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Zheng Xiaoyu, former director of China's State FDA, executed for corruption
Zheng convicted of taking bribes worth 6.5 million yuan ($850,000) from 8 firms
First time China has imposed death sentence on official of his rank since 2000
China has had a series of scandals over tainted food, drug and other products

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapc...eut/index.html

Holy crap, the execute people for taking bribes over there?!?!?!? If we did that here our while Government would be dead. Hell we don't even execute most serial killers. I think if another nation can sentance someone to death for taking bribes we can execute Murderers and Rapists.