHU.com Inc. He has served in the positions of chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of the NASDAQ-listed company since its founding in 1996. His Chinese name, “Chao Yang,” means “sunrise.” SOHU.com Inc. is the first Chinese-language search engine in the world and a leading internet portal in China. At the end of 2002, China had overtaken Japan to become the second most wired nation in the world, after the United States. At present, there are over 100 million Internet users in China. This represents approximately ten per cent of that country's population. SOHU ...

Subsistence Crises, Managerial Corruption and Labour Protests in China

Subsistence Crises, Managerial Corruption and Labour Protests in China

Determinants of the Repartitioning of Property Rights between the Government and State Enterprises

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Crime, Juvenile Delinquency and Deterrence Policy in China

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The outbreak of peaceful protest in China from April to June 1989 has served to highlight lacunae in the existing Western literature on rights in China, both in a definitional and methodological sense. In terms of the definition of human the emphasis of Western scholars on the condition of China's civil and political rights to the exclusion of its social and economic rights has led to two main consequences. First, in the decade after 1978 China had made considerable informal progress in the condition of the freedoms of thought, speech, association and assembly. Thus, in the realm of public policy, objection to the limited extension of those rights seemed grudging and inappropriate, although at the same time Amnesty International pressured China to legally protect those newfound rights and addressed the problem of capital punishment in China. Nevertheless, many observers, particularly foreign governments, took refuge in the expectation that it would just be a matter of time before the improvements in the informal situation of civil and political rights in China would penetrate the formal legal apparatus of rights, particularly in view of the leadership's pledge to institute a rule of law. Those who did criticize China's civil rights often objected to the Chinese practice on rights issues canvassed in more advanced Western nations, such as birth control, the lack of free choice of work and freedom of movement, and property

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The article focuses on a study which explored goal-setting among corporate executives in China. Information is presented about the effects of cultural factors on Chinese work ethics and attitudes. ...