1. The Two Sides of China Learning Objective To visualise what China looks like and understand that it has both very rich and very poor areas Both these pictures show houses in Beijing!

2. 1990 What could these two maps be showing about China? What do you notice about the two maps? 2015

3. Wealth - 1990 Wealth - 2015 It shows how rich China is compared to the rest of the world Questions: 1) How has China’s wealth changed between 1990 and 2015? 2) What might this mean for the people of China?

4. What is China Like? I am going to show you two videos, both about China. For each video, you need to fill in the table based on your opinion.

5. Activities 1) What impression did video 1 give you about China? 2) What impression did video 2 give you about China? Extension – Write a brief paragraph explaining whether you would like to visit China or not and why.

6. Beijing? What is Bejing? It is not just China that has this big split between rich and poor, but also the cities themselves. Let’s take a quick tour of Beijing…

7. CCTV HQ

8. Tiananmen Square

9. Offices and Apartments

10. Guanghualu Soho (Shops, Offices and Apartments)

11. Shopping districts at night

12. A Hotel

13. Building Site

14. Residential Street

15. The Hutongs

16. Pollution near Tiananmen Square

17. Activity In pairs, discuss for two minutes what the videos we have watched and the photos we have seen tell us about China? What do you think?

18. Summary Pick one picture from the ‘good’ side and one picture from the ‘bad’. Using the pictures you have chosen, write a paragraph describing China/Beijing to somebody who knows nothing about it. Remember to give a balanced argument. You can also refer to the videos if you wish.