In fact, according to Wang, the rate of China's environmental laws and regulations that are actually enforced is estimated to be barely 10 %.

One cannot help wondering whether Molotov and the rest of the `` anti-party group '' are not being used as China's whipping-boys by Khrushchev and his faithful followers.

The Thai Department of Export Promotion claims that " China's halal food producers are small-scale entrepreneurs whose products have little value added and lack branding and technology to push their goods to international standards " to encourage Thai private sector Halal producers to market their products in China

There are two variants, one focuses on Europe as the driving force behind China's quest for modernity, the other focuses on the effects of European colonialism.

In Asia, there are very few harps today, though the instrument was popular in ancient times ; in that continent, zithers like China's guzheng and guqin and Japan's koto predominate.

Now the peoples of Mongolia and Tibet are closely related to us, and we have great affection for one another: our common existence and common honor already have a history of over a thousand years .... Mongolia and Tibet's life and death are China's life and death.

Although Mao's stated goals of combating bureaucracy, encouraging popular participation, and stressing China's self-reliance are generally seen as laudable — and the rapid industrialization that began during Mao's reign is credited for laying a foundation for China's development in the late 20th century — the harsh methods he used to pursue them, including torture and executions, have been widely rebuked as being ruthless and self-defeating.

The demographics of the People's Republic of China are identified by a large population with a relatively small youth division, which is partially a result of the China's one-child policy.

China's system of autonomous regions and autonomous prefectures within provinces are formally intended to provide for greater autonomy by the ethnic group majority that inhabits the region.

China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach ; 3 of China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an international consortium which, in December 2006, signed an agreement with Verizon Business to build the first next-generation optical cable system directly linking the United States and China.

China ’ s largest steelmaker Baosteel Group and Jiangnan Shipyard, one of China's oldest shipbuilders are both located in Shanghai.

Some foreign expatriates are staying in Shanghai as long-term settlers, renewing Shanghai's reputation as China's global city.

A number of China's most prestigious universities are based in Shanghai, including Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, East China Normal University, Shanghai University, Shanghai International Studies University, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Exceptions to this include the DECT and PHS micro-cellular systems, UMTS-TDD UMTS variant, and China's TD-SCDMA, which use Time Division duplexing, where different time slots are allocated for the base station and handsets on the same frequency.

The Philippines and Vietnam are also monitoring China's expansion into the South China Sea making sure that China is no threat to either Philippine or Vietnamese islands in the South China Sea.

Both nations are working to establish an " economic corridor " from China's Yunnan province to Vietnam's northern provinces and cities, and similar economic zones in the Gulf of Tonkin and connecting the Nanning of Guangxi province, Lang Son province, Hanoi, Haiphong and Quang Ninh province of Vietnam.

* Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing ( 130, 000 total blocks are produced ).

To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the " Han people " and Chinese characters are referred to as " Han characters ".

The official view is that China has now reached an economic and political stage, known as the primary stage of socialism, in which China faces new and different problems completely unforeseen by Mao, and as such the solutions that Mao advocated are no longer relevant to China's current conditions.

two space stations are in orbit ; the International Space Station, and China's Tiangong 1, ( which successfully launched on September 29, 2011, after failing in its prior August launch attempt ) Previous stations include the Almaz and Salyut series, Skylab and most recently Mir.

These events are comparable, though somewhat smaller in scale, to the ecological trigger events of China's vast 19th century famines.

Currently, an estimated 24-36 DF-5A's are in service as China's primary ICBM force.

The Sahara and drylands around the Arabian peninsula are the main terrestrial sources of airborne dust, with some contributions from Iran, Pakistan and India into the Arabian Sea, and China's significant storms deposit dust in the Pacific.

It is led by a Chairman, China's top legislator, who is conventionally ranked third in China's political ranking system, after the General Secretary and President, which is usually one person.

Finally, unlike Western-style suits that are usually composed of two layers of cloth, the jacket is in a single piece – symbolizing China's unity and peace.

A member of China's perennial world champion Uber Cup teams, in the biggest events for individual players ( such as the BWF World Championships, the All-England Championships, and the Olympic Games ) Wei and her partners have usually been overshadowed by China's two dominant women's doubles pairs, Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen.

Issues are usually dedicated to a particular theme: the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay, China's eight major cuisines, and Beijing's many architectural styles, are examples from June, August, and September 2004, respectively.

In late 1950s, the PLA submitted requirements for a light tank more suitable for operations in China's southern region.

In the summer of 1986, the plan was submitted to China's State Council and Central Military Commission.

In 2005, China's Jinchuan Group Ltd. submitted a proposal to invest approximately USD 1. 0 billion for the rehabilitation and revival of the Nonoc nickel refinery.

In the same year, the PRC was admitted to the United Nations in place of the Republic of China for China's membership of the United Nations, and permanent membership of the Security Council.

Support for the inclusion of ethnic minorities ' history in China's own history varies in accordance with separatist and nationalist politics.

For example, the 14th Dalai Lama, long insistent on Tibet's history being separate from that of China's, conceded in 2005 that Tibet " is a part " of China's " 5000-year history " as part of a new proposal for Tibetan autonomy.

Yu the Great, one of China's legendary founders, is mostly known for his control of the flood.

Fairbank and Teng Ssu-yu edited the influential China's Response to the West ( 1953 ), which was in turn criticized for ascribing change in China to outside forces.

* Laurence A. Schneider, Ku Chieh-Kang and China's New History: Nationalism and the Quest for Alternative Traditions.

Watson finds that rigid caste strata system continued after China's communist revolution, and was actively exploited in rural regions by party officials for control, at least through 1960s.

The China's leading headhunter, Chinahr. com, reported in 2007 that the average salary for white-collar men was 44, 000 yuan ($ 6, 441 ), compared with 28, 700 yuan ($ 4, 201 ) for women.

With 384 million internet users, China's online shopping sales rose to $ 36. 6 billion in 2009 and one of the reasons behind the huge growth has been the improved trust level for shoppers.

During one lecture Pei urged the audience to search China's own traditions for architectural inspiration.

With relations first established with the PRC in 1980, Kiribati had been the home to a satellite tracking base for China's space program from 1997 until 2003, a week before ties were formally severed.

In 1910 Kornilov was recalled from Beijing, but remained in St. Petersburg for only five months, before departing for western Mongolia and Kashgar to examine the military situation along China's border with Russia.

Using vernacular language that would be understandable to the majority of China's populace, he put forward his socialist political views, calling for revolution against the government ; in one notable article, he proclaimed the need for a " Great Union of the Popular Masses ", but failed to put forward an expressly Marxist analysis of how that revolution should proceed.

Mao agreed with this decision, vocally arguing for an anti-imperialist alliance which constituted all of China's socio-economic classes, and not merely the urban proletariat.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.