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
- JANUARY 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China, which executes more people than the rest of...
China, which executes more people than the rest of the world put together, held its first public discussion of the death penalty, where legal experts called for the abolition of the capital punishment
- JANUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Xinjiang Farm Reclamation...
The Xinjiang Daily reported that Xinjiang Farm Reclamation Seventh Division Court had sentenced Jiang Nandong to death with two years reprieve for absconding public funds
- JANUARY 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhan Guoping, "a murder convict who refused to confess...
Zhan Guoping, "a murder convict who refused to confess to his crimes," was executed at Jining in Shandong Province, Qilu Evening News reported
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary...
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary said "China's Communist leaders traditionally celebrate religious holidays with the persecution of believers
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left...
Senator Natale D'Amico, vice-president of the left wing Margherita party, tabled two parliamentary motions requesting the intervention of the Italian government in two death penalty cases
- JANUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiangfan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei...
Xiangfan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province, sentenced to death Yu Lin, the head of a triad gang
- JANUARY 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Those found guilty of tax fraud in China may receive...
Those found guilty of tax fraud in China may receive the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Chinese Supreme People's Court,...
With the approval of the Chinese Supreme People's Court, two men convicted of illegal fund-raising and embezzlement were executed respectively in Tianjin Municipality and Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml...
The Czech Republic's Senate deputy chairman Jan Ruml (Freedom Union) expressed his protest against the detention of the Chinese religious movement Falun Gong adherents to the Chinese Ambassador in Prague, Ruml's aide Jan Holub told CTK
- JANUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is now...
The Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is now considering replacing firing squads with lethal injections when carrying out the death penalty