Yes it&#x27;s sickening, and also broadly understood to be a logical thing to do in China.<p>Let&#x27;s play the devil&#x27;s advocate and understand the motive behind it-<p>The average annual wage of a Chinese citizen is $7,500 USD, whereas the average annual wage of an American is $45,000.<p>Which means that $400,000 is worth 400,000 x 45,000 &#x2F; 7,500 = $2,400,000 . And that&#x27;s only over 23 years so far. You have to keep paying until the day the victim dies. That&#x27;s the equivalent of $105,000 for Americans per year.<p>If you refuse to pay, the victim will take you to court and confiscate all your belongings. If you still refuse to get a job to pay, the court will throw your ass in jail and (here is the important part) force your family to pay, indefinitely, until the victim dies.<p>So are you going to have your family pays $105,000 per year while you sit in jail, or are you going to make sure the victim is dead?<p>Trust me when I say no one wants to kill another human, but when the law is lay against you in such way, well don&#x27;t be surprise that humans can override their natural instinct.<p>(I am from Hong Kong that, while most people there do not share the same sentiment, but can understand the math behind this horrific logic.