For centuries China has stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. But in the first half of the 20th century, China was beset by major famines, civil unrest, 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 decentralized economic decision making. Output has quadrupled over the past two decades. Today, China has the world's second largest GDP. Yet, even while economic controls continue to weaken, political control remains tight.
Demographic Data
Capital: Beijing
Government type: Totalitarian Democracy
Government stability: 88.8%
Government efficiency: 62.8%
Population's support to government: 88.7%
Area: 9,326,410 square kilometers
Habitable land: 55.0%
Farmable land: 10.0%
Total population: 1,203,097 thousands
Population's growth: 1.0%
Country's development level: 6,090
Economic Data
GNP: 2,978,800,000,000
Industralisation: 30.3%
International funding: 4,468,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 6,465
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 60,154
Rebels development: 5,481
Rebels technological access: 4,262