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The People
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the world’s most populous nation, comprising 1.3 billion people, which means that the Chinese government is responsible for feeding, housing and clothing nearly a quarter of humanity.
93% of the population is from the ‘Han’ ethnic group; the other 7% come from 55 other ethnic groups. The most populous of these include the Manchus, concentrated in the north-east; the Mongols, in the north; the Uighurs, a Muslim Turkic group in the north-west; and the Tibetans in the West. The now 4000 mile-long Great Wall was originally built in 3rd century BC to keep the Mongols and Manchus out, but both groups subsequently ruled China for a dynasty and have long since been assimilated into the Chinese population. The Uighurs and Tibetans were first integrated into China in 7th century but there are strong separatist elements in both regions today.
China’s population began to increase sharply in 18th century but exploded with the advent of the PRC. In 1979, the PRC introduced a ‘One Child Policy.’ The targets were to achieve a natural growth rate (births added, deaths deducted) of less than 9 per 1000 per year by 2005; and for the population to peak at 1.6 billion in 2050. The first target was reached in 1999 and the population is expected to peak at 1.48 billion before 2050. For now, the PRC has one more person to provide for every 4 seconds.
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