The People’s Republic of China
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three factors of China’s economic growth and explain each in one sentence.
Market reforms; foreign investment and exports; cheap labour that moved to cities. All of these expanded industry.
2
Using Hong Kong as the example, describe “one country, two systems” and the different views of the 2020 law in 4–5 sentences.
Hong Kong kept its own legal system after 1997; Beijing says the law serves stability, critics say it limits autonomy and freedoms.
3
Write the changes in China’s population policy in chronological order (1979–2021).
1979 – one child; 2015 – two children; 2021 – up to three children.
4
Why is the Belt and Road Initiative important and how is it assessed? Write two approaches.
Supporters stress infrastructure and trade opportunities; critics raise debt burdens and transparency.