[expat1000]

In China, a suspended death sentence is typically commuted to life in prison after a handful of years.

And if it is like many other Asian countries, particularly South Asian, only the perp's name stays in jail, but the person goes on to live in a secluded estate somewhere. After a few months their name will never appear in print again. There won't be any follow up stories on their condition in prison, that is for sure.

[Moltke]

How wonderful life is, how handy the law can be, as long as you have the Party to protect you,” popular newspaper columnist and social commentator Yao Bo wrote on Sina Corp.’s Weibo microblogging service.

Yao just might be dead before Gu.