Chinese assassination policy.

Quite pissed.

Here's a choice snippet from a story about Chinese efforts to buy technology that would allow it to intercept U.S. satellite intelligence report transmissions. A Mr. Liu and a Mr. Zheng made off with $140 million intended for the purchase.

Not surprisingly, Chinese intelligence is searching for thse two men. Possible sanctions include killing the men AND their families:

China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), offered a reward of $1 million for information about the location of the two Chinese men and the men's "entire families." The men were identified as Liu Zuoqing, a manager of a company in northern China, and Zheng Dequan, a son-in-law of Mr. Liu.

The [FBI] report also said China's spy agencies had told its agents in the United States to find the men and that Chinese intelligence was prepared to kill the men and their family members. ^[1]

"The part about killing the families is a nice touch, don't you think? It's true there are some "who won't be missed" but, darn heck, why put up with half measures?

Notes
^[1] China sought system to intercept U.S. spy data." By Bill Gertz, The Washington Times, 9/12/05.