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 21, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES 14 GANG MEMBERS TO DEATH
a Chinese court has sentenced 14 gang members to death for murder
- JUNE 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
XU Yuhua, a Jiangxi Province farmer...
- JUNE 19, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
EX-STUDENT'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING COUPLE UPHELD
the Supreme Court in Japan upheld a lower court decision sentencing a former Chinese graduate student to death for killing a compatriot student and her Chinese husband in 2000 after his overtures to her were rejected
- JUNE 18, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER OVER STOCK LOSSES
Li Gongxin, from the northeastern city of Harbin, China...
- JUNE 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CONSIDERS CASH FOR CLEMENCY
Under pressure to reduce its huge number of annual executions as it prepares
- JUNE 14, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CAPITAL CASES MORE TRANSPARENT
trials that could lead to a death sentence will be subjected to further openness and transparency in
- JUNE 12, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINA FOOD AND DRUG BOSS APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
the former head of China's food and drug agency has appealed his death sentence on a corruption
- 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
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 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 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 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 PENALTYCHINA 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