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China and Chinese Territories
This category covers questions about the People's Republic of China (not to be confused with the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan), though it is usually simplified as China. An ancient civilization, Chinese history extends hundreds of thousands of years. The most spoken language in China is Mandarin, followed by Cantonese and English. The capital of China is Beijing.
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China is not in any country. It is a sovereign country in its own right.
Which happened to Auntie An-mei during her return visit to China?
She was forced to make a sizable loan to a distant relative.
B.She was forced to make a sizable loan to a distant relative.
What holiday does China celebrate during winter?
Jan. 1 - New Year
Feb. 11-14 - Chinese New Year or Spring Festival - Chun Jie
Mar. 4 - Lantern Festival - yuan Xian Jie
Mar. 8 - International Women Day
Apr. 4,5 or 6 - Clear Brightness - Qing Ming
May. 1 - International Labor Day
Jun. 1 - International Children Day
Jul. 7 - Festival of the Cowherd and Weaving Maiden
Jul. 19 - Dragon Boat Festival - Duan Wu Jie
Aug. 1 - Army Day
Aug. 15 - Ghost Festival
Sept. 10 - Teacher's Day
Sept. 25 - Mid Autumn Festival (Chinese Moon Festival) - Zhong Qui Jier
Oct. 1 - National Day
Oct. 19 Double Nine Festival (all senior people)
Why was the area between the Huang He and the Yangzi the heartland of early China?
The heartland is a wide strip of land with high agricultural and industrial output. Two thirds of China's population lives there.
Do the Chinese speak English in China?
China has one official language and that is Mandarin Chinese, there are many dialects in China some are very similiar to the official language and some are almost completely different. However generally they all have the same writing system. Of course there are many minority nationalities in China, and these two speak their own languages and have their own written languages as well.
Why is production cheaper in Mexico and china?
A factor that contributes to the costs of manufacturing an item is the labor cost. It includes wages and benefits given to workers along the supply chain.
As both China and Mexico are developing countries, a worker earns a much lower wage than that of a worker belonging to a developed economy. For instance, the average American earns three to four times the average wage of a Mexican with the same job; he also earns four to six times the average wage of a Chinese worker.
Hence, many companies which are labor-intensive, migrate to these countries to lower costs of production.
What is the popluation of China?
About 1% of China's population live in, and around, Beijing. The population of Beijing is approx 12 million people
What culture do the Chinese have?
Well, let me begin by saying that I wish you could have been more specific with your question because it's nearly impossible to sum up an entire culture in a paragraph. So I'll just do my best to give you some of the most notable traditions and values.
The Chinese culture, although closed off to the rest of the world for many many years, is very welcoming to foreigners. If you plan to visit China and you don't look Chinese, then you can expect to become a type of mobile Kodak moment. People will come up to you and ask to have their picture taken with you almost everywhere you go, especially children. This is especially prevalent is some of the smaller cities of China. This used to be just as common in places like Beijing, but not so much after the Olympics.
In China, people are not guaranteed nearly as many of the rights we have here in the USA. As a traveler there, it's important to know that if a driver hits you, they will only have to pay a small fine. There are also several political events that are not appropriate to talk about. People who do talk about them, "disappear." Many of them have never heard of the protesting in Tiananmen Square because the government has gone out of their way to keep it on the down low.
As far as families go, there are usually two parents and a single child (due to the One-Child Policy enacted to prevent overpopulation). A lot of grandparents live with their children and grandchildren. Elders command a lot of respect there. They are seen as very wise.
Schools there are massive. They have high schools the size of small colleges there. Nearly all of them have some type of uniform, even the public schools. Many will also have rules about dying your hair, wearing makeup, nail polish and jewelry. Some schools require girls to wear their hair up. There are a lot of specialty high schools. I actually did an exchange program at a high school who's specialty was the tourism industry and you could major in things like hotel management, being a tour guide and even flight attendants. There's usually some kind of morning exercise, our school has a Chinese man counting and there were simple exercises associated with each number. In class, you are expected to stand with the teacher calls on you and the students are extremely disciplined. No one talks unless they're addressed by the teacher. You can take classes such as tea art (where you learn the beautiful hand movements associated with an almost ritualized tea making and serving) and calligraphy.
Almost no one drives there. The driving is so crazy that in the cities, nearly everyone takes taxis. The road is most left to delivery trucks and taxis both going about 90 mph.
Places like Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and KFC are considered some of the coolest places to go eat. Pizza Huts in China are actually much nicer and people get kinda dressed up for them.
You'll see almost all western models. Even going to the movie theatre they had American movies that had either Chinese actor voices taped over the English or subtitles. You'll also see a lot of teenagers wearing T-shirts with English words that make almost zero sense. The whole point of it is to just wear Western looking words.
The basic stuff you can look up on Wikipedia, this is all the stuff I didn't think you could get from your average tour book.
Hope it helped. :)
China's most famous ping pong player?
Zhung Zedong is the best ping pong player. He won the world's men singles three times. He is born in 1940 and he has a wife name Bao Huiqiao she is a pianist from Chinese.They have a son called Zhung Biao. Then he got a second wife name Sasaki Atsuko from Japanese.
How much time are China in front or behind us?
When it is daylight savings here in Australia China is 3 hours behind us but when it is not daylight savings here then they are 2 hours behind us
What Secret society was formed in China to force out foreign countries.?
They were known as, Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, and it was called 'The Boxer Uprising' or 'The Boxer Rebellion' and it happened in 1900.
UGGS or UGG Boots were once (and now resumed) a totally Australian designed and manufactured item. A recent patent on the name by the USA put a legal challenge on Australia preventing Australian UGG Boot manufacturers from using this name.
This initially almost wiped out one of this country's manufacturing industries and caused some extremely unfriendly and tense relationships, much of which still last to this day where business trust and friendship took an all time low.
This is typical with most items that other countries appear to steal others and then block names or items through a somewhat suspicious judiciary system that only the wealthiest have resources to challenge.
Many countries, including Australia, saw this as common bullying, theft and a money orientated copyright legal system gone berserk with impropriety.
Australia has now resumed production of the "Original" UGG BOOTS and advised that they will continue to do so regardless of the dictatorial-ship of other countries, as it is not the right of other countries to dictate terms in this particular matter.
UGGS have never before been copyrighted, and should never have been. China may well produce UGGS, but only Australia has the 100% Originals from 100% Australian products.
What happens to the girls in china with the one child per family law?
it works like that because their planning to gas everyone in 2013 in china.
Influenced of China in Philippines cuisine?
There are many recreated dishes that is inspired by Chinese cuisine in the country. With the various filipino-chinese community in the country, almost all of the cuisines of Chinese can be found and tasted here with a Philippine twist.
What is the customs for people in china?
When invited, Chinese are generally prompt; being more than a few minutes late is impolite. Guests conduct themselves with restraint and refrain from loud, boisterous speech and actions. Invited friends often bring gifts such as tea, cigarettes, fruit, chocolate, cakes, or wine when they visit.
What percent of American clothing is made in china?
75% is said to be made in China but the vast majority is only assembled in China, and they put the Chinese label on it.
