China

General Facts
Location
China is in Asia and it borders Mongolia, India and Myanmar (Burma).

Currency
The currency is yuan or Renminbi, it currently converts 18 cents AUD to 1 yuan.

Flag
The flag is red with 5 yellow stars. The large star represents Communism and the small
stars represent the people.

Culture
Chinese New Year, is the beginning of the new lunar year. It is known as the spring festival. It is also about a
monster that stole babies and the rice. So the villagers used firecrackers to scare the monster off and gave red
pockets or YaSuiQian (Translates to 'Crush Money') (
y

s u

qin
), which was used to supposedly crush the monster.

The moon festival, it is a festival of family reunion because Chinese believe the moon is the biggest on those days. So the whole family will gather to
eat moon cakes and look at the moon. No matter how far away you are you should try to be with your family.

Population
Approximately 1.36 billion people.

Religion
China is mainly seen as Taoist but China has a wide variety of religions.

Tourist Attractions
China's main attractions are: The Great Wall of China, a huge wall used to block off invaders from the North, it is around 7000km in length. Forbidden
City, the Forbidden City was an imperial palace that has housed 24 emperors. Terracotta Warriors, the Terracotta Warriors are replicas of the soldiers
back in the Qin Dynasty, there are over 7000 warriors and horses.

Government
From Google Maps accessed
5/9
http://en.m.wikipedia.o
rg/wiki/Flag_of_China


China's government is very complicated, it is run by one party, and only one party so it's not a Democracy. The party is called "Chinese Communist
Party" but the money isn't actually split up equally, so in that sense it is not the Communism. The best way to describe it would be the Communissm
with Chinese Characteristics.





Chinese Misconceptions
Introduction
There are many misconceptions about China, from saying "Ching Chong" to thinking all Chinese people are Kung Fu masters. In this
report, I will explain why some of these misconceptions are so widely known.
Hi-yaaaaah I'm a Kung Fu Master!
A lot people with common sense know that this is an obvious misconception. But some people still think that this is true!

This influence mostly comes from movies that are set in Asia and have big names like Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. These movies tend to
be action movies, featuring a lot of martial arts. Leaving many to believe Chinese
people can do a front flip then smash your head open.

If you say "Why don't you do your martial arts on me?" To a Chinese person, they'll
either laugh at you or ignore you. Because they probably can't, Chinese people are just
normal people as well. Unless you want my grandma to show you tai chi, many old
people do it.

This may also be influenced by the Chinese martial arts 'heritage' though many people
most likely don't have a clue about Chinese history.

You can't really blame anyone as Jackie Chan's movies are interesting and funny,
part of the interest is the martial arts.

In conclusion, Martial arts has dug so far into China's pop culture, too far to pull it out. Have you realised that
I avoid the words Kung fu? Kung fu actually means a skill that you have, so in this view, everyone knows a Kung fu!
From
http://es.doblaje.wikia.com/wiki/Jacki
e_Chan accessed. 27/8
16%
84%
Martial artists World
If all stereotypes were true,
at least 16% of the world
does martial arts (Kung fu).


A 2011 incident where a Los Angeles student, Alexandra Wallace,
of the University of California posted a video to YouTube which
talked about how Asian students were talking on their phones and
described it as "OHH CHING CHONG TING TONG LING LONG...
OHH".

From https://warosu.org/ck/thread/5410540
accessed 26/8
Survey results from
http://www.quotev.com/quiz/
4472135/Science-Project-
Survey/ accessed 27/8

"Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong "

Commonly used as a derogatory term and racist term, Ching Chong is a hated phrase among 'yellow' Asians.

First of all it is defined in the 'Urban Dictionary'
The only word arrogant non-Asians think all Asians say.
White Kid: Hey, what does ching chong mean?

Asian Kid: It means go f*** yourself.

So where did it come from? Who would make a phrase like this? The original phrase
comes from a child's rhyme in 1886;
"Ching, Chong, Chineeman,
How do you sell your fish?
Ching, Chong, Chineeman,
Six bits a dish.
Ching, Chong, Chineeman,
Oh! that is too dear!
Ching, Chong, Chineeman,
Clear right out of here."

After this, it started to come up more, coming in an Autobiography by South Korean
American, Mary Paik Lee, in the early 1900's who described how her class mates
greeted her by slapping her on the neck;
"Ching chong, Chinaman,
Sitting on a wall.
Along came a white man,
and chopped his head off."

It came up again in 1917 as it described how Chinese people's accents and how the
talked in a ragtime song by Lee S. Roberts and J. Will Callahan;
"Ching, Chong, Oh Mister Ching Chong,
You are the king of Chinatown.
Ching Chong, I love your sing-song,
When you have turned the lights all down."

Later in 1945, a book called Cannery Row by John Steinbeck included a rhyming version
by a young boy;
"Ching-Chong Chinaman sitting on a rail 'Long came a white man an'
chopped off his tail."

In conclusion, most Asians will find this offensive and would not like this
phrase spoken to him or her. Although most Asians hate it, it will probably
won't go away for many years to come.








This term has been used
by many celebrities
including Shaquille
ONeal in 2003 when he
used it when talking
about Yao Ming.
Ching Chong comes at second after the N word.
From
http://sports.ca.msn.com/p
hotos/racism-in-sports-
4?page=9, accessed 26/8.
10%
19%
38%
21%
4%
4%
0%
4%
"White"
"Black"
N word
"Ching Chong"
Oreo
Chink
Intentionally
Blank
Negro


How we can help
To help stop stereotyping, we should look at the insides; we should get over our differences and look at our similarities. This needs to happen on both
sides, not just the stereotyped but also the people who stereotype. Everyone needs to change. As mentioned when I interviewed Mrs Hancott, not
only do we have stereotypes about the Chinese, they have stereotypes about us. So we should visit as many places as possible, especially as the
world opens up further to global travel. This will help international relationships between Australia and many other countries. When ignorance
dissolves, people will start to see past stereotypes.
Bibliography
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/07/14/330769890/how-ching-chong-became-the-go-to-slur-for-mocking-east-asians accessed 26/8

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ching%20Chong accessed 27/8

http://teflpanda.com/blog/does-everyone-in-china-know-kung-fu/ accessed 30/8

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu accessed 1/9