Edjellyn Lim July 02, 2019

Contemporary World BSA 2

Block C

CHINA
China has 33 administrative units directly under the central government;
these consist of 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions,4 municipalities
(Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), and 2 special administrative regions
(Hong Kong and Macau).

Facts about China

- The Chinese New Year celebration lasts for 15 days.

- In China, every year is represented by one of 12 animals.

- In Ancient China, soldiers sometimes wore armour made from paper.

- The Forbidden City, a palace complex in Beijing, contains about 9,000 rooms!

- People race boats with dragon designs at a Chinese festival in the spring.

- The mortar used to bind the Great Wall’s stones was made with sticky rice!

- Temperatures in China”s Turpan Depression can range from 49°C in summer to

29°C in winter.

- China’s giant pandas are good swimmers.

- Dogs get special treats on one day of the Chinese New Yearcelebration.

- Chinese brides often wear red, a colour considered to be lucky.

Country fact file: China

OFFICIAL NAME: People’s Republic of China

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Communist state

CAPITAL: Beijing (Peking)

POPULATION: 1,393,783,836

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Chinese, Mandarin

MONEY: Yuan (or Renminbi)

AREA: 9,596,960 square kilometres

China’s geography

the Yangtze is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world.

One-third of China’s land area is made up of mountains. The tallest mountain on

Earth, Mount Everest, sits on the border between China and Nepal.

China’s staple food

Rice
Rice is a major staple food for people from rice farming areas in southern China.
Steamed rice, usually white rice, is the most commonly eaten form. People in southern
China also like to use rice to make congee as breakfast. Rice is also used to
produce beer, baijiu and vinegars. Glutinous rice ("sticky rice") is a variety of rice used
in specialty dishes such as lotus leaf rice and glutinous rice balls.
Wheat
In wheat-farming areas in Northern China, people largely rely on flour-based food, such
as noodles, bing (bread), jiaozi (a kind of Chinese dumplings), and mantou (a type of
steamed buns).
Noodles
Chinese noodles come dry or fresh in a variety of sizes, shapes and textures and are
often served in soups or fried as toppings.

VEGETABLES
unique vegetables used in Chinese cuisine include baby corn, bok choy, snow
pea pods, Chinese eggplant, Chinese broccoli and straw mushrooms. Other vegetables
including bean sprouts, pea vine tips, watercress, lotus roots, water chestnuts,
and bamboo shoots are also used in different cuisines of China.

HERBS AND SEASONINGS

many Chinese cuisines also contain dried Chinese mushrooms, dried baby shrimp,
dried tangerine peel,[33] and dried Sichuan chillies.
When it comes to sauces, China is home to soy sauce, which is made from fermented
soybeans and wheat

DRINKS

Tea
Longjing tea, also known as Dragon Well tea

Alcoholic beverages
Baijiu is a category of at least a dozen Chinese liquors made from grain