CHIN 120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meritocracy, Paternalism, Written Language
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Introduction to china 1/28/16: mainland china, peoples republic of china (prc) Taiwan"s official name is republic of china is only 200 miles big, 90 miles wide. Chinese dragon only has 4 claws, 5 claws are for royalty. Canada: the population of china is x the us, oldest continuous recorded major civilization, sinicize: to make chinese in characters, civilized world was china, middle kingdom . Village life (50 percent today, 90 percent in the past) Paternalism in political, social life: father centric -> father knows best. The people who live here are called uygur, and speak turkish dialect, and are muslim. Location where china tests their nuclear weapons as well as rockets for space: mongolia: another border area, manchuria; known as dongbei (northeast): it"s a pawn in international power politics. Mid 17th century, these guys invaded china and formed the last dynasty (qing dynasty: taiwan. International politics: ryukyu islands: an archipelago east of china, and south of japan.
