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
- JULY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation...
China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders
- JULY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China exploded jubilantly with fireworks after Beijing...
China exploded jubilantly with fireworks after Beijing won the vote to host the 2008 Olympics, but long-time critics said it would have to improve its human rights record between now and then
- JULY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman...
The right-wing opposition Danish People's Party's spokesman for foreign affairs protested against Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Danish radio reported
- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful...
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games opposed China winning the bid for the 2008 event
- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise...
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise based in Guangdong, Chen Shewei, has been executed and two of his accomplices, Wen Haijiao and Tan Baijiao, given hefty jail terms for their roles in embezzling millions of yuan in public funds
- JULY 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
- JULY 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed more people from April to June 2001...
China executed more people from April to June 2001 than the rest of the world did in the past three years - 1,781 people put to death in a government campaign against crime, Amnesty International said
- JULY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese official admitted that 14 Falun Gong followers...
A Chinese official admitted that 14 Falun Gong followers died in a labour camp - but the government and the spiritual movement have given sharply conflicting accounts of how they died
- JULY 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua news agency, the official Chinese government...
Xinhua news agency, the official Chinese government agency, denied allegations regarding organs being transplanted from executed prisoners
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal...
Fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to "brutal torture" in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation...
China's top policeman urged stronger implementation of a three month-old "strike hard" crackdown on crime that has already resulted in at least 1,300 executions
- JULY 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FALUN GONG ACCUSES CHINA OF TORTURING PRACTITIONERS TO DEATH
July 3, 2001: fifteen female Dafa practitioners died due to “brutal torture” in the Wanjia Labour Camp, the Falun Gong said.