China
By: Julia Waterlow
Series: Economically developing countries; Economically developing countries
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Hove
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750210041
Subjects: Juvenile literature; China - Juvenile literature; China
Description: In this book, people of China explain in their own words how they feel about the changes their country is going through - from the strict government control of communism to the exciting, unstable world of the new China. Meet the different peoples of China: the Han, the Uighurs, the Tibetans and others. Exploore the country's landscapes: the tallest mountains in the world, the beautiful gorges of the Yangzi river, and the breathtaking size of the North China Plain. Find out how China plans to overcome the population problem that led to the old proverb, 'The land is scarce, the people are many', and provide its people with a better standard of living.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The land and its use; title: People and cities; title: Resources and transport; title: Background to developing China; title: Changing workplace; title: Development in the countryside; title: Boundaries and empire; title: China's future; title: Glossary; title: Further information; title: Index.