An Overview of China for Travelers

China is often away from debate at the start of civilization, which is a mistake because it was one of the first. If a trip to China, here are some elements of knowledge.
Overview of China trip
The official name is People's Republic of China. China has an area of over 3.7 million square kilometers, the country very well. The capital is Beijing. Other large cities of Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu and Harbin.

With a large rural area, one would assume that there are many different kinds of soils of the country. In general, you can in the areas of deltas and hills in the east, mountains to find plateaus, and there is a great western desert. Varies from tropical climate in the Arctic cold in the south to the north of the border with Siberia, Russia.
The Chinese call themselves Chinese. Recent studies, the total number of in China more than 1.3 million more than four times as many people in the U.S.. Population declined, but by almost half a percent. The reason for this decline is very controversial. Concerns economic problems of population growth, China has one child policy can be implemented in families with a few exceptions. The implementation of this policy is set up with a fine, forced abortion, but it is despite the government's policy contrasts. The government hopes to stabilize the population of over 1.6 million people in 2050. The infant mortality rate is higher in 1000 live births 25.5.
China's ethnic kaleidoscope are a problem because of its huge size and long history. He Chinese are the dominant group, comprising more than 91 percent of the population. This is a very loose, but as the land of many dialects. There are seven major dialects of Chinese to find hundreds. Mandarin is the predominant dialect of over 70 percent of the population used in one form or another. But talk to speak, only 60 percent of Han Chinese remaining 40 percent other dialects. In addition to Mandarin, widely understood Turkish, Korean Uyghur, Tibetans and Mongolians. It is often said that people can not in this part of China to communicate with people on the other side.
From a religious point of view is officially atheist China. He said we have a clear view of the conviction that cooperation with the government. Buddhism is the largest faith, more than 100 million practitioners. Taoism is the second most popular. There are several Muslim and Christian believers, but nothing serious.As is shown in this view, China is a great and unique. This is an attractive tourist destination.

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