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March of the Volunteers
(lines: Arise, those who do
not want to be slaves! We
will use our flesh and blood
to build another Great Wall.
China has reached the brink
of national collapse. All
the people have been making
their last outcry. Arise!
Arise! Arise! All our hearts
become one. Let us face the
enemy's gunfire. March on!
Let us face the enemy's
gunfire. March on! March on!
March on! On!) |
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October 1, the country was
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In East Asia, by the west
Pacific Ocean. |
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9.6 million square km,
second to Russia and Canada.
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13.65 trillion yuan (US$1.65
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High in its west and low in
its east: mountain areas
33.3%, plateaus 26%, basins
18.8%, plains 12% and hills
9.9%.
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Among the 5,400 islands,
Taiwan Island (about 36,000
square km) is the largest,
Hainan Island (about 34,000
square km) the second.
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Himalayas
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Among the 19 mountains over
7,000 meters high in the
world, seven are in China.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,
known as "the roof of the
world", has many high
mountains. The Himalayas,
with an average elevation of
6,000 meters, have the
world's highest peak Mount
Qomolangma, 8,844 meters
above sea level.
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Yangtze River
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The Yangtze River, 6,300 km
long, the third longest in
the world after the Nile and
the Amazon. The Yellow
River, the second longest in
China, stretching 5,464 km.
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The canyon on the Yalu
Tsangpo River, the world's
largest, 504.6 km in length
and 6,009 meters in depth.
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Grand Canal
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The Grand Canal, 1,801 km
long, the longest man-made
river in the world. Its
cutting began in the fifth
century BC.
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Poyang Lake
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The Poyang Lake on the
middle and lower reaches of
the Yangtze River is China's
largest freshwater lake; the
Qinghai Lake on the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the
country's largest salt lake.
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Most of the country in the
temperate zone, although
geographically the country
stretches from the tropical
and subtropical zones in the
south to the frigid zone in
the north.
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Giant Panda
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China has a great variety of
wildlife, over 4,400
vertebrates, more than 100
rare species of the world:
the giant panda, the golden
monkey, the white-lipped
deer, the South China Tiger,
Crossoplilon mantchuricum,
the white-flag dolphin, the
Chinese alligator, and the
crowned crane.
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China has a great variety of
plants, 32,000 species of
higher plants, including
nearly all the major kinds
of vegetation found in the
frigid and temperate zones
of the northern hemisphere.
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Peony, azalea, primrose and
felwort.
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1.3 billion by January 6,
2005 |
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71 years old by the end of
2000.
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The males: 51.5%, the
females: 48.5%; people aged
0-14: 21.5%; people aged
15-64: 70.9%; people aged
above 65: 7.6%; urban
population: 41.8%; rural
population: 58.2%. |
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China has 56 ethnic groups,
of which the Hans have the
largest population,
accounting for 91.59 percent
of the total, according to
the country's fifth census
conducted in 2000. The other
55 ethnic minority groups
have a total population of
104.49 million, accounting
for 8.41 percent. |
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Of the 56 ethnic groups in
China, the Hui and Manchu
use the same languages as
Han people, while the rest
of groups have their own
spoken and written
languages.
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New Year's Day (January 1),
the Spring Festival (the New
Year's Day by Chinese lunar
calendar), International
Labor Day (May 1), and the
National Day (October 1). |
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