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
- MARCH 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CONDITIONS NOT RIPE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, SPOKESMAN
China, for the moment, does not have the right conditions for abolishing capital punishment, said spokesman Sun Huapu of the Supreme People's Court.
- MARCH 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. REFORMS FOR DEATH PENALTY TRIALS IN 2006
in order to improve the handing down of death sentences, top judge Xiao Yang said that Chinese courts would start to hold open court sessions when hearing death penalty trials in the second instance.
- MARCH 4, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEAFOOD TRIAD LEADER EXECUTED IN SHENZHEN
Chen Kegeng, the leader of a notorious triad which had controlled three leading seafood markets in Shenzhen for three years was executed.
- MARCH 3, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF FAMILY
two men convicted of hacking to death a family of three, including a 4-year-old boy, were sentenced to death and executed in China’s Yunnan Province.
- MARCH 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. PROVINCE TAPS THIEVES WITH EXECUTION
Courts in China's southern province of Guangdong will introduce harsher penalties, including death, to deter motorcycle-riding purse snatchers who sometimes chop off the hands of victims who resist, the Yangcheng Evening News said.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 8,000 EXECUTIONS EVERY YEAR, SCHOLAR AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
the number of executions in China is a state secret, but Liu Renwen, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he agreed with estimates in academic circles that the figure was likely to be about 8,000 a year.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY CASES TO BE HEARD IN OPEN COURT
all death penalty appeals must be heard in an open court from the latter half of this year to better protect human rights, China's chief justice Xiao Yang announced.
FEBRUARY 22, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO TAIWANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Taiwanese nationals convicted of drug trafficking were executed in southern China's Guangdong province after being convicted of possessing 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of the methamphetamine ice.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR GANG MEMBERS
two gang members had their death sentences upheld at the Baoding Municipal Intermediate People's Court in North China's Hebei Province.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK ON VILLAGERS
four men were sentenced to death in China for organising and carrying out an attack in June 2005 that killed six villagers protesting about the seizure of their land for a power plant.
FEBRUARY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION. MARCO PANNELLA DEPOSITS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON CHINA’S RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Hands Off Cain President and MEP Marco Pannella deposited a question to the European Parliament regarding the violation of human rights and religious repression perpetrated in China commencing with the case of Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer who for years has take