China InfoChina Info : Introduction China has the world’s largest national population (1,306,313,812), which makes up roughly one-sixth of the world’s total. Due to governmental family planning they have succeeded in dampening the once burgeoning birthrate to a mere 13.14/1000 and a growth rate of only 0.58% as of 2005. Mandarin Chinese is the primary language. Other widely used languages include Cantonese and Shanghaiese. There is a vast array of regional dialects as well as a large number of ethnic minority languages... Read the complete introduction to China Info by clicking here: China Info : GeographyLocated in East Asia, China is spread across a topographically diverse 3,704,427 sq mi (9,596,960 sq km). China’s topography is among the most diverse in the world. The country is scattered with vast mountain ranges, huge river systems, large desserts, and broad planes. Xinjiang Uighur is covered by the Tarim and Dzungarian basins. The Gobi Desert stretches from the Da Hingan Mountains all the way to Tian Mountain. Xinjiang, Xizang Zizhiqu (Tibet), Qinghai, and western Gansu make up western China. The tableland of Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu Zizhiqu) covers most of northern China... To read more China Info about Geography please click here: China Info : HistoryChina’s history can be viewed in roughly three main parts. The first encompasses the long span of prehistorical time dating from more than 1.3 million years ago, when some of the earliest tools of Homo erectus were used in northern and central China, to the end of the last glacial period about 20,000 years ago. After that, modern humans appeared and showed significant progress toward modern civilization. About four thousand years ago China began what is known as its modern history technically starting with the Shang Dynasty (1,523 BC – 1,027 BC), which was purported by legend to have been preceded by the Xia Dynasty (2,205? BC – 1766? BC). [Note: There is litttle scientific evidence corroborating the existence of the Xia Dynasty]. China’s modern history is centered around the eastern Huang He (Yellow River) and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) rivers... To read the complete China Info: History please click here: China Info : DemographicsChina has the world’s largest national population (1,306,313,812), which makes up roughly one-sixth of the world’s total. Due to governmental family planning they have succeeded in dampening the once burgeoning birthrate to a mere 13.14/1000 and a growth rate of only 0.58% as of 2005. China officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups, many of which retain their indigenous languages and culture to this day... Get thorough stats on our China Info : Demographics page by clicking
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