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 20, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL TO CHINA'S SUPREME COURT
Wang Junbao appealed to the Chinese Supreme Court against his December 2007 death sentence for the murder of his wife.
- MARCH 19, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
in China, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Qiu Jianhua to
- MARCH 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE TEEN GETS DEATH
the Chinese teenager convicted of murdering Canadian model Diana O'Brien in 2008 was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
- MARCH 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's Prosecutor-General Cao Jianming delivered the report on the work...
China's Prosecutor-General Cao Jianming delivered the report on the work...
- MARCH 6, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEN CONVICTED IN CHINA MILK SCANDAL APPEAL SENTENCES: COURT
ten people who were convicted and sentenced to jail or death in the lawsuits related to China's 2008 milk scandal appealed, said a local court president.
- MARCH 6, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HUBEI UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN FOR KILLING 8
the Hubei Provincial Higher Court in China upheld the death sentence for a man who was convicted of murdering eight people.
- MARCH 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COURT IN CHINA'S HUBEI UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED 8
a man who was convicted of killing eight people including a 2-year-old boy was sentenced to death in a second trial in central China's Hubei Province.
- MARCH 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a primary school teacher was sentenced to death for raping 21 female students over three years in central China's Hubei Province.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
FEBRUARY 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
A former planning official from southwest China's Chongqing municipality was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE KYRGYZ CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
“Five Kyrgyz citizens were sentenced to death in China...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...