China

(An introduction)

Global Connections (Stage 1 Geography)

© Geography Teachers Association NSW

 Locating China
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Hungary

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Romania Mongolia
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China
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Dom. Rep. Myanmar
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Panama Benin
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Of Congo Indonesia Papua
Tanzania
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Peru
Brazil Comoros INDIAN East Timor

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PACIFIC Zambia
Malawi
Mayotte (Fr.)
Madagascar
Bolivia OCEAN Fiji
OCEAN Namibia Zimbabwe Mauritius New Caledonia
Mozambique
Paraguay Botswana Reunion (Fr.)

Chile Australia
Swaziland
Argentina Lesotho
South Africa
Uruguay

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Falkland Islands

South Georgia
China lies to Australia’s
Northwest
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Greenland Travelling from Sydney to China

Sweden

There are many airlines Iceland Norway

Finland

Estonia
Russia

operating international flights Denmark Latvia

Canada Lithuania
Neth.
Ireland U. K. Poland
Belarus

to China from Australian cities,

Germany
Belgium
Lux. Czech Rep

Beijing
Slovakia
Ukraine
Austria Kazakhstan
Moldova
France Switz. Slovenia
Hungary
Croatia Romania Mongolia

including Qantas, Cathay

Italy Bosnia &
Herzg. Serbia &
Montenegro
Andorra
Macedonia
Bulgaria Georgia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan
Portugal Spain Albania Armenia Azerbaijan North Korea
U. S. A. Greece Turkey Turkmenistan Tajikistan
Azores

Pacific, China Southern Airlines,

South
China
North Cyprus
Tunisia Malta
Syria
Cyprus
Lebanon Iraq Afghanistan Korea Japan
Morocco Israel
Jordan
Iran
Canary Islands Kuwait

Air China and China Eastern

Libya Pakistan Nepal
Algeria Egypt
Bahrain Bhutan
The Bahamas
ATLANTIC Qatar Oman
Mexico Western Sahara Bangladesh

Cuba
Saudi Arabia U. A. E.
India Taiwan
Dom. Rep. Myanmar
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Airlines.
Jamaica
Belize
OCEAN Mauritania Mali Oman
Laos

Niger
Honduras Haiti Cape Verde Senegal
Chad Sudan Eritrea Yemen Thailand Vietnam
OCEAN
Guatemala Nicaragua Gambia Burkina Cambodia
Philippines
El Salvador Guinea Bissau Guinea Faso Djibouti
Panama Benin
Nigeria Somalia

Costa Rica Venezuela Guyana Sierra Leone
Cote
D'Ivoire Ghana
Togo
Central African South Ethiopia
Suriname Liberia Cameroon Republic Sudan Sri Lanka Brunei
Colombia French Guiana Equatorial Guinea Malaysia
Uganda
Sao Tome & Principe
Congo Kenya Singapore
Ecuador Gabon Rwanda

Dem. Rep. Burundi
Of Congo Indonesia Papua
Tanzania
New Guinea
Peru
Brazil Comoros INDIAN East Timor

Angola Malawi

Mayotte (Fr.)
Zambia Madagascar
Bolivia OCEAN Fiji

Namibia Zimbabwe Mauritius New Caledonia

Mozambique
Paraguay Botswana Reunion (Fr.)

The flights to China’s capital

Chile Australia
Swaziland
Argentina Lesotho
South Africa
Sydney
(Beijing) from Sydney take
Uruguay

New Zealand

about 11 hours 40 minutes.

Falkland Islands

South Georgia
Island

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China’s Asian Neighbours
 China Quick Facts

•  China is officially known as the People's

Republic of China.
•  China has the largest population in the
world, with over 1.38 billion people 2018
(that means one-in-five of the world’s
population is Chinese).
•  The capital city of China is Beijing, while China’s flag
the largest city is Shanghai.
•  China is the world’s second largest
economy after the United States of
America.
•  The main languages of China are
Mandarin (70% of the population) and
Cantonese.
 Map of China
China is the world’s
third largest
country by area
(9,706,961 sq km).

China’s vast
landscape includes
grasslands, deserts,
mountains, lakes,
rivers and more
than 14,000 km of
coastline.

China’s attractions
The Terracotta Army are life size terracotta sculptures
created more than 2000 years ago to be buried with
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor. Seven
hundred thousand workers spent 40 years to made
more than 8,000 warriors, 670 horses, 130 chariots,
and many other sculptures to protect the Emperor and
entertain him in the afterlife.

The vast Forbidden City in Beijing was home
to Chinese emperors from 1420 to 1912 and
the country’s cente of power for almost 500
years.

The Great Wall of China is the largest human

made structure on earth, stretching an incredible
8,850 kilometres east to west across the northern
border of ancient China. The wall was built to
protect China from an invasion from the north.
Most of the wall was built between 1368 amd
1644 (a period known as the Ming Dynasty).
Forbidden City
The Giant Panda is
found in China’s
south mainly in
Sichuan province.
This amazing
creature’s diet
consists mostly of
bamboo. It is
thought that there
are fewer than
1,600 Giant Panda
alive today.
 Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the world’s great cities. The territory on which Hong Kong stands
was controlled by the United Kingdom until 1997 when it was handed back to China.
The city’s population of 7.3 million is crowded into just 1,104 km2.
 3D Interactive Map of China

Click on the link

below to find out
more about China’s
attractions.

http://www.chinaspree.com/china-travel-guide/3D-MAP/

 Chinese Food
Peking Duck: Originally Chinese Hot Pot:
from Beijing (formally Individuals cook
known as Peking). their own meat
Thinly sliced duck with and vegetables in
crispy skin. a pot of steaming
broth.

Dumplings:
Spring rolls: Meat or Ground meats
vegetables wrapped
and/or vegetables
and deep fried.
wrapped in dough
and then steamed.

Street
food stall

Source: ShutterStock.com

Find out more: https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/chinese-food-type.htm

 China’s Weather and Climate

China is a vast land

Very cold winters in
spanning many China’s north
degrees of latitude. It
also has a very
complicated terrain. As
a result, China has a
variety of temperature
and rainfall zones.
Winter in most areas
are cold and dry.
Summers are generally
hot and rainy. Harbin, China – Carved ice buildings at the
International Ice and Snow Festival

China’s climate regions
 Chinese Festivals
The most famous Chinese
festival is the Chinese New Year
(also called ‘The Spring Festival’).

It is celebrated at the beginning
of China’s spring and lunar cycle.

Each lunar cycle has 60 years
and 12 years is a small cycle,
each of which has an animal
sign: Rat, ox, tiger, dragon,
snake, horse, sheep, monkey,
rooster, dog and pig. 2018 is the
year of the dog.

Families celebrate the Chinese
New Year with a family reunion
dinners, fireworks and parades.
They also have 7–15 days off
work.