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, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court, in China
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court, in China
- AUGUST 17, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an Intermediate court in Tibet’s Ngaba region has sentenced a Tibetan man
an Intermediate court in Tibet’s Ngaba region has sentenced a Tibetan man
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO STOP USING ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS IN TRANSPLANTS
Huang Jiefu, head of the Health Ministry's organ transplant office, said China would start phasing
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO STOP USING ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS IN TRANSPLANTS
Huang Jiefu, head of the Health Ministry's organ transplant office, said China would start
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China’s western Sichuan province sentenced a Tibetan man to death in connection with
A court in China’s western Sichuan province sentenced a Tibetan man to death in connection with
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
- AUGUST 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
AUGUST 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR XINJIANG TERRORIST ATTACK
A court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region sentenced two men to death and another three to prison for taking part in a violent attack that happened on 23 April.
- AUGUST 8, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UYGHUR SERVING LIFE SENTENCE DIES MYSTERIOUSLY
A Uyghur teacher sentenced to life in prison for “anti-state” activities in China’s troubled Xinjiang
- JULY 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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A man who murdered a pregnant woman in China to sell her corpse as a "ghost bride" has been executed
- JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE HEROIN OUT OF VIETNAM
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death in Hanoi for trying to smuggle nearly four
JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-OFFICIAL GETS DEATH FOR GRAFT
A former official in China has been awarded death sentence with a two-year reprieve for taking