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The People's Republic
of China is situated in the southeastern part of the Eurasian
Continent, on the western coast of the Pacific Ocean. Having
both marine and land boundary line of more than 20,000 kilometers
and a coastline of 18,000 kilometers. |
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| The total area of China is
9,596,960 sq km, the world's third-largest country. |
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| China has the world’s biggest
population, which is 1,261,832,482 (July 2000 est.) |
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There are 56
nationalities in China, Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur,
Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and
other nationalities 8.1%.
Han Chinese have their own language and characters, and Chinese
is the current language in China as well as one of the world’s
current languages.
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| The People's Republic of China
is a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship
led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers
and peasants. All power in the People's Republic of China belongs
to the people. The organs through which the people exercise
state power are the National People's Congress and the local
people's congresses at different levels. |
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The national
emblem of the People's Republic of China is Tian'anmen in the
center illuminated by five stars and encircled by ears of grain
and a cogwheel.
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The capital of
the People's Republic of China is Beijing. |
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| The National Anthem of the
People's Republic of China is the March of the Volunteers |
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| China adheres to an independent
foreign policy as well as to the five principles of mutual respect
for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression,
non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality
and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence in developing diplomatic
relations and economic and cultural exchanges with other countries. |
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| The country is divided into
provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under
the Central Government; Provinces and autonomous regions are
divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties,
and cities; Counties and autonomous counties are divided into
townships, nationality townships, and towns. Municipalities
directly under the Central Government and other large cities
are divided into districts and counties. Autonomous prefectures
are divided into counties, autonomous counties, and cities.
All autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, and autonomous
counties are national autonomous areas. |
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| 23 province and 5 autonomous
regions, 4 municipalicities, and two special administrative
regions of Hongkong and Macow. |
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| China is a multi-religion
country, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Catholicism
all have their believers in China, which add up to more than
a hundred million. |
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| China has long history of
literature. The Four Famous Chinese Classics novels have many
foreign versions all over the world. |
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Can be found in
hundreds of stores. They vary in age, quality and price with
the finest being true works of art. The brushes ink slabs, ink
and paper that were the scholar's traditional tools could be
found in most antique shops. |
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Chinese opera
boasts over 300 various distinct forms - taking their names
from their places of origin. These forms are generally discernible
by their use of local dialects and distinct 'melodies'. Beijing
opera is considered by most to be the most refined. Also widespread
are Pingju Opera, Kunqu Opera, Shaoxing Opera, Henan Opera,
Sichuan Opera, Shanxi Opera, Huangmei Opera, Huagu Opera and
Yangko Opera. Some Chinese ethnic minority groups have some
local form of operas. |
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| The body of vocal and instrumental
music composed and played by the Chinese people has a history
of more than 8000 years. It has a very early development of
theoretical, systematic, acoustical, and material science, and
orchestral practice. |
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| Acrobatics is a performing
art, which combines physical strength and skill. The Encyclopedias
Britannica describes acrobatics as "the specialized and
ancient art of jumping, tumbling and balancing, often using
apparatus such as poles, unicycles, balls, barrels, tightropes,
trampolines and flying trapezes". |
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It is a treasure
house of ancient and traditional arts where you can find unparalleled
collections of jade, golden ware, porcelain, cloisonné, lacquer
ware, embroidery, metals from ancient time and folk arts such
as kites, paper-cut, lantern and folk toys. |
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