The continental tectonics of China
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The Chinese continent is a composite continent made up of many blocks of various sizes. It features soft-collision and polycyclic suturing between the blocks and the resulting composite orogeny. The continent has distinctive polycyclic evolution by stages and multilevel mosaic and flyover-type structures. Since the Paleozoic, the tectonic development of China has been controlled by the three global dynamic systems: the Paleo-Asian, Tethyan and Pacific systems. The geodynamic processes were marked by Gondwana dispersion, blocks drifting northward, fold belts migrating southward and Asian accretion.