Category | China | Canada |
Population | 1,336,718,015 | 34,030,589 |
Population growth rate | 0.493% | 0.794% |
Urbanization (population) | 47% of total population | 81% of total population |
Government type | Communist state | a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy |
National holiday (independence) | Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 1 October (1949) | Canada Day, 1 July (1867) |
Head of government | Premier WEN Jiabao | Prime Minister Stephen Joseph HARPER |
Starting tomorrow, we will be having new exchange students from China! Here's a very brief summary of rather comparison of Canada and China that I found on CIA- The World Factbook.
As you see in the first category the comparison of the population and there's a big major difference. However, it might throw people off that the pop. growth rate in Canada is higher than in China. I think the reason to that, that the Chinese government only permits each family to have one child not more. The sad part too is that people who have more than one child and the government finds out there pay a fine.
The government type differs as well. Canadian government is parliamentary democracy where the prime minister is selected through an election. Thus, China's government is a Communist State. That mean the Premier is selected in a political party.
The independence of Canada and China obviously are different. But what I found cool is that they are both on the first day of the Month! Canada celebrates the unity of the country. China celebrates the re-publicity of Chinese people which took place on October 1st 1949. And this seems not too many years ago. So in my opinion, China is a very fast growing country in economy, population, industrial work and urbanization as well!
Welcome to all the Chinese students who will be joining us tomorrow! Let the love and warm welcomes spread.
-Haneen
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