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 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 PENALTYCHINA: 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
CHINA - Man who murdered a pregnant woman executed, state media report
A man who murdered a pregnant woman in China to sell her corpse as a "ghost bride" has been executed
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
JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE 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 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 PENALTY
CHINA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in east China's Shandong Province announced that it has sentenced five
JULY 13, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 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, 2013PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FILIPINA DRUG MULE EXECUTED
A Filipina sentenced to death for drug trafficking in China was executed by lethal injection, the