The Land of the Dynasties
Chinese brochure
Geography
China is one of the largest countries in the world. It is 9.6 million km squared in total area and 5,026 km. across and touches 16 other Asian countries. In the east there is the coast and and big metropolitan cities. To your west you will find deserts and mountain ranges. China has 18,000 km. of coastline. The land is way more fertile in the eastern half of the country. The country is split into 5 different parts based on the geography of the country. Traditionally the people try and center themselves around the Chinese Central Plain.
Economy
China has the second largest economy in the world. they do lots of manufacturing. They are a communist nation with a social market economy.
Social Organization
As of 2012, China has 1.351 billion people and is the largest nation on earth. There economy has switched from farms to cities and a more high tech urban life. China has many different ethnicities, but everyone can read the same text or charecters.
Government
China is a communist nation, but is more often referred to as a peoples republic. As a nation they spend up to 10 million dollars a year on the city of Shanghai alone. They have a judicial, executive, legislative, and military branches in there government.
Arts and Literature
A big event the Chinese typically do are annual horse races. Children do the races and they have no saddles when they race. Another famous tradition in China is martial arts. Martial arts has been a tradition for thousands of years in chinese culture.
Language
China is a very diverse country. China is home to 7 different major languages. There official language is Mandarin. They also have 80 different dialects.
Customs and traditions
The Chinese are accustomed to opera, that is a key part in there culture. a major part in there culture is there text or characters. There characters have been apart of Chinese culture for thousands of years and still prospers today.
Religion
The main religion is Buddhism and second biggest religion is Christianity.
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