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
- MARCH 30, 2010ChinaDEATH 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 PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED IN KIDNAPPING CRACKDOWN
in southern China, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen announced that Xu
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH 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.
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
in China, Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court official Yao Lan said two men were sentenced to death and executed.
- MARCH 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, MUTILATING BODY
Li Jia, 41, from Beijing, was executed in China for murdering his ex-wife Ren Liwen in March 2008.
- MARCH 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH 2-YEAR REPRIEVE IN EAST CHINA
Bengbu Municipal Intermediate People's Court in east China's Anhui Province sentenced government official Wang Haifeng, 56, to death with a 2-year reprieve for taking bribes of over 15 million yuan between 1997 and 2008.
MARCH 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
A Nigerian man received the death penalty in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China,
- MARCH 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 198 CONVICTED FOR UNREST IN XINJIANG
China has so far convicted 198 people for involvement in deadly ethnic violence last July in
- MARCH 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition