China

China Michaela China is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. it borders Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhistan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Chinas terrian is mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east.

Currently china is under a communist government Under the peoples republic of China under president Hu Jintao. All together there are 34 province-level administrative units in China, including 4 municipalities, 22 Provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 2 special districts, and Taiwan, which is claimed as a province but is not currently under the administration of the People's Republic of China.

The language of China is Standard Chinese or Manderin. China has the worlds highest population at 1,343,239,923. Its is a MDC, this can be seen becuase of the countries high indutrialization, high life exspectancy (at 74.84 years) and low infant mortality rate (15.62/1000 live bnirths).

 Chinas climate switches between dry seasons and wet monsoon seasons. Due to chinas large size, its has a wide range of climate patters, with more tropical areas in the south versus colder northern regions.


 * Omnivores || Golden Pheasant ||
 * Herbivores || Panda ||
 * Scavengers || Hooded Crow ||
 * Decomposers || Shiitake ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hotspot- mountains of southwest china <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Indicator species- finless porpoise is the only porpoise species that can live in freshwater <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keystone species- Platteau Pika, provide shelter to multiple species in an area without much tree cover <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Native species- Chinese Hare <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Nonnative species- fall webworm from North America that has swiftly devastated Beijing’s urban landscape by defoliating more than 200 plant species, including valued ornamental trees <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Specialized species- The Panda, main food source is bamboo <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Biomes: deciduous forest, temperate grassland, temperate forests, desert and tropical forests <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Endangered species: Panda- habitat loss <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Siberian Tiger- heavy poaching, low genetic diversity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extinct species: Chinese elephant- poaching for ivory

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rate of growth- .5% <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Doubling time- 140 years, slower than world

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Birth rate: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12.31 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">country comparison to the world: 158 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Death rate: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">country comparison to the world: 126 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Net migration rate: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">country comparison to the world: 131 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Transitioning into stage 3 Family planning- One-child policy. Very effective. crude birth rate fell from 37 to 20 per thousand [|[15]], infant mortality declined from 227/1000 births in 1949 to 53/1000 in 1981, and life expectancy dramatically increased from around 35 years in 1949 to 65 years in 1976 3Resources: coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas Forest management: Natural Forest Management Project (NFMP) The objective is to:
 * 1) 1 export: electrical and other machinery
 * 2) 1 import: iron and steel
 * develop a forest management process that will maintain and/or restore the composition, diversity, structure and ecological functions of the natural forest
 * disseminate the forest management models that prove successful in the selected areas.

China is second in the world, just behind Australia, in area of rangelands. The fi rst major attempt to improve the rangelands and their management occurred in 1985 with the enactment of the Rangeland Law. This law prohibited activities understood to damage rangelands and empowered Provincial Governments to prevent unauthorized cropping, to order restoration of damage and to impose fi nes for serious breaches. Rangeland monitoring and management departments were established within the Animal Husbandry Bureau. Since 1990 the Government and related sectors, have enacted a series of policies and regulations to protect the environment and resources of rangelands.

China has 208 national parks, including but not limited to : China mostly uases terrace farming, and also uses mass amounts of pesticides, cauing multiple cases of poisoning of its population.
 * Badaling - Shisanling National Park, Beijing
 * Chengde Bishushanzhuang Waibamiao National Park, Hebei
 * Qinhuangdao Beidaihe National Park, Hebei
 * Wutaishan National Park, Shanxi
 * Hengshan National Park, Hunyuan, Shanxi
 * Anshan Qianshan National Park, Liaoning
 * Jingpohu National Park, Heilongjiang
 * Wudalianchi National Park, Heilongjiang
 * Taihu National Park, Jiangsu
 * Nanjing Zhongshan National Park, Jiangsu
 * Hangzhou Xihu National Park, Zhejiang
 * Fuchunjiang - Xin'anjiang National Park, Zhejiang
 * Yandangshan National Park, Zhejiang
 * Putuoshan National Park, Zhejiang
 * Huangshan National Park, Anhui
 * Jiuhuashan National Park, Anhui
 * Tianzhushan National Park, Anhui
 * Wuyishan National Park, Fujian
 * Lushan National Park, Jiangxi
 * Jinggangshan National Park, Jiangxi
 * Taishan National Park, Shandong
 * Qingdao Laoshan National Park, Shandong