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
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences, tough prison terms and other forms...
Death sentences, tough prison terms and other forms of state punishment are likely to rise as Shanghai prepares for the October 1 National Day holiday, according to a senior city court official
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top law enforcement official has called for...
China's top law enforcement official has called for a six-month strike hard campaign on official and corporate corruption and vowed substantial results within two years, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shanghai newspapers reported the executions of five...
Shanghai newspapers reported the executions of five defendants on charges ranging from murder to robbery
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people, including four women, died in police custody...
Six people, including four women, died in police custody or in detention centres in China after being detained for allegiance to the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were...
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were condemned to death for murdering a third Taiwanese in order to claim his life insurance, according to a report seen here Thursday
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Liaoning province shot dead a fellow officer...
Police in Liaoning province shot dead a fellow officer after he allegedly gunned down five people, including his mother-in-law, at a bathhouse, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's chief of police said Beijing would share information...
China's chief of police said Beijing would share information with the United States in the most concrete offer to date of what it would do to help a U
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for...
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for murdering his wife, adopted son and another person with poisoned soft drinks
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's...
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's Court of Beijing City, the First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing City executed four men for robbery and forcing women into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan...
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan sentenced a Chinese man to death for a murder-robbery in 1999 in which three Chinese were stabbed to death and another three injured
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced...
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced to death for killing one of his bosses when he could not get a day off to watch a Manchester United match
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan...
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan Province were sentenced to death and deprived of all property