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 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY, BOMBING
three convicted armed robbers were executed in southwest China's Chongqing municipality after engaging in a cross province crime spree that included a bombing and gun battles with police. The three were executed immediately after the Chongqing high court
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLITICIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hou Jianjun, a Chinese provincial legislator, was sentenced to death after he murdered a pedestrian in a drunken rage by running him down with his sports utility vehicle.
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURT ORDERS EXECUTION OF DRUG TRAFFICKER, LIFE SENTENCES FOR MULES
Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court, pronounced the execution of Tang Mei, a female drug trafficker.
- MAY 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. US SENATOR MULLS SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA OVER NORTH KOREA REFUGEE CRISIS
Republican US Senator Sam Brownback threatened to seek sanctions against China if it did not stop turning back refugees from North Korea who faced persecution and possible execution at home.
- MAY 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
three convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southwestern China's Sichuan province, while two accomplices were given long prison terms, the Chengdu Commercial Daily said.
- MAY 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in May 2005, chinese authorities reportedly detained hundreds...
In May 2005, authorities reportedly detained hundreds of house church members from different groups in Jilin Province. In June authorities reportedly held approximately 100 pastors at Henan Province's Qi County detention center after detaining them at rel
- APRIL 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEN EXECUTED IN BEIJING FOR MURDER
three men were executed in Beijing as a result of three separate murder cases, the Supreme People's Court reported.
- APRIL 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NEW WAVE OF ARRESTS AGAINST FALUN GONG
in the largest campaign since 1999, police have made massive arrests across the country in an operation against Falun Gong followers, especially in the provinces of Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, this according to Falun Gong sources.
- APRIL 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER LEGISLATOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, FRAUD
Sang Yuechun, a former Chinese legislator, was sentenced to death for rape, embezzling public funds, defrauding banks, possessing guns and leading criminal gangs, the government said.
- APRIL 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NINE GANG MEMBERS EXECUTED IN XUCHANG AFTER DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
nine members of a gang were executed after a high court upheld the death sentences handed down to them during an earlier local trial in China's Henan province.
- APRIL 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. JURIES GIVEN BIGGER SAY IN REACHING VERDICTS
juries will help reach verdicts in criminal and civil court cases in China, the China Daily reported, as the country sought to strengthen its arbitrary legal system.
- APRIL 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WEN SAYS COUNTRY WORKING HARD TO RATIFY UN RIGHTS CONVENTION
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his country had made progress on improving its human rights record and said Beijing was working towards ratifying a UN convention on the issue.