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China – growth and change

China – growth and change. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/china_modern/html/3.stm. Economic growth. Mass production – The Chinese city of Shenzhen produces 80% of the world’s Christmas trees. $983 million worth of C hristmas tree ornaments exported to the US each year….

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China – growth and change

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  1. China – growth and change http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/china_modern/html/3.stm

  2. Economic growth

  3. Mass production – The Chinese city of Shenzhen produces 80% of the world’s Christmas trees $983 million worth of Christmas tree ornaments exported to the US each year… Hi Ho Hi Ho….. Take your pick…

  4. Chongqing – the fastest growing city in the world… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQGyh0qiT9I

  5. A rising tide floats all boats • …Growing middle-class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mOA-oRpJ8

  6. Growing personal mobility From 1977 to 2008, China’s vehicle ownership increased from 1 million to 51 million. During that period, per capital disposable income for Chinese households increased 46-fold in nominal terms.[ Bloomberg News, January 2010 ]

  7. Migration • Long-term economic migration • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXg-kYk-LU

  8. Growing pains - Gridlock Video… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Dx5NNZDD4 Newspaper report… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7961325/Chinese-drivers-stuck-in-the-longest-traffic-jam.html

  9. Growing energy demands

  10. the electricity-generating capacity (from coal-fired power stations) rose from just over 10 gigawatts (GW) in 2002 to over 80GW in 2006 (a large plant has about 1GW capacity).

  11. Rising personal wealth???

  12. West-East and socio-cultural divides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGbGMIaGz1o The Uighurs of Xinjiang

  13. High – speed development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix7Av9PEa-8 – promotional video, China now media-savvy.

  14. Travel times

  15. 3 Gorges dam

  16. Safeguarding the future • Chinese investment in the developed world… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqxVk3RAeA&NR=1&feature=endscreen • Chinese development in Africa and the LEDW.

  17. Re-cap • China has seen very rapid economic growth. This will continue to make China a world power. • - Importance of mass production to rest of the world and to growing home market • - “Every boat rises on a high tide” • China has seen very rapid urbanisation through mass-migration • - congestion/gridlock/overcrowding • - Demand for energy • China has engaged in a very high-speed development programme • Ability to embrace new technologies. • Housing/ city building. • Transport and other infrastructure. • China has experienced ‘growing pains’ • Social Issues – East/West divide. Treatment of ethnic minorities • Political change; • - Change from Communism to controlled capitalism • - Emergence of a wealthy middle-class/large home market • - Struggle to control expectations • - Sacrifice of individual for good of China becoming more difficult

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