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
- AUGUST 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ISSUES DECREE ON REVIEWING DEATH PENALTY
China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a new decree on reviewing death penalty sentences, clarifying specific regulations in reviewing cases...
- AUGUST 3, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-POLICE OFFICER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
a former Chinese police officer has been sentenced to death for running a 34-member gang that engaged in murder, extortion and prostitution, Xinhua news agency reported.
- JULY 27, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UGANDAN DRUG TRAFFICKER TO HANG
one of the seven Ugandans held in China over drug-related offences was sentenced to death according to Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa.
JULY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING OIL
a Chinese court sentenced two men to death for masterminding a plot to steal oil from
- JULY 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DRUG RELATED DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED
in China, Shanghai's High Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on the city's most notorious criminal gang leader.
- JULY 24, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CHINESE MAN WHO KILLED BEGGAR FOR ORGANS
Wang Chaoyang, a Chinese villager from the northern province of Heibei...
- JULY 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MULTIPLE MURDERS
a mentally ill man in south China's Guangdong Province received a suspended death sentence for murdering five family members and an employee with a hammer.
JULY 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE MAN GETS DEATH FOR SLAVERY SCANDAL
China sentenced a man to death and jailed another 28 people for their roles in a massive
- JULY 16, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
the identities of seven Ugandans, including two women, who face death over drug trafficking offences in China have been revealed.
- JULY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES FIVE GANG MEMBERS TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a Chinese court sentenced to death the ringleader of a juvenile gang responsible for the rape of more than 40 girls, the Xinhua news agency said.
- JULY 12, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING SIX FAMILY MEMBERS
Dong Gang, a native of Nong'an County in northeast China's Jilin Province...
- JULY 12, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN FACES DEATH FOR KILLING STUDENT
a man was sentenced to death for killing a 19 year old university student in a robbery in November 2006.