China is one of the world’s four ancient civilizations with a time-honored‚ recorded history. The history of China reaches back over 5‚000 years. China covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers and its continental coastline is 18‚000 kilometers. Its population is over 1.3 billion people. China has created a culture rich in art and philosophy. China is the home of the inventions of amazing products and technologies such as silk‚ papermaking‚ movable-type printing‚ gunpowder‚ and calligraphy
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The China Coin: Chapter Questions Chapters 1 & 2: 1. What is Leah’s attitude to her Chinese identity as she travels to China? How do we know? (page 10) 2. What is Leah’s attitude to her mother at the beginning of the novel? How do you know? (page 9) 3. What does Leah learn about the city of Guangzhou? Does she fit in (feel that she belongs?) How do you know? (pages 15-19) 4. What is Leah’s attitude to China at this stage of her journey? How do we know? (page 20-23) 5. In Guangzhou what does Leah
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other host nations for years to come. The Olympic Games in 2008 gave China‚ Beijing a chance to not only represent growth on paper‚ but to show the world through hosting a major sporting event of China is able to offer. Personally witnessing the games in 2008 was a great experience being a main inspiration for the chosen subject and am sure the same will count for countless other international and domestic visitors. Beijing after the Olympics has been reported by tourist of making a transition that
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Ning •Li Ning is operating in local market‚ competing with International brands (viz. Adidas‚Nike) •More than 50% of active Chinese sport population is from Tier 2 & 3 cities •Market is poised for exponential growth in next 2 years (owing to Beijing Olympic 2008) •The household income for 70% of families of active sports teenagers (14-24 yrs) is less than RMB 4000. Li Ning is mainly operating in this segment. •60% of Active sports population is students : 45% University and 55% school students
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The Beijing Opera Introduction Modern observers in the West may not understand why‚ but they can certainly recognize when males are used to portray female roles in the Chinese theater. A quote from Act 2 Scene 7 of David Henry Hwang ’s opera‚ “Madam Butterfly‚” provides a useful example of how and why males are used to play female roles. There‚ a male singer who plays female roles in Beijing Opera deceives a French diplomat into thinking he actually is a woman. He explains that males take
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dishes in China. My favorite Chinese foods are the Beijing Duck‚ dumplings‚ and noodles. As I said‚ one of my favorite foods is Beijing Ducks. Beijing Duck is a sign of Beijing‚ is a kind of roast duck‚ is made of Ganoderma lucidum and Ceriops tagal form‚ taste very delicious. Ever since I was a kid I have loved to eat Beijing Ducks. Whenever my parents would make food that I didn’t like‚ I would buy a Beijing Ducks and ate it. I have eaten Beijing Ducks so much that all of my family knows how much
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world tourism and thriving of business‚ the competition of business hotel is increasingly fierce (Yang‚ 2011). Therefore‚ how to survive and develop becomes the main problem for those hotels. Under the pressure‚ a five-star hotel established in North Beijing‚ and it named Loong Palace. Loong Palace is located in Changping district and near to Chinese “silicon valley” Zhong Guan Cun which is the high technology park‚ and it is a five-star luxury business hotel in the WORLD HOTELS organization (Chai‚ 2006)
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entertain readers To raise questions about identity and our sense of belonging to a place / to people Context: The historical context of the novel concentrates on the student protests of 1989‚ particularly the occupation of Tiananmen Square in Beijing which led to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Content and its significance: Leah is the main character in the novel. Her mother was born in China and her father (who is now dead) was English‚ but she sees herself as Australian. In the novel‚
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Have you been to Beijing? Do you know those winding and narrow lanes which have attracted tourists from home and abroad? In Beijing‚ hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan---a kind of traditional courtyard residence (Meyer‚ 2008). Hutongs have witnessed the long history of Beijing (Fang‚ 2009). However‚ since the mid-20th century‚ the number of Hutongs has dropped dramatically as they were demolished to give way to population and household divisions and were replaced with other high-rise
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Xiaoping’s policy increased the growth of Chinese economy and led it to be a major world economic power. Observation: How can the peasants afford a washing machine and television? Why do they look so miserable? Why did they travel all the way to Beijing? Evidence: -Deng Xiapoing started reforms in the countryside by allowing farmers to produce the government required amount of crops and also sell crops privately‚ improving individual economic statuses. -He accepted capitalist enterprise‚ which
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