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Review of Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination

Review of Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical... Asian Journal of Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-023-09398-7 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. ISBN:978-0-472-03873-2, 333 pages, $34.95 (paperback) Siyu Liu Received: 9 March 2023 / Accepted: 12 March 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 It is a daunting task to conduct research on the Chinese death penalty, partly due to the lack of access to unmanipulated court data. However, studying public opinions on the Chinese death penalty faces a different but equally unique challenge—it is unclear to what extent public opinions play a role in policy-making in China. To what end, then, do we read about Chinese populism on topic of the death penalty? In the book, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination, authors Liang and Liu provide convinc- ing accounts that netizens, as a characteristic and substantial group of the Chinese pub- lic, display a significant amount of variation regarding perspectives on the subject. More importantly, these voices could contribute to the eventual outcome of individual court deci- sions. Namely, such is a way where spontaneous reactions of the public to high-profile court cases http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination

Liu, Siyu
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume OnlineFirst – Mar 18, 2023
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Asian Journal of Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-023-09398-7 BOOK RE VIE W Review of Bin Liang and Jianhong Liu, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. ISBN:978-0-472-03873-2, 333 pages, $34.95 (paperback) Siyu Liu Received: 9 March 2023 / Accepted: 12 March 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 It is a daunting task to conduct research on the Chinese death penalty, partly due to the lack of access to unmanipulated court data. However, studying public opinions on the Chinese death penalty faces a different but equally unique challenge—it is unclear to what extent public opinions play a role in policy-making in China. To what end, then, do we read about Chinese populism on topic of the death penalty? In the book, Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination, authors Liang and Liu provide convinc- ing accounts that netizens, as a characteristic and substantial group of the Chinese pub- lic, display a significant amount of variation regarding perspectives on the subject. More importantly, these voices could contribute to the eventual outcome of individual court deci- sions. Namely, such is a way where spontaneous reactions of the public to high-profile court cases

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