Procedure in China Executions
Further information: Execution vanThe People's Republic of China used to execute prisoners exclusively by means of shooting, but has been changing over to lethal injection in recent years. The specific lethal injection procedures, including the drug or drugs used, are a state secret and not widely known. In at least some cases, prisoners facing death by lethal injection have been sedated at a prison, then placed inside an execution van that is disguised to look like a regular police van.
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