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Wang Binyu (; April 30, 1977 – October 19, 2005), was a Chinese migrant labourer
executed Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
for
murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...
in China in 2005. His case attracted some sympathy within China and raised inequality issues.


History

Born in a poor family in
Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
, Wang Binyu went to work at a factory in the neighbouring
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...
. These two regions are in a dry climate that is in the thinly-populated interior of China, sometimes referred to as "China's Wild West", though geographically they are north-central. Wang Binyu needed money to pay for an operation for his father - both education and medical care are currently charged for in China. He was working for a
subcontractor A subcontractor is an individual or (in many cases) a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract. Put simply the role of a subcontractor is to execute the job they are hired by the contractor f ...
, who withheld some money and claimed some was owed as expenses. While trying to force the
subcontractor A subcontractor is an individual or (in many cases) a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract. Put simply the role of a subcontractor is to execute the job they are hired by the contractor f ...
to pay him, Wang got into a fight with some co-workers and killed four people. Despite this, his case has attracted some sympathy within China. In a jailhouse, Mr. Wang said that he wanted to die so that he could no longer be exploited, and expressed remorse for his murders. Wang hoped that the
party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature f ...
and the country would value
migrant laborers A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. Migrant workers who work outsi ...
.Chinese Net Discussion
/ref> He was executed in October 2005, aged 28.


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In China, the jolt of a life and a death
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International Herald Tribune The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...
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China Elections - To kill him or not? – The case of Wang Binyu


* ttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/test_tag.php?id=migrant+workers China Digital TimesDebate about inequality in China:
China warns on wage gap 'unrest' (BBC)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Binyu 1977 births 2005 deaths 21st-century executions by China Chinese mass murderers Executed mass murderers Executed people from Gansu Executed People's Republic of China people People convicted of murder by the People's Republic of China People from Tianshui Labor disputes in China