| China Essay, Research Paper
Population
China is the third-largest country in the world. The
population of China is 1222,017,000 and growing.
Because of this enormous population the government offers
jobs to those families who only have one child. If a
government employee choice?s to have more then one
child, they will loose their job. This is to try to encourage
people to be responsible and to try to keep the population
down
Climate
In the northern part of China temperatures can reach
down to 13oF in the winter, and the summer temperatures
can range between 60oF and 80oF. In the central provinces
of China temperatures are milder with an average of 80oF
in the summer and 30oF in the winter. The desert
temperatures can get to be 100oF in the summer, and 15oF
in the winter.
China?s rainy season is between the months of May and
October. Between these months in the Northern part of
China at least 20 to 40 inches of rain will fall . In the
Southern part of China at least 80 to 120 inches will fall.
In the desert parts of China there is only 6 to 10 inches of
rain a year.
Transportation
Most of China?s population gets around on bicycles or by
foot. This is because most China?s population can not
afford to own a car. Roads outside the cities are not very
good. In the cities the streets are very crowded there are a
lot of taxies . The Chinese do not get around on boats very
much. Most boating activity involves food and other
important products. There is air transpiration between the
larger cities but many smaller cities do not have airports.
Language/Religion
The Chinese speck Mandarin Chinese there secondary
languages are Shanghai, Canton, Fukien, Hakka-dialects,
Tibetan, Vigus (Turkic).
The Chinese religions are Confucianist, Buddhist, taoist.
Literacy/Education
The Chinese people have it hard, because there is not
enough money to pay for a school house or text books or
pens or pencils and so on. The most important thing is
there is not enough money to pay for a teachers. Only if
you live in a city or a very large town will you have a
proper education.
Sports/Tourism
There are not many sports that the Chinese play, but some
that they do play are soccer, badminton, and they also enjoy
boiling.
The biggest tourist attraction in China is the ?Great
Wall?. The Great Wall is 2,500 years old. It was over
6,000 miles long at one point, but because of vandalism
and erosion it?s size has reduced to 3,750 miles long.
Another big tourist attraction is the Forbidden city in the
capital city of Beijing.
Major cities
China?s capital city is Beijing it?s three main cities are
Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang.
Manufacturing
China manufactures a lot of stuff such as all sorts of jade
ordamites and julery, also movie muchendise, and many
many more things such as toys and hair brushes and so on.
Standard of living
The Chinese have are separated into two groups poor and
rich. The poor live in the country and the rich live in the
city.
Lifestyles
The poor are referred to as peasants and they are
considered less important than the rich. They are lucky it
the electricity, and are considered well off if they have a
phone, TV, or refigaratore. They generally live like you
and I. The rich take pride in there statues and buildings
because they are a reminder of the ancient times. The poor
pride them selves on there house hold.
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