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China

35.0N 105.0E · 29 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
IMPERIAL UNIFICATION UNDER THE FIRST EMPEROR OF QIN · 221 BCE
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1949-present · The People's Republic: Revolution, Upheaval, and Reform
5 EVENTS
1949 CE · People's Republic of China proclaimed 2 REFS
1958 CE · Great Leap Forward and the great famine 2 REFS
1912-1949 · The Fall of the Empire: Republic, Warlords, and War
5 EVENTS
1911 CE · Xinhai Revolution erupts 1 REF
1937 CE · Second Sino-Japanese War and the Nanjing Massacre 2 REFS
1271-1912 · Empires of Conquest and Restoration: Yuan, Ming, Qing
5 EVENTS
1271 CE · Kublai Khan founds the Mongol Yuan dynasty 2 REFS
1368 CE · Ming dynasty restores Han rule 2 REFS
220-1279 · Division, Reunification, and the Tang-Song Golden Age
4 EVENTS
618 CE · Tang dynasty and a cosmopolitan golden age 2 REFS
960 CE · Song dynasty and a commercial revolution 2 REFS
221 BCE-220 CE · Imperial Unification: Qin and Han
5 EVENTS
221 BCE · Qin unifies China; the First Emperor is proclaimed 2 REFS
206 BCE · Han dynasty consolidates the empire 3 REFS
c. 1600-256 BCE · Bronze Age Kingdoms and the Hundred Schools
5 EVENTS
c. 1600 BCE · Shang dynasty rules the Yellow River valley 3 REFS
c. 1046 BCE · Zhou conquest and the Mandate of Heaven 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Beijing
Population
1.38 bn
Area
9,706,961 km²
Region
Eastern Asia
Languages
Chinese
Currency
Chinese yuan (¥)
Demonym
Chinese
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$19.50 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$13,862’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
5.0%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
38.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
1.41 bn’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
78.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
66.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
96.7%’20 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
27.9’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
63.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
68.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
53.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
47.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
49.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.9%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.11’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
5.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
95.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
96.7%’20 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
99.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
92.3%’12 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
76.9%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
2.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
2,107’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
91.6%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
132’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
26.3%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
9,388,210 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
24.0%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
55.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
9.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
15.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.5%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Copper (mined)
1.8 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Iron ore
290 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Gold (mined)
380 t’25 USGS-MCS
Lithium (mined)
62.0 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Cobalt (mined)
2,000 t’25 USGS-MCS
Nickel (mined)
120 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Rare earths
270 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
87 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Zinc (mined)
4.1 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
110 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
1.7%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$314 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
2.5 m’20 WB-SIPRI

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