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| Population Pyramid of China http://www.prb.org/images11/china_population_pyramid_2011.gif |
China has a high population of 1,343,239,923, which was the result of Mao Zedong, who encouraged having many kids to prevent foreign takeover. Their life expectancy has improved tremendously, which is due to urbanization and improvement of food availability. Urbanization has led to a 98% improvement in clean water in urban areas. There have also been few outbreaks of STD's and obesity numbers are low.
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| Chinese school children in East China http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/images/stories/large/2010/12/22/85815927.jpg |
China has a high literacy rate and school "life expectancy" rate of 12 years. This is caused by a good education system and a strong motive to stay in school to get a good job. Many Chinese are moving out of the country to go to college because of their dislike of the national exam all students take to enter college.
