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The population of China: a world apart!

Bear in mind that China represents just over 19% of the global population! The 1.3 billion current inhabitants could be twice or three times as many if the one child policy had not been implemented. It must be said that it brought about a fundamental change in Chinese society, that enabled women to learn to manage their fertility, but also led to a blatant shortage of girls (and now, women - and wives) in some regions.

Dan Zen

A population that is still largely rural

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Famous and influential celebrities in China

Being famous in China results in a level of popularity that is hard to imagine, given the size and population of the country! It only takes a chance encounter with a celebrity outside the Fook Lam Moon restaurant in Hong Kong's Wanchai District to recognize this.

China today, in the middle of change

China deserves respect for its size alone. The country is almost as big as the United States of America. It extends from the Pacific ocean as far as the Indonesian peninsula and has 1.3 billion inhabitants, that is to say, about a 5th of the world's population!