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
OCTOBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA, POISONED MILK: DEATH PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW
the death penalty for those who violate food laws: this is the provision of a new Chinese law announced by the state council.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA LABOR OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a labor and social security official was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve at the first trial for taking bribes and embezzling public funds in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- OCTOBER 9, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence...
the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence...
OCTOBER 1, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. CHINESE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COUNTERFEITING
a court in southern Vietnam sentenced a Chinese woman to death for circulating large amounts of counterfeit Vietnamese currency, the presiding judge said.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ETHNIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Du Maoji, former deputy director of the general office of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (SEAC), was recently sentenced to death for corruption with a two-year reprieve at the first trial
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAXI DRIVER MURDER
a father was sentenced to death and his son to life imprisonment for killing a female taxi driver and then dismembering her body in the course of a robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER BROKERAGE EXECUTIVE
the Higher People's Court in south China's Hainan Province upheld the suspended death sentence against a former executive of a trust and investment company who pocketed a large amount of money from public funds, a court spokesman said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA POLICE KILLER APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Yang Jia, the jobless Beijing man who intruded into Shanghai police bureau and killed six officers, has appealed against the death penalty handed down earlier by a Shanghai court.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EX-CONVICTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RUNNING MAFIA-STYLE CRIME RING
two brothers from a south Chinese city were given the death penalty for crimes including operating an organized crime ring and causing two deaths.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TEACHER EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL RAPE
a teacher was executed for raping or molesting 39 female primary school pupils in northwestern Gansu Province, China.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTIONS FOR MURDER AND SPYING
China has executed two men. Abduhalik Muzht, 39, convicted of fatally cutting two children with a knife in December 2006, was executed on September 4.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese People's Liberation Army (P.L.A) officer was executed after a military court found him guilty of selling classified documents to Taiwan, a Hong Kong newspaper reported