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SUMMER EDITION 2012

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GEOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................2

FAST FACTS ............................................................... ......................................................... .........2

LIVING IN CHINA .......................................................................................................................3

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES IN CHINA .................................................. ............................4

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GeographyFASTFACTS

CAPITAL: Beijing (in the

northeast part of China)

LANGUAGE: In China,

they speak Standard Chinese

or Mandarin.

SCHOOLING: 96% of

males and 88.5% of females

can read and write in China.

As a total, 92.2% of people

aged 15 and over can read

and write.

GOVERNMENT: Chinas

is a republic, which means

they have a president, they

run the country themselves

and represent the country.

INTERNET USERS:

China has a huge 389 million

people with access to the

internet, whereas Australia

has about 15 million. (2009)

THE GREAT WALL OF

CHINA: The great wall of

China was built over 2500

years ago to protect against

invaders from the north.

Troops would patrol the

wall to defend China against

attack. The wall was once

over 6000 miles long, and is

now about 3750 miles long.

RELIGION:The main

religions in China include;

Taoist, Buddhist and Muslim.

NATIONAL FLAG: Red

with five stars.

AREA

The total area of China is 9 596 691 square kilometers. Only 3 countries in the world are

bigger than it (Russia Canada, United States).

LANDSCAPESChina is a large country with varying landscapes, including mountains, high plateaus, sand

deserts and dense forests.

RIVERS

The two most important rivers in China are The Yangtze (also known as Chang Jiang) and

the Yellow River. At 6300 km the Yangtze is the worlds third largest river. The Yangtze

River flows by Shanghai. The yellow river crosses the Great Wall Of China.

BORDERING COUNTRIES

China has 14 bordering countries, including Mongolia and Russian Federation.

SEAS / OCEANSTo the east of China, the Pacific Ocean borders, and the South China Sea borders along the

southeast side of China.

TERRAIN

Mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west, plains, deltas and hills in east. Very

different to Australia with low plateaus, deserts and fertile plain in southeast.

MOUNTAINS

One-third of Chinas land area is made up of mountains. The tallest mountain on Earth, Mt

Everest sits on the border between China and Nepal.

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Living inChinaby Sam Judkins

POPULATION

China has a very large population of

1 343 329 923 (July 2012 est.) It is

the country with the biggest

population in the whole world. It

makes up 1/6 of the world. Their

population growth rate is 0.481 %,

whereas Australias is 1.126 %.

However majority of the population

is male, as many chinese mothers

will get abortions if they find out

that the sex of their baby is female,

because they believe females are

less useful to them and boys are

easier to raise, as well as when boys

grow up they become workers and

earn more money for their family.

The urban population is 47% of the

population. It means the number of

people living in the cities. The

population density in China is 133.69

people per sqkm (ranked 72nd in the

world) whereas Australia is 52 times

less, with a population density of 2.65people per sqkm (ranked 224th).

Most of the people in China live in the

Eastern and Southern half of the

country because it has a coastline and

numerous offshore islands. It is a

region of fertile lowlands, with most

of the agricultural output and

population.

BIRTH/DEATH RATES

Chinas birth rate is 12.31 births /

1000 population (July 2012 est.) and

the death rate for China is 7.17

deaths / 1000 population. Compared

to Australia with lower rates of 12.28

births / 1000 population and 6.94

deaths / 1000 population.

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Males in China are expected to live

72.84 years, whereas females are

only expected to live 72.11 years.

EMPLOYMENTThe biggest sector of working chinese

people is agriculture, with a total of

36.7 % of the population working in

that sector.

POVERTY IN CHINA

Currently, a total of 13.4 % of people in China are living below the poverty line. China is working to decrease this even more

by raising the poverty line.

CHINESE PEOPLE...

Most chinese people are famers and

herders. They have a major challenge

to keep the countries large

population fed.

In China, more boys are born

because they are more useful to

the country as they become

workers.

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by Sam Judkins

ENDANGERED SPECIES

The giant panda is an endangered

species. It lives in the misty

mountains southwest CHina and

nowhere else in the world. They eat

bamboo and usually live near strands

of the woody evergreen plant. Pandas

have been hunted and only about

1600 remain on Earth,

THREATS TO ANIMAL AND PLANT

SPECIES

Two examples of what threatens

animal and plant species in China are:

- logging and clear cutting (clearing

the land of all the trees)

- expanding deserts in the north,

which shrink animal habitats.

WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT?

The government in China has created

more than 1200 reserves to protect

plant and animal species.

Animal andPlant

Species in

China

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