Modern China is located at a crossroad of invasion routes.

Much of modern China contains the cultural hearth of its ancient past.

The location of Chinese culture has steadily moved eastward to the coastline.

Chinese culture has become more concentrated in a smaller region over time.

It is a center of agriculture production, exporting rice and wheat to the region.

It is an international port city, connecting trade across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

It has the world's busiest airport, providing connections to Australia and the Asian mainland.

It serves as a major center for education, with many people traveling from across Asia to attend its schools and universities.

In China the electorate only has one party to choose from and in the United States there are multiple political parties.

In China elections are only conducted on the provincial level and in the United States elections are held on the national level.

In China the executive leader is elected by a legislative body and in the United States the executive leader is chosen by popular vote.

In China legislative representatives are chosen from groups of local leaders and in the United States legislative representatives generally have served as state governors.

Its corresponding latitude

Its position on the continent

Its location in the Southern Hemisphere

Its close proximity to a political border

densely populated areas located along major rivers

a concentration of urban centers along the eastern coast

an even split of the population living in villages and in cities

a majority of people living in villages scattered across the continent

Better irrigation techniques led many original inhabitants to move to land that previously had not been farmed.

Population increases among European colonists pushed many original settlements from the coast to the interior.

Climate changes led many original inhabitants to move away from increasingly violent storms along the coastline.

Changing employment opportunities forced many original inhabitants to work for large farms and ranches in the interior.

providing services to tourists

practicing subsistence farming

producing small commercial crops

creating commercial fishing companies