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( China)
China (traditional Chinese ??; simplified Chinese ??; Hanyu Pinyin Zhongguó&_160;(help·info); Tongyong Pinyin Jhongguó; Wade-Giles (Mandarin) Chung¹kuo²) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia. China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China" paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. 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 its neighbors Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The last Chinese Civil War has resulted in two political entities using the name China the People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as China, which controls mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; and the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, which controls the islands of Taiwan, Pescadores, Kinmen, and Matsu. China is known as 'Zhongguo' in Mandarin and pinyin (?? in traditional chinese or ?? in simplified chinese). The character zhong means "middle" or central; the latter, guo, means land, kingdom or country. An appropriate English translation would be "middle kingdom".
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Dental tests at Games in Beijing -China 2008 by Haynes Darlington M.Sc. PharmD.
This year, the entire world will look towards Asia with the celebration of the first ever Olympic Games in the People’s Republic of China. The Beijing Games will be a unique opportunity to bring Olympic education and values to the youth of China and ...
Multitasking , Overworked ? Be Glad That You Have a Job ! by Shaun Stevens
Life has changed greatly for most American workers at their place of employment. It used to be that the role of the worker on a “modern” assembly line was to turn only one screw only and nothing more And to do what middle management told th...
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