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 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court,...
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court, in Sichuan Province, China, sentenced Wang Pingxue to death with two years reprieve for trafficking and transporting drugs
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat...
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat his parents to death with a metal bar and one who killed his wife with rat poison, were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing
- MARCH 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate...
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing of poisoning his wife, was sentenced to death
- MARCH 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in...
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in and around the nation's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges for sending a mail bomb that killed his boss
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao...
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao to death for murder