China ; Educational programme ; Higher education ; School curriculum ; Teaching of geography
Brief discussion of the aims of geographic education in China's secondary schools as well as problems. China lacks qualified geography teachers. - (DWG)
The changing face of China : from Mao to mini-skirts and Mercedes
Special China issue
China ; Development ; Modernization ; Social change
A China watcher looks at some of the socioeconomic changes in the post-Mao era : growth of inequality, increase in violence, thievery, prostitution, and sexually transmitted diseases. - (DWG)
Follow the flowers : the itinerant bee-keepers of China
Special China issue
Agricultural product ; Apiculture ; China ; Export ; Social organization
Although bee keeping and honey production are not long traditions in China, many people from four provinces now move with their hives to find honey sources in flowering plants and to pollinate crops. Two thirds of the honey in China is exported
China ; Glacial ablation ; Glaciation ; Glacier ; Moraine ; Quaternary ; Snow line
The distribution and statistical results of glacierized area of various mountain ranges in West China are shown in a sketch map and in a table. A snowline contour map during the last glaciation in China and its adjacent areas has been compiled
. In conclusion, the A. answers at the controversy : whether or not Quaternary glaciers really developed in East China.
Agricultural land use ; Arid area ; Biodiversity ; China ; Climatic variation ; Concept ; Desertification ; Dune ; Human impact ; Sand
The study of desertification in China began in 1977 with the UN Conference on Desertification. This article reviews progress over the last five years in China. A brief description of desertification research in China is given, and developments
Geographical education in universities of China since 1949
China ; Research ; Teaching of geography ; University
This article gives a concise review of the three development stages of geographical education in universities of China and the future development tendency.
China ; Economic reform ; Foreign investment ; Migration ; Urban geography ; Urban growth ; Urban population ; Urbanization
Rates or urbanization in China are increasing through heavy migration from rural areas. Four large metropolitan regions near the coast have emerged. - (DWG)
Between 186 B.C. and A.D. 1987, landslides in China have illed more than 250 000 people. Besides an historical summary of these catastrophes, the A. offers a list of measures for reducing the landslide hazard. - (DWG)
On the regional characteristics of cuisine in China
China ; Food ; Food habit ; Regional disparities
The paper attempts to study regional differentitation of cuisine in China and set up a rudimentary framework for regional characteristic of cuisine. This framework is mainly concerned with regional school of cuisine (or cuisine systems) and regional