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Today • China Scale & isolation Physical environments Agriculture © T. M. Whitmore Exciting new joint UG degree program • • At the National University of Singapore A top 20 ranked university internationally Language of instruction is English http://www.nus.edu.sg/ Eligible UNC undergraduates Economics, English literature, geography, history and political science Can take 2-4 semesters of classes at NUS and earn diplomas from both universities. © T. M. Whitmore UNC – NSU Program • Starts next August! • UNC’s Study Abroad Office will hold a kickoff session Wednesday, Mar 28, 2007 4:00 pm FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium Featuring Singaporean fare, and an exciting cultural surprise! © T. M. Whitmore 2nd Hourly Monday • Review session 7pm Sat 3/24, Saunders • 220 OR 7:30 Pm Sun. 3/25 Votes? (enter West door) Exam covers Latin America & Caribbean (Ch. 4-5) SS Africa (Ch. 6) N Africa & SW Asia (Ch. 7) Europe (Ch. 8) © T. M. Whitmore China: physical environment I • China – huge ~ US with Alaska • 3 regions (1st 2 in Central Asia region) “Outer” China Himalaya mountains and Tibetan plateau to the Southwest Gobi & Taklamakan deserts to the west and Northwest “Inner” China Isolated by mountains and deserts © T. M. Whitmore China “proper” • Physical Environment • Climate China sub-regions Northeast China Plain / Manchuria The N. China Plain – Huang He river (formally Yellow) Basins of the Chang Jiang (formally Yangtze) river Tropical southern China Environmental degradation and hazards © T. M. Whitmore Manchuria N China Plain N China Plain South China © Bret Wallach Loess soils in the Guangzhong Basin http://www.greatmirror.com/ Chinese Agriculture • Major issues • Huge population Little arable area Population is about 70% rural Very, very intensive 4 Agricultural Regions NE / Manchuria North China Plain South China Western oases and arid-semiarid © T. M. Whitmore grazing Wheat & other upland crops Wetland Rice © Bret Wallach Guangzhong Basin © W.H. Freeman & Co. © Bret Wallach Guangzhong Basin © Bret Wallach Guangzhong Basin Guilin © Bret Wallach Guilin © Bret Wallach Yunnan Village: Hengdi © Bret Wallach © John Wiley & Sons Chinese agriculture II • Agriculture reform • Pre-Communist (pre-1949) Communist changes Current reforms Nearly self sufficient despite 1.3 billion Agriculture is very intensive 10 persons to feed per ha Urban pops increasing and so is wealth => demand increasing faster than pop growth © T. M. Whitmore © Peter Menzel Rural Chinese family’s week’s food Urban Chinese family’s week’s food What world city since 1990 has built almost 3,000 buildings with 18 or more stories? © Bret Wallach