In less than a week, China conducted a series of executions on a scale rarely seen in recent decades.
In all, 16 core members of mafia-like crime syndicates were put to death for a range of crimes, from murder to fraud and human trafficking.
While all of the victims in the cases were Chinese nationals, many of the condemned were citizens of Myanmar, a largely Buddhist country not known for executing crime bosses.
Yet, China was able to convince authorities in Myanmar to hand over…