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| Population 1,236,914,658
(1998) |
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China is the first country to ever reach a population of a
billion people (reached in 1992). Today there are about 1.3
billion people in China, approximately 129 persons per square
kilometer. This means that there are a lot of children to
educate. This is one of the classes that I taught during my time
in China. They are amazing students with tremendous respect for
their teachers. They are studious and well behaved both in and out
of class. |
| Education: preschool to
universities |
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These are "my kids" whom I spent a lot of time
with teaching them English. They are the only child in their
families and that means all the money gets spent on them. Yes they
are spoiled, but they are not brats. They love to help others and
they really enjoy building, painting, or acting by using their
imagination. They are very active and so it takes a lot of energy
to keep up with them. |
| Generations: same blood,
same house |
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This is a three generation picture of a family I got to
know really well. The grandmother is second from left and her
daughter is far right. The children are cousins, the oldest cousin
is far left. The children have great respect for their elders and
learn many lessons from them. It is common to find the
grandparents tending to the children as the parents are hard at work to
earn a living. |
| National and Ethnic Languages |
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Mandarin Chinese is the national language, but is
originally the language of the Han Chinese in the north. Other
languages include Cantonese and Taiwanese. |
