BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 GEOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW -- RELIEF -- THE EASTERN REGION -- THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION -- THE NORTHWESTERN REGION -- DRAINAGE -- SOILS -- CLIMATE -- THE AIR MASSES -- TEMPERATURE -- PRECIPITATION -- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE -- FLORA -- ANIMAL LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH CHINA'S ENVIRONMENT -- SETTLEMENT PATTERNS -- RURAL AREAS -- URBAN AREAS -- CHINA'S LAND USE AND ITS ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING -- RESOURCES AND POWER -- TRANSPORTATION -- CHAPTER 3 MAJOR CHINESE PHYSICAL FEATURES -- YANGTZE RIVER -- THE UPPER COURSE -- THE MIDDLE COURSE -- THE LOWER COURSE -- DONGTING LAKE -- THE YANGTZE DELTA -- HISTORY -- HUANG HE -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- XI RIVER SYSTEM -- LAND -- PEOPLE AND ECONOMY -- KUNLUN MOUNTAINS -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- PEOPLE AND ECONOMY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- TAKLA MAKAN DESERT -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- PEOPLE AND ECONOMY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- CHAPTER 4 SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS -- GREAT WALL OF CHINA -- HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION -- DESIGN OF THE FORTIFICATIONS -- MILITARY ADMINISTRATION -- TRADITION AND CONSERVATION -- OTHER CULTURAL SITES -- FORBIDDEN CITY -- GRAND CANAL -- LONGMEN CAVES -- MOGAO CAVES NEAR DUNHUANG -- POTALA PALACE -- QIN TOMB -- THE CONFUCIAN TEMPLE COMPLEX OF QUFU -- YUNGANG CAVES -- ZHOUKOUDIAN -- NATURAL SITES -- HUANG MOUNTAINS -- LU MOUNTAINS -- LAKE TAI -- MOUNT TAI -- MOUNT WUTAI -- WUYI MOUNTAINS -- CHAPTER 5 BEIJING -- CHARACTER OF THE CITY -- LANDSCAPE -- CITY SITE -- CLIMATE -- PLANT LIFE -- CITY LAYOUT -- HOUSING -- ARCHITECTURE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURE -- INDUSTRY -- COMMERCE AND FINANCE -- TOURISM -- TRANSPORTATION -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- GOVERNMENT -- MUNICIPAL SERVICES -- HEALTH.

EDUCATION -- CULTURAL LIFE -- THE ARTS -- MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES -- RECREATION -- HISTORY -- THE EARLY EMPIRES -- THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES -- THE MODERN CITY -- CHAPTER 6 THE MAJOR CITIES OF NORTHERN CHINA -- TIANJIN -- LANDSCAPE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- OTHER IMPORTANT NORTHERN CHINESE CITIES -- HARBIN -- SHENYANG -- DALIAN -- QINGDAO -- JINAN -- TAIYUAN -- KAIFENG -- ZHENGZHOU -- LUOYANG -- XI'AN -- CHAPTER 7 THE THREE GREAT CITIES OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA -- SHANGHAI -- LANDSCAPE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- NANJING -- LANDSCAPE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- GUANGZHOU -- LANDSCAPE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- CHAPTER 8 OTHER MAJOR CITIES OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA -- WUXI -- SUZHOU -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- HANGZHOU -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- NINGBO -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- FUZHOU -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- XIAMEN -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- WUHAN -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- CHANGSHA -- HISTORY -- THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- CHAPTER 9 THE MAJOR CITIES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CHINA -- CHONGQING -- LANDSCAPE -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- OTHER IMPORTANT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CHINESE CITIES -- YAN'AN -- YINCHUAN -- LANZHOU -- GUILIN -- NANNING -- CHENGDU -- KUNMING -- LHASA -- ÜRÜMQI -- CHAPTER 10 SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS -- HONG KONG -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- MACAU -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- CHAPTER 11 SELECTED AUTONOMOUS REGIONS -- TIBET -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY.

CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- XINJIANG -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- CHAPTER 12 SELECTED PROVINCES -- SHANDONG -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- GUANGDONG -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- SICHUAN -- LAND -- PEOPLE -- ECONOMY -- GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CULTURAL LIFE -- HISTORY -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: STATISTICAL SUMMARY -- VITAL STATISTICS -- NATIONAL ECONOMY -- ENVIRONMENT -- FOREIGN TRADE -- MILITARY -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.