China
By: Alison Brownlie Bojang, Nicola Barber
Contributors: Barber, Nicola
Series: World in focus; World in focus
Publisher: Hodder Wayland
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780750246361
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: Presents a comprehensive insight into China - home to 1.3 billion people. China covers a vast area of Eastern Asia, and is home to one- fifth of the world's total population.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: China an overview; title: History; title: Landscape and climate; title: Population and settlements; title: Government and politics; title: Energy and resources; title: Economy and income; title: Global connections; title: Transport and communications; title: Education and health; title: Culture and religion; title: Leisure and tourism; title: Environment and conservation; title: Future challenges. Boxer rebellion; title: Chiang Kai-shek; title: Communist Party; title: Confucius; title: Cultural Revolution; title: Dalai Lama; title: Deng Xiaoping; title: Falun Gong; title: Huang He; title: Long March; title: Mao Zedong; title: Sun Yat-sen; title: Tiananmen Square; title: Wen Jiabao; title: Yang Liwei.