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About China For Suncorp--ThoughtWorks partnership
Agenda
! Introduction to Chinese history (Teng Yun)
! Languages, customs and festivals (Li Yanhui)
! Eating and playing in Chengdu (Zhang Yi)
! Miscellaneous (Wang Biao)
Tell me your own impression about China
China vs Europe: The big difference
! Most of the time, China is a unified country
! Imperial China (221 BC to AD 1912)
! Inner rotations between dynasties
Europe China Comments
Ancient Greece Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period
Many states fighting
Qin dynasty China unified
Roman empire Han dynasty Han Chinese
Middle Ages Tang dynasty Famous poems
Song dynasty 80% of world GDP
Late Middle Ages Black Death
Yuan dynasty Always fighting
Renaissance Ming dynasty Science despised
Reformation Qing dynasty
The last dynasty Enlightenment
Revolutions
World Wars Fighting for new China
Chinese revolution
Cold War Chaos The great man’s mistake
Open to the world Soaring GDP
year
500BC
200BC
200
600 1000
1400
1500
1700
1800
1900
1940
1960 1980
! Many states fighting each other
! Unified by Qin in 221 BC eventually
! Imperial China starts
Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC)
Europe China Duration
Ancient Greece Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period 722 BC -- 221 BC
Qin dynasty 221 BC – 206 BC
! Historical coincidence
! Prosperous in thoughts and philosophy
! Confucianism is still China’s moral foundation
Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC) Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)
Europe China Duration
Ancient Greece Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period 722 BC – 221 BC
Qin dynasty 221 BC – 206 BC
! Golden age
! Han Chinese (major ethnic group of China)
! Chinese characters as Han characters
Han character for “China”
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Europe China Duration
Roman empire Han dynasty 206 BC –220 AD
! Tang poetry – China’s national crystal
! Song dynasty – 80% of world’s GDP
Europe China Duration
Middle Ages
Tang dynasty 618 AD – 907 AD
Song dynasty 960 AD – 1279 AD
Li Bai (701 – 762) A poet of Tang dynasty
“River Side Scene at the Qing Ming Festival”
! Nomadic group
! Brave in warfare
! Non-Han Chinese
Europe China Duration
Late Middle ages (Black Death)
Yuan dynasty 1271 -- 1368
Yuan dynasty in 1294
! Bad rulers
! Science began to leg behind
Europe China Duration
Renaissance Ming dynasty 1368 -- 1644
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci Wan Hu (world's first recorded "astronaut”)
! End of Imperial China
! Semi-colony
! Overthrown by Xinhai Revolution
Europe China Duration
Reformation Qing dynasty
1644 -- 1840 Enlightenment
Revolutions
The Forbidden City
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
! Defeated Japanese (Part of WW II)
! Civil war followed
! People’s republic of China
Europe China Duration
World Wars Fighting for new China 1911 -- 1949
&
VS
Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
! Chaos due to Mao’s mistake
! Deng Xiaoping came to rescue
! China opens to the world
Europe China Duration
Cold War Chaos 1958 -- 1978
Open to the world 1978 -- Now
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
Shen Zhen
Chinese Language
The basics ! 4 tones
! Pinyin – the spelled sound
! Frequently used characters: ~2000
Hello
Ni Hao
You try
Ni Hao
Please
Qing
You try
Qing
Thanks
Xie xie
Bye
Zai Jian
Traditional Chinese Festivals
Etiquette
! Oldest person are greeted first
! Address the person by an honorific title and their surname in formal environment
! Don’t point to people with your index finger
! Seat order matters when having dinner with client in formal circumstances
! Don’t make the mouth of teapot point to someone
! When you visit someone in his place, if he holds up tea and keep it at hand, that means you need to leave
Delicious Food & Snack In Chengdu, China
The Characters of Sichuan Cuisine
Hot Pot
Two Tastes Hot Pot
The first one pot in the World
Rice Dumpling
Dumplings Long
Pork Lungs in Chill Sauce
Mapo Toufu
Traditional Culture in SiChuan
Sichuan Opera
Playing Majiang
Teahouse
Chengdu’s Tour
Liang’s Temple
Du Fu That ched Cottage
Old Street
Sanxingdui
The Giant Stone Buddha at Leshan Mountain
Emei Mountain
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Qingcheng Mountain
Chinese Kongfu in Qingcheng Mountain
Jiuzhaigou Valley
Wolong Panda Base
Panda Baby
Panda
Tourist Map around Chengdu
Money ! CNY (China Yuan)
Maximum value
Coins (not popular as OZ)
Exchange ! 1 AUD = 6.5500
Exchange ! Bank support the Exchange
! Credit card ! Visa or MaterCard are supported
Cost
! Lunch ! 10 – 30 � �2 – 5 $�
! Beer ! 3 – 20 � (1 – 3 $)
M
Subway
Beer - TSINGTAO
Beer - Snow
Beer - Local brands
Others – Budweiser, carlsberg
Network ! VPN
! http://www.Google.com.hk
Tips ! Keep Right!
! Most of the traffic light are automatically (no cross button like OZ)
! 110 vs. 000
! Elevator ! Ground floor (B1, B2, 1 ,2 3) ! ground floor = level 1
! Most important tip ->
Most important