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
- 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.
- AUGUST 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Fang Lei, 19...
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese government official has been executed for spying for Taiwan, and thousands of civil servants have been shown an “educational” video of the case as a warning, two government sources said.
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lu Weijin, an accountant in Zhongshan City in south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of embezzling 17 million yuan (US$ 2.12 million) in bank deposits.
- AUGUST 5, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING GIRLFRIEND
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced to death Cheng Jun...
- AUGUST 4, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ANHUI COURT EXECUTES THREE CONVICTS
Li Wei, Wang Qianjin, and Li Ya were executed.
- JULY 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Wen Mengjie, an official from the Agricultural Bank of China, was sentenced to death for corruption involving 15 million yuan ($1.87-million).
- JULY 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR OIL THEFT
Ding Hanqin and Luo Xingguo, two men who led an oil theft ring, were executed in Guangyuan City, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, for stealing oil from a pipeline in western China.
- JULY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER CHINESE POLICEMAN LIFTS LID ON ORGAN HARVESTING
earlier in the month a Canadian human rights organisation revealed the extent of political prisoners being executed in China and then harvested for body parts.