Ding zui (Chinese: 顶罪; pinyin: dǐngzuì) is the Chinese practice of hiring impostors or body doubles to stand trial and receive punishment in one's place. [1] The term translates as …

Aug 2, 2012 · In China, the practice is so common that there is even a term for it: ding zui. Ding means “substitute,” and zui means “crime”; in other words, “substitute criminal.” The ability to …

In China, the practice is so common that there is even a term for it: ding zui or ti-shen, meaning “substitute criminal.” A substitute criminal can be hired for as little as $31 per day of jail time …

Due to it now being so well recognised it is now known by official term, “ding zui” which translates to “substitute criminal”. One-tenth of one per cent of China’s population is overtly wealthy and …

Aug 24, 2012 · With ding zui, the whole purpose of the crime is to prevent people from knowing it has even occurred. Since the only known instances of ding zui are those that have been …

Oct 20, 2013 · His research on ding zui, due to be published next year, finds examples of body doubles being hired for imprisonment, physical punishment and even execution dating back to …

Oct 24, 2012 · The act of hiring a patsy to go to prison for you — called ding zui, literally “substitute criminal” — is a well-known secret there. The Slate article detailed some of the …

Aug 24, 2012 · The phenomenon called Ding Zui translating as ‘substitute criminal.’ There was a wide public outrage over Hu Bin’s photos and his rich friends smoking and laughing while …

Oct 21, 2013 · Many in China are unconvinced Bo Xilai will serve jail time - they believe he'll take advantage of ding zui, where a hired substitute does time instead.

Jul 25, 2022 · The practice of hiring a body double to serve prison time even has its own term in China: ding zui or ti-shen, which literally translates to ‘substitute criminal’. According to The …