Basic Political Facts Of China

Question 1

Current President

Answer 1

Xi JinPing

Question 2

Providential Method

Answer 2

34 divisions

Question 3

How many Providences

Answer 3

23

Question 4

How many municipalities

Answer 4

4

Question 5

How many autonomous regions

Answer 5

5

Question 6

How many special admin regions

Answer 6

2

Question 7

Most populated province

Answer 7

Guangdong(104 million)

Question 8

Least populated province

Answer 8

Tibet (3 million)

Question 9

Northernmost Providence

Answer 9

Heillongjiang

Question 10

Southernmost Providence

Answer 10

Hainian

Question 11

Easternmost Providence

Answer 11

Heilongjiang

Question 12

What are the 4 municipalities

Answer 12

Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing

Question 13

Autonomous regions (5)

Answer 13

Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang

Question 14

Special administration regions

Answer 14

Hong Kong, Macau

Question 15

Population

Answer 15

1.4 billion

Question 16

3 highlights of Hong Kong

Answer 16

Southeast

• served as refugee center during Sino-Japanese War and Communist take over
• under constant British control, developed starting in Opium War
• means “Fragrant Harbor”

Question 17

3 highlights of Macau

Answer 17

(Southeast)
- only legal gambling place in China [50% of revenue from gambling]
[20% of population employed in casinos]
- under Portuguese control until 1999
- operates largely independently, own currency and border patrol

Question 18

6 highlights of Beijing

Answer 18

(North East)

• host of 2008 Olympics
• capital of Peoples Republic of China
• Popular dish = Jing Cuisine (H & S soup Moo Shu Pork, Peking duck
• Chrysanthemum and Chinese Rose very important
• Major places: Tianmen Square, Great Wall of China, Forbidden city

Question 19

4 highlights of Shanghai

Answer 19

(Southcentral east)

• most populated city in China
• divided in half by Huangpu River
• called “Paris of the East” and “Pearl of the Orient”
• translates to “on top of the sea”