first, look beyond the top comment.

then, re-read my comment:

> the merits of the concept aren't discussed; the convo falls back to whataboutism.

…juxtaposed to your conclusion:

> In my own country (United States), for example, we have brazenly open corruption with no consequences.

fwiw, i too feel that the death penalty is wrong. but, that's answering an off topic survey question.

i should also note that you've gotten pushback on your comment above declaring that "Xi has shown repeatedly that he’s serious about corruption". my issue is that there's a narrative that forms based on up/downvotes and thus these political threads are gamed. kinda like how my concerns about legitimacy are being downvoted – that's to be expected.