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 9, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE JAPANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
APRIL 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a court in China upheld the death sentence awarded to South African woman Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, for smuggling drugs into the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
- APRIL 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES JAPANESE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China executed Japanese man Mitsunobu Akano in Liaoning province for drug smuggling, the Supreme People's Court announced.
- APRIL 2, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE JAPANESE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH
China informed Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that it will execute Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67, for drug-smuggling
- APRIL 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ADOPTIVE-MUM MURDER
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court handed Mao Xingguo...
- APRIL 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
- MARCH 30, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE JAPANESE MAN FOR SMUGGLING STIMULANTS POSSIBLY MONDAY
China told Japan that Beijing will execute, as early as next Monday, a Japanese man, Japanese government sources said.
- MARCH 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES CHINA TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION FIGURES
Rights group Amnesty International urged China to disclose the number of prisoners it executes.
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUTAI EX-BOSS UPHELD
the Higher People's Court in southwest China's Guizhou province upheld a suspended death sentence with a two year reprieve for Qiao Hong, former liquor maker Kweichow Moutai general manager.
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR EMBEZZLING PUBLIC FUNDS
government official Li Shubiao, 46, was executed for corruption and embezzlement in central China's Hunan province.
MARCH 25, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED IN KIDNAPPING CRACKDOWN
in southern China, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen announced that Xu
- MARCH 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UMI'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
China commuted the death sentence of Malaysian national Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, 26, to life imprisonment.