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 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital...
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province
- JUNE 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received...
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received suspended death sentences by the Guangzhou People's Intermediate Court, China, for producing more than 600kg of Ecstasy
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang...
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang intermediate and two others were given life imprisonment after being found guilty of trafficking 120 babies in central China's impoverished Henan province
- JUNE 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court...
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court of China urged all Chinese judges to respect criminals' human rights
- JUNE 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing...
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing four of his classmates and stuffing their bodies into a dormitory closet, was executed in southwestern China's Yunnan province
- JUNE 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed...
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed in Shenzhen, China
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
- JUNE 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi...
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi Province, executed Li Hongwu, Li Fafu and Yang Lin for intentional homicide