Travel & Explore the New China

Don’s Travel and

Professional Work in China

Thailand

2009

2011

Confucius

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which

is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

-- Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

Introductory Remarks

Contemporary China is a Pandora’s box of surprises, mysteries, and contradictions. A Chinese born and U.S. naturalized middle-aged woman once remarked to me: “Life is hard in China.” Is it? Perhaps. Devastating earthquakes, chemical spills, diseases (SARs/Swine flu), competition for jobs, corruption, education, quality of life, rural/urban conflict, ethnic strife, growing wealth inequality, government intervention and control, political movements, and more typify life in China today.

Some Facts & Geography!

China

China borders 14 nations (counted clockwise from south): Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan,[75]

Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia and North Korea.

CHINA & UNITED STATES

Bill Gates

“In China, when you’re one in a million, there are 1,300 other

people just like you.”

City Populations

• China has 118 mega-cities with a population of one million plus. Shanghai is the largest with 17 million.

• The U.S. has 9-10 cities with one million population. New York City is the largest with 8.3 million.

More Facts

• Number of college graduates per year– 1,750,000 USA– 6 million plus China

• Educators in China are quite uniformly held in high esteem.” 31

• Over 430 million Internet users in China

• 271 billionaires in China

• 18 million autos sold a year, making China the world’s largest auto market

A Visual Tour

BeijingOn any given day, 1,500 new vehicles are on the road in Beijing.

China World Trade Center Beijing, China

Do you think this is Sydney? This is QingDao of China

Jinan (5.6 million) in Shandong Province (91 million)

Shanghai

Unlike many cities in China with long and varied histories, Shanghai's history is quite short. The British opened a concession in Shanghai after the first Opium War and ignited Shanghai's evolution. Once a small fishing village on the edge of the muddy Huang Pu River, it has become one of the world's most modern and sophisticated cities.

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Shaghai Facts

• 16.7 million population (2000 census) now estimated at 20 million

• Business & Financial capital of China?

• Communist Party established May 1920

Do you think this is London?

This is Shanghai of China

China Today• Dynamic• Change• Stress/distress• World giant• Competitive• Exports/low wages• Exotic• Censorship• Corruption• Authoritarian

Want to know more about the “new” China?

You can find my new multi-touch book “The NEW China” in the iBookstore or the text version at Smashwords.com

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