State Structure

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Class 2State Structure
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Basic Facts about China

• Population
• China 1.4 billion
• U.S. 290 million
• EU 450 million
• Size Which country is bigger, China or the U.S.?
  
• CIA http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/g
  eos/ch.html U.S. is bigger!
• China.org http//www.china.org.cn/e-changshi/index
  .htm China is bigger!
• Nationalities minorities 56 majority 1 (Han)
• Provincial governments
• 4 large cities Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin,
  Chongqing
• 23 provinces
• 5 autonomous regions
• 2 special administrative regions (SAR) Hong Kong
  and Macau
• Taiwan
• Neighboring States

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US-China Trade Statistics and China's World Trade
Statistics http//www.uschina.org/statistics/trad
etable.html Trade in Goods (Imports, Exports
and Trade Balance) with China http//www.census.g
ov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html
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US Government Structure
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Central Government
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CCP in perspective
Mr. Hu, Secretary General Central Politburo
(Standing Committee) Central Committee National
Party CongressThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
NPC and its Standing Committee
Other Institutions
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Who is the Chief?

• Party Chief
• Military Chief
• President of the PRC
• Political power grows out of the barrel of a
  gun.
• -- Mao

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The 10th NPC that elected the New Central
Government, March 2003
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Relationships of the Central and Local Governments

• Principle Democratic Centralism
• The individual is subordinate to the group
• The Minority is subordinate to the majority
• The Lower is subordinate to the higher level
• The Local is subordinate to the central.
• Any problem with this principle?