Independence Year : -1523
Population : 1300100000
Life Expectancy : 71.4
Capital : 1891
GNP : 982268.00
GNP Old : 917719.00
Local Name : Zhongquo
Government Form : People'sRepublic
Location : Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Terrain : Plains, deltas, and hills in east; mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west
Climate : From tropical in south to subarctic in north.
Ethnic Group : Han Chinese 91.6%; beside the Han population China recognizes fifty-five minority nationalities which comprise 8.4 percent of China's total population among them are: Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi, Mongolian, Tibetan, Buyi, Korean and other nationa
Religions : Officially atheist; Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity.
Official Website :
www.cppcc.gov.cn/
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General Information - China
Background
For centuries China has stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences.
But in the first half of the 20th century, China was beset by major famines, civil unrest, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established a dictatorship that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people.
After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping gradually introduced market-oriented reforms and decentralized economic decision making. Output quadrupled in the next 20 years and China now has the world's second largest GDP. Political controls remain tight even while economic controls continue to weaken.
(Source: CIA - The World Factbook)
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