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Capital of China
Beijing.
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Longest river in China
The Yangtze, about 6,300 km, flowing into the East China Sea near Shanghai.
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Why is the Yellow River yellow?
It carries fine yellow silt eroded from the Loess Plateau.
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First emperor of a unified China
Qin Shi Huang, who united the warring states in 221 BCE.
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Terracotta Army
Life-size clay soldiers buried near Xi'an to guard the first emperor's tomb.
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Four Great Inventions
Papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass.
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Silk Road
Trade routes linking China with Central Asia and beyond, opened under the Han dynasty.
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Last imperial dynasty
The Qing, ended by the abdication of 1912.
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Xinhai Revolution
The 1911 uprising that overthrew the Qing dynasty.
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People's Republic proclaimed
1 October 1949 in Beijing, now celebrated as National Day.
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Reform and opening-up
The economic policy launched in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping.
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Special Economic Zone, first and best known
Shenzhen, created in 1980 beside Hong Kong.
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Highest mountain in the world
Mount Everest on the China-Nepal border, about 8,849 m; Chinese name Qomolangma.
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Tibetan Plateau
The highest large plateau in the world, source of the Yangtze, Yellow River and Mekong.
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Taklamakan
A large sand desert in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang.
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Giant panda
A bamboo-eating bear native to the mountains of Sichuan and neighbouring provinces.
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Mandarin and Pinyin
The standard spoken language (Putonghua) and its Latin-letter spelling system, adopted in 1958.
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Chinese zodiac
A cycle of 12 animals, starting with the rat, linked to lunar years.
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Spring Festival
The lunar new year, the main family holiday, with reunion dinners and red decorations.
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Held on the full moon of the eighth lunar month, with mooncakes.
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Dragon Boat Festival
Remembers the poet Qu Yuan, with boat races and zongzi.
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Four Treasures of the Study
Brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
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Renminbi
China's currency; the main unit is the yuan, divided into 10 jiao and 100 fen.
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Gaokao
The national university entrance exam taken in June.
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Qinling-Huaihe Line
The traditional divide between the wheat north and the rice south.

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