World Travel Trips

China is an immense country, third largest in the world and full of contrasts, from the Mongolian plains to lush forests and barren deserts. About 14% is cultivatable. The rest is mountains, waterways and desert. With almost one thousand million population, keeping people fed is always a major problem.

Heritage is all important to the Chinese Each of the 26 provinces has its own dialect, customs, and traditions. For centuries the Chinese were certain their country was the central kingdom of the world.

Intellectuals for over 2,000 years used the teachings of Confucius, who formed the moral code of his followers. Chinese civilization was far advanced 1,500 years before Christ.

Now engaged in a program of modernization, agriculture, industry, defense, science and technology, China hopes to raise the country to the level of the current world powers.

Although the obstacles are enormous, there is continuous pressure to industrialize. New factories rear up besides the sites of ancient cities, while the life in the fields continues as always.