China

Wednesday (28/03/2012)

a) About China
l Questions: How big is China? How many people are there? Why are there many factories in China? What is famous in China?
l China is the 4th biggest country in the world after Russia, Canada and USA. It has got 1.34 billion people. Malaysia has about 28million people. There are about 56 ethnics, thus; many dialects in China. The widest spoken language is Mnadarin.
l I drew the map. The western side is more developed with cities and factories. The Capital City is Beijing. Jun Qian’s parents just got back from Shanghai according to him. At the south, one can find may paddy fields as farmers are there. Thus, China’s main food is rice. There is a desert near north of China. It’s so big that the climate is different. Generally, it is a four seasonal country.
l More buildings and towers in China and the world’s highest building will be in China very soon. Factories are everywhere because there are many cheap manpower. Thus, many things are produced in China.

b) Chinese Inventors.
l Before Leonardo da Vinci, a lot of things were already invented in China. Some information could be seen from Marco Polo’s notebook. Among Chinese inventions included bicycle, abacus, gunpowder, wheelbarrow, compass, paper money, umbrella and kite.

c) Chinese Features.
1) Martial arts including Wushu and Tai Chi.
2) Chinese Medication include foot reflexology, acupuncture and herbal medicine.
3) Religion include Buddha and also minority of Muslims.

l We did some Tai Chi movements. We also searched for our wrist nerves and located the nerves. We massaged our feet and identified certain acupuncture points.