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
- 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...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SCHIZOPHRENIC GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SIX IN CENTRAL CHINA
a farmer who killed six villagers and injured another was sentenced to death in central China's Hubei province, despite his confirmed mental disorder.
FEBRUARY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: LIAONING PROVINCE TO ABOLISH EXECUTION BY SHOOTING
Northeast China's Liaoning Province will abandon execution by shooting and
- FEBRUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EIGHT
a man who was convicted of killing eight people, including a 2 year old boy...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REBUFFS WEST ON ENDING DEATH PENALTY
China rejected calls from Western and some Latin American countries to end the death penalty and to agree to enforce a wide range of human rights.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Liliang, convicted of the murdering of six people and injuring many others in September 2007...
Liu Liliang, convicted of the murdering of six people and injuring many others in September 2007...
- FEBRUARY 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER AIRPORT CHIEF GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY, EMBEZZLEMENT
A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement
- FEBRUARY 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 8
a Chinese court sentenced a junk dealer to death for murdering eight people.
JANUARY 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO IN CONNECTION WITH MILK SCANDAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two men in connection with China tainted milk scandal have been sentenced to death
- JANUARY 21, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COURT BACKS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT FORMER BEIJING VICE MAYOR
in China, a second hearing rejected the appeal of Beijing's former vice mayor Liu Zhihua and sustained the suspended death penalty for him for corruption.
- JANUARY 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former head of a university in Zhejiang province, China, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years
the former head of a university in Zhejiang province, China, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN EAST CHINA
a court in east China's Fujian Province executed a man for smuggling and trafficking about