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China: Worst floods in decade force 8 million from homes
Jul 20, 2010
Flooding across 27 of China's 31 provinces and municipalities has killed 700 people.
Ice cold nights for the earthquake survivors
May 27, 2010
Families are still sleeping outside in the ice cold earthquake hit Yushu county.
ACT brings relief to Yushu earthquake survivors
Apr 30, 2010
Rescue and relief operations are hampered by altitude, cold and remoteness
Yushu earthquake, new pictures
Apr 26, 2010
New pictures from the Yushu earthquake from Amity Foundation
ACT in China
Organisations with HQ in China
International organisations in China
Organisations funding work in China
- Act for Peace
- Bread for the World
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
- United Church of Canada
About China
- Population: 1.34 billion (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Beijing
- Largest city: Shanghai
- Area: 9.6 million sq km (3.7 million sq miles)
- Major language: Mandarin Chinese
- Major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism
- Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 75 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Renminbi (yuan) (Y) = 10 jiao = 100 fen
- ;Main exports: Manufactured goods, including textiles, garments, electronics, arms
- GNI per capita: US $2,940 (World Bank, 2008)