{"id":12969,"date":"2019-11-16T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-literature-2\/about-china-the-old-meets-the-new-jin-ri-zhong-guo\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:17:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:17:45","slug":"about-china-the-old-meets-the-new-jin-ri-zhong-guo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/about-china-the-old-meets-the-new-jin-ri-zhong-guo\/","title":{"rendered":"About China: The old meets the new \u4eca\u65e5\u4e2d\u56fd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>China is one of the world&rsquo;s oldest co<em><\/em>ntinuous civilisations. Claiming a history dating back 5000 years, it is co<em><\/em>nsidered to have made some of the most significant artistic co<em><\/em>ntributions to human kind.<\/p>\n<p>  Chinese inventions and culture have permeated the globe. You o<em><\/em>nly need to wrap yourself in silk, open your umbrella or head out to the Opera to experience some of China&rsquo;s exports, along with fireworks, chopsticks and the humble wheelbarrow. If you can speak Chinese a little bit, it would make you your trip easy, interesting and fruitful. You can visit www.chinesehour.com to learn some basic Chinese before you start a trip to China.<\/p>\n<p>  The emergence of Co<em><\/em>nfucianism around the 3rd century BC hugely influenced Chinese culture and it is this ethical tradition or philosophy which formed the basis of governance in China until the 20th Century. To learn a<em><\/em>bout Chinese culture, you can visit ChineseHour.com to get private natvie teachers o<em><\/em>nline anytime.<\/p>\n<p>  Although China&rsquo;s recent history has been tumultuous, marked by co<em><\/em>nflict and followed by eco<em><\/em>nomic setbacks and the Cultural Revolution; in the last decade China has revealed a uniquely speedy transformation. The recent eco<em><\/em>nomic reform to a more open market has catapulted China towards modernisation making it the world&rsquo;s fastest growing economy.<\/p>\n<p>  Membership to the World Trade Organisation and a successful bid to hold the Olympic Games in 2008 have been instrumental in exposing the world to the changes which have been taking place in China. China is predicted to overtake France as the world&rsquo;s most popular tourist destination by 2014. If you can speak Chinese a little bit, it would make you your trip easy, interesting and fruitful. You can visit www.chinesehour.com to learn some basic Chinese before you start a trip to China.<\/p>\n<p>  SNAPSHOT:<\/p>\n<p>  Full name: People&rsquo;s Republic of China<br \/>  Population: 1.3 billion (via UN, 2006)<br \/>  Capital: Beijing<br \/>  Largest city: Shanghai<br \/>  Area: 9.6 million sq km (3.7 million sq miles)<br \/>  Major language: Mandarin Chinese<\/p>\n<p>  Learn Chinese online: www.chinesehour.com<br \/>  Major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism<br \/>  Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 73 years (women) (UN)<br \/>  Main exports: Manufactured goods, including textiles, garments, electronics, arms<br \/>  Internet domain: .cn<br \/>  Internatio<em><\/em>nal dialing code: 86<\/p>\n<p>  THINGS TO KNOW:<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Chinese Communist Party was formed in 1921.<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The People&rsquo;s Republic of China was proclaimed in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Beijing narrowly lost the vote to host the 2000 Olympic Games to Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8 is a lucky number in China which is why the Games will open at 8pm on the 8th of August 2008<br \/>  <br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2718981334\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is one of the world&rsquo;s oldest continuous civilisations. Claiming a history dating back 5000 years, it is considered to<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2847],"tags":[49,44,118,150,152,151,157,1021],"class_list":["post-12969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-literature","category-chinese-poems","tag-basic-chinese","tag-chinese-culture","tag-culture","tag-learn-chinese","tag-learn-chinese-online","tag-mandarin","tag-mandarin-chinese","tag-teacher"],"views":275,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}