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 25, 2014JapanDEATH 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 PENALTYCHINA COMMUTES BUSINESSWOMAN'S SENTENCE TO LIFE
China commuted the fraud sentence of businesswoman Wu Ying -- once listed among its richest women but
JULY 1, 2014UgandaDEATH 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.
JUNE 16, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE SUICIDE ATTACK
Three people were sentenced to death for their roles in carrying out a deadly attack on Tiananmen Square
JUNE 12, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUPREME COURT REJECTS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE
China's supreme court annulled the death penalty for two men convicted of the rape of the daughter of a
- JUNE 5, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM IN XINJIANG
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region sentenced nine people to death for "violent terrorism" crimes,
MAY 27, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 55 PEOPLE SENTENCED AT MASS TRIAL IN XINJIANG, INCLUDING THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Chinese authorities used a public rally in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to sentence 55 people on charges including terrorism.
MAY 16, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CROSS-BORDER CHILD-TRAFFICKING
A man from southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been sentenced to death for child
- APRIL 9, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL OF POLICEMAN WHO SHOT PREGNANT WOMAN DEAD, INJURED HUSBAND
A court rejected the appeal of a former policeman who was given a death sentence for shooting a pregnant