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 14, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a South Korean man has been sentenced to death
a South Korean man has been sentenced to death
JULY 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
A development zone official in a south China city was sentenced to death over land-related
- JULY 5, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court announced it has upheld a suspended death sentence...
a Chinese court announced it has upheld a suspended death sentence...
- JULY 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
JUNE 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED
China executed four convicted drug traffickers and sentenced at least 15 others to death as the nation marked global anti-drug day, state press reported.
JUNE 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN IN BANK BLAST
A higher people's court upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of causing
- JUNE 15, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 223 INFANTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death for abducting and trafficking 223 infants over
JUNE 15, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: DEATH SENTENCE IN GROTESQUE MURDER CASE
A South Korean court handed down a death sentence to a Chinese national who was
- JUNE 14, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese state media say a man has been sentenced...
Chinese state media say a man has been sentenced to death for forging currency worth tens of millions of dollars.
JUNE 13, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BUDDHIST MONK SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
In China, a man who lived as a Buddhist monk for 18 years after committing murder
JUNE 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MORE STRINGENT JUDICIAL PROCEDURES FOR DEATH PENALTY CASES
A government action plan was released in China to improve the trial procedures and reviews of death
JUNE 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UGANDAN DRUG DEALERS SURVIVE GALLOWS
The Chinese government has agreed to lift the death sentence on a total of 22 Ugandans