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What Do We Know A bout China? A Primer…

What Do We Know A bout China? A Primer…. What is China’s capital city?. Hong Kong Beijing Shanghai Taiwan. What is China’s official language? Does everyone speak this type of Chinese?. Mandarin Cantonese English Mongolian. Major varieties of Chinese include:. Pŭtōnghuà (Mandarin)

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What Do We Know A bout China? A Primer…

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  1. What Do We Know About China?A Primer…

  2. What is China’s capital city? Hong Kong Beijing Shanghai Taiwan

  3. What is China’s official language? Does everyone speak this type of Chinese? Mandarin Cantonese English Mongolian

  4. Major varieties of Chinese include: Pŭtōnghuà (Mandarin) Yuè (Cantonese) MĭnNán (Southern Min) Jìnyŭ Hakka Xiāng (Hunanese) Gàn MínBĕi (Northern Min) MínDōng (Eastern Min) MínZhōng (Central Min) Dungan Pŭ-Xián Huīzhōu

  5. Mandarin Chinese Is a complex language Consists of five thousand characters-called hanzi Hanzi began over 3000 years ago Today use PINYIN to teach reading to young children

  6. Why is Chinese difficult to learn? • Mandarin Chinese is a TONAL language • The four tones : • First-high and stay • Second-rising tone • Third-falls and rises • Fourth - falls

  7. A word’s meaning depends on the tone used to pronounce word Ma – mother (First-high and stay ) Ma – Linen Cloth (Second-rising tone) Ma- horse (Third-falls and rises) Ma- Swear (Fourth – falls)

  8. China’s most greatly populated city is … Shanghai Beijing Hong Kong Chungking

  9. Chinese Names • If a Chinese woman’s name is Zhang Xiaomei, is Zhang • Husband’s last name • Her own name • Her own last name • JIANG Ji- li • CHEH-Ying – Ji – li’s mother • JIANG Xi-reng– Ji – li’s father

  10. Facts about Family Names • Family Name + Generational Name + Personal Name • There are only a few hundred family names in China • Change in family name order is needed to meet the western world, so the Chinese CAPITALIZE their family name • Ex. COLBY Diane

  11. More about names… • Personal names are very important • Ugly nicknames like “dog face” and girl’s nicknames for boys are used to keep away evil spirits from taking children

  12. How many minority nationalities are there in China? A. One B. Two C. Ten D. Fifty-five

  13. The largest ethnic group is the Han Chinese What is China’s population? A. One billion B. 1.3 billion C. 1.6 billion

  14. A friend in China asks you, “Have you eaten yet.?” What does this mean? A. You are invited to dinner B. Hello C. I am a curious person D. You need to watch your weight, you need a diet!

  15. You’ve received a red envelope from a person while visiting China. What is inside this envelope? Penalty A love letter Cash Candy

  16. True or False-Fortune cookies were invented in China. • David Jung, living in Los Angeles and founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company invented the fortune cookie in 1918. He handed the cookies to the poor in Los Angeles. They contained inspirational messages of hope for the poor • OR •    A Japanese immigrant named Makoto Hagiwara invented the fortune cookie in San Francisco in 1914. He used the cookie and its message to thank those people who had been kind to him following a negative experience he had with the San Francisco mayor.

  17. Approximately When was the first Chinese empire formed? 2100 BC 210 BC 21 BC 210 AD

  18. Who is China’s current President? What do we know about his life? President Xi Jinping http://www.3news.co.nz/Xi-Jinping-takes-helm-of-China-amid-reform-calls/tabid/313/articleID/276855/Default.aspx

  19. China does not allow its people human rights… What are human rights? Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? What is it? If this document exists, why doesn’t everyone have human rights? What is the solution? http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights.html

  20. Twenty of these human rights are… Right to privacy Right to have a family To own property Free Speech Safety from violence Equality of both males and females; women's rights Fair trial To be innocent until proven guilty To be a citizen of a country To be recognized as a person To vote To think freely To believe and practice the religion a person wants To peacefullyprotest (speak against) a government or group Health care (medical care) Education Not be forced into marriage The right to work The right to express oneself

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