China
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- December 4, 1982, amended several times, last in 2004.
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law, of Soviet derivation and derived from the legal principles of the continental civil code
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National People's Congress (Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme People's Court, judges appointed by the National People's Congress; local people's courts and special people's courts
RELIGIONS
Buddhists 18.2%, Christians 5.1%, Muslims 1.8%, others 0.7%, unspecified 52.2%
From the country
- MAY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ELECTION MURDERS
Hu Jialong, Chen Riwen and Chen Dedao were sentenced to death by the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court, China, after convicting them of killing a candidate supporter in a local election.
- MAY 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DOORMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced nightclub bouncer Liu Zhenli to death for manslaughter for ordering an attack that killed one man.
- MAY 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 4 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a multimillionaire and three contract killers were sentenced to death in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, for killing a business rival and injuring two others. Another 11 accomplices received jail terms up to life imprisonment.
- MAY 13, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FARMER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SCHOOL HEADMASTER
a farmer from East China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for murdering the headmaster of his son's school in a dispute over the boy's behavior and punishment.
- MAY 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BUS CONDUCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING TEENAGER
a female bus conductor from Beijing was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for strangling a teenage girl who was suspected of not paying the full fare.
- MAY 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR GANG CHIEF IN MURDER
the Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence for gang leader Qi Bing for murder in a bathhouse attack.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BANK OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
Wen Mengjie, a former official from Beijing's Bank of Agriculture, has been sentenced to death, after being charged with taking bribes worth more than 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) and embezzling more than 4.32 million yuan.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE UYGHURS FACE EXECUTION IF EXTRADITED
it was reported that human rights groups fear that three Uyghurs might face torture and even death if extradited to China.
- APRIL 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
Liu Zhixiang, a former railway official in China’s Hubei Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for good behaviour after being convicted of conspiring to injure a man, embezzlement and bribery.
- APRIL 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. CHINA RATIFIES EXTRADITION TREATY WITH SPAIN, NOT TO EXECUTE REPATRIATES
China ratified an extradition treaty with Spain, the first such treaty the communist nation has signed with a developed western country, in which Beijing agreed not to execute repatriated criminals.
- APRIL 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 10 PEOPLE EXECUTED AHEAD OF LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
China executed 10 people for crimes ranging from rape to drug trafficking in an apparent attempt to discourage people from committing crimes during the upcoming Labor Day holiday. Authorities carried out the executions by lethal injection in several pro
- APRIL 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TRIO GET DEATH FOR KILLING 9 PROSTITUTES
a Chinese court has sentenced three men to death for robbing, raping and killing nine women, most of whom were prostitutes, and then skinning one of them.