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Death by a Thousand Cuts
Death by a Thousand Cuts | Timothy Brook, Associate Professor of History Timothy Brook, Professor of History and Republic of China Chair Timothy Brook, J�r�me Bourgon, Gregory Blue, Associate Professor of History Gregory Blue
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In Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin became one of the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi, called by Western observers "death by a thousand cuts." This is the first book to explore the history, iconography, (…more)
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Death by a Thousand Cuts | Timothy Brook, Associate Professor of History Timothy Brook, Professor of History and Republic of China Chair Timothy Brook, J�r�me Bourgon, Gregory Blue, Associate Professor of History Gregory Blue
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I was not expecting a book with the exact title of #deathbyathousandcuts! All about the Chinese form of torture and execution called Lingchi. #FearlessFebruary

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