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 21, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
A man in east China's Anhui province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
JULY 20, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in east China's Shandong Province announced that it has sentenced five
- JULY 13, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT EXECUTES MAN WITHOUT TELLING FAMILY
A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported.
JULY 8, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-RAILWAY MINISTER
China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence for "especially
- JULY 6, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MARRIED MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KEEPING SIX WOMEN AS SEX SLAVES
Li Hao, 35, a former government employee of central China, was sentenced to death after being convicted
JULY 3, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FILIPINA DRUG MULE EXECUTED
A Filipina sentenced to death for drug trafficking in China was executed by lethal injection, the
- JULY 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HIGHER PEOPLE'S COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCES OF 4 MEN AFTER 16 YEARS
A Chinese court overturned the death sentences of four men for robbing and killing two taxi
JULY 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR POISONING MILK
a woman received a lethal injection for lacing milk with nitrite, which killed three children and
JUNE 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 EXECUTED, 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three men were executed in south China's Hainan Province for trafficking methamphetamine,
JUNE 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 EXECUTED, 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men, Yang Jiande and Yuan Tingchang, were executed in east China's Fujian Province for trafficking
- JUNE 22, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two foreigners were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
two foreigners were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- JUNE 21, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the southern Kien Giang Province People’s Court, in China...
the southern Kien Giang Province People’s Court, in China...