| A year ago I worked on a Chinese owned and manned vessel. All the crew were Northern Chinese.
The boss was a young fella in his thirties who spoke English reasonably well.
I asked him whether it was true that when they executed criminals with a shot to the back of the head, that they charged the person's family the equivalent of US$1 for the bullet.
He said that, yes, this was true, but, if it took a second bullet to finish the job, that one was free. He regarded this as a sign that his government was fair and generous.
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