The Story of China

By: Sarah Choi 5C

Lands• China is the 3rd largest country in the world.

• China has the largest population in the world.

• China is bordered by deserts and high mountains.

• Mountain, hills, and highlands cover about 66percent of China.

• The highest mountains in

the world are in China.

Water• China has about 50,000 rivers.

• The Yangzi river is the 3rd longest river in the world and the first in China.

• The 2nd longest river in China is the Huang He.

• The Yangzi, or Chang jiang, river flows through the central China.

Climate• The Eastern China has a humid subtropical climate,

the Northern China is very dry, and the Southern China has a cool, dry and highland climate.

• Monsoons affect the climate of China.

• Typhoons bring winds and heavy rains to China that make major damage.

• Climates affect on everything in natural vegetation and life in China.

Vegetation• Plants in China are strong that they can bare with

different temperature.

• Small plants and shrubs grow rapidly in deserts of China, after summer rains.

• Many deciduous trees change with weathers.

• Fast growing vegetation like bamboos are abundant in southern china in wet seasons.

Natural Resources• China has large supply of natural resources.

• Chinese have mined copper, tin, and iron for more than 2,000 years.

• China’s lakes and rivers are important because freshwater fish are caught.

• Only 10% of China land can

be farmed

• China cuts terraces in steep

hills to get more yards of

soil and crops.

Historic Tradition• Confucius ideas has influenced

Chinese cultures and traditions

for many centuries.

• Many traditions were passed

through other near by countries.

• Chinese were proud of themselves because they invented paper, gunpowder, silk weaving, magnetic compass, printing press, clock work, spinning wheel, and water wheel.

• The communist won the civil war and China became

a communist country.

People and Culture • There are 55 different minority groups of Chinese

other than the Hans.

• Many ethnic groups had their own cultures.

• Most people lived by farming in family groups.

• After Communism, they created communes where people had to live and work together.

• Communists tried to shorten China’s population.

• They improved the job (position) of women.

Transforming ItselfMao Zedong

• Mae Zedong made huge, radical changesin China.

• He made a policy the “Great Leap Forward” which the communist rushed to increase factories and farm but turned out to a greatleap backward.

• He created another policy called Cultural Revolution, which was to create a new society without turning to the past.

• After the Red Guard threatened Mao’s government, they were imprisoned and he ended Cultural Revolution at 1969 which left thousands of citizens dead.

Transforming Itself

• After Mao Zedong died in 1976, more moderate leaders allowed limited system of free enterprise.

• Later, China adopted free enterprise fully to improve economy.

• Now, China is one of the world major economic force.

• However, rural areas have not developed as fast as urban areas.

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