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
- MARCH 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA 'STILL EXECUTING PRISONERS FOR ORGANS'
the killing of persecuted groups in Chinese military hospitals so that their organs
- MARCH 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXECUTIONS DROP 30% IN 2007
The Dui Hua Foundation, a San Francisco-based group that advocates for
- MARCH 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TIBET. RADICALS OPEN THE "FREE TIBET" MARCH IN DHARAMSALA AND BEGIN THE WORLD SATYAGRAHA FOR PEACE
in Dharamsala, the capital of the Tibetan Government in exile, the Non Violent
- MARCH 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUPREME COURT REJECTS 15 PERCENT OF DEATH SENTENCES IN 2007: REPORT
China's Supreme Court rejected 15 percent of all death sentences handed
- MARCH 5, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PARLIAMENT OPENS AMID EXECUTIONS
Ten people were executed in central China, just as the annual session of parliament opened, Chinese press reported.
- MARCH 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SICHUAN ADOPTS 'HUMANE' NEEDLE OF DEATH
the capital city of southwestern China's Sichuan Province will formally
- FEBRUARY 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA BRINGS OUT WHITE PAPER ON RULE OF LAW
China came out with a White Paper spiritedly hailing the Communist nation's
- FEBRUARY 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OPEN LETTER TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia
- FEBRUARY 4, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the People’s High Court in Liaoning, China...
the People’s High Court in Liaoning, China...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man was sentenced to death in China for the murder of Tatiana Doronina...
an unidentified man was sentenced to death in China for the murder of Tatiana Doronina...
- JANUARY 31, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CARRYING DRUGS
Chinese courts sentenced three Indonesian women to death for bringing
- JANUARY 31, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a former senior legislator from east China's Jiangsu Province was sentenced to
a former senior legislator from east China's Jiangsu Province was sentenced to