Proper nounSingular China Plural - China
Derived termsTerms derived from "China"From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. China is an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia seen variously as a nation or multinational entity. In 1949, when major combat ended in the Chinese Civil War, two political entities emerged having the term "China" in their names:
China is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations and for most of the last two millennia was one of the largest and most advanced civilizations in the world, until the 1850s when it missed the industrial revolution. Subsequently, imperialism, wars and civil wars damaged the country and its economy up to the end of the civil war in 1949. In the 1950s, change to economic policies in the Republic of China (Taiwan) transformed the island into a technology-oriented industrialized developed economy. It became known as one of the Four Asian Tigers along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore. In mainland China, in the 1970s, reforms known as the Four Modernizations modernized the agriculture, industry, technology and defense, eventually making the PRC one of the major powers. China is viewed as the source of many major inventions. It has also one of the world's oldest written language systems. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave. It is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived from 300,000 to 780,000 years ago. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How does China's natural resources result in a absolute or comparative advantage for the country? Q. China's Natural Resources. Explain how the items might result in an absolute or comparative advantage for the country. Asked by Emily - Tue Sep 23 22:04:09 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. A country is said to have an absolute advantage in the production of a good or service if they are able to make it at a lower cost than another country. For example, if it costs $20 to make a chair in USA, but only $12 to make the same chair in China, then we would say that the Chinese economy has an absolute advantage in the production of that chair. Therefore we should allow people in China to make these chairs, as the finished product will be cheaper for consumers. If all international trade followed this theory, then production would increasingly be isolated in countries with low wages. Only highly specialised items would be able to be produced in countries with high wages. This would result in lower overall world production, which… [cont.] Answered by Wild Wild Jassi - Wed Sep 24 01:27:23 2008 What is the best china's medical University that is taught in english and can be accepted to USA's lisensure? Q. I am planning to go to China for my MBBS I can't make up my mind which university to go. I like Zhejiang Medical University and Fudan Medical University. Which one is the top1 and taught in english. I mean i don't wanna go their and learn chineese. Please tell me which one is it the TOP1 in english. Asked by Shine - Fri Oct 23 18:15:54 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. You may check out this website. This site provides you all the latest informations about China. VISIT: Blast.com You may use the comment section there, if you have any questions. Answered by Rani - Mon Oct 26 13:35:29 2009 Why are there certain foreigners residing in China so fond of using the internet to spread specific message?
Q. Why are there certain foreigners working and residing in China so fond of using the internet such as this website as a means to spread blashamy and treason towards China? Wonder what their real intention is? To get certain part of the world which is likely far away from their hometown, turned upside down, what ultimate advantage will they get? Curious?! Plsease throw your perspectives as detail as possible. Will give 10 points to the best answer. Asked by Ooo - Tue Jun 30 13:12:33 2009 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments A. the Chinese economy is BOOMING !!! and soon or later.. white people they gonna begging us to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization !!! =)) Answered by China Man - Tue Jun 30 18:24:58 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "China"
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