I picked China because I think if I ever went to a different country it would be China for all of the beautiful sites that you can visit and see you get the chance to walk down mountain sides and you get the chance to learn more about how the giant panda bears breed, I think it would be awesome to walk around the great wall, I would also love to go see the art that they have there because I love art and I think it would be amazing to go to a famous museum like Potala Palace, I would love to go visit Shanghai because it has a bigger population than the capital does, I think learning their main language Mandarin would be a very difficult thing to do, but a very fun and neat thing to learn.
In the 5,000 years that China has had history, the history has been created with philosophy and the arts. China created silk, paper, gunpowder, and movable-type printing. China has fought in hundreds of wars.
The capital of China is Beijing with a population of 11 million people. Some major cities are: Shanghai with a population of 15 million, Shenzhen with a population of 12 million, Guangzhou with a population of 7 million, Dongguan with a population of 6.5 million, and Tianjin with a population of 5 million. China has the largest population of any other country on earth with 1.3 billion people.
The government of china is a socialist republic which is ruled by a single party which happens to be the Communist Party of China. The power in the People's Republic is divided within the National People's Congress which is the single legislative body where the members are selected by the Communist Party, the President who is currently Hu Jintao, and the State Council which is headed by the Premier (leader) who is currently Wen Jiabao.
The official language of China is Mandarin, but only about 53 percent of the population can talk in Standard Mandarin. Some of the other important languages in China are: Wu with 77 million people that can speak it, Min with 60 million people that can speak it, Cantonese with 56 million people that can speak it, and Jin with 45 million people that can speak it.
Some important historical facts of China: Xia was the first non-mythical dynasty to rule China it was founded by Emperor Yu then it was succeeded by the Shang Dynasty followed by being succeeded by the Zhou Dynasty, in 221 B.C. Qin Shi Huang got the throne, when the Han Empire collapsed in 220 A.D. China was put in a period of anarchy and turmoil, and China came up again under the Ming in 1368-1644 which created great art and exploring that went as far as Africa.
The top 10 things to see while you are in China are: The Forbidden City which is located at the center of Beijing it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, The Great Wall which winds its way across China for over 5,500 miles construction of the Great Wall began over 2,000 years ago the Great wall is made up of a number of interconnecting walls all over China, The Terracotta Warriors which was discovered in 1974 because a local farmer was digging up a well the terracotta army was buried in 210 B.C. it is thousands of life-size figures that have individually unique faces and hair with armor styles that show their rank, Karst Mountains in Yangshuo it illustrates 20 chinese currency notes the Karst Mountains are famously beautiful in China even to this day, Paradise on Earth also known as Hangzhou is a lovely city that is in the center of famed West Lake the green city is full of gardens tranquil temples and pavilions the hills that are surrounding the city grow a very famous longjing green tea, Jiuzhaigou Valley is a nature reserve that is located in China's Sichuan province, Potala Palace which is now a Chinese museum but it was traditionally the seat of Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhists' spiritual leader) it is famous for imposing white walls surrounding the inner red palace, The Bund (meaning embankment) was the seat of the most powerful businessmen in the late 1800s and early 1900s The Bund is a wonderful place to see examples of the rich architectural history, Giant Pandas which you can see if you head out to Chengdu where you will also learn a lot at the Breeding Research Base, and finally Modernity if you walk down the Kowloon side promenade it gives you a view of some of the most beautiful modern architecture in China.
Sources:
http://gochina.about.com/od/whattosee/tp/ChinaTop10_2See.htm
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/china/p/ChinaProfile.htm
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