© T. M. Whitmore Today China Population Mobility History Economic geography
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© T. M. Whitmore Chinese Population Issues Population growth- sizesize Revolutionary changes Mortality Mortality Fertility Fertility Ethnic composition Han Chinese Others Spatial distribution mostly in east Urbanization/transport
© T. M. Whitmore Chinese Mobility Shift from bicycles to carsbicycles Maoist structure – small urban collectives Highway construction Highway Now #3 producer of cars Shift to suburban structuresuburban “Big Box” storesBig Box
Population Cartogram (size on map proportional to population)
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Population Pyramid of China, 2000 Note “excess” males
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N China Plain
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South China
What world city since 1990 has built almost 3,000 buildings with 18 or more stories? © Bret Wallach
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Ng Han Guan, AP, USA Today
© T. M. Whitmore Chinese history (briefly!) Chinese dynasties from 200s BC to ~ 1800dynasties European trade and influence 1700s onward European trade Japanese empire Japanese Post WWII - rise of Communists
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Silk and Porcelain Products Desired by Europeans - Chinese traded for silver/gold
Opium Wars – British push for control of trade
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© T. M. Whitmore Post WW2 – Rise of Communism Communist takeover in 1949 led by Mao Zedong Centrally planned command economy 1960s – stamp out capitalism Mao died in 1976
© T. M. Whitmore Chinese Economic geography China’s North (Manchuria)Manchuria North China plain Lower Yangtze river basin (Shanghai) Industrial development Sichuan basin South coastal region
Sichuan Hong Kong
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© T. M. Whitmore "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" Since the 1970’s - market-oriented economic reforms: State-owned to private enterprises Closed economy to foreign investment Feudal agriculture to collectives to household responsibility system These have led to increased growth, inequality, rural-urban migration and pollution. inequality SEZ (Special Economic Zones) SEZ
Suzhou Industrial Park – in Jiangsu province (near Shanghai)
Shenzhen SEZ (Special Economic Zone) - in Guangdong Province
© T. M. Whitmore Perspectives and problems Strong economic growthgrowth Chinese business diasporadiaspora Agriculture vs pop Pollution etc. Pollution
© 2002 Manfred Leiter China town in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia