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
- 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
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.
DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UYGHUR STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 19-year-old Uyghur becomes the second woman sentenced to die following ethnic
- DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun and Lu Juhua...
DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun
- DECEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced...
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GUNFIGHT DEATH PENALTY
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced gang leaders Zhang Hongfu, Liu Xiaohua and Ai Daiqing to death for crimes including murder, drug dealing, illegally manufacturing firearms and ammunition and illegally possessing firearms.
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS
Kang Shaowen, 48, from Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province...
DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 9 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China executed at least nine people for drug-related crimes in the