Chinese Culture, Economy and Society

Economy, Science and Society

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What is the official currency of the People's Republic of China called?
Which staple food is grown in the wetter south of China?
Which grain is the staple of the drier north, often eaten as noodles or steamed buns?
Which drink was first cultivated in China and remains a national tradition?
What is the name of the Chinese university entrance examination taken at the end of high school?
How many years of schooling are compulsory in China?
Which Chinese scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 for work on artemisinin?
Which Chinese writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012?
Who was the first Chinese astronaut to travel into space, aboard Shenzhou 5 in 2003?
Which international project, launched in 2013, links China with Asia, Africa and Europe by roads, rail and ports?
What does the hukou system record?
Which city is home to the Pudong financial district and a major stock exchange?
Which crop breeder is known as the father of hybrid rice?
Which ancient device, said to be invented by Zhang Heng in 132, detected distant earthquakes?
Which lunar exploration programme of China is named after a moon goddess?
Which railway technology expanded greatly in China from the 2000s?
Which port city on the Yellow Sea is known for a brewery founded in 1903 by German settlers?
Which Chinese city is known for the export of small goods, with a giant wholesale market in Zhejiang?
Which kind of fabric, spun from cocoons, is the product that gave the Silk Road its name?
Which instrument, a frame with beads on rods, was a traditional Chinese calculating tool?
If a price is 3 yuan, how many fen is that, given that 1 yuan is 10 jiao and 1 jiao is 10 fen?
A traditional Chinese market weight is the jin, now set at 500 grams. How many grams are in 3 jin?
Which statement about the hukou system and migration is correct?
Which order lists these Chinese space milestones correctly: first crewed flight Shenzhou 5, first lunar probe, Tiangong station?
Which pair of crops matches the Qinling-Huaihe divide?

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