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 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SET TO EXECUTE MENTALLY ILL BRITON FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China is scheduled to execute a mentally ill British national after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal.
- DECEMBER 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MORE UIGHURS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
China sentenced Uighur Mehmet Maheti, 19, to death after finding him guilty of two murders and robbery.
- DECEMBER 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SHENZHEN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate Court in China sentenced Li Yi to death and deprived him of political rights for life and forfeited his property.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia deported a group of 20 Uighurs, including two small children, who fled
Cambodia deported a group of 20 Uighurs, including two small children, who fled
- DECEMBER 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA BUSINESSWOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD
Chinese businesswoman Wu Ying, 28, was sentenced to death for cheating investors out of $56 million over two years.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BILLIONAIRE GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in China, billionaire Wang Wenxiang, 49, of Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to death for hiring his personal secretary Bai Peng and a migrant worker Yu Yi, to kill businessman Zhong Yishi.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN XIAMEN FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Taiwan man was executed by lethal injection in Xiamen, China, the Xiamen Intermediate people's court said.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
BUS DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PEDESTRIAN IN E CHINA
bus driver Wang Jianqiang, 50, was sentenced to death in east China's Jiangsu Province for deliberately killing a pedestrian on April 13, 2009, because he was angry at his employer.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTHEAST CHINA
two men were sentenced to death in northeast China's Liaoning Province by the Dandong Municipal Intermediate People's Court.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR 6 CHINESE TRADERS FAKING 'MADE IN INDIA' TAGS
six Chinese traders who exported fake anti-malaria drugs to Nigeria under the "Made in India" label were sentenced to death, the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing said.
DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED OVER CHILD PROSTITUTION
a woman in southwest China, Zhao Qingmei, was executed in Guizhou province after her
- DECEMBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EXECUTION BY GUNSHOT DISCONTINUED IN LIAONING
northeast China's Liaoning province became the first province to use lethal injection for all executions.