A tour ofChina

By Maja Prica

Welcome to China!We will be your tour

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China has become a Communist state since 1949. The President of China is Wen Jiabao. The Premier of China was nominated by the President of the NPC. China’s Prime Minister is Wu Jintao (2005)

LanguageIn China the most common used

language is Mandarin. In China instead of the average alphabet Chinese people use symbols that are called Ideograms.

Goodbye: Zai jian

How are you? : Ni hao

What are those? : Na xie shi shen me?

What is that? : Na shi shen me

Where are you going? : Ni qu

Where is she/he? : Ta zai nar?

Who’s this? : Zhe shi shei?

Sorry! : Dui bu qi

Good Morning: Zao chen hao

ChinaStandard birth rate: 13.7/ 1000Death rate: 6.7 per. 1000 populationTypes of education: Private ,Public,

high school and college just like us.

Life expectancy: 2008: 73.18

AustraliaStandard birth rate:

Death rate: 6.68 deaths/1,000 population

Types of education: Religious school’s, Secondary, Kindergartens, University, College, Private, Public and Primary.

Life expectancy: (men) 79 years

(women) 84 years

In China there are two types of colleges. There is a short-cycle college that goes on for two to three years and a regular college that goes for 4 years. China also have Private ,Public, high school and college just like us.

Airports Airports

In China around the south and southeast is where China’s weather is more warmer and humid. Most winters in China are cold and dry and when it is summer it becomes hot and rainy.

The money used in china is called Yuan.$1 comes to 1 Chinese YuanAnd it’s the same for all of the other

money in China like $10 = 10 Chinese Yuan

$100= 100 Chinese Yuan.

Qipao is the dress for the women of China. It combines the elaborate elegance of the Chinese tradition which has unique elements with lots of style

Modern dress

Modern dress

Traditional dress

Traditional

The most common food in China is rice. Most of their food consists of fish, rice, seaweed, lots of vegetables, soup, meat and shark-fin.

Imports from U.S:Plastics $2.2

BillionCopper$1.86

BillionSteel Making

Materials$1.69 Billion

Computer Accessories$1.28 Billion

Raw Cotton$2.1 Billion

Exports to U.S:

Oil$1.6 Billion

Oil Processing Equiptment$96.6 Million

Zinc$8.6 Million

Lumber$74.7 Million

China’s economy is huge! China’s economy is huge! In these last 30 years in In these last 30 years in China Their economic China Their economic growth has been absolutely growth has been absolutely miraculous. The economy miraculous. The economy has been growing more than has been growing more than 10 times during 10 times during Gross Gross Domestic Product. With the Domestic Product. With the Chinese GPD, it is reaching Chinese GPD, it is reaching more than 3.42 trillion U.S more than 3.42 trillion U.S dollars!(2007)dollars!(2007)

China has the biggest China has the biggest economy right after the U.S!economy right after the U.S!

The big yellow star located in The top left corner represents

The Han nationality.

The 4 smaller stars represent Important minority groups

Such as the Tibetans, Manchu’s, Muslims and

Mongols

The flag of china came into use on OctoberThe 1st 1949. China’s flag has gone through

So many changes until finally it was approvedOn the 27th of September 1949. The flag was

Approved by the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference.The red on the flag

Represents the Communist revolution

Red is also a traditional colour

In China the children start school at the age of 3 and they then stay in pre-school until they are 6 years old. At the age of 6 they start Primary Education (school) also known as Elementary school. After they have finished elementary school they then advance to one of two different types of Secondary education, Academic or Vocational secondary

Education, this prepares them for work.China does offer a higher education. The students who do attend college do have a

choice of going to a short-cycle college. This goes on for two to three years, this is equivalent to an associates’ degree. Or the students could attend a regular college which lasts for 4 years, and this is equivalent to a bachelors degree.

Religion

The religious believers of China are allowed to follow their beliefs and their faiths as long as they don’t try to seek to convert other people.

Holiday’s

Typical holidays in China are 1st and 2nd that is their National day. Children’s day, June 1st, on this day the children get parties and presents. Lunar new year and the Spring festivals. And the most popular is the Chinese New Year

Entertainment: In China there are entertainers called “Geisha.’ The Geisha usually have white powder on their faces and wear a kimono (a Japanese dress.)

The Chinese people have a very high-paced lifestyle full of work and fun. The children going to school, parents go to work or shop for supplies. But every now and then they go out to celebrations and parties. In China the streets are always packed, if it’s either a celebration or just the daily life outing or shopping.

Marriage

In China the women don’t wear white for their wedding they wear red. They believe it’s good luck.

The great wall of China stretches over 6,400 km

(4,000 miles)The two rivers of

China are called The yellow river (in the North)

and Yangtze (or Yangzi ) The river of the south

China

Population: 1,330,044,544

Area: 9,596,960 SQ KM

China has taken immigrants. In the 1950’s and the 1980’s many of the emigrants migrating to the countries in the western parts were the Chinese and the people of Hong Kong.

• The great wall of China is between 5m&10m high

• The great wall is 5m wide• Ice-cream was invented in China• China is the fourth largest country in the world• One-fifth of the whole worlds population is in

China• Chess is one of China’s favourite games!

Date Head of State Events Other people/events

1912 Sun Yat Sen The foundation of Kuomintang

Xinhai revolution

1915 Yuan Shikai Empire of China

National protection war

1916 Li Yuanhong Warlord era begins

1919May fourth movement Treaty of

Versailles

1920A push for vernacular Chinese

1921 Foundation of a Communist Party of China

The true story of Ah Q

Republic of China

Li Yuanhong

Timeline of Important events

date Head of State EventOther people/ Event

Picture of the ruler

1928 Zhang Zuolin Nanjing decade Jinan Incident

1932Lin Sen The Imperial

Japanese colonialism in Manchukuo

The defense of Harbin

1934 The long March

The new life movement

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