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 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR MORE TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED ON INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
China executed four men for drug trafficking on annual international anti-drug day, in
- JUNE 25, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
2 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING FROM MYANMAR IN CHINA
in China, the Liaoning Provincial Supreme People's Court announced that two men convicted of heading a gang that smuggled drugs from Myanmar into China were executed in May.
JUNE 25, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 8 EXECUTED IN ANTI-DRUG BATTLE
eight people sentenced to death for drug production and trafficking were executed in China.
- JUNE 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: NIGERIAN GETS DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
four people convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province
JUNE 16, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING TO ADOPT LETHAL INJECTION
criminals sentenced to death in Beijing, China, are to be killed by lethal injection, not by
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
a man was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve by the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in China. During the trial, prosecutors and defence lawyers discussed their opinions on sentencing with the judge, the first time the railw
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COMMUTE WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE, PLEADS ZUJ
the Zambia Union of Journalists appealed to the Chinese Government through its embassy in Lusaka to commute the death sentence of Mary Musiyalike, a Zambian woman convicted for drug trafficking.
- JUNE 2, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
GOVT TRYING TO SAVE WOMAN FROM CHINESE FIRING SQUAD
Zambian government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said the government intervened in the case where a Zambian woman was sentenced to death by firing squad in China.
- JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
a tourism official in southwest China's Sichuan Province is appealing to a higher court after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking, Life News reported.
- JUNE 1, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: KENYANS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
authorities in China sentenced five Kenyan nationals to death after they were convicted
- MAY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BRITON TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
a British citizen sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in China is to plead his case at an appeal court.
MAY 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH ROW TIBETANS’ WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
the mandatory six-week period for referring their cases to the Chinese Supreme Court