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China: Human Geography
Topography
Population
Language
Ethnicities
Religion
Map of the World
34 administrative units 23 pvovinces;5 autonomous regions; 4 municipalities, 2 special
administrative regions.
China 1.pptx
I. China: Topography
Topography
China Topography Map
Mountainous areas and Plateau 70%
many of other 30% are deserts, gobi, water, saline and alkaline land
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Shandong Province
Arable land percent
Arable land area (thousand km2)
Rank
Country or
region
2012
¡ª World 13,958
1 India 1,562
2 United States 1,551
3 Russia 1,197
4 China 1,065/9,600
5 EU 1,083
6 Brazil 726
7 Australia 471
8 Canada 459
9 Argentina 392
10 Nigeria 350
many astonishing natural sceneries.
After visiting the five sacred mountains I decided not to see the
other mountains, but after my return from Mount Huang I don¡¯t
care even to glance at the five holy mountains.
The five sacred
mountains
? Mt. Taishan,
Shandong
? Mt. Huashan ,
Shanxi,
? Mt. Hengshan ,
Shanxi,
? Mt. Hengshan,
Hunan
? Mt. Songshan,
Henan.
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China High-speed Rail
Development Goals
29,000 kilometers, in 2018, more than 2/3
2. China: Population
China: Population
2006
Urban Rural
44% 56%
2018
Urban Rural
56% 44%
China: Population
Population Density
¡°HuHuanyong Line¡±: land: 43%vs(E)57(W);population:94%vs6%
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China: Population
? Consequences:
? Food supply supports 21% of the world's population with 9%
of the world's cultivable land.
? Resource strain and Energy security: hydropower, coal,
iron and oil
China: Population
? Counter-measures:
? Family plan as a national policy late marriages and delayed child-
birth, Birth control and calling for one child per couple.
? 100-200 million more new babies to 400 million or more
China: Population
Adjustment of Family plan policy: from one baby to two babies
? Double single child of parents(around2000)
? one singlechild of parents(2013)
? lift the control to two babies(2016) 6 million morebabies(est.)every year
3. China: Language
Pictograph
Calligraphy(handwriting)
3. China: Language
Chinese-Hanyu previously mainly spoken by Han nationality
Most minority ethnic groups, especially the Hui and Zhuang nationalities have
already turned to solely or mainly using the Chinese language, some use
Chinese language or use their own language and Chinese language dually.
3. China: Language
? Different
pronunciation
(dialects)
? Written with
same
character
since Qin
dynasty as
unifying force
? popularizing
Mandarin
Chinese
4. China: Ethnicities
4. China: Ethnicities
? United multi-ethnic
country
? 55 minority ethnic
groups recognized by
government
? from more than 10
millions to just
several dozens of
hundreds.
? £¨Minorities:8.5%£©
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4. China: Ethnicities
Generally mixed, partly concentrated
Some are cross-territory ethnicities.
4. China: Ethnicities
4. China: Ethnicities
English
Name
Chinese
Name
2010
Shares
2010
Population
2000
Population
1990
Population
Growth
rate
Han ºº×å 91.6% 1,220,844 K 1,139,773 K 1,042,482 K 17.11%
Zhuang ׳×å 1.27% 16,926 16,187 15,489 9.28%
Hui »Ø×å 0.79% 10,586 9,828 8,602 23.06%
Manchu Âú×å 0.78% 10,387 10,708 9,821 5.76%
Uyghur άÎá¶û×å 0.75% 10,069 8,405 7,214 39.58%
Miao Ãç×å 0.71% 9,426 8,945 7,398 27.00%
Yi ÒÍ×å 0.65% 8,714 7,765 6,572 32.59%
Tujia ÍÁ¼Ò×å 0.63% 8,353 8,037 5,704 46.44%
Tibetan ²Ø×å 0.47% 6,282 5,422 4,593 36.77%
Mongol ÃɹÅ×å 0.45% 5,981 5,827 4,806 24.45%
1953£º6.1%£¬1990£º8.04%£¬2010£º8.49%£¬11,379,2211¡£
Generally Minority ethnicities can have two babies, no matter what gender of the first one.
Local governments have power to make their own regulation based on the law on family plan.
5. China: Religion
Not deeply religious?
10% or 30% religious?
Religion in China
? Chinese folk religion (81.1%)
veneration of forces of nature and ancestors
? Salvationist religions (2.2%)
? endemic belief in Sea God, Queen of heaven, Wealth God, Martial God
? Atheism (6.3%)
? Confucianism: as a system of thoughts or a religion?
? Buddhism (6.2%) spread into China during Han Dynasty around the
Christian era
? Christianity (2.3%-5%) mainly Catholicism£¬break away from Rome.
? Islam (1.7%)arose in China's coastal cities in Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)
by Arab traders, Uygur, Hui and Kazak, etc.
? Other faiths (0.2%)-Daoism
indigenous, founded in China during the Han Dynasty, famous for regimen
and fortune-telling technique
Ancestral hall or ancestral temple
and the memorial tablet
Zhongyue and Dai Temple was the place
where emperors and ministers paid
their respects to the God of Mount
Songshan and Taishan
Religion in China
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The first Confucian Temple
in Qufu.
Confucius as great teacher, no superhuman
deity; respect ghost and god, but keep distant
Great Xiangguo Monastery£¨Kaifeng, Henan£©
is another national AAAA tourist spot as one
of the ten famous monasteries and temples
in China.
Shaolin Temple first built in 495 AD,
Shaolin Temple is famous for Chinese
Kung Fu or Martial Arts
Famen Temple is famous for discovery the
fingers bones of Buddha and became
Buddhist pilgrimage.
White Horse Temple is honored as ¡®the
Cradle of Buddhism in China¡¯, which is a
historic sit with possesses more than 1,900
years with a well-preserved appearance.
practice martial art, powerful
? Integration of Confucianism, Buddhism
Taoism from Tang and Song dynasty
Harmony and Revival

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  • 2. Map of the World
  • 3. 34 administrative units 23 pvovinces;5 autonomous regions; 4 municipalities, 2 special administrative regions.
  • 7. China Topography Map Mountainous areas and Plateau 70% many of other 30% are deserts, gobi, water, saline and alkaline land
  • 10. Arable land percent Arable land area (thousand km2) Rank Country or region 2012 ¡ª World 13,958 1 India 1,562 2 United States 1,551 3 Russia 1,197 4 China 1,065/9,600 5 EU 1,083 6 Brazil 726 7 Australia 471 8 Canada 459 9 Argentina 392 10 Nigeria 350
  • 11. many astonishing natural sceneries. After visiting the five sacred mountains I decided not to see the other mountains, but after my return from Mount Huang I don¡¯t care even to glance at the five holy mountains. The five sacred mountains ? Mt. Taishan, Shandong ? Mt. Huashan , Shanxi, ? Mt. Hengshan , Shanxi, ? Mt. Hengshan, Hunan ? Mt. Songshan, Henan.
  • 13. China High-speed Rail Development Goals 29,000 kilometers, in 2018, more than 2/3
  • 15. China: Population 2006 Urban Rural 44% 56% 2018 Urban Rural 56% 44%
  • 16. China: Population Population Density ¡°HuHuanyong Line¡±: land: 43%vs(E)57(W);population:94%vs6%
  • 18. China: Population ? Consequences: ? Food supply supports 21% of the world's population with 9% of the world's cultivable land. ? Resource strain and Energy security: hydropower, coal, iron and oil
  • 19. China: Population ? Counter-measures: ? Family plan as a national policy late marriages and delayed child- birth, Birth control and calling for one child per couple. ? 100-200 million more new babies to 400 million or more
  • 20. China: Population Adjustment of Family plan policy: from one baby to two babies ? Double single child of parents(around2000) ? one singlechild of parents(2013) ? lift the control to two babies(2016) 6 million morebabies(est.)every year
  • 24. 3. China: Language Chinese-Hanyu previously mainly spoken by Han nationality Most minority ethnic groups, especially the Hui and Zhuang nationalities have already turned to solely or mainly using the Chinese language, some use Chinese language or use their own language and Chinese language dually.
  • 25. 3. China: Language ? Different pronunciation (dialects) ? Written with same character since Qin dynasty as unifying force ? popularizing Mandarin Chinese
  • 27. 4. China: Ethnicities ? United multi-ethnic country ? 55 minority ethnic groups recognized by government ? from more than 10 millions to just several dozens of hundreds. ? £¨Minorities:8.5%£©
  • 29. 4. China: Ethnicities Generally mixed, partly concentrated Some are cross-territory ethnicities.
  • 31. 4. China: Ethnicities English Name Chinese Name 2010 Shares 2010 Population 2000 Population 1990 Population Growth rate Han ºº×å 91.6% 1,220,844 K 1,139,773 K 1,042,482 K 17.11% Zhuang ׳×å 1.27% 16,926 16,187 15,489 9.28% Hui »Ø×å 0.79% 10,586 9,828 8,602 23.06% Manchu Âú×å 0.78% 10,387 10,708 9,821 5.76% Uyghur άÎá¶û×å 0.75% 10,069 8,405 7,214 39.58% Miao Ãç×å 0.71% 9,426 8,945 7,398 27.00% Yi ÒÍ×å 0.65% 8,714 7,765 6,572 32.59% Tujia ÍÁ¼Ò×å 0.63% 8,353 8,037 5,704 46.44% Tibetan ²Ø×å 0.47% 6,282 5,422 4,593 36.77% Mongol ÃɹÅ×å 0.45% 5,981 5,827 4,806 24.45% 1953£º6.1%£¬1990£º8.04%£¬2010£º8.49%£¬11,379,2211¡£ Generally Minority ethnicities can have two babies, no matter what gender of the first one. Local governments have power to make their own regulation based on the law on family plan.
  • 32. 5. China: Religion Not deeply religious? 10% or 30% religious?
  • 33. Religion in China ? Chinese folk religion (81.1%) veneration of forces of nature and ancestors ? Salvationist religions (2.2%) ? endemic belief in Sea God, Queen of heaven, Wealth God, Martial God ? Atheism (6.3%) ? Confucianism: as a system of thoughts or a religion? ? Buddhism (6.2%) spread into China during Han Dynasty around the Christian era ? Christianity (2.3%-5%) mainly Catholicism£¬break away from Rome. ? Islam (1.7%)arose in China's coastal cities in Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) by Arab traders, Uygur, Hui and Kazak, etc. ? Other faiths (0.2%)-Daoism indigenous, founded in China during the Han Dynasty, famous for regimen and fortune-telling technique
  • 34. Ancestral hall or ancestral temple and the memorial tablet Zhongyue and Dai Temple was the place where emperors and ministers paid their respects to the God of Mount Songshan and Taishan Religion in China
  • 36. The first Confucian Temple in Qufu. Confucius as great teacher, no superhuman deity; respect ghost and god, but keep distant
  • 37. Great Xiangguo Monastery£¨Kaifeng, Henan£© is another national AAAA tourist spot as one of the ten famous monasteries and temples in China. Shaolin Temple first built in 495 AD, Shaolin Temple is famous for Chinese Kung Fu or Martial Arts Famen Temple is famous for discovery the fingers bones of Buddha and became Buddhist pilgrimage. White Horse Temple is honored as ¡®the Cradle of Buddhism in China¡¯, which is a historic sit with possesses more than 1,900 years with a well-preserved appearance.
  • 39. ? Integration of Confucianism, Buddhism Taoism from Tang and Song dynasty