One country that has a rich cultural history, a large population and some of the grandest mountain ranges in the world is China. This country is the third largest one and contains the world's largest population. It is also home to one of the very first recorded civilizations. Thanks to its large mountains it is rich in natural resources that had come up from the earth. China produces a large variety of things from steel, to cameras and synthetic materials. Electricity generation is one of the largest
China China, officially known as People’s Republic of China, is the one of the largest countries in the world. The country is 9.596.960 square kilometers and has a population over 1.37 billion people (July 2015). Nearly 20 million people live in the capital, Beijing, but the most populous city is Shanghai with around 23 million inhabitants 1). It is clear that China is a very large country with great diversity. China’s population includes more than 50 distinct ethnic groups that all have their own
The People’s Republic of China is a country with one of the richest cultural backgrounds and the largest population in the world with 1,338,612,968 people. It holds “1/5 of the world’s population” (Banister 2). Located in eastern Asia, it is the fourth largest country with a total area of 9,596,960 sq km and the second largest electricity consumer and exporter after the U.S. The vast amount of natural resources make China one of the leading manufacturers of the worlds products from raw materials
Power is evident in the relationship between a state and its citizens. The government has power over its citizens to enact laws and regulate society. In many societies, such as the People's Republic of China (PRC), the government maintains most of the power over its people. In a powerful government, such as China, its citizens may not believe that their regime is legitimate. John Harrigan, a political science professor, declares his definition of legitimacy as, "The willingness of people to
Southeast Asia along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, China is one of the oldest countries in the world, comprising of a culture that has continuously shaped itself over the past 4,000 years to form what is known today as, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Known as the father of the PRC, Mao Zedong formed the PRC on 1Oth October 1949, ending a long process of governmental upheaval that began with the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Currently, China is one of the worlds few socialist states openly endorsing
such states in the world today. Some hide behind the veil of a democratic government and others are in plain sight as communist, socialist, fascist, or totalitarianism regime. The World Factbook: China, Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America, lists The People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a communist state (cia.gov). The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ruled with an iron fist for many years. Is the PRC, controlled by the CCP, a tyrannical political state? The comparative
The People's Republic of China has commonly been regarded as a nation that has censored its media very heavily and has enforced this harshly. China is the largest country in the world, and also has the one of the fastest expanding media. Additionally, China has been enjoying explosive pecuniary expansion for the better part of the last few decades and as a consequence, the living standards of most Chinese citizens has increased drastically in modern times due to growing wealth of the general population
China is the best country among the BRIC's for GE to focus its investment. General Electric is a large conglomerate of companies which spans different industry. The industry behemoth is divided into 4 business units with GE Capital, GE Technology Infrastructure, GE Energy and NBC Universal. All of its business units if spun-off into its own company would rank in Fortune 500. The company's products and services include aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, security technology, medical
the minds of Chinese people, Deng Xiaoping is considered as one of the most powerful leader of the People’s Republic of China from late 1970’s until he died in 1997. His noteworthy efforts to bring back China’s prosperity following the consequences of the Cultural Revolution resulted in the country’s economic, cultural and social expansion. The outcome of his passion and belief in the potential of China is still noticeable today. Deng Xiaoping was born in 1904 in Paifang, Guang’an country in Sichuan
In the 1950s the People’s Republic of China first implemented the beginnings of the one child policy. It made significant changes to the population and the nation’s growth rate decreased. Professor Yinchu Ma (1957) initiated the policy with his book New Population Theory. His book responded to the huge increase in population growth occurring in China (Singer 1998). Under the Mao republic, leaders saw the population development as a danger to the nation’s economy (White 1994). The political party