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Maps

 

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Animations

 

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Diagrams

 

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Remote Sensing

 

 

Human Development

 

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China's population, A.D. 0 - 2050

 

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China's population, 1950-2050

 

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Animation of China's population by age and sex, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramid")

 

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Animation the population by age and sex in China, Europe and the USA, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramids)

 

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Population by age and sex in 1990 (based on the population census)

 

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Life expectancy at birth in 2000 by province: Male, Female, Both Sexes

 

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Average life expectancy at birth in 2000 and increase in life expectancy 1990 - 2000 by province

 

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China's average life expectancy at birth in 2004 as compared to all other countries worldwide

 

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Total population, crude death rate, crude birth rate, 1949-1996

 

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Birth rate, death rate, and natural growth rate by province, 2005

 

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Life expectancy at birth in 2000 versus per capita GDP in 2001 by province

 

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The 25 Fastest Growing Cities of China: 1950 - 2005

 

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Urban and rural population in China, 1978 and 2002

 

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China's Rural and Urban Population, 1950-2030 (UN Estimates, 2003)

 

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China and India: Estimated and projected population by age groups, 1950 and 2050

 

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Index of Happiness, 1995-2005: Happy Life Years

 

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Number of deaths attributed to smoking as a percentage of total deaths by age and sex, 1990

 

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Average years of received education, 2000

 

Natural Resources

 

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Cultivated land as a percentage of total land area, 1996

 

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First-grade arable land as percentage of total cultivated land area, 2000

 

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Areas affected by flooding and drought in % of cultivated land, 2001

 

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Three Gorges Dam: Areas submerged in 2003

 

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Carbon dioxide emissions from energy activities, 2004

 

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China, India, USA, Europe, Russia, Japan: Carbon dioxide emissions, 1990-2030

 

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Per capita and total carbon dioxide emissions, 2005

 

Policy

 

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Number of Social Organizations (NGOs), 2003

 

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Freedom in the World, 2007 - Political Rights and Civil Liberties

 

Economy

 

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Index of Economic Freedom, 2005 (The Fraser Institute)

 

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Index of Economic Freedom, 2008 (The Heritage Foundation; The Wall Street Journal)

 

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by sector, 1978 - 2002 (in 100 Mio. Yuan/RMB)

 

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Chinese Companies among the Top 500 Companies (FORTUNE GLOBAL 500) in 2005

 

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Output of Major Industrial Products, 1978-2004

 

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Employment: Total and by economic sector, 1978 - 2003

 

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Laid-off workers in State-Owned Enterprises per 10,000 employed persons, 2001

 

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Gross Regional Product and per capita GDP by province, 2004 (in 100,000 Mio. Yuan/RMB)

 

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Rural labor by economic sector, 1985 and 2002 (at year-end)

 

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Rural labor by economic sector and province, 2002

 

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Per capita foreign exchange earnings, 2001 - ranking of provinces

 

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Automobiles per 100 urban households, 2002

 

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Top ten countries in Gross National Product, 2005 and 2050

 

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China, 1989-2004

 

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China by place of origin, 1990-2004

 

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China's merchandise trade: Exports, imports and trade balance, 1978-2004

 

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Major exports by product, 2002-2004

 

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China, Europe, USA: Net-Import of Oil in 2004

 

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China's Oil Production and Consumption, 1986-2006

 

Science & Technology

 

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Number of patent applications, 2002

 

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Number of granted patent applications, 2002

 

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Success rate in patent applications, 2002 (in %)

 

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Post-graduate students and students studying abroad, 1978-2004

 

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Scientific and technical staff of state-owned enterprises, 1990-2006

 

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Networked Readiness Index (NRI), 2007

 

Infrastructure

 

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Sewage infrastructure in cities, 2001

 

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Number of hospital beds and doctors in cities and counties, 1952 - 2002

 

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Internet Users per 100,000 of the Population, 2001

 

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Number of Internet Users, End of 2006

 

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Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 of population, 2006

 

Culture

 

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Newspaper and book publishing houses and their personnel per 100,000 of the population, 2002

 

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Number of newspapers per 100,000 of the population; Number of newspaper pages published per person, 2002

 

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Ethno-linguistic Groups

 

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Religion in China: Believers, Clergy, and Places of Worship

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