C5.2 China - Lesson 6: Emerging China

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CHINA

is changing

C5.2: Emerging China

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What's the plan for today?

C5.2: Emerging China

REVIEW PARAGRAPH 1

• Uneven population distribution 

• To better distribute the population -->

make migration to the empty 

west more attractive

• How?

Free housing and jobs?

TODAYS GOALS

1. You can explain why and why there the industry in China is located.
2.  You can describe the role of Hong Kong in the development of the Pearl River Delta.
3. You can describe characteristics of NICs, and how they developed. (G227)
4. you know the meaning of the terms: megacity, labour-intensive, multinationals, SEZ’s, global city (G217 and §2).

FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY

TO AN OPEN COUNTRY

Things changed in the 80's

CHINA UNTIL 1980

- all companies are state-owned

- no freedom for the people

- no western influences

- population: poor and cut off from the outside world

             "Locked country"

CHINA NOW

- still one-party system

- international companies are welcome

- Chinese (tech) companies in the top of the world

Soo.. 

    they "opened" their economy

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THESE CHANGES?

For example: The Pearl River Delta

     DEVELOPMENT SHENZHEN

SHENZHEN

Shenzhen's open door policy was a success:

• From fishing village to mega city (14 million inhabitants)
  
• Plenty of cheap labor for simple, labor-intensive products (clothing, toys, etc.)
  
• Establishment of large multinational companies (multinationals)

Shenzhen designated in 1980 as the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) = 

area where foreign companies are allowed to establish themselves freely and pay little tax.

HONG KONG

1841 to 1997 --> Colony of England

Semi-autonomous from 1997:

• Special status: "1 country, 2 systems"
  
• Own rules
  
• Own independent jurisdiction
  
• Own political system
  

Hong Kong is much freer than China - many rights and freedoms left over from British rule

Let's go!

• Read C5.2 at p74-75
• Use G217, G227 in your GeoGuide

Make question 1, 2, 3 & 4 in your workbook

You're allowed to work together with your neighbor.

FINISHED? Open topomania.net and practice for the quiz next week.

HOMEWORK

TOPOGRAPHY QUIZ &

Homework for the next lesson: 1, 2, 3 & 4 of C5.2