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CHINA
Government
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People's
Republic of China
Type
of Government: People's Republic.
National
name: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
President:
Jiang Zemin (1993)
Premier:
Zhu Rongji (1998)
China
comprises 23 Provinces, 5 Autonomous Regions, 2 Special Administrative
Regions and 3 Municipalities directly under Central Government.
The People's
Republic of China has a Communist government. There is a single legislative
house, the National People's Congress; all members belong to the Communist
party. The National People's Congress elects the Standing Committee,
which holds executive power and is made up of the premier and leading ministers.
The premier is the head of the government; the president is the chief of
state. The position' of secretary general of the Central Committee
of the Chinese Communist party is also an office of great power; it is
often held by the current president. All aspects of life are controlled
by the Communist regime, which is highly centralized and authoritarian.
International
disputes include boundary with India; two or more small sections of the
boundary with Russia despite a 1997 boundary agreement; portions of the
boundary with Tajikistan; 33-km section of boundary with North Korea in
the Paektu-san (mountain) area; complex dispute over the Spratly Islands
with Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; maritime
boundary dispute with Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin; Paracel Islands occupied
by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; claims Japanese-administered
Senkaku-shoto (Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Tai), as does Taiwan; agreement on
land border with Vietnam was signed in December 1999, but details of alignment
have not been made public.
Links
for More Information
CIA
World Factbook: China Government
Chinese Embassy
The Communist Party of
China
China Government
Restructuring
The Consulate General of The People's
Republic of China in Los Angeles
The
Library of Congress Country Studies
.
Sources:
Central
Intelligence Agency
The
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