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
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED IN SW. CHINA
Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan were executed in southwest China...
NOVEMBER 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court approved the death penalty of three men, it said in a
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS IN CENTRAL CHINA
policeman Gong Cheng and car mechanic Lin Yi were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED FOR CAUSING GIRL'S DEATH
traffic police squad head Gong Cheng, 32, the section head of the traffic police squad in Fenghuang county, Hunan, China, and Lin Yi , 40, were both sentenced to death with two-year reprieves by the Intermediate People's Court in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefec
- OCTOBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO EXECUTED FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDERING CHILDREN IN S. CHINA
Kong Jinlin, 36, from Meizhou City in Guangdong, and Shu Luwen, 23, were executed in south China's Guangdong Province.
- OCTOBER 20, 2010LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIAN JUDGE SAID ANNOUNCES DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO CHINESE NATIONALS
Judge Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice in Liberia...
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HIS FAMILY
Li Lei, 30, was sentenced to death in China by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court for murdering his wife...
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCES
gang ringleader Chen Jun and accomplice Ruan Yuming were given suspended...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINE BOSS GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Shanxi province's Linfen city in China, mine boss Zhang Peiliang was given a suspended
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN S. CHINA
Hu Yihua, 29, from Jinhua City in Zhejiang Province, was executed in Jieyang City in Guangdong, China, for killing four people, including two policemen, on July 2nd and 5th.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA NOT TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION
China's top legislature has never considered scrapping the death penalty for those convicted of
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PRISON ESCAPEES EXECUTED IN NORTH CHINA
Qiao Haiqiang, Dong Jiaji and Li Hongbin were executed in Hohhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.