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China
* accounts for half of world pork production and consumption
  - more than two-thirds of world aquacultural output
  - the bulk of the decline in global ending stocks
* alone consumes several million sea horses every year
  - is already the world's third largest economy, the fifth largest trader
  - produces almost ninety percent of the world's green tea
* also abounds in rivers and lakes
  - comes out first with the types of wild animals in the world
* also has a variety of forest types
  - desert regions
  - important deposits of iron ore , tin and tungsten
  - many lakes and wetlands
  - some of the highest mountain ranges in the world
* bans the binding of women's feet.
* big country with a lot of athletes and a lot of swimmers.
* boasts a grand heritage, having been one of the dominant civilisations of the ancient world.
* bristles work best in oil and alkyd paints and stains, varnishes, shellacs and lacquers.
* burns more coal than any other country in the world.
* can be a power for good or evil
  - have one of two destinies
* cites debt burden as main obstacle to economic development of least- developed countries.
* claims to be a country with a rule of law.
* closed society with harsh regulations and censorship.
* common source of cheap antibiotics.
* communist country that has the largest standing army in the world
  - maintains a firm commitment to party control
  - state with a capitalist economy
* complex market, varying widely from region to region.
* constitutes one-fifth of the world's population.
* consumer of the ivory trade and accounts for a significant amount of ivory sales.
* contains more than one-fifth of the world's entire population
  - one fifth of the world's population
* continues to be a net importer of petroleum
  - one of the most oppressive states in the world
* country covering a vast area and with a large population
  - filled with stories of displaced families, poverty and death
  - of a billion people eager to establish themselves as a major power
* country of many peoples and many political parties
  - more than a billion people
  - thousands years old
* country rich in history and traditions
  - with culture and tradition
  - ruled by law
* country that attaches importance to human rights
  - has a long history and a rich culture
* country that is slowly rolling over to be a free market economy
  - so different from others
  - where the hypertension rate is very high
  - which many Vietnamese despise, fear, and envy
* country with a large population
  - unique history and culture
  - vast area and large population
  - an ancient civilization
  - frequent floods and droughts
  - over five thousand years of recorded history
  - the biggest population in the world
* cures low, forms of fever, remittent or intermittent, typhoid or malarial.
* deflationary economy.
* developing country with large numbers of people still living in poverty
  - economy that requires enormous change
* discourages travel by persons who are ill, pregnant, or of advanced age.
* emerging market that has enormous potential for Canadian pork exports.
* government listing of China's computer system.
* growing economic and military power, important for regional and global stability
  - market for Central Asia, especially for Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
* grows most of the world s crop.
* happens to have many huge mountain ranges everywhere.
* has a civilization dating back thousands of years
  - fullness of the veins
  - gross domestic product of more than one trillion dollars
  - growing nuclear arsenal and the world's largest conventional army
* has a long history of eating chestnut
  - pond fish culture
  - private education, dating back to the time of Confucius
  - rice fish culture
* has a long tradition of natural aphrodisiacs
  - preventative health care
  - lot of mud volcanoes in the Xinjiang province
  - population of almost a quarter of the world total
  - reputation as a country where birds are scarce
  - rich tradition of natural medicines
  - vast population of peasants and a minority of workers
* has about one in four of all smokers in the world
  - one-quarter of the world's population
  - abundant coal resources
  - among some of the most abundant plant life in the world
* has an abundant amount of coal
  - ancient tradition of valuing peace and good-neighborliness
  - considerable natural resources including coal, lead, zinc, copper, tungsten and gold
  - eight regional languages that are mutually unintelligible, and many true dialects
  - few tropical or subtropical areas
  - great plains, rivers, deserts, and high, flat plains
  - huge areas of man-made forests
  - limited soil resources and a shortage of water resources
* has many cities with over a million inhabitants
  - languages and dialects in different provinces
* has more Christian prisoners and detainees than any other country in the world
  - coal than any country in the world
  - high-speed trains than any other country in the world
  - kinds of tofu than Japan and various tofu foods
  - species of carnivorous plants than anywhere else in the world
* has more than a quarter of the world's population
  - four times as many people as the United States
  - varieties of birds than any other country in the world
* has one of the foundational civilizations in human history
  - largest and fastest growing telecom markets in the world
  - world's oldest continuous civilisations
  - official language, that is Chinese
  - only one time zone, the continental U.S. has four
* has some of the most abundant plant life in the world
  - extreme water shortages in the world
  - world s most polluted cities
* has the biggest refrigerator industry in the world
  - earliest civilization in history
  - greatest number of people playing table tennis
* has the highest number of coal mining deaths in the world
  - unreached people in the world
* has the largest conventional army in the world
  - number of wildlife species of any country in the world
* has the largest population of any country in the world
  - longest recorded history of all countries in the world
* has the most extensive forced labor camp system in the world today
  - rapid economic growth of any country in the world
  - species of carnivorous plants such as the pitcher plant
* has the oldest culture
  - existing civilization in the world
  - second highest rate of productivity in the world, after the United States
  - third largest land mass of any country in the world
* has the world largest population and the world largest untapped marketplace
  - s largest population, and one of the fasted growing economies
* has the world's fastest growing economy
  - large economy
  - highest rate of mortality attributable to tobacco use
* has the world's largest group of karst dolines
  - number of religious prisoners
  - population of smokers
  - population, one of the fastest growing economies
  - two major rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River
* high-context culture.
* imports about a quarter of the polyolefins that are traded worldwide
  - billion of dollars of American goods - particularly high tech products
* imports large numbers of turtles from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam
  - Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia
* is Asia's only declared nuclear weapons state, with the world's largest standing army
  - affected by the summer monsoon currents
* is already the second largest producer of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas
  - world s biggest economy
  - world's third-largest economy
* is also a state that began as a nation several millennia ago
  - home to the fastest-growing economy in the world
* is also one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world
  - world's largest importers of grains and oilseeds
  - short of fresh water
* is also the third largest country in the world
  - world s fastest growing economy
  - world's largest consumer of urea
* is also the world's largest producer and consumer of most meat products
  - of raw cotton, cloth and cement
* is among the world's largest producers and consumers of animal proteins
  - worst abusers of human rights
* is an agricultural country
  - ancient country
  - authoritarian state where a legal framework is lacking
  - emerging military power, with a small but growing capability to deliver nuclear arms
  - energy superpower second only to the United States
  - important country to study because one-fifth of the world's people live there
* is another country with a substantial nuclear capability
  - widely accepted place as the birth-place of kites
  - blessed with many rivers, most of which flow from west to east and empty into the Pacific
  - bordered by the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and the South China Sea
* is both a developing country and one of the largest economies in the world
  - the most populated country in the world and has one of the fastest growing economies
  - but one of the many countries in which torture continues with impunity
* is by far the fastest-growing market in the world
  - world 's largest user of container transport
* is by far the world's biggest emerging market
  - largest and most important emerging market
* is currently the sixth largest computer market and the fourth largest computer chip market
  - export market for U.S. agricultural goods
  - sixth-largest export market for U.S. agricultural goods
* is currently the world's largest producer and exporter of chestnuts
  - and exporter of raw silk
  - second largest emitter of carbon dioxide
  - different from most countries
  - easily the largest, followed by the United States
  - exactly the size of the United States and has four times the population
  - felt to be the most important growth market in the world for U.S. agricultural exports
  - high-quality porcelain or ceramic ware, originally made in China
  - home of the largest trade union confederation in the world
* is home to one of the world's most treasured and endangered animals, the giant panda
  - world's oldest and most beautiful musical traditions
  - out of every five people on earth
* is home to some of the oldest artwork in the world
  - rare and interesting animals
  - the world s longest-surviving civilization
  - in between Japan and India
  - linked to the Arab people through common bonds of friendship
* is located in Asia and is the third largest country in the world
  - Central and East Asia
  - about the same latitude as the United States
  - eastern Asia and spans more than nine million square kilometers
  - the Northern Hemisphere
  - mass producing all kinds of reproduction - good and bad
* is now Sweden's thirteenth largest export market
  - one of the largest economies in the world, relying mainly on exports
* is now the biggest steel producer in the world
  - only nuclear weapons state with an active testing programme
  - world s third largest economy after the United States and Japan
* is now the world's fourth biggest consumer of gold, behind India, the United States and Japan
  - largest producer of CFCs and halons
  - occupied by a quarter of all the people in the world
  - officially an atheist country, but there are four main religions practiced
* is one fourth of the human race
  - of countries where distribution of dinosaur egg is widest
* is one of the United States's fastest-growing export markets
  - biggest countries in the world
  - countries in the world that is rich in energy resources
* is one of the countries with largest number of wildlife species
  - the largest grasslands in the world
  - cradles of world civilization
* is one of the earliest civilizations in the world
  - countries to use cats
* is one of the fastest growing GSM markets in the world
  - telecommunications markets in the world
  - fastest-growing markets in the world for American industrial goods and services
* is one of the few major economies which is outside the system of world trade rules
  - remaining Communist countries in the world
  - first countries to have invented it
  - great powers of the world
  - last remaining allies of North Korea
  - main producers of tea, and it remains China's national drink
* is one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving markets in the world
  - polluted countries in the world
  - repressive countries in the world
  - oldest country in the world
  - richest countries in the world in terms of biodiversity
  - two oldest surviving civilizations in the world today
* is one of the world s fastest growing economies
  - main producers of small bamboo processing machines
* is one of the world's great civilizations, rich in history and culture
  - powers and one of the world's fastest growing economies
  - largest users of forced labor and most sweatshop workers are women
  - leading, low- cost manufacturers of containers
  - major mineral-producing countries
  - regarded as one of the largest Internet growth markets
  - reportedly in the top ten nations in industrial output
* is rich in dinosaur fossils
  - inland waters
  - minerals
  - roughly the same size as the United States, but it's home to about one billion more people
* is second only to the United States in carbon dioxide emissions
  - States in total corn output
* is situated in Eastern Asia
  - eastern Asia, bounded by the Pacific in the east
  - the eastern part of Asia on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean
* is still one of the world leaders in the tea industry today
  - the largest communist country in the world
* is the United States' fourth-biggest trading partner
  - big growth area for pesticide manufacturing
* is the biggest consumer and producer of coal in the world but has an abysmal safety record
  - consumer, producer and exporter of chopsticks
  - destination for Japanese direct investment among Asian countries
  - developing country while the United States is the biggest developed country
  - maker of tin
* is the biggest producer and consumer of coal in the world
  - of rice in the world
  - birth place of the dragon and Chinese people is the offspring of dragon
  - birthplace of acupuncture
  - center of diversity for roses
  - chief exporting country, followed by Chile and Mexico
* is the country in the world with the widest coverage in both longitude and latitude
  - of origin of the fantastic trees
* is the country with rich biodiversity
  - the largest yield of rice and rich species
  - dominant producer, followed by India, the Philippines and Indonesia
  - earliest user of geothermal energy in the world, specially for medical treatments
  - fastest growing consumer market in the world
* is the first country in the world that discovered the use of silk
  - to grow, produce and drink tea
* is the fourth largest country in terms of size and the largest in terms of population
  - trading partner of the United States
  - fourth-highest nation receiving U.S. exports
  - fourth-largest land mass in the world, behind Russia, Canada and the United States
* is the greatest consumer in the world
  - manufacturer of squashes in the world
  - home of chinaware, porcelain being produced in both the south and north
* is the homeland of tea
  - the chrysanthemums, popular for ages
  - land of one billion people
  - largest consumer of oil outside of the United States
* is the largest country in Asia
  - the world in terms of population
* is the largest developing country and boasts a huge market potential
  - the United States the biggest developed country
  - the United States the largest developed country
  - market in the world in terms of untapped demand for cars
  - importer of teak logs from Burma, with Thailand the second largest
  - legume-consuming country in the world
  - market in the world and holds great trading potential for the United States
  - nation in the world
* is the largest producer of coal in the world
  - pork and poultry
  - producing country in the world
  - tobacco market in the world
  - last major untapped market for American agriculture
* is the leading contributor to world fisheries production
  - producer and exporter of industrial fasteners in the world
  - main supplier of cassia oil to the United States, followed by Japan
* is the major importer of linseed oil, the majority of which is used for industrial purposes
  - producer of cashmere
  - most important producer of graphite in the world
* is the most populated country in the world
  - nation on the face of the Earth
* is the most populous country in the world, and the use of computers there is growing rapidly
  - developing country in the world
  - native home of the giant pandas
  - now the world's biggest exporter of chili peppers, followed by Mexico and India
  - oldest continuous civilization in the world and was for centuries the most advanced
* is the only country in the world that has wild pandas
  - world where more suicides are reported for women than for men
  - world where women commit suicide at a higher rate than men
  - which more women than men kill themselves, and by a huge margin
  - with substantial experience in farming medicinal plants
  - country, apart from India, where the FDI inflows have grown continuously
  - other place in the world with significant silt-formed hills
  - originator of pharmaceutical products using natural materials
  - richest country in the world, without any other
  - second-biggest producer of greenhouse gases, after the United States
  - second-largest market in the world for cellphones
  - sixth largest market for American agricultural products
  - sixth-largest market in the world for American agricultural products
* is the source of most of the green tea imported into the United States
  - the second-largest U.S. trade deficit, after Japan
  - strongest non-democratic nation in the world
  - tenth largest export market for U.S. small businesses
* is the third largest country in territory, next to Canada and Russia
  - growth market for small business exporters
  - third-largest military power in the world
* is the world s fastest growing telecommunications market
  - largest exporter of sesame seeds and continues to increase exports
  - major producer of cotton
* is the world's biggest market that remains relatively untapped by Western commerce
  - foremost purchaser of Russian weapons and military equipment
* is the world's largest Communist country
  - barite producer, accounting for about a third of total production
  - cell-phone market
  - coal producer
  - edible mushroom producer
  - exporter of fur clothing
  - importer of vegetable oil, mostly soyoil and palm oil
* is the world's largest market for small wind turbines
  - soybeans and the second-largest market for U.S. poultry
* is the world's largest producer of coal and natural graphite
  - flaxseed
  - fluorspar ore
  - ozone-depleting substances
  - rice, and a major producer of cereals and grain
  - salt
  - producer, followed by the USA, India, Brazil and Turkey
  - rice producer and cotton consumer, and has a burgeoning soybean market
  - shoe maker and exporter
  - source of coal
  - supplier of walnuts
  - untapped market for Florida agricultural products
  - wheat producing and largest wheat consuming nation
  - leading emitter of sulfur, according to a recent study
* is the world's most populous country
  - number one steel- producing nation
* is the world's second largest cotton producer
  - emitter of greenhouse gases, relying heavily on coal
* is the world's second-largest cotton producer
  - energy consumer
  - single largest producer of sports equipment
* is the world's third largest market
  - oil consumer after the United States and Japan
  - wood importer
  - top producer of corn, pigs, chickens , and several other commodities
  - worst proliferator of ballistic missiles and nuclear and chemical weapons
* is thought to be the originator of the cane seat going back several thousand years
  - have been the initiator of block printing
  - to the east of Israel
  - today one of the world's largest producer of electronic consumer products
  - traditionally strong in agriculture industry in the world
  - weak in developing and industrializing new materials made from nickel and cobalt
  - wealthy in natural resources and has huge reserves of coal, oil, gas, and iron
  - without question potentially the largest agricultural market in the world
* issues the world's first paper currency.
* lacks cobalt resources, without independent deposits of cobalt minerals.
* land of great diversity in geography, climate, languages, and ethnic groups.
* large Asian producer of asparagus and Europe's largest supplier of canned product
  - agricultural nation with a huge population base
  - coal-burning nation, so carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions are large
  - country embracing many climate and vegetation zones
  - cultural country with a long history
  - nation located over in Asia
  - producer of traditional manufacturing products - a market maker in world markets
* largest potential seafood market in the world for every seafood suppliers around world.
* leads the world in biomass consumption.
* lies in four AEZs, all of which are subtropical and include some temperate areas
  - largely at the same latitudes as the United States
  - mainly in the northern temperate zone under the influence of monsoon
* loses much land to erosion, desertification, and urbanization each year.
* major chemical producer
  - power responsible for the world's destinies
* major producer of fish such as cod, tuna and dolphin
  - natural rubber - all of which is consumed within China
* major producer of precursor chemicals that are used in the manufacture of illegal drugs
  - small agricultural machinery
  - provider of tungsten, tin, mercury, and antimony in the world
  - supplier of military equipment to Pakistan, a fellow nuclear power
  - world civilization and has one of the oldest histories
* makes half of all toys sold in the United States
  - up for about twenty percent of the world s population
* male-dominated society.
* more difficult environment in which to do business than most other countries.
* multi-national country with a large number of ethnic and linguistic groups.
* multi-religious country.
* nation in which men smoke more than women
  - that historically has revered their elderly and their accumulated wosdom
  - where a free market and the rule of law are in the earliest stage of development
  - whose soul is firmly rooted two thousand years in the past
* net fruit exporting country
  - importer of alumina and ingots
* now ranks as the second largest cell phone market after the United States
  - fifth in the world in terms of diamond consumption
  - third in the world in hydroelectric power
* nuclear weapon state
  - weapons state and producer of sophisticated technology
* often large importer of wheat, and sometimes has feed wheat to livestock.
* overtakes the U.S. in gross national product to become the world's largest economy.
* plays an important part in Marijuana's history.
* power and one with nuclear weapons.
* produces and consumes the most antibiotics of all countries
  - legally exports potassium permanganate, which can be used in cocaine production
  - four times as much tobacco as the next largest producer, the United States
  - limited quantities of opium, mostly for domestic consumption
* produces more cigarettes than any other country
  - greenhouse gases than every country except the United States
  - than half the world's pork
* produces most of the world's opium and heroin
  - silk with Turkey being eleventh
* refers to China s power which during historical times extended into Vietnam.
* region with a high incidence of liver diseases, especially hepatitis and liver cancer.
* relies more heavily on coal as a source of energy than any other country in the world.
* remains a potential key influence on corn as well as soybean prices
  - the second most popular country for foreign investors behind the United States
* represents the biggest market in the world
  - single largest energy market for power generation equipment in the world
* significant source of U.S. agricultural products.
* socialist country, a humanitarian country.
* society in the throws of rapid change.
* sovereign country.
* still is one of the world's leading proliferators of weapons of mass destruction
  - produces the most raw silk fibre, followed by Brazil, India, Japan, Korea and Thailand
* super-state of conquered peoples more diverse than any nation on Earth.
* third world country.
* treats the Internet as another form of media.
* uses bamboo which is what pandas eat.
+ 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship, Possible benefits, China: History of Russia :: History of China :: Treaties
  * China wants a stable, consistent and affordable level of fuel shipments, especially petroleum.
+ Acid rain, Causes, Human: Precipitation :: Water pollution
  * The buildings burns coal or oil and this causes the acid rain gases. Governments have tried since the 1970s to reduce the amount of sulfuric oxide being released into the Earth's atmosphere. They have had good results so far. However, it is expensive to clean the smoke from factories and power stations. Great Britain still produces about five million tonnes of these gases every year. China produces eighteen million tonnes. The United States of America produces more than twenty million tonnes.
+ Ancestor: Family
  * In some cultures ancestors may have relatively little importance. China is an example of a culture that in general has a deep respect for ancestors. Korea is an example of a culture that engages in ancestor worship where ancestors are revered.
+ Bismuth, Preparation
  * China makes the most bismuth. Peru, Mexico, and Japan also make bismuth.
+ Cadmium, Preparation: Metals :: Chemical elements
  * China makes the most cadmium. South Korea and Japan also make cadmium. Cadmium is taken from the zinc metal by heating the zinc metal in a vacuum. Cadmium is boiled first. The cadmium is condensed and used. Cadmium is also taken by precipitating it from the solution of zinc sulfate used to make pure zinc by electrolysis.
+ China, History
  * Ancient China was one of the first civilizations and has been around since the 2nd millennium BC as a feudal society. Chinese civilization was also one of the few to invent writing, the others being Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley civilization, the Maya civilization, the Minoan civilization of ancient Greece, and Ancient Egypt. A history of Chinese civilization Edition 2, illustrated. Cambridge University Press. China is home to some of the oldest artwork in the world. Statues and pottery, as well as decorations made of jade, are some classic examples.
  * Under Mao the country stayed poor while Taiwan became richer. His attempt at industrialization with the Great Leap Forward led to the deaths of many people from famine. The Cultural Revolution caused great social upheaval. Following his death in 1976, China underwent open market reforms under Deng Xiaoping, and experienced rapid economic growth. China is now one of the largest economies in the world, relying mainly on exports.
+ Containerization, Ports: Transportation
  * Ports round the world have been adapted to freight transport by container. The ships that carry containers are huge, and ports must have depth and size to dock ships. China is by far the world's largest user of container transport. Container ships cannot get down the Thames to London, so a modern container port was built at Felixtowe on the Suffolk coast. However, it is only the 29th busiest container port in the world.
+ Dynasties in Chinese history: History-related lists
  * Many 'Chinese dynasties' have ruled the country during its history. China is a society which has had a very long history. This history was affected by the dynasties which have ruled it. They have slowly changed China into its current form.
+ Foreign direct investment: Trade
  * Foreign direct investment' is the participation of one country's resources in another country's business. Many times people and technology are transferred between the two countries. China has much foreign direct investment in it from other countries. India was the second most. The United States is also a leader in foreign direct investment.
+ Mud volcano, Places mud volcanoes are, Europe and Asia: Volcanoes
  * China has a lot of mud volcanoes in the Xinjiang province. There are two active mud volcanoes in the southern part of Taiwan. The island of Baratang, which is part of the Great Andaman group of islands in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean also have a few active mud volcanoes.
+ Patent: Intellectual property law :: Technology
  * Each country has its own patents. China gives Chinese patents. India gives Indian patents. The United States gives United States patents. An inventor can get a patent in any country the inventor wants. An inventor can get patents in many different countries for the same invention. Each patent in each country costs money.
+ People's Republic of China, Geography
  * China has two major rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. There is also the Taklamakan and the Gobi Desert
  - Geography, Biodiversity
  * China is one of 17 megadiverse countries. In the Palearctic zone, mammals such as the horse, camel, tapir, and jerboa can be found. Among the species in the Indomalaya region are the Leopard Cat, bamboo rat, treeshrew, and various monkey and ape species. The famous giant panda is found only in a limited area along the Yangtze River. China has a continuing problem with trade in endangered species. There are now laws to stop such activities.
  * China also has a variety of forest types. Cold coniferous forests cover most of the north of the country. The forest have animal species such as moose and the Asian black bear, along with over 120 bird species. Moist conifer forests can have thickets of bamboo. It is replaced by rhododendrons in higher montane stands of juniper and yew. Subtropical forests, which are mostly in central and southern China
  - Ways of getting around
  * Trains are commonly used for moving from one place to another, mainly for long distances. Bullet trains are faster and more common in the cities. China has more high-speed trains than any other country in the world. Buses and air transport are also very common
+ Political status of Taiwan, Status today: Politics of China :: Politics of Taiwan
  * People who live in Taiwan have different ideas. Taiwan has not been ruled by mainland China since 1895. Today, Taiwan is a democracy. China is ruled by a communist government. The idea of freedom in communism  is different than how people in a democracy  think freedom should be. Few people in Taiwan want to become part of Communist China. Almost none want to give up their idea of freedom. Some people in Taiwan want Taiwan to formally become the Republic of Taiwan. Most of the people in Taiwan want to keep everything like it is now.
+ Tin, Preparation: Chemical elements :: Metals
  * Tin is made by heating cassiterite with carbon in a furnace. China is the biggest maker of tin.
+ Tofu, China: Foods
+ Writing, History of writing, Chinese: History of technology
  * China has eight regional languages that are mutually unintelligible, and many true dialects. Fluency in Chinese reading and writing is undoubtedly difficult to achieve, and this must act as a brake on the drive for literacy. There have been a number of attempts to reform or simplify the system. The most radical in Pinyin, which is a program to replace Chinese characters with an alphabetic system. This was supported by Mao, but faltered after his death.
  * China invents paper, which is first used by the military.