Blogs From China
03/22/08 We Share the Same Sky-Wuhan Deaf Community
03/10/08 Yang Cui, raising the bar in Changchun
03/01/08 A Bump In The Road
Schools and Organizations DDW has visited
Schools
ChangChun University
No.3 Deaf School of Beijing
Special Education College of Beijing University
Xi’an Fine Arts College
ZhengZhou University
Wuhan No.1 School for the Deaf
Wuhan No.2 School for the Deaf
Organizations
ChangChun Deaf Community
Xi’an Deaf Community
ZhengZhou Deaf Community
Henan Museum (Deaf Employment)
Association for the Deaf of Wuhan
Wuhan Fangyuan Titanium Dioxide Co. LTD (Deaf Employment)
Mi Wen Mo (Famous Deaf Artist)
Hubei Province Deaf Association
Hubeisheng Disabled Persons Federation
Zhang Peng (Deaf Business Owner)
Photos and Newsletter
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Fun Facts on China! Did you know . . .
- There are approximately 3,000,000 Deaf people in China.
- The Great Wall, about 4,000 miles long, can be seen by the human eye from outer space.
- Ice cream was invented in China (2000BC) by packing a milk and rice mixture in the snow.
- Mandarin Chinese is the world's most widely spoken language with 885 million speakers.
- The population in China is about 1,317,206,000. 34 children are born every minute.
- Tian'anmen Square is the largest public plaza in the world.
- The "Terracotta Army" set up to protect the Emperor Qin in his tomb included around eight thousand life-size figures.
- A fossil of the world’s oldest flower (142 million years old) has been found in China.
- There are about 40000 characters in Chinese language.
- In the 11th century the Chinese learned how to bake pottery hot enough to produce porcelain, hence the name “china” for fine dishware.