Скачать или смотреть Amazing Facts about China | Chinese culture | Great Powers series

Facts about China. Breif information of Chinese culture History and geography...

facts about china china is a country in east asia it is the world's most populous country with a population of more than 1.4 billion china received 55.7 million inbound international visitors in 2010 and in 2012 was the third most visited country in the world it also experiences an enormous volume of domestic tourism an estimated 740 million chinese holidaymakers traveled within the country in october 2012. china hosts the world's second largest number of world heritage sites 56 after italy and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world first in the asia pacific it is forecast by euromonitor international that china will become the world's most popular destination for tourists by 2030. for much of the country's dynastic era opportunities for social advancement could be provided by high performance in the prestigious imperial examinations which have their origins in the han dynasty the literary emphasis of the exams affected the general perception of cultural refinement in china such as the belief that calligraphy poetry and painting were higher forms of art than dancing or drama chinese culture has long emphasized a sense of deep history and a largely inward-looking national perspective chinese cuisine is highly diverse drawing on several millennia of culinary history and geographical variety in which the most influential are known as the eight major cuisines including sichuan cantonese jangsu shandong fuchen hunan on hue and jirjiyong cuisines chinese cuisine is also known for its width of cooking methods and ingredients as well as food therapy that is emphasized by traditional chinese medicine generally the word china has been used in english since the 16th century however it was not a word used by the chinese themselves during this period its origin has been traced through portuguese malay and persian back to the sanskrit word china used in ancient india sinha was first used in early hindu scripture including the mahabharata and the laws of manu in 1655 martino martini suggested that the word china is derived ultimately from the name of the kin dynasty although usage in indian sources precedes this dynasty this derivation is still given in various sources since 2010 china has had the world's second largest economy in terms of nominal gdp totaling approximately 15.66 trillion us dollars 101.6 trillion yuan as of 2020. in terms of purchasing power parity china's economy has been the largest in the world since 2014 according to the world bank china is also the world's fastest growing major economy china's gdp grew from 150 billion dollars in 1978 to 14 trillion dollars by 2019 china's economic growth has been consistently above 6 since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978.