The Hu Line

Question 1

[HU] What percentage of the population lives west of the Hu Line?

Answer 1

6%

Question 2

[HU] What percentage of the territory lies east of the Hu Line?

Answer 2

57%

Question 3

[HU] Why does this dichotomy in population density exist?

Answer 3

Geography and climate

• The land is flatter and wetter east of the line, making it easier to farm.
• West of the line are deserts, mountains and plateaus

Question 4

[HU] What are the effects of this?

Answer 4

Economical

• West of the line, the GDP per capita is 15% lower then the east

Question 5

[HU] How is the population ethnically divided by the line?

Answer 5

92% of Chinese population is Han Chinese. The 8% that aren’t live in Tibet and Xinjiang, both provinces west of the Hu Line.

Question 6

[HU] What is the potential problem with ‘breaking through’ the Hu Line and developing the west?

Answer 6

Eroding the culture of non-Han Chinese with the influx of Han Chinese population that comes with development. Eradicating the few rights that Chinese minorities already enjoy, as they become minorities in their own areas.