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
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
an official in Chongqing Municipality in China was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking 15 million yuan (US$2.2 million) in bribes.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 'DRUG LORD' LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH
a Guangdong court in China upheld a death sentence against a drug 'kingpin' repatriated from Thailand, Xinhua reported.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Mongolian citizen was sentenced to death in far western China for smuggling 20.2 kg of heroin, Mongolian news agency Montsame said
a Mongolian citizen was sentenced to death in far western China for smuggling 20.2 kg of heroin, Mongolian news agency Montsame said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLAST
a man was given the death penalty for blowing up a government office and injuring 18 people, according to sources with a local court in central China's Hunan Province.
- OCTOBER 30, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER BEIJING COURT PRESIDENT GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
a former Beijing court president was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in China for bribery and embezzlement.
- OCTOBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in China, former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua lodged...
in China, former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua lodged an appeal against his death sentence with a two-year reprieve after
- OCTOBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the National People's Congress ratified the extradition treaty with Portugal.
the National People's Congress ratified the extradition treaty with Portugal.
- OCTOBER 27, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR COUPLE FOR KILLING LOVE RIVAL
in China, a Shanghai court sentenced a man to death for killing the ex-husband of his lover. The convict, identified as Wang, was also charged with dismembering the victim's body and dumping the head along the railway tracks between Shanghai and Jiangsu P
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VICE MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TAKING BRIBES
the former vice mayor of a city in eastern China was sentenced to death for taking more than 100 million
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in southern China convicted Awor Ocer Lucy...
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OLYMPICS CONSTRUCTION BOSS APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
a former vice mayor of Beijing, China, in charge of Olympic construction, appealed against a suspended death sentence for talking millions of yuan in bribes, a Hong Kong-based rights group said.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICEMAN EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL KILLING
a policeman in central China's Henan Province was executed for killing a man by throwing him from the third storey of a police office building