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
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE GETS SUSPENDED IN SHANGHAI CASE
in China, the former chairman of one of Shanghai's biggest industrial companies...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Zhou Liji, who had served time for fraud and larceny, was executed in China for drug trafficking, the Shanghai Daily said.
- DECEMBER 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR MURDER
a government official and his two accomplices were sentenced to death in China for murder...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORCING PUPILS INTO PROSTITUTION
China's most wanted couple were sentenced to death in southwest China's Guizhou Province for forcing 23 girls...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SHANGHAI'S TOP CRIME BOSS EXECUTED
Li Bin, 41, the self-proclaimed "King of Shanghai's underworld" was executed after the Supreme Court...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
China voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a gang of six people were given sentences ranging from death to 15 years in jail
- DECEMBER 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
Xuan Xiong, a top fisheries official in southern China's Guangdong province was sentenced to death for the murder of a man that was to take over his job...
- DECEMBER 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING AMBITIOUS DEPUTY
a chief who killed his ambitious deputy in Guangdong Province in China was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 11, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: VILLAGE HEAD GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a village chief in central China's Henan Province was sentenced to death...
- DECEMBER 6, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE HIGHWAY EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
a transport executive accused of corruption involving a total of 50 million yuan (US$6.8 million) was sentenced to death in north eastern China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
- DECEMBER 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAIR WHO KILLED EIGHT IN CRIME SPREE
two men were sentenced to death after going on a nationwide crime spree in which they killed eight people, including a two year old boy, state press said.