CHINA - Growing Rich

By: D Thompson

China has a red flag with a yellow five-pointed star that is large and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars in a vertical arc located in the upper left area of the flag. Red is representing "revolution" and the four smaller stars represent social classes - "The peasantry", "The Working Class", "The Urban Petty Bourgeoisie" and "The National Bourgeoisie" capitalists all under the Communist Party of China.

See the flag here.

China's capital is Beijing. China's total area is almost 10 million sq km with a population of about 1.4 billion. The growth rate is .32%. Ethnicity is primarily Han Chinese with Chines or Mandarin being the main language. Interesting is that religion lists 52% as unaffiliated with the largest share of religion being Buddhist.

See Demographics click here.

Somewhat reluctant to trade, China began to adopt the idea as part of its colonialism. Industrialism and the immersion in machines as a whole increased the readiness of the country to emerge as a leader. Over the years China would seek to continually improve its position as a world leader as the many confining treaties already introduced in the 1800's in many ports gave way to a new awareness of to trade as an economic impact. This modernization theory is commonplace today. It can be traced to globalization process introduced in this wiki as it is updated.

Cambridge Journal of China Studies