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
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced...
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Xinhai, 38, for killing 67 people and raping 23 women since 1999 in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Hebei provinces
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court,...
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court, China, confirmed the death sentence for Xiao Hongbo, a low-level bank officer who embezzled 4
- JANUARY 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights...
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights in China by boycotting the Chinese president's address to the French parliament
- JANUARY 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced Xue Song, a 30 year old Chinese national, to death for murdering a Chinese woman and her husband after the woman had rejected his advances
- JANUARY 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The traditional upsurge in executions ahead of the...
The traditional upsurge in executions ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday gathered pace with 15 more people reported to have been put to death, bringing to at least 31 the number executed in a period of a week, AFP reported
- JANUARY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government is planning to implement judicial...
The Chinese government is planning to implement judicial reforms that could sharply reduce its use of the death penalty
- JANUARY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong...
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong Province sentenced Yang Gaiqing, President of Shenzhen Huiwei Industry and Trade Limited Company, to death for smuggling and tax evasion
- JANUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were...
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were sentenced to death by a court in north China's Taiyuan city and executed
- JANUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens...
The controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens used the corpses of executed Chinese prisoners to create his exhibitions of synthetically preserved human bodies, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The central Chinese province of Hebei has executed...
The central Chinese province of Hebei has executed 16 "serious criminals" for crimes including rape, murder and robbery, state media said
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners in Kyrgyzstan called on Central...
Human rights campaigners in Kyrgyzstan called on Central Asian republics to stop deporting members of the Uighur Muslim minority to face possible execution in China