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
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second...
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second year despite an admission by the top security official that it has not curbed rampant crime
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared...
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared city hall and top Communist Party officials in the northeastern industrial hub of Shenyang in a huge graft scandal
- APRIL 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested...
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested [against] Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit in Ankara
- APRIL 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people convicted of violent crimes in Changchun,...
Three people convicted of violent crimes in Changchun, Jilin province, were executed as part of China's Strike Hard campaign
- APRIL 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman was executed in in China's Guangzhou province...
A woman was executed in in China's Guangzhou province after being convicted of running a brothel
- APRIL 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China welcomed the absence of UN criticism of its human...
China welcomed the absence of UN criticism of its human rights record at an annual rights meeting, saying the lack of a censure showed increasing international recognition of China's stand on rights
- APRIL 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the...
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the world doubled in 2001, mainly because of a crackdown on crime in China, Amnesty International said
- APRIL 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation...
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation between the EU and China
- APRIL 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin (Social...
German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin (Social Democratic Party of Germany) vehemently rejected criticism of the government's human rights policy towards China
- APRIL 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Prior to the state visit by China's President Jiang...
Prior to the state visit by China's President Jiang Zemin, Greens leader Claudia Roth clearly criticized the human rights situation in China
- APRIL 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred supporters of the meditation movement...
Several hundred supporters of the meditation movement Falun Gong protested against Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to Germany in Berlin
- APRIL 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five members of a mafia-style gang were executed in...
Five members of a mafia-style gang were executed in Shandong province and 52 others jailed for their involvement in a range of serious crimes including murder and kidnapping, AFP quoted Xinhua as saying