Hong Kong SAR China
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- limited presidential democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 1990, approved by the National People's Congress of China
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Chinese model and English common law,
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Council
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Final Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian majorities
From the country
- AUGUST 10, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong...
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong Kong resident, for counterfeiting and smuggling fake currency
- JULY 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, sentenced...
A Chinese court in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, sentenced Hong Kong businessman Chu Kam-wing, 49, to death with a two year suspension
- JUNE 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China...
10 convicted drug traffickers were executed in China as the country marked international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
- APRIL 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows...
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows convicts from either country to serve their sentences at home, provided the offence they have committed is a crime in both places
- APRIL 12, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman, Li Kwing-choy, held in Guangdong...
A Hong Kong businessman, Li Kwing-choy, held in Guangdong (China) since June 1998, was given a suspended death sentence for issuing fake cheques
- JANUARY 14, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death...
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death for murder by Fuzhou City Intermediate People's Court in China
- JANUARY 1, 2003Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- JANUARY 28, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 27, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary...
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary said "China's Communist leaders traditionally celebrate religious holidays with the persecution of believers
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U