China

I'm a chinese from Malaysia. My husband is very interested in chinese calligrphy and chinese painting. He learns these since he was young. Now he practises these every day for two hrs. Can you pls tell me where to get the writing and painting paper, the brushes (the best one)from which place in china. Is there any teacher to teach these in one or two months time. How about the fee. Beside hoter is there any house rent to stay for short period. How much to rent a house for 1 months.Thanks for a lot.

I'm Australian, and I'm a big fan of Chinese music, particularly the erhu, which is the only instrument I've ever heard that can make you feel homesick in your own living room. Love the art, history, and literature. The problem is that I have to read English translations, and some cultural things just don't translate well into English from Chinese, unless done by a native Chinese speaker. Like, most people still call Qigong Tai Chi. Leaving out the politics, (and wouldn't we all love to, that's getting really old) China's image is usually the odd bits and pieces of media we see, plus the translations of varying quality. As you may have noticed, Western nations aren't exactly well informed about other cultures, so what gets through isn't well understood. China is a place I'd really love to visit, but I figured out that just to see all the things I want to see would take something like two years, and that's just for the Huang Shan mountains. You'd be charging me rent..

first of all i believe that the peoples republic of china is a totally totalitarian regime.also i believe that their judicial system is very outdated and they produce the most severe sentences for very little crimes.also on executing a prisoner,did you know that they will send the bullet that killed the prisoner to his family and ask them to pay the cost of the bullet.well thats china pretty much in a nutshell. i am sure that there are lots of nice things about china and its people but such merciless acts really gives me a very bad image of china which is not going to change in the earliest!

Sorry I did not like that know the country china.. Because I belom once.. To the country there.. Most I liked the film movies china him :D

One topic I responded to, is about china ,being considered as one potential to become the next supper power country, What can you say about this?

When u write about china, u must add his relation with Pakistan. China and Pakistan are great friends, China also has good relations with other neighbours, but Pak-China Friendship is really a great example in the world. Hi China, Hello to all chinese friends on this forum.

my impression of china is that china is still underdeveloped and over populated the workforce works for very little reward if any (semi slave) therefore china can produce goods very cheaply there is also a very large financial gap chinesse are either very rich or very poor and the very poor get no support if my impression is wrong what point is wrong

I understand China has industrialised very much as compared to Asian countries except Japan. Could you throw some light how China could do this progres despite large population. Also how China can produce goods very cheap. What is a secret ?

China has the world's largest population but person per square ft land is more as compared to our country and hence density of population is more in Indian than in China

I am also from China! I think It was really the case when the internet was not so popular, and most of the information about China was distributed through TV and newspapers. Also there were some political factors in those news. Now more and more people in the world are used to get information from the internet, and I think they can get the instant information of China now. Just like us, we can know what's going on almost anywhere in the world, which could not be imagined several years ago. I think more and more people in the world would get to know China in the future. Welcome all the friends here to China!

As has been said, the lifestyle in China varies as to where you live and how much money you have, just as anywhere else in the world. People with money in the big cities live in ways almost like the West. People without lots of money usually hand wash their clothes, don't have a car, might not have a flush toilet, and don't have air con. Across the lines, the Chinese love their food, and always buy their ingredients fresh. If the fish ain't swimmin', they don't eat it. Tea is also important, but food more so. As for festivals, the Chinese New Year (also known as the Spring Festival) is coming up; this year is the year of the pig. 15 days after that is the Lantern Festival. The other big holiday is the Mid-autumn festival (aka Moon Festival).

-boosting economy -lovely people by thier behavior -eager for development this is wt i knew...

I worked for the UK government in Hong Kong before the transition, and know that the British media and government like to maintain out-of-date opinions of countries that have been perceived enemies historically. China has been tarnished WRONGLY by this approach. Our media still mentions Tiannenmen Square every time they talk about China, but don't mention Martin Luther Kings assassination, and the 'million man march' against racism in the USA! In Yugoslavia, there was a lot of really bad atrocities carried out by Serbs, Croats, Bosnians etc, and the first world war started because of the racial tensions in that area. Yet, when Yugoslavia was broken down into its component parts, the West only went after the Serbians, because they were traditionally friends of Russia and the Ukrainean Cossacks. I am ashamed that our government and media still carry outmoded vendettas out against countries like China. They forget that China is as large as a quarter of the world, and that this makes for many great problems to keep everyone happy. Also, whilst China has had problems, and issues in the past; they are largely in the past. No country has come further in the last 20 years, and the Chinese people are a beautiful, warm, generous and friendly people. I've met many Chinese people, and every year in Manchester there are celebrations of the New Year, with food stalls, artists, and a stage with performers from 1 province each year. There are dragons bringing blessings, and a real party atmosphere. I shall be attending again this year. I hope to visit soon, and try to see the many cultural wonders China contains; the Terracotta Army, Forbidden Palace, Xibiang Mountain Temple, etc. Good luck, and I wish you all well, as the sleeping dragon awakens.

The present China has the fast change every day ,must understand China ,or should go to China to have a look.

China is a communist country but very nice country with all goods you want at cheaper price with quality. Peoples are hospitable and economic growth with trade surplus are appraisable. Places to visit china is charming and many trade fair even you can find every year. Tea we drink was discovered in China. You add chinese users here in your buddy list to know more you need to know about China.

i am not Chinese but i like Chinese people and also i like china because China has the world's longest continuously used written language system. China is also the source of many of the world's great inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing

China is a great country, I from lo-yang city.