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
- MARCH 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
MARCH 29, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE EXECUTED OVER FATAL FIRE
Three people responsible for a fire, in which 11 people were killed and two others
- MARCH 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UIGHUR MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER XINJIANG ATTACKS
A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly
- MARCH 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in China handed down the death sentence
a court in China handed down the death sentence
- MARCH 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO ABOLISH TRANSPLANTING ORGANS FROM CONDEMNED PRISONERS WITHIN 3-5 YEARS
China has pledged to abolish the practice of taking transplant human organs from condemned prisoners within three to five years, a senior health official said.
- MARCH 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a 45-year-old mafia boss convicted of organized crime...
a 45-year-old mafia boss convicted of organized crime...
- MARCH 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TOP JUDGE SAYS CHINA NEEDS MORE LEGAL REFORMS
admitting problems in China's judicial system, chief justice Wang Shengjun vowed
- MARCH 8, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AMENDMENT TO LIMIT USE OF DEATH PENALTY
a draft amendment to the nation's Criminal Procedure Law was submitted to the ongoing 5th session
- MARCH 7, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH-ROW INMATES MAIN SOURCE OF ORGANS
Executed prisoners were still the main source of organs used in transplant operations
MARCH 7, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 TAIWANESE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR TRAFFICKING 357KG DRUGS
Three Taiwanese drug traffickers who were given the death penalty by the Xiamen
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘GUTTER OIL’ CRIMES
China will intensify its crackdown on illegal “gutter oil” trade and give the death penalty
FEBRUARY 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TRIO WHO DEALT DRUGS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES
Three drug dealers in a gang of five were given death penalties for selling and transporting