http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:44:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en China’s Most Famous Actor Ge You   Ge You, born to actor parents who both worked in film, began to follow in their footsteps when he was chosen to work with China’s National Drama Troupe after that country’s Cultural Revolution. He first performed in propaganda operas and stage ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/03/31/24/ Famous Chinese Actress Bai Ling   Bai was born in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; "Bai", her family name, literally means "white". Ling, a common Chinese given name, means clever. Her father, Bai Yuxiang (白玉祥), was a musician in the People’s Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/03/24/bai-ling/ Chinese Tea   Tea culture is an important part of Chinese traditional culture. With the social development and progress, tea not only has played a good role in driving the development in economy, but also has become a necessity in people’s lives. Moreover, it has gradually developed into resplendent tea culture and ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/03/16/chinese-tea/ Why are some Asians (Chinese) really Tall and some really Short?   I myself thought this too, and I found a good answer to this question. I want to share it with you, so I decided to post it here. A guy, ask this question at Yahoo Answer and here what he ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/03/10/why-are-some-asians-chinese-really-tall-and-some-really-short/ Famous Chinese Actor   Jet Li: The World’s Biggest Action Star One of the world’s biggest action stars, Jet Li Lian Jie was born on April 26, 1963 in the outskirts of Beijing, China in a town named Heibei. At a young age, he developed an interest in wu shu (the dominant ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/19/jet-li/ Famous Chinese Actor & Film Maker  Jackie Chan Jackie Chan named at birth Chan Kong-Sang is one of the most popular film personalities in the world, that came from a poverty-stricken Hong Kong family, "so poor," he claims, that he was almost sold in infancy to a wealthy British couple. As ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/16/jackie-chan-a-world-famous-chinese-actor-film-maker/ Famous Chinese BasketBall Player Yao Ming   Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; born September 12, 1980) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in). Yao, who was ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/06/famous-chinese-basketball-player-yao-ming/ Chinese literature began with record keeping and divination on Oracle Bones. The extensive collection of books that have been preserved since the Zhou Dynasty demonstrate just how advanced the intellectuals were at one time. Indeed, the era of the Zhou Dynasty is often looked to as the touchstone of Chinese ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/04/chinas-literature/ China’s Language Spoken Chinese has consisted of a number of Old Chinese, and then Middle Chinese, for its first 4,000 years, then became Chinese dialects and languages throughout recent history, beginning 1,000 years ago. In the Ming Dynasty standard Mandarin was nationalized. Even so, it wasn’t until the Republic of ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/04/chinas-language/ The Culture of China (traditional Chinese: 中國文化; simplified Chinese: 中国文化; pinyin: Zhongguo wenhua) is one of the world’s oldest and most complex cultures. The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical region with customs and traditions varying greatly between towns, cities and provinces.   Many ethnic groups have ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/04/culture-of-china/ Education in China   The People’s Republic of China has a nationwide system of public education, which includes primary schools, middle schools (lower and upper), and universities. Nine years of education is technically compulsory for all Chinese students. Education in China is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. The education ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/02/04/education-in-china/ Religion in China has been characterized by pluralism since the beginning of Chinese history. Temples of many different religions dot China’s landscape, particularly those of Chinese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. Buddhism remains the largest organized religion in China since its introduction in the 1st century. Ancestor worship is ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/27/religion-in-china/ Science and Technology in China In 1955, a national conference on science and technology was held in China, where the government voted to adopt the development strategy of "relying on science and education to rejuvenate the nation." Only a year later, in 1956, the Chinese government constituted a special committee whose ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/27/science-and-technology-in-china/ Industry of China Industry produced 53.1 percent of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. Industry (including mining, manufacturing, construction, and power) contributed 52.9 percent of GDP in 2004 and occupied 22.5 percent of the workforce. The manufacturing sector produced 44.1 percent of GDP in 2004 and accounted for 11.3 ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/27/industry-of-china/ Economy of the People’s Republic of China The economy of the People’s Republic of China is the second largest in the world after the U.S with a GDP of $7.1 trillion (2007) when measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. It is the third largest in the world after ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/economy-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ China Climate        China’s climate varies from bitter cold in winter to unbearable heat in summer. The Yangtze River serves as China’s official dividing line between north ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/china-climate/ Politics and Government in China China is governed under a constitution that is a living document, subject to frequent revision as China’s leaders ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/16/7/ Ancient China History   Anthropologists have uncovered the remains of China’s earliest discovered hominid, "Yuanmou Man," who lived approximately 1.7 million years ago. "Peking Man," who lived to the southwest of modern Beijing 400,000 to 500,000 years ago, had the basic characteristics of Homosapiens. Man in China passed from primitive society ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2009/01/16/ancient-china-history/ Zhang Ziyi (Chinese: 章子怡, pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí, born February 9, 1979, in Beijing) is one of the best-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has also be called as one of the four most promising young film actresses (四小花旦) ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2008/12/23/4/ The Great Wall of China (simplified Chinese: 长城; traditional Chinese: 長城; pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "Long City/fortress") or (simplified Chinese: 万里长城; traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)") is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the ... http://chinatourmanager.blogsome.com/2008/12/23/the-great-wall-of-china/