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- In 1921, Mao Zedong set up the Chinese Communist Party. In 1949, Mao declared China to be a communist state called the People's Republic of China. He wanted the country to be an independent nation, free from foreigners and their ideas.
- The capital of china is Beijing and its population is 1.3 billion.
- The two major rivers in china are the Yangtze river and the Yellow river. The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world
- The three gorges dam was completed in 2012. At 5464 km the yellow river is the 6th longest river in the world . the river provides water and is important for China's fishing and transport industries . The Chinese call it china's sorrow because of it's frequent floods.
- Temperatures in the Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts may reach 45 degrees in summer and drop to -45 degrees in winter. Each desert receives only a few centimetres of rainfall a year.
- China's deserts are spreading at an alarming rate. Dust storms carry sand from the desert to areas of grassland used for farming. This is called desertification. The Gobi Desert overtakes 3600km of grassland each year.
- The silk road was an ancient trade route between Asia and Europe. The Green Wall of China is a wall of trees that is being planted to stop the Gobi desert from spreading.
- China is home to many species of animal including yak, bear, monkey and endangered species such as the snow leopard and the siberian tiger. The most famous endangered species in China is the giant panda. Its main source of food is the bamboo.
- in 1277 the Italian explorer Marco polo travelled the silk road to china and stayed there for 17 years . he returned home with valuable porcelain and amazing accounts of life in china .
- A doctor called sun Yat-sen was so worried about this that he set up the Chinese nationalist party to rid the country of foreigners .
- In 1911, the Chinese Nationalist Party forced Emperor Pu Yi off the throne and set up a democratic republic. Unfortunately Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Nationalist Party could not control the country and war broke out.
- 2/3 of china is covered in hills and mts. The highest mt range is the Himalayas. Mt Everest is the highest mt in the world .
- Communists believe that resources such as land, food and goods should be shared equally among the people of the country.
- Things can be censored in China. This means that certain foreign films and news reports are banned.
- In 1989 thousands of students protested in Tiananmen Square in Beijing calling for freedom, democracy, the right to vote and the removal of censorship. The Chinese Army opened fire on the students. Hundreds of them were killed and many more were imprisoned.
16.China's population is made up of 56 nationalities. The Han people make up 92% of the population. With a population of 1.3 billion, China is the world's most populated country. After a baby boom in the 1960s and 1970s China introduced a one-child policy to control its growing population. The policy allows couples to have only one child. The population is forecast to decrease to 800 million by 2099.
- The dragon is a symbol of good luck and health in China. Also, many Chinese believe in a natural force in nature called Tao. Tao has 2 parts: Yin and Yang. Yin is the female side. It represents Earth, darkness and the moon. Yang is the male side. It represents the sky, light and the sun.
- China is a manufacturing superpower with a booming economy. It has large quantities of natural resources like coal, oil, salt, gold, uranium and iron. Wages are low which means that products can be made and sold cheaply. Manufacturing has brought great wealth to the country, but it has also brought many problems. For example, coal burning has caused high levels of water and air pollution.
- China builds a new city every year. This is because 12 million people a year move from rural areas to urban areas in search of a better life. Therefore, many cities are affected by overcrowding, pollution and traffic jams.
- Farms are small in China and much of the work is done without the aid of machinery. Water buffalo and oxen are often used to plough fields instead of tractors. Individual farmers do not own the land, instead they rent it from the local village.
- China is the largest producer of rice in the world. Rice is grown in flooded fields called paddies. The country also produces wheat, maize, sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, tea, soya beans, sugar cane and rubber.
- Sericulture (silk farming) was invented in China thousands of years ago. Silkworms are reared on mulberry leaves. Each worm spins more than 1 kilometre of silken thread to make a cocoon. The cocoons are collected and made into raw silk, which is used to produce expensive clothes.