Figure 9.6: China’s agricultural zones. The economic reforms instituted in recent years in China include more regional specialization in agricultural products.

[Sources consulted: “World Agriculture,” National Geographic Atlas of the World, 8th ed. (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005), p. 19; “China: Economic, Minerals” map, Goode’s World Atlas, 21st ed. (New York: Rand McNally, 2005), pp. 39, 207]