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 25, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT AFRICANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight Africans were sentenced to death in southern China after being convicted of drug smuggling, state press reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES CHINA TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF WO WEIHAN
Amnesty International called on the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in China to pardon 59 year-old medical scientist Wo Weihan
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MAY SOON EXECUTE ACCUSED TAIWAN SPY
China could soon execute a man sentenced to death for spying for diplomatic and political rival Taiwan...
NOVEMBER 20, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two former officials from China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death for taking bribes.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LOVER
a man was sentenced to death in China for strangling his lover to death and causing an explosion that injured three people in August 2007, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES TWO TAIWANESE TO DEATH FO DRUG DEALING
a Chinese court sentenced two Taiwanese, convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar, to death.
- 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, 2008MongoliaDEATH 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 PENALTYCHINA: 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