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
MARCH 13, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA PROMISES NOT TO EXECUTE CITIZEN IF REPATRIATED FROM CANADA
China promised not to sentence accused smuggler Lai Changxing to death because this was essential to have him repatriated from Canada, a Supreme Court spokesman said.
- MARCH 11, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MORE CAUTIOUSLY HANDLING OF DEATH PENALTY CASES URGED
China's four major law enforcement agencies called for more cautiously handling death penalty cases by jointly issuing a document.
- MARCH 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHINESE STUDENT
Fukuoka High Court, in Japan, upheld the death penalty for a former vocational...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HIGHEST COURT TO ORDER PROVINCES TO RETRY DEATH SENTENCES
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) will send back cases involving death sentence to provincial courts for retrial if it finds errors in judgement, instead of directly changing the sentence, according to a regulation released by the SPC.
FEBRUARY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH IN ANT-BREEDING SCHEME
Chinese court has ordered the death penalty for a businessman accused of deceiving investors out of 385
FEBRUARY 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. EXECUTION OF MUSLIM SEPARATIST
China executed an alleged Muslim separatist with a bullet through the heart. Ismail Semed, an Uighur from
- FEBRUARY 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG MEMBERS CONVICTED IN CHINESE CRIME CASE
an organized crime boss was given a suspended death sentence in China.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING PIMP
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced a Chongqing Municipality man to death for murder and robbery.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
Dong Changyou, 51, a four-time ex-con and unemployed...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DEFENDS USE OF DEATH PENALTY
China defended its use of the death penalty amid an international campaign urging the country to abolish capital punishment ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
- JANUARY 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER TOBACCO OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN EAST CHINA
a provincial court upheld the death sentence of a tobacco official in east China's Fulian Province.
- JANUARY 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO REPRIEVED DEATH FOR SWINDLING NEARLY 12 MILLION YUAN IN EAST CHINA
a fraudster was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve, for swindling millions of yuan from over 300 people, according to a spokesman with the Nanchang People's Intermediate Court in east China's Jiangxi Province.