Closer to China

Name of the country	The People's Republic of China
Capital city	Beijing
Population	1295.33 million (by 2000)
Area	China has a territory area of 9.6 million square km, second to Russia and Canada,with a sea area of about 4.73 million square km.
Location	In East Asia, border on the west Pacific Ocean
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In 2008, Ma Wei started to teach a new course at Wuhan Polytechnic University. It was called "Architecture and Feng Shui", an elective course designed to address urban development and locations of buildings. It was very popular with students, with 80 enrolling for the first semester and 130 for the second.

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If Confucius could see the controversy his name is generating more than 2,400 years after his death, the epitome of peace and good manners would probably say: "Life is really simple, but we insist o...

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Recently the use of Chinese characters and the policies related to them have been a concern of many. The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing issue and has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides. On April 8, a research forum concerning this issue was held by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, experts were invited to addres...

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