China’s Government, Economy, Society, Culture and Religion

Political Power Organization

Economy

In blue (maroon) countries richer (and poorer) than China according to Gross National Income. Country foreign exchange & gold reserves minus external debt

Electricity: production: trillion kWh (2006) consumption: trillion kWh (2006) exports: billion kWh (2005) imports: billion kWh (2005) Electricity – production by source: thermal: 77.8% (68.7% from coal) (2006) hydro: 20.7% (2006) other: 0.4% (2006) nuclear: 1.1% (2006) Oil: production: 3,631,000 bbl/d (577,300 m3/d) (2005) consumption: 6,534,000 bbl/d (1,038,800 m3/d) (2005) and expected 9,300,000 bbl/d (1,479,000 m3/d) in 2030 exports: 443,300 bbl/d (70,480 m3/d) (2005) imports: 3,181,000 bbl/d (505,700 m3/d) (2005) net imports: 2,740,000 barrels per day (436,000 m3/d) (2005) proved reserves: 16.3 Gbbl (2.59×109 m3) (1 January 2006) Natural gas: production: km3 (2005 est.) consumption: km3 (2005 est.) exports: km3 (2005) imports: 0 m3 (2005) proved reserves: 1,448k m3 (1 January 2006 est.) Energy

2010–present By 2010 it was evident to outside observers such as The New York Times that China was poised to move from export dependency to development of an internal market. Wages were rapidly rising in all areas of the country and Chinese leaders were calling for an increased standard of living. In 2010, China's GDP was valued at $5.87 trillion, surpassed Japan's $5.47 trillion, and became the world's second largest economy after the U.S. China could become the world's largest economy (by nominal GDP) sometime as early as China is the largest creditor nation in the world and owns approximately 20.8% of all foreign-owned US Treasury securities

POPULATION

POPULATION Distribution

Population Distribution East-West Imbalance:

Population Distribution Ethnic Imbalance:

Gender & Age Imbalance

Culture (official) Confucianism PATRIOTISM 爱国 Traditional Chinese Culture CCP Reshaping of the old point of reference, that has the CCP as guarantor of all of them through Harmonius-scientific development.

Waiting for the raising of the Flag in Tiananmen Square

Watchful guidance: 在共产堂的领导之下

Unofficial reality

Post 70's Post 80's Post 90's

Religion: Five “good religions” Buddhist Christian Taoist Catholic Muslim

CATHOLIC

CHINA Survey shows Church lagging behind population growth On SHIJIAZHUANG, China (UCAN) -- The largest survey ever conducted of the Catholic Church in mainland China has indicated that the Catholic population has not kept pace with overall population growth. The results of the study, conducted by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), a Church-run organization based in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, were published on Dec. 18. According to the survey, there are now about 5.71 million Catholics in mainland China, served by 3,397 bishops, priests and deacons. A total of 3,268 priests are serving in more than 100 dioceses. The statistics do not distinguish between the government-approved and "underground" Church communities. The report states that figures for the latter may not be entirely accurate due to the difficulties involved in getting information. The FICS spent three months gathering information through s, phone calls, faxes and personal interviews. The report says there are now 628 seminarians studying in 10 major seminaries plus another 630 in 30 minor seminaries. There are a total of 5,451 nuns from 106 congregations, and only 350 Religious men.

…there were more than 3 million Catholics out of a 500-million-strong population in 1949, when the Communists took power. Over a span of 60 years, the number of Catholics has not even doubled... …Church communities had not made evangelization a priority over the decades, but had instead engaged in disputes, thus missing opportunities for growth. The FICS survey also lists more than 400 Church-run organizations, including schools, research institutes, publishing houses, medical facilities and homes for the aged and orphans. However, statistics compiled by Hong Kong diocese's Holy Spirit Study Centre (HSSC) in 2008 show a marked difference from FICS' figures. HSSC puts the number of mainland Catholics at about 12 million last year, more than double the figure given by FICS. Anthony Lam Sui-ki, HSSC's senior researcher, said his institute began collecting data from mainland dioceses in 1988, and there has always been a marked difference between its figures and the mainland Church's official figures. Lam says that according to HSSC's research, there are 80 Vatican-approved bishops, with about half of them not recognized by the Chinese government. There are fewer than 10 bishops in the government-approved Church community who do not have a papal mandate, he added.

Emperor Son of heaven HEAVEN GOVERNMENT (NOBILITY-ARMY INTELLIGENTSIA RELIGIONS ECONOMY) 老百姓： COMMONERS - PEOPLE

Alberto (Mc), Jose (HK), Sid (Bj) / Joshy (Tw), Jojo (Mc), Paco (Bj) Marcelino, Biju (In), Josep, / Arturo (Tw), Ezakias (HK), Mario (Tw) Not in Picture: Peter Zhao (Tw) and Piotr (Bj) Hong Kong July 2010

Macao-Hong Kong: 2+2 claretians. Those in HK still studying the Cantonese Language. China: Beijing 3 (includes Piotr that just finished his Chinese studies in nearby Tianjin) Incipient mission. Setting the foundations: Chinese Claretian Vocations Complicated ( 复杂 ) future.

Commitment of the Congregation: the awareness that we are committed to this mission here is Important. Our Mission in the Mainland China will have two different Dimensions: - 1) The services offered to the mainland from outside. The various attempts form different places need to be some how coordinated - 2) The stable presence in the Mainland China – it requires to be more professional in secular subjects – that we get integrated to the society in the Mainland. Better to get involved in something that is already there. These two dimensions need to be coordinated.

China: Humble Witnessing of Congregation's Charism within China's peculiar situation - Formation: In situ discernment of possible candidates - Avoiding being expelled (low profile/muffled) - Serving the local Church needs, mostly teaching- formation and summer/winter faith camps. - Pastoral service to the International Community (Shanghai) 1. To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy. 2. a. To wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound. b. To deaden (a sound). 3. To make vague or obscure. 4. To repress; stifle.

Macao and Hong Kong: Shared Mission and formation of evangelizers (Lay people). Bible Promotion (PBF): Bible Diary, Christian Community Bible, New Translation of Bible into Chinese...PBF Parish Libraries (mainland) Web Pages (information-keeping interest alive; English, Chinese and Spanish): Macao Bulletin. English Parish work (Macao and future in HK, linked to our diocese-linked “status” there.