1. WELCOME TO CHINA A learning project for schools

2. What three words would you use to describe China?

3. Which Picture is China?

4. Where is China?

5. UK China 60 million people 1.3 billion people 0.24 million square km 9.6 million square km 40 = 1

6. A Brief History of China 8000 BC 1600 BC 1112BC 221 BC And in the rest of the world… Stonehenge was built around 2000 BC Late Stone Age Beginning of Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty China unites under a single Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi

7. A Brief History of China 206 BC 225 AD 581 618 960 And in the rest of the world… The Roman Empire collapsed around 410 AD Han Dynasty Break up of empire into separate kingdoms Sui Dynasty Tang Dynasty Song Dynasty

8. A Brief History of China 1260 1368 1644 1839-42 1912 1949 1997 Yuan Dynasty Ming Dynasty Qing Dynasty Opium Wars Last Emperor abdicates People’s Republic of China Hong Kong returned

11. The Beijing Olympics 2008 The Beijing Olympics will be the first major international sporting event to be held in China. It will showcase Chinese culture to the rest of the world .

13. Symbolism In China, the fish and water designs are symbols of prosperity and harvest. Source: en.beijing2008.com

15. “ May your happiness be as deep as the Eastern Sea and may you live to be as old as the Southern Mountain.” Traditional birthday greeting.

16. Chinese Writing Chinese writing uses characters to represent words. To learn to read Chinese, you need to remember around 5,000 different characters! Ancient         Traditional Simple Pinyin

17. The ‘Cheat Sheet’

21. Hello n ĭ h ă o Goodbye zàijiàn How are you? n ĭ h ă o ma? I’m fine w ŏ h ĕ n h ă o Thank you xièxie You’re welcome búkèqi I’m sorry duìbùq ĭ 7 Simple Chinese Phrases

22. Zàijiàn!