Bolted down? No problem, they'll steal the bolts!

The answer is simple: the communist government of China doesn’t want one day or one minute of manufacturing and money making lost for any reason.

“Theft of a sufficient amount of fuel oil will also earn you the death penalty,” we were told.

Another China watcher wanted to emphasise that it is not just disruption of manufacturing that is the worry of the communist government.

“There are scores of money making ventures that need electric power. China’s organ transplant empire services rich Hong Kong tycoons that (sic) fall ill. In fact, people come to China from all over the world seeking medical attention often of a dubious nature. You must think of this as a state industry.”

Chinese courts are believed to order about 80 per cent of the world’s court-ordered executions - at least 1,770 people in 2005 and possibly many more.

Our sources in China have reason to believe that the 1,770 number was “minimised so as not to alarm human rights groups and other international bodies”.