• Former Hainan judge pleads guilty to bribery

    2020-06-18

    Zhang Jiahui, former Hainan High People's Court vice-president, dubbed "the richest judge in China", pleaded guilty to taking bribes during a court hearing on June 17 in South China's Hainan province.

  • Special court instituted in China's Qinghai to hear environmental cases

    2020-06-11

    Northwest China's Qinghai Province has instituted a special court that will hear environmental cases and provide legal services for the ecological protection of the Qilian Mountains.

  • Man sentenced to one year in jail for poaching rare fish

    2020-06-05

    A court in Shanghai has sentenced a man to one year in jail for poaching and killing an endangered Chinese sturgeon, with a fine of 5,000 yuan (about 704 U.S. dollars).

  • Man who murdered wife, hid body, executed in Shanghai

    2020-06-05

    A Shanghai man who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for three months was executed on Thursday, the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court said.

  • Court ruling clarifies need to regulate activities of online video platforms

    2020-06-05

    A recent court ruling against a leading Chinese video streaming service has answered questions about demands for extra payment for "advance screening on-demand" access to popular new TV dramas and will contribute to the regulation of the industry, legal experts said.

  • Henan man files for compensation over wrongful detention

    2020-06-03

    Wu Chunhong, a villager from Henan province who had his name cleared in April due to insufficient evidence to prove his conviction of intentional homicide, applied for more than 18.72 million yuan ($2.64 million) in compensation to the Henan High People's Court on June 3.

  • Court lightens sentences in generic cancer drug case

    2020-06-03

    The Jiangsu High People's Court announced its verdict online on June 2 in a case involving the purchase and sale of generic anti-cancer drugs from India. It changed the trial court's finding of the crime of selling fake drugs to the crime of illegal business operation.

  • Top court to review child rapist's reduced sentence

    2020-05-12

    China's top court said on May 10 that it has decided to review a case in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, less than two months after a convicted rapist's death sentence was reduced to a suspended death sentence.