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
- JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURTS WARNED OVER DEATH PENALTY CONVICTIONS
China, whose judicial system has been under scrutiny after a series of widely publicised wrongful convictions, asked its courts to think twice before handing down the death penalty.
- JULY 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO PLOTTED WIFE'S DEATH TO COLLECT INSURANCE
Yang Aiping, a man who took out accident and life insurance worth 530,000 yuan (64,000 dollars) for his wife, was sentenced to death for murder by a court in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
- JULY 14, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN AND ECSTASY TRAFFICKING
it was reported that the Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Chen Qiugeng, a 38-year-old Jiangxi native, to death for trafficking 1.05 kg of heroin and 120 grams of ecstasy pills.
- JULY 11, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. CHINA OPPOSES THE GIVING OF ASYLUM TO DIPLOMAT FOR FEAR OF EXECUTION
China voiced "resolute opposition" to Australia's decision to grant asylum to Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat, and dismissed his accusations that he faced execution if repatriated as "lies not worthy of response".
- JULY 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JIANGSU FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
seven people were sentenced to death and another to death with reprieve by the Wuxi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province following what police described as the largest drug trafficking case cracked in the province.
- JULY 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Yu Hu, female, was sentenced to a provisional death penalty in Beijing, charged with embezzling more than 16 million yuan (US$2 million) from more than 180 people.
- JUNE 30, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 13 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CROSS COUNTRY BORDER DRUGS CASE
a court in southeastern China sentenced to death 13 convicted drug traffickers in what was being called the country's biggest case of cross-border drug trade involving "ice," state press said.
- JUNE 29, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SINGER YU'S BROTHER HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENSE: BEIJING
news reports that Taiwanese singer Yu Tien's adopted younger brother had been executed in China on charges of narcotics trafficking were incorrect, a spokesman for the Chinese government said.
- JUNE 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. JIANGXI COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING; EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT
the Nanchang City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yuan Hao and Tan Qiang to death for trafficking and storing illegal drugs.
- JUNE 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES BURMESE NATIONAL TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in its initial trial, the Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Burmese national Zhao Qiaohua to death for heroin trafficking.
- JUNE 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MASS SENTENCING AND EXECUTIONS MARK INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
China used International Anti-Drug Day to confirm its approach to the problem, with state media reporting the execution of a series of traffickers.
- JUNE 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POP SINGER’S BROTHER EXECUTED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
the brother of Taiwan pop singer Yu Tien and a further seven Taiwanese were executed by Chinese authorities for drug-related cases to mark international anti-drugs day.