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World Gazetteer Results for Xiantao:
NameXiantao
Alternate NamesMianyang
Geographical TypeLocality
Population239406
Latitude
Longitude
CountryChina
Administrative DivisionHubei
Dictionary Results for China:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
China
    n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern
         Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: China,
         People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist
         China, Red China, PRC, Cathay]
    2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China
    3: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
       Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
       Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
       Nationalist China, Republic of China]
    4: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: chinaware,
       china]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
   porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
   (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
   probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
   pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
   account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
   believed to be made from it. See Pork.]
   A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
   made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
   America; -- called also China, or China ware.
   [1913 Webster]

         Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

   Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
      produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.

   Porcelain clay. See under Clay.

   Porcelain crab (Zool.), any crab of the genus Porcellana
      and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a
      smooth, polished carapace.

   Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.

   Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an
      engraving to porcelain.

   Porcelain shell (Zool.), a cowry.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
China \Chi"na\, n.
   1. A country in Eastern Asia.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
      porcelain. See Porcelain.
      [1913 Webster]

   China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
      See Aster.

   China bean. See under Bean, 1.

   China clay See Kaolin.

   China grass, Same as Ramie.

   China ink. See India ink.

   China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
      Dianthus (Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored
      single or double flowers; Indian pink.

   China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax
      (Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
      esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
      for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and
      Alpinia officinarum).

   China rose. (Bot.)
      (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
          rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other
          species.
      (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis)
          of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
          and the east Indies.

   China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
      of crockery.

   Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.
      [1913 Webster]

4. CIA World Factbook 2002
China

   Introduction China
   ------------------
                            Background: For centuries China stood as a
                                        leading civilization, outpacing the
                                        rest of the world in the arts and
                                        sciences. But in the 19th and early
                                        20th centuries, China was beset by
                                        civil unrest, major famines,
                                        military defeats, and foreign
                                        occupation. After World War II, the
                                        Communists under MAO Zedong
                                        established a dictatorship that,
                                        while ensuring China's sovereignty,
                                        imposed strict controls over
                                        everyday life and cost the lives of
                                        tens of millions of people. After
                                        1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping
                                        gradually introduced market-oriented
                                        reforms and decentralized economic
                                        decision making, and output
                                        quadrupled by 2000. Political
                                        controls remain tight even while
                                        economic controls continue to be
                                        relaxed.
  
   Geography China
   ---------------
                              Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East
                                        China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea,
                                        and South China Sea, between North
                                        Korea and Vietnam
                Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 105 00 E
                        Map references: Asia
                                  Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
                                        land: 9,326,410 sq km
                                        water: 270,550 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US
                       Land boundaries: total: 22,147.34 km
                                        border countries: Afghanistan 76 km,
                                        Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, Hong
                                        Kong 30 km, India 3,380 km,
                                        Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea
                                        1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos
                                        423 km, Macau 0.34 km, Mongolia
                                        4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan
                                        523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km,
                                        Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan
                                        414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
                             Coastline: 14,500 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200 NM or to the
                                        edge of the continental margin
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south
                                        to subarctic in north
                               Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus,
                                        deserts in west; plains, deltas, and
                                        hills in east
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
                                        highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
                                        (1999 est.)
                     Natural resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural
                                        gas, mercury, tin, tungsten,
                                        antimony, manganese, molybdenum,
                                        vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead,
                                        zinc, uranium, hydropower potential
                                        (world's largest)
                              Land use: arable land: 13.31%
                                        permanent crops: 1.2%
                                        other: 85.49% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 525,800 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: frequent typhoons (about five per
                                        year along southern and eastern
                                        coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis;
                                        earthquakes; droughts; land
                                        subsidence
          Environment - current issues: air pollution (greenhouse gases,
                                        sulfur dioxide particulates) from
                                        reliance on coal, produces acid
                                        rain; water shortages, particularly
                                        in the north; water pollution from
                                        untreated wastes; deforestation;
                                        estimated loss of one-fifth of
                                        agricultural land since 1949 to soil
                                        erosion and economic development;
                                        desertification; trade in endangered
                                        species
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic-Environmental
                            agreements: Protocol, Antarctic Treaty,
                                        Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
                                        Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol
                      Geography - note: world's fourth-largest country
                                        (after Russia, Canada, and US);
                                        Mount Everest on the border with
                                        Nepal, is the world's tallest peak
  
   People China
   ------------
                            Population: 1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.3% (male 163,821,081;
                                        female 148,855,387)
                                        15-64 years: 68.4% (male
                                        452,354,428; female 426,055,713)
                                        65 years and over: 7.3% (male
                                        43,834,528; female 49,382,568) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.87% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 15.85 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.06 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.86 years
                                        female: 73.86 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.02 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.2% (2000-01 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 1.25 million (January 2001)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 17,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
                                        adjective: Chinese
                         Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur,
                                        Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu,
                                        Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other
                                        nationalities 8.1%
                             Religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim
                                        1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
                                        note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
                             Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin
                                        (Putonghua, based on the Beijing
                                        dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu
                                        (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou),
                                        Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang,
                                        Gan, Hakka dialects, minority
                                        languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 81.5%
                                        male: 89.9%
                                        female: 72.7% (1995 est.)
  
   Government China
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: People's
                                        Republic of China
                                        conventional short form: China
                                        local short form: Zhong Guo
                                        abbreviation: PRC
                                        local long form: Zhonghua Renmin
                                        Gongheguo
                       Government type: Communist state
                               Capital: Beijing
              Administrative divisions: 23 provinces (sheng, singular and
                                        plural), 5 autonomous regions*
                                        (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and
                                        4 municipalities** (shi, singular
                                        and plural); Anhui, Beijing**,
                                        Chongqing**, Fujian, Gansu,
                                        Guangdong, Guangxi*, Guizhou,
                                        Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan,
                                        Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,
                                        Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol*,
                                        Ningxia*, Qinghai, Shaanxi,
                                        Shandong, Shanghai**, Shanxi,
                                        Sichuan, Tianjin**, Xinjiang*,
                                        Xizang* (Tibet), Yunnan, Zhejiang;
                                        note - China considers Taiwan its
                                        23rd province; see separate entries
                                        for the special administrative
                                        regions of Hong Kong and Macau
                          Independence: 221 BC (unification under the Qin or
                                        Ch'in Dynasty 221 BC; Qing or Ch'ing
                                        Dynasty replaced by the Republic on
                                        12 February 1912; People's Republic
                                        established 1 October 1949)
                      National holiday: Anniversary of the Founding of the
                                        People's Republic of China, 1
                                        October (1949)
                          Constitution: most recent promulgation 4 December
                                        1982
                          Legal system: a complex amalgam of custom and
                                        statute, largely criminal law;
                                        rudimentary civil code in effect
                                        since 1 January 1987; new legal
                                        codes in effect since 1 January
                                        1980; continuing efforts are being
                                        made to improve civil,
                                        administrative, criminal, and
                                        commercial law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President JIANG
                                        Zemin (since 27 March 1993) and Vice
                                        President HU Jintao (since 16 March
                                        1998)
                                        elections: president and vice
                                        president elected by the National
                                        People's Congress for five-year
                                        terms; elections last held 16-18
                                        March 1998 (next to be held NA March
                                        2003); premier nominated by the
                                        president, confirmed by the National
                                        People's Congress
                                        head of government: Premier ZHU
                                        Rongji (since 18 March 1998); Vice
                                        Premiers QIAN Qichen (since 29 March
                                        1993), LI Lanqing (29 March 1993),
                                        WU Bangguo (since 17 March 1995),
                                        and WEN Jiabao (since 18 March 1998)
  
                                        cabinet: State Council appointed by
                                        the National People's Congress (NPC)
  
                                        election results: JIANG Zemin
                                        reelected president by the Ninth
                                        National People's Congress with a
                                        total of 2,882 votes (36 delegates
                                        voted against him, 29 abstained, and
                                        32 did not vote); HU Jintao elected
                                        vice president by the Ninth National
                                        People's Congress with a total of
                                        2,841 votes (67 delegates voted
                                        against him, 39 abstained, and 32
                                        did not vote)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National People's
                                        Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao
                                        Dahui (2,979 seats; members elected
                                        by municipal, regional, and
                                        provincial people's congresses to
                                        serve five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held NA December
                                        1997-NA February 1998 (next to be
                                        held late 2002-NA March 2003)
                                        election results: percent of vote -
                                        NA%; seats - NA
                       Judicial branch: Supreme People's Court (judges
                                        appointed by the National People's
                                        Congress); Local Peoples Courts
                                        (comprise higher, intermediate and
                                        local courts); Special Peoples
                                        Courts (primarily military,
                                        maritime, and railway transport
                                        courts)
         Political parties and leaders: Chinese Communist Party or CCP
                                        [JIANG Zemin, General Secretary of
                                        the Central Committee]; eight
                                        registered small parties controlled
                                        by CCP
          Political pressure groups and no substantial political opposition
                               leaders: groups exist, although the
                                        government has identified the
                                        Falungong sect and the China
                                        Democracy Party as potential rivals
             International organization AfDB, APEC, ARF (dialogue partner),
                         participation: AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS,
                                        CCC, CDB, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA,
                                        IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO,
                                        ITU, LAIA (observer), MINURSO,
                                        MONUC, NAM (observer), OPCW, PCA,
                                        UN, UN Security Council, UNAMSIL,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
                                        UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIBH,
                                        UNMOVIC, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador YANG
                                        Jiechi
                                        consulate(s) general: Chicago,
                                        Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and
                                        San Francisco
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 328-2582
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 328-2500
                                        chancery: 2300 Connecticut Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Clark
                                    US: T. RANDT, Jr.
                                        embassy: Xiu Shui Bei Jie 3, 100600
                                        Beijing
                                        mailing address: PSC 461, Box 50,
                                        FPO AP 96521-0002
                                        telephone: [86] (10) 6532-3431
                                        FAX: [86] (10) 6532-6422
                                        consulate(s) general: Chengdu,
                                        Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang
                      Flag description: red with a large yellow five-pointed
                                        star and four smaller yellow five-
                                        pointed stars (arranged in a
                                        vertical arc toward the middle of
                                        the flag) in the upper hoist-side
                                        corner
  
   Economy China
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: In late 1978 the Chinese leadership
                                        began moving the economy from a
                                        sluggish Soviet-style centrally
                                        planned economy to a more market-
                                        oriented system. Whereas the system
                                        operates within a political
                                        framework of strict Communist
                                        control, the economic influence of
                                        non-state organizations and
                                        individual citizens has been
                                        steadily increasing. The authorities
                                        have switched to a system of
                                        household and village responsibility
                                        in agriculture in place of the old
                                        collectivization, increased the
                                        authority of local officials and
                                        plant managers in industry,
                                        permitted a wide variety of small-
                                        scale enterprise in services and
                                        light manufacturing, and opened the
                                        economy to increased foreign trade
                                        and investment. The result has been
                                        a quadrupling of GDP since 1978. In
                                        2001, with its 1.27 billion people
                                        but a GDP of just $4,300 per capita,
                                        China stood as the second largest
                                        economy in the world after the US
                                        (measured on a purchasing power
                                        parity basis). Agriculture and
                                        industry have posted major gains,
                                        especially in coastal areas near
                                        Hong Kong and opposite Taiwan, where
                                        foreign investment has helped spur
                                        output of both domestic and export
                                        goods. On the darker side, the
                                        leadership has often experienced in
                                        its hybrid system the worst results
                                        of socialism (bureaucracy and
                                        lassitude) and of capitalism
                                        (windfall gains and growing income
                                        disparities). Beijing thus has
                                        periodically backtracked,
                                        retightening central controls at
                                        intervals. The government has
                                        struggled to (a) collect revenues
                                        due from provinces, businesses, and
                                        individuals; (b) reduce corruption
                                        and other economic crimes; and (c)
                                        keep afloat the large state-owned
                                        enterprises many of which had been
                                        shielded from competition by
                                        subsidies and had been losing the
                                        ability to pay full wages and
                                        pensions. From 80 to 120 million
                                        surplus rural workers are adrift
                                        between the villages and the cities,
                                        many subsisting through part-time
                                        low-paying jobs. Popular resistance,
                                        changes in central policy, and loss
                                        of authority by rural cadres have
                                        weakened China's population control
                                        program, which is essential to
                                        maintaining long-term growth in
                                        living standards. Another long-term
                                        threat to continued rapid economic
                                        growth is the deterioration in the
                                        environment, notably air pollution,
                                        soil erosion, and the steady fall of
                                        the water table especially in the
                                        north. China continues to lose
                                        arable land because of erosion and
                                        economic development. Beijing will
                                        intensify efforts to stimulate
                                        growth through spending on
                                        infrastructure - such as water
                                        control and power grids - and
                                        poverty relief and through rural tax
                                        reform aimed at eliminating
                                        arbitrary local levies on farmers.
                                        Access to the World Trade
                                        Organization strengthens China's
                                        ability to maintain sturdy growth
                                        rates, and at the same time puts
                                        additional pressure on the hybrid
                                        system of strong political controls
                                        and growing market influences.
                                        Although Beijing has claimed 7%-8%
                                        annual growth in recent years, many
                                        observers believe the rate, while
                                        strong, is more like 5%.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $5.56
                                        trillion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 7.3% (official estimate) (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,300
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17.7%
                                        industry: 49.3%
                                        services: 33% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 10% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2.4%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 30.4% (1998)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 40 (2001)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.8% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 706 million (2000 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 50%, industry 23%,
                                        services 27% (2001 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: urban unemployment roughly 10%;
                                        substantial unemployment and
                                        underemployment in rural areas (2001
                                        est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $161.8 billion
                                        expenditures: $191.8 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000)
                            Industries: iron and steel, coal, machine
                                        building, armaments, textiles and
                                        apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical
                                        fertilizers, footwear, toys, food
                                        processing, automobiles, consumer
                                        electronics, telecommunications
     Industrial production growth rate: 9.9% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 1.308 trillion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 81.83%
                                        hydro: 16.83%
                                        other: 0.12% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 1.22%
             Electricity - consumption: 1.206 trillion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 10.25 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 400 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum,
                                        peanuts, tea, millet, barley,
                                        cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
                               Exports: $262.1 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment; textiles
                                        and clothing, footwear, toys and
                                        sporting goods; mineral fuels
                    Exports - partners: US 21%, Hong Kong 18%, Japan 17%,
                                        South Korea, Germany, Netherlands,
                                        UK, Singapore, Taiwan (2000)
                               Imports: $236.2 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral
                                        fuels, plastics, iron and steel,
                                        chemicals
                    Imports - partners: Japan 18%, Taiwan 11%, South Korea
                                        10%, US 10% Germany, Hong Kong,
                                        Russia, Malaysia (2000)
                       Debt - external: $167 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: yuan (CNY)
                         Currency code: CNY
                        Exchange rates: yuan per US dollar - 8.2767 (January
                                        2002), 8.2771 (2001), 8.2785 (2000),
                                        8.2783 (1999), 8.2790 (1998), 8.2898
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications China
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 135 million (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 65 million (January 2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: domestic and
                                        international services are
                                        increasingly available for private
                                        use; unevenly distributed domestic
                                        system serves principal cities,
                                        industrial centers, and many towns
                                        domestic: interprovincial fiber-
                                        optic trunk lines and cellular
                                        telephone systems have been
                                        installed; a domestic satellite
                                        system with 55 earth stations is in
                                        place
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific
                                        Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1
                                        Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
                                        and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian
                                        Ocean regions); several
                                        international fiber-optic links to
                                        Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong,
                                        Russia, and Germany (2000)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998)
                                Radios: 417 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3,240 (of which 209 are operated by
                                        China Central Television, 31 are
                                        provincial TV stations and nearly
                                        3,000 are local city stations)
                                        (1997)
                           Televisions: 400 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .cn
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000)
                        Internet users: 26.5 million (2001)
  
   Transportation China
   --------------------
                              Railways: total: 67,524 km (including 5,400 km
                                        of provincial "local" rails)
                                        standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (13,362 km electrified;
                                        20,250 km double-track)
                                        narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m and
                                        1.000-m gauge local industrial lines
                                        (1999 est.)
                              Highways: total: 1.4 million km
                                        paved: 271,300 km (with at least
                                        16,000 km of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 1,128,700 km (1999)
                             Waterways: 110,000 km (1999)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 9,070 km; petroleum
                                        products 560 km; natural gas 9,383
                                        km (1998)
                     Ports and harbors: Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou,
                                        Huangpu, Lianyungang, Nanjing,
                                        Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao,
                                        Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou,
                                        Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen,
                                        Xingang, Yantai, Zhanjiang (2001)
                       Merchant marine: total: 1,764 ships (1,000 GRT or
                                        over) totaling 16,915,047 GRT/
                                        25,366,296 DWT
                                        ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk
                                        328, cargo 822, chemical tanker 25,
                                        combination bulk 10, combination
                                        ore/oil 1, container 134, liquefied
                                        gas 26, multi-functional large-load
                                        carrier 6, passenger 7, passenger/
                                        cargo 45, petroleum tanker 263,
                                        refrigerated cargo 26, roll on/roll
                                        off 23, short-sea passenger 42,
                                        specialized tanker 3, vehicle
                                        carrier 1
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Croatia 1, Germany 1,
                                        Hong Kong 16, Japan 2, Panama 2,
                                        South Korea 1, Spain 1, Taiwan 9,
                                        Tanzania 1, Turkey 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 489 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 324
                                        over 3,047 m: 27
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 88
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 147
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 30
                                        under 914 m: 32 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 165
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 56
                                        under 914 m: 78 (2001)
  
   Military China
   --------------
                     Military branches: People's Liberation Army (PLA):
                                        comprises ground forces, Navy
                                        (including naval infantry and naval
                                        aviation), Air Force, and II
                                        Artillery Corps (strategic missile
                                        force), People's Armed Police Force
                                        (internal security troops, nominally
                                        a state security body but included
                                        by the Chinese as part of the "armed
                                        forces" and considered to be an
                                        adjunct to the PLA), militia
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 370,087,489 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 203,003,036 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 10,089,458 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $20.048 billion (2002); note - this
                                figure: is the officially announced figure,
                                        but actual defense spending more
                                        likely ranges from $45 billion to
                                        $65 billion for 2002
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.6% (2002); note - this is the
                                   GDP: officially announced figure, but
                                        actual defense spending is more
                                        likely between 3.5% to 5.0% of GDP
                                        for 2002
  
   Transnational Issues China
   --------------------------
              Disputes - international: in 2000, China joined ASEAN
                                        discussions towards creating a South
                                        China Sea "code of conduct" - a non-
                                        legally binding, confidence-building
                                        measure; much of the rugged,
                                        militarized boundary with India is
                                        in dispute, but talks to resolve the
                                        least contested middle sector
                                        resumed in 2001; ongoing talks with
                                        Tajikistan have failed to resolve
                                        the longstanding dispute over the
                                        indefinite boundary; Kazakhstan is
                                        working rapidly with China to
                                        delimit its large open borders to
                                        control population migration,
                                        illegal activities, and trade; 2001
                                        Treaty of Good Neighborliness,
                                        Friendship, and Cooperation commits
                                        Russia and China to seek peaceable
                                        unanimity over disputed alluvial
                                        islands at the confluence of the
                                        Amur and Ussuri rivers and a small
                                        island on the Argun; involved in a
                                        complex dispute over the Spratly
                                        Islands with Malaysia, Philippines,
                                        Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly
                                        Brunei; maritime boundary agreement
                                        with Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin
                                        awaits ratification; Paracel Islands
                                        occupied by China, but claimed by
                                        Vietnam and Taiwan; claims Japanese-
                                        administered Senkaku-shoto (Senkaku
                                        Islands/Diaoyu Tai), as does Taiwan;
                                        demarcation of the land boundary
                                        with Vietnam has commenced, but
                                        details of the alignment have not
                                        been made public; 33-km section of
                                        boundary with North Korea in the
                                        Paektu-san (mountain) area is
                                        indefinite
                         Illicit drugs: major transshipment point for heroin
                                        produced in the Golden Triangle;
                                        growing domestic drug abuse problem;
                                        source country for chemical
                                        precursors and methamphetamine
  
                                       



5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
China, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    1112
   Housing Units (2000): 458
   Land area (2000):     1.288801 sq. miles (3.337980 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.008365 sq. miles (0.021665 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.297166 sq. miles (3.359645 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14704
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             30.054259 N, 94.331882 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    China, TX
    China


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