Whichever entities are behind these conjectured assasinations (criminal gangs or the government) and whatever purpose they fulfill (retaliation or attempts to t

Whichever entities are behind these conjectured assasinations (criminal gangs or the government) and whatever purpose they fulfill (retaliation or attempts to take control of the fortunes), this environment is certainly not favorable to healthy economic development of China. It reminds me of a point that someone was making about competition on the worldwide market from Russian companies: because their government has a history of wanting to take control of successful companies, they eventually interfere so much with their business, or they end up running them so badly, that foreigners need not worry from Russian competition. Edit: so the source article appears to be talking about people with 100M+ yuan, or 15M dollars. There are 60k Chinese with 100M+ yuan. Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/13/content_12314429.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/13/content_123144... So these death rates don't look so unusual.