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
- JUNE 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Shuangquan, former board chairman of a freeway...
Chen Shuangquan, former board chairman of a freeway...
- JUNE 24, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
China executed three drug dealers and sentenced five more to death on
- JUNE 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a company owner was sentenced to death for swindling...
a company owner was sentenced to death for swindling 33.27 million yuan ($US4.8 million) from illegal fund-raising in east China's Jiangsu Province.
- JUNE 16, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a global coalition of rights groups urged China to curb use of the death
a global coalition of rights groups urged China to curb use of the death
- JUNE 5, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHILD-TRAFFICKING GANG LEADER EXECUTED
The leader of a 10-member gang who abducted and trafficked in 38 children was
- JUNE 2, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO INDIANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
two Indian Tamils, one a native of Thanjavur and the other from Ramanathapuram, were sentenced to death by a Chinese court for narcotics smuggling.
- MAY 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CLARIFIES DEFENCE LAWYERS' ROLE IN CAPITAL CASES
China's Supreme Court and Ministry of Justice jointly issued regulations on the protection of def
- MAY 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GOVERNMENT: DEATH PENALTY FOR BUILDERS WHO CUT CORNERS
the Chinese government said it will impose the death penalty on anyone who is found responsible
- MAY 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CHINESE COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF NEPALESE PAIR
a Chinese court commuted the capital punishment for two Nepalis who were convicted in a case of drug trafficking to life imprisonment.
- MAY 9, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SEES 30% DROP IN DEATH PENALTY
Chinese courts handed down about 30 percent fewer death penalties last year compared with 2006, sources from a forum revealed.
- MAY 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEATH SENTENCE FOR FORMER PROVINCIAL LEGISLATOR
a former senior legislator from east China's Jiangsu Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes from companies, a court ruled.
- MAY 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AZERBAIJANI ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA MAY HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Azerbaijani ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to China...