COUNTRY NAME

People's Republic of China

LOCATION

Eastern Asia

POPULATION

1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)

CAPITAL

Beijing

GOVERNMENT

Communist State

COUNTRY SIZE

Slightly smaller than the USA

POP. GROWTH

0.57% (2004 est.)

LIFE EXPECTANCY

71.96 years

LITERACY RATE

90.9% (age 15 and over)

PER CAPITA GDP

$5,000 (2003 est.)

CURRENCY

Yuan (CNY) -- Also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB)


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ETHNIC GROUPS

Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

RELIGIONS

Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
Note: officially atheist (2002 est.)

LANGUAGES

Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects,


REI China
The market-oriented reforms of the past two decades combined with decentralized economic decision-making have quadrupled output in China. REI seeks to aid in the growth of this already explosive environment. Since sponsoring the first survey trip in 1992, REI has placed a premium on its work in the fields of International Studies and English language development.

Maintaining a full time Professor of Intercultural Communications at a major International Studies University, REI can give full attention to the development of the field of Intercultural Communications. Additionally, our team contributes to a monthly column on cross-cultural issues for "English Salon" - the largest English learning magazine in China.