1. Overpopulation China’s growing problem by Alapai Michels

3. China facts Population: 1,315,800,000 Birth Rate: 13.25 births/1,000 population Approximately 112 boys are born for every 100 girls Median Age: 37.2

4. Troubling Info

5. Population rises 8-10 million people per year

6. Some Chinese provinces are larger than major countries

7. One-Child Policy has only slowed growth

8. China is able to produce food for about half of population

9. Hope

10. Zhao Baige, Vice Minister of the State Commission of Population and Family Planning believes that the population of China will soon peak

11. China is aiming to keep its population below 1.37 billion by 2010

12. 400,000,000 less people are in China because of the One-Child plan

13. China National Day http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfbYEsY4u84

14. Bibliography China Population Information and Research Center http://www.cpirc.org.cn/en/eindex.htm Total Population of China: Graph http://www. paulnoll .com/China/Population/population-total.html International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: Table http://www. iiasa .ac.at/Research/LUC/ ChinaFood /data/pop/pop_7. htm Geography: China’s Population http:// afe . easia . columbia . edu /china/geog/population. htm Chin Population Clock http://www. chinability .com/China%20population%20clock. htm China’s Population to Reach Peak http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/10/content_704983.htm China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China Demographics of Mainland China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_mainland_China Earth http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki /Earth Overpopulation http://en. wikipedia .org/ wiki /Overpopulation

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