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
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia...
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in west China had seen at least one family member die from a drug overdose, the Workers' Daily found
- OCTOBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China will let an investigator from the United Nations...
China will let an investigator from the United Nations look into allegations of torture carried out by police and prison officials, the head of a European Union human rights delegation said
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A farmer from central China's Hubei Province was sentenced...
A farmer from central China's Hubei Province was sentenced to death for acquiring 47
- OCTOBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former medical professor was sentenced to death by...
A former medical professor was sentenced to death by the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court for producing and trafficking drugs
- OCTOBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Korean national has been awaiting execution in a...
A Korean national has been awaiting execution in a Chinese prison since 25 September after being convicted by China's highest court, sources said
- OCTOBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite...
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite China's most wanted fugitive, the alleged smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing, promising he will not be executed if returned
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China gave a death sentence with a two-year reprieve...
China gave a death sentence with a two-year reprieve to a former vice minister of public security for taking bribes and forcing lower ranking officials to break the law, state media said
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
After a continuous open trial, lasting 16 and a half...
After a continuous open trial, lasting 16 and a half days, the Intermediate People's Court of Beihai City pronounced its initial trial judgment on the "Xitou Gang" case, a sinister group involving 41 criminals
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a comment published by the International Herald...
In a comment published by the International Herald Tribune, London-based China analyst Jonathan Mirsky said US President George Bush has made clear to China that its support in the struggle against terrorism was not going to provide it with a blank check
- OCTOBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit
- OCTOBER 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced a former city major to life in prison...
China sentenced a former city major to life in prison for taking bribes and his wife to death for corruption, selling land illegally and abusing power, the Procuratorial Daily reported
- OCTOBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the...
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the far western region of Xinjiang, a state newspaper reported