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 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: INDIAN ON CHINESE DEATH ROW GETS REPRIEVE
an Indian man found guilty in China of possessing narcotics had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED IN BEIJING FOR MURDER
the leader of a three-member gang was executed for robbery and murder in Beijing, China.
- MARCH 27, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
MARCH 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ABDUCTOR OF NINE BOYS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
The man convicted of leading a gang that abducted nine boys in central China's Henan
MARCH 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA MILK SCANDAL TERMS UPHELD
A court in north China's Hebei Province upheld two death sentences, a suspended death verdict and other convictions in the country's tainted milk scandal.
MARCH 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYBritish newspaper the Independent ran a report about a dozen “death buses” in use
British newspaper the Independent ran a report about a dozen “death buses” in use
- 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 PENALTYCHINA: 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.