INFO on China Joon Wong (backwards) Transportation is great. If yo ha!e been to N"C then yo know it. # sy$ b sy as he%%.

. We don&t e!en need o r own !ehic%es. 'OOOO ()C* #+TT+, T*-N CO.O,-/O0 "eah co11 nication is big$ 2 st %ike the ).'. I don&t want to ta%k abo t go!ern1ent. It&s 2 st a piece of shit. *aha ( sic is the sa1e as we %isten to today. We %isten to different %ang ages of 1 sic. There are so1e patriotic 1 sic tho gh %o%. I don&t %ike that kind of 1 sic$ O./ 'C*OO.. For c%i1ate and weather... d de$ China is too *)3+000 /id yo ass 1e that it has the sa1e c%i1ate and weather in e!ery part of China40 3osh %o% We eat and %ike different kinds of food b t 1ost%y Chinese food yo know. *aha. We do nothing different fro1 -1erican for f n. We %ike to go to karaoke bo5 to sing and hang o t with friends tho gh. -ny kind of re%igions are a%%ow in *ong 6ong. In China$ I think so$ as %ong as they are not against the go!ern1ent. We%% yo know$ different re%igions ha!e different r %es and traditions$ how a1 I s pposed to know... %o% Chinese peop%e ha!e different %i!es$ depends on where they %i!e. .ike in *ong 6ong$ we on%y ha!e rban %ife. We%% I g ess not 2 st *6$ a%% the coasta% areas are pretty rich and rban. Then the rest of China is 7 ite r ra% I think$ e5cept for so1e 1a2or cities. 8eop%e in r ra% areas far1. For ce%ebrations I&1 not s re as we%% ca se there are too 1any. "o sho %d check o t Chinese ca%endar 1aybe4 Then yo &%% find a%% those festi!a%s. 3oog%e those na1es and yo &%% get infor1ation. I g ess yo ha!e seen a%% Chinese traditiona% c%othing. 6 ng F stars a%ways wear those c%othes. -nd Chinese peop%e .O9+ ,+/. *ere&s a pict re shows /isney%and in *ong 6ong. "o see the cost 1es.

They ha!e 1ost of the acti!ities that we ha!e. Or e!en 1ore %ike tab%e tennis c% b so1ething %ike that. We speak on%y : %ang ages and they are (andarin(1ain%and and Taiwan) and Cantonese(*ong 6ong and so theast China) For dia%ects... I&1 not s re. There are too 1any. *1ong peop%e a%so %i!e there and 1any other ethnicities. -nd I g ess the co%%ege is the sa1e as e!erywhere. +%e1entary schoo% thro gh high schoo% is the hardest part of the ed cation in *6. (y %ast year in e%e1entary schoo%$ e!eryone worked their asses off to get in a good secondary schoo%. I was % cky eno gh to ro%% in a great secondary schoo% haha. 'ee1s I 1issed so1ething. +%e1entary schoo% is ; years %ong$ so is secondary schoo%(1idd%e<high schoo%$ we do it together). -ny1ore 7 estions4 'orry 1y infor1ation is kinda 1essy. *ope that can he%p yo r pro2ect

There is a p b%ic test ca%%ed /'+ for seniors. 8eop%e start st dy for it since sopho1ore$ b t not so 1any peop%e do that. 'eniors ha!e a = 1onths break to prepare for it. +!en if they st dy thro gh the who%e break$ >? ho rs e!ery day$ that&s sti%% to %ate and they are not gonna pass it. That&s how hard it is. 8assing the /'+ is not eno gh. If yo want to 1ake it to co%%ege$ yo ha!e to get a%% -< (aybe the ed cation so nds hard$ and it is. # t we&re sed to it. -nd we sti%% get ti1e to hang o t$ to p%ay or whate!er. If yo fai%ed in so1e c%asses$ yo 1ight ha!e repeat that year. That 1eans stay in the sa1e grade. To pass the e5a1s$ yo gotta work yo r ass off. -nd there are tests e!ery week$ e5a1s e!ery 7 arter. # t those are nothing to s I g ess %o%. 8eop%e work their ass off to get into a good high schoo% or they can&t go to co%%ege. good high schoo% 1eans yo a%ready steped one foot in co%%ege. -nd there are 1ore than >????? high schoo% st dents try to get in co%%ege$ b t there are on%y aro nd >???? peop%e can get in it. We ha!e strong idea that we are a gro p$ we be%ong to the schoo%$ to the c%ass$ we %o!e schoo% e!en if the works are to gh. We get to hang o t as a c%ass after 1any years. *ow aweso1e is that h h4 In -1erica I don&t think yo can do that. *ang o t with =? peop%e in the sa1e c%ass 1any years ago$ at the sa1e ti1e. #eca se in the c%ass$ we spend e!eryday with each others$ 2 st %ike a fa1i%y. We work together$ we try to be better than the other c%asses. The 1e1ory of it won&t fade away$ that&s why we sti%% hang o t with o r e%e1entary c%ass1ates after %ike se!era% years$ as a big gro p of peop%e. O r c%asses are %ike$ >- ># >C >/ (> is %ike fresh1an year) :- :# :C :/(sopho1ore year)$ %ike that. )s a%%y there are =? st dents in a c%ass$ yo r c%ass1ates won&t change in a schoo% year. 'o we ha!e c%asses with the sa1e peop%e e!eryday$ stay in the sa1e c%assroo1(e5cept for so1e specia% c%asses %ike 1 sic)$ which is f n and I %o!e this syste1 1ore than -1erican&s.

)s a%%y there are 1ore than @ pieces of ho1ework e!eryday which wo %d take yo 1ore than : ho rs to finish the1 ( s a%%y it&s 1ore than that) 'choo%s are strict$ so are the teachers. If yo break any r %e$ yo recei!e tardies which 1ake yo r cond ct score %ooks bad. "o can&t se yo r phone in schoo% or the teacher wi%% keep it for a who%e week. For 1y schoo%$ we ha!e A c%asses e!ery day. We ha!e to st dy >= s b2ectsB Chinese$ +ng%ish$ (ath$ 'ocia% 't dies$ #io%ogy$ Che1istry$ 8hysics$ +cono1ics$ Chinese *istory$ Wor%d *istory$ Co1p ter$ ,e%igion(1y schoo% is a christian schoo%)$ ( sic. The %ast three don&t 1atter how we do.