China

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300293156
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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China

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China (East & Southeast Asia)

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Introduction ::China

Background:

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the

rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early

20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major

famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War

II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic

socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed

strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of

millions of people. After 1978, MAO's successor DENG Xiaoping

and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic

development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the

population, living standards have improved dramatically and the

room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls

remain tight. China since the early 1990s has increased its global

outreach and participation in international organizations.

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Geography ::China

Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay,

Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 105 00 E

Map references: Asia

Area:

Total: 9,596,961 sq km

Country comparison to the world: 4

Land: 9,569,901 sq km

Water: 27,060 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US

Land boundaries:

Total: 22,117 km

Border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma

2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea

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1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km,

Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km,

Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km

regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Coastline: 14,500 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Contiguous zone: 24 nm

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Climate: Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Terrain: Mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains,

deltas, and hills in east

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m

Highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m

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Natural resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury,

tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium,

magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium,

hydropower potential (world's largest)

Land use:

Arable land: 14.86%

Permanent crops: 1.27%

Other: 83.87% (2005)

Irrigated land: 545,960 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 2,829.6 cu km (1999)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total: 549.76 cu km/yr (7%/26%/68%)

Per capita: 415 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards: Frequent typhoons (about five per year along

southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis;

earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence

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Volcnism: China contains some historically active volcanoes

including Changbaishan (also known as Baitoushan, Baegdu, or

P'aektu-san), Hainan Dao, and Kunlun although most have been

relatively inactive in recent centuries

Environment - current issues: air pollution (greenhouse gases,

sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid

rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution

from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of

agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic

development; desertification; trade in endangered species

Environment - international agreements:

Party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty,

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,

Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer

Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,

Wetlands, Whaling

Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note: world's fourth largest country (after Russia,

Canada, and US); Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the

world's tallest peak

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People ::China

Population: 1,330,141,295 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 1

Age structure:

0-14 years: 19.8% (male 140,877,745/female 124,290,090)

15-64 years: 72.1% (male 495,724,889/female 469,182,087)

65 years and over: 8.1% (male 51,774,115/female 56,764,042)

(2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 35.2 years

Male: 34.5 years

Female: 35.8 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.494% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 153

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Birth rate: 12.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 164

Death rate: 6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 142

Net migration rate: -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 135

Urbanization:

Urban population: 43% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 2.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 1.14 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.17 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female

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