China is an East Asian country roughly the size of the United States of America that boasts a history of great achievements. Nestled between Mongolia to the north and India and Vietnam to the south, China has a land area of approximately nine and a half million square kilometers (CIA - The World Factbook -- China). In all, China is bordered by thirteen countries including Afghanistan, North Korea, and the Russian Federation. China is accredited as being the oldest constant world civilization. Records dating as far back as 3,500 years have been collected. Successive dynasties gifted to China bureaucratic control of the country. This benefited China because it gave the country an advantage over the neighboring countries that were mainly constituted of nomadic cultures (History of China). China has a widely diverse landscape. To the west one will find the Himalayas and Plateau of Tibet. South and east of the plateau is the point of origination for the Yangtze, Mekong, Brahmaputra, and Indus rivers. In the northern middle of mainland China lies the Gobi Desert (World Reference Atlas). The ruthless and rocky landscape expands over 500,000 square miles between China and Mongolia (Gobi Desert - New World Encyclopedia). In the east, China is fabricated of alluvial lowlands and low hills. The Yangtze extends across the country from the west to the east and deposits into the East China Sea just north of Shanghai. The Yangtze River is notable as China’s longest river and principle navigable waterway (World Reference Atlas). China has great advantages to assist economic development because it has 14,500 square miles of coastline. The Chinese utilize this geographical feature for importing and exporting, as well as for natural resources. Ch... ... middle of paper ... ... (accessed February 12, 2010). "Gobi Desert - New World Encyclopedia." Info: Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gobi_Desert (accessed February 12, 2010). "History of China." History of Nations. http://www.historyofnations.net/asia/china.html (accessed February 12, 2010). "Human Development Report 2009 - Country Fact Sheets - China." Statistics | Human Development Reports (HDR) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_CHN.html (accessed February 11, 2010). "The Minister." http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/wjbz/ (accessed February 12, 2010). "UN|DPI OD|Dag Hammarskj." Welcome to the United Nations: It's Your World. http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/china.shtml (accessed February 11, 2010). World Reference Atlas. New York: Covent Garden Books, 2004
China’s view on business can be linked to its three general areas of religious beliefs: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. A brief description and there relationship to business practices are discussed below.
In 2005, Chile and China signed a free trade agreement, the first agreement of its type ever signed in Latin America. Since the agreement was signed, trade between China and Chile has grown exponentially. Chile is the leading country in Latin America that has maintained good relations with China, beginning in 1970 when Chile was the first South American country to recognize the Peoples Republic of China (Jenkins 2009). Over the years their relationship has continued to develop through the many rounds of discussions that have taken place since the FTA was first established. By examining the economic implications the China-Chile FTA has had on the Chilean economy, it is seen that while both countries trade markets are benefiting, the Chilean market is facing more negative impacts than the Chinese economy. Although both countries have solid reasoning to invest with one another, China has had much more to gain from entering into this trade relationship.
China emergence as a civilization is accomplished with little no contact with other empires due to its geographical isolation. This is evident by the lack of new people and languages. The term China during this period does not refer to the same geographical entity as commonly believed. China during this period is approximately one thousand miles north to South and East to West, occupying much of the temperate zone of East Asia. The land to the North is well suited for crops like Grain due to Loess: a fine wind-driven soil that is fertile and easy to toil with primitive tools. The region to the South is warmer, wetter and more suited to rice cultivation and double cropping. China is isolated from other civilizations by mountains, deserts and grasslands. The Bronze Age is marked by the Shang dynasty in their capitol of Anyang. Shang kings ruled for over two centuries. The royal tomb at Anyang was sixty feet deep and three hundred feet long. A tomb this size would have taken thousands of laborers and the advanced technology was evident as t...
China, one of the countries that can boast of an ancient civilization, has a long mysterious
Geography has greatly influenced China’s development as a civilization in a numerous amount of ways-positively and negatively. The three main influences of geography in China’s civilization is its arable land, the geographic features, and the civil engineering projects. The arable land, which is mostly in the eastern region, is useful for farming. Farming is essential because it provides food for the crowded population like potatoes, corn, rice, and other vegetables of various types. Its geographic features that are found on China’s borders like mountains, deserts, and plateaus isolated China from other early civilizations because it was harder to travel. The geographic features make it difficult for trading and sharing ideas. The civil engineering
During the early B.C area china seemed to have many barriers. These rough barriers did not keep the Chinese from contact with the outside world. China was known for terrible deserts and very high mountain ranges that extended from the west to the southwest area. The southeast part of china had thick rainforests. This rainforest divided china from the southeast part of Asia. The east part of China had the glorious Pacific Ocean. In the north part of china was a forbidden desert known as the Gobi.
China was a civilization that was surrounded by wildlife and unique geographical features. Located in South Asia, the Himalayas and Tian Shan mountain ranges blocked the way to the west and southwest. Thick rainforests covered the southeast, while the Gobi Desert obstructed the way to the north. To the east of China there was the Pacific Ocean. All of these features prevented trade from other civilizations, but also provided protection.
China is located in East Asia. Ancient China is surrounded by Gobi Desert in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Himalayan Mountains in the southwest, and the Taklimakan desert in the west. This land has a wide variation of animals because of the different habitats provided for them. Most farming was done in the very fertile lands of the Yangtze valley. Present China is much bigger than Ancient China, which means that over time, the kings and different dynasties went gaining more and more land and wealth.
Between 1644 and 1911 China was in a new dynasty called the Qing Dynasty, during the Qing Dynasty many new foreigners migrated into China, to trade their merchandise with the chinese. This had great influence on the chinese people and culture, which lead to a number of events occurring during this period. For so long China was isolated, and that was because: in the East; laid the vast Pacific ocean, South; lay mountain ranges and dense jungles, North; laid the cold yet piercing sun of the Gobi desert, and in the West; the rough and jagged mountains of the Tibetan Plateau. Having this isolation was a benefit to the chinese people, it gave them more arable land and resources, along with new materials and more population growth expansion (R darlington,
China’s geography has helped the civilization last over 4,000 years because it made good trade routes, allowed them to get good resources to get significant money. The map shows ancient China’s geography is made up of the “Yellow and East China seas, the Gobi desert, the great wall, silk route, Taklamakan desert, Himalayas mountains and a couple river.” This helped China because things like the silk route connected China to many countries including today Germany and the great wall was protection and they were also used to help spy in and outside of the kingdom. China’s geography has helped the civilization last over 4,000 years because it made good trade routes.
Ancient China was one of the earliest places of human civilization. The country’s history could be described as a series of dynasties each ruled by emperors. The Han dynasty set the pattern for Chinese history by causing growth in the economy and the promotion of Confucianism as the state philosophy. The Qing dynasty was ruled by Empress Wu, but a rebellion during this dynasty ended the dynasty reign. This led to China in the 20th century which includes the Treaty of Versailles, the People’s Republic of China, and, most importantly, Communism. Sun Yat-Sen, who created the Republic of China in 1912, entered alliance with the new Comm...
China’s physical geography affected the development of its early civilization. At one point in time, China was isolated from other civilizations and they had no idea what trade or other culture was. However, China was a very self sufficient civilization. China had everything they needed and were technologically advanced for the time period. This meant that they had no need to interact with other people for what they needed.
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A country’s struggle to power is much like that of two rivalling siblings. They are locked in a constant competition as they attempt to one-up the other. Countries do the same as they race against each other to produce better exports, and to attract more money into their economy. They are constantly vying against each other for the center of attention so that they are the main focal point of the international world. This competition continues until one finally relents, or blatantly falls, and allows the other to shine; much like how China is slowly managing to overtake the U.S. in terms of international influence. The success of one individual cannot remain forever, and eventually they will begin to fall. This is the current situation where the U.S. and China stand today as China is beginning to overtake the U.S. in terms of economic capability. With a superior economy, it is possible for China to overcome the challenges it faces as it moves into position as the next world power. Though, just like the pair of siblings, despite China’s recent successes, the other won’t disappear completely. The U.S. will not disappear into the background and allow China to take complete control as hegemon, or world power, and establish something akin to a uni-mulipolar system. A system where there is one main power and many already established rising powers. This uni-multipolar system allows for other countries to continuously compete for the position at the top.
China has the oldest surviving civilization in the world, lasting over 4,000 years. Its uniqueness was its stability. Ancient dynasties absorbed culture, economy and governmental structure from each other. It was the foundation of their civilization. History has revealed China’s enduring heritage and perseverance to preserve its society. Chinese technological advancements not only helped its nation and people, but also, influenced the development of other countries as well. Many of the systems from thousands of years ago are still a part of Chinese culture today.