China - population divide

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core-periphery model

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• large cities develop and people move there for the benefits
• creates smaller population in periphery
• creates wealth gap
• as development continues, corer is too expensive and people move back to periphery so reduces gap

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stats to show Difference between Shanghai and Tibet

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• 6,340 km2 vs 1.2 mil km2
• 25 mil vs 3.5 mil people
• average salary €26 000 vs €8600

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china’s population distribution

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• core is south east on coast with megacities like Shanghai and Beijing
• divided by Hu line - Heihe in the northeast to Tengchong in the south, diagonally across China
• 94% of China’s population live east of the line, in an area that is 43% of China’s total, whereas 57% of the Chinese territory is west of the line has but only 6% of the country’s population

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development of the core

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• lots of rain and tropical temperatures = fertile soil for farming
• access to seas = ports, trade and fishing
• increases income and develops civilisations
• desert and mountains in periphery
• from 70s built more ties with outside so grew rapidly

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benefits

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• improved access to education, health care, electricity and running water
• 700 mil people moved out of poverty in last 30 years