CHINA

GEOGRAPHY

• Population:1.25 billion
• 3rd Largest Country
• Capital: Beijing
• Area of 9.6 million square km
• Coast line of 18,000 km

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• China has many features including
• - Plateaus, Plains, Foothills, Rivers, Deserts
• & Mountains. Major features include:
• Great Wall of China, Himalayas
• Plateau of Tibet, Taklimakan & Gobi Desert

PLATEAU OF TIBET

• The Tibetan Plateau is the largest plateau
• Includes all of the Tibetan & Northern China region
• It has the world s highest mountain - Mt Everest
• Largest Canyon- Yarlung Zangbo River Great Canyon
• It consists of high mountains, rivers & gorges

YANGTZE & YELLOW RIVER

• The Yangtze River is the third longest river (4000m)
• It has high banks, so homes are safe when it floods
• Yellow River is about 3000 miles long
• Civilization began along the river 5000 years ago
• It is nicknamed " The Great Sorrow "

GOBI & TAKLIMAKAN DESERT

• The Gobi Desert is one of the driest in the world
• Oasis are rare to be found in the Gobi Desert
• Taklimakan Desert is nicknamed " Sea of Death"
• It offers poisonous snakes, sandstorms & freezing nights
• In fact, it is the second largest desert in the world

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

• It is a wall that covers much of the northern border of China
• It was built to keep out invaders from the north ( Mongols )
• It started from the Qin Dynasty, millions of people worked
• It was built over the course of 1000 years
• The Ming Dynasty continued building the wall and finished it

CLIMATE

• North China: Cold & Dry in Winter, Warm in Summer
• South China: Warm & Wet in Winter, Rainy & hot in Summer
• East China: Cool Winter, Hot in Summer
• West China: Extremely Cold in Winter, Very Dry & Cold in Summer
• Central China: Warm all year

HISTORY

• Chinese civilization began along the Yellow River
• It was ruled by Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi ( Qin Dynasty ) 222 BC
• Inventions of Ancient China has proved enormous contribution
• Dynasties were established until the Opium War, China became weak
• This led to Nationalist Party. In 1949 , they fled, where Communist took over

RURAL LIFE

• China faces many challenges to reduce residual poverty
• Main reasons are: Poor Infrastructure, Poor Education
• - No access to Land, Water, Technical Assistance & Healthcare
• - Little means of Transport, Disasters, Unemployment
• 55% resides in rural areas, most people are engaged in farming

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

• Shanghai (22 million) Beijing (19 million)
• Tianjin (11 million) Guangzhou (11 million)
• Shenzhen (10 million) Dongguan (8 million)
• Taipei ( 8 million) Chengdu (7 million)
• Hong Kong (7 million) Hangzhou (7 million)

MAJOR CITIES

• Shanghai (largest city & center of technology)
• Beijing (capital & political center of China)
• Hong Kong (shopping center,SAR,TV industry)
• Macao (gaming,racing industries & 2nd SAR)
• Tianjin (biggest port in North China)