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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
7
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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