Today’s Schedule – 04/29/13
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Today’s Schedule – 04/29/131. CNN Student News Today
-27.3 Vocab Check
2. Finish 27.2 PPTs3. 27.3 PPT: China, Mongolia and Tibet Today4. Rdg/Discussion: Understanding the
China/Tibet Conflict• HW:– 28.1 Vocab– Study for Chapter 27 Quiz
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China’s Regions
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Southern China is the most productive region in China
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A large percentage of the population lives there.
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The Chang Delta is a very important region for growing rice
Farmers there can grow two crops of rice a year, plus one vegetable crop.
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This region is also home to many large cities
Such as Shanghai, a city of 20 million.
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Hong Kong is also in southern China
And it is one of the world’s most crowded places – with 7 million people living in about 426 square miles.
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Along the southern coast are many Special Economic Zones-SEZThese zones are designed to attract foreign companies because goods and money can
circulate freely there.
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Northern ChinaThis is where Chinese culture first
developed. It is also a very densely populated region.
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Beijing, located in the north, is China’s capital
And is the second largest city
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The ancient city has an outer and inner city,
And within the walled Inner City is the Imperial City, from which China’s emperors ruled.
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Within the Imperial City lies the Forbidden City
Where the emperors lived.
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Northeastern ChinaThis region was also known as Manchuria, and has a wealth of
natural resources including coal, oil, and iron ore.
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Western China
Two large autonomous regions make up this part of China.
The area is very dry and high elevation, and people are either herders or irrigation farmers.
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One of these regions is called Xizang, which is the official Chinese name for Tibet.
Tibet was once an independent kingdom, ruled by a religious leader called the Dalai Lama.
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The Chinese have occupied Tibet since 1950
And the Dalai Lama fled to India, where he resides today.
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Tibetans have been upset by the numbers of Han Chinese who have moved to the region
And are afraid of losing their culture.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89552004
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MongoliaThe country of Mongolia is twice as big as Texas but only has a population of
2.7 million.
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Many people there earn a living by herding livestock.
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Mongolia’s main religion is Tibetan Buddhism
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The country is landlocked and without many natural resources
And these factors limit the economic possibilities.
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Taiwan
Taiwan is one of Asia’s richest and most industrialized countries.
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Taipei is the capitalAnd is the cultural and financial center.
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China’s communist government claims that Taiwan is part of China
And Taiwan claims to be the official government of China.This has caused much tension between the two.