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 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CHINA MOBILE MAN
China handed Li Hua, former chairman and general manager of the Sichuan branch of China Mobile
- AUGUST 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AGAIN
the Zhaotong Provincial Higher People's Court in southwest China's Yunnan Province sentenced Li Changkui to death.
AUGUST 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
five Chinese nationals were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka, two in absentia, for murdering
- AUGUST 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR RUNNING OVER MONGOL HERDER
according to the official Xinhua News Agency, China executed truck driver
- AUGUST 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN, MURDER
Umair Tohti was sentenced to death in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for abducting children and murder, the Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court announced.
- AUGUST 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER TAINTED PORK SCANDAL
in central China, the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence with a two-year reprieve for Liu Xiang for "endangering public security using dangerous means" for feeding pigs the dangerous chemical clenbuterol in a tainted pork sca
- AUGUST 2, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINA MOBILE EXECUTIVE DROPS DEATH VERDICT APPEAL
the former deputy general manager of China Mobile, Zhang Chunjiang, gave up his right to appeal his death sentence after being convicted of taking bribes. Chunjiang was sentenced to death on July 23, 2011, by the Intermediate People's Court of Cangzhou.
- AUGUST 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICE EXECUTES TWO OVER VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT
police in China’s restive Xinjiang region executed two people allegedly involved in deadly violence over the weekend, local authorities said.
JULY 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR FAKE MONEY SCAM
a man was sentenced to death in south China's Guangdong Province for forging
- JULY 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TAINTING PORK
the Intermediate People's Court of Jiaozuo, in China's Henan province, sentenced Liu Xiang to death with a two-year reprieve for illegally dealing in clenbuterol, a poisonous chemical known as lean meat powder.
- JULY 23, 2011CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA DEPORTS TOP CHINESE FUGITIVE
China arrested its most wanted fugitive in the capital Beijing after Canada deported him to end a decades-long saga that had plagued Sino-Canadian relations, but concerns remained among activists about whether he would receive a fair trial.
- JULY 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-CHINA MOBILE OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
in northern China, the Intermediate People's Court of Cangzhou sentenced former China Mobile executive Zhang Chunjiang, 53, to death with a two-year reprieve. Zhang allegedly took bribes of 7.46 million yuan in his various positions between 1994 and 2009.