From Reuters via the Washington Post (link):
A Chinese official has urged police in a booming southern city to shoot motorcycle-riding purse snatchers before they chop off the hands of victims who resist, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Thursday.
Three Chinese police officers were awarded 10,000 yuan ($1,250) each after they shot dead a robbery suspect and caught two others, Chinese and Hong Kong newspapers said.
The killing drew praise from Zhang Guifang, deputy party chief of southern Guangzhou in charge of public security, who advocated lethal force to combat the city’s high crime rate.
