Today’s Schedule – 05/06/10

• CNN Student News• 27.3 Vocab Check• 27.3 PPT: China, Mongolia and Tibet Today• NPR: Understanding the China/Tibet Conflict• HW:– 28.1 Vocab– Study for Chapter 27 quiz - TOMORROW

China’s Regions

Southern China is the most productive region in China

A large percentage of the population lives there.

The Chang Delta is a very important region for growing rice

Farmers there can grow two crops of rice a year, plus one vegetable crop.

This region is also home to many large cities

Such as Shanghai, a city of 20 million.

Hong Kong is also in southern China

And it is one of the world’s most crowded places – with 7 million people living in about 426 square miles.

Along the southern coast are many Special Economic Zones-SEZThese zones are designed to attract foreign companies because goods and money can

circulate freely there.

Northern ChinaThis is where Chinese culture first

developed. It is also a very densely populated region.

Beijing, located in the north, is China’s capital

And is the second largest city

The ancient city has an outer and inner city,

And within the walled Inner City is the Imperial City, from which China’s emperors ruled.

Within the Imperial City lies the Forbidden City

Where the emperors lived.

Northeastern ChinaThis region was also known as Manchuria, and has a wealth of

natural resources including coal, oil, and iron ore.

Western China

Two large autonomous regions make up this part of China.

The area is very dry and high elevation, and people are either herders or irrigation farmers.

One of these regions is called Xizang, which is the official Chinese name for Tibet.

Tibet was once an independent kingdom, ruled by a religious leader called the Dalai Lama.

The Chinese have occupied Tibet since 1950

And the Dalai Lama fled to India, where he resides today.

Tibetans have been upset by the numbers of Han Chinese who have moved to the region

And are afraid of losing their culture.

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MongoliaThe country of Mongolia is twice as big as Texas but only has a population of

2.7 million.

Many people there earn a living by herding livestock.

Mongolia’s main religion is Tibetan Buddhism

The country is landlocked and without many natural resources

And these factors limit the economic possibilities.

Taiwan

Taiwan is one of Asia’s richest and most industrialized countries.

Taipei is the capital

And is the cultural and financial center.

China’s communist government claims that Taiwan is part of China

And Taiwan claims to be the official government of China.This has caused much tension between the two.