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
- JANUARY 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT ORDERS DEATH PENALTY, JAIL TERMS FOR DRUG OFFENSES
a man surnamed Chen has been sentenced to death in southeast China's Fujian Province after being convicted of producing the illegal methamphetamine drug
- JANUARY 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VILLAGER EXECUTED FOR SLAYING ONE WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN
a man, 52-year-old Liang Jiqian, who hacked to death a woman and four children with a firewood chopper last April in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been executed.
- JANUARY 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES 1 JAPANESE, 2 CHINESE TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE
a Chinese court sentenced a Japanese man and his two Chinese accomplices to death for attempting to smuggle drugs from China to Japan...
- JANUARY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OIL THIEVES TO FACE DEATH PENALTY
serious cases of oil and gas theft could result in the death penalty, according to a legal document released by the Supreme People's Court recently.
- JANUARY 11, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWO PUPILS IN NORTHWEST CHINA
a local court sentenced a man to death for killing two students in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in revenge for the death of his daughter.
- JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAXI PASSENGERS
a court in south China sentenced a motorcycle-taxi driver to death for killing his wife and a neighbour and robbing, sexually assaulting and murdering eight woman passengers, state media said.
JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYFOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH CHINA
four people were executed for drug trafficking in Yulin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chen Lizhen was one of four people convicted of trafficking 65 kilograms of heroin from
- JANUARY 4, 2007FranceDEATH PENALTY
ROW ERUPTS OVER FRANCE-CHINA EXTRADITION TREATY
rights groups raised a chorus of alarm over French plans to sign an extradition treaty with China, despite the Asian giant's dismal record on prisoners' rights and widespread use of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF CHILDREN
Gong Runbo, 33, was executed in northeast China.
- DECEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR BEATING POLICEMAN TO DEATH
Zhou Chuanquan, convicted of beating a policeman to death...
- DECEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO EXECUTED FOR BLASTS AT INTERNET CAFES
China executed two men found guilty of causing explosions at two Internet cafes in central China that killed two people.