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Chinese civilization of 5000 years is one of the oldest and richest in the world. Chinese is the language spoken by the largest population in the world. Chinese is one of the few languages which remain pictographic. Chinese calligraphy is a form of art. Chinese is named one of the four "crucial languages" for Americans. Largest population in the world at 1.3 billion, one-fifth of the world’s total. This figure does not include the Chinese living in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, and Taiwan Province.        Land mass of 3,705,822 sq. miles (9,600,000 sq km,3rd largest country in the world)        More than 200 million people in China are studying English 91.6 percent of Chinese people are Han. The non-Han population includes 55 ethnic minorities, of which the major groups are the Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi, Tujia, Mongolian, and Tibetan.        More copies of The Quotations of Chairman Mao have been sold than any book except the Bible        One of the fastest growing economies in the world        Manufactures 33% of the world's goods with its chief products being cement, chemicals, cloths and clothing, iron and steel, machinery, and foods        2nd in oil consumption behind the United States        Largest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel        Represents over 12% of the world economy        Contributes 1/4 of total global GDP growth        China's three most popular surnames-Li, Wang and Zhang-are shared by 270 million Chinese, equal to the entire population of the United States        China manufactures more than 70% of the world's toys China climate is extremely diverse; tropical in the south to subarctic in the north. Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Show/Hide comments Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Website Title Comment Write the displayed characters Add Comment Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved.

 

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