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 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 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...
JUNE 20, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING 7 IN 9 DAYS
A man who went on a killing spree across three provinces with a friend last year received
- JUNE 19, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AUTHORITIES THREATEN DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIOUS POLLUTERS
Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious
JUNE 18, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR RAPING GIRLS
An official in central China's Henan Province was executed for raping 11 underage girls, sources with the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court confirmed.
- MAY 30, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR CHINESE DRUG MULE
In Vietnam, the Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty handed down by a provincial
- MAY 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former deputy police chief of the Chinese megacity
the former deputy police chief of the Chinese megacity
MAY 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘ILLEGAL’ FUNDRAISING
A court in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang sentenced to death a woman convicted