CHINA MOOD

Zhong Guo (China)

People's Republic of China
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Asian UN Country.

Capital City: Beijing

Main Cities: Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang

Population: 1,222,017,000

Area [sq.km]: 9,596,960

Currency: 1 yuan = 10 jiao = 100 fen

Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Shanghai-, Canton-, Fukien-, Hakka- dialects, Tibetan, Vigus (Turkic)

Religions: Confucianism, Buddhist, Taoist

China encompasses a great diversity of landscapes and a corresponding variety of natural resources. Generally speaking, China’s higher elevations are found in the west, where some of the world’s loftiest mountain ranges are located, including the Tian Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Himalaya. Devastating earthquakes tend to occur in a broad arc extending from the western edge of the Sichuan Basin north-east towards Bo Hai, the gulf on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea.

The country’s numerous mountain ranges enclose a series of plateaus and basins and furnish a notable wealth of water and mineral resources. A broad range of climatic types, from sub arctic to tropical, and including large areas of alpine and desert habitats, supports a magnificent array of plant and animal life.

Mountains occupy about 43 per cent of China’s land surface; mountainous plateaus account for another 26 per cent; and basins, predominantly hilly and located mainly in arid regions, cover approximately 19 per cent of the area. Only 12 per cent of the total area may be classed as flatlands.

China may be divided into six major geographical regions, each of which contains considerable geomorphological and topographical diversity

Chronological record

Xia Dynasty (2070 BC - 1600 BC)
Shang Dynasty (Prophase) (1600 BC - 1300 BC)
Shang Dynasty (Anaphase) (1300 BC - 1046 BC)
Zhou Dynasty:

Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC - 771 BC)
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC - 256 BC)
Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC)
Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)
Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 207 BC)
Han Dynasty: Western Han (206 BC - 24)
Eastern Han (25 - 220)

Three Kingdoms: Wei (220 - 265)
Shu Han (221 - 263)
Wu (222 - 280)
Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316)
Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420)
Northern and Southern Dynasty:

Southern Dynasties

Song (420 - 479)
Qi (479 - 502)
Liang (502 - 557)
Chen (557 - 589)

Northern Dynasties

Northern Wei (386 - 534)
Eastern Wei (534 - 550)
Northern Qi (550 - 577)
Western Wei (535 - 556)
Northern Zhou (557 - 581)
Sui Dynasty (581 - 618)

Tang Dynasty (618 - 907)
Five Dynasties:

Later Liang (907 - 923)
Later Tang (923 - 936)
Later Jin (936 - 946)
Later Han (947 - 950)
Later Zhou (951 - 960)

Song Dynasty:

Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125)
Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234)
Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368)
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Republic of China (1912 - 1949)

People's Republic of China (1949 +)

United Kingdom

Formal Name
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Local Name
United Kingdom
Local Formal Name
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: Europe
Status: UN Country
Capital City: London
Second largest city: Birmingham
Main Cities:
Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast

Population: 57,956,000 Area [sq.km]: 244,880

Currency: 1 pound sterling = 100 pence

Languages: English, Welsh, Scots
Gaelic, Irish Gaelic (all official)

Religions: C of E, Protestant,
Roman Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Judaism

The Chinese have been in Britain for over 200 years, bringing with them a culture that simply fits into any society holding great fascination and interest for all.