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Death by a thousand cuts /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Brook, Timothy, 1951- (Author), Bourgon, Jérôme (Author), Blue, Gregory (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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