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
- JUNE 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING STUDENTS
a teacher in northwestern China was sentenced to death for raping 18 primary school girls, the second such case in the same area, state media reported.
- JUNE 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FEWER EXECUTIONS AFTER LEGAL REFORM
The number of people executed has dropped in the first five months of the year after the Supreme People's
- JUNE 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 6 PEOPLE IN E CHINA
a Chinese man was sentenced to death for murder, rape and burglary and fined 520,000 yuan, according to a ruling by a court in east China.
- JUNE 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
RIGHTS IMAGE HAUNTS CHINA BEFORE GAMES: CAMPAIGNER
China has executed far fewer people since being awarded the 2008 Olympics six years ago but the
- MAY 29, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES FORMER DRUG REGULATOR TO DEATH
the former head of China's top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to
- MAY 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SEEKS EXTRADITION PACTS IN SPITE OF DEATH PENALTY
China has called on Western countries to put aside fears about its death penalty and sign
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- APRIL 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court issued the death penalty to a robber who killed an elderly shop worker for a few hundred yuan.
- APRIL 16, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMAN, 80, RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE IN DRUGS CASE
an 80 year old woman received a suspended death sentence in southern China for smuggling opium to pay for her grave plot, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- APRIL 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE SAUSAGE SELLER SPARED EXECUTION
a Chinese roadside sausage seller was given a suspended death sentence for slitting a government inspector's throat
- MARCH 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DUO MAY FACE FIRING SQUAD FOR DRUG CRIMES IF DEPORTED
two illegal immigrants who worked on one of Scotland's biggest cannabis farms face execution when deported, their lawyer claimed.