CHINA PROJECT

By Rael Taylor-Sezgin

Natural Resources

Major minerals are aluminium, bauxite, coal, crude petroleum, diamonds, gold, iron ore, lead, magnetite, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, natural gas, phosphate rock, tin, uranium, and vanadium. With its vast mountain ranges, China's hydropower potential is the largest in the world.

Coal Map

Ecosystems

China is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters. It had 5 of the world's top 10 deadliest natural disasters; the top 3 occurred in China: the 1931 China floods, death toll 3 million to 4 million, the 1887 Yellow River flood, death toll 0.9 million to 2 million, and the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, death toll 0.83 million.

Climate

In China, a vast land spanning many degrees of latitude with complicated terrain, climate varies radically. China has a variety of temperature and rainfall zones, including continental monsoon areas. In winter most areas become cold and dry, in summer hot and rainy.

Climate map

Population

Population size=1,367,400,000. Population average age=35.2 overall, 34.5

for males, 35.8 for females. Life expectancy (2014 estimate)=Men

73.09 years, Women 77.43 years. Urban population=50.6% (18% in 1978).

Economy (GDP growth rates/GDP per capita)

GDP (current US$)$9.240 trillion 

Companies that manufacture goods in China

Apple Canon Hugo Boss Levi’s Hunter Converse Jordan Ted Baker And lots, lots, lots, lots more

Cultural traditions in China and how they are changing

In China, nearly every single traditional aspect of life has been washed away by their rushing tide of money. Many people’s banks have been hit with massive force by this surging, high tide tsunami of wealth. Some of the traditions are kept up, such as Kung Fu and Chinese boxing but they are not considered as traditional as before because they are also taught in countries such as England and they are more fun than tradition. In rural areas many of the traditions are being kept up nut as China is and urbanising country, these traditions are slowly slipping away…

The growing importance

of China globally

Economically

China’s rapid economic expansion has impressed the world. At the beginning of the twenty-first century China has become the third largest importing as well as exporting country, the fourth largest economy in the world (after the United States, Japan and Germany), and one of the top three destinations of foreign direct investment. The figures of its increasing world export market share in the period of 1985 to 2000 show that China has profited more from globalization than any other country.

Financially

China manufactures a vast amount of our every day life items. It is also where a lot of companies manufacture their items

( see page 7 for more details ) so financially China is the root of a lot of money being produced.

Conclusion

China has the potential to become the most powerful country in the world but the fact of the matter is… they may be urbanising to fast and eventually it may catch up with them and send them into a state of despair and confusion. Because the rural parts make a lot of profit and with that gone they may discover a decrease in profit.