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 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower,...
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower, yet both sides must commit to candidly discussing any remaining differences - especially human rights and trade practices, the European Union's commissioner for external relations said
- APRIL 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower,...
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower, yet both sides must commit to candidly discussing any remaining differences - especially human rights and trade practices, the European Union's commissioner for external relations said
- MARCH 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman who amassed a fortune after bribing and corrupting...
A woman who amassed a fortune after bribing and corrupting officials with sexual favours lost her appeal against the death sentence
- MARCH 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The director of a state-owned business was sentenced...
The director of a state-owned business was sentenced to death in the southern Chinese province of Hainan for embezzling $8
- MARCH 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's banned Falun Gong movement accused the communist...
China's banned Falun Gong movement accused the communist authorities of rounding up 5000 of its followers in a police sweep in northeast China in which it claimed up to 100 members were killed
- MARCH 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jianqiang, a former general manager of Hong Kong-based...
Li Jianqiang, a former general manager of Hong Kong-based Dongzhan Industrial Company Limited, was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve for embezzlement
- MARCH 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese authorities have detained thousands of...
The Chinese authorities have detained thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang region in the north-west since September 11 [2001], claiming that local separatists are linked to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, Amnesty International said
- MARCH 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanxi Daily reported that Linfen Municipal Intermediate...
The Shanxi Daily reported that Linfen Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Xue Wenxun, director of Hongtong County Urban Construction Bureau, for his involvement in an explosives and murder case which killed three people
- MARCH 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Kexiao, a senior official in charge of construction...
Zhang Kexiao, a senior official in charge of construction in Wuhan, Hubei province, was handed a death sentence suspended for two years for taking bribes and abusing his influence, the Beijing Youth Daily reported
- MARCH 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sixteen Falun Gong members were arrested after being...
Sixteen Falun Gong members were arrested after being accused of causing an obstruction during a demonstration outside Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong's Western District
- MARCH 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats...
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats on a busy stretch of the Yangtze River was executed, a court official told AP
- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections...
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections to execute criminals as a "civilised way of law enforcement", the official Xinhua news agency said