China
The People's Republic of China is the most populous country in the world. China has grown to become the second largest economic power - and still insists on its status as a developing country. This dichotomy seems to be the program: The glaring difference between city and country, between wealth and poverty grow on. The progressiveness of the state is overshadowed by totalitarian ideologies and persecution of dissenters.
FACTS & FIGURES
Capital: Beijing
Area: 9 600 000 km2
Population: 1,4 Billion
Life expectancy: 78 years
Children mortality: 6 (per 1000)
Alphabetization: 97 %
Religions: 52 % nondenominational, 18 % Buddhist, 5 % Christian, 2 % Muslim, 22 % folk, 1 % other
Human Freedom Index: 150 / 165
