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
- APRIL 30, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE LOVE TRIANGLE TO END WITH EXECUTION
an 18 year old Chinese student was sentenced to death for killing a classmate in a love-triangle dispute involving a middle-aged teacher, state media reported.
- APRIL 29, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN EAST CHINA
a man in east China was given a death sentence with a two-year stay for smuggling 3.8 tonnes of methaqualone pills, a potentially habit-forming drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- APRIL 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 21 RAPES
a man was sentenced to death in eastern China for raping 21 young girls.
- APRIL 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FARMER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING SIX PEOPLE IN NE CHINA
a Chinese farmer who killed six villagers and injured 10 others in 2007 was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City, the capital of the north eastern Chinese province of Jilin
- APRIL 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HEARS DEATH ROW DEFENSE BY VIDEO FOR FIRST TIME
China's top court interrogated a death penalty defendant via a video link for the
- APRIL 24, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH AUSTRALIA, FRANCE SET
China's top legislature approved extradition treaties with Australia and France. The treaty
- APRIL 21, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S FOOD-SAFETY DRAFT: DEATH PENALTY FOR VIOLATORS
China released a draft of its food-safety law that includes imposing the death
- APRIL 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
in China, a Zhejiang business woman who received a death sentence for illegally raising funds appealed to the province's Supreme Court, a Beijing-based newspaper reported.
- APRIL 16, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER SHAANXI FREEWAY EXECUTIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
the former board chairman of a northwest Chinese freeway construction company received a death sentence, with a two-year stay, after being convicted for bribery.
- APRIL 15, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEFENDS USE OF DEATH PENALTY
China defended its use of the death penalty and said it planned to continue
- APRIL 14, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CALLS FOR ACTION AS CHINA EXECUTES 8,000 PEOPLE A YEAR
Amnesty International disclosed that China used capital punishment far more than
- APRIL 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHIEF JUSTICE CALLS FOR DEATH SENTENCES TO BE IMPOSED
China's chief justice told judges to impose the death penalty and other harsh