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Geographical location of China

Snapshot features of Shanghai

1st place of visit. The Lujazui Finance & Trade Zones, with an area of 28 square kilometres, are on the opposite side of the Bund, in the heart of the Pudon New Area, with an assortment of skyscraper spires. To the left, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, ranked as the highest in China, and third highest in the world, plus Grand Hyatt Building and other financial buildings are located in this area. This also illustrates Shanghai’s commercial aspirations - in an orderly, huge and meticulously managed environment.

Lujazui Finance & Trade Zone

Ultra modern

Shanghai is a haven for shoppers, with Nanjing Pedestrian Road East – China’s number 1 shopping street, with a distance of 1,033 metres - world’s busiest commercial area.

632-meter, 128-Floor building, Shanghai Centre Tower, China’s latest fantastical super-tail shopping, office and hotel skyscraper .

Busy and Buzzy

Retreat & tranquility

Forbidden City, the largest congregation of palaces: home for the emperors WWF icon and ambassador of China

Terracotta soldiers: the Army to guard

The First Emperor

After heDIED.

Extremely rich and the deplorably poor

History and culture

Museum: Tea House Cricket fighting

Visit to a Museum

The Mighty and the Tiny

Brush pen: a bunch of wolf hair for writing and painting Paper cutting: art and leisure

The Three Gorges Dam: world’s largest hydraulic power plant

Taichee: soft boxingBut highly functional

A Few Numbers and China No. 1 in population No.2 in total economy: No. 3 in size 4 Inventions that changed the old world 5 trillion dollars of wealth generated each year 120th in the world in GDP per capita 1500 years of world leader in tech (silk) Shrunk in 400 years before Opened up 40 years ago ? Years of diversity? NO single number or statement can explain China,

but YOU will discover the ancient-modern world by

Things to begin with Hanyu Pinyin, a phonetic transcription system for

transcribing Mandarin Chinese sounds into the Roman alphabet and for other purposes such as teaching Chinese pronunciation and serving as an input method for typing Chinese characters.

The four tones: one of the two most tricky things about this fascinating language.

Numbers Greetings

Learning Mandarin!

4 Tonesā á ǎ à a

ē é ĕ è e

ī í ǐ ì i

ō ó ŏ ò o

ū ú ǔ  ù u

ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ ü

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10p2AHD9hmE&NR=1&feature=endscreen

First tone, or high-level tone ( 陰

平 / 阴平 yīnpíng, literal meaning: dark level): a steady high sound, as if it were being sung instead of spoken.Second tone, or rising tone ( 陽平 / 阳平 yángpíng, literal meaning: light level), or more specifically, high-rising:is a sound that rises from mid-level tone to high (e.g., What?!)Third tone, low or dipping tone ( 上 shǎng,[4][5] literal meaning: "rising"):has a mid-low to low descent; if at the end of a sentence or before a pause, it is then followed by a rising pitch. Between other tones it may simply be low.Fourth tone, falling tone, or high-falling ( 去 qù, literal meaning: "departing"):features a sharp fall from high to low, and is a shorter tone, similar to curt commands. (e.g., Stop!)

Tones

Tones tell tales!

lǜ - green

• mā - mother

• mǎ - horse

• lǘ- donkey

• má - numb

• mà - to curse

Greetings Nǐ hǎo - Hello (1 person/informal) Nǐn hǎo - Hello ( formal) Nǐ men hǎo - Hello (more than 1 person) Dà jià hǎo - Hello everybody Wŏ jiào ___ - I am called ____ " 我 叫 _____" Nǐ hǎo ma? - How are you? Mǎ mǎ hú hú - So …. So…. Wŏ hĕn hǎo - I’m very good/ fine Xiè Xiè - Thank you Zài jiàn - Goodbye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvN3Cj0HJI&feature=related

Numbers Video

http://onlinelearnchinese.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=72

Numbers

1 yī

2 èr3 sān

4 Sì

5 wǔ

6 liù7 qī

8 bā (lucky/ related meaning to get rich)

9 jiǔ

10 shí

11 shí yī 12 shí èr 13 shí sān 14 shí sì 15 shí wǔ 16 shí liù 17 shí qī 18 shí bā 19 shí jiǔ 20 èr shí 100 yìbăi

Nǐ men Hǎo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZS7i34GIY&feature=r

elated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDOcfXRWd4

&feature=related (Greetings)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1LWu81kWqE&feature=related (Greetings with Emma)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lotxxl0alH4&feature=related (Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese with David Qing’)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrctZU89L0E&feature=related (Numbers 1 – 10) (Wei Lai Podcast with Danni)

Business Etiquette

Learn Chinese. Pronounce names accurately.

Use important connections Watch the handshake! Use business cards. Avoid saying no….rather than maybe. Negotiation. State position clearly and

respectfully. Walk away. Leave time for reflection. Never argue. Check understanding. Nods can be polite reactions that don’t necessarily indicate understanding.

Learn from Chinese masters. BE PATIENT.

“A little impatience can ruin great projects” Confucius

“Know what you don’t know, that’s superiority’” Lao Tse

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” Confucius.

Opportunities Confucius Quotes

New qualification routes HSK YCT BCT

“A gentleman who is not a greed eater, nor a lover of ease at home, who is earnest in deed and careful of speech, who seeks the righteous and profits by them, may be called fond of learning.”

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.” ― Confucius

“ By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ― Confucius

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ― Confucius

Chinese music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Fc2amPf34