19. Thousands Of Executions
China executes so many criminals that they even have mobile execution vans to assist prisons. The exact number of executed is unclear, since records are kept secret, but the estimates are in the thousands, far more than all other countries in the world combined (USA had 28 in 2015). The reason for such high numbers, besides sheer size of population, involves the inclusion of non-violent crimes as means for execution, including drug trafficking, adultery and corruption. For years China administered death by firing squad, and still does, but lethal injection is now the primary method.
18. Breathing There Is Like Chain-Smoking
Ever see pictures of Chinese walking around with surgeon masks on? Well maybe some folks are worried about catching a cold, but many others just don’t want to breathe the air. Chinese air is filthy. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day has the same effect on your health as breathing the air in Beijing. Along with the Great Wall of China, the country’s air pollution can also be seen from space. The smog drifts across the globe and accounts for nearly a third of San Francisco’s air pollution. The water is toxic too, and it’s estimated that 90% of China’s drinking water in contaminated.
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