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
- AUGUST 22, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HIGH COURT FREES MAN AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
- AUGUST 21, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GERMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN XIAMEN
a German was sentenced to death in China for the first time in modern history. The 36-year-old man was convicted of a double murder in Xiamen in 2010. Germany has vowed to stop the execution.
- AUGUST 20, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: RAILWAY OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
- AUGUST 9, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
- AUGUST 7, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ANOTHER SOUTH KOREAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 6, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 KOREAN SMUGGLERS EXECUTED
China executed two South Korean men in Jilin Province for drug trafficking and trading convictions, the first
JULY 25, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: JAPANESE MAN EXECUTED OVER STIMULANT DRUG SMUGGLING
Chinese authorities executed a Japanese man in his 50s who had been sentenced to death in connection with
JULY 23, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COP WHO SHOT DEAD PREGNANT WOMAN EXECUTED
A policeman who shot dead a pregnant woman while drunk and injured her husband was executed for the
- JULY 11, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COMMUTES BUSINESSWOMAN'S SENTENCE TO LIFE
China commuted the fraud sentence of businesswoman Wu Ying -- once listed among its richest women but
JULY 1, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO UGANDANS EXECUTED OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ugandan Foreign Ministry spokesman Fred Opolot said two Ugandan drug traffickers – Omar Ddamulira
- JUNE 17, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in east China's Shandong Province sentenced seven people in three cases to death for drug
JUNE 16, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 13 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR ‘TERRORIST’ ATTACKS IN XINJIANG
China executed 13 people for "terrorist attacks" in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media said.