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CINA: un pò di dati...
CAPITAL: Beijing (Area: 16,800 square kilometers; Population:
12.59 million)
DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT (PRC): October 1, 1949
POPULATION: Total Population 1.2591 billion (1999) about
22% of total population in the world.
HISTORY: China, one of the four oldest civilizations
in the world, has a written history of 4,000 years and boasts rich cultural
relics and historical sites. It is the inventor of compass, paper-making,
gunpowder and printing. The Great Wall, Grand Canal and Karez irrigation
system are three great ancient engineering projects built 2,000 years
ago. Now they are the symbols of the rich culture of the Chinese nation.
China has gone over a long history of primitive society, slavery society,
feudal society and semi-feudal semi-colonial society and the present socialist
society. Chinese Dynasties and Chinese Historic Relics
STATE ORGANS:
The National People's Congress (NPC)
The President of the People's Republic of China
The State Council
The Central Military Commission
The Supreme People's Court
The Supreme People's Procuratorate
LANGUAGES: The national language is Putonghua (the common
speech) or Mandarin, which is one of the five working languages at the
United Nations. Most of the 55 minority nationalities have their own languages.
Cantonese is one of the local dialects of southern China. As a written
language, Chinese has been used for 6,000 years.
RELIGIONS: China is a multi-religious country. Buddhism,
Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism, with the first three being
more wide spread.Various religions exert different influence on different
ethnic groups. Islam is followed by the Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar,
Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan nationalities; Buddhism and Lamaism are followed
by the Tibetan, Mongolian, Dai and Yugur nationalities; Christianity is
followed by the Miao, Yao and Yi nationalities; Shamanism is followed
by the Oroqen, Ewenki and Daur nationalities; the majority Han nationality
believes in Buddhism, Christianity and Taoism.
(fonte: http://www.chinatoday.com/general/a.htm)
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