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
- DECEMBER 20, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
- DECEMBER 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two staff at a Chinese drug rehabilitation centre were sentenced to death
two staff at a Chinese drug rehabilitation centre were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three people were sentenced to death by a Beijing court for involvement...
three people were sentenced to death by a Beijing court for involvement...
- DECEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court upheld a death sentence against Jiao Ming
a Chinese court upheld a death sentence against Jiao Ming
- DECEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed...
Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed...
- DECEMBER 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bao Zhufa, a farmer in central China who killed five people with a hammer, was sentenced to death.
Bao Zhufa, a farmer in central China who killed five people with a hammer, was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Weihua, a Chinese drug smuggler who was forced to have an abortion...
Ma Weihua, a Chinese drug smuggler who was forced to have an abortion...
- DECEMBER 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
hundreds of Tibetans took to the streets of New Delhi in a silent protest march
hundreds of Tibetans took to the streets of New Delhi in a silent protest march
- DECEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three people were executed in south-west China's Yunnan Province for abducting and selling 11 children.
three people were executed in south-west China's Yunnan Province for abducting and selling 11 children.
- DECEMBER 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
four South Korean citizens received suspended death sentences
four South Korean citizens received suspended death sentences
- DECEMBER 3, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
a court in Shanghai handed down a suspended death sentence
a court in Shanghai handed down a suspended death sentence
- DECEMBER 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama...
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama...