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China

China. By Matthew. China Info. China info. Language : Mandarin (Standard Chinese), Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese and Taishanese) Min (Hokkien, Taiwanese and Teochew), Xiang, Hakka, Gan, Jin*, Hui^ and Pinghua # . *=From Mandarin. ^=From Wu. # =from Yue. ChinaInfo .

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China

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  1. China By Matthew

  2. China Info China info

  3. Language: Mandarin (Standard Chinese), Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese and Taishanese) Min (Hokkien, Taiwanese and Teochew), Xiang, Hakka, Gan, Jin*, Hui^ and Pinghua#. *=From Mandarin. ^=From Wu. #=from Yue. ChinaInfo • Geographical location: located in east asia-350N, 1050E. The current approximate population is 1,331,460,000. Climate: is extremely diverse, subtropical in the south to subarctic in the north. Monsoon winds flow here caused by differences in the wind heat and may cause a typhoon or tornado. • Major cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Harbin, Shengyang, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Changchun, Xi’an and Dalian. Economy: Rank=2nd best in the world, Currency=Renminbi (Yuan) Inflation=4.9% in January. • Major religions: Buddhism, Taoism.

  4. China Down Under Info section

  5. Festivals • Festivals like the Birthday of Buddha and Chinese new year are celebrated in China. • The Birthday of the Buddha is c. 563 BCE or 623 BCE approx. • Chinese new year’s dates depend on the animals on the Chinese Zodiac Calender

  6. Traditions • These include The Cheng Chua Festival (it is a tradition to do this), Tuen Ng and some others. Traditions are kind of like festivals but are more to belief than historical events like The Birth of Buddha. This Pie Graph shows the sudden 4.5% increase in agriculture back in the 1950’s.

  7. Celebrations • Celebrations are like festivals and traditions. For example, Chinese New Year is a festival and a celebration, whereas The Buddha’s Birthday is a tradition and a celebration because it celebrates the day Buddha went to heaven and it is a sort of tradition to celebrate it.

  8. Customs • Respect over elderly is a custom in China. Many others have been there or added in by Westerners. Greetings are very common in China, although handshakes are relatively new. Bringing gifts is also a good custom.

  9. Environment Info section

  10. Mountains Mountains • A large part of China is made up of high plateau that is broken up by mountain ranges. • Because the plateau’s height average is about 4,000 metres, it is sometimes called the roof of the world. Much of the mountainous ranges are uninhabited because of the lack of oxygen and the cold climate, resulting in a place very bad for crops.

  11. Deserts Deserts • In China, there is so little rain fall in China that there are large areas of desert. Along the old desert route between China and central Asia (the Silk Road), oases supply water to help farmers grow crops.

  12. Rivers • Many floods are occurring in rivers between Beijing and Shanghai. This has caused a lot more deaths than anywhere in the world, so it has been nicknamed ‘China’s sorrow’. Many dams are in place, but deaths are still occurring.

  13. Coastline • Many rivers interconnect with others and the ocean. If a meteorite were to strike the earth’s oceans, the pulse would create tsunamis, but, still importantly, the people on the coastline would be killed. The pulse would also create an earthquake, where the hypocenter focus would be the centre of the these shockwaves.

  14. Environmental issues • Many Environmental issues are happening here in China, such as summer typhoons, earthquakes and volcanoes (Info: China is on the Ring of Fire).Earthquakes, Tsunamis, summer typhoons and Volcanism are all possible in this threatened country where any disaster is possible.

  15. Sights Info Section

  16. Favourite tourism spots: The Great Wall Of China Fact file: It takes approximately one year to cross the Great Wall of China. • This is a GREAT destination in China! It has many steps to cross, many perspective views and many Interesting facts about it. Like, It takes one year approximately to cross this large wall. Fact file: The Wall of China was made in between the 5th century and 221 BC, In Qin Dynasty

  17. Favourite tourism spots: The Terracotta Warriors • The Terracotta warriors are very interesting because of its natural state (rock flaking of, etc), facts and history.

  18. Favourite tourism spots: The Forbidden city • The Forbidden City was the Chinese Imperial palace standing from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It was built on the imperial City during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

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  20. Native Wildlife • There is much wildlife in China, especially Native ones. There are many of them, such as The Golden Pheasant, The Chinese Alligator and the Snub nosed monkey. Many of these plants are found nowhere else in the world and make up over 30,000, or 1/8 of the entire number of wildlife in China.

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  22. Credits Bibliography • http://www.google.com • http://www.google.com/imghp or http://www.images.google.com or http://images.google.com • http://en.wikipedia.com • Http://www.webjet.com Director/Author: Matthew Programs: • Microsoft Office PowerPoint • Microsoft Office Excel • Microsoft Office Word

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