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
JUNE 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SENIOR JUDGE URGES COURT TO USE STRICT EVIDENCE STANDARDS
a Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) official said courts must apply the
MAY 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NEW RULES ON CONFESSION TO LIMIT DEATH SENTENCES
Evidence obtained illegally - such as through torture during interrogation - cannot
MAY 28, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
five Chinese men were sentenced to death by the People's Court of northern Quang
- MAY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
two people in China were given suspended death sentences by a court in the southwestern province of Yunnan for pushing a mentally ill man into a coal mine shaft and then posing as his family members to get compensation for his death.
- MAY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EXECUTION UPHELD FOR ATTACK
the Taizhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province, China...
MAY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TIBETAN GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR RIOTS
the Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court in China sentenced Tibetan Sonam Tsering
- MAY 25, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT BACKS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GANG BOSS
in China, the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of Chen Mingliang for running a mafia-style ring engaged in prostitution, drug-trafficking, gambling, kidnapping, among other crimes.
- MAY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT BACKS SENTENCE FOR POLICE CHIEF
Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court in southern China upheld the death penalty of former police chief Wen Qiang...
- MAY 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT
a former top official at China's commerce ministry was given a suspended death sentence for graft including taking bribes from electronics giant GOME, state media said.
- MAY 18, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: PLUMBER EXECUTED FOR KILLING EX-WIFE OVER ASSETS
plumber Ren Wenli, 41, from Shijingshan district in China, was executed for the murder and dismemberment of his ex-wife surnamed Liu.
- MAY 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LEADERS OF CHONGQING CRIME-RING HAVE APPEALS HEARD
China's Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court heard appeals against the death sentences of alleged crime boss Fan Qihang and his associate Wu Chuanjiang.
- MAY 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR SCHOOL ATTACK
a court in eastern China sentenced unemployed man Xu Yuyuan to death for knifing 29 children and three adults with a meat cleaver at a kindergarten at Zhongxin nursery school in Taixing city on April 29, 2010.