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 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang...
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group, was sentenced to death for embezzlement and accepting bribes, the China News Service reported
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged...
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged a peaceful rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Ljubljana over the recent execution of Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland...
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland court for trafficking and selling more than 126kg of Ice
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs...
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang, in south China's Guangdong Province, in the case's first trial
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from...
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from the province of Shaanxi, was sentenced to death for burning down a local Taoist temple because of a personal grudge
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted...
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted of blowing up a hotel and killing six people, including his lover's husband, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman...
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman to carry out robberies, was sentenced to death with two year's suspension by a Beijing court, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger...
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Traffic Group in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Xia Renfan, was sentenced to death for corruption and embezzlement of millions of yuan, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China...
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China for attempting to carry out two armed bank robberies which resulted in one person being killed and five others injured, state media said