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
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA WILL NOT ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, FOR NOW – PREMIER
Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, told reporters in Helsinki after the EU-China summit...
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Gu Huaming to death for the stabbing murder of a Taiwan businessman surnamed Lien at a night club in Jing'an District on October 6, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HIGHLY CRITICAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHINA
just prior to the 9th EU-China Summit...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. GOVERNMENT SHOULD RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITH CHINA, D’ELIA
Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain and MP for the Rose in the Fist Party, made the following declaration:
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HER HUSBAND IN THE US
a Shanghai court sentenced 29-year-old Danlei Chen to death with a two-year reprieve for murdering her husband and hiding his dismembered body in the trunk of a car.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PRODUCING, TRADING DRUGS IN EAST CHINA
a husband and wife were sentenced to death and to life imprisonment respectively in southeast China's Jiangxi Province for making and trafficking drugs.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEMBERS OF CRIME RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ren Jianying, Tang Weitao and Tang Yongli were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court in China’s Shaanxi Province for their involvement in a crime ring responsible for 22 robberies, 28 thefts and one murder from 2000 to 2004.
- AUGUST 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TOMB RAIDERS GET SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCES
a Chinese court handed suspended death sentences to two people for stealing from an ancient tomb...
- AUGUST 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MENTALLY ILL DRIVER WHO KILLED FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Lin Qingqi, a driver whose car hit a group of people, killing four and injuring 22 in Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years.
- AUGUST 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PROSECUTOR EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE
Chen Ping, a former chief prosecutor in Qindu district, northwest China's Shaanxi province, was put to death for drugging his wife and then stabbing her to death.
- AUGUST 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks...
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks, and central government involvement, a former Chinese policeman said authorities were stealing organs from people detained in China
- AUGUST 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DENIES IMMINENT EXECUTION OF UIGHUR-CANADIAN
China denied a report that it was about to execute a Uighur-Canadian activist it accused of terrorism, saying his trial was not yet over.