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What is the ratio of the entire Chinese population to the world population?
1:5
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How old is Chinese civilization?
5000
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What is the popular color during Chinese New Years?
Red
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What is China's role in world trade (as exporter and importer)?
Serves as the largest exporter and second largest importer of goods
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What is the traditional shape of a Chinese dining table?
round
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What is the majority of ethnic group in Chinese population? What percentage?
Han People, 92%
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What is the full name of China?
People's Republic of China
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When was One Child Policy implemented?
1979
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What is China's role in the market of luxury goods?
2nd biggest consumer
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What are the eating utensils for a traditional Chinese meal?
a bowl, a plate and a pair of chopsticks
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What is the number of ethnic groups in China?
What is 56
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When was PRC (the new China) founded?
1949
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Which gender do most Chinese people prefer? Explain why?
Boys or Girls
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What are the more developed areas in China?
East and coastal areas
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What are the four key concepts of Chinese cuisine?
texture, flavor(taste), color(presentation) and aroma
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What is the national belief in China?
Atheist
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What are the four inventions by ancient Chinese people?
Gunpowder, Compass, Paper, Woodblock printing
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What are the traditions during CNY?
Putting on couplets on the door and windows, family feast, fireworks, lucky words, red envelopes
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What is the amount of coal energy in China's energy structure?
70%
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Which area prefer spicy food? Why?
Southwest area, weather
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What are the 4 major influential belief systems?
Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Islam
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What are the number of characters that well-educated Chinese people can read and the number that a person needs to know for reading newspapers?
6000 and 3000
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How long do Chinese people celebrate the Chinese New Year?
15 days
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Why is China building a lot of skyscrapers?
to indicate its economic development
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What are the three leading concepts of Chinese culture?
Mian zi means social status, guan xi means social connections and networks, zhong yong means not too ambitious nor too laid-back.