China

Introduction
The location of China is Eastern Asia, bordering the East China sea, Korea bay, Yellow sea, and south China sea, Between North Korea and Vietnam. The geographic coordinates are 35 00 N, 105 00 E. The area, Land 9,326,410 sq km, water, 270,550 sq km, and the total is 9,596,960 sq km. The map reference is Asia. The Climate is extremely divers, tropical in south to subarctic in north. The terrain is mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east. The natural resources are coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium, hydropower potential.

History
Emergence of the Nation. Records of civilization in China date back around 1766 B.C.E. and the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou defeated the Shang in 1059 B.C.E. and went on to rule for nearly one thousand years, longer than any other dynasty. The Han Dynasty was followed by the the Period of Disnunity, which lasted more than three hundred years. During that time, the country was split into areas ruled by the Mongols and other tribes from the north. It was during this period that Buddhism was introduced in the country. The Sui Dynasty rose to power in 581, connecting the north and the south through the construction of the Grand Canal.

Food
China is full of good foods. Some of these we have here in the USA. Dumplings, with a long history of more than 1,800 years, dumplings are a traditional food widely popular in North china, dumplings consist of minced meat and choped vegetables wrapped into a thin piece of dough skin. Chow Mein- The chow mein is the cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese characters above, which means stir-fried noodles. Wontons- Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it has been a custom for people to eat wontons ☀(馄饨) on the winter solstice. The most versatile shape of a wonton is simple a right triangle, similar to Italian tortellini. Wontons are commonly boiled and served in soup or sometimes deep-fried. Kung Pao Chicken- Kung Pao chicken is a famous Sichuan-style specialty, popular with both Chinese and foreigners. Sweet and sour Pork- Sweet and sour pork has a bright orange-red color, and sour taste. At the very beginning there was only sweet and sour pork, but to meet demands, there have been some developments on this dish. Now, the pork can be substituted by other ingredients like chicken, beef or pork rib.