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CHINA

CHINA. Fig. 10-5a, p. 278. ARID CHINA Sparse Population. Wet China Heavily Populated. CHINA. 4 th Largest Area in World 1 st in Population . Population. Coast Rivers. The One-Child Policy urban parents required to have only one child

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CHINA

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  1. CHINA

  2. Fig. 10-5a, p. 278

  3. ARID CHINA • Sparse Population Wet China • Heavily Populated

  4. CHINA • 4th Largest Area in World • 1st in Population

  5. Population • Coast • Rivers

  6. The One-Child Policy • urban parents required to have only one child • tax and education benefits restricted to first child only • rural families often given exemption • loss of girls through abortion (as many as 40 million)

  7. Urban China • 31% Urbanized • 360 Million in cities

  8. Ethnic Groups

  9. Language • Chinese... • Spoken Chinese varies…Mandarin, Cantonese, etc. • Written Chinese is ideographic… • Characters rather than alphabet (click for details)

  10. Ancient Chinese Philosophy (6th Century B.C.) • Confucius • Concerned with duty, ritual, order, morality, respect, and proper government • Taoism • The Tao in Tao de Ching • Lao-Tsu • Concerned with nature, harmony, flow, peace

  11. Silk Road

  12. Colonial Spheres

  13. Recent History • Republic of China • 1911-1949 • Nationalists Ruled • Chinese Presidents • Sun Yat-Sen  • Chiang Kai-Shek • 1949, Lost Civil War • Fled to…

  14. People’s Republic of China • 1949-Present • Communist… • Mao Zedong • 1949-1976

  15. People’s Republic of China • Great Leap Forward (1958-1962) • 20-30 million starved as plows turned into industrial iron • Cultural Revolution (1958 – 1976) • Attempt to remove capitalist and colonial ideas and persons from power

  16. Economic Liberalization • Premier Deng Xiaoping (1977-1997) cracked down on Tiananmen Square Protestors but publicly stated that “To get rich is glorious.” • Policy is called “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.” • Special Economic Zones • 5 established • Foreign investment incentives… • Low taxes • Easier import/export regulations • Simplified land leases • Open Cities • 14 coastal cities… • National investment focused on 4

  17. China’s Economic Zones

  18. Manchuria • Northeast China • X Cold Winter • Forested • Harbin • Russians… • Japan 1931-45 • Mines, Factories

  19. North China Wind • Hot, Rainy Summer • Very Cold, Dry Winter • Winter Monsoon

  20. North China • Huang He • “Yellow River” • Silt • Floods

  21. North China • Ancient Chinese Civilization • Xi’an…

  22. 1974 Discovery… Emperor Qin, 200 BC Xi’an

  23. North China Plain • Excellent Soil • Farming • Wheat • Mandarin Cuisine • Noodles

  24. Beijing • 2nd Largest City… • Chinese Capital for 1000 Years • Forbidden City…

  25. Beijing – Forbidden City

  26. Beijing – Forbidden City

  27. Great Wall

  28. Great Wall • 200 BC • Built to hold back Mongols • Failed; Kublai Kahn was great Mongol emperor

  29. Great Wall

  30. Great Wall

  31. Chang Jiang • “Yangtze River” • Deep • Good for Shipping

  32. Shanghai • Largest City… • Colonial Capital • Seaport The “Bund”

  33. Shanghai • Economic Center

  34. Chang Gorges • 3 Gorges Dam on Yangtze River • Hydro Power = 18 nuclear plants • Massive Lake • Displace 1,400,000

  35. Figure 13-D, p. 365

  36. South China • Xi River

  37. Xi (Hsi) River • Hot & Humid • Rice • Double-Cropping • Food & Language… • Cantonese Rice Harvest

  38. Limestone Towers

  39. Hong Kong • Largest City, S. China

  40. Hong Kong Harbor

  41. Hong Kong • British Colony • Due to Opium War • British Vs. China, 1830s • Fought over access to trade and trade goods • Was returned to China in 1997

  42. Tibet

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