china class presentation

8/6/2019 China Class Presentation

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UnderstandingChina


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Geography


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Geography


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GeographySouthern China

Breadbasket Multiple crops- rice agriculture Water transportation Rainforest


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GeographyNorthern China

Wind blown Yellow earth Yellow river Import


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GeographyInterior China

Gobi Desert Tibetan Plateau Himalayas


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GeographyCoastal Cities

Trade Highest Standard of Living Modern


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Language

1.3 Billion Chinese Speakers

18 Dialects

Tonal Language

Characters

40,000 characters- 2,000 to be fluent, 3,000 to read a newspaper.

Traditional vs. Simplified

M "mother"high level

m "linen" or "numb"high risingm "horse"low falling-risingm "scold"high falling

ma "question particle"neutral


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History

Manchus

Take over

China

1644 1911 Qing

Dynasty

Unequal

Treaties

1911

Nationalist

Party

Takeover

1925

Sun Yat Sen Dies-Chiang Kai Shek

Takes Over

The LongMarch

Japanese

Begin

Takeover of

Coast Cities

1937


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Nationalists

Flee toTaiwan

Peoples Republic

of ChinaEstablished

58

Great Leap

Forward

Be ins

Mao Launches

Cultural

Revolution

7

Mao ies-

en Xiao

Pin Becomes

New Leader

Since Mao: Economic Reform

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One Child Polic

8 TiananmenSquare

7 Return of Hon

Kon

and Macau


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Government

Paramount Leader

Hu JinTao

Communist Partyof China

State: PeoplesRepublic of China

PeoplesLiberation Arm

National PeoplesCongress


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Culture


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Religion

Confucius

1. Natural order is a moral order2. Standard of righteousness3. Society must have hierarchies- 5

relationships4. Superior man (Junzi)5. Education


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Religion

Buddhism

The Four Truths

1. The truth of suffering

2. The truth of the cause of

suffering

3. The truth of the end of suffering

4. Truth of the path that leads to

the end of suffering.


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Religion

Taoism

LaoZi

Man is a microcosm for the universe

The body ties directly into the Chinese five

elements

The Three Jewels are compassion,

moderation, and humility

Man may gain knowledge of the universe

by understanding himself.


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China

Taipei, Taiwan Temple

Dedicated 1984

Taiwan Administration Building and Stake Center

Dedicated 2005 by Pres. Hinckley


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China Hong Kong Temple

Dedicated 1996

Asia Area Administration Building, Wanchai Hong Kong

Dedicated May 2005

China


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Elder Oaks

We cannot send missionaries to the People's Republic of China, but

each year China sends thousands of its choicest sons and daughtersto various foreign lands to study. In those places they quite naturallymeet our missionaries, and many of these Chinese students are joiningthe Church. Some have already returned to China, and others willreturn when their studies are completed. We encourage our Chinesemembers to return to China. Their country needs them in China and

the Lord needs them in China. The work of China will go forward withthese young engineers, scientists, scholars, and artists. At the sametime, the work of the Lord will go forward in a natural law-abiding waybecause of those who have received the message of the restoredgospel.


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Pres. KimballThere are almost three billion people now living on the earth innations where the gospel is not now being preached. If we couldonly make a small beginning in every nation, soon the convertsamong each kindred and tongue could step forth as lights to theirown people and the gospel would thus be preached in all nationsbefore the coming of the Lord.


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In this land there are millions who know not thee nor thy work, who are bound byfetters of superstition and false doctrine, and who have never been given theopportunity even of hearing the true message of their Redeemer. Countlessmillions have died in ignorance of thy plan of life and salvation. We feel deeplyimpressed with the realization that the time has come when the light of theglorious gospel should begin to shine through the dense darkness that hasenshrouded this nation for ages.

Heavenly Father, manifest thy tender mercy toward thy suffering childrenthroughout this famine-stricken realm! Stay the progress of pestilence, and may

starvation and untimely death stalk no more through the land. Break the handsof superstition, and may the young men and young women come out of thedarkness of the past into the Glorious Light now shining among the children ofmen.

May the elders and Sisters whom thou shalt call to this land as missionaries havekeen insight into the mental and spiritual state of the Chinese mind. Give them

special power and ability to approach this people in such manner as will makethe proper appeal to them. We beseech thee, O God, to reveal to thy servants

Pres. David O. McKayJanuary 9, 1921- China Dedicatory Prayer


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Elder OaksPeople sometimes ask me about what can be done to "open China." Inresponse, I state my belief that China is already "open"--it is we who areclosed. We are closed because we expect the Orient to be the same as

the West, China to be the same as Canada or Chile. We must open ourminds and our hearts to the people of this ancient realm and thismagnificent culture. We must understand their way of thinking, theiraspirations, and their impressive accomplishments. We must observe theirlaws and follow their example of patience. We must deserve to be theirfriends.

As we become friends of China, and as we learn from them, our Father in

Heaven, who has made "all nations of men . . . and [has] determined . . .the bounds of their habitation" (Acts 7:2 ), will brin his purposes to pass

in that reat nation "in his own time, and in his own wa , and accordin tohis own will" ( &C 88: 8).

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