The Population of Modern China

Student~ interested in world populations and demography inevitably need to know China. As the most populous country of the world, China occupies a unique position in the world population system. How its population is shaped by the intricate interplays amo

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Adapted from : Alasdalr Clayre, The Heart of the Dragon (Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co, 1 984 )

Republic (1911-1949) People's Republic (1949-present) Korean War (1950-1953) Fi rst Nat iona l Population census conducted (1953) Fi ve-Year Plan [or Industry (1953) Great Leap Forward (1958) The "Three Years of Natural Di sasters " (19 60-19 62) Second National Population Census conducted (1964) '" Great Proletarian Cultural (1966- 1976) Nixon v isit to China (1973) Deaths of Zhou Enlai , Zhu De , and Mao Zedong (1976) Deng Xiaoping emerges as leader (1978) One - child-per-couple Policy initiated (1979) Implementation of the Responsibility System in Agr i culture and Industry begins (1979) Trial o[ "Gang of Four" (1981) State Family Planning Council officiallY established (1982) Third Nat i ona l Population Census conducted (1982) Pro-democracy movement (1 989) Fourth National Population Census conducted (19 90 )

POST-DYNASTIC PERIODS OF CHINA

Xia (c.21st century-c.16th century BC) Shang (c.16th century - c.l1th century Be) Zhou (c.1 027-256 BC) Qi n (221-207 BC) Western or Former Han (206 BC-AD 9) Xin (9-23) Eastern or Later Han (25-220) Three Kingdoms (Shu, Wei, Wu) (220-265) Northern and Southern Empires (265-589) Sui (590-618) Tang (618-906) Five "Later" Dynasties (Liang , Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou) (906-960) Northern Song (960-1126) Southern Song (1127-1279) Yuan or Mongo l (1279-1368) Ming (136 8- 1644) Qing or Manchu (1644- 1911)

DYN ASTIC PERIODS OF CHINA

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Beijing 10819407 Tianjin 8785402 Hebei 61082439 Shanxi 28759014 Neimenggu 21456798 Liaoning 39459697 Jilin 24658721 He1longjiang 35214873 Shanghai 13341896 Jiangsu 67056519 Zhejiang 41445930 Anhui 56180813 Fujian 30048224 Jiangxi 37710281 Shandong 84392827 Henan 85509535 Hubei 53969210 Hunan 60659754 Guangdong 62829236 Guangx i 42245765 Hainan 6557482 Sichuan 107218173 Guizhou 32391066 Yunnan 36972610 Shaanxi 32892403 Gansu 22 371141 Qinghai 4456946 Ningxia 4655451 Xinjiang 15155778 Xizang 2196010

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