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China By, Daniel McIntyre and Will Coleman
Military • Air Force- (470,000 airmen; 2,556 jet fighters; 400 ground attack jets.)Comander-XU Qiliang (57 years old, starting the position since Sep. 2007) Ground Force-(1.9 million men; 14,000 tanks; 14,500 artillery pieces & 453 helicopters)Comander- Not SpecifiedNaval Force- (250,000 sailors; 63 submarines; 18 destroyers; 35 frigates)Comander-General WU Shengli
STATISTICS Population- 1,338,612,968Ethnic Groups- Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Machu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, and korean make up 8.5% of the ethnic groups population.Literacy Rate- 90.9Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 births)- 22%Average population growth per year- .6GNP Per Capita- 7,800Average Life expecatancy- 73Arable Land- 10% down by one fith since 1949Size- 9,595,969 square km.
Government Head of Sate- President HuJintaoPrime Minister- Wen- Jinbao It is a socialist republic (specifically a people's democratic dictatorship according to its constitution) ruled by the Communist Party of China under a single-party system, and has jurisdiction over twenty-two provinces, five autonomous regions (Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Ningxia, and Guangxi), four municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two highly autonomous Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The PRC's capital is Beijing.
60th Birthday • http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=15851552&ch=4226714&src=news China recognizes its 60th birthday by showing military might and extravagant parades.
O’boy Scary stuff from the Evil Empires. • http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=15917813&ch=4226714&src=news Kim Jong-il and a Chinese alliance? "Through visits like this, North Korea is mostly trying to create the impression that other countries respect and heed it, that it's a world power. Of course, that's not true, but the impression helps its leader bolster his authority.“ Ron Popeski
CHINA OPEN There is a big tennis tournament going on in china at the moment which no one cares about.