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
- JANUARY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DETENTION BY CHINA OF 831 TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
in its last report, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), based in Dharamsala, said that on December 30, 2010, there were 831 Tibetan political prisoners. 360 of these were sentenced by courts and 12 were sentenced to jail.
- JANUARY 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE
Yu Haixu, 24, was given a two-year suspended death sentence recently by an intermediate people's court in Hohhot, China, for killing a male student Yao on May 10 at a cafe.
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: CHINA FREES ZAMBIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
Zambian woman Mary Musyalike, who was sentenced to death by firing squad in China for trafficking in drugs, was released and returned to Zambia. Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) National Co-ordinator Edwin Sakala thanked the Zambian Government for
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE RULE FACES EXTRA SCRUTINY
China's Supreme People's Court will directly overturn death sentences in cases where evidence was collected by illegal means, in a move to further limit the application of capital punishment and pressure local courts to check evidence more thoroughly, SPC
- JANUARY 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PROSTITUTION-RING LEADER'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN SW CHINA
the death penalty given to female gang boss Wang Ziqi in August 2010 by China's Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court was upheld by the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH OVER FUND-RAISING SCAM
the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced Sun Haiyu to death for illegally raising up to 4 billion yuan in a fraudulent investment scheme.
- DECEMBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
ex-official Zeng Jinchun, tasked with investigating corruption in China...
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UYGHUR STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 19-year-old Uyghur becomes the second woman sentenced to die following ethnic
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN CENTRAL CHINA FOR AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS FIRE
Chen Haitao, 36, was executed in central China's Hunan Province for setting an airport shuttle bus on fire on July 21, killing two people.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES STUDENT TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in southwest China sentenced student Cao Shijie to death for fatally stabbing a woman and injuring two men on March 30, the Intermediate People's Court in the provincial capital, Chengdu, announced.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASTING TAX OFFICE IN CENTRAL CHINA
a court in central China's Hunan Province sentenced Liu Zhuiheng, 51,per aver to death for setting off explosives outside a tax office in Furong District of Changsha City on July 30, killing four people. His motive was to vent anger over business losses.