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 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHIEF JUSTICE PLEDGES TO IMPROVE DEATH PENALTY REVIEW PROCESS
China will further refine the death penalty review process this year, Chief Justice Xiao Yang told the on-going annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
- MARCH 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ARRESTS 800,000 FOR 'ENDANGERING STATE SECURITY'
China arrested more than 800,000 people last year for endangering state security or for being involved in activities regarded as separatist, terrorist or extremist, a top official.
- MARCH 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE JAPANESE
Hai Ting and Cao Xiude, two Chinese men who were charged with murdering three Japanese tourists in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an appellate court in Shanghai, China, rejected an appeal made by Tadahiro Furusawa
an appellate court in Shanghai, China, rejected an appeal made by Tadahiro Furusawa
- FEBRUARY 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 650
China, which puts more people to death than the rest of the world combined, executed at least 650 in the two months
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiong Xudong, a 22-year-old migrant worker, was sentenced to death
Xiong Xudong, a 22-year-old migrant worker, was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a recent survey indicated that more than 80 percent Chinese supported capital punishment.
a recent survey indicated that more than 80 percent Chinese supported capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the European Union welcomed a Chinese court's decision to commute a death sentence
the European Union welcomed a Chinese court's decision to commute a death sentence
- FEBRUARY 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG QINGYUAN CITY INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT ORDERS EXECUTION OF MAN INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ORGANISATION
the Guangdong Qingyuan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Xie Haiqing to death. Xie was immediately escorted to the execution ground.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOERMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
it was reported that Li Youcan, former deputy-director of the Hebei provincial foreign trade and economic cooperation department had been sentenced to death in China for having accepted bribes totaling 47.44m yuan.
- JANUARY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China may decide to narrow down the types of crimes for which the death penalty can be used
China may decide to narrow down the types of crimes for which the death penalty can be used, state media said
- JANUARY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a United Nations investigator of human rights conditions in North Korea...
a United Nations investigator of human rights conditions in North Korea...