Interesting Facts
1. Even though China is smaller than the United States it has about four times as many people.
2. Out of about 50,000 Chinese characters only 8,000 are used and 1,500 are needed for basic literacy.
3. Standard Chinese or Mandarin are based of a Beijing dialect and it is the national language.
History
China is one of the oldest civilizations going back as far as 4,000 years. It has been mostly ruled by Dynasties. The first one, Xia Dynasty was established around 2,000 BC. So, in about 4,000 years it has had around 28 dynasties and around 400 emperors. The Qin Dynasty ( 221-206 BC) was the first that unified China and built he Great Wall. The Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD) is considered the first Golden Age of China and the trade route and the Silk Road between Asia and Europe flourished. The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)a woman emperor appointed appointed foreign scholars as senior officials in the royal court.
Education
Nine years of school are compulsory. A selection Exam is given before entering high school to be placed in the most prestigious high schools with a better chance of moving onto a better university. High schools and universities are not free and require a tuition, usually paid by parents or a sponsor whom the student signs a contract with and has to work for for a couple of years after graduation. The literacy is 90% for people 15 years and up. They go to school for five to six days a week and hours spent on homework depend on how good he school is.
The Chinese Communist Revolution
It was in 1949 and it was was the culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power since its founding in 1921 and the second part of Chinese Civil War (1946–1949). In the official media, this period is known as the War of Liberation.On the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, theKuomintang or Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and theCommunist Party of China(CPC) joined in a United Frontagainst Japan. After the entrance of the United States into the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two sides maintained the formal alliance, but fought each other on several occasions. In 1945, Stalin's troops invaded from Soviet Outer Manchuria as part of its declaration of war against Japan. After the Japanese surrender in August, the Americans attempted to broker a coalition government in China, but an all-out war between these two forces soon resumed.
Let's Unite
Immigration is what I can relate to first-hand. It a struggle to overcome and it's sad to see how much tension there is on this topic. Let's do something about it in the end we are all the same and here for the same purpose, A Better Future!
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