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 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...
- APRIL 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINA COUNTY BOSS RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
the Baiyin City Intermediate People's Court in northwest China's Gansu Province sentenced Wang Xianmin...
- APRIL 5, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO WOMAN ON CHINA DEATH ROW GETS 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Filipino woman Myrna San Pedro, on death row in China...
APRIL 1, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ALLEGED CHINESE CRIMINAL RINGLEADER EXTRADITED FROM PHILIPPINES
An alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was extradited
- MARCH 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH UPHELD FOR FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR
the Higher People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province upheld the death sentence of Jiang Renjie...
MARCH 30, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE FILIPINOS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Filipinos were executed in China, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay.
- MARCH 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 3 PINOYS TO BE EXECUTED MARCH 30
three Filipinos whose execution in Shenzhen, China, on February 20 and 21 was put off will be executed for drug smuggling on March 30.