China

1
China
2
geography
Urumqi
Beijing
Xian
Lhasa
Shanghai
Kunming
Guangzhou

• 9,573,000 square km

3
population

• population 1,286,975,468 (UK 60,094,648)
• density 138 per square km (UK 249/square km)

4
religion

• Secular 60
• Chinese 31
• Christian 4
• Animist 2.5
• Muslim 2.5

5
history

• Ancient civilisation
• 221-206BC Unification of China
• 1800s Western imperialism
• 1911 Republic founded
• 1949-1976 Chairman Mao
• 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution
• 1997 Deng Xiaoping dies
• 1997 Hong Kong returned to China
• 1999 Macau returned to China