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
- APRIL 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Meng, the former deputy head of a district government in Shanghai...
Chen Meng, the former deputy head of a district government in Shanghai...
- APRIL 19, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality...
a court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality...
APRIL 19, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DRUG GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality has sentenced seven people
APRIL 10, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYFIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED IN CHINA
Five drug traffickers were sentenced in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, with
APRIL 6, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR $16 MILLION FUND SCAM
A 30-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to death by a court in Wenzhou for "cheating
APRIL 1, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER TAX OFFICIAL MURDERS
A court in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region upheld a verdict
- 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 PENALTYCHINA: UIGHUR MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER XINJIANG ATTACKS
A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly
- MARCH 23, 2012PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
a court in China handed down the death sentence
a court in China handed down the death sentence
MARCH 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 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...