Intro to China In East Asia

The Imperial Palace in Beijing (1368-1911)

Mandate of Heaven

Chairman Mao of the Communist Party

Shanghai:

Largest Chinese City

Buddhist Temple from 274 CE

Imported US Perfume

The Great Wall of China

4,000 miles long (25 feet high, 16 feet wide)

Begun 220 BCE made of earth/wood

Restored in 1400s with stone

Over 1 million died working on it

1 Child Per Family Program in China

(Rural Area families can have 2)

Prevented 300 million more births

1.3 Billion People

Ratio of 116:100 Boys to Girls

Terrace/Irrigation Farming

Nearly 4,000 lbs per acre

Beijing Opera

Traditional Theater from 700 CE –

Dance, song, and martial arts based on history and folk stories

Chinese Immigration to the USA

Between 1849-82 nearly 300,000 Chinese came to the US and built the Transcontinental/California Railroads

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

• <Don’t Copy>• Be it enacted, That from and after the expiration

of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the Untied States be, . . . suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.

US Imports from China 2007: $321 Billion

US Exports to China 2007: $ 65 Billion

Trade Deficit of $256 Billion

China’s economy is growing at 11% annually.

16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in China.

DON’T COPY

Year 1: $100 + 11% growth = $111

Year 2: $111 + 11% growth = $123.11

Year 3: $123.11 + 11% growth = $136.65