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Land use in China
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<p>Land use in China is experiencing massive changes and impacts to the environment due to an unprecedented period of economic growth, which has catapulted it from one of the world's poorest countries 30 years ago to the world's second largest economy today. Based on trends in <a href="/facts/Economic_development/4KRrMBaM">economic development</a>, <a href="/facts/Population_growth/oxb6ttX0">population growth</a>, and <a href="/facts/Land_use/BAMqwQcG">land use</a>, China's <a href="/facts/Natural_landscape/vLUE70Q2">natural landscape</a> will experience significant and increasing pressures well into the future. </p>