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Нет, именно Китай

Были упоминания в прессе, например в Sunday Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article432450.ece

In the past, capital punishment was carried out by a single shot to the back of the head at execution fields outside Chinese cities and families of the dead were sent a bill for the bullet. Now the vans are circulating in several provinces, their clean and discreet method of killing hailed by officials as progress. Death by injection costs the state about £63 but is free to the victim’s relatives.

Ну и регулярно всплывает в художественной литературе. Вот и пытаюсь понять - реальная практика или городская легенда?