2. Níhao, China! Part I: China and Chinese Culture Dr. Tim Xie CSULB June 21, 2002 *Photos and pictures in this presentation are used for educational purposes and limited time only.

3. Map of China

4. Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Municipalities, Special Administrative Regions 22 Provinces (Taiwan is not included) 5 Autonomous Regions: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang (Uigur) 4 Municipalities: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing 2 Special Administrative Regions (SAR): Hong Kong and Macao

5. Population Data (2000 Census): Population Data (2000 Census): Total Population: 1.29533 billion (about 22% of total population in the world) The average lifespan: Male: 69 years; Female: 73 years The yearly average net increase of population: 12.79 million (Resource: http://www.chinatoday.com/people/people.htm)

6. Flag of the PRC

7. Flags of Hong Kong and Macao

8. Flag of ROC (Taiwan)

9. Paramount Communist Leaders Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) Deng Xiaoping

10. Current Leaders Jiang Zemin President Li Peng Chairman of the People’s Congress Zhu Rongji Premier

11. Government Structure

12. Main Religions Confucianism Taoism Buddhism Islam Folk and Popular Religion Catholic church Christian church

13. Temples and Churches in Shanghai BuddhistCatholic Islamic

14. Confucius

15. Lao Tzu

16. Taoism

17. Taoism: Service

18. Buddha

19. Buddhist Temples

20. Muslins in Yunnan

21. Western Missionaries

22. Sunday Service

23. Kitchen God, Door God, Gods of Luck, Prosperity and Longevity

24. Family Chinese families used to be “big families” The current family is the so-called “nucleus or module family” – a couple with one child Family value: respect the elders and care the youngsters Who has say in modern family?

25. A big family

26. Old Wong Family

27. A Family Photo During the “Cultural Revolution”

28. A Graduate Student’s Family

29. Family Planning Poster

30. Current Module Families

31. Money Chinese currency: RMB (Renminbi – people’s currency) Units: yuan (dollar), jiao (dime) and fen (cent) Denominatios: notes in 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.50, 0.20, 0.10 Sizes and colors are different Exchange rate: 1 dollar=8.27 yuan

32. 100 yuan Different colors for the same denomination 100 yuan

33. 50 yuan

34. 20 yuan

35. 10 yuan The color and size of 10 Yuan is very close to 100 Yuan. Be careful. One day, I paid 200 yuans to a taxi driver for an actual charge of 20 yuans 

36. 5 yuan

37. 2 yuan

38. 1 yuan

39. 5 jiao (0.50 yuan)

40. 2 jiao (0.20 yuan)

41. 1 jiao (0.10 yuan)

42. Travel In addition to airplanes, the train is most the popular transportation means in China.

43. Travel: Train and Railway Station

44. Train: Hard vs. Soft Seats

45. Taxi

46. Food: Chopsticks, Spoon and Bowl

47. Restaurant: A Banquet Setting

48. Restaurant: You Are Served!

49. Menu and Food

50. Business Etiquette Greetings: Nihao! Hand-shaking is appropriate. NO HUGS!

51. Business Etiquette Gestures: too many gestures, shrugging shoulders and putting legs on the table are inappropriate body language

52. Business Etiquette No patting on shoulder or back

53. Business Etiquette: Polite Expressions HelloNíhao Thank you. Xièxie I am sorry. Duì bu qi Excuse me.Duì bu qi Very good.Hén hao PleaseQing Good-ByeZaijiàn

54. Thank you, Good-bye! Xièxie, zaijiàn! txie@csulb.edu