HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS-1

Assignment #1I. General Questions : Country

1. What is your countrys governmental system? Provide a Definition…
Communist State; a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
List five important events in your country’s history since 1914
· 1916-27: Warlord Era
· 1921: communist party founded
· 1949: People’s republic founded
· 1989: Student movement (Tian’anmen massacre)
· 2008: Beijing Olympics
What is your country’s economic system?
“China's economy during the past 30 years has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade to a more market-oriented economy that has a rapidly growing private sector and is a major player in the global economy.” (CIA.GOV)
List your nations five largest trading partners?
· USA
· Japan
· German
· South Korea
· Taiwan/Hong Kong
What is the monetary size of your domestic and foreign debt?
Domestic: $420.8 Billion
Foreign: $393 Billion
To which country does your country owe the most money?
-China
- most nations have debt to China (owe money to China)
What is the numerical size of your standing and reserved armed forces?
Males(16-49)
Standing:375,009,345
Females(16-49)
Standing:354,314,328
Are you a nuclear power?
-yes
- Total nuclear arsenal- 125
List your countrys most important cultural values
Social values; derived from Confucianism/Taoism/Conservatism
- “guanxi” à “relations over rules” promotes nationalism/ unity

To what extent, if any, does your government control media and culture? Briefly describe
-government harasses journalists/reporters
- growing economy allows less censorship
- bigger populationà bigger demand for public information (hard for government to restrict and conduct media controls)
- American writer Elizabeth C. Economy says the Chinese government is in a state of “schizophrenia” about media policy as it “goes back and forth, testing the line, knowing they need press freedom—and the information it provides— but worried about opening the door to the type of freedoms that could lead to the regime’s downfall.”

List your countrys most important resources
-coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
List the important resources your country is lacking? i.e what does it need to import a great deal of?
-machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals
What is your countrys population?
1,338,612,968 (MAY 2009)

What is your country’s main religion? What percentage of your people are this religion?
Religion
Nonreligious
41.5%
Chinese folk believers
27.5%
Buddhists
8.5%
Christians
8.4%
Atheists
8.2%
Animists
4.3%
Muslims
1.5%
Other
0.05%

Buddhism- largest organized religion in China

List other religions, if there are any, which play an important role in your country?

- (see above)
- religion in china is more of a tradition than a full-time practice
-most Chinese people focus on ancestor worship as their main focus in worship
- Chinese observe past beliefs- Daoins/Confuscianism/ Buddhism


What is your government’s policy towards religion and state?

- Religion in past china
-more of beliefs than practice
-diffused in everyday society
-Government tries to be Non-Religious to not create problems
-believe that religion is a “relic of the past”
-Foreign Religions growing in China
- not liked by head of government