2. All about China ............................................................ Page 3&4/10
The President …............................................................. Page 5/10
The 1st Minister ........................................................... Page 6/10
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ................................... Page 7/10
The Chinese Wall ........................................................ Page 8&9/10
Expo Shangai 2010....................................................... Page 10/10

3. Popular Republic of China
The PRC commonly populous city is and the United States.
known as China is the Shanghái. Within its territory
largest country in East With a total area of accommodates
Asia and the world's approximately 9.6 different types of
most populous with million square landscapes and
more than 1,300 million kilometers, the PRC is ecosystems, from
people, about a fifth of the fourth largest prairies and steppes of
world population. Its country in the world in Mongolia and Manchuria
capital is Beijing and terms of land area, and the Gobi and
the country's most after Russia, Canada Taklamakan deserts,

4. located in the dry Himalayas and Tian Burma, India,
north along the border Shan, which act as Kazakhstan,
with Mongolia and natural border between Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Russian Siberia up to China and India and Mongolia, Nepal, North
the subtropical forests Central Asia. China, Korea, Pakistan, Russia,
located in the humid along with Russia, the Vietnam and
south, close to Laos, country with the Tajikistan. The major
Vietnam and Burma. world's land borders, cities are Beijing,
as it has borders with Shanghai and Hong
In the west lie the high 14 countries: Kong.
mountain ranges of the Afghanistan, Bhutan,

5. After the Japanese small islands, which structural reforms
defeat in World would, until now, that led to strong
War II economic growth
fighting that has continued
resumed until today. In Deng
between the Xiaoping succeeded
Government him in power
of the successively Jiang
Kuomintang Zemin and Hu
and the Jintao, now
Communist President of the
Party of Republic of China.
China,
sparking a
civil war that
would end in 1949 outside
with the victory of the control of
the Communists on communist rule.
the mainland. On 1 After the death of
October of that Mao in 1976, the
year, the communist country was led
leader Mao Zedong briefly by Hua
proclaimed the Guofeng, a politician
People's Republic of little known and
China. The poorly supported,
Nationalist which would end up
government of ceding power from
Chiang Kai-shek took 1978 to Deng
refuge on the island Xiaoping, the new
of Taiwan, only part supreme leader of
of the country, the country. The
together with some Deng was marked by

6. Hu Jintao
The president
Jintao Hu (Anhui, of Guizhou Province and
December 21, 1942) is Chinese Communist the Tibet Autonomous
the current Secretary Party
General of Chinese member
Communist Party and since he
President of China. was a
According to the college
official biography, was student,
born in Anhui Province, was the
and studied Hydraulic Chinese
Engineering at Tsinghua Communist
University in Beijing. Party chief

7. Region. In 1992, Deng the Party and the Prime Minister, Wen
Xiaoping introduced him March 15, 2003 became Jiabao. Both leaders
to the Politburo President of the belong to the so-called
Standing Committee, Republic. While many "fourth generation" of
the highest governing analysts believed that Communist leaders, who
body of the country, Jiang Zemin would have exercised his
placing in a position of continue to exercise political career after
privilege that would end power behind the the proclamation of the
up with the office of scenes, Hu Jintao Republic.
President. succeeded Jiang finally
relieve as head of the At the conclusion of
armed forces in the XVII Congress of
As expected, Hu September 2004, which the Communist Party of
replaced Jiang Zemin seems to confirm his China in October 2007,
as Chinese leader. On authority. was re-elected
November 15, 2002 Secretary General by
took over from Jiang as His leadership is closely unanimous vote of the
Secretary General of linked to that of his
new Central Comittee.
Wen Jiabao
The 1st minister
Wen Jiabao (Tianjin,
September 15, 1942) is
a Chinese politician,

8. currently prime
minister of the PRC.
Wen Jiabao was born in
Beichen (Tianjin),
attended the famous
Nankai High School
where he also
graduated its
predecessor, Premier
Zhou Enlai. He is an
engineer specializing in
geology.
He joined the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP)
in April 1965 and began
work in September
1967. His political
career developed
initially in the province
of Gansu, where he held
positions in the
Provincial Department
of Geology. In Gansu,
Wen began a political
career similar to the

9. current president, Hu protesters to abandon struggles in which the
Jintao, who also their protests. At that political benefit out of
developed his early time pretenece one of the so-called Shanghai
career in the remote the few pictures of faction, headed by
interior provinces of Wen Jiabao at the time, Jiang Zemin.
China. However, unlike which is seen behind
Hu, in the 1980s and Zhao as he addresses In March 2003, during
was in Beijing working the demonstrators the XVI Congress of
for the prime minister through a bullhorn. the Communist Party of
Hu Yaobang and Zhao Following the China took office as
Ziyang. Indeed he was intervention of the prime minister, Zhu
assistant chief of the army in Tiananmen Rongji relieving, while
latter, which Square, Zhao Ziyang Hu Jintao replaced
accompanied the was removed from all Jiang Zemin as
Tian'anmen Square in his posts. However, president.
1989, when Zhao Ziyang Wen Jiabao managed to
tried to convince the survive the power
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

10. The Beijing 2008 302 events in 28 sports reaching a cost that
Olympic Games which some 10,902 would exceed 41,000
(officially known as athletes from 204 million dollars, almost
Games of the XXIX National Olympic tripling the final budget
Olympiad) were held in Committees. Besides of his predecessor, the
Beijing capital of the Beijing, some other Athens Olympic Games in
Republic of China, cities of China Beijing 2004.
between 8 and 24 celebrated sporting
August 2008, although events. The soccer The candidacy was
the soccer tournament tournament was held in promoted heavily by
began two days earlier, the cities of Juan Antonio
on 6 August. After its Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Samaranch, during his
completion, was made Shenyang and Shanghai, last years in office as
while president of the
the International Olympic
regattas Committee to "reward
and the People's Republic of
riding China for all they had
tests done for the sport." The
were Chinese government
promoted the games
with the aim of highlight
the importance and
XIII Paralympic Games, conducted at the port of influence of Chinese
which began on Qingdao and Hong Kong, culture to world
September 6, being Beijing Olympics This civilization.
made in the same city, increase 2008 became
and end on 17 March. the most expensive
The sporting event had event in Olympic history,
The Chinese Wall

11. The Great Wall of China They were not buried in main trade routes, which
is an ancient Chinese the wall itself but in its allows the control of
fortification built and vicinity. imports. Each tower has
rebuilt between the V unique access stairs so
century a. C. and the 07/07/2007 Day was hard to confuse the
sixteenth century to announced that the enemy. Barracks and
protect the northern Chinese wall was chosen administrative centers
border of the Chinese as a winner in the list of were located at greater
empire during the the Seven Wonders of distances. Along the
successive imperial the Modern World. It´s walls are battlements on
dynasties of the Xiongnu twinned with the Roman the top line of the great
nomadic attacks have walls of Lugo, Spain also majority of the wall, with
Manchuria.Sin Mongolia the heritage of humanity. defensive gaps a little
and its ramifications and over 30 cm in height and
secondary buildings, The materials used are about 23 cm wide.
covered over 20,000 km those available in the While some parts north
from the border with vicinity of the of Beijing and near
Korea on the verge of construction. About tourist centers have
Yalu River to the Gobi Beijing limestone was been preserved and even
desert along an arc that used. Elsewhere used reconstructed, in many
roughly delineates the granite or fired brick. places the wall is in poor
southern edge of Inner Basically, it was a long condition. The parties
Mongolia, but to this day wall of clay and sand, have served as a source
remains only 30% of it. covered with several of stones to rebuild
Is estimated to be brick walls. That made it houses and roads. The
8851.8 km long. On very resistant to the sections of the Wall are
average, measuring 6-7 impacts of weapons of also prone to graffiti and
meters tall and 4-5 feet asedio.Los forts were vandalism. It has also
wide. At its peak Ming, built along the walls, or destroyed, because it is
was guarded by more directly integrated into in the way of
than one million the walls with a system construction.
guerreros.La wall was of smoke signals can
named a World Heritage prevent an attack There is no
Site by UNESCO in 1987. Xiongnu. To ensure the comprehensive inventory
Much of the Great Wall speedy arrival of of the wall has been
is reputed to be the reinforcements, the carried out, so it is not
largest cemetery in the army made use of light, possible to say how much
world. Approximately 10 especially for the of it survives, especially
million workers died cavalry. The Great Wall in remote areas.
during construction. also passes through the

12. has been reduced from Many western sections
Over 60 km of the wall in over five meters to less of wall were built from
Gansu province may than two meters. Lookout mud rather than brick
disappear in the next 20 towers that characterize and stone, and therefore
years due to erosion of the most famous images are more susceptible to
sand storms. In places, of the wall have erosion.
the height of the wall disappeared completely.
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xpo Shangai 2010

13. The Shanghai World and Lupu bridges, a few held until all
Expo 2010 is an miles southwest of the momento.Una of the
international exhibition tourist and economic peculiarities of this
to be held in Shanghai, center of the city of exhibition is the first
China from May 1 to Shanghai. Participating time cities have the
October 31, 2010. The in the event 192 opportunity to
central theme of this countries from five participate directly.
exhibition is urban life, continents (including This has created the
which is summarized in China) and 50 Urban Best Practices
the motto "Better City, international Area (Urban Best
Better Life". It is organizations. Because Practices Area, UBPA) in
located in an area of of its size and the which major cities
520 ha on either side of number of participating around the world share
the Huangpu River in countries and visitors their experiences and
Puxi district (Shore who planned to visit it, is proposals on a better
north) and Pudong (south said to be the largest model of urban
shore) between Nanpu international exhibition development.