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
MAY 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 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, 2007MalaysiaDEATH 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, 2007United KingdomDEATH 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.
MARCH 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYFRANCE, CHINA SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY
France's justice minister said an extradition treaty signed with China would not be applied to people accused of political or military crimes.
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR CONVICTS
China's highest court has approved four death sentences for violent crimes in its first rulings since being handed the power of final approval on capital punishment earlier this year, state press said.
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EPILEPTIC MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
a court in Beihai, in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sentenced a man to death with a two year grace period.
MARCH 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA METES OUT LEAST NUMBER OF DEATH SENTENCES IN '06
The number of death sentences meted out last year by Chinese courts hit a record low in more than a
- MARCH 13, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEATH PENALTY FOR DOUBLE MURDER
the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liu Xinglei to death for murder.