Chinese Communist Party The 66.35 million member CCP, authoritarian in structure and ideology, continues to dominate government. Nevertheless, China's population, geographical vastness, and social diversity frustrate attempts to rule by fiat from Beijing. Central leaders must increasingly build consensus for new policies among party members, local and...

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  Economic Reforms Since 1979, China has reformed and opened its economy. The Chinese leadership has adopted a more pragmatic perspective on many political and socioeconomic problems, and has reduced the role of ideology in economic policy. China #8217;s ongoing economic transformation has had a profound impact not only on China but on the world. The...

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  The educational goals of the Chinese Communist government have been promoted by means other than formal education. During the 1960s and '70s, plays, opera, popular literature, and music were seen to have the capacity to educate. For example, in 1964 the Peking Opera, which has a history of 200 years of active performance in China, presented the Festival...

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  Dynastic Period China is the oldest continuous major world civilization, with records dating back about 3,500 years. Successive dynasties developed a system of bureaucratic control that gave the agrarian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and hill cultures. Chinese civilization was further strengthened by the development of a Confucian...

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  Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 105 00 E Map references: Asia Area: total area: 9,596,960 sq km (approximately 3.7 million sq. mi.) land area: 9,326,410 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than the US Land boundaries:...

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  Ethnic Groups The largest ethnic group is the Han Chinese, who constitute about 91.9% of the total population. The remaining 8.1% are Zhuang (16 million), Manchu (10 million), Hui (9 million), Miao (8 million), Uygur (7 million), Yi (7 million), Mongolian (5 million), Tibetan (5 million), Buyi (3 million), Korean (2 million), and other ethnic minorities....

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