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
- JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HK TYCOON
six of the eight people charged with the murder of Hong Kong millionaire Lam Hon-lit were found guilty at Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, a defence lawyer for the case said.
JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. CHINA EXECUTES EX-FOOD AND DRUG CHIEF
the execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu
- JULY 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES THREE
three professional hitmen were sentenced to death after being found guilty of multiple murders by a court in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
- JULY 6, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE DRUG OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a former department head at China's State Food and Drug Administration agency was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and neglecting official duties.
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RAILWAY ACCOUNTANT GETS DEATH FOR FRAUD
Zhang Ning, the former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China...
JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. CHINESE JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY APPLIED UNEVENLY ACROSS NATION, SEEKS TO UNIFY STANDARDS
China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the
- JULY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
10 UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER NARCOTICS
ten Ugandans held on charges of illicit drug trafficking in China will soon be lined
- JUNE 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICEMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES
a model policeman-turned-drug baron was sentenced to death while his five accomplices got varying jail terms in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
- JUNE 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: VANDALS FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR DAMAGING MILITARY FACILITIES
vandals who deliberately damage China's military telecommunication facilities will face long jail terms or even the death penalty, according to a judicial deliberation released by the Supreme People's Court (SPC).
- JUNE 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
three men, including a foreigner, were executed in China's southeast Fujian Province for drug dealing.
- JUNE 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China's top court announced that it had approved the death penalty for seven people for drug trafficking.
JUNE 23, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA ISSUES DEATH SENTENCES IN FAKE MONEY SCAM
a court in eastern Wenzhou city, China, has handed death sentences with a two-year reprieve to