China

__**China** __ Fun Facts:

In 213 B.C., the Chinese emperor Shi Huang-ti ordered the burning of all of China's books, except for a select few on subjects such as agriculture and medicine. He ordered the burning because people used several of those writings to criticise the emperor, and also because Shi Huang-Ti styled himself as the "First Emperor". Vast numbers of valuable works were lost and it was only through the efforts of a few brave teachers and scholars that any of the earlier literature of China survived. It was nearly 150 years before it was safe to bring the surviving books from their hiding place. [ China | Royalty ]

* The purpose of the Great Wall of China, the monumental fortification separating China from Mongolia, was not especially to keep out the Huns from the north. The Huns could easily find places along the stretch that they could scale with ladders. But they couldn't get their horses across. Without their horses, they weren't very effective warriors.

Paper, Compass , Explosive Powder and Printing qualify as the “ Four Great Inventions of China ”. They are also credited with having invented the wheel and the first calender.

* Ice cream was invented in China in 2000 BC, by packing a milk and rice mixture in the snow. Marco Polo took the recipe of Ice Cream and Noodles back with him to Europe.

* Century Eggs, also known as One Hundred Year or One Thousand Year old Eggs are a delicacy in China. Usually these eggs are processed with special ingredients and buried underground for some days or weeks.

* China has 3240 Television Broadcast Stations and 259 FM channels.

* In Hong Kong, cars are driven to the left side of the road, following the British way, but the rest of China drives on the right side.

* People have been drinking tea in China for over 1800 years. Chinese White Tea is basically boiled water.



Flag and Significance: China's national flag was adopted in September, 1949. This flag was first flown in Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949 - the day of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The rectangular flag has a red field with five golden-yellow stars (each with five points) in the upper left corner. The star on the left is larger than the other four. The red color of the flag symbolizes revolution. The large star symbolizes the Communist Party (which rules China) and the smaller stars represent the people of China.

History Summary: The earliest recorded human settlements in what is today called China were discovered in the Huang He basin and date from about 5000 B.C. During the Shang dynasty (1500–1000 B.C. ), the precursor of modern China's ideographic writing system developed, allowing the emerging feudal states of the era to achieve an advanced stage of civilization, rivaling in sophistication any society found at the time in Europe, the Middle East, or the Americas. It was following this initial flourishing of civilization, in a period known as the Chou dynasty (1122–249 B.C. ), that Lao-tse, Confucius, Mo Ti, and Mencius laid the foundation of Chinese philosophical thought.

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">5000 Neolithic cultures <span style="color: #e3960d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">3000 Xia/Hsia Dynasty (ca. 2200-1750) <span style="color: #ebea3d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1800 Shang Dynasty (ca. 1750-1100)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">One of the Three Dynasties, or San Dai (Xia, Shang, and Zhou), thought to mark the beginning of Chinese civilization: characterized by its writing system, practice of divination, walled cities, bronze technology, and use of horse-drawn chariots.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1200 Zhou/Chou Dynasty: Western Zhou (ca. 1100-771) Eastern Zhou (771-256)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">A hierarchical political and social system with the Zhou royal house at its apex: power was bestowed upon aristocratic families as lords of their domains or principalities. Although often compared to European "feudalism," what actually gave the system cohesion was a hierarchical order of ancestral cults. The system eventually broke down into a competition for power between rival semi-autonomous states in what became known as the Spring and Autumn period (722-481) and the Warring States (403-221) period. It was during these tumultuous times that Confucius (551-479) lived.

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">300 Qin/Ch'in Dynasty (221-206)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Created a unitary state by imposing a centralized administration and by standardizing the writing script, weights and measures. Known for its harsh methods of rule, including the suppression of dissenting thought.

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<span style="color: #971fc7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Han Dynasty: Western Han (202 BCE- 9 CE) and Eastern Han (25 CE 220 CE)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Modified and consolidated the foundation of the imperial order. Confucianism was established as orthodoxy and open civil service examinations were introduced. Han power reached Korea and Vietnam. //Records of the Historian//, which became the model for subsequent official histories, was completed.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Period of Disunity (220-581)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">The empire was fragmented. The North was dominated by invaders from the borderland and the steppes. The South was ruled by successive "Chinese" dynasties. Buddhism spread.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">600 Sui Dynasty (581-618)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">China reunified.

<span style="color: #e5900b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">700 Tang/T'ang Dynasty (618-906)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">A time of cosmopolitanism and cultural flowering occurred. This period was the height of Buddhist influence in China until its repression around 845. Active territorial expansion until defeated by the Arabs at Talas in 751.

<span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1000 Song/Sung Dynasty: Northern Song (960-1126) and Southern Song (1127-1279)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">An era of significant economic and social changes: the monetization of the economy; growth in commerce and maritime trade; urban expansion and technological innovations. The examination system for bureaucratic recruitment of neo-Confucianism was to provide the intellectual underpinning for the political and social order of the late imperial period.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1200 Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Founded by the Mongols as part of their conquest of much of the world. Beijing was made the capital. Dramas, such as the famous //Story of the Western Wing//, flourished.

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1400 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">The first Ming emperor, Hongwu, laid the basis of an authoritarian political culture. Despite early expansion, it was an inward-looking state with an emphasis on its agrarian base. Gradual burgeoning of the commercial sector; important changes in the economy and social relations in the latter part of the dynasty; also a vibrant literary scene as represented by publication of the novel //Journey to the West.//

<span style="color: #971fc7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">1700 Qing/Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">A Manchu dynasty. Continued the economic developments of the late Ming, leading to prosperity but also complacency and a dramatic increase in population. The acclaimed novel //Dream of the Red Chamber// was written in this period. Strains on the polity were intensified by a rapid incorporation of substantial new territories. Its authoritarian structure was subsequently unable to meet the military and cultural challenge of an expansive West.

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Republic (1912-1949)

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Weak central government following the collapse of the dynastic system in 1911-12; Western influence was shown by the promotion of "science" and "democracy" during the New Culture Movement. The attempt of the Nationalist government (est. 1928) to bring the entire country under its control was thwarted by both domestic revolts and the Japanese occupation (1937-45). The Nationalists fled to Taiwan after defeat by the Communists.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">People's Republic (1949- )

> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none;">Communist government. The drive for remaking society ended in disasters such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Economic reform and political retrenchment since around 1978.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Capitol: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Major Cities: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shanghai, 12,665,000 (metro. area), 10,996,500 (city proper); Tianjin (Tientsin), 9,346,000 (metro. area), 4,333,900 (city proper); Wuhan, 3,959,700; Shenyang (Mukden), 3,574,100; Guangzhou, 3,473,800; Haerbin, 2,904,900; Xian, 2,642,100; Chungking (Chongquing) 2,370,100; Chengdu, 2,011,000; Hong Kong (Xianggang), 1,361,200

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Climate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">China has a climate dominated by monsoon winds. It features clear temperature differences in winter and summer. In winter, northerly winds coming from high latitude areas are cold and dry, and in summer, southerly winds from sea areas at lower longitudes are warm and moist. In addition, climates differ from region to region because of the country's extensive territory and complex topography. In the southeastern part south of the Nanling Mountains, rains are plenty and the temperature is high all year round. In the Yangtze River and Huaihe river valleys in the central part, there are four distinctive seasons. In northeast China, summer is short but there is much sunshine, while winter is long and cold. Precipitation is limited in northwest China where it is cold in winter and hot in summer. In southwest China of low latitudes, the land is elevated high, and it features vertical seasonal zones with temperatures differing from a valley to a mountain peak.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">International Disputes: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 2005, China and India initiate drafting principles to resolve all aspects of their extensive boundary and territorial disputes together with a security and foreign policy dialogue to consolidate discussions related to the boundary, regional nuclear proliferation, and other matters; recent talks and confidence-building measures have begun to defuse tensions over Kashmir, site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; about 90,000 ethnic Tibetan exiles reside primarily in India as well as Nepal and Bhutan; China asserts sovereignty over the Spratly Islands together with Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratlys but is not the legally binding "code of conduct" sought by some parties; in March 2005, the national oil companies of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam signed a joint accord on marine seismic activities in the Spratly Islands

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">China occupies some of the Paracel Islands also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; China and Taiwan have become more vocal in rejecting both Japan's claims to the uninhabited islands of Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japan's unilaterally declared exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea, the site of intensive hydrocarbon prospecting; certain islands in the Yalu and Tumen rivers are in an uncontested dispute with North Korea and a section of boundary around Mount Paektu is considered indefinite; China seeks to stem illegal migration of tens of thousands of North Koreans; in 2004, China and Russia divided up the islands in the Amur, Ussuri, and Argun Rivers, ending a century-old border dispute; demarcation of the China-Vietnam boundary proceeds slowly and although the maritime boundary delimitation and fisheries agreements were ratified in June 2004, implementation has been delayed; environmentalists in Burma and Thailand remain concerned about China's construction of hydroelectric dams upstream on the Nujiang/Salween River in Yunnan Province.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Exchange Rate per US Dollar:

**1 US dollar = 77.1300 Japanese yen**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">min = 5.8621 (July 17) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">avg = 6.4227 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">max = 6.5380 (June 12)



United States Dollar (USD)

 * ~ USD || $ 1 || $ 5 || $ 10 || $ 50 || $ 100 || $ 250 || $ 500 ||
 * ~ JPY || ¥ 77.14 || ¥ 385.7 || ¥ 771.41 || ¥ 3857.05 || ¥ 7714.1 || ¥ 19285.25 || ¥ 38570.5 ||

Japanese Yen (JPY)

 * ~ JPY || ¥ 100 || ¥ 250 || ¥ 500 || ¥ 1000 || ¥ 5000 || ¥ 10000 || ¥ 25000 ||
 * ~ USD || $ 1.3 || $ 3.24 || $ 6.48 || $ 12.96 || $ 64.82 || $ 129.63 || $ 324.08 ||

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Exports: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">$1.2 trillion (2009 est.): machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Natural Resources: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest).

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Imports: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">$921.5 billion (2009 est.): machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Tourist Attractions: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//PANDA//** - Giant pandas are probably China's best loved animal and are regarded as a national treasure. They roam the remote forests of the mountains in southwest China, eating almost nothing but bamboo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They are endangered in the wild but scientists have bred captive pandas successfully <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**GREAT WALL OF CHINA -**// During the third century BCE, the Qin emperors started to build a huge wall to stop smuggling. Later dynasties built walls against Mongolian tribes to the north. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**BEIJING (FORBIDDEN CITY) -**// The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia. It is north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Terracotta Army
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 1974, a peasant digging for water accidentally discovered an army made of terracotta a few miles away from the First Emperor of Qin's tomb. Thousands of clay soldiers, horses and chariots have now been excavated. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They are all life-sized and have different faces, hairstyles and expressions. Several pits containing clay soldiers surround the emperor's tomb because he believed that his terracotta army would protect his soul in the afterlife. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today nearly million people visit this site annually. The Terracotta Army now serves as both a phenomenal archaeological discovery as well as an icon of China's distant past. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Population: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1,330,141,295 (growth rate: 0.5%); birth rate: 12.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.5/1000; life expectancy: 74.5; density per sq mi: 142

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Main Ethnicity: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Major Languages Spoken: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Main Religions: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Officially atheist; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%–4%, Muslim 1%–2% (2002 est.)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Festivals/Holidays: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Chinese New Year

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">China's OMG Moment!: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Several hundred civilians have been shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic protest in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square. Tanks rumbled through the capital's streets late on 3 June as the army moved into the square from several directions, randomly firing on unarmed protesters. The injured were rushed to hospital on bicycle rickshaws by frantic residents shocked by the army's sudden and extreme response to the peaceful mass protest.Demonstrators, mainly students, had occupied the square for seven weeks, refusing to move until their demands for democratic reform were met.The protests began with a march by students in memory of former party leader Hu Yaobang, who had died a week before. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But as the days passed, millions of people from all walks of life joined in, angered by widespread corruption and calling for democracy.



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Traditions:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Chinese Zodiac is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year mathmatical cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries such as Korea and Japan.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Geography: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px;">The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya. In the southwest is Tibet, which China annexed in 1950. The Gobi Desert lies to the north. China proper consists of three great river systems: the Yellow River (Huang He), 2,109 mi (5,464 km) long; the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the third-longest river in the world at 2,432 mi (6,300 km); and the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), 848 mi (2,197 km) long.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Major Trading Partners: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">U.S., Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Taiwan (2004)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How does the history of the country inform the decisions it makes in current times? Are there conflicts that persist over generations? Have there been lessons learned that impact how the country interacts with other nations? Why does the history of the nation matter?

<span style="color: #f98d0b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How do the geography of the country impact its behavior? Does it make it vulnerable to attack? Does it provide a tourist economy? Does it hold valuable resources that make it powerful or the target of external threats? Is it a challenging environment in which to establish a society, and if so how did this reality shape the people and their culture? How has the country been shaped by its neighbors?

<span style="color: #ebea3d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How does the country's economic standing affect its relationships with other nations? Is the economy on the rise or is it declining? Is the country economically powerful or weak? What trading relationships does it have established and how do these inform national decisions?

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How does the particular culture, with religions, social norms, values, etc. impact the behavior of the nation? How do other nations characterize this country? Is the culture of the country tied to the culture of other nations? If so, how does this alter their relationships? Is the country heterogeneous or homogeneous?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sources: [] http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/webcourse/key_points/china_timeline.htm <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[]

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