Why is China so heavily populated?
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Before there was birth control, it was normal when you had lots of children (5,7,9,10...). But in the previous century the Chinese government introduced birth control because there were getting too much Chinese: you couldn't get more then one child. For each child "extra" you have to pay more taxes.
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China (simplified Chinese: 中国, Traditional Chinese: 中國, pinyin: Zhōngguó; listen (help·info)) is a geographical region in East Asia and Central Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a state known as the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back more than 4,000 years.\n\nWith one of the world's longest periods of mostly uninterrupted civilization and the world's longest continuously used written language system, China's history has been largely characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war, and violent imperial dynastic change. The country's territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the North China Plain, and varied according to its changing fortunes to include multiple regions of East, Northeast, and Central Asia. (The term "China proper" is used by some observers and historians to describe the core territory historically home to the majority Han Chinese, as opposed to lands associated later with China such as what is now Xinjiang.) For centuries, Imperial China was also one of the world's most technologically advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant cultural influence, with an impact lasting to the present day.\n\nBy the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, China's political, economic, and military influence declined relative to the growing regional power of Japan and the influence of Western powers. The imperial system in China ended with the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) under Sun Yat-sen in 1912; however, the next four decades of ROC rule were marred by warlord control, the Second Sino-Japanese War during which the Empire of Japan occupied large parts of China, and the Chinese Civil War which pitted Chinese Nationalists against the Communist forces.\n\nAfter its victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, forcing the Nationalists to retreat and relocate the ROC government to the island of Taiwan, which it had governed since the end of World War II. Since then, the ROC has maintained administrative control over Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, several islands off the coast of Fujian province including Kinmen and the Matsu Islands, and some islands in the South China Sea.\nShanghai, China's largest city\nEnlarge\nShanghai, China's largest city\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nEnlarge\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nContents\n[hide]\n\n    * 1 Terminology\n          o 1.1 "Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\n          o 1.2 "China"\n          o 1.3 "Cathay"\n    * 2 History\n    * 3 Chinese Pre-history\n    * 4 Political history\n    * 5 Territory\n          o 5.1 Historical overview\n          o 5.2 Historical political divisions\n          o 5.3 Geography and climate\n    * 6 Economy\n    * 7 Society\n          o 7.1 Demographics\n          o 7.2 Culture\n          o 7.3 Religion\n          o 7.4 Arts, scholarship, and literature\n          o 7.5 Science and technology\n    * 8 Miscellaneous topics\n    * 9 See also\n\n[edit]\n\nTerminology\n\n    Main article: Names of China\n\n[edit]\n\n"Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\nEnlarge\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\n\nChina is called zhong guo in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified: 中国, Traditional: 中國; also romanized as Jhongguo or Chung-kuo), which is usually translated as "Middle Kingdom." The first character Zhong (中) means "middle" or "center" while guo (国 or 國) means "country" or "kingdom".\n\nThe term has not been used consistently throughout Chinese history, however, and carries certain cultural and political con
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lol  what??????  china has the BIGGEST army with over a million soldiers
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China is superpower and this is a long time ago fact!\nBut because they are much people and they have nuclear weapons this doesn't means that they are ready to force the rest world to accept them as superpower. They need to achieve many things in politics in justice in health-care in technology and education!
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India is second next to China as the most populated countries in the world.
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That's true especially in highly developed countries since they are not replacing their population as fast as they are dying out.  Most of them have 2 kids at the most when several decades ago they would have 3-4 kids per family. When you go to these countries, you will hardly see any kids around. Kinda creepy if you ask me.
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Han Chinese (the vast majority of china's population are Han)
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I think so. China has already has a larger population than we do. This means that they have more man power. More man power means they can produce more for cheaper. They also have the ability to have more great minds and creative thinkers because of such a population. And, if we don't shape up we are screwed.
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hmm wht to say,a population of 1billion\none or other will be online sometime,i donno wht happend to  counterparts chinese,india has more acess to internet than them in asia due to good english skills,i think\nso thz r reasons:1.large group of internet users\n                 2.gd english skills\n                 3.thz iz daytime thr unlike in america&europe,latin america...\n                 4.many r yahoo users comparingly less google,msn users
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Because China is an oppressive communist country. They sensore everything their people see, they don't want any individuality or new ideas. China is a country that forces the people to believe what they want them to believe.
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Chi·na (chī'nə) , People's Republic of \n\nA country of eastern Asia. Its ancient civilization traditionally dates to c. 2700 B.C.. After a bitter civil war (1946–1949) a people's republic led by Mao Zedong was established on the mainland, and the Nationalists fled to Taiwan. Beijing is the capital and Shanghai the largest city. Population: 1,290,000,000 .\n\n\nPeople\n\nPopulation: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.) \nAge structure: 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 148,134,928/female 131,045,415)\n15-64 years: 71% (male 477,182,072/female 450,664,933)\n65 years and over: 7.6% (male 47,400,282/female 51,886,182) (2005 est.) \nMedian age: total: 32.26 years\nmale: 31.87 years\nfemale: 32.67 years (2005 est.) \nPopulation growth rate: 0.58% (2005 est.) \nBirth rate: 13.14 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) \nDeath rate: 6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) \nNet migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) \nSex ratio: at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female\nunder 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female\n15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female\n65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female\ntotal population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005 est
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China for sure because is developing vewry fast and they are quit in byssines profesional... Also because if you get connected with Chinese people you will be coonnected everywhere in the globe because they living everywhere...
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China by population and Russia by geographical size.
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China is too big and powerful.
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I am an American who has been living in China for over four years. Many of the things said and written about China is actually not true.\n\nThere is the speculation that China is the fastest growing Christian population and it is underground. The fact is, the Christian church I attend is forced to have several Sunday services, due to the increased amount of people becoming Christians. There are security people near the enterance; I have watched them incognito; they assure there is no noise or traffic to interfere with the service.\n\nI teach at a university and am a judge for many English contests. Even with some military people and people who are Communist in the audience, the contestants will include references to god. During the last contest, the girl that won made references to God, heaven, Bible, and baptism. When I give the keynote speeches, nobody has ever approached me to disregard anything I was prepared to say. Many of the soldiers and Communist party people will shake my hand and thank me for the nice speech.\n\nI have listened to the English Channel news; Yahoo news has most of the same stories. When anyone in a news station says anything bad about a president of prime minister of another country, it is usually cut away.\n\nSure there are problems in China; the country must be able to stay on an even plateau to take care of and feed 1.3 million people. China has come a long way. The idea that things are as bad as many people think is false.
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China's communism is much deeper rooted than the Soviet System.  One thing you can say for the Chinese is that they do evolve to new systems when they are better.  You can see this slow change over the thousands of years that China has existed.  Kinda makes you feel like a baby country when you think the US has only been around for 200 years.
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6 billion total.  I think China has about 2 billion themselves, followed by India which i think has another 1 billion