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　　中国，地球上最吸引人的国家之一，有5000多年的历史，是目前全球第二大经济体(the second largest economy)。随着广泛的经济改革，中国正经历着显著、快速的变化。1949年以前的中国极端贫困、收入不平衡(incomeinequalities)、国家不安全。由于经济改革，从1980年开始，人民的生活水平开始提升至基本水平之上。全国人口有了足够的食物、衣服和住房，普通家庭可以吃得起各种各样的食物，穿得上时尚的衣服。

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　　China, one of the most fascinating countries on Earth, has a history of more than 5,000 years and is currently the second largest economy in the world.China is going through a remarkable and rapid change with widespread economic reforms.Before 1949, China was characterized by extreme poverty, income inequalities, and insecurity.Since 1980，thanks to the economic reforms, people's standard of living started to climb beyond the basic level.The general population had adequate food, clothing, and housing, and ordinary families could afford to eat a variety of foods and wear stylish clothing.

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　　中国的社会关系是典型的由共同的社交网络(socialnetwork)组成的社会关系。社交网络中的个体通过“关系”相连，关系中的情感被称为“感情”。中国的社会关系中一个非常重要的概念是“面子”概念，就像其他许多亚洲文化中的一样。正如中国学术大家费孝通的社会学著作中所写的那样，中国人一跟其他社会的人相比一倾向于从社会网络角度看社会关系。因此，人们的关系以“近”或者“远”界定，而不是“有”或者“无”。

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　　Chinese social relationships are social relationshipstypified by a mutual social network. The individualswithin the social network are connected byguanxi(links) and the feeling within the links is knownby the term ganqing.An important concept withinChinese social relationships is the concept of face,as in many other Asian cultures. As articulated in the sociological works of Chinese leadingacademic Fei Xiaotong, the Chinese，in contrast to people of other societies,tend to seesocial relationships in terms of social networks. Hence, the relationships between people areperceived as being “near” or “far” rather than “in” or “out”.

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　　中国是亚洲第—大国，世界第三大国，有着比其他任何国家都多的人口。中国的人口超过十亿，这意味着地球上超过五分之一的人都生活在中国。但是，中国有大片区域几乎没有人烟，人们可能旅行好几天都看不到人类生命的迹象。中国的大多数人口生活在东部地区。与其他地区相比，东部人口密集，几乎所有可已被开垦(under cultivation)。从长江(the Yangtze River)流域往北，直至首都北京的大片区域是中国最大的人口聚居区。

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　　As the largest nation in Asia and the third largest inthe world, China has the largest population in theglobe.China has a population of more than onebillion,which means that more than one fifth ofpeople on earth live in China. But vast areas in Chinaare almost deserted, and one can travel for dayswithout seeing signs of human life. Most of the people in China live in the eastern part of thecountry. In contrast to other parts of China, the east has a dense population,and almostevery piece of arable land is under cultivation. The largest compact community of people isin the region that stretches from the north Yangtze River to Beijing,the capital.

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中国的教育体系是一个由教育部(Ministry of Education)管理的国有公共教育系统。所有公民都必须接受9年义务教育。政府提供六七岁开始的小学教育(primary education),持续6年,紧随其后的是为12岁至18岁的孩子准备的六年中学教育。一些省份可能有五年制的小学,但中学则为六年,一般初中为三年,高中为三年。教育部公布的小学入学率为99%,初、高中入学率均为80%。

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　　Education system in China is a state-owned systemof public education run by the Ministry ofEducation.All citizens must accept the compulsoryeducation for nine years.The government providesprimary education for six years,starting at age sixor seven, followed by six years of secondaryeducation for ages 12 to 18.Some provinces may have five-year primary school,but six yearsfor secondary school, including three years for middle school and three years for highschool.The Ministry of Education reported a 99 percent enrollment rate for primary school andan 80 percent for both middle and high schools.

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　　自从商业航班出现后，对全球旅游业冲击最大的莫过于中国旅游。到2015年，将有1亿中国人打包行囊，出境旅游。2012年，中国超越美国和德国成为全球最大的国际旅游消费国，创造了8300万人在国际旅游中消费1020亿美元的纪录。韩国有报道说在2013年2月份，中国到访游客数量有史以来第一次超过了日本。为应对这种繁荣，全球旅游运营商一直不遗余力地改变他们提供的服务-特别是在酒店方面。

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　　Chinese tourism brought about the strongestimpact on the global travel industry since theadvent of commercial flight.By 2015,100 millionChinese will pack their bags to travel abroad. In2012, Chinese overtook Americans and Germans asthe world's top international tourism spenders, with 83 million people spending a record of 102billion on international tourism. South Korea reported that in February, 2013, for the first timeever, Chinese tourists overtook Japanese tourists in terms of arrival number.In response tothe boom,global travel operators have been relentlessly adapting their offerings-hotels inparticular.