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__**Maps:**__ __**Population Data:**__
 * Large Scale:**
 * Small Scale:**
 * Population**: 1.379 billion
 * NIR**: 5.66
 * CBR**: 13.3
 * CDR**: 7.2
 * TFR**: 1.57
 * GNI PPP/capita**: 15,500 PPP dollars
 * Life expectancy**: 75.99
 * Population Growth Rate**: 0.5% (yearly)

China's population is approximately 18.5% of the world’s entire population. Rapid growth of the population led China to enforce a one child policy. The ratio of girls to boys is dramatic and is predicted to continue increasing by 20%.
 * __Population Pyramid__**
 * China-2017:** China’s current stage is controversial. It is considered a still a developing country in stage 3 but is showing signs of soon becoming a stage 4.
 * China-2050:** Early stage 4. The CBR is decreasing but stable and the population of older groups of people is increasing.
 * __Current Population__:**

http://populationof2017.com/population-china-2017.html

Should china enforce more laws to control the population like the one child policy?
 * __Question__:**

Unique style consist of timber work combining stone carving, rammed earth construction, bucket arch buildings, and a handful more techniques. Wooden posts, beams, lintels, and joists create the framework of a house. Glazed roofs, windows with designs and flower patterns on wooden pillars. The tructural layout is also unique. The main focus is located in the center while less important are spread out on the left and right, all very symmetrical. []
 * __China’s Folk Culture: Architecture__**

Is it easy to identify a traditional Chinese structure?
 * __Question:__**


 * C****hina** **Language**

Chinese is of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The dialects have been organized into seven to ten groups. The largest being Mandarin, Wu, Min, and Yue. An example of Mandarin is the Beijing dialect, of Wu is Shanghainese, of Min is Taiwanese Hokkien, and an example of Yue is Cantonese. 1.2 billion people (approximately 16% of the world’s population) speak a form of Chinese as a first language. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese
 * __History__:**

221 B.C. China became a nation state. The Chinese developed in small isolated groups spread thought China. There was no single national language until the early 20th century, when China needed a common language. In 1932 the Republic of China officially enforced the Commission’s product, Guoyu (Mandarin). In 1982 Mandarin was the official language of mainland China. http://www.alittledynasty.com/history-of-mandarin-chinese.html

__**Issues In China’s Language:**__ “Divided by a (Not Really) Common Language” https://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/08/language_china “Dialects” in China should be referred to as languages since the differences in speech make it extremely difficult for a speaker of Cantonese to communicate with a speaker of Mandarin.

__**Video**__**:** Chinese- The Sinitic Languages https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0AMmLuiqk The internet hasn’t had any impact on preserving any of China’s languages or dialects.

Do you consider China’s dialects to be languages or dialects?
 * __Question__:**


 * Religion**

What religions are prevalent? Multi-religious country. Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism, and Catholicism. Philosophical beliefs also have religious elements that Chinese practice. There are folk religions in China. []

What is the history of religion in your country and how did it spread? Buddhism spread from India approximately 2,000 years ago. Majority of Buddhist are Han Chinese. Others are from the Tibetan, Moniba, and Tujia nationalities. Largest religious communities in China. Taoism is native to China from about 1,700 years ago. Doctrines founded by Lao Tzu and teach about Tao or the “way.” Islam spread from Arab Countries in China more than 1,300 years ago. It has millions of practitioners including the Hui, Uyghur, Kazak, Ozbek, Tajik, Tatar, Kirgiz, Dongxiang Sala, and Banan ethnic groups. Christianity came to China in 635. A Missionary of Nestorian came to China from Persia. After British Opium War in 1840, Christianity spread rapidly. []

Has there been any significant eligious conflict? China has always had conflict over religious belief. Throughout China, many Christian places of worship have been forcibly demolished by local governments. The destruction symbolizes the will of the new leadership group. []

Question: Why did China‘s government turn a blind eye to the building of churches just to tear them down?