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Population...................................................................1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Population growth rate .............................................................0.58% (2005 est.)
Birth rate.....................................................13.14 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate................................................6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate...............................-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups.......Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

Source: CIA World Factbook 2005

China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant
Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the migration patterns and policies of China, the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe.

Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia

Europe Attracts More Migrants from China

Brain Drain and Gain: The Case of Taiwan

The Political Importance of Diasporas

Trafficking, Smuggling, and Human Rights

Spotlight: Foreign Born from China in the United States

Spotlight: College-Educated Foreign Born in the US Labor Force

Spotlight: Educational Attainment of the Foreign Born in the United States

United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties

Characteristics of the Asian Born in the United States

Neighboring Countries

Russia
South Korea
Japan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Myanmar
Laos
Vietnam
North Korea
Hong Kong
Macau

Other Resources

China National Bureau of Statistics
http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index.htm

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Census and Statistics Department
http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd

Macau Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
http://www.dsec.gov.mo/

Hong Kong – Immigration Department
http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/home.htm

US Census Bureau International Data Base
www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html


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