National Anthem of China

National Anthem of the People's Republic of China

The national anthem of the People's Republic of China is

The March of Volunteers.

" Arise, who refuse to be slaves!

With our very flesh and blood Let us build our new Great Wall!

The Peoples of China are in the most critical time,
Everybody must roar his defiance.

Arise! Arise! Arise!

Millions of hearts with one mind,

Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on!

Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on!

March on! March on! March on, on! "

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From Imperial to Modern China

From Imperial to Modern China

China has been ruled by dynasties for 5000 years. Many historical events had happened under the rule of
Emperors. But the most important event is the Chinese Revolution by Dr Sun Yat-sen in 1911. It ushered Imperial China into the modern age. Dr Sun was known as the father of modern China . However he was not able to build a cohesive Republican China. After his death Chiang Kai Shek who tried to unify China under the Kuomintang got into civil war with the Communists led by Mao Zedong.On 1 Oct 1949 the People’s Republic of China was born. He said at the Gate of Heavenly Peace Beijing “ The Chinese People have stood up”
For the next 30 years China saw a transformation of Chinese society from a feudalism to a modern age.
Unfortunately two events marred the progress of modern China. The Great Leap campaign (1958 )led to industrial setbacks and together with natural disasters caused widespread famine. The other event is the Cultural Revolution (1966) which caused chaos across China. There was much loss of of historical, cultural and religious heritage.
Fortunately in the 1980s Deng Xiaoping liberalized Chinese economy and adopted market economy nation[wide. He created Special Economic Zones.
Two of his famous quotes are:
“It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.”
“Let some people get rich first.”
Now China is one of the world’s most vibrant economic powerhouse. The best is yet to come.

The Population of China

China has the world's largest population over 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 as of mid-2008) with a land size of 9.6 million sq km. It has 56 ethnic groups. The Han accounts for 92%.
As the world's population is approximately 6.7 billion, China represents a full 20% of the world's population so one in every five people on the planet is a resident of China.
By end 2010 it is expected to reach 1.4 billion. At some point it is expected to decline because of its one-child policy.
1. Anhui (66 million)
2. Beijing (18 million)
3. Chongqing (32 million)
4. Fujian (36 million)
5. Gansu (27 million)
6. Guangdong (115 million)
7. Guangxi (50 million)
8. Guizhou (40 million)
9. Hainan (9 million)
10. Hebei (69 million)
11. Heilongjiang (39 million)
12. Henan (100 million)
13. Hong Kong (8 million)
14. Hubei (62 million)
15. Hunan (68 million)
16. Inner Mongolia (25 million)
17. Jiangsu (76 million)
18. Jiangxi (44 million)
19. Jilin (28 million)
20. Liaoning (43 million)
21. Macau (0.5 million)
22. Ningxia (76 million)
23. Qinghai (6 million)
24. Shaanxi (38 million)
25. Shandong (93 million)
26. Shanghai (20 million)
27. Shanxi (33 million)
28. Sichuan (87 million)
29. Taiwan (23 million)
30. Tianjin (12 million)
31. Tibet (3 million)
32. Xinjiang (20 million)
33. Yunnan (44 million)
34. Zhejiang (47 million)

The other 9 populous countries are India (1.1b),USA(307m),Indonesia(240m),Brazil (190m),Pakistan (174m),Bangladesh(156m),Nigeria(149m),Russia(140m) andJapan(27m).

Who rules China?

Hu Jintao胡锦涛

Who rules China now?

China has only one political party – the Communist Party of China (CPC), also known the Chinese Communist Part (CCP). . It controls China through many different institutions and party organizations.
Power is exercised by 9 members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party.
The head of the Party is the General Secretary presently held by Hu Jintao. The other members areWu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xijinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoquiang, Zhou Yongkang

The Standing Committee members have tight control over the Government (State Council), Legislature (National People’s Congress) and Armed Forces (Military Commission)

The 25 Standing Committee members are elected by the Central Committee comprising 204 members.
The Central Committee is elected by the National Party Congress once in every five years.

There are more than 2,000 members of the CPC attending the National Party Congress. The election of all delegates is in accordance with procedure, specifically:- delegates have all been nominated by the grass-root Party organizations and Party members via recommendations and defined as delegate candidates with the agreement of most Party organizations and most CPC members.-delegates have gone through assiduous, conscientious tests by Party organizations, hearings of opinions about them by Party organizations and CPC members in the units they belong to, and hearings of views of Party discipline inspection and supervision organs to which their units are subjected.-delegates have been elected by Party congresses or CPC representatives meetings in their electoral units.

The top officials who run the State Council (Government)currently are President Hu Jintao, Vice-President Xi Jinping, Premier Wen Jiabao and Current Vice Premiers, in order of rank, are Li Kiqiang, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang and Wang Qishan .

There are about 80 million members of the Communist Party of China.

China History - Rise and Fall of Dynasties

The Chinese believe they are descendants of the Yellow Emperor who formed the first kingdom of China more than 4,000 years ago. The next 200 years were full of legends until the first recorded dynasty – the Xia Dynasty - was established in 2205 BC.

Here is a brief of the different dynasties till the present The People’s Republic of China.

1. Xia -2205BC
2. Shang – 1766BC
3. Zhou – Western Zhou (112BC)
Eastern Zhou (770BC)
The Spring-Autumn Period (770BC)
The Warring States (476BC)
4. Qin – (221BC)
5. Han – Western Han (206BC)
Eastern Han (25BC)
Three Kingdoms (220)
6. Jin – 256
7. Southern and Northern Dynasties – (420)
8. Sui – (589)
9. Tang – (618)
10. Five Dynasties – (907) (Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou)
11. Song – Northern Song (960)
Southern Song (1127)
12. Liao – (916)
13. Jin – (1115)
14. Yuan – (1279)
15. Ming – (1368)
16. Qing – (1644)
17. Republic of China – (1912)
18. People’s Republic of China – (1949)

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