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
- MAY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES CONVICTED KILLER AFTER RAISING SENTENCE
China executed a convicted murderer after raising his suspended death sentence
- MAY 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER VICE MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
in China, former Hangzhou vice mayor Xu Maiyong, 52, was sentenced to death by the Municipal People’s Intermediary Court of Ningbo.
- MAY 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOOD VENDOR
the Liaoning Higher People's Court in China upheld the death penalty for food vendor Xia Junfeng, 34, from Shenyang, who allegedly killed two enforcement officers on May 16, 2009.
MAY 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER MAYOR GETS TOUGH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT
The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city was given a suspended death sentence for
- MAY 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE STUDENT APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Chinese student Yao Jiaxin, 21, sentenced to death for murdering Zhang Miao in Xi'an City, Shaanxi, in October 2010 to cover up that he had accidentally run into her with his car appealed the verdict, a local court said.
MAY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 13 CRIMES EXEMPTED FROM DEATH PENALTY
Several important changes to China's laws came into effect today, addressing such things
- APRIL 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FOUR POLICEMEN
Liu Jianjun, 51, was executed for shooting dead four policemen and two drivers with his brother in eastern China on January 4, 2011.
- APRIL 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
university student Yao Jiaxin, 21, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an, China, for murdering Zhang Miao.
- APRIL 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SERIAL RAPIST APPEALS HIS DEATH SENTENCE
Dai Qingcheng, the 46-year-old farmer from East China's Anhui province who was sentenced to death in December for raping 116 women between 1993 and 2009, is appealing his conviction.
- APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR BROTHERS IN E CHINA
the Shandong Higher Court in China confirmed the death penalty of Liu Jianjun, 51, for killing four policemen in a shootout in Shandong on January 4, 2011.
APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
- APRIL 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMERLY RICH WOMAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wu Ying, whose assets, totaling about $550 million, made her the sixth-richest woman in China in...