Robert Benewick is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics at the University of Sussex. His recent publications include Asian Politics in Development with Marc Blecher and Sarah Cook (eds.) and articles on community construction in China. Stephanie Hemelryk Donald is Professor of Chinese Media Studies at the University of Sydney. An expert on the politics of media and culture and the intersection of social history and visual media, she is author of Public Secrets, Public Spaces (2000), Little Friends (2005), Tourism and the Branded City: Film and Identity on the Pacific Rim (2007), Media in China (co-edited with Michael Keane, 2001) and Picturing Power (co-edited with Harriet Evans, 1999). She has served as the president of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia and as Chair of the Humanities and Creative Arts panel of the Australia Research Council.
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THE STATE OF CHINA ATLAS Mapping the World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Revised and Updated Robert Benewick and Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
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Foreword by Tony Saich 7 Introduction 9 Part One CHINA IN THE WORLD 12 1 Trade 14 China, in conjunction with Hong Kong, is the second-largest trading nation in the world. 2 Investment 16 Foreign direct investment in China continues to grow, and China is developing its own overseas investments. 3 Military Power 18 China’s regular armed forces comprise 9 percent of the world’s total. 4 International Relations 20 China’s international relations are influenced by a combination of ambition and nationalism. 5 Chinese Diaspora 22 Chinese outward migration over the centuries has created some strong overseas communities. Part Two PEOPLE IN CHINA 24 6 Population 26 Over 1.3 billion people, one-fifth of the world’s population, live in China. 7 The Gender Gap 28 There are more boys than girls in China. 8 Minority Nationalities 30 Around 10 percent of people in China are from one of 55 officially recognized ethnic groups. 9 Rural–Urban Inequality 32 China is one of the most unequal societies in the world. Part Three THE ECONOMY 34 10 Economic Development 36 Between 1990 and 2007, China’s economy grew by an average of 10 percent a year. 11 Entrepreneurs 38 The entrepreneur is fêted in popular self-help manuals and biographies. 12 Employment 40 There are at least 8 million new entrants each year into China’s labor market. 13 Agriculture 42 Agriculture provides a declining share of China’s GDP. 14 Industry 44 China’s industrial output is expanding, with goods produced both for export and in the hope of building domestic demand. 15 Services 46 The share of GDP contributed by the services sector grew by 10 percent between 1997 and 2007. 16 Tourism 48 The major focus of China’s tourism industry is on domestic tourists. 17 Energy 50 China’s energy production has soared since 2002, in order to keep up with the demand of its growing economy.
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