1. ESL 156 Culture Studies Presenters: Jane, Kevin, Natalie, Queenie, Yep Instructor: Lyra Riabov

2. Outline  National Flag  National Emblem  Size  Population  Landmarks  What are We Proud of?  Famous Chinese People

3. National Flag

4. National Emblem

5. Size  Area: about 3,700,000 square miles  China is the world’s 3 rd largest country by area (after Russia and Canada)

6. Size

7. Population  China's population is over 1.3 billion, the largest one all over the world.  Since 1979 a family can only have one child.

8. Landmarks (The Forbidden City)  Chinese Imperial Place  Located in Beijing  Built in 15 th century  Now it is a museum  Consists of 980 buildings

9. Landmarks (The Forbidden City)

10. Landmarks (The Great Wall)  Built in 5 th century BC  It is 5,500 miles long

11. Landmarks (Tourists on the Great Wall)

12. Landmarks (National Theater)

13. What are we proud of?  29 th Olympic Games (Beijing)

14. 29 th Olympic Games (Beijing)

15. What are we proud of?  World Expo 2010 (Shanghai) http://wwwdfwh.jqw.com/2009/03/16/98496/other2show-2709.htm

16. World Expo 2010 (Shanghai)

17. Famous Chinese People Confucius / 孔子 551BC – 479BC Social Philosopher and Educator www.nipic.com/show/1/26/54c3d6271087bda1.html

18. Famous Chinese People Mao Zedong 毛泽东 The First President of People’s Republic of China http://blog.bandao.cn/archive/19794/blogs-1116390.aspx

19. Famous Chinese People Jackie Chan/ 成龙 World Famous Kungfu Star http://blog.m1905.com/viewspace.php?uid=83411&do=blog&id=184777

20. References  “Demographics of the People's Republic of China” Wikipedia.com Nov.3.2010  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_population#Pop ulation_projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_population#Pop ulation_projection  http://blog.66wz.com/?uid-199627-action- viewspace-itemid-57370

21. Nov. 1 st, 2010