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
- AUGUST 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HONG KONG REPORTER ACCUSED OF SPYING
China has formally charged Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, 55, with spying for its rival Taiwan, the state news agency Xinhua has reported. If Mr Ching is convicted, he could face the death penalty.
- JULY 29, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR TEACHER CONVICTED OF RAPE
Li Guang, a teacher in western China convicted of raping 23 girls in his office was sentenced to death.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court of Guigang City, sentenced Huang Jinxiong, a public security officer, and two other defendants, Tang Dazhang and He Shirong, to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-OFFICIAL TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Ma De, former secretary of the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Suihua City, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court for accepting bribes.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 10 MURDERS DURING CAR ROBBERIES
China sentenced to death six gang members convicted of killing 10 people during car robberies in the Pearl River Delta area and northern parts of Guangdong province.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LEGISLATOR GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD, RAPE
Sang Yuechun, a former Chinese legislator, was condemned to death for a range of crimes including embezzling public funds, defrauding banks and rape, after a court rejected his appeal.
- JULY 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ACCELERATES DRIVE TO PROSECUTE POLICE WHO USE TORTURE
China accelerated a campaign to prosecute police who extracted confessions by torture as part of a wider drive to curb human rights abuses in police custody, state media reported.
- JULY 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN ACCUSED OF FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDERS EXECUTED FOLLOWING FAILED APPEAL
Yang Ning, a Chinese man sentenced to death over the killing of a family of four in the Japanese city of Fukuoka in 2003 had been executed for the crime, Japanese diplomats said.
- JULY 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR ECSTASY SMUGGLING
in its initial trial, the Foshan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Zhao Fuqiang and Ye Zhixiong to death for drug smuggling and Chen Pengfei to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the crime.
- JULY 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
- JULY 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR MAKING ANDTRAFFICKING ECSTASY
in its second trial, a Guangzhou court, China, sentenced Yu Zhuoxiong, Guo Mingqing and Chen Yuhan to death with two years reprieve.
- JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEN CONVICTED OF HOMICIDE PUT TO DEATH
six men were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing for murder and other crimes including robbery and rape, state media reported.