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 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CONVICTED BEIJING OFFICIAL GIVES UP DEATH TERM APPEAL
a former district chief in Beijing said he will not appeal his death sentence for taking bribes worth 16.7 million yuan (US$2.38 million), the Beijing Times reported.
- APRIL 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EP: BEIJING-TALK WITH DALAI LAMA AND INTRODUCE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
a resolution approved by the European Parliament states that the European Union
- APRIL 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WAITER GETS DEATH FOR ARSON THAT KILLED 11
a Chinese court sentenced a man to death for setting fire to the karaoke bar where he worked, killing 11 people, the official Xinhua news agency said.
- APRIL 7, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRIA ASKS CHINA TO REVOKE DEATH PENALTY ON CHINESE 'SPY'
Austria's President Heinz Fischer appealed to Beijing to spare the life of a
- MARCH 31, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO BANK WORKERS EXECUTED
Two Chinese bank workers who spent about 45 million yuan (6.4 million dollars)
- MARCH 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TIBET. RADICALS: RE-LAUNCH OF WORLD SATYAGRAHA FOR PEACE, FREEDOM AND RIGHTS WITH KARMA CHOPEL
“Our hope is that European leaders don't compromise morality and the lives of innocent people for economics.” This appeal was launched by the President of the Tibetan Parliament in exile, Karma Chopel, at a press conference at the European Parliament with
- MARCH 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN BOSS GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR FRAUD
a woman boss of a beauty parlour was sentenced to death in east China's Zhejiang
- MARCH 21, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VILLAGE HEAD IN CHINA EXECUTED FOR KILLING SIX
the head of a village in the Chinese central province of Henan was executed for murdering six people with an illegally owned gun in a series of disputes...
- MARCH 19, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TIBET. D'ELIA, DALAI LAMA NEEDS OUR HELP
Radical Parliamentarian Sergio D’Elia said at a demonstration of solidarity with
- MARCH 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO RATIFY UN COVENANT ON CIVIL RIGHTS: WEN JIABAO
China said it would ratify the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at an
- MARCH 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS FOR RELEASE OF DATA ON DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS
Hands Off Cain asks China to provide data on the number of people sentenced to death and the number of executions performed.
- MARCH 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIRST EXECUTIONS IN CHENGDU AFTER SHIFT TO LETHAL INJECTION
the intermediate people's court of southwest China's Chengdu city used lethal