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Intro to China In East Asia
The Imperial Palace in Beijing (1368-1911)
Mandate of Heaven
Chairman Mao of the Communist Party
Shanghai:
Largest Chinese City
Buddhist Temple from 274 CE
Imported US Perfume
The Great Wall of China
4,000 miles long (25 feet high, 16 feet wide)
Begun 220 BCE made of earth/wood
Restored in 1400s with stone
Over 1 million died working on it
1 Child Per Family Program in China
(Rural Area families can have 2)
Prevented 300 million more births
1.3 Billion People
Ratio of 116:100 Boys to Girls
Terrace/Irrigation Farming
Nearly 4,000 lbs per acre
Beijing Opera
Traditional Theater from 700 CE –
Dance, song, and martial arts based on history and folk stories
Chinese Immigration to the USA
Between 1849-82 nearly 300,000 Chinese came to the US and built the Transcontinental/California Railroads
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
• <Don’t Copy>• Be it enacted, That from and after the expiration
of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the Untied States be, . . . suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.
US Imports from China 2007: $321 Billion
US Exports to China 2007: $ 65 Billion
Trade Deficit of $256 Billion
China’s economy is growing at 11% annually.
16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in China.
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Year 1: $100 + 11% growth = $111
Year 2: $111 + 11% growth = $123.11
Year 3: $123.11 + 11% growth = $136.65