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
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has sentenced to death a contract killer known...
China has sentenced to death a contract killer known as Hitman number one who murdered nine people, including a friend whose head and hands he boiled after cutting up the body, Xinhua news agency said
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China denied reports that two Nepalese Maoist guerrillas...
China denied reports that two Nepalese Maoist guerrillas suspected of smuggling arms across the Himalayan border had been sentenced to death, but confirmed that they were being tried
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said it had detained a rights activist working...
China said it had detained a rights activist working as a researcher with The New York Times on charges of possessing "state secrets," a charge which could bring the death penalty according to his lawyer Mo Shaoping
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A murderer of eight people was executed in Zhashui...
A murderer of eight people was executed in Zhashui county of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, in China
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that thirteen people convicted of violent...
It was reported that thirteen people convicted of violent crimes were executed in China's central Henan province
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 22 people were executed in China a day before...
At least 22 people were executed in China a day before the Mid-Autumn Festival
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of trafficking some 200 babies was...
A woman convicted of trafficking some 200 babies was executed, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nepal's Maoists condemned the death sentence awarded...
Nepal's Maoists condemned the death sentence awarded in China to two of their comrades, calling it "barbaric" and "medieval"
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of murder, armed robbery and assault...
Four men convicted of murder, armed robbery and assault were executed in Jinan, the capital of northern Shandong province
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A private radio channel, Himalayan Broadcasting Corp,...
A private radio channel, Himalayan Broadcasting Corp, reported that the two Nepalese sentenced to death in China for trying to smuggle out arms and explosives from Tibet to Nepal were Maoists
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in...
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in Nanchang, capital city of east China's Jiangxi province, for trafficking and selling 27
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts...
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts would have a "comprehensive and objective" view of its judicial system and treatment of crime suspects by police