The state of China Atlas
By: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Robert Benewick
Contributors: Benewick, Robert
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780520246270
Subjects: Politics and government; Statistics; Conditions sociales; Conditions économiques; Maps; Anthropogeographie; Politique et gouvernement; Economic conditions; Atlas; Social conditions; Statistiques
Description: This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of The State of China Atlas marks a radical departure from conventional cartography and provides a fast, highly effective way of conveying large amounts of information through the medium of the map. China is the world's fastest-growing economy and the second-largest trading nation. With its entrepreneurial outlook and population of 1.3 billion, it offers unique opportunities for domestic and overseas investors. This dynamic volume provides an abundance of information on China's new wealth, growing unemployment, migration to the cities, and trade disputes. It dramatically reveals China's clashes of priorities: between population growth and the one-child family policies; human rights and political stability; energy needs and the environment. Maps and graphics beautifully illustrate current trends in areas such as the gender gap, national minorities, traffic, investment, marriage and divorce, education, tobacco trade and use, religion, AIDS and SARS, ageing and dependency, and cell phone use, comprehensive information on China's population, employment, agriculture, industry, and economics.
Notes: Earlier edition has author names Robert Benewick and Stephanie Donald.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.
Table of contents: title: China in the world; title: China's people; title: The economy; title: The party-state; title: Living in China; title: The environment; title: Tables.