This presentation focuses on China's geograph and population with attention given to China-USA comparisons.

1. Travel
&
Explore the
New China

2. Don’s Travel
and
Professional Work in China

3. 2009
2011

4. 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)

5. 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.

7. Some Facts & Geography!

8. China

9. 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.

15. CHINA & UNITED STATES

18. Bill Gates
“In China, when you’re one in a
million, there are 1,300 other
people just like you.”

20. 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.

21. 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

22. A Visual Tour

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

28. China World Trade Center
Beijing, China

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

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

31. 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.
1842

32. Shaghai Facts
• 16.7 million population (2000 census)
now estimated at 20 million
• Business & Financial capital of China?
• Communist Party established May 1920

36. Do you think this is London?
This is Shanghai of China

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

41. 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
Click on the images below.