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
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. REPORTER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
China accused Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, of spying for foreign agencies.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WORLD NEWSPAPER GROUP DEMANDS RELEASE OF JOURNALIST WHO RISKS DEATH PENALTY
the World Association of Newspapers demanded the immediate release of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong detained in China on spy charges.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CHINESE MAN IN FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDER APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wei Wei, a Chinese national, appealed a district court ruling that sentenced him to death for his part in the murder in 2003 of a family of four in Fukuoka, Japan.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLICE URGED TO STOP USING TORTURE TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFESS
China's top prosecution office urged police to stop using illegal methods such as torture to force suspects to confess, after a series of high profile miscarriages of justice.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MILK EXTORTION CASE
Qian Junbo was sentenced to death by the Xiangfan Intermediate Court in China’s Hubei province for poisoning milk products from the Inner Mongolian-based Mengniu Group in stores in Changsha and Wuhan cities early in 2004 and attempting to extort 200,000 y
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
it was reported that recently, in its initial trial, the Maoming Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Cuiyun, a 40 year old female from Yunnan, and Chen Luzong, from Maoming, to death for drug trafficking.
- MAY 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUNAN COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, TRANSPORTATION
in its initial trial, the Loudi Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Li Muwang to death for drug transportation;
- MAY 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CHINESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FUKUOKA FAMILY
the Fukuoka District Court sentenced Wei Wei, a Chinese man, to death for his part in the murder in 2003 of a family of four in Fukuoka.
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ABDUCTING AND SELLING CHILDREN
five people were sentenced to death and three others were jailed after being convicted of abducting and selling 19 young boys. Li Bifang, Jiang Chengpu, Yuan Guiyuan and Liu Weibing received death sentences for abducting boys aged between two and six by t
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 14 WITH POISONOUS ALCOHOL
fifteen people were convicted by a local court in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, for producing and selling fake liquor that left 14 people dead.
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGXI COURT SENTENCES SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
the Beihai Court in China’s Guangxi province, sentenced Wu Zhangguang and Huang Chongming to death, sentenced four others to death with two years reprieve and a further four to life imprisonment.